Knowing what you know now after however many years in the iron game what would you pass on to your newbee self if you had a TARDIS ( time machine ). You should know yourself far better than any would be client so the knowledge you impart might not be what you currently teach to anyone.
Keep doing cardio
Keep being explosive
Learn the O lifts early and practice them
Keep being competitive with others and yourself
Don’t dirty bulk for 4 years!
Never go above 12% bodyfat.
Keep sprinting you lazy fuck!
Keep your mile time under 6 not 12, you lazy fuck!!
“Bulking” is not an excuse to get fat as shit
Eat more carbs
Read John Meadows articles
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
Keep doing cardio
Keep being explosive
Learn the O lifts early and practice them
Keep being competitive with others and yourself
Don’t dirty bulk for 4 years!
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Agree 100% on the OLY lifts
Mine would be to not confuse strength programmes with muscle gain. Every time I eschewed direct training of arms my arms lagged though my chins and deads progressed
I would do cardio probably complexes from the start as I often neglect heart and lung fitness in my efforts to get strong. Also definitely watch my weight. So easy to progress in lifting while piling on the weight but so bloody hard to shift it later on
No rep is worth an injury. You’re not getting better if you can’t train because you’re hurt.
I wouldn’t try to fight through injuries instead I would just heal properly
[quote]bdocksaints75 wrote:
I wouldn’t try to fight through injuries instead I would just heal properly [/quote]
Done this loads especially if following a fully laid out programme that you feel you CANT miss a day
Consistency is key.
Trac your calories and macros as meticulously on “bulks” as “cuts.”
Incline > Flat
Warm up, dynamic stretching/activation and Pre-Hab are just as important, if not more important, than the actual lifting.
[quote]Smashingweights wrote:
Consistency is key.
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Takes a lot of us way too long to learn that. Would I be out of line to say that is the number 1 common denominator with anybody who is fit/strong/big/lean/etc ?
[quote]Waittz wrote:
[quote]Smashingweights wrote:
Consistency is key.
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Takes a lot of us way too long to learn that. Would I be out of line to say that is the number 1 common denominator with anybody who is fit/strong/big/lean/etc ? [/quote]
I don’t think you would be out of line at all.
All too often we see new lifters who program hop constantly and are always looking for “the next big thing” when they would have made better gains by picking something and sticking with it. Increase weight or increase reps or both.
[quote]Smashingweights wrote:
[quote]Waittz wrote:
[quote]Smashingweights wrote:
Consistency is key.
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Takes a lot of us way too long to learn that. Would I be out of line to say that is the number 1 common denominator with anybody who is fit/strong/big/lean/etc ? [/quote]
I don’t think you would be out of line at all.
All too often we see new lifters who program hop constantly and are always looking for “the next big thing” when they would have made better gains by picking something and sticking with it. Increase weight or increase reps or both.
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Yeah I was one of those lifters in my early teens that worried about hitting muscles that no one outside of an autopsy had ever heard of. Then I read a post on by Wesley on IA and just thought fuck it I will train the big groups first and get strong on those and then when needs be address the imbalances of which there were many later on.
Leg Press is better for adding size to my legs then squats - at least for me
Triceps and more triceps!
Do high pulls along with power cleans
Eat more but not shitty food.
Back off when you’re injured.
Consistency and diet plays a bigger role than the training program.
[quote]Smashingweights wrote:
Warm up, dynamic stretching/activation and Pre-Hab are just as important, if not more important, than the actual lifting.[/quote]
I need to find the time for all of this…my typical workout is already 50 minutes to an hour, do you have any tips for how you fit in stretching, prehab, etc.?
[quote]LankyMofo wrote:
[quote]Smashingweights wrote:
Warm up, dynamic stretching/activation and Pre-Hab are just as important, if not more important, than the actual lifting.[/quote]
I need to find the time for all of this…my typical workout is already 50 minutes to an hour, do you have any tips for how you fit in stretching, prehab, etc.?[/quote]
use Dan John’s idea: do it in your warm up.
Need more of something? Do it in your warm up. It’ll only add another ten mins max
mine are:
-Keep on top of prehab stuff
-Stop training through pain
-Stop trying to deadlift, it’s killing you
-focus less on trying to hoist up heavy weights; low reps are doing nothing for you in terms of muscle size