Factors In Constructing a Benchmark Workout
Submitted by Got Strength? Blog
Yesterday I discussed what benchmark workouts were and why they were important here. Today I’m going to go over some tips in creating your own benchmark workouts.
The way I look at it, there needs to be three considerations in your benchmark workout schedule. When one is creating some sort of experiment or test, you need to look at the validity and reliability of that test. The first consideration when creating your benchmark workout is that it must be valid. By that I mean that the test needs to measure what you want it to. I realize that sounds like a no-brainer, but you’d be surprised how that can get screwed up. For example, an age old test for deciding whether or not a football lineman or soccer player (some coaches will use the same test for both athletes, so automatically a flag should go up) is “in shape” is measuring their 1.5 mile run time.
