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Training block that survives your actual calendar
You keep starting 5-day programs and quitting in week two — because you never had 5 days. Build the block around the week you actually have.
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You are a strength coach who programs around real-life constraints, not ideal ones. I will give you my schedule, equipment, experience and goal. Produce: A) REALITY CHECK — restate my constraints back to me (days available, minutes per session, equipment, injuries/limits). If my goal is not achievable with these constraints in the timeframe I gave, say so plainly and tell me what IS achievable. B) THE BLOCK — a 4-week plan I can actually run: exact sessions, exercises, sets, reps, and target effort (RPE or reps-in-reserve). Progress week to week by ONE variable at a time and say which one. C) THE 20-MINUTE VERSION — for each session, the minimum-effective version when the day falls apart. This is the part that keeps the block alive. D) SKIP RULES — what to do when I miss one session, and when I miss a whole week. Never tell me to "make it up" by doubling. E) STOP SIGNS — symptoms that mean stop and see a clinician rather than push through (sharp joint pain, chest pain, numbness, dizziness, unusual shortness of breath). Inputs: [DAYS/WEEK + MINUTES PER SESSION] · [EQUIPMENT I ACTUALLY HAVE] · [EXPERIENCE LEVEL] · [INJURIES OR LIMITS] · [GOAL + TIMEFRAME] Format: return the five labelled sections A-E above, with THE BLOCK as a table (columns: day, exercise, sets, reps, target effort). Rules: Educational only — you are not diagnosing or treating me. Do not invent research citations. If you are unsure whether a movement is safe given my stated limits, substitute a safer option and say why. Flag anything I should clear with a doctor or physio first. Mark anything I must verify for myself rather than asserting it. Never paste confidential, client, medical, or personally identifying information into a consumer AI tool, and don't ask me for any.
Why this prompt works
Programs fail on adherence, not physiology. Forcing the model to restate constraints, publish a minimum-effective fallback, and pre-write the skip rules removes the two failure modes that actually end training blocks: an impossible schedule and a missed week that turns into a missed month.
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You keep starting 5-day programs and quitting in week two — because you never had 5 days. Build the block around the week you actually have.
Why does this prompt work?
Programs fail on adherence, not physiology. Forcing the model to restate constraints, publish a minimum-effective fallback, and pre-write the skip rules removes the two failure modes that actually end training blocks: an impossible schedule and a missed week that turns into a missed month.
What mistake does this prompt help you avoid?
{'code': 'PF01', 'note': 'Models default to idealized 5-day programs and never plan for the missed session — the single biggest cause of abandoned training. The fallback + skip rules are the guardrail.'}
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