i missed the memo that you have to eat more to build muscles for a little over a year…
yeah i had hawt abz though.
Luckily for me besides 1 week of doing random crap, i came here and was given a program and nutrition.
Thank you Modok and Cephalic 
- Not training with real intensity during my 20s so now I’m playing catchup at 30 for those wasted years
- Thinking that running or riding a stationary bike was good for legs day
It’s been said, but not lifting as heavy as possible. I did not lift as much as I possibly could for a long time and focused on form, which was good in some ways. My biggest regret is wasting my teens and twenties away by doing cardio and very little weight training. I would get excited and lift for a few months, start to make some gains, then quit for years. STUPID, STUPID. If you’ve started, finish, you’ll be much happier later in life.
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Being a program whore for at least my first two years of training (name a program, I’ve tried it…);
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Not eating a ton when I could afford it…
[quote]dankid wrote:
Spent my first couple of years getting my info from bodybuilding.com , before I found this site and elitefts[/quote]
i lol’d
lets see…
doing to much cardio “cuz i wanted hawt abz”
not lifting heavy, because low weight high reps makes u ripped right?
Changing programs too often
Training to failure too often
Using 15-20 sets per bodypart
Eating too much.
I don’t regret anything.
Everything I have done so far has had its purpose, and been a worthwhile experience.
Not listening to myself…
I’ve made the best gains when I just listened to myself and used common sense, lifted and ate as hard as i could, did cardio when I needed to, and rested properly…
I’ve come full circle now
I realized it really doesn’t matter what split you use or what exercises you pick as long as they accomplish YOUR goal…not some author’s or some guy’s goal on this board…but yours…
Reading and doing too much research, listening to others and not my own body. Reading some of the articles on here and changing my program from something that works to something that wasnt working for me.
Also not learning what real intensity was for about a year and a half.
Trying a full body split, ok for maintence…not much else.
Also the training log definately helps too.
Shit. looks like i need to start a log. I didn’t think it’s that important.
What am i doing with this, just writing down the exercises,sets,reps and weight used during each workout?
I’d like to add a regret.
-Not using a log book eariler. lol.
When I switched from full body to a split routine I incorporated a log book.
[quote]jCaesar88 wrote:
Shit. looks like i need to start a log. I didn’t think it’s that important.
What am i doing with this, just writing down the exercises,sets,reps and weight used during each workout?[/quote]
You don’t keep any record of what weight / sets you did yesterday … or ever ?
How do you know your progressing every workout, if you have no records ?
[quote]SmallToBig wrote:
jCaesar88 wrote:
Shit. looks like i need to start a log. I didn’t think it’s that important.
What am i doing with this, just writing down the exercises,sets,reps and weight used during each workout?
You don’t keep any record of what weight / sets you did yesterday … or ever ?
How do you know your progressing every workout, if you have no records ?[/quote]
Idk dude, doesn’t seem that hard. I mean, not that hard to remember what you did last week.
But I see your point. Seems beneficial especially in the long run.
So what do you put down, what I mentioned earlier?
[quote]jCaesar88 wrote:
Shit. looks like i need to start a log. I didn’t think it’s that important.
What am i doing with this, just writing down the exercises,sets,reps and weight used during each workout?[/quote]
This is an example how I format my log:
1)Deadlifts: sets 1 & 2 easy. Set 3 tough. set 4 really tough/fail.
(weight x 12) (weight x 12) (weight x 8) (weight x 6)
2)Bent over BB rows: 1st set too easy, sets 2 & 3 just right, set 4 tough
(weight x 14) (weight x 12) (weight x 12) (weight x 8)
ect…
[quote]jCaesar88 wrote:
Shit. looks like i need to start a log. I didn’t think it’s that important.
What am i doing with this, just writing down the exercises,sets,reps and weight used during each workout?[/quote]
You dont really need a lot. But it depends on the program you are doing. If there are a lot of lifts and a lot of sets, then you may need to right things down, but if you are doing something like 5x5 on a couple of lifts you should be able to remember what to do. I use a log at times, but its usually just too distracting for me to bring it into the gym.
EDIT: Sorry, didn’t really answer your question. If you are going to keep a log, at very least you’d write (exercise, weight, sets, and reps) but you could also write things like, note on how things went. (ex: Failed two reps short of target on squats 3" short of lockout) or (need more grip strength for deadlifts). You could also write things like what you might do on the next workout. (ex: add 5lbs, or do an extra set, or weight was too heavy, decrease 10lbs next time.) But like I said, it really depends on how much you can remember, how complicated your plan is, and how much time you have to write things down.
[quote]jCaesar88 wrote:
Idk dude, doesn’t seem that hard. I mean, not that hard to remember what you did last week.
But I see your point. Seems beneficial especially in the long run.
So what do you put down, what I mentioned earlier?[/quote]
What i do is:
Name of exercise
Warmup Sets:
Set 1:
Set 2:
Set 3:
and then the next exercise. I also put notes if it was hard/easy so i know if i can progress next week, or if i felt good incase i did something different warmup or anything.
[quote]dankid wrote:
usually just too distracting for me to bring it into the gym.[/quote]
All you do is write the set and reps during your rest period takes like 2 seconds