Any foolish beginners mistakes you look back on and cringe?
Any moments of gym autism you would care to share?
Any memes you fell for?
Any pointers not contained within the sticky?
Here is my very first weight routine from when I was a junior in high school:
>15 lb dumbbell curls
>rest one minute
>sit-ups
>rest one minute
>15 lb dumbbell flies, lying on my bed
>rest two minutes
>repeat 5 times
Every other day. I genuinely thought I was making gains. It wasted quite a bit of my time as well, because of how much I rested.
>did Bro splits
>neglected leg day first 5 months of lifting
>fell for the no ab work needed meme
Sucked
Dropped light weights when I was a beginner at the gym.
I still cringe looking back
>exclusive machines
>no deadlifts
Also when I started deadlifts I had fallen for the abs are made in the kitchen not in the gym meme so I wasn't training and, got a huge imbalance and my back hurt like hell until I started training abs
>no pull ups
> afraid eating would make me fat
Seriously, what the fk ?
>>36789948
I started lifting with a "Brad Pitt from Fight Club in 12 weeks!" workout I found online. I lost about 25 pounds and built a little muscle but I did learn a lot of good movements and got into a habit of regular workouts, and after the twelve weeks I started lifting properly, so I guess it wasn't the worst thing in the world.
>>36789948
Stuck on 50kg bench for 3 months bc I didnt realize you cant make gains without adding weight. I literally did it with the same weight for 3 months and didnt become any stronger
>>36789948
Came to /fit/ and started a thread saying
"Going to the gym for the first time. Any tips or routines I should be doing?"
My first day in the gym I went to the local World Gym, which was owned by some elite power lifting coach that used to train with Arnold. I started telling him I'd signup if he showed me around & that I wanted to do a routine called "Starting Strength". He proceeded to tell me he'd never heard of it, and showed me how to bro-split style train. I proceeded to ignore his advice & listened to you retards, did GOMAD+SS+ bulking shakes + fast food (IIFYM) for 6 months. Guess how that turned out?
>>36790209
A rookie error indeed
Bought the ol' /fit/ meme:
>chin ups are enough for biceps
Also wish I'd done more cardio when I first started not being fat. Cardio makes being aesthetic a lot easier.
>>36790227
Do tell
>>36790209
We have all been there
Everyone told me to read the sticky, but I didn't know wtf the sticky was. I assumed it was the sticker on the Smith machine and cable pull machine instructing you on how to use them
>Mfw I realized how retarded I was
>>36790281
That made me chuckle heartily. Thanks anon.
>>36790281
Absolute aspergers
>>36789948
>Any foolish beginners mistakes you look back on and cringe?
Not starting when I was 15
I'm 25 now
I only started last year
>>36789948
Yeah I'll bite, felt like a fucking moron last week.
In a thread about fishoil, everyone was saying you need to chew the tablet because it won't dissolve in your stomach. Took me two times to learn my lesson.
>>36790316
Uncomfortably true
>>36790336
Kek
>>36790339
Seriously, if I could send back one command to my 15 year old self, it wouldn't be "buy bitcoin at 1 buck and sell it at 800" or "buy stock in apple" or the winning 1 billion powerball numbers - it'd be "start lifting right now"
>>36790316
Least you didn't wait until you were 33
>>36789948
I made some mistakes, especially regarding form. But I guess Its not something you cant learn solely from reading a book or watching tutorials, you need to try lifting and then compare it with theory. I dont really cringe looking back at my beginner phase, because even as a beginner I was better prepared than majority of DYELs in a small gym in academic house where I live.
>mfw correct form is so rare I dont even expect to see it anymore
>mfw the only guys who seem to know what they are doing are on brosplit
>at least they have an actual routine, many dont even have that
>mfw I ve never seen anyone lift more on any of main lifts than me, and I am DYEL after 5 months of lifting
>mfw I saw a guy who was giving advice on form curling bar during deadlift
>mfw I saw another guy drop a fucking empty bar on his face during warmup before benching
>mfw I was asked to spot 1pl8 bench
>mfw I have given up on helping anyone there, they are lost beyonfd redemption
>I only hope none of them will menage to kill, himself, because administration would probably close the gym then
>>36790316
Iktfb
I started when I was 22, now 23 almost 24, getting into powerlifting. Numbers should be competitive at the local level but I'd be competitive on the national level or world level if I would have started at 15.
