Are you are training harder but not really seeing any progress from all the sweat? Don't fear, this is pretty common. Many exercisers get into fitness ruts and hit plateaus after about six month of doing the same routine. To continue making progress, as well as avoid injury, it helps to vary your workout routine. Here are some tips to help you overcome a workout rut.
Break Free of Your Workout Rut
Strength Training Plateaus - How to Get Unstuck
Need more motivation?
- A study by the University of Florida at Gainesville found that doing the same form of exercise repetitiously greatly increases your chances of giving up altogether.
- Looking for something new? Try on of these Rut-Busting Workouts
I would have to agree. People need to change things up. It also springs new muscles into action. I attended a class that I did not think was all that hard last week. But woke up the next day sore. I had been missing some muscles.