Tonnage
Tonnage is the total weight moved in a session or a week: sets × reps × load. Five sets of 5 at 100 kilos gives 2,500 kilos of tonnage. It measures mechanical work and it is useful for comparing the same session over time, not for comparing sessions with different structures.
Tonnage is the total weight moved in a session or a week: sets × reps × load. Five sets of 5 at 100 kilos gives 2,500 kilos of tonnage. It measures mechanical work and it is useful for comparing the same session over time, not for comparing sessions with different structures.
Also written as: volume load · total load
In practice
It is the number that makes visible a progression the load does not show: a client doing the same set with two more reps raised tonnage without touching the plate.
The common mistake
Using it across different lifts. A squat and a curl at the same tonnage do not represent the same work, and a session of long light sets inflates the number without having stimulated more.
