The Biggest Training Mistakes Everyone Makes

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  • @hu_ni_1
    @hu_ni_1 Рік тому +253

    The biggest mistake you can make is being inconsistent.
    It's normal to have days here and there where something comes up thats more important than the gym, or where you're sick and don't want to risk getting others sick. It is normal to have days where you don't meet your caloric and/or protein goals. It's normal to have fluctuations in your body weight and how much you can lift at the gym. But the key is minimizing these days by making good decisions as often as possible.

    • @fiend_666
      @fiend_666 Рік тому +1

      I have a question and I hope someone can help me
      I am basically a beginner, I havent’t been doing this for a month, I believe it has only been two weeks, but I ak now doing a 4 day split routine where i work out each muscle group twice a week, to be specific:
      Day 1: Chest, shoulder, back
      Day 2: Arms and legs
      Day 3: Rest
      Day 4: Chest, shoulder, back
      Day 5: Arms and legs
      Day 6 and 7 are rest
      I am confident to say that I can do this workout routine and be able to finish it without being too exhausted or fatigued, though it is true that I am only lifting weights that are one step above my comfort zone. My concern is, each day of workout takes about 3 hours before I finish, is this okay or I’m wasting my time and should stick to 1 hour a day, take note that this is not an issue of me being fatigued, I just wanna make sure that I am not wasting my time doing 3 hours of workout a day instead of what I see which is around 1 hour per day.
      Sorry if it’s too long, hope some can answer me. TYIA

    • @ChRW123
      @ChRW123 Рік тому +12

      @@fiend_666 You are probably overdoing this.
      3 hours is generally too much. Try to stick with a plan that doesn't take longer than 60 -75 minutes per session and not more than 12- 18 sets per muscle group per week. You are probably doing a lot of "junk volume" (look that up).
      Most chest and back exercises involve a stimulus of the arms, too. You are thereby already training your arms during your chest, shoulder, back sessions.
      Being "one step above my comfort zone" (I read that as moderate) is ok to get used to the exercises. But one or two exercises done close to failure per muscle group per session should be more than enough to stimulate your muscle growth. Being "close to failure" is the key word. How do you know you're actually close to it?
      Well... train every now and then to complete failure. Then you get a feeling of how it feels like and from then on you might adapt your weights to get as close as possible to that complete failure feeling.
      I hope this helps.

    • @fiend_666
      @fiend_666 Рік тому +3

      @@ChRW123 thanks for this

    • @fiend_666
      @fiend_666 Рік тому +1

      @@ChRW123 do you have an app that you would recommend so that i can follow its workout plan

    • @hu_ni_1
      @hu_ni_1 Рік тому +4

      @fiend_666 3 hours as a beginner is way more time in the gym than should be necessary. I would aim for your workouts to be at least 45 minutes but no longer than an hour and a half.
      Time spent in the gym can depend on a few things:
      - are you working out with friends? (The more people in your group the longer it will take to get through a workout. Usually having a partner is no issue but when you get to about 4 people it gets hectic and too much talking.
      -are you also doing cardio alongside your weight training?
      -how busy is your gym, do you regularly have to wait on machines or benches to open up?
      All that to say that there is no exact measure for how much time a person SHOULD be spending in the gym, but you can totally get an amazing workout in within an hour or hour and a half

  • @asdfasdfadsfasdf
    @asdfasdfadsfasdf Рік тому +352

    1. Winging it at the gym/Poor exercise selection
    2. Doing everything the "Right way" (ex: only doing barbell squats and never touching hack squats)
    3. Dropping the eccentric phase during lifts
    4. Ego lifting
    5. Training on an empty stomach
    6. Thinking muscle soreness means a good workout
    7. Not training close to failure
    8. Not enough sleep

