Principles of Program Design

Workshops

In 2021, Eric Dagati joined forces with Mike Perry to create an educational system called the Principles of Program Design (PPD). The objective of the project was to create a systematic approach to creating effective training programs for strength coaches, trainers, group fitness instructors, physical therapists and athletic trainers. Utilizing a series of “checklists” develoIn 2021, Eric Dagati joined forces with Mike Perry to create an educational system called the Principles of Program Design (PPD). The objective of the project was to create a systematic approach to creating effective training programs for strength coaches, trainers, group fitness instructors, physical therapists and athletic trainers. Utilizing a series of “checklists” developed over their near 50 combined years of training experience, Mike and Eric show how to take your unique training methods and have a process for creating reliable, scalable and successful for programming.

In the PPD courses we cover not only the scientific principles that should guide your programming, but also the “art” of how to customize and adapt your programs to create the most efficient, effective and reliable results.

Check out the PPD Course Curriculum

Foundations Online

As the name suggests, this course covers all of the Foundations of our systems including:
Finding Your Why and the Safety of Our Silos
Client Start Up and Communication
Data Collection & Interpretation
Movement and Making Intelligent Exercise Decisions
The Program and Workout Builder, Programming Algorithm and Workout Templates
Recovery, Readiness and Dynamic Programming
Business Models
In addition, you also get access to a ton of bonus resources such as Workout & Program Builder Worksheets, Client Intake Forms, The “Key Questions” Client Introduction Script, Recommended Reading and “People You Should Know” Lists, as well as downloadable PDFs and Audiocasts of all chapters so you can listen on the go.
Foundations LIVE

This full day course is a highly interactive version of our online Foundations course. We bring the content to life and have participants engage in real life application of the material via mock client interviews, exercise testing, hands-on warmup demos and case studies
Group Mastery

Learn the exact systems that we have used successfully for Group Training for over a decade, including how to format each session, set up your facility and 3 months pre-made training templates that you can plug and play immediately
Primed: How to Program Warmups

Warmups are vital, but often overlooked component of your training sessions and we show how to utilize our 2-4-4 System to efficiently and effectively best prepare your clients for their workouts, reduce injuries and have them feeling great.
The Exercise Coach Course

In this course we break down all of the major movement patterns and show you how to progress and regress any exercise using our “Belt System”, as well as provide videos of over 50 different exercises with detailed instructions of how to coach, set up and make adjustments for each. You also have access to “Client” versions of each of these exercises to share with your clients in your programming.