Programs Vs. Workouts.

If you’re like most people, when it comes to exercise, you use the terms “program” and “workout” interchangeably.  But they are completely different things.

Individual workouts are important, as they’re the building blocks upon which real results are made.  But what ultimately gets you the results you want is not a single monumental workout, but a series of consistently done workouts, arranged intelligently, will. And that intelligent arrangement of workouts?  That’s a program.

Here’s a missive to you:  Stop thinking of your fitness journey in terms of individual workouts.  No, I’m not asking you to stop giving it your all during each and every exercise bout.  What I’m asking you to do is abandon the search for the miracle workout that will transform you from a milquetoast to brick house.  Get on a solid program.  Embrace single progression (the steady but gradual addition of weights over a period of time) and settle in for the long haul.  Commit to improving your lifts a pound at a time, consistently, over the course of , say, a year.  Then get back to me.