What is the Plateau Effect?

If you have never experienced the plateau effect from working out, then you either haven’t been lifting long enough or have been doing something right. Generally the plateau effect can come into play anywhere from a month to a few months after you start lifting. So what exactly is the plateau effect? Simply put it is when your gains in the gym have reached a plateau, you are no longer gaining strength, size, or either. So you can hit a plateau by being to consistent with your workouts and not changing anything up, when your body gets used to doing a certain set of workouts a certain way you will eventually reach a point where you are no longer gaining any benefit from that particular exercise or range of motion. The plateau can last for a few weeks or remain for months until something is changed within your regimen. By maintaining the same regimen sure you will be able maintain your size and strength, but you won’t really see very many gains.  Read more here...

Dedication

Dedication is a very powerful tool. If you think about it, dedication is used in all facets of life. The more dedicated you are the better the results you will get. Think of the businessman who is Lways working, also dedicating himself to his main goal. This is the person who will run the company and surpass the undedicated folks.

Now what does the businessman have to do with fitness you may be asking, and the answer is a lot of things. Like the businessman, someone who dedicates themselves to fitness will achieve much better results than the slacker.  Read more here...