Progressive Overload Is Overrated

Progressive Overload is Bull

Most lifters are familiar with the story of Milo, the father of progressive overload. If not, here’s the elevator pitch: Milo was a wrestler wanna-be from some ancient Greek settlement in Southern Italy. He was on his way home one day when he walked by a newborn calf.

On a whim, he picks the thing up, hoists it on his shoulders, and walks around with it. The next day, he does the same thing. This goes on for four years.

Meanwhile, the calf has been putting on weight – maybe a pound or so every day. Pretty soon, Milo is hoisting and carrying around a full-grown bull, and Milo is one strong son of a gun, courtesy of progressive overload and a bemused bull.

It’s kind of a cool story. A useful story. But it’s ultimately poisoned the minds of millions of lifters in the millennia that have passed since Milo.


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