Post one mistake people make about bodybuilding/lifting/diet etc

[Singularity7]

Being set in your ways. Following certain things like, "as long as you get your sets in don't worry about rest periods".
Not being serious with training. Not training hard.

[immune18]

that *******s feel the need to dat der because they have reached their 'natty limit.'

im not big by any standard but my mate who started lifting 1 year ago hoped on the bike and its just sad.....

Sad how exactly? Using something at ur disposal to speed up your results? so are you going to stop eating as much food? Stop taking supplements, having as much rest etc? Time to overcome your personal insecurities and step into the real world my friend

[GrimRep_er]

If you work out you can eat whatever you want.

Yeah, if you have a terrible diet and lift you will look better then if you weren't lifting, but eating well makes a big difference.

[LexBrah]

Biggest mistake? Thinking I can outtrain a bad diet. diet is 90%, know/learn/stick to that then you will look good.

Also when cutting, I used to overeat massively without knowing it. Like I'd have a block of cheese thinking 'no worries this is just a small bit of cheese' and a small glass of OJ and before you know it you are like +400 calories which is enough to prevent fat loss.

and thinking that if Ihave a good diet and train really, really hard and 'REALLY WANT IT BAD ENOUGH' that I will look good. Just lol.

[kahri]

Overtraining. More is not better.

overtraining is a myth,you could workout everyday without overtraining

[EssexBrah]

Thinking they can turn fat into muscle

[nestbrother]

Biggest mistake? Thinking I can outtrain a bad diet. diet is 90%, know/learn/stick to that then you will look good.

Also when cutting, I used to overeat massively without knowing it. Like I'd have a block of cheese thinking 'no worries this is just a small bit of cheese' and a small glass of OJ and before you know it you are like +400 calories which is enough to prevent fat loss.

and thinking that if Ihave a good diet and train really, really hard and 'REALLY WANT IT BAD ENOUGH' that I will look good. Just lol.

Why did you stop believing this?

Cause with a good diet and intense training you will look good

and by good I mean good in the mind of a normal person, not in the mind of a miscer with body dysmorphia

[Battlefury]

When people take it too srsly when they're not competing and missing out on eating good food cause they are dieting.

[Rai9]

Not taking peri-workout nutrition more seriously. Nailing the pre-/intra-/post-workout nutrition (especially in relation to carbs consumed in this window) completely changed the game for me.

Do elaborate?

Also, not counting calories and trying to eyeball food. Best gains I've made and progress in relation to cutting has been through counting my macros and caloric intake.

[edd4nz]

wasting lots of money for useless supplements

[scullin]

Thinking you need to take dat dere to get an 'impressive' body. Of course you can't get pro-bodybuilding results without it. But you can still better yourself and be head and shoulders above 90% of the population without using anything.

[Singularity7]

overtraining is a myth,you could workout everyday without overtraining

From the people i follow i believe it is true but very hard to reach. Most people only get to the over reaching part never the overtraining part.

[LethalGunz34]

overtraining is a myth,you could workout everyday without overtraining

Yeah, maybe if you're on those special supps.

[scullin]

Do elaborate?

Also, not counting calories and trying to eyeball food. Best gains I've made and progress in relation to cutting has been through counting my macros and caloric intake.

Counting definitely makes cutting more efficient. Although personally, I stopped counting last June and am only 10 lbs off my cut weight right now. I'll probably get back into it in about a month though and do a quick cut by July 1st.

[iifymbro]

If you want to lose weight, you don't have to go to the gym or even excercise, you just eat less

Wait are you saying this is incorrect or that people don't understand this ^? Cause you don't need to exercise to lose weight

[bboxinyou]

Not counting macros but eating chicken breast and rice because theyve read a generic meal plan then preaching CLEAN EATING!!! and wonder why it doesnt work

[iifymbro]

overtraining is a myth,you could workout everyday without overtraining

Yeah maybe if you regenerate like Wolverine, the rest of us need to rest so muscles can repair and rebuild before hitting the weights again. That's how it fukin works, its counter productive to keep hammering destroyed muscle.


