Anybody who has achieved a little success with their weight training is always bombarded by the same question: How did you build that physique... high weight or high reps? Naturally, the majority of trainees who have been in a training plateau for the last several months (or years), seek advice from those who have proven to be successful. There are two types of people who just can't seem to stop gaining muscle: those with those one-in a million genetics that allow them to put on muscle with any haphazard training program, and those who have intelligently manipulated their weight training program to keep their training dynamic and the muscle gains coming. If you are one of those genetic freaks that respond to anything, then this article is not for you. If you are a person who religiously hits the gym like an animal with a good nutritional plan, but still seems to be merely spinning their wheels instead of making the progress they want, then this article will be extremely helpful. Before we get into the nuts and bolts of manipulating your weight workouts to avoid training plateaus, three important points need to be emphasized: 1. 99% of trainees are over-trained on volume and under-trained on intensity. More is not always better.
2.The human body will respond to any acute stimulus, but quickly adapts to maintain homeostasis. The workout that did wonders for the first few weeks will surely stall if no changes are made. 3. In order to keep the body adapting in a positive way to our training efforts, we must: Read more »
