Monday, April 13, 2009

Written Training Program Conventions

Although there are many ways to take notes and relate information, I am going to establish a few conventions about how this website and this strength coach make notes and or workouts.

Workouts will be written as follows:
Some weight (when full body weight is not implied ) x some number of repetitions x some number of sets when sets number more than one
ie:
100kg x 4 x 2 would be written long hand as follows
"one hundred kilos times four reps times two sets"

In the case of percentages of a Repetition Maximum (RM) or of body weight:
85% x 2 x 5 would be written long hand as follows
"eighty-five percent of max weight achieved in given exercise times two reps times 5 sets"

In the case of body weight exercises (Dips, Chins etc.)
x 6 x 3
"body weight times six reps times three reps"
+25lbs x3 x 5
"body weightplus 25lbs times three reps times 6 reps"

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