>>36790117
What do you do for ab work? Ive started to deadlift and I dont do any abwork right now
>>36790477
Not him but I'm doing Vertical Leg Raises and Planks.
I don't know if it's enough though
>>36790477
Not him but all I do are:
Weighted decline crunches
Hanging leg raises
Dragonflags and stomach vacuums are good too.
>>36789948
skipped leg day, doing retarded bro-split through the whole 12th grade
4 years later im doing squats 3 times a week ;_;
>>36790424
I asked someone to spot me on my 1rm(80kg) bench today.Was this autism?
>>36790313
You mean the way he sorts his reaction images by board?
>>36790658
Kek. I actually do that
>>36790609
I dont think so. Also, I didnt mean that necessarily asking for a spot at 1pl8 (40 kg) is bad. If you are auschwitz mode you might need a spot benching that little, but this guy was a typical skinnyfat and was easily doing over ten reps with that weight. It just felt awkward to spot someone doing cardio.
>>36789948
There were no bars available so I thought I'd squat using the smith machine. Never again
>>36790702
>1pl8
>40kg
Pick one
>>36790702
>spotting someones cardio
kek
>>36790789
1pl8= one 20 kg pl8 one each side of the bar, so its 2x20 kg + weight of the bar
i used to try to isolate my serratus anterior by doing weighted punches in the gym on the cable machine.
the big tough meatheads joked about it, and probably thought i was gonna beat the shit out of a bully or something.
>>36790071
> mfw you're a skelly and you do this with dumbbell curls now
B-But I have 7.5kg and do about 12 reps before I have to stop. I try to reach 20 and then I bump up the weight by 1kg. W-What am I doing wrong?
>>36789948
>not squatting
>plateauing for months because i didnt plan any sort of progression
>avoiding fat because fat makes you fat
>not squatting
>hundreds of dollars on BCAAs, arginine, megavitamins, and other jew powders
>not squatting
>using TDEE calculators and gaining 15lbs of fat very quickly because they overestimate my needs by a huge amount
>not squatting
>not squatting
>not squatting
>>36790975
>not squatting
FUCKING HERETIC
For real though, squats are my favourite exercise-
>>36790071
I don't think resting is a waste of time.
I rest between sets. I try to lift heavy as I can, so I wait til I feel i'm ready to do a full set.
>>36790424
Bro splits do work. They just aren't where you want to start. Start with a strength program like SS or SL. Move to a bro-split after enjoying the early easy gains. Without the major compounds, you just don't have the strength to get the most out of isolation.
>>36790117
This.
I'm just nervous to go up to those areas in the gym by myself. I feel so out of place and don't really know my forms very well.
I wish I had a gymbro. I doubt I'll move past just machines until then. ;_;
>not having a strict routine
>not tracking my workouts
>not tracking calories/macros
>believing people on the internet knew what was best for me
I'm just here to shitpost. It's that same in life: we can give each other advice-but you'll only be successful if you learn it and understand it yourself
>>36790532
My gymbro and I do medicine ball decline situps. They're fun and I actually look forward to them.
>>36790999
Its not my concern whether they work or not, I am on GK right now. Anyway as I said, those guys are doing brosplit with babyweights. It is kind of ridiculous, plenty of the do benchpress, but I am yet to see anyone benching more than 70 kg.
>>36790316
Is starting at this age really that big a difference?
Is it too late for me to make it?
Didn't squat for about two years into my lifting from ages 15-17. Did quad extensions instead and just other shit, some lunges. Never had a squat rack at home gym so just did what I could until I made my own money to pay my way into a commercial gym.
>>36789948
>Not eating right from the beginning
>took like 3 years to realize I'm an idiot
>Not starting earlier
>Started when I was ~18. ~21 now
>Form's been on point for the most part at least
>Very conscious of it since the beginning
>>36789948
Just found out I have been reloading wrong the whole time. I thought you dropped to 60% and then worked your way back up in small increments. That explains why my progress has been so slow.
