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Best tip you’ve received that has had a real impact on your results?

Posted on 2/19/19 at 7:42 pm
Posted by Big_Slim
Mogadishu
Member since Apr 2016
3977 posts
Posted on 2/19/19 at 7:42 pm
Kind of hitting a plateau, looking for some general knowledge, tips, and tricks that really changed your game. There are no stupid answers, just stupid people.

Mine was from starting strength, and for general form in most exercises was to imagine the bar moving straight up and down in a fixed vertical plane.
Posted by Rep520
Member since Mar 2018
10420 posts
Posted on 2/19/19 at 8:05 pm to
Dave Tate.

Plateaus exist because you're weak mentally, physically, technically or some combination of them.

I'd never worked on dialing in the finer points of technique or seen it as part of the package. That quote (I paraphrase it) made me take technical work far more seriously and helped me break many plateaus.
Posted by CorkSoaker
Member since Oct 2008
9784 posts
Posted on 2/19/19 at 8:06 pm to
“Switch it up”
Posted by Lookin4Par
Mandeville, LA
Member since Jun 2012
1232 posts
Posted on 2/19/19 at 9:55 pm to
2 cc’s a week.
Posted by lsu777
Lake Charles
Member since Jan 2004
31204 posts
Posted on 2/19/19 at 10:06 pm to
follow a real program and keep a log book. Oh and 2*bw in grams of protein
Posted by RJL2
Bruno's Tavern
Member since Apr 2015
1933 posts
Posted on 2/20/19 at 8:11 am to
One thing that I used to never do but a trainer taught me is to rest 3-4 minutes between heavy sets. I used to try to crank them all out on short rest. Since adding in rest I haven't failed at a lift and I have been steadily progressing.
Posted by oleyeller
Vols, Bitch
Member since Oct 2012
32021 posts
Posted on 2/20/19 at 9:13 am to
quote:

Best tip you’ve received that has had a real impact on your results?


Measure inches... not numbers on a scale
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
81646 posts
Posted on 2/20/19 at 9:54 am to
quote:

Plateaus exist because you're weak mentally
I got a lot of quit in me.
Posted by nwalser
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2010
181 posts
Posted on 2/24/19 at 11:33 am to
Lean in to it. Running
Posted by Possumslayer
Pascagoula
Member since Jan 2018
6207 posts
Posted on 2/25/19 at 1:56 pm to
I do a 6 day push, pull and leg/ab routine.... first 3 days push pull leg/ab all heavy 3x10 or 3x8
Next 3 days is drop 15-20% of weight and do 1or 2 sets to fail
Never hit a plateau, some times the heavy 3 days get better and some days the reps to fail get better....
Posted by Possumslayer
Pascagoula
Member since Jan 2018
6207 posts
Posted on 2/25/19 at 1:59 pm to
One thing I’ve never done is a log book or scale..... I can tell when I get a shower and work how my body is strengthening and growing .
Posted by Waveed
In a barrel of oil
Member since Jan 2018
40 posts
Posted on 2/25/19 at 9:36 pm to
Time under tension
&
Mind to muscle connection
Posted by lsu777
Lake Charles
Member since Jan 2004
31204 posts
Posted on 2/26/19 at 8:34 am to
If you don't use a log book, then how do you know you are getting stronger over the course of months? A year? Mutiple years? How do you set rep records?
Posted by StringedInstruments
Member since Oct 2013
18417 posts
Posted on 2/26/19 at 9:03 am to
Run your long runs slowly.
Posted by Possumslayer
Pascagoula
Member since Jan 2018
6207 posts
Posted on 2/26/19 at 9:19 am to
My brain remembers stuff.....
Posted by boxcarbarney
Above all things, be a man
Member since Jul 2007
22742 posts
Posted on 2/26/19 at 1:48 pm to
Be better today than you were yesterday. And, don't let Perfect be the enemy of Good.
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