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In Brief Learning Objectives From this article, the reader should understand the following concepts in relation to designing resistance training programs: The dynamic program design and progress in optimizing resistance training programs Principles of individualization, overload, variation, and periodization Basic components of designing resistance training programs: a needs analysis, workout design, and changes with chronic programming How to use the acute program variables in designing and modifying resistance training programs Differentiation between linear periodized programs and a nonlinear periodized programs This article explains the design and evaluation of individualized resistance trainingprograms based on preliminary assessments and needs analyses that depict the selections in acute program variables, which, in turn, will dictate the exercise stimulifor the planned workouts over a given training cycle to reach or maintain desiredtraining goal.