16 Muscle Building Mistakes I REGRET Making!

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I have made quite a few muscle building mistakes over the years that I regret, and today I'm sharing them with you. I'm going to discuss my 16 greatest regrets I made both in the gym and in the kitchen, when it came to my pursuit of building muscle and getting ripped.

I started my journey of no longer wanting to be a skinny kid when I was about 13 years old. I trained alongside my older brother and tried to copy the exercises and workouts that he was doing. Along the way, I missed some important lessons and wound up paying the price.

Today, I'm going to share with you some of those that I really wish I could go back and change. If I could have had this video available to me as a young teenager and into my twenties, I feel like I'd have a much different physique these days and one that was less rife with physical issues that came from poor training and education.

As a physical therapist, it starts with being able to take my knowledge now and forgive myself for simply not knowing what I do today. For instance, when I first started working out, I would open up the muscle building magazines and try to follow the 30-40 set routines and workouts of bodybuilders like Shawn Ray.

Along the way, I would experience pain and joint discomfort from performing the exercises incorrectly and doing them with incredible amounts of what would be junk volume. Not being enhanced like the models were, led me to experience much different results than what I expected from looking at their pictures alone and not knowing the whole story.

I also was quite naive when it came to nutrition and supplementation. I thought, for instance, that all oats were created equal. This couldn't be any further from the truth. My early days of eating Quaker Maple Brown Sugar oatmeal in the packets led to lots of consumption of sugar with little benefit. The regular slow cook oats had zero grams of sugar. Only with education was I able to identify that and make the change that would lead to lower levels of body fat and a more ripped physique.

I also had many mistakes when it came to performing exercises I probably should not have. Years of damage were done in a short period of time by performing strength based exercises without properly addressing my flat feet. The poor biomechanics and form on the exercises led to a quick breakdown of my knees which still plague me to this day.

I often overlooked the benefits of progressive overload in my training. This was particularly true of my bodyweight and calisthenic exercises. Instead of opting for more overload in the form of a harder variation of the common exercise, I would just try to build more muscle by adding on more and more reps. This was a mistake I'd come to learn later in life but has paid big dividends since fixing.

Nutrition has always been a struggle for me. I went from not caring enough to caring way too much and becoming almost obsessive about what I put in my mouth. In previous videos I discussed how I became fat phobic and avoided almost all dietary fats. Here I talk about the inflexibility I had when working in professional baseball and found myself on the road with very few options for healthy nutrition at my disposal - at least not cheaply.

I also discuss my oversight when it came to the value of eccentrics, particularly on pulling exercises. It's not hard to remember to slow down the rep on the way down in a pushing exercise like the bench press. This is often an automatic built-in body protection mechanism that keeps you safe under heavy loads. In pulling exercises however, the weight tends to fall away from you. It's easy to forget about lowering it slowly and because of that, you forego one of the greatest stimuli for muscle growth and gains.

Speaking of lost gains, it's easy to do when you are training in pain. I made the mistake of trying to workout with pain rather than around it. There is a big distinction between the two. If you want to keep building muscle fast then you have to respect when things aren't right in your body and find a way to keep training without continuing to aggravate the inflammation in your joints or injury to your muscles.

My personal battle with a shoulder injury took longer than I would have liked because I originally tried to keep performing the very exercises that were leading to pain and discomfort when performing them.

For this and other muscle building mistakes I regret making, be sure to watch the entire video. If you haven't done so, remember to subscribe to our channel via the link below.

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Can we take a second to appreciate the fact that Jeff has never once done an ad during any his videos. At this point, he's decided to choose straight to the point, informative videos over millions of dollars. What an awesome guy

brendanmorin
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Training
0:15 Less Junk Volume = Less Body Breakdown
1:27 Know and Respect your body's limitation
2:11 Chest Exercises = Keep Shoulder Blades down and back, Sternum at front
4:31 Do Corrective Exercises (improve Strength & Aesthetics)
5:25 Actively seek Mind Muscle Connection

7:43 Control/Slow down the Eccentric
8:44 Do harder exercises instead of keep adding reps to the easy ones (Calisthenics)
11:20 FACEPULLS FACEPULLS FACEPULLS
13:35 Train through Injury (Train against your body) vs Train around Injury (Train with your body)
15:05 Increase Intensity = Shorter Workout Duration


