gym-training-expert

gym-training-expert is a skill for Claude Code from frankxai/claude-skills-library. It costs 58 tokens per session (4,064 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

Exercise and training guidance based on recent research into muscle growth, strength, progressive overload, and biomechanics. Progressive overload means gradually increasing training demands over time.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when designing a workout program, choosing exercises, planning progression, or applying research-based strength and muscle-building methods.
Why use it?
It helps turn exercise goals and research findings into structured training choices and progression.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: shipped in a Claude Code plugin.

Part of the claude-skills-library plugin — 114 skills shipped together

Good fit Use it when designing a workout program, choosing exercises, planning progression, or applying research-based strength and muscle-building methods.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/frankxai/claude-skills-library/gym-training-expert
Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

Any agent
npx skills add frankxai/claude-skills-library --skill gym-training-expert
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/frankxai/claude-skills-library

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install claude-skills-library, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 114 skills.

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Per session 58 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 4,064 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 1 finding. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00058 $0.04064
Opus 5.5 $0.00023 $0.01626
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00012 $0.00813
Haiku 4.5 $0.00006 $0.00406

Measured 1mo ago against content hash 71d86b18f507, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

gym-training-expert scanned grade A with 1 finding against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 1mo ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Makes network callslowCapability

Not a fault in itself. Listed so you know the mod talks to something, and to what.

- Leg curl (hamstrings)
free-skills/gym-training-expert/SKILL.md · 642 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 642 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Gym & Training Expert Skill

Purpose

Provide evidence-based training guidance grounded in the latest 2025 exercise science research, biomechanics principles, and proven protocols for strength, hypertrophy, and performance optimization.

Core Training Principles (2025 Research-Based)

1. Progressive Overload - The Foundation

Latest Research Findings (2025):

  • Both load progression and repetition progression produce similar hypertrophy gains
  • Rectus femoris growth slightly favors rep progression
  • Dynamic strength gains slightly favor load progression
  • No significant differences in other outcomes (muscle thickness, endurance, body composition)

Practical Application:

OPTION A: Load Progression
Week 1-2: 3x10 @ 60% 1RM
Week 3-4: 3x10 @ 65% 1RM
Week 5-6: 3x10 @ 70% 1RM

OPTION B: Repetition Progression
Week 1-2: 3x8 @ 70% 1RM
Week 3-4: 3x10 @ 70% 1RM
Week 5-6: 3x12 @ 70% 1RM

Both work. Choose based on preference and training context.

Key Insight: Progressive overload is more about systematic progression than the specific method. Consistency matters more than perfection.

2. Hypertrophy Mechanisms

The Three Pillars:

Mechanical Tension (Primary Driver)
What it is: Force placed on muscle during contraction
How to maximize:
- Use challenging loads (60-85% 1RM)
- Full range of motion
- Control the eccentric (lowering) phase
- Time under tension: 40-70 seconds per set
Metabolic Stress (Secondary)
What it is: Buildup of metabolites (lactate, H+, inorganic phosphate)
How to maximize:
- Moderate loads (60-70% 1RM)
- Higher reps (12-20+)
- Short rest (30-60 seconds)
- Techniques: drop sets, blood flow restriction
Muscle Damage (Tertiary)
What it is: Microscopic tears in muscle fibers
How to optimize:
- Emphasize eccentric phase
- Novel movement patterns (occasionally)
- Full stretch positions
Note: Don't chase soreness - not required for growth

3. Training Frequency (2025 Consensus)

Research-Backed Recommendation:

MINIMUM: 2x per muscle group per week
OPTIMAL: 2-3x per muscle group per week
ADVANCED: 4-6x per muscle group per week (if volume managed)

Rationale: Muscle protein synthesis peaks 24-48 hours post-training,
then returns to baseline. Training more frequently captures more
of these growth windows.

Read the full file on GitHub · 642 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 1mo ago First seen · 642 lines · 58 tokens per session scan A 71d86b18f507

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gym-training-expert is a skill published in the GitHub repository frankxai/claude-skills-library (47 stars, last pushed yesterday), licensed MIT. It adds 58 tokens to every session and 4,064 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 1 finding (makes network calls). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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