    • @Sonic_1000
      @Sonic_1000 Рік тому +1

      Ego lifting ftw

    • @fiend_666
      @fiend_666 Рік тому +5

      I have a question and I hope someone can help me
      I am basically a beginner, I havent’t been doing this for a month, I believe it has only been two weeks, but I ak now doing a 4 day split routine where i work out each muscle group twice a week, to be specific:
      Day 1: Chest, shoulder, back
      Day 2: Arms and legs
      Day 3: Rest
      Day 4: Chest, shoulder, back
      Day 5: Arms and legs
      Day 6 and 7 are rest
      I am confident to say that I can do this workout routine and be able to finish it without being too exhausted or fatigued, though it is true that I am only lifting weights that are one step above my comfort zone. My concern is, each day of workout takes about 3 hours before I finish, is this okay or I’m wasting my time and should stick to 1 hour a day, take note that this is not an issue of me being fatigued, I just wanna make sure that I am not wasting my time doing 3 hours of workout a day instead of what I see which is around 1 hour per day.
      Sorry if it’s too long, hope some can answer me. TYIA

    • @yeshuayahushua4338
      @yeshuayahushua4338 Рік тому

      And the creator did not put this and time stamps, he should like PIN this comment of yours, very nice of you

    • @asdfasdfadsfasdf
      @asdfasdfadsfasdf Рік тому

      @@yeshuayahushua4338 I think it's because they want you to watch thru the whole thing so you watch more ads lol

    • @dariussuteu6880
      @dariussuteu6880 Рік тому

      ​@@fiend_666if u do chest, shoulders AND back and u arent fatigued after the workoutz something isnt right. try doing chest&front delts, back&back delts, rest, legs, arms, rest, rest. they shouldnt be longer than 1.5h since ur a beginner, and they should be high intensity

  • @Kultur501
    @Kultur501 Рік тому +1443

    We need a physique reveal

  • @WarholaSoup
    @WarholaSoup Рік тому +137

    Big mistake: forgetting your headphones

    • @michaelpease2103
      @michaelpease2103 Рік тому +11

      I purposefully don't use headphones. It distracts me from 100% focus on the lifts

    • @lilsusrobert9356
      @lilsusrobert9356 Рік тому +18

      @@michaelpease2103bro listens to the gym music

    • @GHMTHEMVP
      @GHMTHEMVP Рік тому +3

      @@lilsusrobert9356😂😂

    • @Marco-cl9pb
      @Marco-cl9pb Рік тому +2

      only need my headphones for the cardio

    • @rowanwilliams3490
      @rowanwilliams3490 Рік тому +8

      @@michaelpease2103 people who train without headphones are either incredibly stoic or training for vengeance

  • @abdullahmorad7117
    @abdullahmorad7117 Рік тому +49

    0:17 Winging at the gym
    2:00 Doing everything the right way
    4:13 Dropping the eccentric phase
    6:22 Ego lifting

  • @Karlsefni29
    @Karlsefni29 Рік тому +48

    9. skip leg day
    Seriously, don’t skip leg

    • @SigmaSyndicate
      @SigmaSyndicate Рік тому +5

      9+. Do an extra leg day just to be sure

    • @Hilmi2501
      @Hilmi2501 11 місяців тому +1

      9++ minus lower rep but plus the set

  • @VitalSyncUSA
    @VitalSyncUSA 3 місяці тому

    Great tips on avoiding common mistakes! 🙌 The part about eccentric phases was a real eye-opener. It’s so easy to overlook that, but definitely crucial for muscle growth. Thanks for the insight

  • @mjolnir3309
    @mjolnir3309 Рік тому +6

    Thanks for the list. You've been very helpful on my fitness journey.

  • @MikeJones-lp4ux
    @MikeJones-lp4ux Рік тому +1

    Thank you, PictureFit! Your channel has kept me inspired all year and has educated me so much. Videos likes these make it so easy to learn and formulate my goals.

  • @RasmanZ
    @RasmanZ Рік тому +15

    I like this one. I do find soreness good for showing me what I did (or didn't do) at the gym. If I'm not even a little sore, I just maintained and might do the same body part tomorrow...

  • @robgronkowski947
    @robgronkowski947 Рік тому +11

    I train on an empty stomach most days and feel great!

    • @jamessanders145
      @jamessanders145 Рік тому +1

      same here, my body is incredibly fat adapted, I do 16:8 almost every day, sometimes it accidentally turns into 18:6 or even more and i don't even get hungry, tbh the only thing that makes me stay closer to 16 is that I meet my personal trainer at noon almost every day so by 2 I kind of have to break the fast with my protein. I've encountered very few people who get it, including 2 personal trainers.