>>36791049
Fair enough. Some people aren't training for mas. Maybe they're looking for something else. I actually do high reps at moderate weight because my goal is explosive power. I force myself to do every motion like I'm trying to kill something. This is mainly for my other activities. kickboxing and basketball being the main concerns.
So many squats and box jumps.
When I first started hitting the gym my dad (who is obese) told me 'you should drink at least one sports drink between every 5 lifts son. Trust me'
I believed him and I did it. For 3 weeks I would lift 5 times, then drink an entire Gatorade, then keep going.
Eventually the predictable outcome happened and I wet myself while I was lifting and got a 2 week ban from the gym. Apparently someone had given me the nickname 'The Gatorade Gusher' and someone had drawn a small Alligator wearing a diaper on the floor where I wet myself. Obviously I had realised my mistake by then. Never listened to my dad again.
>>36791106
>the Gatorade gusher
I'm calling bullshit on this story
>>36790999
Interesting point of view. When I started, I was so excited that I would hit every part of my body everyday for like 3 hours. Eventually, my dad(who used to bodybuild) told me what I was doing was wrong.
I then started doing brosplit. By then I guess I had enough strength. But I would always aim to use enough weight to where I would struggle with my 5th rep but still be able to push it out. It's been working.
>>36791106
Lulz. I've known people to sip a carb drink between sets, but Gatorade is a meme unless you are legit dehydrated.
>>36790999
What are Bro splits?
>>36791103
Different anon here, I scoffed at first at 'explosive power'. But That seems fun and like it might actually translate. Although I think most athletes in those sports focus mostly on bodyweight and closely related training exercises. There should also be a respect for any of us who at least working out regularly. More than most can say truthfully
>>36790915
You're doing cardio, breh. 1-6 strength, 7-12 mass, 13+ resistance.
Try 12-10-8-6 reps raising your weight every set.
I used a 6kg manual to do curls all day.
I thought I would get huge biceps if I did it enough.
>>36791131
Splitting body parts to different days of the week outside of a core movements program or alternating push/pull. As in:
Day 1 Chest/back
Day 2 Arms/abs
Day 3 Legs
Day 4 rest/cardio
etc...
>>36791145
There's a lot of support to back up the explosive power thing. You just don't see pro boxers doing low rep. They want to hit hard and often. Inertia is the biggest factor. Low reps at near max just mean more mass and less endurance. It doesn't matter that you can swing for the fences if you can't keep your guard up.
>>36791160
ohsheet.jpg I used to do that with my brother. Now we do Push/Pull/Legs. Is that not so bad?
>>36790988
JUST HOW
Back when I did them they were by far my least favorite exercise...Just so uncomfortable being in that hole.
>>36791018
Bruh I've been there, couldn't even curl 5's when I first went and only went because my school had a gym. Honestly no one gives a fuck if you're small in the gym. Read about the compounds on Stronglifts, swallow down the nerves and power through the first weeks. Starting lifting was the best thing I ever did.
>>36791051
It's never too late to make it, in terms of world class gains you do need to have a certain genetic pre-disposition but you can easily look good with hard work. Starting late is better than never starting.
>>36791201
Nah. it's fine. it's just that everyone here will shitpost about compounds.
I've known plenty of very fit people that do brosplits. It really depends on your goals.
Around here we focus so much on squats, deads, and bench that it's easy to forget that there are other lifts.
>>36790191
ouch
Cutting with pizza and shit food and thinking its okay because it's low calories
Getting addicted to ephredrine
Fuckarounditis in general, thinking I was strong for benching 1 1/2 plates and being satisfied
Neglecting parts of my body that help me do main lifts (unracking barbell to bench, ability to grip deadlift weight, supporting squat weight on my back)
>>36790227
>did GOMAD+SS+ bulking shakes + fast food (IIFYM) for 6 months
GOMAD + fast food (shitty nutrition) were your only mistakes.
