Name the best decision you ever made in bbing/fitness

[mossbergmaniac]

Focusing on heavy compounds instead of a bunch of isolation work. I believe isolation is important but I think compounds should be your bread and butter.

[Paumen]

Stayed on with dark side, known as bro-science.

[laalz]

Originally Posted by damnglass

all fats besides trans fat are good,saturated fats play a big role in test levels,omega 3 is just as important providing you get the right ratio.

wow .. so the occasional KFC chicken piece wouldn't be all that bad?

[spirit3530]

fapping the night before I workout

[lukew55]

Originally Posted by spirit3530

fapping the night before I workout

lol the secret is out ppl.

[JoeyDaFool]

stopped caring about strength and stupid myths like only working a muscle once a week. and obviously sorting out my diet was critical

[drd0013]

Switching from drinking to smoking... lot less bad in terms of working out and energy after lol. Plus it helps me eat more

[Lencho]

The best decision I ever made was listening to Leon_1983.

[Attacus]

The best decision I ever made was to read.

[Lencho]

Originally Posted by Attacus

The best decision I ever made was to read articles written by Leon_1983.

This.

[umop3pisdn]

So let me get this straight.

Me doing one muscle per day with a tonne of isolation work will get me proportioned but not as big, whereas compound work will get me bigger, faster?

I do do squats about twice a week, and deadlifts once a week. But I don't dedicate a whole day to either, I only do about 15 minutes worth.

[mikemc417]

I've been working out seriously for a little over a year and the biggest gains occured when I started doing these things in this order: logged onto this website and started reading, learned about really eating right, stopped drinking 3 days a week, dedicating a month to learning the big compound exercises and how to do them correctly, and keeping a journal and not slacking off with it.

[amplitude486]

Finally realizing that I wasn't putting on strength because I was plateau'd, and thus incorporating a rest/deload week into my routine.

[rodsey]

Not eating carbs after 6pm

[Phil2009]

Originally Posted by Bluntdogg

Starting my journal on here.

My journal seems more like an internet log. I have 2 people that comment on it, I did think it would be a good motivational tool and great for feedback, but doesnt look like it so far.


My best decision was getting out of my home gym (garage) and joining my unigym. Also as mentioned before, the decision to put effort and time into bbing.

[BluntD]

Originally Posted by Phil2009

My journal seems more like an internet log. I have 2 people that comment on it, I did think it would be a good motivational tool and great for feedback, but doesnt look like it so far.

It's not so much about the feedback and having others comment for me. Maybe at one point, but not so much now. The usefulness to me is being able to easily print out the prior week's workout before heading to the gym, then being able to refer to exactly what's on tap for that day and what I plan/need to improve on, whether it be more weight added or another rep or another set or what have you.

Having that structure in place has really helped me continue to move forward with progression, rather then just "winging it" like I had in the past at times or not remembering what I had done the prior week and thus not progressing where I should have.

[Phil2009]

Originally Posted by Bluntdogg

It's not so much about the feedback and having others comment for me. Maybe at one point, but not so much now. The usefulness to me is being able to easily print out the prior week's workout before heading to the gym, then being able to refer to exactly what's on tap for that day and what I plan/need to improve on, whether it be more weight added or another rep or another set or what have you.

Having that structure in place has really helped me continue to move forward with progression, rather then just "winging it" like I had in the past at times or not remembering what I had done the prior week and thus not progressing where I should have.

Nice mate, yeah I do admit, its a lot easier to see where you're at and the progress you've made when its so nicely set in your workout journal thread.

[gdollar]

Originally Posted by deepaksikkan

sigining up on bb.com . seriously i was browsing randomly and stumbled upon bb.com and went through the forum and articles , thats when i really started learning what bodybuilding is all about . no stopping me from then .

this^^^^

[J_Bo]

Worrying about carb intake during bulking, rather than protein. I still make sure to get adequate protein, but really pounding down the good and ok carbs is the key to a bulking diet IMO.

[JoeyDaFool]

Originally Posted by NamesTaken

So let me get this straight.

Me doing one muscle per day with a tonne of isolation work will get me proportioned but not as big, whereas compound work will get me bigger, faster?

I do do squats about twice a week, and deadlifts once a week. But I don't dedicate a whole day to either, I only do about 15 minutes worth.

doing compounds + isolations makes you look better and bigger. there is nothing more to be said.


or you can listen to the parrots on this site, go on to rippetoes and end up with a big chest, back, and legs and virtually nothing else.


your choice really


all this "do years of compounds then start adding isolations for weak points" is completely stupid. why would i want to wait until i am 230lbs of muscle to start training my side delts (among other things)? would suck to have 50" chest but 15" arms, and a thick chest but no delts, abs that look like ****, etc.


stupid, i know, but that's the mentality most ppl have on this site.