    • @robersonmichaud599
      @robersonmichaud599 8 місяців тому +1

      Same here. I actually feel better working out on an empty stomach

  • @B1GJOHNSTUD
    @B1GJOHNSTUD Рік тому +4

    get them gains bruh!! 💪🏾

  • @bayandamthembu1461
    @bayandamthembu1461 Рік тому +2

    He does raise some good points and I will try to improve my work out because of his knowledge

  • @cherubino95
    @cherubino95 Рік тому +4

    Training on empty stomach can be useful cause it avoid intestinal problems and your energy is not used for the digestion

  • @djentlover
    @djentlover Рік тому +9

    His older video "Fast reps vs slow reps" seems to contradict this a little bit. It states that slow reps reduce lift capability, and the lowered workout volume outweighs the benefit of eccentrics. I'm confused now. Maybe the ideal is somewhere in the middle? Like making sure you lower weights in a controlled manner, even if it was fast? And not just dropping them.

    • @vasubruh4193
      @vasubruh4193 Рік тому +13

      Controlling the eccentric is important and trying to slow them down to about 2 seconds is a good idea if your goal is muscle growth. Slowing down the eccentric will probably lead to less reps done but if you take the sets as close to failure as you would otherwise it won't make a difference. Slowing down the eccentric will also allow you to train safer, beacuse risk to injury is far less if you're slowing the eccentrics.

    • @PenguinCrayon269
      @PenguinCrayon269 Рік тому +2

      slowed = harder = less plates for same or higher stimulus

    • @vasubruh4193
      @vasubruh4193 Рік тому

      @@PenguinCrayon269 exactly

    • @zirkereuler5242
      @zirkereuler5242 Рік тому +1

      Yeah I think there is a bit of cherry picking here, he usually uses papers on the subject to justify the reasoning. It would be interesting to see why the papers he used to arrive at the conclusion in the "fast reps vs slow reps" is flawed (assuming that this video is the correct one)

    • @ScotchMisty
      @ScotchMisty Рік тому

      ​@@vasubruh4193this

  • @acloudonthebluestsky9687
    @acloudonthebluestsky9687 Рік тому +3

    damn, i like the part when I'm slowly lower the bar when I deadlift, the stretch of muscle feel so damn good

  • @justmechanicthings
    @justmechanicthings Рік тому +1

    I'm guilty of winging it, but do target muscle groups each session and aim for hypertrophy training ( 6-12 reps max i think?) but don't follow any plan.

  • @hyrog7795
    @hyrog7795 11 місяців тому +2

    Am i the only one who gets the best workouts from training fasted?

  • @alvodin6197
    @alvodin6197 Рік тому

    Not only is the eccentric phase very good for building muscle, it helps prevent injury. Not talking super slow 5 second eccentrics, we're talking 2-max 3 seconds, as opposed to just dropping the weight against gravity. All my elbow pain stopped when I starting actually controlling the eccentric phase. Along with rotator cuff and serratus anterior strengthening. Be gone elbow pain!

    • @Magnulus76
      @Magnulus76 Рік тому

      Focusing on the eccentric means you also typically use less weight, too. If you focus on smooth eccentric, typically you'll find it more challenging with less weight. When I did physical therapy years ago, the therapist insisted on smoothness, and I found it surprisingly hard even with lower weight than I expected.

  • @ProfessionalBirdWatcher
    @ProfessionalBirdWatcher Рік тому +1

    Video bursting with knowledge

  • @Siegbert85
    @Siegbert85 Рік тому +20

    Disagree on the "training on empty stomach". I see no detriment to that. I've made my best lifts that way.

    • @hu_ni_1
      @hu_ni_1 Рік тому +4

      I think it probably depends on the kind of training and the intensity and length of the training session. If I'm casually doing a bodybuilding style workout then I can get away with either not eating for hours before hand or eating right before. But if I'm doing something like crossfit I need to eat around an hour and a half before to carb up and get some fuel in me.

    • @Siegbert85
      @Siegbert85 Рік тому

      @@hu_ni_1I don't think you do. At least I have plenty energy fasted.

