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Muscle confusion for weight loss in Tyler, Texas

August 12th, 2010

Unless you were incredibly genetically blessed, you have probably experienced the dreaded plateau phase while trying to lose weight in Tyler, Texas.  When you first start out, you steadily lose weight but after a few weeks for some reason it seems your routine isn’t working any more.  This is because over a period of time the body will adjust to changes and what once worked does not work anymore.

So how do you prevent plateau?  Keep your routine varied.  You cannot do the same work-out in the same order for any period of time and keep getting results.  Use the principals of muscle confusion so that your body doesn’t get used to any one thing.  Work the same muscle groups in different ways to keep your body wondering what is coming next.

A good rule of thumb is to totally change your routine every 4 weeks.  You may have 2 or 3 different routines to alternate throughout the year so that you do not constantly have to come up with new moves.  As long as it has been a while since your muscles experienced a specific move, repeating routines will be fine.  Some may even like to change out routines every week to keep things interesting and the body well confused.

Replacing fat with muscle may not make the scales move as drastically as you would like since muscle weighs more than fat, but the true results are in the way you look and feel.