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Dynamic Double Progression in a Deficit and a Surplus | ETP#228
Friday, 2 October, 2026
Dynamic Double Progression. A favorite progression model. Here is your short version of it: take standard double progression, where you move up in reps or in weight inside a set range, and lets every set climb on its own instead of forcing them all to move together.Here is the core of it. You pick a weight, you walk up the rep range week over week, and when you top it out you add a bit of load and start the climb again. What makes it dynamic is that your first set and your third set are almost never in the same spot, so you progress each one independently rather than sandbagging an early set to keep the numbers matched. Done well, it lets you hold the same RIR across every set, and it accounts for the fact that some exercises fall off a cliff from set one to set two while others barely move at all.Most of the conversation is about what changes when you run this inside a real nutritional phase, because that is where people get tripped up. In a deficit your progressions dry up on a fairly predictable schedule, so we get into how to read a true stall versus a bad week, when to hold the load as reps slip versus when to pull weight back, and why how lean you already are matters more than how long you have been dieting. In a surplus it flips, and we cover what a realistic rate of progress looks like week to week, why glycogen saturation shows up first, and how much your training age changes the whole picture. We wrap on volume and the sweet spot, strength as the cleanest proxy that growth is actually happening, and the program design details that decide how many sets a given exercise can even support.Covered in this episodeWhat dynamic double progression is, and how it differs from standard double progressionWalking up the rep range, then adding load to restart the climbWhy forcing every set to the same number just means sandbagging your first setProgressing each set on its own path instead of all at onceUsing the model to hold a consistent RIR across every setWhy some exercises drop off hard from set one to set two, and how to set load for itThe question that sparked the episode: eight reps, then no progress the next weekReading a real stall versus a single bad week of sleep or fuelThe indirect factors that stall progress: sleep, fueling, hydration, fasted trainingHow a deficit dries up progressions, and the body mass thresholds where it happensWhether to hold the load or pull it back once reps start slipping in a deficitWhy a deficit behaves like a spectrum and not a light switchHow long progression lasts in a deficit for a natural versus an enhanced lifterWhy how lean you are matters more than how many weeks you have dietedRunning the model in a surplus, and a realistic rate of progress week to weekWhy muscle glycogen saturation shows up before any real strength changeHow training age changes what progression should even look likeLate stage natural progress, and running a movement far longer than you want toVolume, the sweet spot, and why too little is as much a problem as too muchStrength progress as the number one sign that hypertrophy is happeningThe cleaner proxies a natural needs: body weight up, food up, performance upWhen a gaining phase has run its course and it is time to change prioritiesWhy chasing a lean look right now quietly caps your rate of progressProgram design: matching rep ranges and set counts to the exerciseUsing dynamic double progression with as few as two setsTimestamps:00:00:00 - Intro and updates00:10:00 - What dynamic double progression actually is00:11:00 - What makes it dynamic: progressing each set on its own00:13:00 - Using it to hold a target RIR across every set00:15:00 - Per-exercise drop-off, and setting load per set from the start00:17:00 - The question that sparked it: eight reps and no progress next week00:19:00 - When it's a real stall: indirect factors and the deficit effect00:22:00 - Dropping reps in a deficit: hold the load or pull it back00:25:00 - How long progression lasts in a deficit, and why leanness decides it00:32:00 - Running it in a surplus, and what to expect week to week00:35:00 - Training age: why late stage natural changes the whole picture00:38:00 - Volume, the sweet spot, and strength as the proxy for growth00:43:30 - When a gaining phase has run its course00:47:00 - Program design: rep ranges, set counts, and using DDP with two sets Training hard, but don't look like it? Aaron closes that gap ⬇️https://coach.strakernutritionco.com/bioParagon Training Methods Programming ⬇️https://paragontrainingmethods.comFollow Bryan's Evolved Training Systems Programming ⬇️https://evolvedtrainingsystems.comFind Us on Social Media ⬇️IG | @Eat.Train.ProsperIG | @bryanboorsteinIG | @aaron_strakerYT | EAT TRAIN PROSPER PODCAST
