Programming Considerations - Part 2

In part 1 we got the information about what the individual is actually going to be capable of due to lifestyle factors and training history. This is important not just for a coach to consider, but as an individual trying to choose an program template off the net. You should think about who the program was written for, as generally templates are programs that were designed for and individual or a group of people that had great success with it.

An example - 
CrossFit box 1 is using and having great success with a program they designed, the demographic of that individual club is it's in an affluent area and the people have low financial stress, the club has a real good nutrition trend through the gym, and the majority of the people on the program had a decent background in collagate sports and had been involved in some S&C through thier sporting careers.

CrossFit box 2 trying to implement CrossFit box 1's program, but its in a less affluent area, they work longer hours, have great financial stress, there is no nutrition trend through the gym everyone just eats what they want and the sporting background of the group is pretty much non-existent.

Another example -
The "sheiko" templates like the ones you find on the Internet 29, 30, 31, 37, etc, they where all written for an individual athlete with a specific goal for each training cycle. In Russia a committee decides whether you can move from 3 days per week training to 4/5 days per week, so just because some of the templates are 3 days per week does not mean its for a beginner this could be a well season competitor with many years of training under their belt within that system.

All programs will work its just the intensity of that program may need to be adjusted significantly for the individual to be able to tolerate the volume and/or frequency. Remember no one is going to tell you about the failures of their programs, there will always be failures if you have a rigid system and don't adjust for the individual.

Above is a screen shot from a recent youtube video of Kirill Sarychev discussing the very same thing.
heres the link to the vid - https://youtu.be/yV9VgIwk7eU

This can be seen in the above graph, training too hard is going to result in you being the same strength/fitness as you were before the training bout/cycle.

This could be as simple as starting a training cycle off too hard, if your anus is bleeding and you need to suck down a bunch of pre-workouts and ammonia to to get through the first and second week of a training block then your training to hard, fatigue is accumulative, and by the time your mid training cycle you will be getting buried with warm up weights.