ITT: Mistakes you made as a beginner

>wasnt a vegan

>never tipped the receptionist

That is just using it as a "vertical traction" machine.

I mean sure you looked silly but you weren't far off the mark.

>every day was chest and biceps
If only I had a time machine

>warmed up on exercise bike instead of doing my exercises with less weight
>exercise bike for twenty fucking minutes at the start of the workout to warm up way past the point where my thighs started burning
>shit BP form, temporarily fucked up wrists by bending hands way back
>running shoes while squatting / DLing
>didn't eat right

>Diet doesn't matter bro
>Pizza,kebabs and GOMAD for Bulking!
>Im not fat I'm just gaining mass bro

>ate 6 scrambled eggs a day, no exaggeration.

YAMERO

Egolifted when I was supposed to be making noob gains

Thank god I dropped that before I injured myself

>Used pussy pad on squats
>PT said I could use a yoga mat instead of the pussy pad
>mfw I was literaly this meme irl except for the smith machine

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

holy fuck that guy squatting 2 25s on a smith machine LOL

Read that as eggo lifted

>wasted time doing dl

>jerk and clean
>got thrown out of the gym
still don't know why, they wouldn't even let me finish cleaning

Holy fuck my sides

This is my favorite meme

>didnt squat
>cut as a skinnyfat
>didnt deadlift
>did mostly isolations and brosplits
>thought strength training was a waste of time and just trained for "looks"

i literally didnt make gains until i did a novice strength LP program. for the 5 months i thought i was a bodybuilder i stayed pretty much the same.

>he thinks it's just a joke

>fell for the stronglifts meme

If you did a 5x5 as a beginner and didnt make gains then you did something wrong

He's clearly doing calf extensions you fucking plebs

this meme has gone too far

>use the gym's protective pad during squats, feels nice
>go on Veeky Forums
>see its frowned upon and called the pussy pad

>didnt use a squat plug

I did but not as good as doing literally any other routine

Pussy pad is just a meme there's nothing wrong with it.

Whats bad about cereal !

Are you me in the current day?

I used a small hand towel back when I was a skelly and had no mass on my traps but then I learned proper form and built up 20 pounds and it got much easier.

You need to rest the bar on the muscles, not the bone of course. Just tense up your upper back.

>skipped cardio
I'd like to do cardio but everytime I do cardio after my workout it kills my pump :(

any way around this? besides doing cardio first because that's retarded

that guy on the left look like he's doing calf raises to you cockmongler?

>worked out at planet fitness
> did cardio before lifts

>faced plates outwards
>walked over the deadlift bar
>didn’t spin the bar in my hands a few times before lifting it

forgive me

Did the same, thought the backrest was just a shit.

>never worked out my back
>never did cardio
>didn't watch my diet

>thought I might not die alone

I thought the same haha

>when you realize you're using the eliptical backwards

Delet

Forgot to put the safety bars up when squatting and fucked my shit up senpai.

>start lifting at planet fitness
>just assume the smith machine bar is 45lbs
>eventually find out all my lifts are 25lbs lighter than I thought they were
>instantly demoralized

my first mistake was my parents'

>not >used the smith machine

your pump lasts like an hour dude who gives a fuck

Well my gym has this thing and I do pull downs both ways.
I also do tricep extensions resting my back on the curl rack.

use machines

Walk your pump around like you walk your dog.

I just wear a hoodie and have the hood bunched up in the back of my neck so it's kind of a cushion

Discount pussy pad

I quite like a nice warm up on the exercise bike user.

It's a consistent ritual to start the workout (as opposed to a different routine each day).

That said 20 minutes is way to much. 10 would do I'd say.

iktf

Tips on shoes?

bad form

>warmed up on exercise bike instead of doing my exercises with less weight
>exercise bike for twenty fucking minutes at the start of the workout to warm up way past the point where my thighs started burning
Thank goodness, I'm not alone.

did Bi's and Tri's every other day because I wanted bigger arms.

Draw pic i cant imagine it

>>avoided machines
what is the problem with that

I just do 2 minutes on rowing machine. Am I retarded?

mmmmm no if I don't stretch & don't do cardio after I workout I can get a solid couple of hours out of it

Probably.

Well some machines are really awesome.
I've trained at several gyms in my life and my current gym has a triceps machine that completely destroys them, like no exercice/machine has ever done before

>actually wiped down benches and machines after use

Go socks

>He counts the first three plates

Is this a shitpost

Not at all

>running shoes while squatting / DLing
nothing wrong with this

No I actually ate 6 eggs per day when I started lifting.

>he counts the first seven plates

You'd seriously better be joking, wipe down after yourself you disgusting piece of shit.

you're disgusting i hate u

>never squatted before
>see guys doing 2, 3, 4 plates
>be like, meh, I'll just try it with 1 plate, just to get a feel for it
>fail miserably, get stuck with it
>finally somehow manage to good morning it back up and rack it
>neck STILL hurts to this day

Did not do rows

Fucking why

>I didnt do SS like I should have

What is wrong with that?

There's more to lifting than just chest and biceps.

Like what?

i used to do situps on this

>dirty bulked and didn't stay consistent in the gym
i turned out skinny fat for a lil while
>didn't know there was proper form for pull ups
>didn't know how to use the hip abductor so i asked someone
>didn't switch up my routine at all, kept to the same exercises with the same reps and sets with no variations added and then drastically changed it while not changing the exercises
>didn't know about periodization and basically did strength training for about 7 months, then volume for 4
i feel dumb for not being open minded to new exercises and routines

>used to not suck my training partner's cock for that post workout brotein

Well we learn from our mistakes and that's what matters right guys?

mild kek

didn't pay attention to calories so I was permaskelly. Still am skelly but on a bulk.

doing what the gym PTs said or doing whatever I wanted instead of following an actual routine.

Stop eggsaggerating

I'm really not, that's the embarrassing part.

I eat more than that you weak little bitch

>didn't listen to porn audio to maximize testosterone synthesis

Wipe it down yourselves faggots.

Bulking, ever. Fortunately never did