Program Design Review #1 is LIVE · Ruth Performance Lab

Program Design Review #1 is LIVE

First, thanks to

for being willing to submit a real athlete’s program and open it up for discussion. It takes some guts to put your work out there.

The intent behind these reviews is simply to give back to the coaching community. I’ve been coaching for a long time, and this is a way to share how I actually think through program design when I’m working with real constraints, not ideal scenarios.

In this review, I walk through a full training week for Aga (Jan's client), a first-year RX athlete dealing with a shoulder issue, limited weekly training time, and long-term development goals. I start with athlete context and intent, then move into strength and hypertrophy decisions, gymnastics progressions, conditioning structure, and where I’d make adjustments or ask different questions.

This is for coaches who want to improve how they think about programming, not just copy templates. If you have feedback on the format or ideas for making these more useful, let me know!

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