In my old commercial gym, there was a man who would spend an hour exercising most mornings. Each day he would pick up the same 10kg dumbbells and work through the same sequence of exercises at the ...

As you get stronger, you become able to lift heavier and heavier weights. That's the idea at the heart of an often-misunderstood fitness concept: progressive overload.

It's no secret that strength training is an essential part of any fitness routine, but whatever your goals, you have to continue challenging your body if you want to build lean muscle. Enter the ...

An effective home workout routine is not about doing everything. It’s about doing enough, consistently, to create adaptation.

Progressive overload is a lot simpler than it may seem and, once you’ve cracked it, it’s a quick solution to training plateaus (or just plain old boredom). Several studies prove so, including this one ...

You've probably heard the phrase progressive overload banded about by coaches and influencers, but you may not be sure exactly what it is. Well, put simply, progressive overload is a principle that's ...

For the body to become stronger during strength training, muscles must be exposed to increasingly higher resistance to stimulate them. This is the only way they can grow. The best results are achieved ...