In this blog story, I decided to gather in one place the five biggest sabotages of progress in training.
1️⃣ IBUPROFEN
I've noticed a lot of people taking ibuprofen. Research has shown that it is actually very effective in supresing male sex hormones. The problem is that without high levels of male sex hormones there is no muscle recovery. Stay away from brufen (contains ibuprofen) although many athletes take ibuprofen for relive the pain. In fact, the pain comes from inflammations in the body, and you can best regulate them with fish oil and curcumin. In this way, you also get rid of pain, which has no effect on muscle strength and growth.
2️⃣ MOBILE PHONE
The second biggest mistake is using the phone during training. Studies have shown that androgenic hormones are reduced by 31%, when the phone is in contact with the body in your hands or in your pocket. Of course you don't want to train with 31% less testosterone. In addition to that, the direct link between cancer and time spent on the phone has also been proven.
3️⃣ NON-ALCOHONIC BEVERAGES
One group of exercisers in the study drank ONE soft drink a DAY. The other group did not drink it at all. Both groups were following strrictly a Low Carb High Protein Diet. The non-soft drink group showed FAR greater effects in percentages of fat lost.
4️⃣ CONSTANT MAXIMIZATION
One of the main reasons people DON'T PROGRESS is the constant maxing out of weights due to social media pressure. "If something isn't on Instagram, it didn't even happen." Ed Cohen has designed a plan to lift every day at the level of 12 weeks, and the interesting thing is that he did not miss a single lift. He didn't need VALIDATION from instagram for that! By using fb, insta, comments, updates, mail, likes during training, you waste dopamine unnecessarily (waste energy and concentration). DOPAMINE is the main fuel for weightlifting. Without dopamine, there is no progress.
5️⃣ LACK OF GOALS
Going to the gym without a plan and doing "random" training in a receipe for time wasted. Also, if you don't keep records of your workouts and weight loss, forget about your progress. Bodybuilders who want to track their progress should measure 6RM (the heaviest weight you could lift for 6 consecutive exercise repetitions) on the desired exercises, go to the gym with a plan and goal and monitor the increase in 6RM, if it increases you know you are on the right track and making progress.