Review a multi-day strength program for repeated loading patterns and concentrated demands on consecutive training days.
Mark each movement pattern by the highest demand you expect that day. Use “moderate” for normal working exposure and “heavy” for the days where the pattern is a major priority.
Load balance is not a single ratio. It is the distribution of demanding movement-pattern exposures across the week. A program can be balanced by exercise count but concentrated by hinge or pressing demand.
For each day, mark the highest expected demand for each movement pattern. “Heavy” should mean that the pattern is a major demanding exposure on that day, while “moderate” describes normal working volume. The tool then checks adjacent days for repeated demands.
Repeated patterns on adjacent days are not automatically wrong. Some programs deliberately train the same pattern frequently. The warning simply tells you where the schedule has concentrated similar demands so you can compare it with the rest of the week.
A pattern can have a high weekly load score while still being well distributed. Another pattern can have a modest weekly total but two heavy consecutive exposures. The report separates these ideas instead of reducing the week to one number.
Possible responses include moving a session, changing exercise emphasis, reducing the lower-priority exposure or leaving the plan unchanged if the repeated demand is intentional. The tool is designed to support that decision, not make it for you.
No. The tool only highlights concentration that deserves review.
It is the sum of your simple 0–3 daily demand ratings for a movement pattern. It is not a physiological workload metric.
Yes. Choose the heavy threshold option.
No. It works at the movement-pattern level. Use the session and exercise tools for finer detail.
Not necessarily. The purpose is to reflect the schedule you actually intend to use.
Yes. It has its own pattern column.