Why Personalised Training Beats Generic Workouts Every Time

Mari Diallo
Jul 20
3 min read

Let’s get one thing straight: there’s no one-size-fits-all in elite performance.

If you’re still pulling random workouts from the internet and wondering why you're not improving, that’s your answer. You’re not a template. You’re an athlete. And your training should be built around your body, your goals, and your sport.

At Elite Training Athletics, everything starts with the athlete in front of us. The fastest way to waste time, plateau, or get injured is to follow a program that wasn’t made for you.

Here’s why personalised training isn’t just better — it’s essential.

1. It All Starts With an Assessment

Before a single rep is programmed, we assess.

Our in-house physiotherapist runs a full individualized movement screen, looking at mobility, stability, imbalances, and movement patterns. We catch the tight hips, weak glutes, poor scapular control, or that sneaky compensation you didn’t know was holding you back.

This info becomes the blueprint for your training plan.

You don’t guess. We don’t assume. We assess.

2. Your Sport (and Your Body) Has Specific Needs

A hockey player, a boxer, and a sprinter don’t move the same, so why would they train the same?

Every sport carries different movement demands — different joint stresses, energy systems, and motor skills. That’s why our athletes undergo sport-specific assessments and train accordingly. Same goes for age, training age, injury history, and season phase.

Generic workouts don’t respect that. We do.

3. Coaching That Watches the Details

Training plans are only as good as their execution.

That’s why you’re not just handed a program and left to figure it out. With Alex and the ETA team, you’ll have coaches who watch your form, your movement, and your output — every step of the way.

That means:

Reinforcing proper mechanics
Adjusting in real time
Targeting weak areas with precision
Maximising results without breaking your body

Your progress isn’t left to chance.

That’s the difference between coaching and just “working out.”

4. Training Phases That Match Your Season

What you train in the offseason shouldn’t be the same as what you train in-season.

At ETA, we break down your year into training blocks based on performance goals:

Off-season: Build strength, muscle mass, and correct imbalances
Pre-season: Increase power, agility, and conditioning
In-season: Maintain, sharpen, and stay healthy
Post-season: Reset and recover

Periodized training = smarter training. That’s how elite athletes stay ready — without burning out.

5. We Track Everything — Because Progress Should Be Measured

What gets measured gets better.

We run baseline and post-phase testing to track your progress — speed, strength, power, agility, and mobility. This isn’t just for the numbers. It’s for feedback, adjustments, and performance planning.

Each athlete is also encouraged to use a training journal to log sessions, note how they feel, and track trends over time.

This is how real athletes train. With data. With direction. With accountability.

Personalised Training Is the Fastest Path to Peak Performance

If you’re serious about your sport, you can’t afford to waste time on random workouts that don’t serve your body, your goals, or your season.

At Elite Training Athletics, we build training systems around the athlete, not the other way around. With Calgary physiotherapy assessments, elite coaching, progress tracking, and sport-specific programming, we take the guesswork out of the grind.