>>36790227
god help your fat soul
>>36791256
yeah i do squats on legs day, dead on pull and bench on push. Then 6 other exercises on each day all based on push/pull/legs. I cycle everywhere for cardio and do a manual labour job. Is that an OK way of doing things?
>>36790890
bar is 20 you absolute moron
4/10 made me reply
>>36789948
Doing retarded cheat curls and shitty form bench only when I began lifting in 9th grade and thought I was boss as fuck. Was fat as a kid so the fat in my chest stayed, so I had these strange muscle/fat man tits which I decided to wear tight shirts over. Had no clue what I was doing and had a garbage diet. Just
>>36791312
Yep. as long as your weights are going up and you're watching diet you should get good gains.
>>36791335
Not that guy, but my gym only has 10kg bars.
>>36789948
Not tracking my calories and logging my diet. I lost so much data that could have explained plateaus. I wish I had realized early on that diet and dedication to my workouts was more important than any supplement mix in the world.
So many wasted months.
>>36791350
cheers for advice mang
>>36791356
Your gym sucks.
>>36791400
I know, but at least I have the squat rack all to myself.
>>36791395
anytime.
anyone with dedication will make it.
>>36790281
Underrated post
>>36789948
i couldn't decide whether to cut or bulk for 2 years so lifted basically at maintenance for that whole period
>>36789948
>Any memes you fell for?
eat big to get big
Gained 20 lbs in 3 months. I didn't even got strong enough. I guess it works good only with steroids.
>>36791758
Yeah., this one gets people. It should be "Eat bigger to get bigger,"
As in, as your mass increases, and you BMR goes with it, you have to consume more calories. Anything consumed past what your body needs to rebuild muscle is just making you fat. Leanbulk for life, familia. Do the math regularly.
I fell for the SS meme.
>>36790071
Well, at least you were increasing the amount of nuclei in your muscle cells, which in return made your progress faster once you started lifting real weights and eating right, so it probably wasn't a 100% waste of time. Very much a waste of time, but not completely.
>>36791147
>This guy doesn't realize 6-7 rep range does literally nothing
Actually did really well for beginner, did make one big mistake though.
>doing SS for 3 months
>big gains
>stalling on most lifts
>be stubborn and keep going anyway trying to break through plateau.
>squatting heavy 3x a week and playing field hockey 2x per week
>knees explode
Really regret doing that, it fucked my knees for more than a year, had to quit lifting and sports for a while. So lesson is be smart about your programming. Do SS until you completely stall and then pick a more suitable program.
>>36790316
>mfw I started at 13
In my case back in the day, I did something right by doing a full body workout, and no meme 1 bodypart a week workouts. However, I failed when it came to increasing the load every workout, and I also had way too many exercises for one session in the gym. When I look back at my old workout logs I cringe so hard, literally the same weights for 3 weeks in a row at the start. Thankfully after about 2-3 months or so of lifting I finally came to the realization that increasing the load each workout was the way to go. I also fell for the "eat a ton of food" meme, so I got a little chubbier than what was needed for a bulk.
Despite making all these mistakes I still put on a ton of muscle the first year (enough to be known as the "roid abuser" amongst morons), but imagine the gains I missed out on and the extra fat I put on which made it so that I had to cut for about 2 months extra.
I cringe so hard thinking about back then. It's been almost 10 years.
>>36792289
Maybe you should work on your form if you fucked your knees. I've always been very serious about leg workouts (being my favorite and all), and I've never had any knee problems at all.
>>36791160
I-is that bad?
>>36792506
No. Depends on goals. I love brosplits. But I'm not training for mass either. For an athletics lifting program starting with full body and moving to brosplits is great.
The important thing is having a plan of some type. sticking to it. And changing it as needed to meet your goals. The concept of one routine being the ultimate answer is bullshit.
Self evaluate constantly.
>>36790915
genetics are wrong
>>36791203
They grow on you. At first I hated squats so much and they're still probably my least favourite compound but I don't dread them anymore
>>36792541
Even if you're doing a brosplit, that split should have you work out every muscle twice a week and not once.
