Periodization chart file download
The downloadable chart is a way to track all of your clients in one convenient place. All of the weeks of the year are on the sheet. You write your clients names and choose your categories and corresponding colors however you please. You’re welcome to use mine if you like. Why reinvent the wheel?
The idea is to plan 10-12 weeks in advance for your client. Not the workouts but the phases they’re in. This may change and uninterrupted breaks will happen (although if you read the whole post you’ll figure out how to mostly avoid them). Every time your client successfully finishes a week of training you put the forward arrow in the box. If they miss a week, put an “X” and decide whether you want to change the colors. Note for client 10 that they missed two weeks. Instead of continuing with sports performance I did a week of GPP — then got back to the program. More on this later.
This chart also serves as a retention tool. It’s nice to show clients progress. Instead of showing them workouts how about cutting out their periodization line at the end of the year and taping it to the holiday card you send them. (You’re sending them personalized holiday cards right? Remember all that jazz about building your army?)
I know how hard it is to track all of your clients — especially inactive clients. When a client comes back after time off you can quickly pull up your periodization chart and show them while hashing out a new plan.
It takes 15min each week to update the chart and voila, you’re done.