I'm not really anyone of note. I tell people I'm just a guy who happens to enjoy lifting weights. I have never possessed any real athletic ability or smarts. I'm someone who just liked being told no, following it up with a "fuck off, I'll show you" and then proceed to quietly work (well pre-social media quietly work. Now I kinda whore myself on Facebook......but whatevs).
In light of that, I'd figured since it was a Saturday I would share some thoughts on things I learned and would have done a bit different in this iron game.
1: Emphasize nutrition
This seems like a no brainer, but I should have exercised more discipline in my eating. I ate like complete garbage. And while I'm better, I'm still not where I should be. And it's not just eating for "GAINZZZZZZ." It's eating enough to recover and grow with minimal fat gain. That's mistake number one
2: Out training a shitty diet
You see the saying "You can't out train a shitty diet" and it's totally true. You can only get so far with using shitty fuel for your workouts. While it may be cool to read and try to do what Lee Priest did with eating buckets of chicken for an offseason diet, it's not the way to go for muscle gain.
3: Tighter Form
My form on things like squats could have been MUCH tighter than what it was. I often tell people I didn't really learn how to train until I started powerlifting. And it's true. You can't do ANYTHING in lifting without proper technique first. Same way for building muscle. You must have tight form to put that pressure on the muscle you're trying to train.
4: Watch for the clues success leaves
I use to discount what top amateurs did and only focused on the pro's did. Thus I know I missed out on some quality information that could have been shared with me. Always talk to the up and comers. They're experimenting just like you and can bounce different things off another party
5: Read number one
It really cannot be overstated.
There's more, but these are the glaring ones. Next one is will be what I've learned in life.
