The M.A.P.P.S System: Part 1 Why Most Training Programs Are Built Backwards (And What To Do Instead)

I've watched a lot of coaches write programs.

They open a spreadsheet, pick exercises, assign sets and reps, and call it a training block. The athlete shows up, executes the work, and somewhere between session four and session eight, something starts to break down — a hip drops on a single-leg squat, a lower back rounds on a hinge, a knee caves on a landing. The coach adjusts the exercise. Maybe swaps it out. Moves on.

The problem was never the exercise.

The problem was that no one asked the right questions before the program was written.