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the worst training advice youve been given?

Might have been mentioned already but these are the 2 i get all the time:

1. Deadlifts will ruin your back
2. Running is bad for your knees

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Running is bad for your joints when you run long distances often.
 
Marat said:
My physician told me to not lift weights or eat too much protein.
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the local Dr. in the next little town up said the same thing to me when I got my physical before going into the Navy back in '89. I was like 230 @ 8% he said my BMI was to high...:roflmao:

I guess what did I expect I think he went to medical school like the 30's.
 
Built said:
This was the worst advice anyone ever gave me.

With this method, and tons of cardio, I dieted my way up to 40% bodyfat. Six or more meals a day, complex carbs with every meal, and lots and lots of cardio.

<shudders>

TJTJ, you lost weight because you ran a caloric deficit. The number of meals you eat was immaterial. You of all people should know this, that meal frequency does not impact upon metabolic rate. You're in school studying this stuff, it's old news now - published research dates back to at least 1997.

Shame on you for perpetuating misinformation.
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herschel walker claims to only eat 1 meal a day...few would say he is not lean!!!
 
"You don't need to workout your legs, they get enough exercise by walking on them everyday :hmmm: "
 
Haven't come across that prob yet, fufu. But when your walking around nobody cares how much you lift, the look how big you are!
 
really? It's a pretty poor way to determine if advice is good. I'm not as big as some of the guys at my gym and I'm sure I could learn from them but I bet I know a few things they don't as well.
 
Built if that's you in the avatar, i'd love to see the rest! And yes, I would listen to a chick "built" like you. Infact just today I was thinking of asking you what you recommended for side obliques?
 
Yes that's me, lol. Sorry about busting your chops - my tongue was in my cheek. ;)

Click on "daredevils" - there's a pic of me there too.

Obliques - I sometimes wonder if they're genetic. I do very little direct ab work and my obliques are fairly prominent, especially when I'm very lean. My training includes sprinting - I'd be willing to bet money that's a factor. I also do almost none of my work seated - shoulders, lats, back - all done standing. Heavy cleans, deads, rows and squats form the basis of my workouts. But nothing shows 'em off like "not eating" - I highly recommend it! ;)

Thanks for the kind words, and for being a good sport. :thumb:
 
Hey, thanks for the advice Built, and no prob with the ribbing. I'm to old to worry about people "flaming me" "haters" are everywhere, so who cares. Most things I say are tongue and cheek also.
 
Other than the usual cardio drivel, it is always - delivered in various formats for variety : you are lifting too heavy.......you're gonna hurt yourself, give youself a hernia, damage my fragile ego, gain too much weight, won't lose any weight, blah, blah,blah.....
 
read this"skinny vinny" book, truth be known, i never read it, i couldnt get through the 20 page intro of the secret he was "just about to tell me", he's on vol 18 now or something
 
To do squats (with weight) standing on the round part of a bosu (the hemisphere thing that usually you use for stability, standing on the flat part)
 
My worst training advice someone has ever given me is a dead draw between these:
1. Eating Protein will kill your kidneys
2. In order to get a good bench you need to bounce the bar off of your chest
3. Weight lifting of any kind will shorten my life and destroy my joints and muscles permanently
4. Bicep Curls give you bigger arms than working your triceps


All of this advice was given to me by my family members. Maybe their bad advice to me and my not listening to them is why I choose not to speak to them any more.
 
If the bottom of my bicep is not close to the top of my forearm when at a 90 degree angle then i have bad genetics for bodybuilding!!

Thanks for the motivation Mr PT CUNT, now go spread your fountain of knowledge
 
natural1 said:
If the bottom of my bicep is not close to the top of my forearm when at a 90 degree angle then i have bad genetics for bodybuilding!!

Thanks for the motivation Mr PT CUNT, now go spread your fountain of knowledge
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I feel the same bitterness towards the PT who told me supersetting was the way to go. If i think about it too much i want to start kicking things. :mad:
 
i know what you mean, sometimes you just have to get mechanical with food, i take a couple cans of tuna fish, put a 1/2 can in my mouth at a time,take a big chugg of water,swish around and swallow in a couple of gulps, can do the same thing with oats, etc., just get it in your gut. i wish the tab on statistics actually had a bio, height weight etc, it would help get a better understanding when people post and you check out their page.
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If I didn't have shakes there isn't a way that I could get the food down w/o puking i don't think. I start to chew so slow that every bite takes a few minutes.
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Since I've been a PT for over ten years but I'm not the biggest guy in the gym sometimes guys try to tell me what to do while lifting weights. I also do the practical evaluations for any potential new hires so I've heard some doozies.

One recent guy came in with supposedly ten years experience - but he wasn't certified. Here's how the conversation went:

"So, I try to get right into the client on a neurological level."

"How?"

"Well, I get right into the muscle and fire it up."

"How?"

He looked confused like nobody had ever asked him before.

"Why does a muscle fire?" (me asking him).

"Um...when it contracts..."

"No, I'm asking what causes it to contract. What's causing that?"

"The weight."

:hmmm:

We didn't hire him. I can't stand trainers who talk about crap they actually know nothing about because it sounds cool.
 
In Arnolds old Encyclopedia he reccomends to wait "at least one hour after your workout" to eat anything.
 
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