Traditional Personal Training Vs The PHILLIPS FIT Method™

Why the PHILLIPS FIT Method™ Is Different

Traditional personal training has helped millions of people improve their health and fitness. The PHILLIPS FIT Method™ builds on many of the same principles while adding another important dimension: your nervous system's current capacity.

Here are the 11 Decision Points™:

Training Demand

Traditional Personal Training:

"How much training can we fit into today's session?"

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The PHILLIPS FIT Method™:

"What training demand can your nervous system successfully organise today—and how can we progressively expand that capacity?"

Exercise Selection

Traditional Personal Training:

"Which exercises best suit your goals and biomechanics?"

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The PHILLIPS FIT Method™:

"Which exercises best suit your goals, biomechanics and your nervous system's current capacity?"

Daily Readiness

Traditional Personal Training:

"How closely can we follow today's programme?"

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The PHILLIPS FIT Method™:

"What does your current capacity tell us about how today's programme should be adapted?"

When an Exercise Doesn't Work

Traditional Personal Training:

"If an exercise isn't working, what should we change?"

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The PHILLIPS FIT Method™:

"What is your nervous system's response telling us before we decide what to change?"

Progression

Traditional Personal Training:

"When is it time to progress?"

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The PHILLIPS FIT Method™:

"When has your nervous system demonstrated that it's ready for greater demand?"

Training Load

Traditional Personal Training:

"How can we increase the challenge?"

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The PHILLIPS FIT Method™:

"How can we increase the challenge without unnecessarily exceeding your current capacity?"

Movement Limitations

Traditional Personal Training:

"Is this a mobility or flexibility limitation?"

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The PHILLIPS FIT Method™:

"Could this movement limitation reflect how your nervous system currently perceives this demand?"

Strength

Traditional Personal Training:

"Is this muscle genuinely weak?"

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The PHILLIPS FIT Method™:

"Is your nervous system currently limiting force output in response to this demand?"

Beyond Exercise

Traditional Personal Training:

"How can exercise improve your fitness?"

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The PHILLIPS FIT Method™:

"What can exercise teach us about your movement, breathing, force production, sensory input and overall capacity?"

Confidence

Traditional Personal Training:

"How do we build confidence?"

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The PHILLIPS FIT Method™:

"How do we help your nervous system become capable of confidently tolerating progressively greater demands?"

The Overall Philosophy

Traditional Personal Training:

"How do we fit you to the programme?"

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The PHILLIPS FIT Method™:

"How do we continuously fit the programme to you?"

The Difference...

Traditional personal training typically begins with the programme and asks the individual to complete it.

The PHILLIPS FIT Method™ begins with the individual and allows the programme to adapt accordingly.

Never assume capacity. Assess it!

Train to your capacity. Expand what's possible.