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There’s an old saying in strength training – “you’re only as good as your program.” No, there’s not. I made that up. But there should be that old saying. In my decades of training, I’ve found the number one reason people fail to achieve fitness goals is because they lose focus or get bored. Personal training is essentially coaching people to become better decision-makers. Understanding the goal of each exercise and why improving output on each exercise leads to improved function and performance. It’s a long-winded way of saying “train smarter, not harder.” More can be accomplished by training more efficiently. Learn to engage the brain and consciously work to make the mind-muscle connection. Great programming provides appropriate stimulus to challenge the muscles and nervous system creating a hypertrophic (muscle-building) effect, while careful not to provide too much stimulus causing excessive soreness creating a catabolic (muscle-breaking) effect. The goal is to stay in the “sweet spot”. Finding that sweet spot is my superpower. By definition, great programming has to be personalized!