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FAQ's

• Is ELEMENT right for me?

  It’s a universally scalable fitness solution for anyone looking to build strength, skill, and cardiovascular conditioning in about an hour a day. If that's you, then yes! This program can be adapted to your needs and abilities. Each day is designed to fit into a 60-minute training session and includes a thorough warm-up (typically 5-15 minutes), workout (10-30 minutes), and often some additional “accessory” work (10-25 mins). Each day also includes standard (Rx), scaled, and modifications for dumbbell-only, and no-equipment options. Each week follows a 3-on/1-off pattern (3 days of training / optimization day / 3 days of training / active recovery day / etc.) Each month is a thoughtfully designed series in which each day varies movements, load, duration of intensity, and volume of repetitions to ensure your development across all fitness domains.

• How is ELEMENT different from other programming?

  ELEMENT combines world-class coaching with cutting-edge AI technology on WODwell’s bespoke programming platform built specifically for the functional fitness athlete - with an emphasis on scalability, sustainability, and longevity. This unique foundation allows for unprecedented personalization for your unique fitness journey, so you can adapt workouts specifically to your needs and resources. ELEMENT's approach avoids the common pitfalls of generic or overly complex programs by ensuring each workout is optimally challenging and can be modified to suit your current situation. Members are also supported by a vibrant global community that makes fitness a shared and continuously evolving experience. This is high-intensity functional fitness (also known as ‘functional training’ or ‘functional movement’) that incorporates weightlifting, gymnastics, and cardio. The goal is to build broad fitness to prepare your body to perform any daily tasks you see in life, at home, at work, or in sport.

• Do I need a home gym?

  No! You can do these workouts anywhere: at home or in your garage (limited equipment), in the park (no equipment), or at a fully outfitted gym (all the equipment).

• What if I don’t have all the equipment?

  No problem. Every day includes a version of each workout for individuals training with limited equipment or no equipment at all. Of course, if you have full gym access, you can do whatever version you like. Each day you can choose whichever equipment-oriented option is right for you based on what's available to you that day.

• Why isn’t every day high-intensity?

  We could give you 7 days/week of intense workouts. But you wouldn’t get the results you want; you would plateau because your body wouldn’t recover. We intentionally include lower intensity “active recovery” and “optimization days” in the program. Every athlete needs to allow their body to recover. Bring the intensity on training days and you will get the results you’re looking for.

• How much experience do I need with functional fitness?

  Anyone can do this program. If you have experience with functional fitness, it will be easy for you to read the workouts from the start. But we include explanations, movement demos, and notes to help you get familiar with the language of this type of training and to learn the movements.

• What if I can’t do the movements in the program?

  Don’t sweat it. Every athlete has different abilities. That’s why we provide “scaling” options for the more challenging or complex movements and “progressions” to help you develop new skills. Each day you’ll find helpful coach’s notes, movement demos, and movement modifications for anyone who might have a limitation or may still be working toward competency in a given movement.

• Is this how the WODwell team trains?

  Yep. Several of us follow this exact program (rest days and all).