Allow me to rant,
Is it me, or have people been getting themselves TOO confused over lifting??? I have to admit, I'm included in this group. I've been searching for the magical potion for quite a while.
Time Under Tension, 5x5, HVT, HIT. Machines or Free weights? What percentage of my one-rep max should I use? Light weights? What rep range? Over training? How many bodyparts per day? There's so much information out there, with everybody claiming to be an expert, and to have the 'right way' to do things.
But the fact is, weight lifting is pretty simple!
You do need a good routine to follow, something that will have you doing the right exercises and not too often. Get a simple routine from Bodybuilding.com/Fun, or make one yourself. The key is NOT THE ROUTINE your following but HOW HARD YOU WORK ON IT. Do the exercises, increase the weight and kick your own ass. That's the only way results are going to come.
For far too long my results have failed because I haven't been satisfied with my rep scheme, weights used, full body workouts, how many times per week etc. I've spent more time DOUBTING my lifting than putting in hard work and saying F*** it to pseudo science and hot new programs.
People spend far too long talking about HOW to lift rather than just going and doing it. I've seen people who get big and strong by doing manual labor everyday, for 10-12 hours a day rather than the guys at the gym using nautilis machines who follow a strict schedule and have all these fancy sciences and ways to do things. Shuttup and lift! And when you pleteau, take a break and change it up.
"How do I increase my press?"
"BY PRESSING!"
Yes, there's a point where knowledge of self becomes important, like identifying overtraining and pleateus. And you must know how to lift properly. But I think that results will come by how hard you lift, not what routine or school of thought that you follow.
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I'm just writing this because I see it (in my own personal experiences from lifting for 3+ years) and from the types of threads I see on bodybuilding.com, that alot of people act like they are sampling from the Bodybuilding menu, trying one thing versus another, when all they need to do is go and lift that heavy iron - that's it!
What do you guys think?
Is it me, or have people been getting themselves TOO confused over lifting??? I have to admit, I'm included in this group. I've been searching for the magical potion for quite a while.
Time Under Tension, 5x5, HVT, HIT. Machines or Free weights? What percentage of my one-rep max should I use? Light weights? What rep range? Over training? How many bodyparts per day? There's so much information out there, with everybody claiming to be an expert, and to have the 'right way' to do things.
But the fact is, weight lifting is pretty simple!
You do need a good routine to follow, something that will have you doing the right exercises and not too often. Get a simple routine from Bodybuilding.com/Fun, or make one yourself. The key is NOT THE ROUTINE your following but HOW HARD YOU WORK ON IT. Do the exercises, increase the weight and kick your own ass. That's the only way results are going to come.
For far too long my results have failed because I haven't been satisfied with my rep scheme, weights used, full body workouts, how many times per week etc. I've spent more time DOUBTING my lifting than putting in hard work and saying F*** it to pseudo science and hot new programs.
People spend far too long talking about HOW to lift rather than just going and doing it. I've seen people who get big and strong by doing manual labor everyday, for 10-12 hours a day rather than the guys at the gym using nautilis machines who follow a strict schedule and have all these fancy sciences and ways to do things. Shuttup and lift! And when you pleteau, take a break and change it up.
"How do I increase my press?"
"BY PRESSING!"
Yes, there's a point where knowledge of self becomes important, like identifying overtraining and pleateus. And you must know how to lift properly. But I think that results will come by how hard you lift, not what routine or school of thought that you follow.
---
I'm just writing this because I see it (in my own personal experiences from lifting for 3+ years) and from the types of threads I see on bodybuilding.com, that alot of people act like they are sampling from the Bodybuilding menu, trying one thing versus another, when all they need to do is go and lift that heavy iron - that's it!
What do you guys think?
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