An exercise rut is like any other phase of your life that become monotonous.
The same distance and pace on the treadmill, the same walking route, the same routine of weight machines at the same weights.
The instant fix to an exercise rut is to change how you look at exercise. If your view of the time in which you sweat everyday is that it is your sport, not just an activity, your perspective changes immediately.
A sport by definition is a competition of skills, that’s how you need to look at your exercise program. Are there any skilled movements in your program that could use tweaking? Are you just going through the steps of the workout blindly, or are you trying to perfect every aspect of every skilled movement?
We at Crossfit Powerathlete teach many skill based exercises, the Olympic lifts are a great example. These movements are highly skilled, and never really mastered, much like a golf swing.
If you are in a rut, take down the intensity at which you are working at for 1-2 days, and spend some time working to improve your squat technique, your power clean or even your technique on the rower ergometer. All of these skill practices will show positive results on future workouts, and remind you why you enjoy your sport so much.
