How to adjust a climbing workout without changing the plan

The useful distinction is between changing today's exercise and rewriting the exercise itself. If the session is still the right one but one block needs a different setting, adjust that block. Keep the rest of the session as planned, then check the new total time.

What each setting changes

• Rounds or sets change how many times you do the exercise. When an exercise has sets made up of smaller rounds, those counts are separate.
• Reps set the number of movements in a self-paced round. Leave them as written if you don't want to replace the exercise's prescribed count.
• Work changes the time for each effort in a timed exercise. For an exercise with two sides, the timer can show work per side.
• Rest changes the pause between rounds. Some exercises also have a separate rest between sets.
• Minutes changes the time assigned to an exercise without rounds.

These settings aren't interchangeable. Fewer rounds changes how many efforts you do. Shorter work changes each effort. Less rest makes the pauses shorter. If the exercise has both short rests and a longer rest between sets, check both values instead of assuming one controls the other.

A quick check before you save

Read the exercise's current prescription first, then name the one thing that needs to change. Is it the number of efforts, the work time, the rest, or simply the time assigned to an exercise with no rounds? Change that setting and leave the others alone unless you mean to change them too.

For a set-based interval, check the set count, rounds in each set, rest between rounds and rest between sets separately. The total time is a useful check that the settings add up as expected, but it doesn't tell you whether the exercise still fits the session. Keep the exercise's purpose in mind when you decide what to change.

Make one change, then check the total

Start with what actually changed: the time you have, the equipment available or the exercise you can do today. Adjust one setting, look at the total session time, and decide whether the session still matches the plan day. That makes it easier to understand what you changed when you look back at the session later.

If you need a different exercise, swap it rather than changing its timer settings until it becomes something else. If the whole session needs a new goal, edit the plan day. A single-exercise adjustment is a small change to today's copy, not a new training block.

Keep the original prescription intact

In Blok Sessions, choose Adjust on an exercise in the session builder or plan day. Change the available settings and save. The adjusted copy applies to that session only; the exercise in the library and other days that use it keep their original settings. The displayed total updates, so check it before you finish.

For an exercise with rest between sets, like 7/3 repeaters, rounds and between-set rest are different parts of the protocol. If you're changing the exercise because it hurts, stop. For an injury, see a physio.