When you are adding a new exercise to your program, be mindful of the novelty with the movement.

Oftentimes you will be more sore.

You'll feel more fatigued.

And remember, because it's a new exercise, maybe you haven't done it a while or it's brand new completely, your body is going to take time to adapt.

So your strength will be going up pretty quickly in the first few sessions when you

implement a new exercise, but also be mindful of the length, the rate, like the range of motion,

the position, the, the new stress, the strength curve potentially.

These are reasons why you might get excessively sore.

So when you're doing a new exercise, be mindful of the intensity and be mindful of the volume.

Maybe you only implement one hard set.

Maybe you do two lighter sets, leaving like two in the tank, pushing it close to failure,

but maybe leaving a little bit extra room. Maybe you don't go super heavy with the repetitions.

You start a little bit nice and easy just to get it, get a feel for it. In other words,

you leave a little extra in the tank, you don't just send it.

Because if you are trying to keep to a regular schedule and you add in something new,

it can really set you back.

It can set you back with just overall soreness.

It can really linger a lot more if you're doing a new range of motion.

You're increasing the stretch.

You're just changing something fundamental

about the movement. Over time, you will not get as much of a shock if you are training a

similar movement. If you're using a different machine, it might be slightly different. If you're

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