>>36792506
If
1) You're training a muscle group only once a week
2) You are working out more than 4 days a week
it's bad
for a beginner doing serious compound lifts even 4 days a week might be too much
>>36789948
Doing SS
>>36791203
try some other for of squat if back squat isn't working for you. i love front squats
>>36789948
Spent about 3 years religiously working out 2 hours (often longer since I got distracted and took enormous rests) a day 6 times a week doing upper body/lower body split making no gains with a set of 12.5kg dumbells before I actually started doing proper research into how to exercise. I broke my wrist and started working out with weights again about half a week before I got my plaster removed becuase I was sick of missing out on my shitty workouts. Now my wrist is permanently weaker. So much of my life wasted because I was obsessed with this stupid shitty uneducated routine that didn't benefit me at all.
>>36790477
Not him but I do crunches, twists, and leg raises.
>>36793055
>>36790234
lol fell for this one so bad
an al dente spaghetti noodle could hold more weight than my arms at that point
>>36791074
deloading is when you drop 60%, usually you do this after an injury or a long absence
when you drop 10% after stalling for a while, that's called progressive unloading
>>36791395
cheers for that fucking picture lmao senpai
>>36789948
A few months ago actually, Jumped from one machine to the other every minute like a retard. drank 4 scoops of whey powder and complained when i didnt gain
>>36792779
Okay I'll change my routine
>ss+gomad
>squats n oats
>weighted dips
>curls are all you need for biceps
>gotta eat big to get big
jesus christ i got trolled so hard
>do flat barbell bench 6 times a month, you'll get a great chest!
I did ez-bar curls for like 3 months instead of bb/db/straight bar
>say goodbye to my gains
>>36790408
>t'd be "start lifting right now"
This and "buy Pfizer stocks"
>>36792673
>>36791203
once you get good at them they're amazing. i cant believe how much stronger and more flexible my legs have gotten, the world seems so much more accessible now and jogging is so much easier.
>>36792174
>increasing the number of nuclei in your cells
>>36794140
I curl with an EZ bar. Explain please.
Did squats 3 times a week and went t Rex. Had to buy new trousers and pants but never new shirts. I got trolled hard.
>>36794390
>>36794277
Curls with straight bar/barbell provide better biceps activation because you're curling fully supinated. When using the ez-bar, you're semi-supinated which uses the brachioradialis more and biceps less.
>>36794026
Whats wrong with weighted dips?
>accidentally do one set of curls with one 20lbs db in one hand and a 15lbs in the other.
>realize my mistake and switch hands for the next set to balance it out
>>36789948
>Stalled
>Thought I hit my natty limit
>Hopped on steroids
I could have done a deload
>>36790609
My training weight BP is 60kg at 6' 6 103kg. I always ask a random dude to spot my last set. Nobody has ever said no, smiled, smirked etc. There's nothing autistic when it comes to safety. Also when will you people realise weight doesn't fucking matter
>>36791018
Beginner here, this was honestly harder than squatting my own weight for the first time. It's terrifying, but you only need to gather the courage ONCE, and then you'll see nobody's watching you. You can do it, anon. Watch youtube videos, practice with low weight until you're confident, and just focus on your workout.
>>36794905
nigga you weak as hell
>>36794390
I have such a ridiculous selection of trousers sizes and only the newest onew fit me. My wardrobe looks like the trouser section in a clothes store.
>>36794667
>>36789948
listen to your body
>>36794958
>and then you'll see nobody's watching you
this is a good thing to tell newbie scared shitless, but that's so wrong. you should be able to tell this from all our threads on /fit/.
people naturally look around the gym when they're resting. if you're doing something stupid, they are judging the shit out of you. that's not going to change. you just need to not do dumb shit and/or not care what people think.
Thought. Was doing SS
Didn't read properly
Did both squats and deadlifts 3 times a week, increasing weight every session.
>>36791125
>Gatorade is a meme
no it's not. There's a bunch of bodybuilders that drink gatorade after workouts, doesn't make a difference if you put dextrose in your shake or do that, same outcome
I used to use the Smith machine for all of my compounds.
