“There’s really no secret sets/reps programming, etc. It takes consistency, discipline and hard work and lots and lots of average days to get stronger. It’s a marathon and not a sprint. Don’t abandon what works. Vary the intensity and volume from time to time and you’ll get stronger, but it all just takes time and patience.Strength for you is not going to be linear anymore.”
This is it. All you’ll ever need to know.
Training is an art. Some dudes are more “artistic” than other.
When they explain their training to you, it becomes a “program.” When they tell you the weights they lift, compared to they weights they can lift, these numbers are the “percentages.” The way they vary the intensity and volume is “the progression.”
When we look at different programs, comparing them against each other, and trying to duplicate their results, it becomes a “science.”
Just like in science class, you gotta do the book work and the lab work. You learn some stuff, then you copy somebody else’s experiment, and try to get the same results.
After awhile, you just get it. You no longer need directions and a thermometer to get distilled water. You don’t need a formula to find the 3rd angle of a triangle.