Training density
Training density is how much work gets done per unit of time. Raising it means doing the same volume in less time — shortening rest, chaining supersets or circuits — instead of adding sets. It is a route to progressive overload that touches neither the load nor the set count.
Training density
Training density is how much work gets done per unit of time. Raising it means doing the same volume in less time — shortening rest, chaining supersets or circuits — instead of adding sets. It is a route to progressive overload that touches neither the load nor the set count.
In practice
It is the variable to move when the client's limit is the calendar rather than their capacity to recover.
Related terms
SupersetA superset is two exercises performed back to back with no rest between them, resting only after the pair is finishedCircuitA circuit is a sequence of three or more exercises performed one after another with little or no rest, repeating the full round several timesEMOMEMOM stands for every minute on the minute: at the top of each minute you perform a fixed number of reps, and whatever time is left over is the restTraining volumeTraining volume is the total amount of work done in a periodSee the whole glossary
