04/10/2024
Hitting a plateau is WILL happen, it isn’t necessarily a matter of IF, but WHEN.
Here are 4 signs you are hitting a plateau in your fitness journey and need to change and adjust your plan.
1️⃣ 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙚 𝙄𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙂𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘿𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝘼𝙣𝙮𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚
The scale ISN’T the greatest unit of measurement for progress, at all lol.��However, if you have had consistent progress on the scale and it slows, that could be a sign.
2️⃣ 𝙀𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙮 𝙇𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙨 𝘿𝙚𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜
As calories continue to decrease in a fat loss phase, energy levels CAN decrease.
However, if the energy decrease is significant AND you aren’t seeing anymore progress, you may need to adjust your plan.
3️⃣ 𝙇𝙞𝙛𝙩𝙨 𝙄𝙣 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙮𝙢 𝘽𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙜𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙊𝙍 𝘿𝙚𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜
As calories decrease energy levels will as well.
Therefore, lifts can start to be stagnant, if your lifts and strength starts to decrease WITH no progress. This can be a sign a reverse diet can be in your near future.
4️⃣ 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙍𝙀𝘼𝘾𝙃𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙜𝙤𝙖𝙡𝙨, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨, 𝙊𝙑𝙀𝙍 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙊𝙑𝙀𝙍.
This is probably the most common and hard to see. A plateau can come in your CURRENT fitness journey, OR it can be an accumulation of your fitness journeys.��If you are caught in a cycle of losing weight, then gaining it back, that IS a plateau, you haven’t gone anywhere for months or years. That is still a plateau OVERALL.
You won’t notice a plateau right away.��But you WILL have one and need to address it at some point in your fitness journey in order to have long term success. 😎