This week I plan to write a series of posts that will give
you the tools to be able to evaluate a training program. I keep getting phone
calls and questions asking my opinion on various popular programs. Rather than
comment on Fat Fit or Jungle Jane’s program, I think it is more effective to give
you a template to evaluate your own program and other programs objectively. The criteria
is based on my experience, sport science, and sound pedagogy, not commercial
hype or marketing. I do not have a program or a certification to sell so I think
I can be objective. In my 47 years of training and 40 years of coaching I have
seen many fads come and go, so I will put a historical context on my evaluation.
Tomorrow I will start with training principles.
