The Only Workout Principle You’ll Ever Need to Build Muscle And Strength

One that more than 90% of the people I see don’t know about

Neeramitra Reddy
In Fitness And In Health
5 min readJun 3, 2021

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In the fitness industry, it’s not information but misinformation that is the norm. And the simple process of building muscle and strength is portrayed as a twisted enigma

Gimmicky exercises by Instagram fitness models, useless workout programs by fitness “gurus”, and bro-science advice by gym bros around the world.

With this pervasion of fluff, half-baked knowledge, and pseudo-science, the fundamentals and legit information have faded into oblivion.

In my fitness journey, it took me 2 years and a lot of costly mistakes to be able to look beyond the bro-science. And when I did — I outdid my 2 years of progress in just 9 months.

Exercise selection, training close to failure, using compound lifts, etc. are all important but at its core — working out to build muscle and strength involves the adherence to just one main principle.

Progressive Overload: The Only Principle You Need

Your body only cares about surviving. And when in starvation, fat stores come in handy. So, when it comes to gaining weight, your body prefers storing the extra weight as

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