Workout Log 245 - Have I Plateaued? Helpful advice from a Personal Trainer — get rid of plateau , get rid of plateu , how to get rid of plateau , how to get rid of plateu , personal trainer tips , plateauing tips — The Road to Riddick

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Thursday, February 18, 2010

Workout Log 245 - Have I Plateaued? Helpful advice from a Personal Trainer

With last weeks results concerning me(no change when I worked my a$$ off), I bumped into a personal trainer and asked for her expertise where I may be going wrong. After explaining what I am trying to achieve she pointed out that everything that I'm doing has become too routine. Basically she was pointing out that I may have plateaued and needed to shock my body again by revamping of everything I'm doing.  

She gave me the following tips/examples of what I should do; hopefully this will help you too :

1. Change the foods that I eat and include veggies in 'every meal'.
(I eat a lot of veggies already but will increase it)
(I'll need to change my routine of eating the same healthy foods through-out the week for other healthy foods and mix it up in sequence)

2. Change my workout routine.
(My workout program just recently changed (to build muscle) and 'should' see results very soon)

3. Include more cardio and try to mix up the cardio - High Impact, Low Impact &  HIIT Cardio
(I will include 10 min HIIT cardio for each non-cardio day)
(I will change up my cardio routines to include different exercises - e.g elliptical, treadmill and bike - all in one workout)

4. Get more sleep
(My sleep has been pretty good lately, but it doesn't hurt to add an hour)

5. Drink more water
(I've always got water and keep a case in the trunk of my car, so no problems in this department)

6. Eat 5 to 6 times a day (or every 3 hours).
(I already do this, as my blackberry tells me when to eat and I'm pretty good in this area - nothing to change here)

7. Absolutely no alcohol.
(Awww man... really?? that sux)

So with the extra knowledge above, I've already implemented #3 by splitting my 45 min cardio today in to 3 parts : 15 min on the treadmill, 15 min on the elliptical and 15 min on the bike. Also, while I was on the bike and treadmill I would change up the speed every min or so to get my HIIT in there as well.

As for the rest of the tips above, I'll need to implement these new things into my routine starting with my next meal, workout or sleep.

Tomorrow is weight training and 10 min extra HIIT cardio. Looking forward to it. ;)

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