Within a few weeks of using a certain exercise plan weight loss may start to struggle. Sometimes this is because the muscles have adapted to the exercise you're doing.

The body has an impressive ability to adapt to stress. Exercise is stress that the body must adapt to in order to become stronger. The problem is that constantly repeating exercises means that they no longer stress the body in the same way, in other words it doesn’t stress the body like it used to. The result is you are repeating something that’s easily within the body’s capabilities; thus there’s no need for muscles to adapt to it.  

All you would end up doing is burning calories which to a certain degree is what losing weight is all about. However in order to keep losing weight you would require even more exercise, a strict diet or both. But if the body is challenged it helps develop fitness levels and a higher degree of fitness is a great way to help control weight much easier.

The importance of exercise progress!

To overcome these issues its important to change an exercise routine regularly. This helps re-challenge the body forcing muscles to adapt to new levels of stress and once more multiple calorie burning can occur. How often exercise routines need to be changed will depend on the individual and many other factors such as genetics, recovery factors, nutrition or fitness levels. I always change my routine when I can no longer progress for 3 consecutive workouts.

It can also be good practice to change other aspects of exercise routines such as the frequency, duration, tempo and time of exercise.