your biggest training mistake?

chalk · 14-04-2006, 07:57 PM

mine........copying the routines of the professionals (not the weight , obviously) from Flex magazine and expecting to grow! Did this for about 7 months until people told me that I was looking skinny!!

MuscleMatXXX · 14-04-2006, 09:42 PM

mine was lifting too heavy and thus cheating form. also eating more than i was training. i was very strong but not very muscular and quite flabby.i had huge shoulders though

sean · 14-04-2006, 09:51 PM

overtraining, i still find it hard not to do. As a amateur i think doing as much as i can is the way forward, when actually less is more to a certain extent..... i was doing loads, giving the whole body a workout in the space of an hour and half, no wonder there was no/little gains being made...

razg · 14-04-2006, 10:10 PM

Not paying enough concern to my diet. That has taken years to correct (and i'm still not quite there yet).

Hewhodares · 14-04-2006, 10:54 PM

Going to the gym tired and not feeling like a workout...now when i feel like that i just turn around and go home,all i was doing was going through the motions and not giving 100%.

Nick500 · 15-04-2006, 02:02 AM

not knowing about diet... always always stuck to a 'diet' since i was about 13 but with no luck. I wish i'd got on the net and found forums such as this one and fully immersed myself in the bodybuilding culture 5 years earlier and i wonder where i'd be today !!!

Nick

kriptikchicken · 15-04-2006, 08:21 AM

Wasting all my limited money as a teenager on insanely priced new miracle “natural” supplements that had nothing but inert substances in them…..

Dibencozide, Frac, Cybergenics 60 day system, colostrum… the list goes on!

ops:

Having said that, I am sure most of us have done this at one time or another, ah what it is like to be a dreamer (if an unrealistic one at that!

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FierceFrets · 15-04-2006, 02:53 PM

Jumping into training and not understanding how important my diet is.

sorted now though :mrgreen:

:twisted: Fierce

GALTONATOR · 15-04-2006, 03:39 PM

Training with to much volume! Biggest mistake also eating to much!

Young Gun · 15-04-2006, 04:44 PM

I have many but I don't look at them as mistakes more of a learning curve. If I hadn't made the mistakes I have I wouldn't be where I am.

14-04-2006, 07:57 PM	#1 (permalink)
chalk Making Progress Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Spain Posts: 262 Rep Power:	your biggest training mistake? mine........copying the routines of the professionals (not the weight , obviously) from Flex magazine and expecting to grow! Did this for about 7 months until people told me that I was looking skinny!!

14-04-2006, 09:42 PM	#2 (permalink)
MuscleMatXXX Under Construction Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: London Posts: 75 Rep Power:	mine was lifting too heavy and thus cheating form. also eating more than i was training. i was very strong but not very muscular and quite flabby.i had huge shoulders though ______________________ Never give up.you should enjoy life to the full

14-04-2006, 09:51 PM	#3 (permalink)
sean Under Construction Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 74 Rep Power:	overtraining, i still find it hard not to do. As a amateur i think doing as much as i can is the way forward, when actually less is more to a certain extent..... i was doing loads, giving the whole body a workout in the space of an hour and half, no wonder there was no/little gains being made... ______________________ http://www.glcforum.com/forums/uploa...7_57_35415.jpg

15-04-2006, 02:02 AM	#6 (permalink)
Nick500 Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Bristol Posts: 3,227 Rep Power:	not knowing about diet... always always stuck to a 'diet' since i was about 13 but with no luck. I wish i'd got on the net and found forums such as this one and fully immersed myself in the bodybuilding culture 5 years earlier and i wonder where i'd be today !!! Nick ______________________ - Obsession is what lazy people call dedication -

15-04-2006, 08:21 AM	#7 (permalink)
kriptikchicken Making Progress Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 157 Rep Power:	Wasting all my limited money as a teenager on insanely priced new miracle “natural” supplements that had nothing but inert substances in them….. Dibencozide, Frac, Cybergenics 60 day system, colostrum… the list goes on! ops: Having said that, I am sure most of us have done this at one time or another, ah what it is like to be a dreamer (if an unrealistic one at that! ) ______________________ [IMG] http://www.kriptikchicken.pwp.blueyo....uk/avatar.gif [/IMG]

14-04-2006, 10:10 PM	#4 (permalink)
razg Legend Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Birmingham/Bristol Posts: 886 Rep Power:	Not paying enough concern to my diet. That has taken years to correct (and i'm still not quite there yet).

14-04-2006, 10:54 PM	#5 (permalink)
Hewhodares Under Construction Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Rhyl/High Wycombe Posts: 51 Rep Power:	Going to the gym tired and not feeling like a workout...now when i feel like that i just turn around and go home,all i was doing was going through the motions and not giving 100%.

15-04-2006, 02:53 PM	#8 (permalink)
FierceFrets Legend Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: London Posts: 702 Rep Power:	Jumping into training and not understanding how important my diet is. sorted now though :mrgreen: :twisted: Fierce

15-04-2006, 03:39 PM	#9 (permalink)
GALTONATOR Making Progress Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: RINGWOOD, HANTS Posts: 107 Rep Power:	Training with to much volume! Biggest mistake also eating to much!

15-04-2006, 04:44 PM	#10 (permalink)
Young Gun Illuminati Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,539 Rep Power:	I have many but I don't look at them as mistakes more of a learning curve. If I hadn't made the mistakes I have I wouldn't be where I am.

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