" There is no over training, only under eating."
I wish I had heard this years ago.
not recognizing that I was using too much tricep on chest pushes
and not starting to deadlift until i was 20
Doing the same weight and reps and low carb dieting through most of my newbie gains.
Thinking I was eating a TON of calories and that I was “eating all the time” when actually I was eating a ton of calories once a day and overall getting relatively few.
Buying any supplement that had “Weider” in the name…I mean how much quality can a sugar-filled weight gainer have if you end up having to give away free videos of horrible workout advice in order to con a kid into buying a tub?
Weight Gainer 4000, by the way for those than have never had the pleasure of trying it, would foam up and overflow your blender and had the pleasant scent of a wet dog smell. Fucking retched. Yay diabetes!!!
Definitely not keeping a track of my diet.
When I first started working out, I just thought I would eat some extra chicken, add a can of tuna, and just make a general effort to cut back on fat and carbs.
I honestly thought my diet was fine, for like a year! I finally logged onto fitday, just to confirm to myself that I actually didn’t need such a tool and that I was doing fine with my guestimates…
Let me tell you, it was a serious shock to see that my so called sensible diet was severely low in protein and high in carbs.
No wonder my progress was crap!
I would say keeping a close track on your exact nutritional intake is KEY, and realising that some supplementation is vital is also important.
I think you basically have to realise that a lot of time and effort has to be dedicated, outside of the gym, to your diet. I think that’s probably one area all begineers go wrong.
Cheers,
SS
Eating the same way at 180 lbs as I did at 160 lbs, ie not going anywhere for a long time.
[quote]Digity wrote:
2lb Monkey wrote:
Using a smith machine to squat. The pain still haunts me.
A smith is my only option since my gym has no power rack. I’m mostly doing front squats on it.
Are certain types of squats more “okay” on a smith than others?[/quote]
I wouldn’t use the Smith exclusively unless I had no other choice, but I totally disagree with the bad wrap that piece of equipment gets. I will go so far as to say that even if given no other choice I COULD build a much better than average set of legs using only it for squats.
My biggest mistake was not eating enough leading to stagnation that I mistook for the end of my possible gains which subsequently killed my motivation to train and led to a disgraceful 13 year layoff.
Not pulling out…
40 sets for arms every other day, 0 sets for back or legs. Fortunately i figured out after 6 months that I wasn’t progressing, I now train shorter, rest longer, hit every muscle, and I’m more literate to my body.
Underestimating nutrition
not enough back work
Not concentrating on putting more weight on the bar/underestimating strength