How to Bust Through a Fat Loss Plateau

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How to Bust Through a Fat Loss Plateau

Copyright 2006 strength-training-woman.com

You made a goal a few weeks back to lose that extra 45

pounds you have been dragging around. You found a

top-notch fitness program and stuck with it religiously.

Your motivation shot through the roof as your weight

decreased week after week. Now you are 8 weeks into your

program and something has gone terribly, terribly wrong.

The scale has stopped moving. You are not sure what is

going on, but you are absolutely positive that if something

does not change soon you will give up all hope of being

lean and healthy. You are at a plateau.

Hitting a plateau is often a time of disappointment for

most people. They feel lost and unsure of their next

course of action. Motivation fades away and old habits

come back with a vengeance. The good news is that there is

a simple solution to busting through a plateau.

The secret is to continually change your program. Your

body is extremely smart. It learns to adapt to your

workout program very quickly. That means that your body

learns to do your fitness program by spending less energy.

In other words, your body burns less calories, and less

calories burned means slowed fat loss.

Changing your fitness program every 4-6 weeks is

recommended by most fitness professionals. You should

change 1 or several of the following factors:

- Intensity Level

- Amount of Weight Lifted

- Amount of Time Spent Working Out

- Strength Training Method

- Muscle Specific Exercise

Simply changing 1 or more of these factors can shatter a

plateau. Your body will not be prepared for the new change

and this will cause it to exert more energy, or calories.

As always your body will learn how to adapt to your new

changes every 4-6 weeks. Continually changing your routine

is a good idea.

I prefer to have 2-3 different routines that I rotate. I

will do a Pyramid routine for 6 weeks and then shift to an

Upper/Lower Body Split routine. I will also vary my cardio

program accordingly. Shattering plateaus will be easy so

long as something changes.

Should a change in your fitness routine not produce results

then zero in on your nutrition. You should eat 5-6 small

meals per day. Your first meal should be eaten within an

hour after waking and each meal thereafter should be 2-3

hours apart. Each meal should include a lean protein and a

good carb. Eating this way helps maintain blood sugar

levels. It also reduces hunger pangs and cravings for

sweets.

About the Author:

Lynn VanDyke is the head trainer at

http://www.strength-training-woman.com . Her wildly popular

ebook, Melt the Fat, comes complete with over 100

exercises, 160 daily menus, 63 ways to stick with it, 100

strength training routines, 800 healthy meal suggestions

and loads more. Learn more by visiting:

http://www.Melt-the-Fat.com