Mistakes you have made

[zackdarnell]

Here are mine:
-Not eating correctly.
-Training too long
-Not deadlifting
-overtraining

 

[Exodus]

thinking that i could gain muscle by keeping my abs at the same time.
thinking that a pump means your growing.
listening to my coach
thinking that deadlifting more than 150lbs was bad for my back

X

 

[SAGAT]

In an effort to learn from each other and also offer guidance to those who may be starting out, what are some of the crucial mistakes or experiences that you have learnt from during your training career. It can be diet, steroids, supplements, training, mental etc.

Here are mine:

1. Not including deadlifts in my first routines.
2. Training with more volume rather than more intensity.
3. Working out with a training partner who had different goals.
4. Not 'testing' my strength enough by not continually overloading on exercises.
5. Working through injuries rather than resting and healing completely.
6. Not eating enough.

What are some of yours.

dude, mine are exactly the same as yours! freaky

 

[Thaibox]

thinking that deadlifting more than 150lbs was bad for my back

This is what kept me from doing deads until a few years ago. I've had a back injury since 1995, and have been told this deadlifting myth by all the doctors, nurses, and therapists. I had to question their knowledge and try it, only to find out deads were the best thing I could do.

Ignorance

They would shit themselves to see me doing DLs, SLDLs off a block, goodmornings, cleans and squats.

 

[DanielBishop]

I've had a few.

The first thing I did, was train from a book called "The Matrix Principle" which was all about light weight and high-reps.... half-reps, 1/3 reps, short rests between sets etc etc.... the book made a lot of sense to someone ignorant like myself, but I didn't gain much from it.

As well as that, I didn't eat enough and tried to avoid all fat (to try and get lean while gaining muscle) but eating all the carbs I wanted.

I didn't squat for a long time because of a knee injury, and didn't deadlift for a long time.

Probably did too many isolation movements and not enough compound also....

I still do a lot of things which I know hinder my potential, but I have my reasons....

 

[Karma]

Good thread-

I changed routines too much (still abit guilty of that)
Not working hard enough
Missing workouts
Being scared of getting fat, therefore not eating enough

 

[RusPA81]

I think my biggest mistake especially in my early years of college besides the ones you guys already mentioned is that I thought I could be a serious lifter and an extreme party animal. Unfortunately the two don't mix together rather well.

 

[louden_swain]

Here were my mistakes:

This applies to the first two years of training:

Starting out with bench presses instead of inclines
not resting enough
neglecting squats and barbell rows

 

[grlpwrd]

Mine's:

* Overtraining - by doing too much or too soon
* Not watching my diet - just because I train doesn't mean I can drink chocolate milk every day or eat fatty foods when I want
* Not taking advice from people who know what they are doing - an educated opinion can take you to the next level
* Not planning - if you expect to get anywhere, you need a map, right? That's why I keep a journal.