Breaking through a plateau at the gym
Almost every gym-goer hits a phase where weights and muscles stop improving. The cause is usually a monotonous programme, recovery or eating. This guide helps you find what is behind your own plateau.
You will need
- A training diary covering at least 4–8 weeks
- Details of your sleep and diet
- Your current training programme
- Videos of your technique if you like
Steps
Check your training diary
See whether your weights, reps or sets have stayed the same for over a month. If you have not been logging your workouts, start now – without data it is hard to break a plateau.
Make sure you progress
Assess your total volume
Check your technique
Change rep ranges
Deload now and then
Fix your sleep and nutrition
Get an outside view
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