Welcome to Pauline Trains Pauline—where I am my own teacher and coach myself through my training life.

Here I share the evolution of my leg training. After decades of training and multiple hamstring and adductor injuries, I could no longer rely on the barbell squats and deadlifts I had loved for years.

I began experimenting with ways to purposely reduce my strength advantage so I could still overload my body: various bench squats, resistance bands, instability, unilateral training, step-ups, pistol-squat variations, front squats, higher repetitions, longer sets and different ranges of motion.

This is my training journey—not an instruction for exactly how you should train. I am documenting how I keep finding ways forward, adapting to the body I have today and continuing to train!

The 4-12-1 System

4 weeks. 12 workouts. 1 goal.

Train Bench Squats three times a week for four weeks, allowing at least one recovery day between workouts. Complete all 12 workouts in order.

The program progresses through increased repetitions, reduced rest periods and timed work. Use resistance bands that challenge you without reducing your range of motion or compromising your technique.

Workouts 1–8: 10 sets with progressive repetition and rest targets.
Workouts 9–11: 10 timed sets with progressively shorter rest periods.
Workout 12: The final challenge—20 sets of 60 seconds.

Track your resistance, recovery and performance after every workout. Complete all 12 workouts before moving on to your next 4-12-1 focus.

Happy Little Saturday Superstars!

New Program!

4-12-1 Gain Muscle is a foundation program designed to help you build muscle, get stronger, and improve mobility.

The program focuses on the areas that are typically the weak links, with extra emphasis on your back, rear shoulders, glutes, and lower body. The exercises are basic, effective, and easy to adapt.

You don't have to perform the exact exercise shown. The goal is to adjust the program to your body. If squats don't work for you, swap them for a variation that does. I provide a growing exercise library filled with alternatives and variations, so you can continue training while respecting your body's needs.

Train three days a week, complete all 12 workouts over four weeks, download the training journal, and track your progress along the way.

This is an excellent foundation program for beginners and intermediate lifters who want to build strength and muscle with consistent training.

https://seizethetrainingday.com/programs/4-12-1-gain-muscle

Beyond the Basics isn’t about finding the perfect training routine or the one and only holy exercise. It’s about finding your way.

Over time, every athlete reaches a point where the old approach no longer fits. Injuries, age, experience, and life all change the way we train. Instead of giving up or trying to force the past, I believe in adapting, evolving, and continuing to move forward.

In this clip straight from the source I share why I don’t let dogma define my training, why I believe there’s always another path, and why lifelong progress begins with an open mind.

There isn’t a chapter already written for your life. You write it.

Because at the end of the day, the goal is simple:

Seize the Training Day.

WOOHOO! You have a new special to grab!

I'm excited to share the very first Discover Fighterdiet guide with you.

This guide is your introduction to the Fighterdiet philosophy. Instead of another meal plan or another list of rules, you'll learn the principles that help you build a way of eating you can genuinely enjoy for life.

Inside, you'll discover:

• Why Diet Means Way of Life

• The Fighterdiet philosophy

• The Golden Rule: Prevent Overeating by Overeating (POBO)

• Why loving your diet is the key to staying lean

• 10 of my favorite Fighterdiet recipes to get you started

To make it even easier, I've also included the complete Fighterdiet Fundamentals video series—a playlist of five short lessons, each about five minutes long, that walks you through the core principles step by step.

This is just the beginning.

My goal is to continue building a library of practical guides and short lessons that help you create a way of eating you never want to quit.

I hope you enjoy it.

Download the new Discover Fighterdiet guide and start with the Fighterdiet Fundamentals playlist today.

– Pauline

https://seizethetrainingday.com/programs/discover-fighterdiet

Happy Sunday!

All exercises are now added to the 555 LEAN MUSCLE 1 program.

Download the workout log and try it out!

https://seizethetrainingday.com/programs/555-lean-muscle-1

Your body is more than a trophy

We all carry a picture of the body we’d love to have.

I’ve spent nearly 30 years building mine, only to discover that the real transformation wasn’t physical—it was the relationship I developed with myself.

In this Straight from the Source, I talk about body ideals, perfection, gratitude, and why your body is more than a trophy. It’s your home, your vehicle, and your canvas.

If this resonates with you, share it. You never know who needs this reminder today.

Welcome to the Iron Eagles Arena—your exclusive members' hub for downloadable workout sheets, training logs, guides, journals, checklists, and other resources to help you Seize the Training Day.

New resources are added regularly by me, Pauline Nordin.

Check back often to see what's new!

Hello Iron Eagles! 

Do you see the private channel here under the public thread? If so, get used to that place as our special Iron Eagle Arena where I drop in regularly with my tips and updates.

Now....

NEW ADVANCED MUSCLE PROGRAM!

The 5-5-5 Lean Muscle program is designed for building lean muscle and requires a higher level of fitness. It is not recommended for beginners.

Train five days per week with five exercises and five sets of each exercise.

The program includes a playlist of exercise demonstration videos and a downloadable workout sheet you can print and use during your workouts.

https://seizethetrainingday.com/programs/555-lean-muscle-1