[tolzman]

Coach Caron –

**Warning: Loaded Question Below**

I wanted to pick your brain regarding programming at Allegiate. You’ve eluded to it before but I was hoping you could go into further detail regarding the utilization of your exercise rotations but also the unique set/rep schemes and block emphasis you choose.

Exercise Rotations
– What prompted the need to create the exercise rotations?
– What factors did you use to determine each exercise rotation?
– How do you utilize them at Allegiate when it pertains to the yearly plan? You’ve mentioned that rotations 1 and 2 are used more frequently than rotation 3. I was hoping to see when and why you choose to insert rotation 3 in the yearly plan.

Set/Rep Scheme
– What process do you use to select the set/rep scheme for each block? I’m aware that certain set/rep schemes are more advantageous to use than others during blocks of accumulation or intensification but I was hoping to dig deeper into the process you use to select the scheme for each block.

Lastly, from following the blocks on Instagram, there are times where you’ll insert a Body Comp block for accumulation, a Speed/Power block for intensification or more challenging blocks like GVT and El Diablo. When you’re planning the year, is there a certain sequence of blocks you adhere to when placing these more unique blocks in the yearly plan?

I apologize for the loaded questions, maybe this would be more appropriate in a podcast format than a forum post but I thought I’d reach out to see your response. If you have any programming material for Allegiate that you’re willing to post, it would be awesome to review it. Additionally, if you ever decide to sell “50 Allegiate Programs” to the pH members, let me know, it looks like a great resource for this topic.

As always, thanks for the time and consideration.

v/r,

Chris Tolzman

[tolzman]

Coach Caron –

Thanks for your response. What you explained makes perfect sense and I completely agree that both sides need to compromise. I guess I pictured everyone doing the same thing, much like a team lift in the collegiate setting. If you have members who are training 4-5x per week, I’d imagine that those members would be doing something different than the rest of the group, correct? Additionally, you were explaining that those members might vary their frequency of 1-5x per week. In these cases, are the members staying on the same program until all 12 workouts (3 days/week x 4 weeks) are completed and once they are completed, they move to a new phase?

I think coaching in the collegiate setting for “x” amount of years can create expectations that, honestly, isn’t feasible in the private setting. I really appreciate your time and consideration. I was assuming that everyone was on an accumulation or intensification block together but it’s near impossible to get everyone on a same schedule like the collegiate setting.

Thanks again for your time and consideration.

[tolzman]

Coach Caron,

I hope all is well. I had a question regarding the programming you provide at Allegiate. Specifically, how do you navigate around members who aren’t as consistent with their training? For instance, if you had a client who has to frequently travel, do you keep them on the block of training they were on when they last came in or do you place them right back in with the rest of the team and the team’s current program?

I’m currently working with a demographic that is in and out consistently throughout the year. Knowing that they will have issues being consistent, I feel that it would be only right for them to finish an accumulation block prior to jumping into an intensification block but, at times, this might be inconvenient to the member or to the facilitator because, eventually, everyone would end up being on a different block/program and the group atmosphere wouldn’t have the same effect.

I’m not sure if you experience this much at Allegiate but I’d love to hear your thoughts on this topic.

Additionally, I think it would be very interesting to hear how you’ve set up the operating procedures because the private sector can be completely different than the consistent training you would expect at the collegiate level.

Regardless, I look forward to your response.

Thank you for your time and consideration. I’m

v/r,

Chris Tolzman

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