One of the most frustrating situations lifters find themselves in, are plateaus…
This is a period of time when progress screeches to a halt.
Most accept it as a part of training. They think it ’comes with the territory.’
Some guys never get past it. And as a result, they don’t get anywhere near achieving their potential…
For others, the frustration is unbearable. Eventually, they throw their hands up in defeat, quitting altogether.
But I don’t think plateaus need to be ‘inevitable.’
I strongly feel if you have the right training and nutritional knowledge, you can bypass them.
At the very least you’ll shorten the amount of time you spend in a plateau.
One way in particular is to switch up your training style.
More often than not, I see guys training in one particular way FOR-E-VER.
For example, always doing ‘bodybuilding’ workouts. You know, the whole 3 to 6 sets of 8-15 reps.
If that’s how you want to train, that’s fine. But training in that manner, or any other way all the time is a recipe for going stale.
To avoid going the way of expired potato chips, try cycling back and forth between ‘Power’ workouts, and ‘Bodybuilding’ workouts.
The simplest way to do this is the following:
Spend a training cycle working on your power. Focus on compound movements, limit isolation exercises, and use lower reps so you can really pile the iron on the bar.
Once that’s cycle is over, instead of going into another power routine, switch things up to a bodybuilding cycle. Focus on slightly higher reps, add some isolation exercises, and if you want, you can pay extra attention to any lagging body parts.
This also works with other training styles.
Regardless of the training methods you use, the idea here is to always be progressing towards your goals, and to avoid plateaus.
There are also other benefits from training like this. I’ll share them with you another time.
For now, if you find you’ve ‘plateaued,’ give this a chance. It’ll likely give you the shot you need to get the progress train chuggin’ along again.
Train Smart, Train Hard
Ray Toulany
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