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Hey guys, Thought id slap down the top 10 things ive learnt over my time training, things ive done right, things ive done wrong, things ive observed and things ive been told by others, im not that experienced myself and have a lot to learn but i feel i have reached a level where i can at least pass on SOMETHING useful to other trainers. All of them are things that if not already understood will enhance some aspect of your training or enlighten you in some way. Its not an a-b guide or even a training manual. Its just 10 things ive come across that i dont see collected in one place.
Hopefully the other guys on here will chime in with some info.
1) If your overweight, can grab a handful of fat anywhere, you are REALLY fat! Cleaning up your diet and eating chicken and rice wont bring you abs. Diet HARD, diet like you think a boiled potato is a chocolate bar. 6 shakes a day and some vitamin pills might not be healthy long term but a few months will see you shed a lot, after that your golden.
2)train HARD whatever you think is hard is crap. Invite around a friend to train with you. If he does not turn into a whingy girl less than half way through and if you dont both feel sick and soaked in sweat. PUSSY! man up train harder. Whatever you think is hard is probably 50% at best
3)Make it hurt! Every exercise, until you know better, slow eccentric powerful fast concentric. Perfect your form. A cheated rep is a failed rep you know a cheat rep when you do one.
4)Dont listen to most info online (im asking for it with this one) most purveyors of information on most boards are useless bodybuilders who cant even eat the right food let alone train right or control their bodies properly. After a few months browsing everyone and his dog has their creatine supplementation reigime down and is a phd nutritionist in the making, they talk like it too. Stick to simplicity.
5)99.9% of bodybuilding information out there DOES NOT APPLY TO YOU. Either your too new to the game, too unfit, too fat, too thin, too ignorant, too slack. Most truly great info comes into play at the earliest in the SECOND year of quality training. Some people take longer to become 'intermediate' others less, rule of thumb in my book is
180%-200% BW deadlift
130-150% BW Squat
BW Bench
BW Row
BW + 20% Chin
BW+ 50% Dip
<20% BF
meet these before reinventing the wheel, meet these before going away from the basics.
6)There are no magic potions. NONE. You have 2 paths to hugeness.
1 good, protein heavy diet, HARD well designed program, time, work and DEDICATION.
2 Test-e + D-bol possibly cycled with nolva or clomid
If 2 sounds like gibberish it doesnt apply to you, stick to 1 until you understand, then choose your own path. Stuff in coloured pil bottles covered in biceps and promises that are sold legally are either minimally effective or completley ineffective.
7) Make your supplement reigieme part of your life. Your pill popping, shake drinking, tupperware chicken eating ways will get you mocked more than respected. But its the price of a body that ordinary people cry themselves to sleep over not having. I dont truly believe in my heart of hearts that there is a guy out there who wouldnt sell a kidney for a '300' physique, if only twere so easy....
8)Buy good equipment. Its expensive, its big, its heavy. Spend the money. If eating properly and supplementing correctly you will spend £1000's on food and supplements annually, for years. £500 on a bench/rack combo, £200 on weight some chin and dip bars.... its nothing. Dont give me crap about the gym, you will find reasons not to go, if you can do both.
9) Freeweights are the only things that matter. When you weigh 200lb, lean, and bench >200% bw by all means hit the reverse medial delt extensor max 3000. Machines only create weaknesses not strengths. Smith machines are NOT safe squat machines they are PUSSY squat machines.
10)True bodybuilding is a life decision, it changes everything you do, you think different, act different, look at life differently. You eat sleep and breathe health, nutrition, testosterone and iron! As one BB'er once said to me,
If you want to get in shape buy a f$"%^&' bike! If you wanna look good shut the f$%^ up and LIFT!
Hopefully the other guys on here will chime in with some info.
1) If your overweight, can grab a handful of fat anywhere, you are REALLY fat! Cleaning up your diet and eating chicken and rice wont bring you abs. Diet HARD, diet like you think a boiled potato is a chocolate bar. 6 shakes a day and some vitamin pills might not be healthy long term but a few months will see you shed a lot, after that your golden.
2)train HARD whatever you think is hard is crap. Invite around a friend to train with you. If he does not turn into a whingy girl less than half way through and if you dont both feel sick and soaked in sweat. PUSSY! man up train harder. Whatever you think is hard is probably 50% at best
3)Make it hurt! Every exercise, until you know better, slow eccentric powerful fast concentric. Perfect your form. A cheated rep is a failed rep you know a cheat rep when you do one.
4)Dont listen to most info online (im asking for it with this one) most purveyors of information on most boards are useless bodybuilders who cant even eat the right food let alone train right or control their bodies properly. After a few months browsing everyone and his dog has their creatine supplementation reigime down and is a phd nutritionist in the making, they talk like it too. Stick to simplicity.
5)99.9% of bodybuilding information out there DOES NOT APPLY TO YOU. Either your too new to the game, too unfit, too fat, too thin, too ignorant, too slack. Most truly great info comes into play at the earliest in the SECOND year of quality training. Some people take longer to become 'intermediate' others less, rule of thumb in my book is
180%-200% BW deadlift
130-150% BW Squat
BW Bench
BW Row
BW + 20% Chin
BW+ 50% Dip
<20% BF
meet these before reinventing the wheel, meet these before going away from the basics.
6)There are no magic potions. NONE. You have 2 paths to hugeness.
1 good, protein heavy diet, HARD well designed program, time, work and DEDICATION.
2 Test-e + D-bol possibly cycled with nolva or clomid
If 2 sounds like gibberish it doesnt apply to you, stick to 1 until you understand, then choose your own path. Stuff in coloured pil bottles covered in biceps and promises that are sold legally are either minimally effective or completley ineffective.
7) Make your supplement reigieme part of your life. Your pill popping, shake drinking, tupperware chicken eating ways will get you mocked more than respected. But its the price of a body that ordinary people cry themselves to sleep over not having. I dont truly believe in my heart of hearts that there is a guy out there who wouldnt sell a kidney for a '300' physique, if only twere so easy....
8)Buy good equipment. Its expensive, its big, its heavy. Spend the money. If eating properly and supplementing correctly you will spend £1000's on food and supplements annually, for years. £500 on a bench/rack combo, £200 on weight some chin and dip bars.... its nothing. Dont give me crap about the gym, you will find reasons not to go, if you can do both.
9) Freeweights are the only things that matter. When you weigh 200lb, lean, and bench >200% bw by all means hit the reverse medial delt extensor max 3000. Machines only create weaknesses not strengths. Smith machines are NOT safe squat machines they are PUSSY squat machines.
10)True bodybuilding is a life decision, it changes everything you do, you think different, act different, look at life differently. You eat sleep and breathe health, nutrition, testosterone and iron! As one BB'er once said to me,
If you want to get in shape buy a f$"%^&' bike! If you wanna look good shut the f$%^ up and LIFT!
