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7 Beginner Workout Mistakes You MUST Avoid!

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t always so easy to avoid. Often times, it is the beginner that makes the most workout slip ups because they just don-t have the knowledge of what things to avoid, and it winds up costing them muscle gains. If you want to build muscle and want to be sure that you avoid any of the popular beginner workout mistakes that can happen when you aren-t an experienced lifter, then be sure to watch this video and see how to prevent them before they happen. The first thing that is important to get across is the fact that at one point, we are all beginners. I too made every single mistake shown here. The key is not making them but learning from them, or better yet, learning ahead of time what not to do. That is what I-m going to lay out for you step by step. First up is the tendency for beginners to overlook the benefit of nutrition when it comes to building muscle and losing fat. Some think that there is a special workout or combination of exercises that can be done to get in shape fast. While there are good beginner workouts and bad ones, they can-t be looked at in isolation. They always have to be paired up with a smart nutritious eating plan if you want to see your best results. The second big mistake that plagues workouts for beginners is that they often times pick up weights too soon. In a rush to get bigger muscles, they watch all the workouts being done by the bigger guys in the gym and simply try and copy them. The problem with this is that using weights before you have the stability and command of your own body is a recipe for disaster. It is for this reason that I often recommend that you not even start lifting until you have a good foundation of bodyweight workout training under your belt. Once you have learned how to command your own body in space then you are better able to handle the external load of the weights when you add them into your beginner workout routine. Next, it is also important to be honest with yourself and realize that you may be starting your workouts with a laundry list of orthopedic and postural issues that will make working out more difficult. Look at yourself in the mirror and identify and bad posture, muscle tightness or inflexibility that makes exercising difficult. At that point, work on stretching and doing mobility exercises to loosen up. If you don-t, you will only strengthen these dysfunctions into your big lifts and have a harder time getting rid of them down the road. From here you have to look at how you are approaching your beginner workouts. The first is how you look at the sets and reps you are performing. All too often, those just starting out with training will focus on counting reps rather than making the reps count. For example, if you are told to perform 3 sets of 12 but find the first few reps are a bit more difficult than you expected, you might short arm the next few reps and make them bad quality just to get to the end of the set. This is a big mistake. Instead, you want to push hard on every rep even if if leaves you a few short of your goal 12 reps. Next, you have to understand what it means to train to failure. Many are confused by this topic. When I recommend training to failure it is so your body has the adequate stimulus to come back bigger and stronger. That said, it is always to mean that you can-t perform another rep in good form. Anyone can chop up a rep so badly that it kills your form and gets you another rep but that is not advised. Stop just as your form is about to break down and you-ve given your best effort. The other thing to understand is that when you are doing workouts for beginners you have to accept the fact that the results will take time. It is important to enjoy the journey since no results come overnight. Even Jesse has been able to take his victories along the way and learn from his shortcomings, and it-s helped him a bunch in the process. If you-re looking for a program that will walk you through the nutrition and workouts step by step to make sure you get to your goal physique as quickly as possible, be sure to
Date: 2022-04-22

