Jelly Belly Be Gone

If you ask people in the gym, 10 out of 10 have hit a fitness plateau at least once. You know, when you have been seeing incredible results (losing belly fat, dropping inches from your waist, and gaining strength) and then all of a sudden it seems as if you are going in reverse and no matter what you do you can’t drop another pound of fat.

More times than not the reason you have hit that plateau, is your fault. Your body is so smart that it is able to adapt to your habits. Every 6-10 weeks you must switch your fitness routine. This means no more doing 3 sets of 10-12 reps.

Rather than your typical workout of doing all the sets of one exercise before going on to the next, you can do circuits. Basically you can do one set of each exercise (or group your exercises in pairs of 2 or 3) and then rest for a minute or two and do the 2nd set of each of those exercises, etc.

Intensity- How fast and how long you train for (rest, speed of reps, amount of resistance.)

Volume of Work- It’s all about the math: sets x reps x distance moved = total volume worked

More or Less- Add or take some exercises out, as well as increase or decrease the amount of sets/reps.

Stability- seated on a ball, standing on one leg, are a few ways to change your base of stability.

Exercise Type- single or multi joint exercises, free-weight or fitness machines

Order of Exercises- If you normally do lat pull downs 3rd in your routine try doing them 2nd or 5th.

Exercise Angle- incline, flat, upright, bent over, etc

Right now you may be thinking that just these 7 variables seem to be too many to comprehend. This is why it is good to have an experienced personal trainer to draw out a program to help you regain the success you had.