Since 1999 · Professional strength & conditioning
The program a Coach of the Year would write for you.
WorkoutSmart runs the periodized method of Dan Wirth, MA, CSCS, the NSCA's 2023 College Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year. The WorkoutSmart Wave Engine levels it to your tested strength and moves the weight from what you log. Train in our app, or from the AI assistant you already use.
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Designed by Dan Wirth, MA, CSCSNSCA 2023 College Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year · University of Tennessee- Hypertrophy
- Base Strength
- Strength & Power
- Transition
- Max Strength & Power
Today · Wk 6 · Day 3
Lower Body Strength
- Barbell Back Squat4 × 6 @ 195+5 lbs
- Romanian Deadlift3 × 8 @ 155Hold
- Walking Lunge3 × 12 @ 40Hold
- Goblet Squat3 × 10 @ 50Swapped
You: Squat felt easy last week. What changed?
Assistant: You rated it "easy," so your working max moved up. Today is 4 × 6 @ 195.
- Designed by the NSCA 2023 College Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year
- 30 years of programming for college, Olympic and everyday athletes
- 6 training goals and more than a dozen sports
- Every load a percentage of your own tested or estimated max
The author of the method
The program you get is the program Dan writes.
Dan Wirth has written training programs for more than 30 years, for a national champion basketball team at Arizona, for the Olympic sports at Tennessee, and for thousands of everyday clients at the training center he ran for 16 years. In 2023 the NSCA named him College Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year. WorkoutSmart runs on his periodization maps, his loading tables, and his rules for when to push and when to back off. You set the goal and the schedule. The Wave Engine applies his method to you.
“The fundamentals of quality movement, conditioning and overall power development are still the foundation of our training philosophy.”
Dan Wirth, MA, CSCS
Assistant Athletics Director of Sports Performance, University of Tennessee
NSCA · 2023
College Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year
- 2017–nowUniversity of Tennessee. Directs strength, speed and conditioning for the Olympic sports; now Assistant Athletics Director of Sports Performance.
- 16 yearsRan his own training facility in Tucson, programming for thousands of everyday clients.
- 1994–2000Director of Strength and Conditioning, University of Arizona. 19 sports, 550+ athletes, including the 1997 national champion men's basketball team.
- 2000NSCA Pac-10 Strength and Conditioning Professional of the Year.
- 1985–1989Scholarship linebacker at Iowa, then graduate assistant strength coach. M.A., Exercise and Sports Science.
The Wave Engine
Hard weeks, easy weeks, and a load that is yours.
Dan's programs move in waves. Volume comes down and intensity comes up over the block, a very hard week is always followed by an easy one, and every working weight is a percentage of your own tested max. The Wave Engine keeps the wave intact while you train, and it adjusts the one thing that should change week to week: the weight on the bar.
Loads that follow your feedback
Rate each exercise after you train. Too easy on a hard week moves your working max up more than too easy on a light week, because the engine reads the week's difficulty before it reads your answer.
Power Up and Express It, with the main lifts protected
Add a set to the accessories on a good day or trim them on a short one. Your squat, bench, deadlift and press stay as written unless you target one yourself.
Swap exercises without breaking the program
Rack taken, or training at a gym with no barbell? Exchange for a programmed alternative, and the engine remembers the swap for that gym.
12-week block · difficulty
Week 4 of 12- Easy
- Moderate
- Challenging
- Hard
- Max
- This week
- Barbell Back Squat4 × 6 @ 195Progressed
- Bench Press4 × 6 @ 165Hold
- Romanian Deadlift3 × 8 @ 155Hold
- Goblet Squat3 × 10 @ 50Swapped
Week 4 of 12, Base Strength. You rated bench "just right" and squat "easy," so your squat working max moves up this week and bench holds. Next week is your easy week. Take it.
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- You sign in and approve on a WorkoutSmart page, never inside the agent. Grant read-only access if that is all you want.
- Scheduling a program or a training cycle shows a preview first and waits for your OK.
- Everything your assistant does is listed in your account, and you can disconnect it at any time.
You: Short on time today. Can you trim my workout?
Assistant: Done. I used Express It on Lower Body Strength. The assistance work is trimmed, and your squat and Romanian deadlift stay as written.
Claude on the web or the Claude desktop app.
In Claude, add WorkoutSmart from Settings, then Connectors.
A WorkoutSmart page opens. Sign in and choose what your assistant can see and do.
Ask about your training. Your assistant now works from your WorkoutSmart plan.
For personal trainers and coaches
You supervise. The engine programs.
Writing periodized programs by hand for every client or athlete is the part of the job that does not scale. WorkoutSmart writes each one from Dan Wirth's method and their own strength tests, and leaves you the part that matters: watching, adjusting and coaching. Personal trainers use it for their clients, coaches for their athletes, from the app or from your own assistant.
Connect with each person you train
Your client or athlete grants you view or change access to their training, and can end it any time.
Work in their plan
Open their plan and change it as if it were your own: programs, cycles, workouts and exercises.
Your whole roster from your assistant
Ask who missed workouts or how a lift is trending, or have it move a session or start a new program.
They stay in control
Each person sees what your assistant did on their account and can switch it off without ending the connection.
Your roster · this week
5 people- Sam R.Strength & Power · Week 6Workouts done: 2/4Missed 1
- Alex K.Sport Specific · Baseball · Week 3Workouts done: 3/4On track
- Jordan M.Bodybuilding · Week 9Workouts done: 1/3Missed 1
- Taylor P.Get Lean · Week 2Workouts done: 3/3Complete
- Riley D.Optimal Fitness · Cycle ends FriWorkouts done: 2/3Cycle ending
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