Overview
The principle that to grow muscle, the training stimulus must gradually increase over time. This can be achieved by adding weight, reps, sets, or improving technique/tension. Without overload, the body adapts and plateaus.
Health Goals Impacted 1
This item supports, tracks, or is required for the following health goals:
The non-negotiable driver of adaptation.
You cannot build muscle by doing the same thing every day. The body is an efficiency machine; it will only build metabolically expensive muscle tissue if it is forced to adapt to a stress that is greater than what it encountered previously.
Tracking your lifts is mandatory. If you are not adding weight, reps, or tension over time, you are merely exercising, not training for hypertrophy.