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10 pieces of workout advice I wish I could have given to my 25 year old self
I've made a lot of mistakes in the gym.
If I could slap my past younger self into a better path this is what I'd say
I've made a lot of mistakes in the gym.
If I could slap my past younger self into a better path this is what I'd say
1. Stop changing your workouts
Instead focus on getting stronger in the squat, bench, deadlift, overhead press, row & hip thrust.
Much of everything else is a distraction.
Instead focus on getting stronger in the squat, bench, deadlift, overhead press, row & hip thrust.
Much of everything else is a distraction.
2. Getting in shape is more science than magic.
Want to gain muscle? Know the science of strength & volume.
Want to lose weight? Know your circadic rhythms & the cost of food.
Knowing the science is like seeing the Matrix of body transformation.
Want to gain muscle? Know the science of strength & volume.
Want to lose weight? Know your circadic rhythms & the cost of food.
Knowing the science is like seeing the Matrix of body transformation.
3. Progressive overload is your best friend in the gym. Use it.
For muscles to grow you need to increase the demands placed on them.
This means adding weight, volume & other means of progressive overload to make that happen.
This is as much a law of the gym as it is life.
For muscles to grow you need to increase the demands placed on them.
This means adding weight, volume & other means of progressive overload to make that happen.
This is as much a law of the gym as it is life.
4. Stop circuit training
Circuit training is inefficient at building muscle & not as effective as one thinks at burning fat.
It's also created more injuries than people would like to admit.
Stop looking to burn fat with your workout. Do that with your diet.
Also remember #1.
Circuit training is inefficient at building muscle & not as effective as one thinks at burning fat.
It's also created more injuries than people would like to admit.
Stop looking to burn fat with your workout. Do that with your diet.
Also remember #1.
5. Track every damn workout
If you don't have a workout app or journal to log your lifts you're playing a losers game.
Progress is impossible without measurement.
If you don't have a workout app or journal to log your lifts you're playing a losers game.
Progress is impossible without measurement.
6. Recovery is just as important as the days you workout
I know you love the gym but learn to spend time away from it.
In order to grow your muscles need to rest.
If you must be active then take a long walk in nature.
I know you love the gym but learn to spend time away from it.
In order to grow your muscles need to rest.
If you must be active then take a long walk in nature.
7. Your warm up is just as important as your workout
You want to use the warm up to prime your body for the work ahead.
If you skip your warm up you're asking to eventually get injured.
You want to use the warm up to prime your body for the work ahead.
If you skip your warm up you're asking to eventually get injured.
8. Perfect form over EVERYTHING
There's no point to lifting if you do so horribly.
Focus on perfecting your form and stop chasing numbers.
The best way to make gains is to be patient & methodical.
Which means...
There's no point to lifting if you do so horribly.
Focus on perfecting your form and stop chasing numbers.
The best way to make gains is to be patient & methodical.
Which means...
9. Add weight & volume slowly
The slower your progressions is the better your form will be.
As you get closer to your strength potential be content with adding 1-3 lbs to your lifts PER WEEK max.
That number seems small but over the course of 52 weeks they add up.
The slower your progressions is the better your form will be.
As you get closer to your strength potential be content with adding 1-3 lbs to your lifts PER WEEK max.
That number seems small but over the course of 52 weeks they add up.
10. Get a coach
Investing in a coach up front means you get to skip years of toil & trying to figure it out on your own.
Mentors equal speed. Invest in them like your life depended on it.
Investing in a coach up front means you get to skip years of toil & trying to figure it out on your own.
Mentors equal speed. Invest in them like your life depended on it.
If there's one thing to leave you with it's this:
"Progressive poundages done in correct form"
If you adhere to this philosophy it'll get you much farther than what everyone else is doing.
"Progressive poundages done in correct form"
If you adhere to this philosophy it'll get you much farther than what everyone else is doing.
Hope you liked the thread.
I wish I could go back in time & slap my younger self into clarity but this will have to do instead.
If you liked it then please help out by sharing it with your squad.
I wish I could go back in time & slap my younger self into clarity but this will have to do instead.
If you liked it then please help out by sharing it with your squad.
