Fitness and training

Progressive Overload Planner

The Progressive Overload Planner multiplies the time or count you enter so you can see a session total from days done, target days. It is a diary sketch, not a training prescription and not a diagnosis.

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Your details

Enter the figures you actually have, in the units on the form.

What is this calculator?

The Progressive Overload Planner multiplies the time or count you enter so you can see a session total from days done, target days. It is a diary sketch, not a training prescription and not a diagnosis.

How it works

Common questions

What is the progressive overload planner?

It turns days done, target days into a session total you can read in one sitting.

Is this a coaching plan?

No. It is arithmetic for a week you already intended.

What if I am injured or unwell?

Stop and get proper advice. A product of two boxes is not rehab.

Example scenarios

Siobhan, chasing a PB

Days done 11, Target days 30

36.7 percent.

Helen, run-walk after a niggle

Days done 13.4, Target days 36.6

36.6 percent.

Becca, lunch-hour miles

Days done 8.6, Target days 23.4

36.8 percent.

Understanding your results

Treat the total as a sketch for progressive overload planner, not a target you must hit. Real weeks wobble.

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About this result

Guidance only. Calculations run in your browser. Numbers are estimates, not a diagnosis.

How we calculate

Days done as a percent of the target you chose.

Limitations

  • Illustration only.
  • Not personal medical advice.

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