what was your biggest mistake?

[Crazymank]

over the years I often wondered why im not competing. I mean, i've been lifting since i was 12 years old-right? I always blamed genetics, but thats kind of a cop out. Or ambition-my ambition was as good as anyones. There was a time, when i wrapped a towel around my head so i could ride my bike through snow storms to get to the gym.-people say big deal, the gym was over an hour away. I live where the temps get sub-zero.

So anyway, my biggest down fall was nutrition. I wish..... I wish someone grabbed me when i was a teenager and wrapped me up side the head and said "you aint eat'n!"

 

[sponger246]

Im right there with you. Thats where I started but things are much better now.

 

[saudades]

Eating enough has always been my biggest problem. I'm aiming to fix that.

 

[mrfreeze]

I been lifting since 1979 and over trained for years. always thought more was better.

 

[jtunderdog]

I would say for me overtraining and eating the wrong things at night are my biggest downfalls. I started working out 13 years ago and am about 100 pounds heavier but I would be lying if I said I was lean and tight.

 

[Crazymank]

volume training would be a close second mistake for me.

 

[DB006]

if i knew how much food you had to eat, i would of picked a different sport

 

[LeatherHead]

Diet. If I would just be able to eat right, and not succumb to my cravings, I'd be a shredded monster right now. I still have abs, and some striations in my delts, but I also have pockets and bands of fat throughout my torso.

 

[CH3NO2]

Diet. If I would just be able to eat right, and not succumb to my cravings, I'd be a shredded monster right now. I still have abs, and some striations in my delts, but I also have pockets and bands of fat throughout my torso.

Its because you eat Chocolate Cake and Ice cream You Fat Fuck.

Here I am busting my ass low carbing it and when we go out to Dinner with the wives on Sat Night and your fat ass gets Ice Cream at Cold Stone and Split it with the wifey.

I just sat and watched everyone eating ice cream wanting to kill myself.



My Biggest Mistake is just plain laziness...PERIOD. There are no this or that excuses...I just got lazy for about three years. I have been back on track since May 2007 and I am good to go now. I was 216 then and I put on 20 lbs and now am in my cutting phase and was the strongest I had been maybe ever. I have been eating super clean and the body fat % is coming down.

I feel good about the direction I am heading.

 

[The Dude]

GOING TOO DAMN HEAVY and lifting shit I had no business lifting. I have good genetics and had a good diet, everything else was in place. Benching 345 at 15 wasn't a good idea.... or picking that 600lb motor out of the back of my truck with CH3NO2.

 

[CH3NO2]

GOING TOO DAMN HEAVY and lifting shit I had no business lifting. I have good genetics and had a good diet, everything else was in place. Benching 345 at 15 wasn't a good idea.... or picking that 600lb motor out of the back of my truck with CH3NO2.

I had my side...I still feel bad about that.

 

[DB006]

if you have to struggle to NOT eat something then this sport will never work for you. i guess its different if your competing. cause if you are then you KNOW that you cant have ice cream and theres no sense of complaining, its not even an option. but if your not, than have a little bit of ice cream and do a couple more mins of cardio. life is too short.

 

[LeatherHead]

Its because you eat Chocolate Cake and Ice cream You Fat Fuck.

Here I am busting my ass low carbing it and when we go out to Dinner with the wives on Sat Night and your fat ass gets Ice Cream at Cold Stone and Split it with the wifey.

I just sat and watched everyone eating ice cream wanting to kill myself.

That was Friday night... you're so fat that you can't even see the calendar to know what day it is. Oh, and I had 3 spoons of her strawberry banana ice cream. I'm not low carbing it, I'm just cleaning up my diet. If I cut the carbs, bad things happen around me. I speak from experience. :satan:

Besides, you're the one that offered to go over to stone cold, and said it wouldn't bother you. I knew it wasn't going to bother me, because I knew I'd eat something. :laugh:

 

[LeatherHead]

if you have to struggle to NOT eat something then this sport will never work for you. i guess its different if your competing. cause if you are then you KNOW that you cant have ice cream and theres no sense of complaining, its not even an option. but if your not, than have a little bit of ice cream and do a couple more mins of cardio. life is too short.

Amen, brother! My sentiment exactly. I'm not competing... I will probably never compete. I just want to look good enough to take my shirt off at the water park or the beach. I've got a 32" waist and I have to wear a size 50 suit jacket tailored all to hell. If I die tomorrow, I'll die happy because I wasn't neglecting myself of the joys of life. Moderation is key.

 

[dreww]

my biggest mistake is waiting so long to realize i need the help of someone more experienced than me.

 

[rbethel]

I guess my biggest mistake would have to also be diet....For the first few years of my training I always heard the words 'dirty bulk' so I ate every and anything thinking I just needed protein and more protein. Wasnt until I gained about 20 lbs and noticed my strength didnt go up much that I realized I gained a shitload of fat....along with lookin like the michelin man when i looked in the mirror so I spent a good bit of time cutting back down almost 'starting' over you can say....was discouraging at first but after i got below 15% I just kept goin.....

 

[The Dude]

I had my side...I still feel bad about that.

You shouldn't feel bad. You were helping me. It was my truck, my motor, my house, and my choice. Everything is fine now anyway.

I don't know about the "If you have to struggle to not eat something than this sport is not for you" comment. Tell that to Ronnie Coleman, Jay Cutler, Dexter, Victor, any bodybuilder. Dieting is a HUGE part of the sport and we all have to limit things.

I think you meant it the other way around.

I compete and I also stay pretty lean, but I always struggle. That's life.

 

[Chris-Winfield]

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[rbethel]

You shouldn't feel bad. You were helping me. It was my truck, my motor, my house, and my choice. Everything is fine now anyway.

I don't know about the "If you have to struggle to not eat something than this sport is not for you" comment. Tell that to Ronnie Coleman, Jay Cutler, Dexter, Victor, any bodybuilder. Dieting is a HUGE part of the sport and we all have to limit things.

I think you meant it the other way around.

I compete and I also stay pretty lean, but I always struggle. That's life.

^^ I agree. For pros whose life revolves around training, eating, sleeping, having every macro nutrient down to a science I would think during a 12 week diet of eating the same things it gets tiresome. Especially the more you cut carbs...the temptation to cheat is inevitable....

 

[irish2003]

my biggest failure was my own ego......i had it perfect....was placing high in local, state, and regional shows....was friends with and working at a gym owned by a pro bodybuilder.....yet i wanted more and wanted it way too fast....money, girls, be popular....financially i ruined myself trying to achieve this and ruined friendships that i've recently rebuilt.....but it's on now!....i've learned that people like a comeback....especially when you do it while staying humble.....