If you’re seeing little or no improvement despite keeping up your training, there’s every chance you’re plateauing. Why might this be happening? Let’s start with a quick reminder about how training and improvement work. In simple terms, when we train, we cause stress. The stress creates a stimulus. With enough stimulus, our body adapts to ensure we can cope with this stress better next time. This typically occurs during the recovery element, which is underpinned by recovery, sleep and nutrition.
So, we need an optimal balance of all these different components to ensure we