>>36791106
I want to believe
>Squats and deads are all you need for abs meme
>You don't need 10 reps meme
To this day I'm still not sure if SS is a meme or not so I refuse to do it.
>>36794390
I'm glad I saw through this meme early on
>SL for a few months
>literally only my quads are making any noticeable gains
>was intimidated by barbell so squatted in smith machine
>was intimidated by barbell so only benched dumbells
>>36794701
>realize my mistake and switch hands for the next set to balance it out
Lol'd
>30 minute anabolic window
>Not knowing how to cook so 80% of my protein intake came from shit tier wal Mart brand whey
>Worked out shirtless at the apt gym because I thought sloots were mirin my 130lb physique just because I had visible abs (literally nothing else)
>Thought I was hardcore for buying ephedrine online from Canada to run ECA stacks
>Skipped legs for first 6 months
>>36794214
The muscle is the only cell in the body that has more than one nuclei. By lifting weights more nuclei is added to the muscle. The amount of nuclei in the muscle cells dictates how big the muscle can get, the potential size basically.
You should know this Anon, instead of spending your time finding funny memes.
>>36795089
I've had no problems developing abs without hitting them with an isolation exercise. It's probably fairly genetic; some may need ab exercises, whilst others don't.
Always go gym for like 3 months solid then end up losing motivation for 3 months until I start going again and repeat
First time I went to the gym I did Romanian dead lifts instead of standard deadlifts, also complimented a guy doing 27.5kg tricep extensions on a machine and he told me I would be able to do that after a year of consistent working out.
Would it be a beginner's mistake to start with Stronglifts 5x5?
>muh supplements
>muh anal bolic window
>muh cardio = 0 gainzz
Seriously fuck the fitness industry, the last year no supplements at all, and still do some cardio and i feel good as ever and strong as ever
>>36795716
yes
do greyskull LP instead, preferably take a look the PDF before hand
>>36792541
You should be hitting each muscle group twice per week for maximal gains, whatever your goal may be. That's why bro splits are bad.
I was doing squats once and the fucking weights fell off the right side of the bar, causing me to lean and all the weights to fall off the left side. I never lift any barbells without clips now. That shit was embarrassing
>>36791073
Are you me? I had shit nutrition for the last year and am stucking at lmao1pl8 bench. The last week was my first successful cut begin, 1200 kcal (probably some more because I don't know how to calculate kcal of oils) + cardio and I am already seeing good results.
>>36791073
If it makes you feel better i did p90x for 4 years and didnt diet :/
I read 2pl8 as 2 plate 8
I never understood what 8 means and thought it was some weird way to calculate
>>36795785
Thanks anon.
>>36791160
>>36792506
i'm a fucking retard so please correct me, but the main reason they're looked down upon is that compound movements are the most efficient way to make gains, and brosplit relies on isolation movements which are inefficient and can easily miss out/undertarget many muscles?
>>36795886
i made a hole in my floor by setting the weight too far from the handle
see i get annoyed at how long it takes to slot a disc onto the bar, sliding it past the entire spinlockable part which make up the outer 16" of the bar, so i set spinlocks at about 4" from each end. my basic misunderstanding of physics meant that as soon as i unloaded a 10kg plate from one end, the leverage tipped the bar 90 degrees and pierced straight into the floorboard
thank fuck my foot wasn't there or i might be making this post about how i lost my foot
>>36790316
>15
Nah son I stilled wanted to grow at that time
>>36791147
>6-7 reps
>implying this rep range actually does anything for you
SHIGGY
>>36797446
>brosplit relies on isolation movements
not true, they're mostly looked down upon because you only workout each body part once per week
brosplits can include bench, The Press, squat and deads
>believing SS is a bible and posting as if i knew anything because i read the book
>saying people who dont do SS are doing it wrong
was pretty naive honestly
>>36790281
>sticker on the Smith machine
ultimate jej
The first 3 months of lifting I did my entire body everyday AND cardio. I thought time at gym equalled results. I lifted for 2.5 hours everyday followed by .5 hours cardio.
