Are plateaus real?

[forcobblers]

Is there some special cause inside the body that makes you plateau, or can you simply lower caloric intake/increase caloric output more when you stop seeing results?

[forcobblers]

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[SameSongandDanc]

Is there some special cause inside the body that makes you plateau, or can you simply lower caloric intake/increase caloric output more when you stop seeing results?

plateaus are real. and thats exactly what you do to break them.

[forcobblers]

plateaus are real. and thats exactly what you do to break them.
i understand that when you stop getting results you could call it a plateau, but is that all it is? i keep seeing the word tossed around and special strategies designed to "break plateaus". it's nothing more than a lack of a caloric deficit?

[SameSongandDanc]

i understand that when you stop getting results you could call it a plateau, but is that all it is? i keep seeing the word tossed around and special strategies designed to "break plateaus". it's nothing more than a lack of a caloric deficit?

Its basically just lack of progress. Probably from your body adapting to your training regimen and/or diet. So it could be training too.
Switch it up.:)

[cyco85]

i understand that when you stop getting results you could call it a plateau, but is that all it is? i keep seeing the word tossed around and special strategies designed to "break plateaus". it's nothing more than a lack of a caloric deficit?

If that were the case then how do you explain people succeeding by switching up their macros but keeping caloric intake the same roughly? I think a plateau is better described as becoming less efficient at burning fat. The human body is probably more complex an engine than most give it credit for

[ZMan45]

It means that physically your body has become accustomed to the challenges you've set before it. In losing fat it means that the body has found a way to maintain its homeostasis with your current routine and needs a different approach to shock new fat loss. Such as lowering/upping cals or changing macros. At least that's the way I see it.

[SameSongandDanc]

If that were the case then how do you explain people succeeding by switching up their macros but keeping caloric intake the same roughly? I think a plateau is better described as becoming less efficient at burning fat. The human body is probably more complex an engine than most give it credit for

Exactly. Its simply about adapation and the drive towards homeostasis.