Gym Mistakes You Should Get Punished For (and you will)

[00:01] mistakes you can make in the gym, but some of them are so horrendous that you should get punished for doing them. But, because I want you to be safe, here is what you should be careful about. One of the most atrocious mistakes that I have

[00:13] not even seen anyone talk about is how each one of your reps looks completely imagine you are doing an incline bench press. The first rep looks great. You area. That's awesome. But, then in the second rep, the bar touches somewhere

[00:28] below your nipples. And then in the third rep, you almost put it on your neck. Like, where is the consistency? What are we doing? This is not a bingo night. Each one of your reps should look the exact same. Even if you get to the

[00:40] end of the set and it starts to get really difficult, the rep should still look the exact same as the first one. Sure, it might move slower, but the path of the bar should still remain the exact same. If each one of your reps is

[00:52] different, it's a clear indicator that you still don't completely have the proper technique in check. You really got to get there by practicing more and not even be aware that each one of your reps is different each time. But, after

[01:05] some time, you will naturally be able to hit the same exact spot. But, you need to work on getting to that point first. I, for example, am so confident in my form that I think that you could blindfold me, spin me around, and I

[01:17] would still hit the same exact spot every single time. It really is just muscle memory, which once you achieve, you will be set for life. The next mistake I really want to talk about is treating isolation exercises like

[01:29] filler. You know that you do this. When it's the bench press, you always pay But, when it comes to some isolation exercise near the end of the workout, you don't really treat it as something important. You know how it is. You do

[01:42] your set of lateral raises or bicep curls while having a conversation with your body throughout the entire set. You don't even really count the reps. You And when it starts to get slightly uncomfortable, you call it a day. But,

[01:55] treating these easier exercises as filler is going to slow your growth by a lot, especially in the bodybuilding style workouts, as there is a whole lot of different isolation exercises that you might assume are just filler. But,

[02:08] each isolation exercise has its role and is there for a reason. And if you just care enough, then you can't really complain about some of your body parts lacking or building muscle slower than people who actually care throughout the

[02:22] whole workout. And this actually goes hand in hand with another issue. And your routine doesn't reflect your priorities and goals. Let's say that you are someone who really wants to get bigger biceps, but the biceps exercises

[02:35] in your routine are always done at the tail end. And you usually do all the back exercises before you even get to the biceps, which means that your biceps training them because all the back exercises takes your biceps a lot. See

[02:50] how this setup would make absolutely zero sense if your main goal is to get bigger biceps? When I tell it to you like that, it seems pretty obvious. But, are trapped in a similar scenario. People going like, "Dude, I can't build

[03:03] my shoulders. I guess my genetics are just cooked." But, they always do all the chest pressing first before they get to any shoulder pressing. And as a result, they are always shoulder pressing when their shoulders are

[03:15] already fatigued a lot. So, their performance is not great and they simply can't give it their all. So, ask yourself right now, "What is my main goal? What is the most important thing to me?" And actually sort your workout

[03:27] simply switch to a training plan that completely eliminates any of the previous issues I described. For example, the Arnold split completely eliminates the shoulder versus chest and biceps versus back dilemma, as these

[03:40] body part pairs are never trained on the same day. So, you don't really even have to worry about unknowingly screwing yourself. And if you would like to try a training plan like that or maybe get a full beginner journey experience, I

[03:52] highly recommend you click the first link below and check it out. Now for the hold the starting position of the exercise, which happens a lot, especially to beginners. What I mean by

[04:04] press, you should pull your shoulder blades together and push your chest out. That's how you protect your shoulders and lift the most weight possible. But what the proper starting position that you should get into is, you are simply

[04:19] not able to hold it for more than 5 seconds and it almost instantly falls apart once you begin the set. And the worst part is, most beginners are not aware of this. They think, oh yeah, I nailed the starting position. But what

[04:32] they don't see is how it falls apart after one repetition. It's like doing the squat, taking a deep breath and bracing your core before going down, just to breathe out at the bottom of the rep, lose all the power and tightness

[04:44] and just crumbling instantly. It's cool that you learned and nailed what you need to do at the start, but you need to hold and follow that set up for more than one repetition. This is once again a very big reason why you should film

[04:57] all your sets and actually review your footage. An experienced lifter can feel instantly when they lose tension or when something goes wrong. But if you are still rather new, you have absolutely no way of knowing that unless you look at

[05:09] the video evidence. I know that it might feel a little uncomfortable to record yourself in the gym, but it really is one of the most powerful things that you about all the people in the gym judging you because

[05:22] they went through the same exact thing. When you think about it, once you become more experienced and you will see a beginner recording their set, you would also not judge them because you know that it's right and that you also went

[05:34] through the same exact thing. So there is really nothing to worry about. Now for a mistake that causes a ton of confusion in a lot of people. As most people tend to view exercises as exactly that, just exercises. But instead of

[05:47] that, you should look at it as movement patterns. That way, you can prevent a ton of confusion and potentially wasted time. There is this idea floating that you simply have to do certain exercises, no matter what. But, really, there are

[06:00] no must-do exercises. You don't have to do anything. That obviously doesn't mean that you can just do random stuff. You still need structure. But, there is a same goal. That's why it's better to look at everything as movement patterns

[06:13] instead of just exercises. For example, you might hear doing bench press is a must. But, it really isn't. What is a must is some kind of horizontal press, press. It could, for example, be push-ups instead. It's just never about

[06:27] the exercise itself. It's about the movement pattern. That's why you can get and not just that one thing that is set in stone. You can get jacked using all jacked by using all the things in a workout bar. Or, you can get jacked

[06:42] without any equipment at home. That's how you can customize your own workout to your own liking, which is extremely powerful. Because, if you are looking your workout, you will not want to give up on your dream because you enjoy it.

[06:55] So, don't let yourself get spooked by someone telling you that something is a must-do. Nothing is a must-do. As long as you are hitting all the movement patterns, it doesn't matter in which way you achieved it. And by the way, if you

[07:07] still haven't, I highly recommend you grab the cheat sheet I made, which should do, together with example exercises and even example sets per week. This is a really useful tool if you are looking to build a training plan

[07:20] by yourself, or if you are just really curious about all the different movement patterns that exist. You can grab the cheat sheet for absolutely free by description. And because you are a very cool and handsome viewer, and you made

[07:33] it all the way to the end, I guess that you will not get punished after all. I did, then I'm happy. Please, don't forget to check out the training plans first link below. Good luck in the gym and I will see you next time.

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