Chad in NYC!

Fitness for Real Life
is about challenging ourselves to get the most out of our training and our lives in every way possible.

Lift more weight, build more muscle

Posted: March 3rd, 2010 | Author: Chad Howse | Filed under: Training | Tags: , , , , , , | 2 Comments »

I’ve been at the same gym for about 3 years now, and a lot of the same people are there from when I first started going. And a lot of the guys are lifting pretty much the same weight as they were 3 years ago. They’re a little chubbier, and a lot less muscular.

People talk about progressive overload and like to sound like they’ve got a great training routine going, but they aren’t progressing at all. Their workouts are stagnant, their body’s have become used to what they’re doing in the gym and they haven’t gained a pound of muscle or lost a pound of fat in a decade! Read the rest of this entry »