More people are picking up weights right now than at any point in recent memory — doctors, podcasts, your feed, all pointing the same direction. But here's the catch nobody mentions: wanting to lift and knowing how to program a lift are two completely different skills.

Is the workout you screenshotted from Instagram actually doing anything for you? Is your squat form fine, or one rep away from a problem? Most people genuinely don't know.

In this week's video, I break down the four principles that let you evaluate any program — including your own — and walk through exactly how to build one from scratch: picking a split, choosing movement patterns, setting reps and load, and knowing precisely when to add weight.

👉 [Watch the full breakdown here]

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