Human beings can be creatures of habit. We learn one way to do something and then continue to do the same thing for years on end. With certain things that may be a good thing, but not when it comes to working out. Your body will adapt to anything. That includes working out, dieting, cardio, etc. There is a saying that I love that sums up working out and dieting perfectly, “If you do what you have always done, you will get what you have always got”.
If you want to keep making progress you have to keep your body guessing. It gets tired of doing the same thing day in and day out. It adapts to it, and then you just end up spinning your wheels. You need to change things up so your body doesn’t know what’s going on, and then your training gains will begin to take off again. You have to throw your body a curve ball!
There are many ways to keep your body guessing. You can totally revamp your workout program if that’s what you want to do. Change exercises, change what muscle groups you do on certain days, or even change the order in which you do them. You can even change the number of reps you use. Whatever it is you have been doing, start doing something completely different. Keep your body guessing!! You can do high-reps, low-reps, drop sets, super-sets, rest-pause, negative, change the rep tempo, etc. You may not be familiar with some of these terms, but you can have either a trainer or one of our staff help you.
The main thing you need to keep in mind is to not do the same exact thing day in and day out for weeks or months on end. If you want your body to change, and adapt to a new stimulus, then you are going to have to try new things to keep it guessing. Otherwise your body will just remain the same because it is “bored” with your current routine.
