Neurological Progression

PRIMARY GOAL: Increase ability to voluntarily contract a muscle as well as the strength of that perception of tension

For example, the program calls for “Barbell Back Squats- 3×8-12”:

• Week 1:
  • Biofeedback Notes- Systemically fatiguing; lungs are limiting factor
• Week 2:
  • Biofeedback Notes- Can now feel tension in glutes and quads during the sets; local fatigue in target muscles
• Week 3:
  • Biofeedback Notes- Glutes and quads are engaged and bearing the full tension throughout the entire ROM; failure point comes from fatigue in target muscles

Typically, the neurological progression will be a secondary method of progression and limited to movements/situations that are not intended to be primary drivers of hypertrophic stimulus (i.e. accessory volume).

This progression model should support the other (more direct) models.