Adam Schafer

It's not like this wide, it's like you get really good gains, gains, gains, gains, peak gains, everything starts to decline very quickly after that.

I mean, you add a little bit more volume after that and you're getting less gains and you start to get a little confused with it because, or by it, because you feel like you're doing so much more work

And you just don't realize how many gains you're leaving on the table.

Because here's what it looks like.

If you're on the wrong side of that U-shaped curve, let's say you're on the too much end of it, you're still getting stronger.

I added five pounds to my lift.

I added 10 pounds.

But we don't realize you could have added 15 or 20 pounds to your lift.

You just don't realize it because you're on the other side of that.

So the right dose is best.

So when you look at your strength training, don't think of it as exercise and activity.

Think of it as this is specific to build muscle and strength, which, by the way, have their own health and longevity benefits for people.

Getting stronger, building more muscle, of course, until you get to the extremes, has all kinds of longevity and health benefits.

Then when you're thinking more activity, more exercise, there's lots of things you could do for more exercise and activity.

The strength training, the best way to utilize it is for what it's good for, which is strength and muscle.

It does.

There's also this, that daily practice is better for developing skills than less frequent type practice.

So in other words, practicing some every day will get you better at the skill of strength.

than doing, let's say, a lot a few days a week, okay?

So they're both good, but the daily version of practice has been shown in the data and experience to build more strength, which brings us to the next point, which is when it comes to building strength, fatigue is the enemy, okay?