Progressive overload is the principle of gradually increasing the demands placed on your body over time so that it is continuously challenged and forced to adapt by getting stronger, more capable, and more resilient. Without progressive overload, your body reaches a plateau because it has fully adapted to the current stimulus and no longer has a reason to change. This can be applied by increasing weight, adding reps or sets, reducing rest time, increasing range of motion, or improving movement complexity over successive training sessions. It is the foundational principle behind any effective strength and conditioning program, and one of the primary reasons working with a coach at NHANCE produces better results than training randomly on your own, because your program is systematically designed to keep progressing you forward.