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Getbig Bodybuilding Boards => Positive Bodybuilding Discussion & Talk => Topic started by: Scout200 on July 01, 2011, 09:47:00 AM
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If you could go back to day one of bodybuilding/training and start over with the knowledge/experience you have today, what would you do differently and why?
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I would not have trained balls to the wall as much as I did. Worked then :).. but paying for it now. :-\
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I would have trained to be an athlete with the help of weights, as opposed to a bodybuilder. I would also have varied my exercises more to avoid injury for each bodypart.
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pay more attention to nutrition.
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I find that if I had the ability to change anything.. I wouldn't. I don't have regrets but have made mistakes and have learned from them.. I wouldn't be who I am today if I didn't make those mistakes.
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I would have incorporated the Adonis Principals earlier.
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If you could go back to day one of bodybuilding/training and start over with the knowledge/experience you have today, what would you do differently and why?
Totally revise my diet, and not jump into using gear so quick....
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I would never have bought any Weider products.
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I find that if I had the ability to change anything.. I wouldn't. I don't have regrets but have made mistakes and have learned from them.. I wouldn't be who I am today if I didn't make those mistakes.
VERY good points here!!
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started younger...
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I would have trained more for "feel" rather than going so heavy as I did when I was younger.
Got stronger,but not much development.
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I'd have bought no supplements and saved my dough for juice.
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I would have done more squats
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i would have never taken powerlifting as far as i did. i would have just stayed with bodybuilding and had sooo much less pain in my life.
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eat more,train regular and more attention to nutrition.
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done more chin up with a good chin bar . . and train my calves differently and harder ...
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started younger...
Yup same here also stayed consistant.
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Never do the whole bulk up thing. I got fat. Dumbest thing I ever did.
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Would have fucked a lot more black women.
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Would have fucked a lot more black women.
You didn't miss anything. Different color, same problems.
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stayed with it, its hell trying to get back to a lean cut body after so much time.
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-would have started younger with a basic routine 3 time a week.
-more abs and lumbar training
-not focusing only in weightlifting
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I would have started steroids sooner. I knew I was gonna do them eventually but fear of hair loss kept me from doing so. I was always consistent with training and diet but it was hard to stay motivated when you're no longer seeing results. It was all about getting fatter or leaning out after nearly 10 years of training naturally.
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If you could go back to day one of bodybuilding/training and start over with the knowledge/experience you have today, what would you do differently and why?
not consume protein supplements.
everything is a learning process, I made huge gains in my first year of working out so I wouldn't take that back. I'd scale back time spent in the gym though.
Oh, and I'd take back that deadlift workout I did following a soccer game when I tweaked my back :'( Still suffering from that shit years later.
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innumerable things... #1 by far would be not training so hard though.
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innumerable things... #1 by far would be not training so hard though.
pussy
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I was quite delerious when i posted the reply i just deleted. WTF ;D
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need i remind you what board you are on, sir ;D
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need i remind you what board you are on, sir ;D
yep, you're right
sorry bout that my brother in iron ;D
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I would have incorporated the Adonis Principals earlier.
haha... I've only really been going at it for like eight years but I agree. I use to try and eat plain chicken breast and brown rice. :-X
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I have been training for around 40 years.
1. I would have spent zero money on supplements. Back in the day weight gain supplements were insane in the amount of saturated fats. I used them for many years. I just wonder how much damage I did to my heart arteries.
2. I would have still trained with low sets influenced by Mentzer/Jones during my 20's. During my 30's, 40's and 50's I wish I could have increased the sets and used lighter weights training for more muscular endurance type training.
3. I wish I wasn't so concerned about being big. Being a perma bulker makes you look great in a tee shirt but smooth when you take that shirt off. So I if I had to do it again I wouldn't panic when I lost weight on the scale.
4. I realize now in my 50's that being ripped and lean always looks better than big and soft.
5. Training to failure was always the goal every set. It's shear madness. It will lead to burn out and far to many days not training. Lets use one exercise as an example. I would always use one or two work sets back in the day. So it was a brutal one set to exhaustion or two. Now I'm experimenting with 4 to even 5 sets. So 4 sets are not to failure. The 5th set might be.
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I saved up and bought a bench and some weights when I was 14 and all I did was sets of 10 reps on the bench and did an hour after school and an hour before bed for a year and a half, I never made it past 80lbs bench press and never gained an ounce, this presisted for a year and a half.
To start over I would do 5x5 on squats, deads, bench, overhead press and rows twice a week and eat plenty of good food and added weigt to the bar whenever possible. Would have been a far more productive start
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Im only in my 20s but been training 11 years without any breaks, and i have several aches on my shoulder, knee, and lower back that i constantly need to work round. I would definetly not be training for low rep sets every single session if i could change anything. Gained alot of strength but also not really worth it when you live most days with these injuries >:(
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wou8ld never have taken androgenic drugs . steroids are overrated . no magic from them . done more stretching and chins
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Nothing. I only train balls-to-the-wall during my teenage years. In my 20s and now early 30s I train with medium-heavy weights and higher repetitions