Beginner GYM Mistakes I Made As A Teenager (I BET YOU DID TOO)
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Date: 2022-04-22
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bradbodfitness
Lifted way too heavy for way too long. My form wasn-t horrible but it was not perfect. Every workout if I didn-t feel like I was going to die at the end then I felt like I didn-t leave it all in the gym.
Eating a crap ton too. I would eat so much at all times of the day. Mostly healthy but I had to get in all my meals if I didn-t I thought no would lose all my gains.
After separating my shoulder and needing surgery I switched to a intermittent fasting and also a plant based diet so I-m eating quality foods and eating less and am still feeling fine and recovering quickly. Being 31 now vs when I was ego lifting from the ages of 25-31 I realized how much more important recovery and mobility and flexibility are long term than throwing a extra plate in the bar or adding weight to any exercise.
I know me especially I was caught up in posting videos on social media and the majority of the causal people just see is the weight you are doing and go holy shit. What most people won-t say is hey you should do less weight and focus more on the mind muscle connection. Which is something and me included some of us have to go through and see for ourselves and go through a so called trial and error to figure out what does and doesn-t work.
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Lifted way too heavy for way too long. My form wasn-t horrible but it was not perfect. Every workout if I didn-t feel like I was going to die at the end then I felt like I didn-t leave it all in the gym.
Eating a crap ton too. I would eat so much at all times of the day. Mostly healthy but I had to get in all my meals if I didn-t I thought no would lose all my gains.
After separating my shoulder and needing surgery I switched to a intermittent fasting and also a plant based diet so I-m eating quality foods and eating less and am still feeling fine and recovering quickly. Being 31 now vs when I was ego lifting from the ages of 25-31 I realized how much more important recovery and mobility and flexibility are long term than throwing a extra plate in the bar or adding weight to any exercise.
I know me especially I was caught up in posting videos on social media and the majority of the causal people just see is the weight you are doing and go holy shit. What most people won-t say is hey you should do less weight and focus more on the mind muscle connection. Which is something and me included some of us have to go through and see for ourselves and go through a so called trial and error to figure out what does and doesn-t work.
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Randy
Starting out nearly 35 years ago, not understanding form. Took me a while to do what I now do automatically: starting in an -athletic stance-, tightening my core muscles, etc. For decades, I was a sets/reps kind of guy but now I progressively overload to failure. It cut my gym time by more than half.
Back in to 20th century I was all over the map when it came to exercise. Looking back, the only thing I could say was, -Today, I went to the gym- because that's all I did. There was to no noticeable improvement. I now focus on one body part per visit, once a week. My regimen is: Monday, chest, Tuesday back, Wednesday, shoulders, Thursday arms (forearms, biceps, triceps. Cardio -- treadmill/rowing machine -- on Mondays and Thursdays; abs 7 days a week.
Finally, I eat clean, hydrate and get enough sleep. These factors are as important as pushing/pulling iron.
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Starting out nearly 35 years ago, not understanding form. Took me a while to do what I now do automatically: starting in an -athletic stance-, tightening my core muscles, etc. For decades, I was a sets/reps kind of guy but now I progressively overload to failure. It cut my gym time by more than half.
Back in to 20th century I was all over the map when it came to exercise. Looking back, the only thing I could say was, -Today, I went to the gym- because that's all I did. There was to no noticeable improvement. I now focus on one body part per visit, once a week. My regimen is: Monday, chest, Tuesday back, Wednesday, shoulders, Thursday arms (forearms, biceps, triceps. Cardio -- treadmill/rowing machine -- on Mondays and Thursdays; abs 7 days a week.
Finally, I eat clean, hydrate and get enough sleep. These factors are as important as pushing/pulling iron.
