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Fitness Stuff (for normal people)

Ep 48 / Progressive Overload 101

Fitness Stuff (for normal people)

Tony and Marianna

Health & Fitness

4.9644 Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Class is in session. A simple breakdown to an important concept: progressive overloading. Join your hosts as they create an approachable environment and learning space for individuals in all levels of their fitness journeys. Tony and Marianna will walk you through a full description of what the progressive overload process can look like,   explain 10 different methods, and provide over 5 tactics for implementing progressive overloading into your routine. 


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0:00.0

What is up, everyone? Welcome back to the fitness stuff for normal people podcast. I am Tony.

0:05.8

This is Mariana over here, and it is no secret. The fitness industry sucks straight up,

0:10.8

whether it's the corrupt multi-billion dollar supplement and weight loss industry or the

0:14.7

endless supply of influencers promoting anything to drive page views. The bottom line is,

0:20.5

we're not just trying to provide another fitness podcast, but completely

0:24.1

change the fitness industry for the better by providing you with the knowledge and tools

0:28.6

to give you confidence in applying the best possible training and nutrition into your own

0:32.7

life.

0:34.1

Today, we are specifically talking about, and it's buckle up. It's going to be some detail.

0:40.3

Today we're talking about something called progressive overload, aka the most important aspect of your

0:47.1

training. More specifically, what it is, because it's a lot more than just simply lifting heavier

0:53.6

weights, which a lot of people track it up to.

0:56.2

Walking through more than 10 different methods and five plus different tactics to implement progressive overload into your own workouts with examples given depending on where you're at in your training journey and going through when it makes sense to use different methods to avoid plateaus, continue getting stronger and making best.

1:13.1

Before we jump into that, I want to give a special shout out to everyone who's left a five-star review.

1:17.8

As always, we have so much love for you.

1:19.9

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I didn't even check before the episode.

1:25.8

We might be there already.

1:28.6

And a quick note before we get started on our fitness stuff premium. If you really like the

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