  • @Raiden_3107
    @Raiden_3107 Рік тому +5

    Mike Mentzer figured it out very early. RiP The Legend

  • @michi45jaman
    @michi45jaman Рік тому +2

    So glad we have him back! ❤

  • @cdanigcX
    @cdanigcX Рік тому +3

    5:41 for some reason made me laugh 🤣

  • @BasedChadman
    @BasedChadman Рік тому +2

    Still waiting for those newbie gains to give me the full 25lbs of lean mass I was promised

  • @henrytang2203
    @henrytang2203 10 місяців тому

    I invested a few thousand dollars into personal training in my early 20s - money well spent. After a long hiatus, I'm hitting the gym again in my mid 30s but I remember those lessons. I'm a fat guy doing low-moderate weights with good form.

  • @ChRW123
    @ChRW123 Рік тому +5

    The pronunciation of "eccentric" is "eXentric" and not "eesentric".
    ik-'sen-trik to be precise.

    • @dumbnoodleman
      @dumbnoodleman 7 місяців тому

      its changes region to region its a language thing

  • @punishedpinecone4772
    @punishedpinecone4772 Рік тому +4

    I'll add one
    not training glutes because it's "gay" or "feminine" to do so. I see where those people are coming from but imagine giving a damn about what is socially acceptable lmao
    also it fixed my shit

  • @TheSavageChimiChanga
    @TheSavageChimiChanga 9 місяців тому

    I can’t find my comment from yesterday but here’s an update:
    I trained today after eating some tuna and drinking a protein shake and I could hit more reps today than I did yesterday on an empty stomach. I guess I’ll be eating before going to the gym from now on.

  • @akebengtsson1223
    @akebengtsson1223 Рік тому +1

    I am 21 years old skinny tall guy. I hsve just started the program Starting Strength. Is it any good? Its basically 3x5 of squats, bench and deadlift

  • @Magnulus76
    @Magnulus76 Рік тому

    Autoregulation sounds interesting.
    I just try to do a few sets until I feel some burn or I get form failure, and don't worry about the performance per se.

  • @TundeEszlari
    @TundeEszlari Рік тому

    You are a very good UA-camr, I love your videos.❤

  • @loganwolv3393
    @loganwolv3393 Рік тому

    I haven't seen anyone doing this, but i use the hack squat just to milk the ever living crap out of the eccentrics so all the slow twitch muscle fibers just get wrecked since the range of motion of the hack squat is nothing short of unreal.

  • @gboymachine9762
    @gboymachine9762 Рік тому

    Hah. If i fail deadlift, i keep at it until im either pissed off, which leads to me lifting the weight. Or until im tired, which leads to me passing out the moment i get home

  • @alex12604
    @alex12604 3 місяці тому

    I love your videos ❤

  • @phoenixrisin2269
    @phoenixrisin2269 Рік тому

    Don’t forget static holds and pre exhaustion.

  • @MaximilianWirth-q7y
    @MaximilianWirth-q7y Рік тому

    Is there a scientif study regarding working out with empty or full stomach?

  • @gibgabs2899
    @gibgabs2899 Рік тому

    Don’t workout on an empty stomach
    Laughs in soldier

  • @IrocZIV
    @IrocZIV Рік тому +6

    I'm curious about eccentrics. For me, most in most workouts the 'down' doesn't really feel like it challenges me at a weight that I can do the concentric in good form, but it does use up a lot of energy. Am I still getting a good benefit from them at this point?

    • @hu_ni_1
      @hu_ni_1 Рік тому +5

      Yes you most certainly are. Sometimes the things that don't feel like they do all that much are doing more than you realize

    • @edwisongogo6326
      @edwisongogo6326 Рік тому +1

      If u getting close to faluire and u are controlling the ecentric more than the concentric towards peak stretch, and that "will Mess u up in the best way possible"

    • @IrocZIV
      @IrocZIV Рік тому

      @@hu_ni_1 How slow is optimal for something like a pull-up?

    • @comingverysoon
      @comingverysoon Рік тому +6

      Most definitely! Muscles are stronger on the eccentric movement than the concentric. This is why the eccentric isn't as challenging and why your concentric strength reaches failure before your eccentric.
      Keep in mind controlled eccentrics will reduce the # of reps you can do at a given weight but the results are superior.
      Do this: Try 2-3 second eccentrics for about 4 weeks and see what results you get. For the first few workouts your DOMS might increase some but that will pass.

