After the great discussion we had under my top 10 tips, I decided to put together a top 10 reader tips. The article has come together really well and I have 9 solid ones. I’m looking for 1 more to round out the article. Any winners?
Here are the 9 I have so far (and don’t worry, these are just the section headers - there are some awesome stories and is some great discussion below each):
LESSON #1
While the study of nutrition and training is complex, the actual practice of it should be simple.
LESSON #2
Learning requires a serious investment.
LESSON #3
Don’t focus on all the details, focus on the important details.
LESSON #4
Frame goals around behaviors.
LESSON #5
Look for progress “outside the box.”
LESSON #6
Get a training partner.
LESSON #7
Don’t be fickle with your training and nutrition.
If you think you know-it-all…and can learn nothing from anyone else…you are probably still eating chicken and rice-cake diets; doing 6 hour workout sessions; and have a body to prove it…
There are two other thoughts that I refer to frequently in my personal life.
Are you absolutely willing to do whatever it takes to get it?
?Each indecision brings its own delays and days are lost lamenting over lost days?, What you can do or think you can do begin it, For boldness has Magic, Power, and Genius in it.? -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Perseverence?Just do it!
Many times we wait for things to be perfect or have to have a perfect program for the “slow metabolism-easy-gainer-tall-skinny-guy.”
It’s more important to just get in the gym and get lifting, once you do that then you can start tweeking things.