How often do you switch up your routine?

[Soundwave]

Been giving some thought to changing up my regimen because I feel like I've gone as far as I can on my current plan ... how often do you guys change up in order to keep things interesting? Any suggestions on a regimen?

 

[RTF]

When I've milked everything out the cow.

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Weekly

Naw I have been on an upper/lower split since May. Only changes have been due to injuries really.

One thing that did help me get over plateaus was alternating rep ranges. Hitting everything twice a week is good too.

 

[unit321]

I try to change it up every three to four weeks. You don't want your body to get adjusted to a workout regimen. That's when you don't grow or get better/stronger/larger.

 

[Soundwave]

I try to change it up every three to four weeks. You don't want your body to get adjusted to a workout regimen. That's when you don't grow or get better/stronger/larger.

I want to do this

Can you brehs offer some advice in regards to new routines/exercises to try?

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

I try to change it up every three to four weeks. You don't want your body to get adjusted to a workout regimen. That's when you don't grow or get better/stronger/larger.

I have made all kinds of gains on my current routine and I've been on it for 6 months. Still gonna switch it up but I'm gonna be on that next routine for a minute too

 

[semtex]

@GinaThatAintNoDamnPuppy! be changing his shyt in between sets

I used periodized training

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

@GinaThatAintNoDamnPuppy! be changing his shyt in between sets

I used periodized training

 

[The ADD]

I try to change it up every three to four weeks. You don't want your body to get adjusted to a workout regimen. That's when you don't grow or get better/stronger/larger.

Isn't that the point of progressive overload. In theory your body can't adapt to consistently increasing weight and reps.

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Isn't that the point of progressive overload. In theory your body can't adapt to consistently increasing weight and reps.

And with one routine, you know exactly what kind of progress you're making

 

[RTF]

You should stick to a routine for at least 3-4 months. In that period you would want to backcycle maybe once or twice to get over plateau's. So try to consistently get your numbers up 7 weeks in a row. Drop the weights a little (maybe to 2 weeks prior), work back up for 2 weeks... then another 7 week run.

In that 4 months you should be much better than before

 

[unit321]

Isn't that the point of progressive overload. In theory your body can't adapt to consistently increasing weight and reps.

Actually, it kind of can. Example if your workout is always ladder-like workout for legs. Your body will grow, but it is going to peak out if it's the same progression. Just to use me as an example, I would start my squat workout with 225 for 10 reps. Then go to 245 lbs. for 10 reps, then go to 265 for 8 reps. then go to 285 lbs for 5 reps and then go to 305 lbs. for 1 rep. That's progressive overload? So, I ended up increasing my last weight to maybe 3 reps. But it peaked. And my body wasn't able to go up to 4, and 5 and 6 and so on.

 

[unit321]

I try to change it up every three to four weeks. You don't want your body to get adjusted to a workout regimen. That's when you don't grow or get better/stronger/larger.

Actually, you don't necessarily need to change the exercises that you do, i.e. bench press to dumbbell press. You can keep on doing the same exercise, but change up the weight, rep and set counts for that exercise.

 

[The ADD]

Actually, it kind of can. Example if your workout is always ladder-like workout for legs. Your body will grow, but it is going to peak out if it's the same progression. Just to use me as an example, I would start my squat workout with 225 for 10 reps. Then go to 245 lbs. for 10 reps, then go to 265 for 8 reps. then go to 285 lbs for 5 reps and then go to 305 lbs. for 1 rep. That's progressive overload? So, I ended up increasing my last weight to maybe 3 reps. But it peaked. And my body wasn't able to go up to 4, and 5 and 6 and so on.

That's not what I view as progressive overload. Weight increases have to come over weeks. At some point you slap 310 on there and make yourself get out of the hole. Of course if you do the same set of reps and weights your body will adapt.
Maybe I am misunderstanding your example.

 

[unit321]

That's not what I view as progressive overload. Weight increases have to come over weeks. At some point you slap 310 on there and make yourself get out of the hole. Of course if you do the same set of reps and weights your body will adapt.
Maybe I am misunderstanding your example.

Well, I probably don't know what you mean by progressive overload. What I mean by changing up your workout is to have heavy days, medium days and light days. Someone people stick with heavy days all the time for an extended period of time and there's no incremental gain in weight or reps performed. So in those cases, it would be beneficial to do medium and light days.