8 ways to break out of a muscle building plateau…

1. See why you can't gain muscle 1^st

Before you make any radical changes to your muscle building workout or diet plan… See why you can't gain muscle and that (90% of the time) will solve your muscle building problems but if not…

2. Always Beat your last workout and/or set because…

When you're working out to build muscle it's VERY IMPORTANT that you keep a training log to keep up with how much weight you're using along with how many sets & reps you're doing because…

Your muscles can't get bigger and stronger if you keep using the same weights, reps and sets every workout so You want to make each workout tougher than the last workout by using heavier weights, more reps and/or sets and instead of waiting for the next workout…

Go ahead and try to make each SET of your muscle building workouts tougher than the last set by using heavier weights and/or doing more reps and just remember this…

The quickest way to break out of a muscle building plateau is to keep beating your last workout and/or set by pushing yourself more & more each time even if it's only by an inch!

3. Find new ways to get stronger

A stronger muscle is a bigger muscle and if you're having trouble getting stronger each time you workout by using heavier weights, more reps and/or sets then you're going to have trouble building muscle so you need to find new ways to get stronger by…

Doing things like drop sets, pause reps or forced reps to help you do more reps or…
Doing things like Negatives & Partials to help you lift heavier weights or…
You could simply do more sets.

4. Stop working out for a while

Since you already read #2 from why you can't gain muscle here then you already know If you're not lifting heavier weights, doing more reps and/or sets every time you workout then you need to rest longer between workouts so you can lift heavier weights, do more reps and/or sets every time you workout so for example…

If you were taking 2 days off between workouts and you were not seeing any results - then you want to probably take 4 days off or more to see if you are able to lift heavier weights, do more reps and/or sets to make your muscles bigger & stronger and realize this…
As you get bigger & stronger you may have to rest 2-to-4 weeks or MORE between your workouts for the same muscle before you are able to lift heavier weights, do more reps and/or sets to make your muscles bigger & stronger and…

5. You may need to Eat more

After you start working out and gaining muscle…
To keep gaining muscle to get bigger & bigger…
You may to have to continually eat more and more calories so…
If you were gaining muscle eating 2500 calories a day and then stopped gaining muscle…
You may need to start eating 2500-to-3000 calories a day to keep gaining muscle while…
Eating the right amounts of protein, carbs, and fats to gain muscle and…
Working out with or without weights to build muscle and…
Go here to see how many calories you need to gain muscle

6. Eat more or less protein, carbs and/or fats

You can increase your protein to no more than 40% of your total daily calories to break out of a muscle building plateau or…
You can eat more carbs by making carbs no more than 60% of your total daily calories to give you more energy during your workouts so you can lift heavier weights, do more reps and sets to get stronger and build more muscle and…
You should always play around with the amount of protein, carbs and/or fats you need to gain muscle to see what works best for you but… Look at how much protein, carbs, and fats you need to gain muscle first

7. Do a different muscle building exercise and/or workout

Other than lifting heavier weights, doing more reps and/or sets with or without these fast muscle building techniques every time you workout…

You may have to do a different muscle building workout plan because your muscles have gotten used to the same exercises or workouts that you do so for example…

If all you've been doing is hammer curls for bigger biceps for the past 2 months then it's probably time to switch over and do something different like chin-ups to work your biceps in a different way that your body is not used to and usually…

You will need to change exercises or make changes in your workout at least every 4-to-8 weeks so YOU & YOUR body will not get used to the same workout and you may need to make changes more often than that depending on how long you've been working out.

8. Use a different amount of weights & reps

If you've been using heavy weights for only 3-to-8 reps for a long time then you'll probably break out of your muscle building plateau quicker by switching to lighter weights and 8-to-12 reps and vice versa…
If you've been using lighter weights for only 8-to-12 reps for a long time then you'll probably break out of your muscle building plateau quicker by switching to heavy weights and 3-to-8 reps and…
If you've been stuck in the middle using 5-to-10 reps then you can break out of your muscle building plateau quicker by switching to either heavy weights & 3-to-8 weights or lighter weights & 8-to-12 reps but…
Go here to see the difference between Real & Fake Muscle to see why this will work but basically..
If you've been building real muscle for a long time by doing heavy weights and low reps then you'll see a drastic change in your muscle size once you start focusing more on fake muscle with light weights and high reps and vice versa again…
If you've been building fake muscle for a long time by doing light weights and high reps then you'll see a drastic change in your muscle size once you start focusing more on real muscle with heavy weights and low reps.

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