The most common reason people stop strength training is not injury or boredom. It is that the programme they picked assumed an hour, four times a week, and their life does not contain that. Thirty minutes, twice a week, done for a year, is a genuinely effective training history.
Build the session around compound movements that cover the most ground: something that pushes, something that pulls, something that hinges at the hip, something that bends at the knee, and something for the middle. Five patterns, two or three sets each, and you have trained your whole body.
Progress by making one thing slightly harder over time — one more repetition, a little more weight, a slower lowering phase. Written down, this is the entire principle behind every serious programme. Undocumented, it is the thing most people forget, which is why they train for years without getting stronger.
Leave a couple of repetitions in reserve on most sets. Training close to failure every session buys a small amount of extra stimulus at a large cost in fatigue and recovery, and fatigue is what makes the next session not happen.
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