>first time lfiting was ~10 years ago
>bought creatine with sugar added (each 5g dose had like 30g of sugar or some shit)
>"bro creatine is like legal steroids"
>mixed sugary creatine shit with 7up (why!?!?!)
>would drink it throughout the day (creatine supposedly doesnt work after half an hour of being mixed)
>probably worked out 3 times a week with no routine
>tfw no gainz
>>36790281
I think i just woke my roommates up with my laughter
>>36790658
Sherlock "Autism" Holmes
>>36791106
>'The Gatorade Gusher'
>>36791125
in which case pedialyte > gatorade
>>36795512
>one nuclei
>nuclei is
>>36795886
I dont use clips on bench only so that if I fail I cant just tip the bar and get out on my own
Fell for the lifting meme
>>36800804
bad grammar is the future
yfw this is legit how language evolves
My biggest early mistake was my SHIT diet
I was a typical "hard-gainer" eating only shit food and wondering why I never put on weight
Thankfully I fixed it, now I'm gaining good
>>36789948
First time I did Benchpress I set the bar directly above my chest and lifted from there.
I had to crawl in from the side to fit under it.
>go to gym
>on 5 day split :-)
>squats today
>go to power rack set up bars and what not
>put bar on the safety bars, load 1 plate on each side
>now the tricky part
>try and get under the bar and line it upvon shoulders
>everyones face when
> took me months to figure out this is wrong and actually called anderson squats
>mfw
>atleast i can squat out of the hole good
>create routine, eventually do it less and less till I just do biceps only almost
>do back-exercises incorrectly and use my arms instead of back
>25ml (8g) instead of 25g proton powder
>too much of an autist to mimic exercises I see in videos correctly
>expect results
Tried to do a 10x10 routine being a totally natural, no creatine, lift for general fitness and health guy. Needless to say it didn't work out well.
I would flare out my elbows for flat and inclined bench press so I could push higher weight numbers to look like a tough guy, and I had no idea what kind of damage I was doing to my shoulders.
>>36790424
>>mfw the only guys who seem to know what they are doing are on brosplit
That's because they know what they're doing.
>>36801103
>25ml (8g) instead of 25g proton powder
I did this for 4 months
>drink gainers every fucking day
>mfw I fucked up my metabolism
>mfw I wish I stayed a skinny untrained faggit who can eat junk shit with soda everyday and doesn't gain a gram of fat
>mfw when muscular now, but have a little beer belly
>>36797511
Growth stunt is a myth
>>36790081
Tbh this
I do 225 for reps on cable row
2.5 pl8 bench for reps and 1.5 pl8 ohp
My squat is 2 pl8 5x5
>>36797511
I started 5x5 training at 15. went from 6' - 6'4 over the course of about a year. Fuck that stupid myth
>>36790409
waited til 29. 31 now, going to make it
>>36793979
gondola is topkek
>>36800667
>5g dose had like 30g of sugar
wut?
how?
>too much weight, shitty form
>SS
>cardio
>Didn't eat B I G C ' M O N
>literally no gains for an embarrassing amount of time
probably the biggest mistake a beginner can make
>>36801400
Conservation of mass doesn't apply to anabolic creatine and activated almonds
>>36795973
Sound out 2pl8 phonetically.
Everyones saying how bad SS always is but always tell you to read the sticky, I've started SS for 2ish weeks now after doing several months of brosplitting, what the fuck should I do?
>>36791018
Mate just watch videos on form. I never had a gym partner until several months in when I stopped looking dyel, but I made sure I had correct form from watching videos. It ain't hard
When I was in high school I stuck some 9 week pushup routine out of Mens Health magazine on my wall, and only followed it for a week
>>36789948
my gymbro was a giant pussy when it came to increasing weight
instead of making them noobgains we jerked around the same weights for months
then he got sick for 3 weeks and all of my lifts went up 15-20kgs since that was the weight we should've done anyway
I finally convinced him to stop bitching whenever it gets hard and to actually gain some muscle instead
>no I don't want to increase weight again
>oh actually that wasn't too bad :^)
for fucks sake m8
Listening to /fit/
>>36803809
This
>>36789948
>starting fuckarounditis at home for almost half a year
>not getting a proper diet
(still not on point but getting there)
>not doing cardio
Fucking cardio is the greatest to induce hunger. Why didn't I listen to you faggots?
