The most important reason to prioritize form isn’t just safety or muscle activation. It’s consistency.

When it comes to tracking progress, the scale often gets too much credit and too much blame. The number you see each morning is not the most important metric for your health or fitness. How your clothes fit, your body measurements, strength in the gym, and most importantly, how you feel in your own skin are all far better markers of success.

There’s a myth that’s been floating around gyms for years: the idea that you need to “confuse your muscles” to make gains. That if you...