04/09/2024
Relative strength targets for all clients 🎯
Your training should always have a purpose and setting specific strength targets are a fantastic way to do this. Too often people get fixated on losing weight and changing their physical appearance. Training and progressing in the gym is key to improving your body composition. Building muscle is what helps us reach that desired look, so our goals should be based around seeing a change in performance too.
It helps us get out of the mindset of “uhhh I have to train” to “I’m going to the gym today to get better at X to achieve y.” Performance goals are 10x more motivating.
We have compiled two relative strength charts to give you an idea of what you should be aiming for. See where you stack up, where you can improve, and create your personal goals based on these standards.
For you the goal right now may be to achieve one unassisted chin up not ten. Everyone is at a different stage in their training (beginner, intermediate, advanced) and everyone has different overarching goals (health and longevity, build muscle, get stronger). And the goal posts will change the further into your training journey you get or as your proiorities shift.
👉🏼 So let’s start setting up some long term performance goals. Pick 1-2 movements you’d like to progress and choose a target that is achievable for you to hit in the next 3-6 months. Then it’s time to put in the work.