More advice for beginner (I hope I'm reading beginner as new to weight training in general and not over explaining)
Try to keep in mind the rule of thirds. One third of the time you will feel like you're making good progress, another third of the time you'll feel like you're making no progress, and the other third will feel just okay about your progress. That's normal and expected and consistency in just showing up is your greatest superpower
--Start easy, start light. Great things come from simple beginnings.
--You don't have to go hard, every time, all the time. A five, or even ten-minute break between sets is acceptable.
--There is no race. You're not there to compete with someone else. The only person you are doing this for, is you.
--*Listen to your body.* If that sharp pain came out of nowhere while you were lifting? See the doctor, ASAP. There is a difference between muscle pain from working out, and injuring yourself from trying to do too much, too quickly.
For any youngsters starting out ('under thirty'), please don't do juice / gear. Seen way too many guys my age totally messed up long term because of it.
If you only gain ten pounds a year you will find in half a decade you won't fit any clothing... nor vehicles... nor doorways.
Please: there is no rush to getting big. And? Girls don't actually like gigasaur guys.
Source: gym rat since 13 or so? Um... half a century of being an idiot. Do NOT ask me about my rotator cuffs.
I wish some guy on r/fitness would ask all the Olde Guarde what kinds of horrors they ended up with plus 40, when it shows up. And then? The terrifying vital organ results that show up 50+.
I had good friends have lifelong issues from doing one f-king cycle. That is so unfair. And now it is so cheap and everywhere.
Edit: found this... and it is a short list in here. I know it hits kidneys like a truck and it isn't even listed / correct me if i am wrong.
A five or 10- minute break between sets is acceptable, but only if you’re letting people work in. Feel like I need to add this
I’ve literally had people telling me that I couldn’t work in, after I had watched them spend five consecutive minutes without lifting anything, just on their phone. One time I took the collars off the bar and started adding weights so that I could work in because I’ve only got 45 minutes for this workout and the other benches have 2-3 sets of people working in.
Jerk called the staff to complain and the staff told them that I was just trying to work in. They were so mad, for no reason. The staff told me that if they gave me any more problems, to just call them and they would kick them out. The jerk was visibly seething. Like, bro, buy a home gym if that’s how you are
That was the reason why I kept a sheet tracking my weight loss during Covid. Each week I would document my weight and waist size. It was a big motivator seeing progress in a physical form
The hardest part for beginners is usually mistaking a slow or stagnant week for a sign that the routine isn't working. Tracking lifts or reps over a few months makes those day-to-day feelings a lot less misleading.
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u/Mimmzy 10h ago
More advice for beginner (I hope I'm reading beginner as new to weight training in general and not over explaining)
Try to keep in mind the rule of thirds. One third of the time you will feel like you're making good progress, another third of the time you'll feel like you're making no progress, and the other third will feel just okay about your progress. That's normal and expected and consistency in just showing up is your greatest superpower