Coach Josh explains how to design your own program with what he calls adaptive training: training that helps you handle the stresses of life and can work toward more than one goal at once. The key is the balance of stimulus and recovery, often in four- to six-week blocks, with sessions ordered so that speed or power work comes while you are fresh, then strength, then higher-fatigue accessory or endurance work. Start with your goal, he says, because a big deadlift, a six-pack, and a mixed, strong-for-life body are not trained the same way.
