This week on the Strength System podcast, we're talking about progress and why it's often not linear.

Most textbooks and most fitpros make it sound like progress is a straight arrow, all you need to do is set a goal, train hard, eat right, and you're there.

But this doesn't match what actually happens in practice. More often than not, progress plateaus for a while and even regresses before really accelerating.

Nivedhan and Varun dive into just why that might be, and give you some practical rules of thumb to make sure that you're not panicking prematurely because progress has temporarily stalled.