11/10/2026
Three times a week.
That is the number we land on with almost everyone who comes to us wanting to lose 5kg or more, and it has less to do with physiology than people assume.
Two sessions a week genuinely beats one, even when the total amount of work is identical. That is not opinion, it is what the training frequency research shows, and the citations are in the article. But once you match the weekly volume, three is not magic compared to two.
We still program three. Three is the only frequency with a buffer in it.
Get sick, travel, lose Wednesday to a late meeting, and you still finish the week on two. Book two, miss one, and you are on one. Once a week is the frequency that does the least.
The people who change the most here are rarely the ones training six days a week. They are the ones who keep turning up two or three times when work gets busy.
There are just under 11 weeks to Christmas. Three a week is 33 sessions. Two a week is 22. Five a week is about 30 before something gives and you stop altogether.
Full breakdown in the article, including when a fourth session genuinely helps and when it backfires.
Not sure whether your week should hold two, three or four? Book a consult and we will build it around what your week actually contains.
Three sessions a week is the number that works. A Maroubra coach on why two is the floor, when four backfires, and the 11 weeks before Christmas.