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Ep 11 Is Progressive Overload Training the Best Way to Build Muscle? w/ Frank Rich

Strong By Design Podcast··16 July 2026·54 min

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Send us Fan MailOn today’s episode of Strong By Design, Coach Chris discusses progressive overload with Frank Rich, founder or Massthetic Muscle. Frank gives us the 5 tiers of progressive overload and here’s a hint,  tier 1 is not adding more weight. Tune in to find out the right way to progressive overload for muscle building.   “Tension is the currency or the language of muscular growth. Load and weight and resistance are simply the tools to create tension within a muscle..” -Frank Rich   Subscribe to iTunes Love the podcast? Leave a review on iTunes! What do you want to hear from the Critical Bench Podcast? Tell us here!   Time Stamps: 2:33 Frank’s fitness background 8:20 The true definition of progressive overload 19:32 Tier 1 Execution & Form 22:08 Tier 2 Frequency 25:31 Tier 3 Volume (workload) 26:40 Tier 4 Density (time) 27:45 Tier 5 Increasing the load 30:15 What Frank’s current training looks like   Resources 7 Worst Testosterone Killers Massthetic Arms Program Massthetic Muscle   Connect with Frank Rich Facebook Instagram   Connect with Critical Bench: Facebook Instagram Youtube CriticalBench.com StrongByDesignPodcast.com Support the showConnect w/ Critical Bench: YoutubeFacebookInstagramCriticalBench.comCriticalNutritionLabs.comStrongByDesignPodcast.com