I want to make an announcement for all those of us who are using SDT progression for our training. I know SDT is not a set routine or a set anything actually. So, in order for anybody reading your journal to help understand what is going on, I want you guys to use special Key Letters to indicate what you actually achieved in your training.

For example, let's take my last OHP session.

I added some weight and I added reps to all sets. That is double progression. The quick way to write this down in my journal for everybody to understand what I just did would be:

Overhead Press
167.5 x 6
167.5 x 5
167.5 x 5
DP - W + R

That "DP - W + R" is a quick indicator: I did Double Progression by adding Weight and Reps.

I want you guys to start using this format for ALL your exercises on which you're using SDT. These are also listed under Appendix A in the SDT FAQ

Here's the table:

I expect you guys to incorporate this immediately. Without this Abbreviation people are going to need to flip through your past workouts and it's unneeded inefficient work.

Start using this from now.

Thanks.

Nice Idea Man I have just posted my workout with the key,it's an easier way to track your progress I suggest to make it easier for you to remember, your journal entries i.e Notebook for the gym should have your workouts logged in the same manner.

Notebook for the gym should have your workouts logged in the same manner.

Thats a very good idea Kanishk. Thanks buddy.

Hey Ashiem, Eric,

There was a series of posts somewhere on this forum that had implied a recommended # of sets and reps to allocate to your base volume, as well as additional considerations that I found interesting (how much weight would qualify as increase in intensity, whether its better to progress with sets vs reps first). I've begun to apply these principles to my front squat, and will be doing so for lifts I feel require quality practice, but aren't appropriate to put as part of singles training. Am I starting off on the right foot with a base volume of 100kg for 4 sets of 3 reps for the front squat?

I forgot to ask if you could provide the link if possible. I hit send too quickly :S

I vaguely remember such a conversation but I don't remember where it is. I'm sure I can track it down.

Edit: It's probably buried in a journal somewhere. Not seeing it yet.

I've noticed this practice of people saying they are starting a NEW BASE VOLUME all time around the forum. I am wondering about this and whether it comes from these abbreviations. It is confusing to me and something I would like to sort out.

If you were to start a "new base volume" then you would basically be starting a brand new SDT cycle with a new progression. You would never start a new base volume during a cycle..that is an oxymoron.

I think what people mean when they say this is that they are resetting back to base volume and adding weight..which means they are making "basic" or "fundamental" progression. It is still the same volume that you started with! It's just more weight and so a bigger workload.

The correct expression for this would be basic progression or fundamental progression, then, and the right abbreviation would be BP or FP.

Don't be confused, in this context, basic or fundamental means "what the whole thing is meant for", i.e. "the basic or fundamental reason for doing SDT".

Since this may still be confusing language to almost everyone but me, we could also use the expression "primary progression" and the abbreviation, PP.

I think what people mean when they say this is that they are resetting back to base volume and adding weight..which means they are making "basic" or "fundamental" progression. It is still the same volume that you started with! It's just more weight and so a bigger workload.

Ya this is what I meant.

The correct expression for this would be basic progression or fundamental progression, then, and the right abbreviation would be BP or FP.

I got it now. BP/ FP would be the right term to describe it. Thanks Eric.

Well, I'll wait for you guys to settle on which of the abbreviations we should use, and then we can change Ash's original post. I've made this thread a sticky.

I think BP is a great Abbreviation.