SLED Training

The SLED System
(Stronger Leaner Everyday)

Have a personal trainer write your workout for you each and every workout!

The SLED System was created by Jeff Bissonette in order to guide fitness club members through a more personalized resistance training workout.  We at RPFitness have continued to develop the program over the past two years using High Intensity Protocols that we use in our private personal training studio.  The purpose of the program is to assist people in feeling more comfortable using strength training equipment and provide a blueprint to fitness success.

Step 1 (Strength Training Introduction) – You will meet with a personal trainer to discuss aspects of strength training such as intensity of workouts, volume of work performed and frequency of workouts.  The trainer will instruct you on the most effective methods of exercise science can provide and teach you how to breathe, move and focus.  You will then be put through a sample workout in the private personal training studio in an attempt to put a look and feel to the workout. 

Step 2 (SLED Introduction) – During the second appointment with a personal trainer he or she will properly align you on each of the machines and write down your seat settings on your workout chart.  You will be explained the proper way to use each of the machines and taught how to read your workout chart. 

Step 3 – Work Hard!

The personal trainers will write your customized strength training routine each and every time you come into workout, which should not be more that one to two times per week.  Are will be instructed to fill in how many reps you perform on each exercise.  When you are done training, drop your chart in the “complete workouts” bin then we fill in your next workout and re-file your chart according to your last name.  The weights are filled in for each of the exercises and the order of the exercises to be performed. 

You will be amazed at how hard you begin pushing yourself.  You will really want to get one more rep!  But…many will start losing form as you try to get the next rep or weight.  You need to keep mind that form is more important than intensity as improper form and speed can lead to injury. 

Click her for an example of the progress chart.