Will Harlow

But then we want to progress that pretty quickly as well.

So then we start to add a weight in.

So a goblet squat from a sit to stand position.

I hate those.

They're savage, but they work really well.

My trainer has me do them, yeah.

They're great.

And then you get rid of the chair and you have them doing squats without the chair if they can handle that as well.

And there's just so many ways to progress and make things tougher over time.

I like to keep things simple.

I have a rule of just one progression at a time.

So you either increase the reps, you increase the weight, or you change the technique, but not at the same time.

And then over time, that's how we get that progressive overload that actually rebuilds the muscle.

Do you find that that helps?

Oh, 100%.

And what I would say is it's fascinating how many of the techniques we use now with the older population originated in the bodybuilding world.

Yeah, it's amazing.

And this is one of them.

So the mind muscle connection we used to think of as just for guys that are trying to get huge, but it works just as well for older people that are trying to build some strength back up in their quads, right?

And there's evidence to show that it isn't just what your muscle itself can do that produces the contraction, it's how well, neurally, you can connect to it.