30 Seconds SummaryGaining ground: a simple method to ensure long-term progress
- The 'Gaining Ground' method involves consistently lifting a weight so often that it becomes a comfortable baseline, ensuring long-term strength gains.
- Select a weight that you can confidently lift any day in the gym, ensuring it becomes your consistent performance standard.
- As your strength increases, you systematically move to the next higher standard weight increment, turning intimidating weights into routine lifts.
- This approach leverages both psychological and physical adaptations, making previously daunting weights feel manageable and routine.
- The method serves as a psychological placeholder, making the transition to lifting heavier weights less intimidating due to familiarity and repetition.
- Regular exposure to a specific weight helps in conditioning your body and mind, setting new norms for what feels 'heavy'.
- The concept can potentially be applied to other fitness disciplines like running, where consistent pace can gradually be improved.
Stronger By Science
Greg Nuckols
