One of the things I appreciated about this paper is that it does not make exercise prescription sound simple, but it also does not make it sound unreachable. Wackerhage and Schoenfeld describe a training plan as the point where sport and exercise science gets translated into practice. That is a helpful way to frame it. Programming is not just writing exercises on paper. It is the process of connecting evidence, goals, context, safety, and the individual in front of us. The authors also use the phrase evidence informed, which I think is important. In real practice, every decision in a long term training plan cannot be perfectly evidence based. There are too many interacting variables: exercise selection, intensity, volume, periodization, nutrition, recovery, motivation, and individual response. So the standard is not pretending we have perfect evidence for everything. The standard is using the best available evidence where we can, applying professional judgment where we must, and continuing to test, monitor, and adjust as the person responds. That is what makes this paper valuable. It reminds us that good exercise prescription is both scientific and human. It starts with the athlete, client, or patient, then builds goals, measurable targets, testing strategies, interventions, and a plan that can be revised over time. That is a positive challenge for all of us in human performance. The better we understand this process, the better we can move from simply assigning exercise to actually building fitness, health, performance, and readiness 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 Growth and adaptation happen when you deliberately train for the demands you’ll face. You can’t build resilient athletes by sticking only to safe, predictable patterns. You need to expose them to stressors that mirror their performance environment—especially at high speeds or under load. Hamstrings, for example, don’t fail in comfort zones—they fail when velocity and force absorption meet. So, it’s not just about making athletes “strong”—it’s about making them strong in the exact positions where sport demands it. Train specifically, and the body adapts to what it needs to withstand.