for strength and conditioning
strength coaching, built on percentages
Program every set as a percentage of one-rep max, resolved to real weights per athlete, and track strength as a line over time.
the friction of percentage programming
You write a block in percentages because that is how strength is programmed, but the spreadsheet hands every athlete the same number. One lifter is loading too light, another is grinding, and you only find out when a session goes wrong. Nothing remembers what each person actually did, so the next block is built on memory instead of a record.
percentages that resolve to each athlete
Trainbase keeps the prescription in percent of one-rep max and resolves it against each athlete's own max, then logs every set so strength is tracked, not remembered.
- the prescription
- the spreadsheetone weight for the whole squad
- trainbasepercent of 1rm, resolved per athlete
- the max
- the spreadsheettyped in once, then stale
- trainbasetested or estimated, estimates marked est
- the working set
- the spreadsheetnowhere to record it
- trainbaselogged with weight and reps
- strength over time
- the spreadsheetguessed from memory
- trainbasea line over weeks per lift
- cost
- the spreadsheeta free file that forgets
- trainbase$25 AUD a coach, 5 athletes included
| the spreadsheet | trainbase | |
|---|---|---|
| the prescription | one weight for the whole squad | percent of 1rm, resolved per athlete |
| the max | typed in once, then stale | tested or estimated, estimates marked est |
| the working set | nowhere to record it | logged with weight and reps |
| strength over time | guessed from memory | a line over weeks per lift |
| cost | a free file that forgets | $25 AUD a coach, 5 athletes included |
what you build from
Your own movement library and a model that turns a percentage into the weight on the bar.
See how a percentage becomes a number on the bar in one-rep max, or how a block is composed in programs.
the honest answers
How does percentage programming resolve to real weights?
You write a set once as a percentage of one-rep max, say 5 at 80 percent. Each athlete reads it in the kilograms they actually load, resolved from their own max. The prescription is shared across the squad; the weight on the bar is personal to each lifter.
Do you need a tested one-rep max for every lift?
No. A max can be estimated from a set taken near failure, and any max produced that way is marked as an estimate everywhere it appears, never presented as a tested single. When an athlete does test a true max, the tested number replaces the estimate and every percentage re-resolves to the new weights.
Can I see whether an athlete is actually getting stronger?
Yes. Every set is logged with its weight and reps, so a working lift is tracked as a line over weeks, not guessed from memory. The trend tells you what one session never can: whether the program is moving the number you care about.
program in percentages. resolve to real weight.
Percentage programming resolved per athlete, every set logged, and strength tracked as a line, from $25 AUD a month.