The more you read, the stronger your reading muscle becomes. Just like any other muscle in your body.
How our muscles get stronger?
Magic happens after the workout. The body prepares itself for the future. Survival of the fittest, natural selection, savvy?
But reading is not a physical activity!
It’s a cognitive activity. The analogy holds though. Like you can progressively increase weights or do more reps, you can increase reading speed or move to more complex topics.
It requires focus and concentration. People who read from a young age have a head start in developing strong reading muscles that will serve them well throughout their lives.
It compounds.
Reading a book after you’ve read 10 others has more value as you can connect ideas. It keeps compounding.