06/09/2026
WHY YOU'RE NOT MAKING PROGRESS
If you're putting in the work at the gym, and your nutrition and sleep are reasonably dialed in, your program might be the problem.
A good program delivers enough of stimulus to force your body to adapt, and then allows it to recover. Depending on what you're training, you may not be sweaty, out of breath, and sore after. Speed training is a perfect example - you're limited by your nervous system, so doing additional work once your output drops is a waste. We call this junk volume.
Too many people chase fatigue. Any idiot can make any idiot tired. But if your program isn't helping you progress towards your goals, it's not a good one.
That being said, it does take time for programs to work. And when people get frustrated, they often add in extra work, or hop programs. Doing too much work is the same as chasing fatigue - you overload yourself, and the various training stimuli interfere with one another.
If you program hop, you're not allowing your body enough time to learn movements. This is akin to testing yourself every day. If we're always testing, we're never building. It's kind of like school - if you're testing every day, you leave no time for learning.
The bottom line? Follow a program designed to help you reach your goals. Hit your workouts with intent, and then go recover. Avoid adding in extra work, and give the program time to work, rather than ditching it after 2 weeks. If you're progressing towards your goals, then it doesn't matter how much you sweat, how sore you are, or how tired you are after a workout, the program is working.
And if you're not sure whether your program is good for you, book a free intro using the link in our bio, and we'll get you sorted out.
