Through this blog I share plenty of tips of what you should be doing and thinking about as a skinny guy. Today I’d like to take a different approach. Here are a bunch of things you can start forgetting about right now and eliminate a nice amount of mental clutter.
- Exercises that make you look stupid. Worthwhile exercises don’t have you flailing your arms wildly or doing convoluted reps of nothingness.
- High rep, low intensity training. Lifting 1kg weights a thousand times will do bugger all when you’re trying to build muscle. Don’t waste your time.
- Supplements. Perhaps there are some that are alright, but your safest bet is to just stick with healthy food. Think of like this: cavemen didn’t need supplements and they were strong, so why do you need them? You’re not a genetic oddity.
- Gorging on unhealthy food. While a McDonald’s meal may be packed with calories it’ll make you feel like crap – it’s not worth it. Stick with healthy, organic food that provides you with plenty of calories and protein and makes you feel good in the long term.
- Bodybuilding magazines. They’re all owned by supplement companies anyways.
- Isolation exercises. Compound is where it’s at. Every exercise you do should work out multiple muscle groups for maximum effectiveness and results.
- Complexity. Simplicity always reigns supreme.
- Training more than 3 times per week. Training may stimulate muscle growth but it’s when you’re recovering that the muscle is actually built. Get plenty of sleep and don’t overtrain.
- Inconsistency with training and diet. Persistence is of course a must when it comes to strength training but if you constantly switch up your calorie intake and approach to training you’ll get nowhere. Find a routine and diet that you believe in and stick with it.
- Meal plans. Be mindful of your hunger rather than trying to conform to a list of foods you need to eat each day.
- Hoping for progress rather than taking action. Just do something. That’s all it takes. Do one thing every day that takes you towards your goals.
- Get big quick schemes. Don’t become the prey of internet marketers shelling shady products about things they know nothing about, or at least shouldn’t be teaching.
- Quitting. Never give up. Never.