Why Most People Aren't Making Progress With Their Fitness

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Why Most People Aren't Making Progress With Their Fitness


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Today I will discuss a well-established but rarely talked about truth regarding exercise:

You have to increase the amount of work you do over time for your body to continue improving.

You see this very commonly at your local gym: people leisurely jogging on the treadmill while watching their favorite TV show, or people doing set after set of bicep curls with the same weight that they always use.

What don’t you see? Any changes in their bodies over months or even years. What a waste of time!

To get stronger, leaner and more fit you have to push your body beyond what it can do today. 

This is a crucial exercise principle known as progressive overload. If you don’t increase the challenge you place on your muscles, your body will not be forced to change and you will remain at the same level. The key is to progress at a gradual rate. If you increase the difficulty too quickly, you could sacrifice your exercise form and become injured...setting you back even further.

Here are the methods of increasing overload
1) Increase resistance / make the exercise more difficult
2) Increase repetitions
3) Increase workout volume
4) Increase training frequency
5) Decrease rest time between sets

If this sounds complex, consider hiring a trainer (or kinesiologist)!

A good trainer keeps track of what their clients do in detail, and modifies the workout consistently to make sure they never hit a plateau. This is why having a coach can be such a huge benefit to helping you get the results you want faster.

To help drive home the concept of progressive overload, here a video that shows the progression in difficulty of the push up technique.

Even if you can't do a standard push up yet, Taylor provides you with modifications to help you get started no matter your current fitness level.


How To Apply Progressive Overload To Push Ups

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