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Understanding Progressive Overstimulation and Individual Context in Exercise
This chapter explores the concept of progressive over stimulus versus progressive overload in exercise, discussing how certain exercises can become inefficient in continually overstimulating the body. It emphasizes the importance of understanding an individual's baseline recoverability and stimulus tolerance level, as well as the significance of biomechanics in exercise selection and the role of context in program design.