  • @oplkfdhgk
    @oplkfdhgk Рік тому

    1:05 how to fix these plateaus? i have been going to gym for like year and i think i might have hit plateau.

  • @dennisrkb
    @dennisrkb Рік тому

    Not training hard enough. Training too frequently. Not resting adequately. Neglecting nutrition, sleep, ...

  • @tuts40
    @tuts40 10 місяців тому

    These vid’s are much easier to digest as he gets to the point even if in a light hearted manner. Much better than a shirtless wonder droning on and on between bullet points resulting in a vid that is unnecessarily long.

  • @yumlbena
    @yumlbena Рік тому

    funny im watching this before i go to the gym and he says don't workout on a empty stomach
    i went and got some food

  • @twavy4563
    @twavy4563 Рік тому

    I do arms then one day off then back and chest then one day off them legs and arms then a day off then repeat on Monday

  • @DaniGerman1499
    @DaniGerman1499 Рік тому

    Still make good gain’s probably because of my diet but I certainly don’t get enough sleep all of the time lol

  • @calvinvan538
    @calvinvan538 Рік тому

    1. Being happy

  • @simonhernandez3331
    @simonhernandez3331 3 місяці тому

    Half reps work well too

  • @ancellord
    @ancellord Рік тому

    It is not the worst idea to train on empty stomach. It is not mistake at all.

  • @TurtleSauceGaming
    @TurtleSauceGaming 6 місяців тому

    Training before breakfast has it's uses.

  • @kristijan8518
    @kristijan8518 Рік тому +22

    Biggest mistake: watching athleanx

    • @bossmaster4001
      @bossmaster4001 Рік тому

      I just started getting recommended those videos. Are they really that bad?

    • @Yigit-nw4et
      @Yigit-nw4et Рік тому

      ​@@bossmaster4001yeah, I sincerely recommend "Natural Hypertrophy"

    • @kristijan8518
      @kristijan8518 Рік тому +3

      @@bossmaster4001 he's contradicting himself very often, regurgitating the same videos 15 times. A lot of his advice is gimmick (this exercise is the reason why you aren't making muscle, do this instead of this). He's just pumping mindless content to keep riding the algorithm wave. He does have some very good videos but majority are bad information.

    • @ElSarcastro
      @ElSarcastro 7 місяців тому +1

      ​@@kristijan8518 don't forget his cooking book

  • @Masfugo
    @Masfugo Рік тому

    Wait but I always train before breaking fast
    I do intermittent fasting everyday

  • @tuts40
    @tuts40 10 місяців тому

    Appearing random might just be that, bruh.

  • @VandalIO
    @VandalIO Рік тому

    My uncle Djamal has newbie gains

  • @schizomoba
    @schizomoba Рік тому +3

    I train on empty stomach always and there's noticeable results. Or maybe you mean it in a different way? If u can explain briefly that'll be helpful

    • @V1X0
      @V1X0 Рік тому +6

      It's completely fine. Just make sure you get proper nutrition the day before. And make sure to get protein in post-workout.

    • @schizomoba
      @schizomoba Рік тому

      @@V1X0 yup I'm on it 👍 thanks for the advice kind sir

  • @someguyusa
    @someguyusa Рік тому +14

    Training on an empty stomach is not a mistake. It's generally great to workout before breakfast. It's really only a drawback if you're already into your day and haven't eaten, so you might feel hungry and weak at that point. That's more to do with training in a rather large calorie deficit than just having an empty stomach.

    • @Spartx1
      @Spartx1 Рік тому +2

      "Generally great to workout before breakfast" => sources?

    • @someguyusa
      @someguyusa Рік тому

      @Spartx1 Did you bother looking it up at all, or do you just like being asinine with that question?

    • @gerrysecure5874
      @gerrysecure5874 Рік тому +1

      ​@@Spartx1Very simple, after your last meal say dinner your carb stores will be filled and you have roughly 1600kcal of carb stored in your muscles. During sleep you mostly burn fat no carbs. So in the morning before breakfsst your stores are 90% filled and you are hard pressed to burn that in a weight session. For most situations its basically unfounded misinformation that you need to eat before training.

