Getting Past Training Plateaus

Any serious strength trainer will eventually, and continuely, hit plateaus in there training growth. A plateau, in training terms, simply means when the body seems to slow down in the quick paced fashion of gaining muscle and strength. The body is a tricky machine, and many people do not give the human body as much credit as it deserves. The body continuelly gets used to workout routines and the shock princepal is gone. The shock principal is what makes the body work and grow, but once the body gets use to a workout routine, there is no more shock because it will know what to expect.
All too often you will see people in the gym working out with the same routine, on the same days, using the same weight, doing the same thing. They don't understand why they are no longer getting the results that they desire, or even once were getting. It is truely so simple to get past these plateaus, but in no way easy. If you feel like you might be in a plateau in your gains, or feel like you might be nearing one, adding simple changes to your routine might help you more than you know. Simple changes such as set numbers, number of repetitions, workouts performed, breaks between sets, how many exercises performed per body part, and even on the day an exercise is performed can all help dirastically in getting a person get through their strength training platoues.