If you want to get stronger, look toned again, improve your metabolic health, and age well, you need to be building muscle. And to build muscle, you have to keep challenging your body as it gets stronger. And one way to increase the challenge is to increase weights. But how fast should you be increasing your weights? In this episode, I break down: • Why form always comes first • When you’re actually ready to go up in weight (hint: it’s not every session) • Practical tips: fractional plates, slow eccentrics, and adding plates to weight stacks P.S. In the last two episodes, I explained what progressive strength training is and the three ways you can apply progressive overload so check those out for more insights into getting the most out of the time you spend training. Resources mentioned: • Fractional plates • FlipStik phone mount for form videos • Episode #146: What Progressive Strength Training Is and Why It's So Effective After 40 • Episode #147: 3 Kinds of Progressive Overload and Practical Tips to Use Them Send me your thoughts 😃 If you’re enjoying the podcast, and would like to support my work please consider buying me a cup of coffee – link’s in the show notes! My 10-day Intro to Strength Training >> Learn to Lift with my 10-week beginner program >> Download my free guide to working with your menopausal body >> Subscribe to my weekly newsletter>> Support the show: Buy me a coffee >>