Biggest mistakes I see come from women actually. Don't eat enough to gain mass if they are even trying to which is very few of them, vast majority think they will get "bulky" if they even look at free weights. It's like they think there are two types of muscles, toned and bulky. Nah sloot you just have muscles, and you have barely any Test you aint gaining chit anytime soon even if you try real hard.

[allianc3]

- lifting light weights for high reps. Forget 10-12, do 4-6 or 6-8 max.
- Not sticking with free weight compound movements
- Doing too many isolations
- Using too many machines
- Changing there routine up too much rather than adding weight
- Not doing, squat, dead lift, military press and bench press
- Not following the greatest book on the subject bigger leaner stronger
- Thinking heavy weights for high reps will make you look bulky and not checking out the before and afters on muscleforlife.com http://www.muscleforlife.com/success-stories/

What a garbage post. Let's disregard the fact that different people have different goals.

Everything you mentioned NOT to do is great for hypertrophy, just LOL

[iifymbro]

What a garbage post. Let's disregard the fact that different people have different goals.

Everything you mentioned NOT to do is great for hypertrophy, just LOL

You mis-read, look at the thread title. Those "nots" are mistakes people make, aka they should be doing them.

[justLMAO]

taking advice from flapjacko

[benyu]

people doing squats, deadlifts, and benchpress and eat a **** ton looking like a block of fat and complain why they aren't aesthetic.... son....


people going to the gym 3 days a week. fcking peasants, go to 6 atleast if you want REAL results


NOT eating at a calorie surplus and complaining about no weight gain

[benyu]

- lifting light weights for high reps. Forget 10-12, do 4-6 or 6-8 max.
- Not sticking with free weight compound movements
- Doing too many isolations
- Using too many machines
- Changing there routine up too much rather than adding weight
- Not doing, squat, dead lift, military press and bench press
- Not following the greatest book on the subject bigger leaner stronger
- Thinking heavy weights for high reps will make you look bulky and not checking out the before and afters on muscleforlife.com http://www.muscleforlife.com/success-stories/

do not listen to this post, people have different goals (hypertrophy / aesthetics / bodybuilding)


your advice given is to dream bulk and gain 50lbs and powerlift (turn into a huge block)

[benyu]

wasting lots of money for useless supplements

+1 aagreed, multi billion dollar scam

[mnovotny85]

Lack of knowledge in basic nutrition, buying into supplement hype, eating waaaay too much protein

[allianc3]

You mis-read, look at the thread title. Those "nots" are mistakes people make, aka they should be doing them.

I may have worded it slightly wrong but the guy is saying high rep ranges, machines and isolations are a mistake...just LOL

[scullin]

do not listen to this post, people have different goals (hypertrophy / aesthetics / bodybuilding)


your advice given is to dream bulk and gain 50lbs and powerlift (turn into a huge block)

Even for powerlifters his advice wouldn't be very good. Most powerlifters also do hypertrophy work as well in the higher rep ranges.

[fj123]

for naturals:

not working out with enough volume in their routines and thus never seeing results

you have to combine low volume exercises (like deadlifts, squats..etc.) with higher volume accessory movements.

[allianc3]

for naturals:

not working out with enough volume in their routines and thus never seeing results

you have to combine low volume exercises (like deadlifts, squats..etc.) with higher volume accessory movements.

this I can agree with.

I see too many kids doing these low volume, compound focused routines making next to no gains year after year

then I see some kids who know how to hit accessory/isolation movements with good form and good rep ranges and they blow up in no time

[UTSoccerbro]

-not taking dat dere (if you're srs about going above natty potential)
-not game planning training years in advance (not down to the details but planning for progression. Most kids jump around with 8 weeks this and 12 weeks that with no long term plan)
-not having eating discipline

[LoisEinhorn]

Juicing. Too many youngsters hopping on a bike, looking good for a while but not learning anything about how to lift properly or nutrition.

Hop off and look like chit again.