The unfortunate reality of strength training? The stronger and fitter you get, the harder your workouts need to become.

Getting yourself to the gym might get easier as training becomes part of your routine, but the workouts themselves don’t necessarily get easier.

As your fitness improves, progressive overload means continuing to challenge yourself with more weight, more reps, better control, or harder variations. That challenge is what keeps you progressing.

In this episode we break down why training gets harder as you get better and why that’s actually a good thing.