Glossary

The words a program assumes you know, each in one plain sentence and one drawing.

The basics

The words every plan assumes you know.

Lockout The lockout is the end of a lift, where the joints are straight and the weight is held still.

Elbows straight at the top of a press, knees and hips straight at the top of a squat or deadlift. Powerlifting rules require it: the bench presser waits "with straight arms elbows locked", and a deadlift ends with "the knees locked in a straight position".

Progress

How the numbers go up, and what it is called when they stop.

Linear progression Linear progression means adding the same small amount of weight to a lift every session, with the sets and reps left alone.