Hitting plateau
cobaltdriver
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So I'm sure this has been discussed here before so forgive me if I'm bringing up an old topic. Anyway I'm hitting the gym 5 days a week now and I seem to have hit a plateau in my weight loss. I'm down to 240lbs. I'd like to continue to lose fat and gain muscle but nothing else seems to be coming off. I am dieting as well. I'm usually at the gym for almost two and a half hours each night but it doesn't seem like enough. I am mixing interval cardio with weight training. I am on the treadmill for almost 35 minutes and the rest of my time is devoted to lifting. While lifting I am starting with as high a weight as I can handle and do a set of between 10 and 20 reps depending g on the exercise and then after each set I drop the weight a little and add about 5 more reps to the previous set. I do three sets usually on each thing. I am also drinking whey isolate after every gym day. Am I doing something wrong g or does anyone have any suggestions as to what I can do to overcome this plateau? Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
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How long have you been stuck? How are you measuring your calorie intake?0
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queenliz99 wrote: »
Thanks for the articles. Some good info in them.0 -
20 reps? First, are you following a weighlifting program that will help you get to your goals?
Second and third, (and yes this comes up a LOT), how long in the stall and do you weight and measure your food intake?
The famous chart below should help out some. Find you weightlifting program... no one should be lifting as heavy as they can for 3/20 reps.. I can see injury in your future..

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How long have you been stuck? How are you measuring your calorie intake?
Well it's been about two weeks now. I did just start going to the gym 5 days a week this week. Prior to this week I was only going three days a week. As for calorie counting, truthfully I'm just keeping track of it in my head. The last time I looked I should be in taking approximately 2800 calories a day at the point I'm at now. With exercise ID say I'm in taking about 2000 but I could be way off since I'm not actually logging it.0 -
I've hit plateaus before. And, EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. I was guestimating my calories.
One of the key things I've done to consistently lose weight is to consistently log my calorie intake.1 -
20 reps? First, are you following a weighlifting program that will help you get to your goals?
Second and third, (and yes this comes up a LOT), how long in the stall and do you weight and measure your food intake?
The famous chart below should help out some. Find you weightlifting program... no one should be lifting as heavy as they can for 3/20 reps.. I can see injury in your future..

I'm not actually doing three sets of 20 reps at my max. I lower the weight each set and increase my reps but good advice and thanks for the chart. As for a program I'm not really following one just doing the things that seem to have been effective for me in the past.0 -
TheLegendaryBrandonHarris wrote: »I've hit plateaus before. And, EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. I was guestimating my calories.
One of the key things I've done to consistently lose weight is to consistently log my calorie intake.
Thanks it sounds like that might be the common denominator here, so I'll have to start using MFP for its intended purpose I guess
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