tips for beginners that no one told you.
curlsintherack
Posts: 465 Member
Let's have a little fun and add some potentially useful tips that you wish someone might have told you before you learned them the hard way.
Never and I mean never fart during your first squat or deadlift rep unless its a 1rm and you have a chance to get away. This is extra important if you tried preworkout powder before you started working out.
Never and I mean never fart during your first squat or deadlift rep unless its a 1rm and you have a chance to get away. This is extra important if you tried preworkout powder before you started working out.
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Slow, clip out, stop. Not slow, stop, fall.17
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This varies per individual, but mine is: don't compare yourself to others. I spent far too long trudging along on the treadmill wishing I could run for 90 minutes as effortlessly as the gal on the treadmill next to me almost every day. Wasted time and mental energy.
Finally, I accepted I'm not a runner, nor do I want to be. I shifted to lifting primarily and walk as much as possible during daily activities and I finally made the progress I was wanting all along.
Although the first two posts are much more entertaining than mine!18 -
If you are going to start out by walking and especially if you are going to start running make sure you have good shoes.13
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Moderate exercise is good. You don't need to go balls out for hours every day...not every bout of exercise must be a sufferfest...most bouts should be of moderate pace and duration. It's ok to take rest/recovery days.
It didn't take me all that long to figure this out on my own...injuries that keep you from doing pretty much anything for weeks and months suck...but I'm sure most noobs are like me in the beginning and just figure that you have to be doing all of the exercise, all of the time to be healthy and fit and to lose weight.18 -
Eons ago, I was a heavy lifter, so have lottos thickness and muscle mass...even though I have padded the crap out of that mass. In seeing a trainer, I changed my routine from 10-12 reps of 3 sets to 20 reps of 4 sets..no breaks and stepped training! Cannot believe the changes!!! Huge in literally weeks! Have lost 5 inches on each thigh!10
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To have patience while training and wait for those results rather than give up because i dont see changes instantly!!!11
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Brazil Butt Lift will not give you the booty of your dreams
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when your out running and nature calls go further off the road than you think you have to because someone will be driving along that road at about 10mph looking into the woods before your done.
Also bring toilet paper I lost a good glove last winter that I just didn't want back.30 -
It's okay not to lift heavy. You can achieve progressive overload with more sets or reps.21
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When you're tracking calories buy a scale for accuracy. Eyeballing portions is a skill I will never have.29
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Eat too few calories and protein = hair loss !21
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If you just can't do one more, if you're tired and grumpy all the time...maybe you need to eat more.12
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You aren't going to burn off that candy (or whatever treat) by getting on the treadmill for 30 minutes. Fit that candy (or whatever treat) into your daily, or weekly, allowance.15
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To get the results I want, I will need to push myself much harder than I expected, for WAYYY longer than I thought it would take! (Or "Weight Loss: It's Not a Race", my memoir, lol!)
(Thought a trainer I had an intro session with was NUTS when he told me it would take 12+ months to go from an obese 227 lb couch potato/high cholesterol/junk food junkie, etc. to "sorta-fit" condition/decent muscle tone/healthy eating habits/healthy cholesterol/still overweight 175 currently... Seriously thought 6 months would do it
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If you can't take eating a deficit any more, mentally that is - move up to maintenance for a week or however long and just concentrate on fitness. Dieting for months on end can be exhausting and instead of giving up it's okay to take a break from eating to lose as long as you keep logging and keep your work up at the gym. This is a marathon, not a sprint.26
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Be patient and exercise!8
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If you have a lot to lose, be prepared for loose skin. You might not look as good as you had hoped without clothes, but with clothes on you won't be able to tell
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- If you're bloated get a spin bike at the back that's open!
- Not everyone in the gym is looking at you, most people won't notice you crashed out after 2minutes running
- Don't be afraid of the weight section (I hear people calling this the 'Mens section' 13
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