Share your wisdom y'all .
You can state the obvious or come up with a brilliant, witty and amazing stuff you've learned in the gym through trial and error
*Never squat heavy the first time you do it. (I couldn't walk properly for 3 days haha)
*Same for deadlifts, you gotta work your way up. I deadlifted too heavy the first time and now I have to wear a belt when I squat or deadlift.[/quote]
"If you always do what you've always done you'll always get what you've always got".
This is a great quote to apply to your workouts and life in general. I see SO many people going into the gym day after day, week after week, always doing the same workouts.... and wondering why they fail to see results. I have to admit, I've even been guilty of this. If you've been doing the same workout for an extended time (like more than 4-6 weeks) and you're not seeing results its time to SWITCH IT UP! Don't keep beating your head against the wall with the same routine and diet plan. I've wasted many many hours cranking out monotonous workouts on the elliptical and absolutely no results. This lesson has actually taken me a couple of years to learn... but it is so valuable. Don't waste your time on half-assed workouts and diets that don't create results. Time is precious... make the most of it.
thekid24 wrote:
I deadlifted too heavy the first time and now I have to wear a belt when I squat or deadlift.
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That's because your core area (including lower back) is weak. Work on that. Not that wearing a belt is a bad thing, but use it for the heavy sets only.
Lift big or go home! There is proof in the pudding in this. Heavy lifting increases strength not so much size. Feeling strong actually helps you feel better about yourself thus your self confidence. Obviously big is big for you and it means keep it going up!
Walk the straight line. so important with lunge variations.
Keep a level head. Probably the most important. Mentally keep yourself in check and stop yourself from doing that ........ Also, for physical form on so many of your excercises, it allows for better control and form while lifting.
to get bigger and stronger you must prgessively overload meaning increase wt, sets, reps, decrease rest or something every session...to make it simple, never lift the same wt twice in 2 sessions
progressive overload is the act of adding to or taking away to make each workout more strenuous than the last. Such as adding weight each time you perform an excercise, decrease rest times between sets, increasing reps per set or increasing sets, changing the rate of speed for each rep, etc.
