lifting smart vs. ego lifting
by Rick Day
i can’t stress enough how i feel the importance of lifting smart is. i remember my first couple years of lifting i would try to lift as heavy as possible and sacrifice my form and for what? i thought i was being cool and impressing people. i’ve watched a lot of people in the gym do this for the past years and there is some at my gym now (and these aren’t young guys these are middle aged men). it wasn’t until i really dropped the weight and focused on my form and getting the best contraction on each rep that i noticed my body responded and took off. the only thing that ego lifting got me was a cortizone shot in my rear delt 4 years ago, and other minor injuries as well. the moral of my story is my philosy towards weight training is don’t get consumed by the numbers. i never write down the amount of weight i use because i could really give a shit less. the way i track my results is what i see in the mirror. so don’t lift with your ego. lift smart because if you injure yourself your going to have to take time off or adjust somthing thats going to slow your initial progress down.
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- Shaun
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Hey Tyler, just a personal question. Do you prefer training solo or with a partner? I've been training solo for almost 4 years now and I,myself am pretty strong and able to control muscle movements with large weights. However, I am not sure if I have a partner I am able to perform better or get slowed down.
- 9 March 2013
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- Adam
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Have you ever tried or eard of Carb Backloading (CBL) or CarbNite? Its a program that allows you to only eat all your carbs after your workout, and those carbs are mainly simple carbs. It's a type of fatloss program as well. Wnated to know what your take is on it if so.
- 7 March 2013
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- Kirk
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Hi Tyler, i have 2 questions i was hoping you could help me with. 1. Im currently carb-cycling for fat loss and was wondering if i should count my post workout shake carbs in my overall carb count? 2. When counting the total number of sets i've done for a given muscle group, should i include dropsets in that count? For example if 4 sets of bench press but i did 2 drop sets, should i count this as 6 total sets for my volume? Thanks in advance!
- 6 March 2013
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- Jeremy
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Hi Tyler, quick connection about taking naps. Im currently trying to trim out and i'm cycling my carbs. Some days when i get home from work, I like to take a nap, roughly 30-60 mins. However, my last meal prior to my nap is usually around 3pm and i would nap at around 6pm. My question is, is it a problem if i sleep through my next meal? I typically eat every 2-3 hours but in this case my meal would be "late" or missed. Is this a problem?
- 4 March 2013
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- Lance
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What exercises would you recommend for a more fuller and thicker looking bicep? Also to help prononciate the horse shoe in the triceps? Thanks!
- 1 March 2013
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- Jon
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Tyler, if you had to pick only 4 foods for the rest of your life, which would they be and why ? (and how about supplements)
- 28 February 2013
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- Angel
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hey tyler. havent posted in the comment box in forever. been following u for 2 yrs now. ur buffalo chicken tenders recipe is awesome and thanks im now hooked on that popcorn seasoning...i put it on rice, eggs, veggies. hope all is great!
- 27 February 2013
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- James
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Hey Tyler... I've been taking supplements for a while now, including but not limited too BCAA, glutamine, karboiyn, fish oil capsules, pre-workout powders with beta-alanine, creatine and such, etc.... i havent ever really cycled off of anything for longer then a week and it doesn happen very often. Are there any supplements you know of that i really should be cycling off of more frequently? Or should i just stop everything for a solid 1-2 months and come back on to it?
- 26 February 2013
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- tom
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tyler - if you are dating amber why post a pic of your old chick?
- 22 February 2013
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- Jesse
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Tyler,what are your thoughts on carb backloading/inter fasting? I knew that you have tried it before. Is that what Gregg Plitt does? Reading things on him,thats what it sounds like to me,him only eating a huge meal once a day.
- 18 February 2013
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