Stand on the Shoulders of Giants: Don't be afraid to take some criticizing comments from others who have been at it a lot longer than you. There is a lot of very experienced people out there. Try what they say. It obviously worked for them, maybe it will work for you!
Form is King: Keeping the proper posture and form during an exercise is a lot more important than how many repetitions you can do. Bouncing the bar off your chest while doing the benchpress, sure it helps you do more reps, but its not the proper form. To fully use your muscles potential, you should stop the bar an inch above your chest. Same as swinging your body or your arm while doing bicep curls. Your losing the effectiveness of the work out. Your elbows should stay locked by your waist, and you should keep your body as still as possible for each rep.
Assess Assess Assess: Every 3 to 6 weeks you should assess yourself and your routine. You need to do these assessments to insure your doing exercises that will help you reach your goal as quickly as you want.
Tweak Tweak Tweak: This one goes hand in hand with Assess Assess Assess and Absorb What is Useful, Reject What is Not. Assess your routine and find areas to improve an exercise, or use a different exercise with better results. A successful tweak will be one that increases your gains.
Keep Things Simple: This also includes over analyzing your workout routines. The closer we can keep to our basic movements, the less time you have to think about if your doing it right. You will get more out of your exercises.
More to come as the Experience Grows...
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