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And the best thing about strength training using barbells is that you can keep increasing the weight on the bar till you approach your genetic limitations assuming optimal recovery, nutrition, proper form and good programming.

Keeping the body in a state of always adapting to the new stress




>And the best thing about strength training using barbells is that you

That's NOT the way to increase strength to the maximum. Eventually you plateau and improvements stop below what you could potentially do.

You have to do cycles. You increase the weights day by day, then at some point you drop down to lower weights and start going up again.


I agree.

For example, when going for a long hike, you have to stop and rest regularly. Still, you need to keep moving forward to make progress




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