Increasing weight on the bar is the most straightforward method of progressive overload for beginners in strength training.

“so if you come in you've never done some sort of squat movement before and you do 95 pounds for five reps and then the next week you come in you do 100 and the next week you come in and do 105. that's the same number of reps at the same number of reps right you know that is a form of progressive overload and most people when they enter the gym that's kind of their experience”

“for the most part when you first start going to the gym you're just going to be able to put more weight on the bar pretty much every week and that is a perfectly reasonable way to progress”

“a lot of people hear Progressive overload and they just think weight on the bar and that is the most simple way to explain it”