App: Program Training Levels

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In the library you’ll notice there are “Levels” on programs. These are to guide which types of programs may be most suitable based on your training experience.

They’ll be noted with “L1”, “L2”, or “L3” in the title of the program.

They are based on the skills required to get the best results from the program. It is not necessarily based on how long you have been training.


Level 1

Weight Selection: New to selecting weights based on RIR/RPE and rep ranges.

Exercise Toolbelt: Confident with general movement patterns, familiar with execution and setup of a small list of movements for each body part.

Exercise Discipline: Execution of less stable exercises may decline quickly when approaching failure or struggle to maintain coordination under fatigue


Level 2

Weight Selection: Can relatively accurately select loads based on RIR/RPE and rep range prescriptions.

Exercise Toolbelt: Confident in setup and execution of most common exercises and has some training experience with a wide range of exercises.

Exercise Discipline: Can execute most movements to failure with minimal degradation of exercise technique and can safely control exercises under significant fatigue.


Level 3

Weight Selection: Highly skilled at load selection across a variety of rep schemes, RIR/RPEs, and training techniques.

Exercise Toolbelt: Experienced with a wide range of exercises and variations across most body parts. Can quickly learn new variations

Exercise Discipline: Can execute nearly any movement to failure safely and under control, even under extreme fatigue conditions.


A program will be rated based on the highest ‘level’ of the skill requirements that it contains.  

It does not mean that someone who mostly fits the “Intermediate” description cannot do a “Novice” or “Advanced” program. The advanced program may take a little more time to dial in weight selection and require trying some new exercises or techniques.




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