The very first time you decide to start bodybuilding, more often than not you are burning with zeal and passion.
At that time you feel like you can carry the world on your shoulder and the muscles will appear the very next day after your first workout.
While it is good to be passionate about something, you can't run purely on your passion.
You need to cultivate some disciplines that will keep you going especially when the times get tough and rough.
Here are some of the most common mistakes that beginners make the very first time they hit the gym.
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Having no goal as their goal They say that if you aim at everything, even nothing will be a direct hit.
You must first of all know what you want out of the time and energy and even money that you spend in the gym.
This means that you have to clearly right down what you want to achieve and within what period of time.
Even if you went to the gym just for the fun of it, then you need to know whether you want biceps, chest muscles, weight loss, weight gain etc.
these goals are the ones that will direct you on what to do next.
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Working out without a plan This is normally a ripple effect of the first mistake.
You see, the only way a map can help you is if you know at least the name of the place where you want to go, otherwise the map is just another piece of paper.
There are two road maps that every bodybuilder must have.
The first one is a meal plan and the second one is a training program.
If you have these two then you are less likely to commit the following two mistakes.
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Poor nutrition The most common mistake made in nutrition is exchanging quantity for quality.
The fact that you are now a bodybuilder means that your body now has even more nutritional needs than it had before, this isn't dealing with the quantity bit only.
You need to have the required nutrients both in the right quantity and quality.
U need to gain lean weight, and this in itself should tell you something about those deep fried chicken wings.
Keep your meals lean and make sure that you get all the vitamins and minerals that you need.
One of the best ways of ensuring that you get all the right stuff every day is by having a meal plan.
In actual sense, every serious bodybuilder must have a meal plan.
Gone are the days when you would walk into the kitchen and eat on a whim, you might as well stop buying those tabs of ice cream and cookies.
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Not having a training program You don't just walk into the gym and decide you feel like doing barbell curls and then the next day you feel like doing cardio nearly the whole time.
Depending on your goals, make a training program that will help you accomplish these goals.