Increasing Weight : Plateau stage
I have been working out since 3 months. My weight, from that time, has increased 3 kgs. But now, since two weeks, the weight has been constant. My trainer told me that perhaps I have hit my plateau stage whereby it becomes difficult to increase weight. What do I do to overcome this stage. Does changing the exercises I do will help me achieve that?
My workout consists of exercising each body part each day. I exercise for 1 hr 15 min, 6 days a week.
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Personally , I don't believe that weight should matter at all. Its how you look that matters more than weight . If you can carry the same weight but look better due to muscular development over time then that's better than gaining weight but looking more fatter .Muscles carry more weight than fat , so even if you maintain the same weight but increase muscularity , then that's a win win situation.
"My workout consists of exercising each body part each day". Don't do that . Any body part require at least 48 hours for recovery , and larger the body part , larger time it takes to recover . That said do one or two body part once a day with two rest day in a week . Rest adequately and do your workout after full recovery and more intensity .
You have to work hard outside the Gym to gain weight/muscles , that is have proper diet , gain knowledge and you will see the results in the gym .
No one hits their plateau in 3 months, plenty of people can gain strength and size for years
There are three things that beginners do that can stop their progress
not using good form
not putting enough effort in
not increasing intensity
To me the third one is the most important, people stay with the same weights for months and expect to get stronger and bigger. As a beginner you should be able to increase the weight every week because your progress should be fast.
As for your workout, 6 days a week sounds like a lot, if you workout every day and never rest your muscles have no time to heal and won't get bigger and stronger.
It's hard to know much more than this without knowing more about your current workout and strength but the good news is that your trainer is a moron if he thinks your hit a plateau in 3 months.
There's no way you've hit any sort of limit after three months. Keep at it. If you aren't increasing any more, it's very possible that you're overtrained - you're doing a lot of volume. Also, if your goal is to lift more weight, I would recommend doing heavier weights and fewer reps. You build strength in the 3-5 rep range, and honestly, if you're "comfortable" you aren't pushing hard enough. I'm not saying you should try dangerous weight you can't handle, or use poor form, or go to exhaustion every set - I'm just saying that it shouldn't be easy.
Based on personal experience:
Change your workout. Instead of doing the same things all the time, mix it up. E.g. instead of doing your usual exercise A, then B, the C,D,E, do A, C, and then E, D, B on another session etc.
Also if you're trying to gain weight, which sounds like you are, I think you would need more rest days! - If you can do 6 days a week, with >1hr exercise per session, it sounds like your exercise routine is easy... So, more advise: Exercise say, 3 days a week (the rest are rest days), and in those exercise days, do intense high weight low rep exercises.
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