1: Not ramping sets, thinking 5x10 meant 5 sets of the same weight for 10 reps, and that you only increased weight when you could get all sets fpr 10. wlcome to Stagnation, population, me. Thanks to professor X for clearing up that. Strangely, this is how alot of (small) people here train.
2: uncontrolled bulking, from 2000 to 6000 kcal from one day to the next. Welcome to Fatass, population, me.
3: Spending my teens hovering around 80 kg, not wanting to ‘get fat’.
Thinking that the one protein shake I was drinking a day was magical enough to make up for not eating enough protein, frequently enough throughout the rest of the day (of course I had no clue what ‘enough’ protein even meant at the time!)
Thinking that despite the fact that the scale never seemed to budge, that I would wake up one morning and all the work I had put in would suddenly yield some sort of physical evidence of growth.
[quote]waylanderxx wrote:
Neglecting legs for yearsssss[/quote]
Lol Didnt we all coming in? “Yea i did Leg press, so my legs are good”
Lets see:
-neglecting legs early on.
-Trying to keep bf% low while building muscle for the first couple years. Resulted in SLLLLOOOOWWWW gains, and even when i came to the realization that i would not progress this way, every other day was a battle with the “ugh im putting on fat” hurdle.
Just focusing on the movement and weight on the bar, without any consideration on working or feeling the muscle.
Thinking low reps are the best for everything.
Eating a lot without realizing that my body needed more protein not necessarily more calories.
Not working biceps and other small muscle groups enough.
That “not eating enough” will hold back the progress of most of these newbs. nce I was in college, that was the one thing I did NOT have a problem with…and needless to say, massive calories and tons of hard work beyond average can make up for a shit load of failures in other places.
There were YEARS that I didn’t get enough sleep, but my food intake and work ethic filled in the gaps even if I may have gained a little more body fat than I wanted.
spending almost the entirety of my teens program hopping, not recording lifts, not working legs at all (still causing issues), spending far too much money on “the next creatine” supplements (beta ecdysterone wtf was i thinking) and the almighty calorie deficit that continues to this day. its fun to learn.
from 17-19 the gym was my only real form of exercise, i went there maybe 3-4x a week just for the sake of going. I wasn’t consistant with anything at all.
I also didn’t eat enough and worried too much about my workout program. Seriously, I had ADD over it, i’d write down perhaps 5 different workout routines a day and spent all my free time doing it.
Now it sickens me when guys come up with ‘hm what routine should I use?’ type questions.
I think it’s best to only have a very rough idea what you are going to do on any given day and let your body decide on how many sets/reps you do.
not eating enough (protein at first, carbs latter) to steadily gain
weekend binge drinking for 2 years every Friday and Saturday night (I bet I’ll get shit for this)
bulking with too many bad calories and too few meals
cuttting by following a gurus ultra low calorie pcf 306010 plan 1700 kcal (lost a good amount of muscle, gained perspective regarding how big I needed to get before cutting for me about 300lb at 6’3")
taking supps other than proteins, bcaa’s, creatine monohydrate, fish oil, gluc/cond, vitamins/minerals, legal stimulants.