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How do u get out of plateau???

secondtonone Posts: 11 Joined: 2002/01/27	2002/09/25, 08:45 PM I have been weight training for almost six months straight(4 days a week) and the first few months, I made incredible gains but now i can't seem to lift any more weight. Its as if I have hit my Maximimum or hit my peak but i heard that you can always lift more as you go along and stick with it. How do I start to make gains again? Any advice will be appreciated. Thanks in Advance
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2002/09/25, 08:51 PM Welcome to the paradox of weight training! You will normally make great gains when you first start, then your body adapts. You haven't mentioned what you have tried, so some simple things to try are first, changing your routine. If you are doing say a total body workout 4 days per week, start splitting up body parts so you can concentrate more heavily on a smaller number of muscle groups each workout. Change your warmup pocedure. You may be warming up too long. Go to your heaviest weights first and do sets with them. Do not pyramid up. Change your diet along with this. You may also need a week off, rest everything, and you will usually be all the stronger when you come back. Just some ideas. I am sure you will get plenty more.
secondtonone Posts: 11 Joined: 2002/01/27	2002/09/30, 06:42 PM Thanks for the advice bb1fit, here is some more info about my routine: I work out 4 or 5 days a week with 2 days rest. Cardio for 30 minutes. I always do pyramiding so I guess I can change that. I weigh 165 pounds, 21 yrs old male. My goal is to be well toned but at the same time I want to be able to lift a little more of course. monday- chest, tris, cardio tuesday- back, biceps, cardio wed - rest thurs - shoulders, cardio fri - legs sat- cardio sunday - rest