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The term "Overload" is a misnomer!

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Where is the "overload" to which the article refers? The article should state that the term "progressive overload" is a misnomer. The term is used to refer to situations in which overload (of the muscles) does not actually occur! If someone tears a muscle, then it can be said that overload occurred. But if you lift weights until "failure" (when you can't carry out any more reps), then you have not OVER-loaded the relevant muscle. You may have loaded it to its or your maximum capability. But that is not over loading.

An encyclopeadic account of the term should point out the inherent falsehood in the term, OR at least define with respect to exactly what the "over" part of the term "overload" refers. (E.g., if loading is relative to the typical loading that a person's muscles experiences throughout their normal life, then lifting weights could - perhaps - be loosely called overloading them.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.185.122.167 (talk) 14:57, 13 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'm concerned about the validity of the claim that the concept of Progressive Overload was "developed" by Thomas Delorme after the second World War. Are we implying that the bodybuilders and strongmen of the past like Eugen Sandow never understood the need for increase weights to build muscle mass? The idea has existed since Milo of Croton 2,600 years ago... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.185.158.104 (talk) 21:49, 9 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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