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Excel Training Designs
Excel Training Designs · Now under TeamBuildr

Download Your Free Excel Templates for Strength Coaches.

Free, coach-built Excel templates that track athlete maxes and auto-calculate every working set — program a full team or one client at a time. Used by 950+ coaches since 2012.

  • 100% free to download
  • Auto-calculates off athlete maxes
  • Built in Excel
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The pack

The Complete Coaching Template Pack.

Every ETD programming template in one download — tier-system team programming, individual client work, the off-season summer block, and the full max-based strength engine. Available in Excel.

Evaluations & Testing Framework Template previewPersonal Training Framework Template previewStrength & Conditioning Framework Template previewSeasonal Planner Template previewThe Complete Coaching Template Pack preview

Included

  • Evaluations & Testing Framework Template
  • Personal Training Framework Template
  • Strength & Conditioning Framework Template
  • Seasonal Planner Template

Available formats

Excel

From the founder

Built by a coach, for coaches.

Steve built ETD because coaches needed structure, not another training philosophy. The templates handled the math, the percentages, the progressions — so coaches could focus on coaching.

When TeamBuildr acquired ETD, the goal wasn't to retire the templates. It was to keep them working for the coaches who've relied on them — and open them up to coaches who haven't found them yet.

That's why every ETD template is now free.

Steve Olson, founder of Excel Training Designs
“My name is Steve Olson, and like you, I am a Coach. My first templates were made out of necessity — built to help coaches save time on programming.”

Steve Olson

Founder, Excel Training Designs

What coaches say

From the coaches who built their programs on it.

Excel Training Designs was the perfect solution for our sports program. Training over 500 varsity athletes means you have to be both structured and organized, and that's what their products did. Everything from strength and speed templates, to yearly strength/conditioning planning to attendance tracking — they fit the needs for today's Performance Coaches, Trainers, athletes and fitness professionals. A MUST HAVE if you want to be competitive.

Daimond Dixon

Director of Sports Performance, Grand Rapids Christian High School

Steve has saved me not only hours but weeks of work with the templates he has made for me. As a high school strength coach who is responsible for 23 sports and over 600 athletes I needed a way to keep track of attendance, maxes, as well as program design. When I first contacted Steve I was looking for a way to track my attendance and sort it from a master list to individually created tabs for each team using drop down menus. It had to be able to accommodate 2, 3, and 4 sport athletes and send their information to the correct pages. Although it was a unique design that Steve had not dealt with he was able to come up with a solution within only a few hours and I had my first working draft of the template. I was extremely impressed with the program but more so with Steve and his customer service that I immediately purchased his Strength and Conditioning Level 5 Template.

Dave Jenkins, MA, CSCS, PES

Head Strength and Conditioning Coach, Davenport West High School

Excel Training Designs has saved me time, money, and energy. As a certified personal trainer, I have always documented my clients training programs with the use of notepads and manila folders. I also keep records of consultations and fitness assessments every quarter (90 day period). This would take hours per week to write out workouts and to measure progression over time when handling a client load of twenty (20) individuals. With the use of Excel Training Designs, I have my exercise database created with my personal customization of categories and exercise selection. I also have the ability to create four (4) week training blocks in minutes and make notes each session live. I have been very pleased and would highly recommend using Excel Training Design templates as a certified personal trainer or strength and conditioning professional. You will provide a better service to your clients and/or athletes while also being more efficient and productive as a professional.

Joshua Guillory

RTS, NSCA-CPT, NASM-CPT, ACSM-CPT

Excel Training Design has simplified my program design process and allowed me to focus more on being a great coach. It has been easy to use, user friendly and highly productive as well as allowed me to give my athletes individualized workout cards (with individualized weights) — which is critical especially in a small school setting. More than anything it has allowed me to create and develop my own system of training by helping to keep my programming simple. No more of trying to remember what the next progression level was for an exercise or program. I have a complete database that has everything stored for me and I continually go back and tweak it based on what I'm seeing in my athletes or learning via professional development.

Elliott Richardson

Strength & Conditioning Coach, Acadia University

Excel Training Designs saved me hours of work, and also gave me much higher quality products than I could ever do. I've played with dozens of different excel templates to try and put programs together. The ones I got from Excel Training Designs not only make it easy, but also have a professional look with my logo on it. As my business needs change, I will be using them again. It is a no brainer — pay the guy who knows what he is doing, and I can focus on what I do best.

Jeremy Reynolds

Head Strength Coach, New York Military Academy

I contacted Excel Training Designs to design a program that would allow me to customize workouts for our team. I needed a program that allowed me to choose specific lifts, percentages of maxes on these lifts, and reps for each set. I needed this program to be able to individually print over 100 different weight sheets for each athlete, according to their specific strength, and according to a specific workout. I also needed this program to be simple enough to be changed accordingly on a daily basis. Excel Training Designs delivered exactly what I was looking for in a timely manner and at an affordable price. After they delivered the program, they followed up and answered any questions I had in being able to work with the program. I am very happy I chose Excel Training to service our needs.

Richard Beatle

Strength and Conditioning Coach, JSerra High School

I cannot say enough good things about Steve, and what he has been able to do for me with his custom designed Excel Training Program templates. From the first time I reached out to him over 2 years ago to help build a template up until now he has continued to show urgency in responding to my emails and in making any changes I needed and ensuring I was satisfied with the product before I purchased it. He has definitely over-delivered every time I have worked with him. You will not be disappointed!

Jason Owings

Red Zone Training

Ready for more?

Most coaches never need more than a spreadsheet.

Excel is enough for most programs — if the templates do what you need, use them. But at some point the spreadsheet starts working against you. Does any of this sound like you?

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That's exactly what TeamBuildr fixes. The same max-based logic and exercise libraries you already trust — but every athlete trains from their phone, every max updates everywhere at once, and there isn't a single formula left to babysit. Cloud-based, mobile-first, built for coaches who've outgrown the spreadsheet.

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Questions

Frequently asked.

Are the Excel Training Designs templates really free?

Yes. Every Excel Training Designs (ETD) template that was previously paid is now 100% free to download — no trial, no credit card, and no subscription required.

What happened to Excel Training Designs?

TeamBuildr acquired Excel Training Designs (ETD). Founder Steve Olson's templates and the brand he built are now part of TeamBuildr's product family, and every template ETD previously sold is now free to download. Nothing was retired — the entire catalog was opened up.

What about the Excel Training Designs templates I bought in the past?

You keep them. Any Excel Training Designs templates you purchased in the past are still yours, and the free release applies to everything going forward.

What's the catch with free ETD templates?

There is no catch. TeamBuildr earns its revenue from coaching software, not from templates, so releasing the Excel Training Designs templates for free costs little. If a spreadsheet ever stops being enough, TeamBuildr is there — and if it's all you need, the templates are yours to keep.

Do I need a TeamBuildr account to download the templates?

No. You can download the Excel Training Designs files directly without an account. TeamBuildr also loads them into a free account so you can see the same programming running in software, but that step is optional.

Is founder Steve Olson still involved with ETD?

Steve Olson founded Excel Training Designs and built the templates still in use today. He remains associated with the brand, while the TeamBuildr team now runs the day-to-day.

What is TeamBuildr?

TeamBuildr is strength and conditioning software used by coaches from high schools to professional teams. It's cloud-based and mobile-first, built around the same max-based programming logic Excel Training Designs pioneered in spreadsheets.