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How To Deal With Plateaus (And What To Do When You Hit One)

By 12 Minute Athlete

We’ve all been there. You’re kicking ass at your goals, feeling so much stronger, hitting new PRs every week, noticing how much looser your jeans are starting to feel… And then one day, it all just stops. The number of push ups you can do stays the same, for a long time. All of a sudden, after months of continuous progress, your 100 burpees time refuses to budge. Or maybe you just can’t seem to lose those last five pounds, even though the first 10 seemed to go pretty quickly. And bam, seemingly out of nowhere, you’ve hit a plateau.

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