6 Things Destroying Your Strength Gains Right Now

You think you’re doing all the “right” stuff, but your body might be working against you.
In this episode of The Fit2 Perform Podcast, Bobby and Steffan uncover the hidden sabotagers that stop performers from making real strength gains, even when they’re training hard and showing up consistently.

This one is all about why strength stalls, why progress feels fragile, and what actually needs fixing if you want to get stronger without burning out or breaking down.

💡 What We Cover:
😴 Inadequate recovery and overtraining
Why more sessions don’t equal more strength, and how fatigue masks progress.

🏋️ Poor movement technique and form breakdown
How ego-lifting, rushed reps, and compensation patterns quietly limit strength.

📉 No progressive overload or smart variation
Why doing the same weights forever, or changing everything too often, both destroy results.

🍽️ Nutrition that doesn’t support strength
Under-fuelling, low protein, and poor timing on heavy training days.

🧠 Hormonal imbalance and chronic stress
How cortisol, poor sleep, and emotional load blunt adaptation and recovery.

🔄 Inconsistency and programme hopping
Why strength is cumulative and can’t survive constant resets.

✅ Takeaways:
• Keep a training log and progress load or volume gradually.
• Prioritise clean form and limit ego-driven lifting.
• Build in recovery days and deload cycles on purpose.
• Align nutrition so heavy training days are properly fuelled.
• Stay consistent. Strength is built over time, not accidentally.

If you feel like you train hard but your strength never quite sticks, this episode will help you spot exactly what’s holding you back and how to fix it.

👉 Tune in now to Top 6 Ways to Sabotage Strength Training on The Fit2 Perform Podcast.
Got a strength question or feel stuck in your training? Email us at talk@fit-2.co.uk and we’ll tackle it on the show.