Muscle Growth Wisdom: 100 Things I Wish I Knew BEFORE I Started

Here are a lot of things that I wish I knew before I started lifting. Natural Hypertrophy: 5 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Started Lifting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HGBdDOAReA Basement Bodybuilding: Lifting Advice to My Younger Self https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c6c27D2EIA Stand Strength https://www.youtube.com/c/StandStrength Fazlifts https://www.youtube.com/c/Fazlifts Dave Maconi https://www.youtube.com/c/BrainsandGainsPodcast Tom Lazorik https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPZg0DpfFh7Fj9CY_mJ3BxQ Geoff's Fully Custom Training Plans and One-on-one Mentorship? Email geodude412 (at symbol thingy) yahoo (dot symbol thingy) com Geoff's Book? (Currently on sale for $19.99, has 4.7 stars, rave reviews, enjoy!) https://www.verityfit.com/product-page/sweat Geoff's Instagram? https://www.instagram.com/geoffreyverityschofield/ Geoff's Medium? https://medium.com/@geoffreyschofield Geoff's Quora? (you probably already know!) https://www.quora.com/profile/Geoffrey-Verity-Schofield 00:00 1 Boring workouts build more muscle than epic ones. 00:32 2 Most Instagram workouts are useless 00:51 3 Lifting is generally very safe, BUT... 01:11 4 Enjoy your training. It’ll help keep it sustainable. 01:14 5 You don’t need 400g of protein per day bro 01:39 6 Learn to listen to your body. 01:50 7 All that glitters is not gold. 02:06 8 Experiment in your training. 02:24 9 The main driver of fat loss is a caloric deficit. 02:36 10 You can gain muscle in a deficit, but 02:45 11 You don’t have to eat every few hours. 02:56 12 Don’t be afraid of going to the gym 03:12 13 Proper lifting technique is important but individual. 03:29 14 Consistency is key. 03:33 15 Work every muscle group, this is nonnegotiable. 03:50 16 Keep a Training Log. Back back back it up. 04:11 17 It’s better to get better than get sore. 04:14 18 Getting a pump is nice but unnecessary. 04:23 19 The mind muscle connection is a thing, but... 04:41 20 Calisthenics are great 04:59 21 Don’t shy away from difficult movements. 05:14 22The key to progress is progression. 05:27 23 Strength and size correlation 05:42 24 Effort is underrated, but has to be applied intelligently. 05:47 25 Have multiple goals 05:54 26 The quality of your sets is more important ... 06:10 27 Supplements are not needed. 06:17 28 Get a coach. This could be online or in person. A few months with a great coach will pay dividends for decades. 06:27 29 You don’t need to train every day. 06:47 30 Pants can break. 07:19 31 Taking a week or two away from the gym once or twice a year 07:32 32 Focus on the basics. Can check my first book. 08:04 33 Isolation work can be implemented 08:26 34 Know your anatomy but don’t obsess over it. 08:32 35 Use full range of motion most of the time on most movements. 08:38 36 Be able to explain everything you do in the gym. 08:55 37 Just because you can move more weight... 09:02 38 Tactical exercise variety vs Random exercise variety 09:11 39 Don’t assess a coach or content creator solely based on their physique. 09:17 40 Some lifts are party tricks 09:27 41 You can progress in more ways than weight on the bar. 09:41 42 You don’t have to max 09:46 43 Beyond failure training is not needed 09:56 44 Even training TO failure isn’t needed 10:11 45 Getting stronger in the ~5–15 rep range 10:21 46 scale is moving upwards . 10:27 47 vegetables. 10:31 48 count calories 10:37 49 stop all cardio 10:44 50 vilify food. 10:55 51 macronutrients . 11:06 52 extreme. 11:12 53 kill your gains 11:20 54 accessories 11:58 55 prehab 12:05 56 Protein powder 12:21 57 abstract funding. 12:31 58 social media goes in cycles and waves. 12:49 59 A food log 12:57 60 Sleep 13:12 61 Alcohol 13:2462 Listen to other people but 13:34 63 Read about training, but 13:40 64 Personal experience 13:57 65 Stretching is fine but 14:10 66 Posture is overrated 14:24 67 The best warmup 14:32 68 discomfort and pain. 14:42 69 Don’t compare yourself .... 14:46 70 If you DO... 15:03 71 not a special snowflake? 15:12 72 learn something. 15:19 73 other people are different 15:35 74 There is more to life than lifting. 15:39 75 Don’t take gear in your first five years. 15:46 76 gear 2 16:04 77 lean all the time 16:18 78 There are no magic training splits 16:33 79 There are no magic exercises. 16:51 80 There are no magic rep/set schemes. 17:21 81 Progressive overload 17:33 82 variety of sources 17:42 83 Be skeptical 17:58 84 Beware contrarians 18:06 85 enhanced lifters 18:23 86 can vs need. 18:32 87 Have goals and goals 18:41 88 measurements 19:00 89 Trust yourself. 19:14 90 difficult = ? 19:28 91 complicated = ? 19:57 92 Science is a good start 20:05 93 It’s how you do it. 20:15 94 time under effort 20:23 95 Passion is a prerequisite, but 20:34 96 Being honest with yourself 20:46 97 Smith machine is fine 20:53 98 Balance your thinking and doing 21:01 99 Separate good/bad advice. 100 Genetics do matter but... 21:30 Grab My Book, And Check Out Those Channels!