Lifting

Bansh3e

Guys if i switch from 1 year of calisthenics to hybrid training, powerlifting and bodybuidling combined, am I still a begginer? Or am I considered an intermediate lifter?

IsaackGMOON

I think being a beginner or intermediate depends on the amount of weight you can lift as well as form... no?

yusaku02

Bansh3e wrote: »

am I still a begginer? Or am I considered an intermediate lifter?

punch in your stats and find out

http://www.strengthstandards.co/#/home

TR0berts

Stats mean very little.

If you've just recently started lifting, you're a beginner - regardless of how much you can lift.

giantrobot_powerlifting

Bad news: beginner.

Good news: Newbie gains.

(Beginner because of the neuromuscular programming involved with training with the barbell.)

Bansh3e

nakedraygun wrote: »

Bad news: beginner.

Good news: Newbie gains.

(Beginner because of the neuromuscular programming involved with training with the barbell.)

That`s awesome, so should i stick to hybrid training.From 4 repst to 12?

giantrobot_powerlifting

Bansh3e wrote: »

nakedraygun wrote: »

Bad news: beginner.

Good news: Newbie gains.

(Beginner because of the neuromuscular programming involved with training with the barbell.)

That`s awesome, so should i stick to hybrid training.From 4 repst to 12?

You should approach your barbell training as a beginner. It is by repetition and practice that your body learns how to work with a barbell. Your body needs to do this because your form must be reinforced over and over again as you increase the weight. It is your form that insulates you from injury and enables greater strength over the lifetime of your training.

Follow a basic barbell program like Starting Strength (read the book, watch the videos: Google website) or Stronglifts.

JoRocka

TR0berts wrote: »

Stats mean very little.

If you've just recently started lifting, you're a beginner - regardless of how much you can lift.

this.

and this

You should approach your barbell training as a beginner. It is by repetition and practice that your body learns how to work with a barbell. Your body needs to do this because your form must be reinforced over and over again as you increase the weight. It is your form that insulates you from injury and enables greater strength over the lifetime of your training.

Follow a basic barbell program like Starting Strength (read the book, watch the videos: Google website) or Stronglifts.

doesn't matter how long you've been doing something- the first time you step to it- you step in as a beginner.

giantrobot_powerlifting

JoRocka wrote: »

TR0berts wrote: »

Stats mean very little.

If you've just recently started lifting, you're a beginner - regardless of how much you can lift.

this.

and this

You should approach your barbell training as a beginner. It is by repetition and practice that your body learns how to work with a barbell. Your body needs to do this because your form must be reinforced over and over again as you increase the weight. It is your form that insulates you from injury and enables greater strength over the lifetime of your training.

Follow a basic barbell program like Starting Strength (read the book, watch the videos: Google website) or Stronglifts.

doesn't matter how long you've been doing something- the first time you step to it- you step in as a beginner.

About a decade ago, I designed for this studio in Chicago and we had this discussion if any professional is really ever an "expert." One of the Principals of the firm (and a pretty well known -- like fanboy famous -- product designer) made the observation that even though one may be a "professional" in the field they are still a "practicing professional." Things change. New skills need to be learned, technology changes, and a professional needs to keep "practicing" or they are left behind.

That discussion forever changed how I approached my career. My career is forever a "practice" like my training.

JoRocka

nakedraygun wrote: »

JoRocka wrote: »

TR0berts wrote: »

Stats mean very little.

If you've just recently started lifting, you're a beginner - regardless of how much you can lift.

this.

and this

You should approach your barbell training as a beginner. It is by repetition and practice that your body learns how to work with a barbell. Your body needs to do this because your form must be reinforced over and over again as you increase the weight. It is your form that insulates you from injury and enables greater strength over the lifetime of your training.

Follow a basic barbell program like Starting Strength (read the book, watch the videos: Google website) or Stronglifts.

doesn't matter how long you've been doing something- the first time you step to it- you step in as a beginner.

About a decade ago, I designed for this studio in Chicago and we had this discussion if any professional is really ever an "expert." One of the Principals of the firm (and a pretty well known -- like fanboy famous -- product designer) made the observation that even though one may be a "professional" in the field they are still a "practicing professional." Things change. New skills need to be learned, technology changes, and a professional needs to keep "practicing" or they are left behind.

That discussion forever changed how I approached my career. My career is forever a "practice" like my training.

yeppers.

as a dancer- especially in a not particular well structured environment- it's common for someone to come in and say- oh I've been dancing for 5 years- and want to jump into advanced classes.
It's rare in other dance forms (not social dance) that people do this. They start in the beginners class and work their way up as the instructor sees fit.

I view the same thing with lifting- or anything- you start at the bottom and let your work/skill speak for itself- trust the instructor or professional to move you when you're ready.

And ABSOLUTELY- pro doesn't mean knowns it all- there is continuing education and professional reading/self advancement that comes with that. Practicing professional is GREAT way to sum that up.