5 Tips to Break a Plateau and See Progress in Your Workouts

Make It Simple

Andrea Allen

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Education, Fitness, How To

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

If you are feeling frustrated and discouraged because no matter how hard you work out, you're not seeing any progress in your strength training, then listen up! Despite spending hours at the gym and pushing yourself to the limit, you may find that your muscles are not getting stronger and your body is not changing as you had hoped. You might be stuck in a plateau, experiencing minimal improvements and feeling stuck in your fitness journey. Today Andrea is sharing five tips to get out of that rut and shift to seeking progress.

In this episode, you will be able to

Uncover ways to break through your workout stagnation and keep making gains.
Harness the power of proper form to amplify your exercise effectiveness.
See the value of using mirrors as a tool for flawless form execution.
Navigate the art and science of choosing the right weights for your strength training routine.
Absorb the key role of consistency and progression in making lasting workout improvements.

The key moments in this episode are
00:00:00 - Introduction,
00:00:51 - Importance of Form,
00:04:32 - Importance of Weight Selection,
00:09:47 - Using Mirrors and Filming,
00:12:18 - Choosing the Right Weights,
00:13:29 - Choosing the Correct Weight,
00:14:53 - Progressive Overload for Muscle Growth,
00:16:43 - Importance of Varying Intensity and Rest Time,
00:19:57 - Research-backed Benefits of Progressive Overload,
00:23:48 - Bilateral Movements for Muscle Activation,
00:28:03 - The Importance of Range of Motion,
00:29:01 - Learning from Mistakes and Prioritizing Mobility,
00:29:54 - Recommended Mobility Resources,
00:31:08 - Aligning Goals with Workout Programs,
00:32:46 - Prioritizing Functionality and Feeling Good,

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0:00.0	But welcome back. Today, we're going to be talking about how you can break a plateau
0:05.1	through your workouts. Now, I have done a couple of episodes on how you can break a plateau
0:11.0	with your food intake and other ideas. For example, in episode 101, I talk about eight tips for
0:17.6	breaking a plateau without cutting calories. And then also in episode 120, I explain if you are
0:23.8	going to do the calorie cut, how and when to do that effectively. But today, I'm going to give
0:29.2	some simple tips for helping you break a plateau, simply focusing on your workouts alone.
0:35.8	No supplements, no food, no anything else, just your workouts. And as you know, your food intake
0:41.9	does matter. It is a huge part of the equation if you're trying to see changes by either losing fat
0:48.4	and or building muscle. It makes a massive difference. And you want to make sure you're getting
0:53.0	a good solid nutritional intake. But today, we're only going to focus on your workouts and kind
0:59.5	of mastering those and making sure that those are on point. So today, I'm going to give five tips
1:06.4	on how to break a plateau when you're trying to see changes with simply your workouts. And before
1:12.7	we get into it, I want to give a shout out to Mary Fala. Fun, listen with great information.
1:18.5	I've been following Andrea on Instagram for a while, but just recently started listening
1:22.4	to her podcast and binge listened to six episodes on the first day. She's so real and fun to listen
1:27.6	to all the while filled with great information. I'm already implementing some of her nutrition
1:32.9	and training, and I'm excited to learn from her. Thank you, Mary, so much for the review. And if
1:37.8	you find this episode helpful, as always, don't forget to leave a review. Let me know what you think.
1:43.1	Let me know what helped you. Let me know what touched you. We are really a team and I like to
1:48.0	communicate back and forth with you. So let me know that as well. Also in the show notes, there'll
1:52.5	be a link if you want to submit a topic you want me to cover or a guest you want me to have on.
1:58.0	I'm always open to what you need to hear and people you want to hear from. So you can click
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