Strength Plateau Troubleshooter
By Marcus Bell · Published · Updated
Same weight for two months. Which of the five likely causes is it?
Tags: Fitness, Health, Research
Prompt template
My lift has stalled and I want a diagnosis rather than a list of possibilities. - The lift, and the numbers: [text: Exercise, weight, reps, and how long it has been stuck] - My current program: [textarea: Days, exercises, sets and reps, how you progress] - Sleep and stress lately: [dropdown: Good, Patchy, Bad, Genuinely terrible] - Eating: [dropdown: Deliberate surplus, Maintenance, Deficit, No idea] - Anything hurting: [textarea: Where, and at what point in the movement] Work through recovery, calories, frequency, technique and program design, then tell me which one my details actually point to. Give me one eight-week change with real numbers, and a checkpoint at week four that tells me whether it worked. If what I have described sounds like an injury rather than a plateau, say that first.