Pushing past plateaus

[Fygle]

How does one do it? I've hit a wall on some weight exercises and honestly I don't know how to get past that. I heard some people lower the weight and do more reps, or change the movement for something similar but with different angles, positions etc. Is the answer to simply put that specific exercise on hold for a while?

[Boss Man]

Toughing it out, can sometimes be the simplest way. Some people complain of plateaus, then continue to lift for about 3 weeks afterwards and it goes.

Might be something simple like a slight unintentional drop in water, sleep, hormone activity etc etc, that starts it off and when corrected, stops the problem.

It may just go of it's own accord. Otherwise tweak diet, rather than flit from one new workout to another month after month.

Sometimes new workouts correct the problem, but often diet is the primary factor to explore, and if that fails, then explore training changes. You might get a result changing both at once, but then you won't know which of the two, yielded most or all of the change in circumstance, creating a situation, where you made one good change and one unneccessary change.

I would just tough it out for now, then consider your options in 2-3 weeks time if change doesn't occur.

[Fygle]

Thing is, it's not in all the exercises, just a few.

[swanso5]

2 options;

1 - change the reps
2 - add 3 - 4 extra days of rest for the movement/s that your stuck on then go at them hard

[Fygle]

1 - change the reps

More or fewer reps, or same but change the setup?

[swanso5]

generally do lower reps to actually get stronger at the movement but it depends what you've plateaued on

[Fygle]

Smaller muscle group such as bis (curl), and to some extent tris and shoulders (military press, side/front raises). I'll try to mix up the weight/reps a bit and see if I can push past, thanks.