You might've heard the qualifier that exercise is good for you – but you need to be progressing that exercise over time.

Running further, lifting heavier, exercising for longer. How important is it to up the stakes?

Norman and Tegan flex their muscles on progressive training and its benefits.

References:

• Thomas L. DeLorme and the Science of Progressive Resistance Exercise
• Associations of Muscle Mass and Strength with All-Cause Mortality among US Older Adults
• Skeletal Muscle Strength as a Predictor of All-Cause Mortality in Healthy Men 
• Progressive overload without progressing load? The effects of load or repetition progression on muscular adaptations 
• Strength and Hypertrophy Adaptations Between Low- vs. High-Load Resistance Training: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis 
• Physical activity types, variety, and mortality: results from two prospective cohort studies 

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