Avoiding plateau

[IrishMuscle84]

Since coming back from a long layoff......Ive been thinking about how to avoid a plateau. Ive been thinking about doing strictly weight training for 2 months, basically what ive been doing, then every third month, do some kind of endurance,plyometric,body weight routine for a month, just to give my body a rest from weights and avoid plateau. Just a thought.........Or maybe training for 3 months doing weight training then every 4th month do some kind of bodyweight exercise routine.

[oldtimer1]

Nothing wrong with breaking things up. Taking a break from the weights and doing bodyweight exercises is a great idea. The below link is an excellent book on body weight conditioning.   http://www.rosstraining.com/

http://bodyweightculture.com/index.php

http://www.tmuscle.com/free_online_article/sports_body_training_performance_interviews/all_muscle_no_iron;jsessionid=A82ECDABCF00A5446C371FA77288C2A5.hydra

Guys that laugh at body weight exercises are the same guys that completely fall apart trying to keep up with a guy in condition doing chins, dips, push ups and burpees.

[oldtimer1]

http://www.rosstraining.com/nevergymless.html

This book is great for conditioning.

[dyslexic]

What's a slurpee?

[benchmstr]

Since coming back from a long layoff......Ive been thinking about how to avoid a plateau. Ive been thinking about doing strictly weight training for 2 months, basically what ive been doing, then every third month, do some kind of endurance,plyometric,body weight routine for a month, just to give my body a rest from weights and avoid plateau. Just a thought.........Or maybe training for 3 months doing weight training then every 4th month do some kind of bodyweight exercise routine.

up the dosage

bench

[wes]

Get ready to lose some power and some size if you switch to bodyweight exercises.

IMO,I would still lift but just change the protocol.