Plateau

A fitness plateau is defined as a stage in an exercise or weight program where additional progress cannot be made, such as increase in endurance or strength, performance times or loss of weight. The million dollar question in the past few years is “how do I get past my Plateau”? This is a very frustrating time in a client’s training regimen as you may feel like you’re working so hard but not getting the results you have been used to. So why waste your time anymore? The plateau is very simple. We reach this point in all aspects of our lives not just in training. We reach it in work, marriage, friendships, you name it and the more you do something the same way, look out for the plateau! Everyone knows what I’m going to say next. In order to break through this time period you have to switch things up. Or as the magazines like to call it “muscle confusion”. If you do the same thing over and over again your body is going to get used to it and the workouts will not have the same effect as they did at the start. This is not ground breaking stuff. Not only will you not see the result you want but you are more likely to get injured. The change could be as simple as training at a different time. You don’t have to start a whole new program. Anyone will tell you that if you train at Elevate Fitness no two workouts are the same. Why is that? Because we want to be proactive with this whole plateau thing. I know first-hand how frustrating this could be. Let’s make sure we do everything we can to prevent this from happening. If you have any other questions about this please contact me at info@elevatefitnesspt.com