PROGRESSIVE RESISTANCE IN BODYBUILDING!!

Progressive resistance exercise is a method of increasing the ability of muscles to generate force. The principles of progressive resistance exercise for increasing force production in muscles have remained virtually unchanged since they were described by DeLorme and Watkins almost 60 years ago. These principles are (1) to perform a small number of repetitions until fatigue, (2) to allow sufficient rest between exercises for recovery, and (3) to increase the resistance as the ability to generate force increases. These principles are detailed in the guidelines of the American College of Sports Medicine.
Traditionally, progressive resistance exercise has been used by young adults who are healthy to improve athletic performance.

This principle also involves continually increasing the demands on the musculoskeletal system to continually make gains in muscle size, strength, and endurance. Simply put, in order to get bigger and stronger, you must continually make your muscles work harder than they're used to. Most often, that means increasing the resistance, but as you all find there are to increase the overload.

Conversely, if the demands on the target muscle groups are not at least maintained or are actually decreased, your muscles will astrophy, losing size and strength.

Progressive resistance or progressive overload is very simple but crucial concept, laying the foundation upon which successful resistance is built.

The progressive overload principle doesn't apply just to lifting weights to increase muscle growth and strength; it can also be applied to cardiovascular-fitness programs, creating physiological changes that affect aerobic metabolism and cardiorespiratory system.

How to progressive overload?

Say you perform a set of the barbell biceps curl with your 8 rm(rep max), which happens to be 75 pounds. Over time, you will get stronger, and your biceps will be a little bigger as a result. Completing eight is no longer very challenging.

As your biceps have adapted to the initial overload you introduced, where do you go now? Do you continue using the same load for the same number of repetitions, don't expect any further gains. There's no reason for your biceps to grow larger or stronger; they are already capable of handling the overload. However, your biceps will become bigger and stronger if you place even greater demands on them. Here are five important ways you can do just that:
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