Progressive Overload Is the Boomer Fountain of Youth

Progressive overload isn’t some gym-bro mantra screamed over pre-workout fumes. It’s the grown-up truth that your body only gets stronger when you give it a reason. Lift the same weight for the same reps forever and congratulations, you’ve mastered standing still. Push just a bit harder, keep two reps in the tank, and your Type II fibers start waking up like somebody finally flipped the breaker back on. That’s how you grow muscle after sixty, not by wishing, not by nostalgia, but by applying pressure that your body has to answer. Strength is freedom, and this is how you reclaim it.