Biggest Mistakes

[iron addict]

Looking back on my training carreer, the two biggest training related mistakes I made were training to failure WAY to frequently (I used to hit failure on most everything every workout years ago) and not changing up the loading frequently enough. I suspect that is the case with many of you, and IMO you will be wise to correct it if that is the case.

Iron Addict

[DADAWG]

very good point , also the older we get the less tolerant we are of training to failure and overtraing imo

[Mudge]

I also do a lot less volume in my "older years."

[liftsiron]

My biggest mistake was over training when younger. I still do a high volume workout with heavy weight, but I have eliminated forced reps, drop sets supersets etc. long ago.

[DADAWG]

I have eliminated forced reps, drop sets supersets etc. long ago.

translation you quit listening to the muscle rags which will say anything to sell magazines . the number of people who have either quit working out or wasted their time because of bad advice in those rags is mind boggleing .

lifts its a damn shame we werent this smart when we were young enough to enjoy it lol

[ronb]

ain't this the truth. I still see guys trying to work thru pain. Duh! if i feel pain i go home.

[Deacon]

I overtrained for about 20 years - now I am much smarter

[mr.b]

My biggest mistake was doing too many sets and trying to train to failure when injured... Yikes..

It would seem we were all that stupid at one point..lol

[kickflip484]

So how often should someone workout to failure and use force reps? How often should you change up the weights i use??

[wolf78]

Prolonged plateaus are a good sign that you need to change up your work-out regimen whether it be the weight increments, work-out split, etc. Other than that---you know yourself better than anyone else... it's a subjective thing.

[CO-B16]

i used to overtrain years ago.....i would spend 2 hours in the gym just hittin my chest.....live and learn...