Should You Add More Weight or More Reps to Build Muscle?

Egis R.
4 min readNov 15, 2022
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Okay quickest summary ever: To build muscle, your workouts must contain some form of progression over time. It’s called progressive overload and blah blah blah I’m not going to expand on progressive overload — doing so would turn this short article into a goddamn book.

So just trust me when I say that the two simplest ways to incorporate progressive overload into…

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Egis R.

I’m Egis, an online weight loss coach who has heightened BS sensors for fitness & nutrition. Only evidence-based & sustainable fat loss. www.absscience.com