Do you struggle knowing how to progress your clients longterm? You're not alone. 

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In this lesson, I break down what long-term programming really means—and why it shouldn’t mean rigidly mapping out 52 weeks in advance.

Instead, I walk you through a 16-week framework that uses flexible, evidence-based strength and conditioning methods that adapt to the ups and downs of real life, while still moving toward a clear goal.

Whether we’re focused on max strength, hypertrophy, or performance, this approach is built around the Functional Conjugate system and designed to evolve.

• Long-term programming should have a clear destination, but stay flexible enough to adjust for client feedback, life changes, and how they’re actually responding.
  
  

• In this 16-week structure, I show you how to progress through different strength methods like wave loading, cluster sets, submaximal effort, and max effort in a logical way.

• Every 4-week block keeps dynamic effort and repeated effort in place, while the main strength method and movement variations change to keep progress moving.

• Conditioning progresses too, starting with Zone 2 and mixed modality variations that adjust based on client goals, equipment, and availability.

• I intentionally reuse some movement variations across different blocks to build familiarity, reinforce motor patterns, and help clients build confidence and capacity.

• We finish the 16-week block with a max-effort test like a 1RM squat or bench to build buy-in and prove progress—especially important for well-trained clients.

• Using the Functional Conjugate framework, I can easily swap in different methods, lifts, or training splits when life throws a curveball.

• I’ve written long-term plans before that I’ve thrown in the trash—because programming has to evolve. My current plans are always better than my old ones, and that’s how it should be.

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This video is from my Functional Conjugate Programming Specialist Certification and is one in a longer series on this topic. 

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