Nutrition
0:52 Watch out for Trap Food
3:15 Don't be too Rigid, be more Flexible with how you eat
6:33 Honor your Sweet to stay Consistent

9:42 Meal Prep (Prepare your meal beforehand)
10:44 Electrolytes and Sugar (Don't Copy Other Pro Athlete's Nutrition)
12:37 Keep yourself hydrated, drink water after you wake up

nomnomyourmom
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Maybe you have less views than other years, but I will never abandon you. I found your channel when I was absolutely broken (physicaly and mentally) and I was in a very bad condition. But you made me change, you made me get my best shape and I still keep it. So, Jeff, thanks. Thanks for all.

davidgilnavascues
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Very inspiring. At 56, here one of my biggest lessons: never train for ego or to impress others. Nobody gives a s*** about your number of plates or personal best. Focus in your inner progress. Train from a place where everything you do at the gym must support your needs. Just my two cents. God bless you all!

willarias
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And the greatest decision you made was to share your knowledge with millions of people around the world who have benefitted massively from your experience and skills. Thanks, Jeff.

phoenixinthetrees
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My biggest regret is not taking my fitness seriously until I was 38. I'm 40 now and have lost 105 pounds but have hit a major plateau. I'm not giving up but really wish I started taking fitness seriously a lot sooner. But, @Jeff, your videos are soon helpful and I love your 100 series!

mikemcclellan
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Jeff, I appreciated your openness in this latest video. I am a firm believer I must continue to achieve personal growth if I want to continue to create physical growth. You are a living example of this. At age 67, my strength continues to grow in both areas. You have been an insightful and inspiring teacher. My heartfelt thanks!

TimHornecker
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#15 hit home for me. I injured my arm in June and totally worked THROUGH it until September when I started seeing a physical therapist who immediately instructed me to work AROUND it, like you mentioned. Great advice all around! Thanks Jeff!

srd
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Hey Jeff, I've been a building contractor for 30 odd years and have acquired various injuries along the way. I've often stopped working out because of the injuries, some requiring surgery but once the rehab is done I try to get back into the gym. I've recently turned 54 and my motivation was near zero...but you're videos have recently inspired me to get of my arse and get back to some training. I started with a 30min walk everyday and have now restarted weight training. I especially liked you're view about working with injuries....very inspirational. As my physiotherapist says "motion is lotion" Thank you.
Ric.

ricknardone
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My biggest regrets:
1) Not developing an overall level of athleticism before I even hit the gym. I should have worked on my push-up abilities before starting bench presses. I should have worked on my bodyweight squats before getting under a bar. And most importantly *I should have done A LOT more cardio to get my cardio conditioning up before getting serious about lifting weights* I was getting tired very quickly during my routines.

2) Not dialing in my nutrition properly. I was skinnyfat when I started, and I didn't realize how much fat I was carrying and how little muscle I was carrying. I bulked up by eating junk food to round out my calories because that's what a lot of fitness youtubers were pushing. The fact is when you're starting out you need to eat clean, regardless. No Pop-Tarts!

Morbutt
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Looking back to my early teens cluelessly working out in my friends basement, it is mind boggling how much more I know 50 years later thanks mostly to you.

dbongo
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It really amazes me how this is one of the channels I am subscribed to the longest and they still pump out the most amazing content. Going strong for years and there is no end in sight. Thank you for all the knowledge and inspiration!

sorenfuhrer
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I appreciate your honesty and openness about your mistakes and your struggles. It really makes me feel normal with my own struggles. Seeing you being the same as me and achieving so much makes me hopeful and feels empowering

trappart
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Hi Jeff. Could you make a video on corrective exercises? Listing them by problem and explaining their benefits and how to incorporate them in a program

souriryaz
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I’ve appreciated the quality advice you’ve given us over the years Jeff. I’m 42 and in great shape, partly because I’ve followed a lot of your advice. Thank you!🙏🏾

derrick
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The un-shrugging of my shoulders during chest exercises was the single best piece of advice (among countless other improvements) I picked up from this channel.

bjkarana
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Always putting out professional content with great advice for beginners or advanced lifters

GFFIT
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You always provide topknotch information, I've been trying to work through a shoulder injury and your video will definitely help.
Thanks!

paulstoolbox
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I've worked out on and off for over 20 years, but have gained more knowledge from discovering your videos a couple weeks ago than I ever did on my own. Thank you and I appreciate you sharing your knowledge!

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