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3 Ways to Achieve Progressive Overload Without Adding Weight

We have all heard the basic tenant of strength: progressive overload. But, when we talk about progressive overload, we only ever think of adding more weight to the bar (or dumbbells).

Even going through graduate school, this was the main form (and often the only one taught) of overloading and increasing the challenge for patients and clients. Somehow, adding weight was the real bee’s knees to being a great trainer or clinician.

It definitely made me question if I got my money’s worth from my doctorate.

Should You Even Bench Press? The Truth (and 5 alternatives)

There are two constant truths of life. The first is death.

The second is that all bros will bench press and curl on Mondays.

This act of suspending heavy weight over our supine body, lowering it and lifting (or bouncing) it back up seems to be a constant ritual in the iron world. Go to any gym, and the bench press (along with squat racks and deadlifting platforms) will be a revered piece of equipment that is analogous to an altar in a church.

5 Ways To Instantly Lift More Weight and Break Records

Anyone who knows me know that I love principles and philosophies, especially if they are somewhat rooted in science.

One thing I hate are hacks. You know. The little “tips and tricks” that Instagram gurus and ads will sell to you like, “This one breathing exercise made me lose 48 inches around my waist!” or, “This one food will detoxify your entire rectum!”

That shit always infuriates me for two reasons. For one, these people usually have such a mediocre understanding of fitness and training that they have yet to solve a single person’s health and fitness problems. Second, they prey on vulnerable people who don’t know any better.

So let me give one back to them. Here are 5 ways to actually lift more weight and get stronger today.

3 More Exercises to Bulletproof Your Legs: The Posterior Chain

If you missed the first part of this series, check it out here: 3 Exercises To Bulletproof Your Legs. In that article, we briefly talked about some principles of injury and how to prevent them as well as Nordic hamstring curls, Bulgarian split squats, and hill sprints.

The 3 Elements Your Program Needs To Get Jacked – Part 1

Human beings are relatively predictable beings, so in general they will have a number of needs in order to achieve something. It is no different in strength training or getting jacked. There are general needs that everyone has, and if they are not addressing it, they are shortchanging their results. Give me any program and I can tell right away what it will do for most people.

There are many elements of training that need to be addressed. For the benefit of your jackedness, let’s go over the big three.

3 Exercises To Bulletproof Your Legs

Lower extremity injuries are all too common from the average person to the elite athlete. Often, these injuries are predictable and thus preventable through proper training and maintenance.

Before we run through the exercises, we need to establish a few principles to work with.