Dr. Andy Galpin

You're having big limitations in your sleep or something like that. So if it's not the stress input, which is those first two, then it is the stress output side of it, which is you're not allowing enough recovery capacity to actually build any structural change. So as long as you're taking care of those big things, most people will go right past plateaus.

You're having big limitations in your sleep or something like that. So if it's not the stress input, which is those first two, then it is the stress output side of it, which is you're not allowing enough recovery capacity to actually build any structural change. So as long as you're taking care of those big things, most people will go right past plateaus.

Number five is if it's not any of those first four, it's just a time issue. The better you get, the more well-trained you are, the longer it takes to make progress. So when we hear people that are pretty well-trained and experienced and like, man, I'm plateaued, I'm plateaued. And I'm like, all right, how long has it been? Oh, it's been three weeks. Okay, that's not a plateau.

Number five is if it's not any of those first four, it's just a time issue. The better you get, the more well-trained you are, the longer it takes to make progress. So when we hear people that are pretty well-trained and experienced and like, man, I'm plateaued, I'm plateaued. And I'm like, all right, how long has it been? Oh, it's been three weeks. Okay, that's not a plateau.

Number five is if it's not any of those first four, it's just a time issue. The better you get, the more well-trained you are, the longer it takes to make progress. So when we hear people that are pretty well-trained and experienced and like, man, I'm plateaued, I'm plateaued. And I'm like, all right, how long has it been? Oh, it's been three weeks. Okay, that's not a plateau.

That is a normal adaptation response time. Oh, it's been three months. How long have you been lifting? 15 years. Three months is nothing then. When we have our Olympic weightlifters and professional powerlifters, and the Olympic weightlifters, for example, are training for the Olympics, if we saw a gain every three months, we'd be breaking world records.

That is a normal adaptation response time. Oh, it's been three months. How long have you been lifting? 15 years. Three months is nothing then. When we have our Olympic weightlifters and professional powerlifters, and the Olympic weightlifters, for example, are training for the Olympics, if we saw a gain every three months, we'd be breaking world records.

That is a normal adaptation response time. Oh, it's been three months. How long have you been lifting? 15 years. Three months is nothing then. When we have our Olympic weightlifters and professional powerlifters, and the Olympic weightlifters, for example, are training for the Olympics, if we saw a gain every three months, we'd be breaking world records.

You plan the four years out and saying we're trying to get a peak at the end of this four years. So that's a pretty extreme example. But when you get really to the end of your strength spectrum or whatever you're after, it just takes a long time. And so you're probably not at a plateau. You're just at a level of where we can't perceive the progress.

You plan the four years out and saying we're trying to get a peak at the end of this four years. So that's a pretty extreme example. But when you get really to the end of your strength spectrum or whatever you're after, it just takes a long time. And so you're probably not at a plateau. You're just at a level of where we can't perceive the progress.

You plan the four years out and saying we're trying to get a peak at the end of this four years. So that's a pretty extreme example. But when you get really to the end of your strength spectrum or whatever you're after, it just takes a long time. And so you're probably not at a plateau. You're just at a level of where we can't perceive the progress.

The increments are going slower than we realize, right? So if you want to think about it this way, you've gained a half a pound of strength. But how can I see that in the weight room?

The increments are going slower than we realize, right? So if you want to think about it this way, you've gained a half a pound of strength. But how can I see that in the weight room?

The increments are going slower than we realize, right? So if you want to think about it this way, you've gained a half a pound of strength. But how can I see that in the weight room?

That's exactly right.

That's exactly right.

That's exactly right.

Yep.

Yep.

Yep.