If you could go back in time and give yourself one training tip, what would it be ?
Taking care of my pre and post workout nutrition has helped me enormously.
Don’t be a pussy.
Don’t wait until you’re 29 to try Westside
[quote]k.elkouhen wrote:
If you could go back in time and give yourself one training tip, what would it be ?
Taking care of my pre and post workout nutrition has helped me enormously.[/quote]
Read read and read some more…anything written by anyone serious in the industry your trying to succeed in. Whether that be bb pwrlifting or any area in life. And NEVER take advice off anyone whose not produced the results your after. Talk is cheap, RESULTS are where the party’s at
Upper/lower split works best
Don’t go to failure
Don’t watch a video and expect that you now know how to power clean.
I know it’s 3 ,but i couldn’t just narrow it down to one.
[quote]MikeyKBiatch wrote:
Don’t be a pussy.[/quote]
My thoughts exactly.
My advice to me would be to have realized earlier on that the M&F magazine workouts won’t do shit. I wish I would have started earlier with the goal of getting my lifts up with perfect form, instead of going back and completely relearning movements.
“Shut the fuck up and train”
[quote]Brutus_G wrote:
Upper/lower split works best
Don’t go to failure
Don’t watch a video and expect that you now know how to power clean.
I know it’s 3 ,but i couldn’t just narrow it down to one.[/quote]
Brutus- do you do 4 workouts per week w/ that split (2 upper and 2 lower)? How do you spread it out over the week?
Panik,
where do you get that tshirt? I would love that. when I get my next paycheck and buy my next set of supplements and the testosterone tshirt too I wanna get that
Best training advice was a routine that a pro-bodybuilder and later a semi-pro-powerlifter gave me. oh man my gains shot up like hell after that.
probably the best early on advice was the suggestion to concentrate on big compound lifts. that shit is KEY
[quote]TheBlade wrote:
Panik,
where do you get that tshirt? I would love that. when I get my next paycheck and buy my next set of supplements and the testosterone tshirt too I wanna get that
Best training advice was a routine that a pro-bodybuilder and later a semi-pro-powerlifter gave me. oh man my gains shot up like hell after that.
probably the best early on advice was the suggestion to concentrate on big compound lifts. that shit is KEY[/quote]
I think you can get that shirt at animalpak.com.
I’d probably say to myself to make sure everything is balanced, and since i wouldn’t know what the hell that meant give myself about 20 articles to read.
[quote]TheBlade wrote:
Panik,
where do you get that tshirt? I would love that. when I get my next paycheck and buy my next set of supplements and the testosterone tshirt too I wanna get that
Best training advice was a routine that a pro-bodybuilder and later a semi-pro-powerlifter gave me. oh man my gains shot up like hell after that.
probably the best early on advice was the suggestion to concentrate on big compound lifts. that shit is KEY[/quote]
Dude…that is not really him.
Best advice ever came from my brother. He said “check out this site www.T-Nation.com”
High Volume+High Intensity.
This wouldn’t really be a tip to go back and give myself, since I actually never had this problem, and have reaped good gains because of that fact, but I think lots of other people need it:
Don’t be so afraid of overtraining, unless you are truly experiencing it. Volume works. Look at the physiques of most people who scream about overtraining, it should speak for itself.
Always progress.
For about 17-19 I did ‘light’ workouts where I got at most a ‘light’ pump. I was a fit guy but gained no strength at all, just endurance. I rate those 2 years as a total waste of my time in the gym.
Eat to gain.
See above but regarding food. 2min noodles are a waste of the effort of boiling water! And all I had to do was add a few eggs…
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Pay for a reputable coach to train you (who you respect, and who has a good track record).
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Learn from those who have accomplished what you want to accomplish; and that means going up to them and asking for advice (respectfully, and not when it would be an annoyance to the person of course).
Muscle pain is not muscle failure; do another rep.
A not-so-perfect routine done intensely will get you better results than the “perfect” routine done half-assed.
EAT BITCH EAT.
stretch
Give the snatch grip deadlift a try… it honestly puts slabs of meat on your back like you couldn’t imagine. Convential is great too but the work your upper back has to do is insane.