Yeah well the reality is most people who go to the gym don't lift correctly, have jobs outside the gym (Office, construction), health problems other sports. Sure if your a professional weight lifter you might be able to forgo stretching but the the average gym goer they should not.
In that case, I'd blame the personal trainers in the gym. If you're a complete noob who wants to get in shape, you rely on the experience and knowledge of those people. If they half-ass their job and tell people to do the bare minimum, without good supervision and advice, then it's no wonder why many people get put off by the idea of constantly working out.
My gym has on call trainers so they are seldom seen lmao.
Sounds like a terrible gym for noobs...
Eh not really. Has everything for every level outside of strongman stuff. Quite a few people who go to my gym just want to look good (Why some people turn to steroids) aren't there to lift high numbers and put in real effort. Which is good because there is never a wait for the squat racks or benches most of the time.
Dude looks like Nick Rekieta if he started sticking needles in his ass instead of liquor bottles.
Honestly, dont even pretend like you get any gains without butt chugging a jackdaniels/pre workout cocktail.
Why does everyone think you need preworkout to workout? I would guess your brain fog is the “come down” from your preworkout.
The cons of shitty sleep far outweigh the pros of preworkout so be careful with the caffeine. Redcon1's Total War is good but 350mg of caffeine is just too much for me. I typically stick with ON's Amino Energy these days.
I know it's widely bashed, but supposedly psychotic labs insane has 400mg caffeine and an ungodly amount of yohimbine.
Pre-workout abuse gave me a heart condition. I prefer sleep now.
Been making a point of trying to get enough sleep, maybe somedays I got less sleep than I realized. And yes, Im in a calorie deficit cause Im trying to lose weight while Im building muscle.
I'll look into it, and One of these days I'll probably curve my caffeine addiction. Right now Im just focussing on replacing my alcohol and pill addiction with a lifting addiction, sober for a few months now cause I don't wanna end up like Ethan Ralph.
I used to abuse worse things than pre workout and afaik my heart is fine, so Im gonna look up your recommendation.
Way to go on the sobriety. I have been sober for almost a decade. Keep it up. It’s the hardest thing you’ll ever do but it’s the most rewarding thing you’ll ever do. Life is too short to spend it fucked up all the time.
Caffeine has a half-life of around 6 hours so if you take 350mg of caffeine at around noon, at 10pm you've still got roughly two Red Bull's worth of caffeine in your system. Being addicted to caffeine is fine, you just need to control the dose and timing. Poor sleep quality is basically reverse steroids.
