CARIUS TRAINING GUIDE

How Should a Workout Program Adapt?

A workout program should adapt when accumulated performance data shows that the current prescription is too easy, too difficult, poorly recovered from, or no longer producing progress. Useful adaptations include changing load, reps, weekly sets, exercise selection, frequency or the way work is distributed across a split.

Adaptation is not random variety. Every change needs a reason.

If a lifter exceeds targets with substantial RIR, progression may be warranted. If the lifter repeatedly misses targets, the prescription should not blindly become harder. If progress stalls across weeks, volume, exercise selection or split structure may need review.

Carius is designed around this principle: logged performance drives future programming decisions.

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