Training Tailored to You: The Individual Approach

Why training tailored to you wins

Training tailored to you is not a luxury, it is the difference between a program that works and one that just looks impressive. Generic plans are written for an average person who does not exist. You have a specific starting point, specific goals, a specific schedule and a specific history, and the best program is the one that respects all of that. In my work, the single biggest jump in results almost always comes when someone stops copying a random online plan and starts training in a way that fits their life.

A famous athlete's routine is built for a full-time athlete with a coach, a chef and endless recovery time. Copying it when you have a job, a family and three hours a week to train is a recipe for frustration. An individual approach starts from the opposite direction: what do you actually have, and how do we get the most out of it.

Start with your level, honestly

The first thing I assess is your real training level, not where you wish you were. This decides almost everything else.

Beginner

If you are new, you need less than you think. A simple full-body plan two or three days a week, built on a few basic movements, will drive fast progress because your body responds to almost any well-run stimulus. Piling on advanced volume here just gets you sore and burnt out.

Intermediate and beyond

Once the easy gains slow down, you need more structure: smarter progression, more thought into how sessions are split, and attention to your weak points. The right amount of training is a moving target, and matching it to your level is exactly where a coach earns their keep.

Build around your goal, not a trend

Fat loss, muscle building and body recomposition are related, but the plan for each looks different in the details. If your goal is fat loss, the program is built to keep your muscle while you eat in a deficit. If it is muscle, the focus shifts to progressive overload and enough volume to grow. Chasing whatever is trending online usually means training for a goal that is not even yours.

This is why I start every relationship with a clear goal and a realistic timeline. When the program points at your actual goal, every session has a reason, and that clarity keeps people motivated far longer than any trend. For more on chasing two goals at once, see my article on body recomposition.

Fit the plan to your real schedule

The best program is the one you will actually do. I would rather give someone a strong three-day plan they complete every week than a perfect five-day plan they abandon after a month. So I build around the truth of your week.

• How many days can you realistically train? We design for that number, not an ideal.
• How long is each session? A focused 45 minutes beats a rushed, half-done 90.
• What equipment do you have? Home, gym or minimal kit each shape the plan differently.
• When is your energy highest? Training at a time you can sustain matters more than the "optimal" hour.

A plan that ignores your schedule is a plan you will quit. That is not a discipline problem, it is a design problem, and it is fixable.

Account for your body and history

Old injuries, mobility limits, aches and past experiences all shape what a good plan looks like for you. If a certain movement hurts your shoulder, we find a variation that trains the same muscle without the pain. A generic plan cannot do this, it just tells everyone to do the same exercise and hope. An individual approach works around your body instead of against it.

This is also where coaching prevents injuries. When the plan respects your limits and progresses at the right speed, you train hard without constantly breaking down. Pushing an off-the-shelf plan too fast is one of the most common ways people get hurt and lose weeks of progress.

Adjust as you go

A tailored plan is not a document you write once and follow blindly. Your body adapts, your life changes and your progress gives feedback. The real value of an individual approach is that it evolves: if progress stalls, we change something on purpose, not at random. If life gets busy, we adjust the volume so you stay consistent instead of quitting.

This ongoing adjustment is most of what good coaching actually is. Anyone can hand you a plan. Reading how you respond and steering it week to week is what turns a plan into results.

Why generic plans feel so hard

If you have ever grabbed a plan from a magazine or a popular website and felt like you were drowning, that feeling is not a sign that you are unfit or lazy. It is a sign the plan was never meant for you. These common mismatches are why generic plans fail so often.

• Wrong volume for your level. A plan built for an advanced lifter buries a beginner in soreness, while a beginner plan bores an advanced lifter and stalls their progress.
• Too many days for your life. A six-day plan is worthless if you can only train three days, because a plan you cannot complete produces nothing.
• Exercises that do not fit your body. A movement that aggravates an old injury has no business in your program just because it appeared in someone else's.
• No progression built in. Many generic plans are just a list of exercises with no plan for how you get stronger over the weeks, which is where real change comes from.

When you switch to a plan built around your reality, training suddenly feels doable and even enjoyable. The difficulty was never you, it was the fit.

How I build a plan around you

When I take on a client, I start with your goal, your current level, your schedule and your history. From there I build a program that fits into your real life and then adjust it as we go based on how you respond. It is not more complicated than that, but it is completely different from copying something generic off the internet.

The value is not only in the plan itself, but in having someone read the feedback and steer. When a lift stalls, I know whether to change the exercise, the volume or the recovery. When life gets hectic, I trim the plan so you stay consistent instead of quitting. That judgement, applied week after week, is what separates real coaching from a document you download and hope for the best with.

If you have tried random plans and felt like they were written for someone else, that is because they were. A program built around you feels obvious once you experience it, and it is the fastest honest way to progress. You can see how I approach it at tvojtrener.ba.

Training works best when it is built around you - your goals, your schedule and your current level. I have spent years coaching people in Sarajevo and online across Bosnia, helping them make a change that actually lasts. If you want a plan made specifically for you, see how I work and get in touch.