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Strength gain stopped / deteriorating?

goredguar
goredguar Posts: 63 Member
edited February 17 in Fitness and Exercise
My strength gains have stopped recently, (I'm only at 20kg dumbbells too), and I'm almost starting to find it harder

...I currently train 3-4 times a week with 1-2 days cardio (with rest days in between weight days)
Ie I weight train one day, rest one day, weight train the next, etc

Do you think I am not giving myself enough 'rest', or is it something else like daily calorie intake? (Currently ranges between 1,700-2200 depending on how busy I am, but weight gains have slowed too)

Very stressed at the moment due to my finals in a month's time, so maybe it's stress?

Any ideas / tips from those who have hit strength plateaus and got over them would be appreciated

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  • BrianSharpe
    BrianSharpe Posts: 9,248 Member
    Strength / fitness improvements are not linear.

    What you may want to try is an easy week, it;s very common in running plans to build for a few weeks then cut the volume for a week to allow sufficient recovery and, almost invariably, you come back stronger than ever. The same principals can be applied to strength training - I believe it's referred to as de-loading.

    The stress may be coming into play also. Many people don't sleep well when stressed and getting enough sleep is crucial to physical fitness.
  • goredguar
    goredguar Posts: 63 Member
    I have been sleeping far less, yes - I'll try to stop pulling all nighters of work XD

    Thanks for the de-loading tip - I'll try that this next week and see how it goes :) thanks!
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