Things you wish you knew when you started

manofkent said:
If you stop chatting to the girls you'll prob build muscle quicker.
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-If you turn to look at the babes while you squat, prepare to have a painful back.
 
martin said:
-If you turn to look at the babes while you squat, prepare to have a painful back.
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^haha, excellent!^

Things i wish i knew when i started:
- How important your diet is
- Cardio isnt' the total solution to burning fat (I spent way too long pounding the pavement for the results i recieved)
- No matter what your excuse, you DO have time and energy for a workout.
 
I know this is an old thread, but me gusta mucho.

- Overtraining is real.
- Have a spot while squatting a new PR (Learned that the hard way)
- Change up your routine as needed.
 
I know this is old as well but I have a couple.

DIET

I was eating around 3000 calories a day before I watched what I ate. I cut them in half immediately but could've seen fatloss results with just cutting a few hundred to begin with since my metabolism was used burning so much more.


TRAINING

I wish I knew the difference between good sore and bad/injured sore. I have continued to lift weights when I should've laid off them. Now I know better :)
 
Karky said:
i wish i knew about FBWs instead of doing my crap body part split. And i wish i knew to eat more.
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Same here. Good tihng I came to this forum.

Also I wish I knew that:
YOu shouldn't do hammer curls, db curls, barbell curls, reverse curls, and upright rows in 1 workout 3 times a week.
You shouldn't do bench, incline bench, military press, skull crushers, and tricep pulldowns 3 times a week.
You need to go at least parallel on squats.
You need to actually do squats
Dead lift= muy importante
Starving oneself while lifting does no lead to becoming a huge buff guy.
Having a curl day is the dumbest thing ever.
Football players at my school lie about their maxouts all the time. Therefore I shouldnt' feel bad when a 130 pound kid who can't pick up a 40 pound dumbbell in 1 hand tells me that he maxes out bench at 200.
 
Being able to do 500 situps a day does nothing for you.
Overtraining is a problem
Chicken legged people at the gym are common.
 
That bench press, while cool to bench a ton, isn't that important.
Squats and deadlifts should be your major focus.
Full body workouts.
Eat 6 or so meals a day.
 
- Train more back

- Train your trunk

- Proper technique will help get better results

- Recovery workouts are important and should be planned in
 
1. my bf doesnt know everything
2. the importance of nutrition
3. there is such thing as over-training
4. no need for a workout full of iso's
 
I can't believe I never had any idea how many calories I was eating per day or how many calories I should be eating, not to mention the nutritional values of those calories.

I wish I had known about the benefits of eating frequently.

I wish I had known the effect of weight training on weight loss.

I wish I had known how good I'd feel...I'd have started earlier!
 
That if Proteinboy kept progressing he was gonna put a pic of him in his boxers for an avatar.
 
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