Common Gym Mistakes and Simple Solutions to them

Wardy257

Some great tips here on deadlifting:

beautyher

Now that was quite inspirational i must say. But who is willing to read such a long DO's and  DONT's. U could have made it short and easy , well even i read some of the tips to get slim and i must say IT really did work out for me. Possibly, you have simply had a child and need to get your pre-pregnancy figure back. Check out me with my friends after following the regime                                                                                                                                       

reiteration

very nice, can I have your tel number..?

Wardy257

I generally find the people that want to transform their bodies, and succeed are the ones that go the extra mile.

Well done on your own transformation/maintenance.

starfarer

I've very similar physique (less muscle) to the the guy doing here and it does worries me watching these squats deads vids as I definitely don't want to look like one . How do you describe the guy there- is he fat? overweight? muscular??

On deadlifting, I've found T NATION | Mastering the Deadlift - Part 2  very useful  esp on lowering part. It's a good watch there with most common mistakes on deads explained.

Wardy257

He is rock solid with some body fat.  There is a lot of muscle under all that.

cabanatuan

Here is a tip(which i still aint got the balls to do yet)

Leave your smartphone at home/locker when working out.

Too much distraction otherwise and just carry a dedicated ipod/mp3 player for your music fix.

The other day i was involved in a massive WhatsApp chat while at the gym...

IronGiant

I'll bet you'd have all reported it as spam if it wasn't for the picture   

I've left the picture there

sevenxl77

Lol I think we were all duped

Wardy257

Grip

I can not believe the number of people I see in the gym with weak grip.  I have female clients with better grip than most of the wannabe body builders.  The most common issue is people using either straps or mixed grip (or both!!) even for their warm up sets.  Yet you see the same people doing wrist curls!! Deadlifting and your back day should provide at a good grip work out each week if you you don't use straps or mixed grip.  I only use straps for my max effort deadlifts and only if I think my grip is distracting me from deadlifting with good form.

I also try to work on my grip on other days either doing static holds with Fat Gripz or dumbells/kettle bells or I use these:

RB Grippers

Which I have 2 one requiring 100lbs of pressure, the other requiring 180 lbs of pressure.

If you get good you can try this:

Dmitry Klokov Plate Flips for Grip Strength - All Things Gym