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Fitness Exercise, Personal Fitness, and Fitness Plateaus

We will all hit plateaus in our personal fitness training progress, whether we are beginners or advanced fitness experts.

Even the top bodybuilders, and those who are taking steroids will plateau from time to time and it is something that we need to understand to breakthrough and reach higher levels of physical conditioning.

The first thing many people will do is to increase their training intensity. This is the wrong move for most beginners and intermediate people, as it quickly leads to over training and “burn out”.

Many times these plateaus will come about when your body is crying out for a bit more time to recover and rebuild.

Inexperienced fitness enthusiasts will see this as a sign that they need to push harder to continue their development, and so begins an ever more difficult time where the training intensity increases but the results diminish.

If this problem isn’t addressed at an early stage, it can lead to illness, as the immune system gets overloaded with the loads that are being placed upon it.

If you find that you aren’t making progress with your fitness training program, then it might be time to reduce your training intensity, either by lifting lighter weights, working out for a shorter time, or in the case of aerobic exercises like running, reduce the distances and times of your training for a week or two.

In some cases where the training has been particularly intense you might even need to take a few days or a week off, where you have a complete break and come back rejuvenated.

The more you exercise, the better you get at reading your body and understanding when it is time to train harder and when it is time to take a break.

You might also need to consider having a backup training plan for these times where you will do something completely different to maintain fitness but still have a rest from your usual regime.   A personal trainer would be a great asset in this case.

If you usually run for fitness you might try swimming for a week or two before coming back to your running training again.

When you inject variety and recovery intervals into your fitness exercise, personal fitness training program, your overall physical conditioning and health will be given a big boost.

To Your Health and Fitness,
Matt D …Fitness Advocate for 40+ Years
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