A good program on paper doesn’t guarantee good results.

This week I’m talking about what happens after you write the program. The exercises might fit the client’s goals, schedule, and skill level, but are they doing them the way you intended? Are they training hard enough? And when something hurts or progress stalls, do you actually know why?

A friend of mine had a client report shoulder pain during front raises. He’d specified a neutral grip, put it in the demo, and given her the instructions. When he finally got a video, she was using a pronated grip. That’s a small example of how much can change between writing a program and having someone execute it.

I get into using video and feedback before swapping exercises, building movement quality and effort together, and knowing when to push the logbook. I also talk about the Jaxson Dart injury takes, my fantasy football team falling apart, and the scooter powered wheelchair I saw in Playa del Carmen.

Timestamps

00:00 Last week’s unedited upload, becoming a sauna guy, and fantasy football
05:15 Jaxson Dart’s injury and the problem with claiming one movement habit could have prevented it
11:00 A scooter powered wheelchair in Mexico, my Spanish dubbed YouTube video, and the Elevated Coaching Systems workshop
13:45 Why a good program can still get bad results
22:30 The front raise story: why I ask for video before changing a client’s program
29:00 Movement quality, effort, and when to push the logbook
36:45 What makes a program good, and how coaching keeps it working

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