The biggest mistake beginngers make

[b fold the truth]

Machines
Supplements
Not training legs
Training too often
Not eating enough
AAS

B True

 

[he-man]

- supplement hype
- too many isolation exercises and not enough compound movements
- no leg work
- overtraining
- no real diet

 

[HulkRow]

i know the mistakes..
1st- doing ONLY abs/biceps/forearms EVERYDAY! as i did for afew months
2nd- Undereatting -really hindered my progress
3rd-not doing Back/Legs and or Tris/Shouders(amazing!)
4th- coming into the gym 3 days a week for some half assed work out then not coming back in for days.

 

[HulkRow]

Thinking they are "experts" and giving advice thinking they know what they are talking about when they don't and have little muscles themselves.

arrrrr..i hate those guys

 

[BlkWS6]

I would have to agree with the no leg training mistake. I fell under this category, and realized how unproportional my legs (mostly just calves) were to my upper body. Now Im busting my ass to make up for a couple years of stupidity.

 

[Elite_Fry]

my biggest mistake was my diet and supplement waistage

 

[FitFossil]

The thing is, most beginners don't even realize they're making any mistakes, because just about everything seems to work when you're a beginner.

For me, my biggest mistake was thinking I could compensate for my crappy diet with harder training - boy what a fantasy that was!

 

[JOKER47]

Undereating/poor eating and under-training. (ie, thinking my workouts were intense when they weren't nearly intense enough.)

This board helped clear all of that up for me.


Joker

 

[Mjollnir]

Not including power/olympic style lifts as a fundamental base, and progressing therefrom.

 

[danielson]

lack of proper diet

poor form

excessive use of machines

not training legs

isolation exercises

lack of intensity

buying questionable supps.

curling in squat rack (ok....i just hate people that do this thats all )

not variating exercises enough

not going to failure



[ive been guilty of all of these )