Your biggest mistakes in training?

[Imnotdutch]

I think I've made all of the mistakes

1) Spending to many years doing isolation exercises instead of the big compound movements. Isolation exercises arent even in the same class as compound exercises when it comes to strength or size gains.

2) Using bad form and lousy diet.....I havent looked back since I fixed this.

3) Training too much......I even trained when I had acute bronchitis once....bad idea lol.

4) Listening to the so-called experts on what will work for me.....there isnt one universal answer and paying for a certificate doesnt make you an expert.....acquiring experience does. And I know my body better than anybody so I do what I know works.....and experiment a little.

5) Trying to work around a weak-spot instead of fixing it. ie: Squatting too heavy when I knew my mid-back was a problem.....this resulted in having to take it easy in too many workouts. I've since fixed this one.....

6) Thinking size is a direct measure of strength......uh wrong!!

 

[BodybuildingUniverse]

training too often and not EATING enough, the other half of size ans strength gains!

 

[Mighty P]

What are some good compound exercises?

 

[GenetiKing]

What are some good compound exercises?

Squats, deadlifts, chins, dips, bench presses, DB presses, leg presses, bent-over rows, T-bar rows, DB rows, military presses, cleans...

My biggest mistake was not educating myself better in my first few years of training. Knowledge is power.

 

[BK]

Devoting a whole day to arms. Now I don't even do arm exercises sometimes and when I do, I'll put some bis in with back and tris with chest.

 

[blood_drinker]

screw smith machine squats. they put too much strain on your knees and you stablizer muscles are not fully used - also the range of motion is rather artificial - the machine does the balancing of the weight for you. Heavy ATF squats are the shit for a thick lower back , a great midsection, a bubble butt and big quads . Much better than smith.

Another mistake of mine was to neglect squats, bench, and deads for a long time. I was never comfortable with others seeing how little i could lift. But when I started, I gained very quickly, my ego soared a bit too much and that accident happened. I had a black face for a good 2 weeks .

 

[edgecrusher]

#1 When I forst started, not eating enough and training to much. (I was a fat kid.)

#2 Was about 1.5 -2 years ago, when I let my jerkoff training partner, have complete control of our routine. Just lead to frustration overtraining, and a fear of workout partners.

 

[MuSuLPhReAk]

overtraining

 

[nacius]

Massive overtraining. I am talking about 6 times a week, each muscle group is hit twice a week, and cardio for one hour after each workout. The only day I wasn't overtraining was sunday. I was falling asleep at noon sometimes.

 

[the Prince]

Over-training