    • @jamessanders145
      @jamessanders145 Рік тому

      @@gerrysecure5874 the exception would be for people who are in bad metabolic health (aka have insulin resistance), they would be hard pressed to be able to access their fat stores to kick in when the glycogen stores are gone. Otherwise I honestly prefer fasted lifting, at most it makes me need a minute more of rest between sets.

    • @gerrysecure5874
      @gerrysecure5874 Рік тому

      @@jamessanders145 I think you misunderstand insuline resistance. Insuline resistance requires more insuline to store the carbs in your bloodstream. It has not much to do with the ability to use fat for energy (unless you just ate of course, and your insuline is high which indeed prevents fat burn). Quite to the contrary, avoiding eating carbs before exercise, exercise lightly (burns more fat than carb), can restore healthy insuline sensitivity over time. Of course what you broke over 20 years will not fix in 2 weeks.
      I can cycle for 3 hours at 180Watts having 16hrs fasted without depleting my carb stores.
      Weight training uses much less energy than people wish to believe because heavy weights do not allow for many repetitions.

  • @japphan
    @japphan Рік тому +1

    Autoregulation can be close to winging it.
    Changing/choosing excersizes according to your daily form.
    I think programs are great becuase they (in most cases) follow the general principles of training. If you can do the same without the program, I see no reason as to why programs are better than winging it.

    • @someliker
      @someliker Рік тому

      Programs allow you to track progress much more easily.

    • @japphan
      @japphan Рік тому

      @@someliker
      Yes. If my goal was to track progress, I would follow a program.

  • @Shazam0210
    @Shazam0210 Рік тому

    i've seen so many biggest mistakes on youtube...

  • @bradendye23
    @bradendye23 11 місяців тому

    interested as to why this guy doesnt like training to failure?

  • @DarkshinastaReborn
    @DarkshinastaReborn Рік тому +4

    I workout on a empty stomach, and always will because I wake up at 0220 in the morning. I start lifting at 0230ish. I dont want food that early.

  • @cykablyat3680
    @cykablyat3680 Рік тому

    glad im not doing any of those

  • @satyamisbored
    @satyamisbored Рік тому

    Hello Jeff!

  • @ZackTheGiant
    @ZackTheGiant Рік тому

    Post body

  • @chongtak
    @chongtak Рік тому

    Seriously, who makes these absolute beginners' mistakes????

  • @bruinsgirl3398
    @bruinsgirl3398 10 місяців тому

    Thank you for saying being sore is NOT a good indicator of a good workout. When I workout, I'll know if it was a good one by how I'm feeling mentally. Am I calmer? Am I more energized? Do I feel stronger? If the answer to one or all of these questions is yes, then I know I benefited from it

  • @FNHot
    @FNHot Рік тому

    I had to google "BTS". Are they popular here? or I know picturefit is asian based on his accent, is he hinting at the fact hes Korean?

  • @jamessanders145
    @jamessanders145 Рік тому +1

    mistake number 9, mispronouncing eccentric just because every other fitness content creator does it as well

  • @494G
    @494G Рік тому

    💪🏽💪🏽

  • @gerardsotxoa
    @gerardsotxoa Рік тому +1

    Dropping in a deathlift is nicer with your low back. I only do it when finishing heavy sets. Of course is pointless for a set of 10 reps but to squeeze the last 2 or 3 lifts i would say is better to drop the bar.

  • @Peanut_Butter_Beatrice
    @Peanut_Butter_Beatrice Рік тому +2

    BTS has powered me through many, many, many tough lifts over the years😎

  • @cherubin7th
    @cherubin7th Рік тому +2

    OK, I give up. Everything is wrong and you need a phd to get anywhere with fitness. And it is boring as hell. I better go to McDonald's now...

    • @gur262
      @gur262 Рік тому

      Don't blame anyone but yourself for that. You don't need to know anything much.

  • @nomorebrofist
    @nomorebrofist Рік тому

    I thought you'd know by now that muscle is grown via mechanical tension and not muscle damage

  • @coryk4974
    @coryk4974 Рік тому

    Lets gooo

  • @MrBlaq
    @MrBlaq Рік тому

    Lifting heavy on an empty stomach has been proven to improve insulin sensitivity.