MTH Fitness Facebook Group Archive - 2 Break

Breaking Through a Plateau

Yesterday, one of my friends asked me about breaking through a plateau. I assume this happens to a lot of us as we try to reach our health goals. So, I figured I'll share so it can be help to someone else that has the same problem.

Plateauing in terms of exercising/dieting is when the body reaches a level, period, or condition of stability or maximum attainment.

Usually when people plateau the muscles/body are saying,"I'm bored. I'm tired of doing the same thing. Get me out of this rut". So, what I recommend is trying something new and different. It could be your same workout-but just rearrange the order, change the tempo(fast/slow), lift a heavier weight with fewer reps or vice versa. Or, you can just simply change the days you do certain workouts: if you do cardio on mon wed and fri, switch it to tu thu sat. And, do your strength training in the days between.