If Your Workout is Boring Your Muscles are Bored

Working out isn't everyone's first choice for a fun way to spend their free time, but if your workout has become particularly boring of late your muscles may be becoming bored too. What does that mean? It means that you aren't getting much benefit out of the exercises you are doing. If you have also been noticing you have reached a weight plateau or can't seem to make gains in your program anymore – boredom is probably the cause.

The body is designed for stress

One of the most unique things about the human body is its innate ability to manage stress. We are designed to handle stress with our fight or flight response system. If we are placed under physical stress it doesn't take the body long to adjust to make that physical stress the new normal for you. This is why a 20 minute run can burn 400 calories for 4 weeks, then 300 and then 200. If you keep subjecting your body to the same level of stress it adapts to it to remove the stress. The body seeks a normal level to preserve its health and well-being. If the stress doesn't stop, the body adjusts to make it OK so you don't strain vital systems.

Finding new ways to create beneficial stress is essential

Ask any New York Personal Trainer what they recommend to combat this and they will tell you that switching up your program is the best thing to do. This is why it can be good to do a 13 week cycle in a Bronx Yoga studio as your primary training program and make weights and cardio secondary. It gives your body a rest, shakes things up a bit so they are more interesting to you, and starts to let you get some benefit out of your exercise program again too.