>>36789948
>20 minute ab workouts
I'm so ashamed
>>36789948
I spent almost 2 years only touching dumbells and not doing any research. It breaks my heart to know I squandered my newbie gains so badly. ;-;
whey shakes with milk, often twice a day
got nice and fat and had acne
whey and this 2g protons/lb bodyweight is the biggest meme of this trash industry
>>36803958
>Implying newb gains are limited by the length of time lifting.
>>36790281
lmao
>>36804159
>2g/lbs bw
wow, just wow
Where did you hear that?
>>36804159
>2g/lb
Kek
>>36790281
Thanks for the sides workout anon
>>36790702
>If you are auschwitz mode you might need a spot benching that little
>tfw not skelly, 12.5 stone 6'2"
>tfw struggling with 15kg for 5x5
It gets better, right?
>>36790281
kek
>>36790424
Shit, I push 60kg on incline bench after 4 months of training. Is it really a baby weight? Se guys im my gym in better shape than me push equal or smaller weight. My friend who has been training for 3 years (on lean bulk meme and a shitty brosplit) only benches 80kg.
>>36791051
in two years you may be
you after 2 years
Or
you lifting after 2 years
>>36794905
Lol, are you just a fatty with no muscle because that is weak as shit.
I started as a skelly and had a working weight of 60kg right off the bat, now 4 months later I am doing 80 for 5
>>36803809
Was the best thing ever*
Completed that sentence for you boy
Seriously though, fit showed me the way like nothing else did, a lot of boards in this website are in general fantastic in some regards, /ic/ taught me how to git gud(didnt get that gud), /tv/ turned me into an elitists wanna be patrician, /fit/ got me buff, /b/ made me realize that I am not really into traps but quite interested in 14 year old girls.
>>36797511
Actually because of testosterone you would probably grow taller lifting at that age
>>36791160
I've started just over a week and a half ago. Following this routine, should I just quit this and start something else or continue on with this?
Yeah, trying to squat 3 plates within 6 months. Huge tard move.
made my dick hard between sets because i thought that would release testosteron
>>36806573
>day 10 Rest
>the guy went to the gym to rest
>>36790424
>started lifting a couple weeks ago
>not sure if I'm doing any of my lifts with the proper form
>too autistic to ask for help from anyone
What do?
>>36789948
Back when I was a freshman in high school I squatted facing away from the mirror
>>36807192
nice
>>36789948
I used to just be very talkative and friendly to people when I was starting out. Asking questions like a beta faggot
>>36791106
>not taking a sip between every rep
>>36790999
When will this meme finally die
>>36807118
videos dude...
>>36789948
>GENETICS
Now I'll never have abs without surgery.
>>36791147
>7-12 mass,
I'm sorry for being retarded, but how do sets come into play if I want mass?
>>36790281
Kek
>>36790281
Top kek
>>36790316
>tfw I started lifting at 16, 19 now
lol no wonder why people think all the teen transformations had roids involved.
thanks puberty, literally natty roids
not just training upper body
>>36806573
yeah this is pretty retarded DESU. Just do a normal PPL with calves on leg day. I do pplpplx because if you're natty you should be hitting every body part 2X a week
>>36807772
>tfw starting at 18
>already pretty much through with puberty
>narrowly missed natty roids
Oh well
>>36808544
I am just above aushwitz mode so what do you recommend as a good program?
124 pounds and 5'10" for reference.
>>36791147
>6-7 reps
>>36807038
ayy lmao
>>36789948
Not lifting but
>trying out for the jv basketball team in high school
>getting screamed at by coaches for being so bad
Kinda beginner question, been on SS for awhile, my BP right now is 170x3x5. I'm curious, purely for my personal satisfaction, what weight do I need to reach on 3x5 to be able to lift 1RM 2pl aka 225 lbs? Is 187 lbs too low?
>>36790281
>>36808654
nah senpai, you got those natty roids at least until you're 20
