Usage of the overload principle is very important in muscular strength programs. The overload principle basically defines a muscle increasing its strength and size to be able to handle the demand or overload being put upon it. It is a adaptation response to a constant increase demand being put on the muscle through resistance. The primary way to create this overload to the muscles is by using some sort of resistance; most common â weights. A muscle does not respond to the method of the overload, but to the intensity of the overload being put upon it. The following















