I still remember my first day at the gym. I weighed about 230 pounds, could barely curl the 15-pound dumbbells, and had no idea what I was doing.
It all seemed so new to me, and I had no clue how muscle growth worked.
I knew that lifting weights would help me build muscle, but I knew little else apart from that.
Over the years, I’ve picked up many nuggets of wisdom related to muscle growth. Let’s discuss some of them below.
Learning how to believe in yourself is one of the most challenging things you will ever have to do. The truth is, we are all human, and it’s only natural to feel doubt from time to time.
But, doubt and limiting beliefs can be significant roadblocks if we allow them to stop us from even trying.
Interestingly enough, things are not set in stone, and we can train ourselves to overcome perceived limitations.
You’ve probably heard of the upper lower split routine before. It’s everywhere, and countless people tout it for its effectiveness and flexibility.
You might have even tried it yourself. At first glance, it looks simple enough:
Split your training into upper and lower workouts. But, as you probably imagine, there is more to it.
Below, we’ll go over the most important considerations regarding the upper lower split routine. More specifically, how to schedule and program it, how to build your workouts, and how to progress.
As far as organizing our training goes, we don’t have that many options.
Sure, there are many splits out there, but the effective ones are just a handful. Today, we’ll be talking about one of them – the push/pull/legs split.
Below, we’ll go over absolutely everything you’ve ever wanted to know about it – from its overall design to the smallest of details.
For the first three years in the gym, I never bothered to learn the pull-up.
Yes, that’s right. I had been training consistently for about three years and had someone asked me, I couldn’t do a single pull-up to save my life.
Yet, I always felt incredible admiration for the dude who could jump up, grab the bar and bang out a set of ten solid pull-ups like it was nothing.
So I finally decided to get myself together and start progressing.
But… how does one improve upon something they can’t even do? It certainly felt like an impossible task at first.