Changing routine/program every 6 workouts?

[Frozen]

I read somewhere that you should change your routine or workouts every 6 workout to avoid plateaus, this way you don't hit them. I was wondering what IA thinks and everyone else. If this is true it will take forever to increase strength for a certain lift.

[Frozen]

I read somewhere that you should change your routine or workouts every 6 workout to avoid plateaus, this way you don't hit them. I was wondering what IA thinks and everyone else. If this is true it will take forever to increase strength for a certain lift.

[iron addict]

I like keeping things the same and changing only those lifts that stall. But for some people this is a good strategy. Another good way of doing it is with rotatining routines or the cojugate method ala Simmons. With this method certain lifys change weekly or bi-weekly. I do NOt generally start beginers or low-intermediate trainees this way for a variety of reasons.

Iron Addict

[iron addict]

I like keeping things the same and changing only those lifts that stall. But for some people this is a good strategy. Another good way of doing it is with rotatining routines or the cojugate method ala Simmons. With this method certain lifys change weekly or bi-weekly. I do NOt generally start beginers or low-intermediate trainees this way for a variety of reasons.

Iron Addict

[Bryson]

If you are training with IA then don't worry about what you read somewhere else. He knows his stuff. I tend to agree with gaining as much strength as possible on a given lift until you plateau and then swtich. Otherwise you are just wasting time going from lift to lift instead of adding to the progression that you've made on all the previous workouts.

It's kind of similar to the theory of going to failure. Going to failure is not necessary inorder to promote growth but you have no idea of knowing what failure is until you've reached it. So in the same way that you would work a set until you no longer could, you work a given lift until you stall and then switch but that's just me.

[Bryson]

If you are training with IA then don't worry about what you read somewhere else. He knows his stuff. I tend to agree with gaining as much strength as possible on a given lift until you plateau and then swtich. Otherwise you are just wasting time going from lift to lift instead of adding to the progression that you've made on all the previous workouts.

It's kind of similar to the theory of going to failure. Going to failure is not necessary inorder to promote growth but you have no idea of knowing what failure is until you've reached it. So in the same way that you would work a set until you no longer could, you work a given lift until you stall and then switch but that's just me.