01 / The Four-Phase Process
Movement Screening
The movement screening is the first and non-negotiable stage of every new client engagement at Adirom. It is a structured, documented assessment of fundamental movement quality across six primary patterns: hip hinge, bilateral squat, unilateral stance, overhead reach, horizontal push and horizontal pull.
The screening is not a fitness test. It does not measure speed, load capacity or endurance. Its purpose is to establish a quality baseline for movement patterns that will be trained across the full engagement. Screening observations are recorded on a standardised form and filed in the client's coaching record.
Findings from the screening directly influence three elements of the first programme block: the exercise selection, the loading progression rate and the mobility work priorities identified for active recovery sessions.
Screening Covers
Programme Block Construction
Following the movement screening, the first programme block is drafted. Blocks run for four to six weeks and are structured using a periodisation framework that distributes training load across the available sessions in a manner designed to produce measurable adaptation while managing cumulative fatigue.
Each block is divided into a loading phase and a deload phase. The loading phase progressively increases volume or intensity across successive weeks. The deload reduces load deliberately to allow for recovery and consolidation of the adaptations gained during the loading phase.
Programme blocks are written as formal documents delivered to the client before the block begins. The document includes session-by-session prescriptions covering exercise selection, sets, repetitions, rest intervals, loading notes and movement cues. A summary of block objectives and expected adaptation markers is included at the front of the document.
4–6
Weeks / Block
3
Block Phases
1
Deload Week
Progress Tracking & Log Review
Clients record session data in a standardised training log format throughout each programme block. The log captures the programmed work, the actual work performed, any deviations from the plan and qualitative notes on session quality. This data is submitted to the coach at the close of each week.
At the end of each programme block, a formal progress check-in is conducted. This session reviews the training log in full, revisits body composition baseline data, and discusses the client's subjective experience of the block — including recovery quality, sleep patterns and any lifestyle factors that affected training consistency.
Progress markers tracked at each check-in include: changes in movement quality relative to the screening baseline, changes in loading capacity across key exercises, body composition data relative to the initial assessment, and adherence rate across the block. No performance target is declared without a prior baseline measurement.
Tracked at Each Check-in
- Movement quality vs. screening baseline
- Loading capacity progression across key lifts
- Body composition vs. initial assessment
- Training log adherence rate
- Recovery quality and lifestyle indicators
Block Revision & Long-Term Planning
Following each progress check-in, the next programme block is drafted with reference to the data gathered during the preceding period. Revisions are made to exercise selection, loading parameters and emphasis — always with the aim of continuing progressive adaptation within the client's verified capacity.
Long-term goal-setting at Adirom operates on a rolling six-month horizon. Within that horizon, individual blocks address specific training emphases — accumulation, intensification or realisation — that collectively move the client toward the longer-term markers agreed at the outset of the engagement.
Clients who have been in active engagement for twelve months or more participate in an annual review session, at which the full coaching record is reviewed, long-term progress is evaluated against the original goal-setting framework, and a revised six-month horizon is established.
Annual Review Includes
Full coaching record review, 12-month progress evaluation, revised six-month horizon and updated goal-setting framework.
