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How to run a strength client progress review
Progress reviews stay useful when coaches score the block from completed work and leave one decision the next program can follow.
Score the block from the log before the narrative
Start with completed sessions, working weights on priority lifts, skipped hard sets, and substitutions. The client story matters, but the review should begin with what the training record already shows.
Separate keep, change, and drop decisions
A progress review that only lists wins leaves the next block vague. Name what stays, what changes, and what gets cut so the next week has a clear constraint instead of a motivational summary.
Leave one client-facing summary and one program edit
Tell the client what improved, what limited progress, and what the next block will emphasize. Then make the matching edit in the plan so the review does not die in the chat thread.
Keep the Lyfta nudge natural
Once the review agenda is clear, a product like Lyfta Coach helps when the next-block edit and the client workout log live in the same place.