Maximizing Strength Training

This chapter focuses on the scientific approaches to resistance training, particularly the principles of progressive overload and their impact on performance. It highlights the common practice of gym-goers training with weights below their maximum capacity and challenges the effectiveness of such methods. The discussion also covers the intricacies of training to failure, the accuracy of self-reported exertion levels, and how individual differences affect training outcomes.

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