Group: Competitive Bodybuilding & Fitness

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reasons why beginners have trouble

Devinm
Devinm
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Joined: 2006/06/01
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2007/09/25, 10:59 PM
gaining weight.
1. wrong rep range
2. eating too few calories, grams of protein, or carbs
3. bad form
4. overtraining
5. lifting too heavy or too light
6. inconsistency
feel free to comment or extend the list

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ecle5c
ecle5c
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2007/09/26, 08:30 AM
I think you need to move eating too few calories to be #1, #2, and #3.

The biggest reason beginners have trouble gaining weight/msucle is because flat out they don't eat enough to do it. Sure maybe they're not lifting right for them, but more than anything it is the diet. As a beginner about anything will work from a lifting perspective.
Pemdas
Pemdas
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2007/09/26, 03:11 PM
7. Not listening to advice from more experienced people
immovablestone
immovablestone
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2007/09/26, 03:41 PM
8. Not enjoying blood, sweat, and tears.

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Devinm
Devinm
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2007/09/26, 11:24 PM
ecle5c i didn't mean for them to be in order i just meant to list them

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ecle5c
ecle5c
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2007/09/27, 09:02 AM
I know, it was a joke. The biggest problem a noob has is not eating enough. I had a huge problem with that. Routine, time in the gym, form....didn't matter at all since I wasn't eating enough for it to matter.