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Anthomony
My best was trusting my friend who had never worked out before to spot me on the bench. I was pressing 275 and needed the spot on the fourth rep. He helps me and when we get to the top to rack it he misses the rung and 275 pounds comes down diagonally onto my sternum and ribs. I still had my grip the only reason it fell on my ribs and not my neck/clavicle was due to me shifting it. The story wends with my powerlifting buddy getting it off me, and me going to the nurse to bandage my left side was a bar-shaped bruise was protruding. I later learned I had cracked the cartilage when I tried moving a table at my job and could not hold the weight. Took 3 months to recover fully and lift my max weights again for bench, squat, and deadlift. Always have an excellent spotter!
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My best was trusting my friend who had never worked out before to spot me on the bench. I was pressing 275 and needed the spot on the fourth rep. He helps me and when we get to the top to rack it he misses the rung and 275 pounds comes down diagonally onto my sternum and ribs. I still had my grip the only reason it fell on my ribs and not my neck/clavicle was due to me shifting it. The story wends with my powerlifting buddy getting it off me, and me going to the nurse to bandage my left side was a bar-shaped bruise was protruding. I later learned I had cracked the cartilage when I tried moving a table at my job and could not hold the weight. Took 3 months to recover fully and lift my max weights again for bench, squat, and deadlift. Always have an excellent spotter!
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Ryan
I got creatine at Cvs.
-You should macro dose 15-20 grams of creatine for the 1st 5 days using it and then take a daily dose of 3-5 grams after that-, they said.
-Some people's stomachs may respond poorly to the macrodosing-, they said.
I thought how bad could it be, its not like they said I would be on the toilet for the next 2-3 days for at least 3 hours a day daily sharting out explosive diahrrea that felt like sharp rocks fried in hot cheeto oil.
I underestimated how extremely painful their definition is to -people's stomachs may respond poorly- and they underestimated how my body would respond to creatine.
Now I am still even terrified of taking 5 grams a day even tho I took 15-20 so I barely take 3 grams a day.
Feel fine now tho lol.
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I got creatine at Cvs.
-You should macro dose 15-20 grams of creatine for the 1st 5 days using it and then take a daily dose of 3-5 grams after that-, they said.
-Some people's stomachs may respond poorly to the macrodosing-, they said.
I thought how bad could it be, its not like they said I would be on the toilet for the next 2-3 days for at least 3 hours a day daily sharting out explosive diahrrea that felt like sharp rocks fried in hot cheeto oil.
I underestimated how extremely painful their definition is to -people's stomachs may respond poorly- and they underestimated how my body would respond to creatine.
Now I am still even terrified of taking 5 grams a day even tho I took 15-20 so I barely take 3 grams a day.
Feel fine now tho lol.
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Charlie
The dumbest thing I ever did starting out: I was on the leg press (the one that you rack plates on, not pin the weight.
I got the weight storage slot muddled up with the weight pushing slot. Basically I racked 200kg on the pushing slot and damn near crushed myself (I had no leg strength then.
My mobility was good enough I could wriggle out uninjured.
The best part was, the gym was super busy and crowded, yet no one saw me, so I saved a tonne of pride, but also, very concerned no one saw me as I could have been stuck there helpless if I wasn't as flexible as I am
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The dumbest thing I ever did starting out: I was on the leg press (the one that you rack plates on, not pin the weight.
I got the weight storage slot muddled up with the weight pushing slot. Basically I racked 200kg on the pushing slot and damn near crushed myself (I had no leg strength then.
My mobility was good enough I could wriggle out uninjured.
The best part was, the gym was super busy and crowded, yet no one saw me, so I saved a tonne of pride, but also, very concerned no one saw me as I could have been stuck there helpless if I wasn't as flexible as I am
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Nevahknow
My mistakes:
- training arms everyday
- running after heavy weights
- doing exercises fast with no control over the weight
- start a workout without a warm up
- not eating enough
- stressing about shit that don-t matter
- not sleeping
- smoking cigarettes ( mary & juanna helped me gain weight tho )
Conclusion: f-ed up shoulder, messed up back, injured wrist.
Now watching your videos helped me to actually gain muscle mass and I dont do heavy weight no more which made my workouts interesting and versatile.