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Comments and reviews: 10

TheCyberMantis
Too picky here. Way too picky here. The hardest thing for a beginner to do is: start doing it.
ANYTHING you do, is going to be better than doing what you have been doing. which is NOTHING. You can sit in a chair at the computer all day, or you can lay on the couch all day. Or you can stay in bed all day. OR. you can pick up weights and start lifting. You know how hard it is to find TIME in a day, to pick up weights and do a few sets? Nobody has time for that $hit! But people ALWAYS have time to lay on the couch and watch TV for hours! So stop focusing on -perfect technique-. Technique doesn't mean $hit! Focus on getting people to SET ASIDE TIME IN THE DAY. to actually PICK UP WEIGHTS and do a few sets! MOTIVATION is the HARDEST part of this whole thing! -Perfect technique- is what ADVANCED body-builders worry about. NOT beginners! For a BEGINNER. just pick up some weights and do some sets! Nothing else really matters. JUST DO SOMETHING. Because -something- is better than what they were doing before. which was NOTHING. You gym-rats / trainers seem to FORGET that.
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Gamer
So like I do the low reps high weight primarily, I do 12 of a weight that-s reasonably hard, then 10 of a weight I can barely do, and 8 of a weight I can (or feel/think I can-t) almost not do at all. Sometimes I do feel like those last 8s are -easy- and I can go up another weight and do 5 reps or even another 8 of a higher weight. That means I can move up the weight on the reps right?
However, sometimes as I-m doing that last rep, let-s say I-m on the last 3 reps of 8 preacher curls, and I get like halfway up and then it-s like I just can-t keep going. My form is still fine and all but I legit can-t finish that curl, so like is that failure? Is that like the max? Just that point that you legit can-t even feel your muscle(s, no pain or anything, you just can-t even keep pulling or pushing the weight, it-s like you-re just stuck no matter how much you squeeze that muscle or breathe or yell or anything. That-s max right? Should I keep trying that weight next time I do that exercise or should I maybe just lower it a bit so I can be able to do all the reps?
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AtoZbodyfitness
This is a good video and good routine, easy for a beginner to follow. if you are just starting out and ready to go into a gym then a full body or more of a full-body approach is better. Get your body used to the movement and pressure of the weight and then after 2 months or so, go from there. start increasing the weight, if your sets are times based then increase the time you spend on your workout. create progressive overload in other means to keep building muscle. Also, don't neglect your nutrition. it's important to make sure you are eating the right foods and intaking the right amount of nutrition.
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Double
I think I started in 1974 lifting weights. almost 50 years later, with time off here and there due to injury, mostly, oh shit a little bit to much alcohol also, I pretty much have done all sports never just one, to boring When ever I go back to lifting it like starting over, difference is my muscle Memory bounces right back and it is if I never stopped working out. When you start to feel torn down big time. take a little time to recoupe your joints. . When you get older you will be glad you did recoupe, that way when your are 55 you can still go better than a 30 year older.
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Heart
A big thing that I've been doing since I started watching Jeff this past week is doing EVERY exercise I do until failure. But not just when I stop doing it because I'm a huge wimp. If I fail and still feel like I can do more, I get right back into it. Needless to say, my arms, shoulders, abs, and pecs are sore as shit, but I feel amazing. I have huge bursts of energy when i wake up. I'm currently 6'4 and 245 pounds. Just wait, guys. When i come back to this comment, I'll be shredded. I'm loving this process to death. It's so much more fun than I ever thought it could be.
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Matthew
I've basically been a -beginner- since my weightlifting life began around mid 2013. I've had a number of important projects and life changes come up during that time which have taken me away from lifting, but I'm trying to get back into it now. Even though I finally got back into a regular gym routine about six months ago, I'm not making progress. Nutrition is a major hurdle for me, because I've become really set in my ways about meals, on top of my drinking habit. Need to get out. Don't know how.
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Sonic
I already did all my research as a beginner. I have Hapbear dumbells, I made sure to have the correct foods and yes yes veggies is in there a salad and few other veggies stuff and fruits like apples and bananas, grapes, etc. I need the protein too, etc. Whey Protein Powder after my workouts. I don't care how long it takes though it's better than to let your muscles wither away if you have no muscles because I know its gonna be bad if your body cannot move your bones in day to day activities.
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Dee
1. Diet/nutrition
2. Master your body weight training Ike pushup and pull-up
3. Address Mobility and flexibility issues. Fix the imperfections.
4. Don't get into a routine. Challenge and make it more difficult with proper overload.
5. Taking rep counts too seriously. Make the reps count. No half reps
6. Learn and feel failure count.
7. Patience. Look at Jesse growth.
My 2 cents. Have clarity for your goals and don't compare with others.
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mal
I cannot stand the baggy T-shirt mirror watchers in the gym. I'm old school and try and change my exercises, yeah I do reps, but not till the point of hurt. Another thing that really bamboozles me is the number of people using mobile apps then staring at themselves in the mirror, why are they at the gym. One guy comes in, turns up his T-shirt sleeves stares at het mirror and checks his mobile then maaayyyybeee does an exercise now and ten. I mean come on.
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Semper
I go until I can't. Then I hold a final attempt at the most contracted I can get it. I'll be shaking like crazy trying to maintain that contraction and even try contracting more. When I finally crack and extend, I pull down or lift again trying to surprise my body steal more effort from myself. Fail is when I can't even move it an inch. Then I drop the weight and go at it again with no rest. Seems to work for me. I feel it
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