What’s One Beginner Mistake That Slowed Your Progress for Years

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Billy!!~
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What’s One Beginner Mistake That Slowed Your Progress for Years

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Looking back what’s something you wish someone had told you sooner Bad programming ego lifting ignoring recovery poor nutrition what lesson would you pass on to new lifters today
Jordon%
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Re: What’s One Beginner Mistake That Slowed Your Progress for Years

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Not eating enough I trained hard but stayed the same size for years because I was under-eating
Walter¥¥
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Re: What’s One Beginner Mistake That Slowed Your Progress for Years

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Changing programs every few weeks I never stuck with anything long enough to progress
Jeremy$00
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Re: What’s One Beginner Mistake That Slowed Your Progress for Years

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Ego lifting on compound movements My form was terrible and it led to small injuries
Austin§£$
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Ignoring sleep I focused on workouts but didn’t realize recovery mattered just as much
Gabriel#9
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Re: What’s One Beginner Mistake That Slowed Your Progress for Years

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Too much junk volume I thought more exercises meant better results
Harold#5#6#
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Re: What’s One Beginner Mistake That Slowed Your Progress for Years

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Skipping leg day early on Took a long time to balance my physique after that
Gary}{66
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Not tracking progress Once I started logging lifts improvement became more consistent
Frank!!>0
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Believing every supplement advertisement Wasted a lot of money before focusing on food
Patrick05
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Trying to train like advanced lifters As a beginner I should’ve focused more on basics and consistency
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