Muscle Confusion- Political Edition

If you are like most people you are constantly hitting plateaus when you workout.  You found a routine that works for you but after about 6 weeks or so you're not seeing as much progress as you have before.

Your body is becoming acclimated to the workout.  You body is adapting and getting used to the same old workout and, therefore, doesn't have to work as hard to keep up.

What should you do?

Muscle Confusion.

Muscle confusion is simply changing the workout.  When you change your workout every 6 weeks your muscles get confused and need to find a whole new way to adapt.

P90X works on the same principle.   It's no gimmick.  It really does work but you have to diligent and not slack.  It's a lifestyle change.  The reason why P90X works for so many people is because every workout is muscle confusion.  Every workout is different and constantly keeps your body guessing, "what are they doing to me now? I have to adapt."  Take it from the most famous P90X user.  VP candidate Paul Ryan.

U.S. Representative Paul Ryan WI (R)

Paul Ryan workouts out because his family has a poor health history.  His family has been plagued with illnesses and death.  He didn't want to become one of those statistics who died too young. You many not agree with his politics but you have to admit he's one of the most fit politicians ever.  He isn't the only P90X advocate in politics.

U.S. Representative Aaron Schock IL (R)

"It's got to happen early or it's not going to happen," says Schock, who on the cusp of his 30th birthday is the youngest member of the House of Representatives—and already in his second term. Schock, who represents Illinois's 18th congressional district (Abe Lincoln's old stomping grounds), is one of a dozen or so congressmen who make regular treks to the House gym for weight training and sessions of P90X, the video series created by Tony Horton.

"When I first saw it I kind of laughed," Schock says of Horton's training regimen. "I didn't think you could get a real workout from a DVD. But at 6:30 a.m., it helps to have somebody talking you through your workout."

Read more at Men's Health: aaron-schock-fitness

Muscle confusion is just one way to get over that fitness plateau.  You don't have to do a P90X workout.  It can be something as simple as changing from the treadmill to the elliptical.  It can be changing your weight workout from heavy weights/ less reps to a light weight/ more reps.  Whatever you do it's important to change it up. 

Change is good.  Change is important. Change is progressive.