Varying your activities or cross-training is important to avoid or break through a plateau.  While cross-training the type of activity is often recommended, it is also important to cross-train the intensity of your workouts. 


Specify different days of the week as low, moderate or high-intensity days. 

  • Try interval training work at a low intensity for a couple of minutes and increase to a high intensity for a couple of minutes, and repeat. 


If you use a heart rate monitor, be sure your average heart rate for your exercise sessions vary from day to day.