Thank you Ryan!
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My mistakes:
- training arms everyday
- running after heavy weights
- doing exercises fast with no control over the weight
- start a workout without a warm up
- not eating enough
- stressing about shit that don-t matter
- not sleeping
- smoking cigarettes ( mary & juanna helped me gain weight tho )
Conclusion: f-ed up shoulder, messed up back, injured wrist.
Now watching your videos helped me to actually gain muscle mass and I dont do heavy weight no more which made my workouts interesting and versatile.
Thank you Ryan!
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Ryan
I get my amount of calories in for my bulk but I usually eat about 75% clean for example slow digesting carbs, high protein lean meats and take a multivitamin, that other 25% of calories I use for luxuries as I-m not a very big eater and struggle to eat more than 4 meals a day or hsve the time for it, so I usually will throw in cheese, butter, low sugared popcorn and sometimes a bit of Nutella to get my calories up, is that bad? Keep in mind this is only for bulking I usually don-t do this when cutting or maintaining, should I focus as much on eating 100% clean?
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I get my amount of calories in for my bulk but I usually eat about 75% clean for example slow digesting carbs, high protein lean meats and take a multivitamin, that other 25% of calories I use for luxuries as I-m not a very big eater and struggle to eat more than 4 meals a day or hsve the time for it, so I usually will throw in cheese, butter, low sugared popcorn and sometimes a bit of Nutella to get my calories up, is that bad? Keep in mind this is only for bulking I usually don-t do this when cutting or maintaining, should I focus as much on eating 100% clean?
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Jamie
The area I had to relearn was the numbers: push to failure. At that time I was enlisted in the Army. It was how heavy I could do but how long I can go.
Which brings up point two. I-m older and retired. I had to LEARN that lights weight till burn out was better than heavy weight taking me out of the gym and to the VA with medical issues.
Thanks for your videos and advise. If you could bring up some good points for us guys who are 50+ and are wanting to get back in shape like we were when we were 30 years younger in a safe way.
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The area I had to relearn was the numbers: push to failure. At that time I was enlisted in the Army. It was how heavy I could do but how long I can go.
Which brings up point two. I-m older and retired. I had to LEARN that lights weight till burn out was better than heavy weight taking me out of the gym and to the VA with medical issues.
Thanks for your videos and advise. If you could bring up some good points for us guys who are 50+ and are wanting to get back in shape like we were when we were 30 years younger in a safe way.
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Dale
The biggest mistake I made when I started was believing that I had to lift heavy to gain muscle. Well, I ripped a lower back muscle doing curls to the point I had to sleep on the floor. I also damaged my left elbow to the point where now it feels like it's being ripped everytime I do tricep or lat exercises. I've learned that lightening the weight, doing more reps, focusing on form and mixing up my exercises have helped me gain more than throwing around huge amounts of weight.
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The biggest mistake I made when I started was believing that I had to lift heavy to gain muscle. Well, I ripped a lower back muscle doing curls to the point I had to sleep on the floor. I also damaged my left elbow to the point where now it feels like it's being ripped everytime I do tricep or lat exercises. I've learned that lightening the weight, doing more reps, focusing on form and mixing up my exercises have helped me gain more than throwing around huge amounts of weight.
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Michael
Biggest mistake was overtraining, I lifted in the morning for football and I did shotput in afternoons so I was lifting twice a day for a while which may have worked out except I was trying to slim down at this point in my life as well. so I wasn't eating alot. I didn't know overtraining was possible and I remember feeling weak. Oh and doing a ridiculous number of isolation bicep exercises to work on my guns.
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Biggest mistake was overtraining, I lifted in the morning for football and I did shotput in afternoons so I was lifting twice a day for a while which may have worked out except I was trying to slim down at this point in my life as well. so I wasn't eating alot. I didn't know overtraining was possible and I remember feeling weak. Oh and doing a ridiculous number of isolation bicep exercises to work on my guns.
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