Adam Schafer

But in my training career, I can think of many other ways that I would progressively overload the bar or overload the body without adding weight to the bar. Yes. And I can think of many cases where that was the more appropriate way to overload the body than to just add weight to the bar.

A hundred percent. I was trying to think when you first wrote this, like, you know, if I actually had to like do like a pie chart of all my clients and I said like all these different ways, And, and obviously weight, adding weight to the bar as one of these ways to overload the body. I don't even know if it takes up, uh, the majority.

A hundred percent. I was trying to think when you first wrote this, like, you know, if I actually had to like do like a pie chart of all my clients and I said like all these different ways, And, and obviously weight, adding weight to the bar as one of these ways to overload the body. I don't even know if it takes up, uh, the majority.

A hundred percent. I was trying to think when you first wrote this, like, you know, if I actually had to like do like a pie chart of all my clients and I said like all these different ways, And, and obviously weight, adding weight to the bar as one of these ways to overload the body. I don't even know if it takes up, uh, the majority.

I think, I think more than half the time, if not more, I utilize other tools just because we, the average person that we, we dealt with was middle-aged overweight, uh, pretty new to weightlifting.

I think, I think more than half the time, if not more, I utilize other tools just because we, the average person that we, we dealt with was middle-aged overweight, uh, pretty new to weightlifting.

I think, I think more than half the time, if not more, I utilize other tools just because we, the average person that we, we dealt with was middle-aged overweight, uh, pretty new to weightlifting.

Yeah, pretty experienced. It's not like I was training a bunch of you. Like if I was training you guys, then of course we would be probably mostly adding weight to the bar for a big portion of our group. But even us,

Yeah, pretty experienced. It's not like I was training a bunch of you. Like if I was training you guys, then of course we would be probably mostly adding weight to the bar for a big portion of our group. But even us,

Yeah, pretty experienced. It's not like I was training a bunch of you. Like if I was training you guys, then of course we would be probably mostly adding weight to the bar for a big portion of our group. But even us,

and this was the point I wanted to make to you, Sal, is that I think we're guilty of progressively overloading with weight to the bar when we probably should go the other direction because the return... We've already reached... All of us in here have reached a level of strength where we're really not squeezing that much more out by adding more weight to the bar.

and this was the point I wanted to make to you, Sal, is that I think we're guilty of progressively overloading with weight to the bar when we probably should go the other direction because the return... We've already reached... All of us in here have reached a level of strength where we're really not squeezing that much more out by adding more weight to the bar.

and this was the point I wanted to make to you, Sal, is that I think we're guilty of progressively overloading with weight to the bar when we probably should go the other direction because the return... We've already reached... All of us in here have reached a level of strength where we're really not squeezing that much more out by adding more weight to the bar.

And in fact, it would behoove us to do that, even if it's not just purely the point you were making about injury. Like... Yeah, when you put 400 or 500 pounds on your back to squat and a little bit goes off, that puts you at risk for injury. But even not just that, it's just stressful on your body and your joints.

And in fact, it would behoove us to do that, even if it's not just purely the point you were making about injury. Like... Yeah, when you put 400 or 500 pounds on your back to squat and a little bit goes off, that puts you at risk for injury. But even not just that, it's just stressful on your body and your joints.

And in fact, it would behoove us to do that, even if it's not just purely the point you were making about injury. Like... Yeah, when you put 400 or 500 pounds on your back to squat and a little bit goes off, that puts you at risk for injury. But even not just that, it's just stressful on your body and your joints.

And even if you don't get hurt like a serious injury, that extra wear and tear everywhere else on your body for the return that you're getting from it, is it really that much better than if you would have just used another method of overload?

And even if you don't get hurt like a serious injury, that extra wear and tear everywhere else on your body for the return that you're getting from it, is it really that much better than if you would have just used another method of overload?

And even if you don't get hurt like a serious injury, that extra wear and tear everywhere else on your body for the return that you're getting from it, is it really that much better than if you would have just used another method of overload?

I also think that if your overall goal is like real-world training, we're not talking about the person who's chasing a PR for their powerlifting meet, right? Everybody else who wants to look good, feel good, be strong in real life. Challenging with like slowing it down and the other things you're going to talk about.