Progression

You can’t ace your maths test if you don’t study... and you can’t make gains in the gym if you’re not progressing. Here’s how to do it right.

- Andrew Gutman

WHAT IT IS

“Put simply, progression is challenging your body greater than its current capacity,” says Jim “Smitty” Smith, C.P.P.S., owner of Diesel Strength and Conditioning (dieselsc.com). “You can progress with the load on the bar, you can progress by using different implements, you can progress by shortening rest periods—there are a lot of different ways.”

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