Spoke to a young guy in the gym tonight and reminisced given 26 years ago that was me. We chatted a little about training and what his goals were and it got me thinking about simple steps for beginners.
1. Be honest: This may not be politically correct but first things first. Have a good long look in the mirror then validate your observations with someone who is brutally honest. What you begin with has to dictate your strategy going forward. If you are fat, pre diabetic with high blood pressure then you need to get healthy first. Similarly if you are an emaciated super skinny teenage guy then mass needs to come before conditioning. Just be honest and work with what you have.
2. Programming: Keep it simple, very very simple. If it was possible to capture the energy that beginning lifters spend talking about the perfect routine, screwing with their routine and swapping between routines, you could power a small city indefinitely.A basic routine with simple linear progression is all that you need to start.
3. Diet: Eat healthily and spend time understanding the basic macros and volume of food required to support your goals. There are plenty of resources available online to provide guidance but often to gain and support recovery hard training lifters need far more food than you think. Note I advocate healthy food, large volumes of shit will always make you fat.
4. There are no absolutes: There are many so called guru's but very little truth. It is difficult for a noob to validate the myriad of information available today. First thing first, do not listen to your dopey mate who spends $150 a month on supplements and still weighs 60kg's.
Read anything by Dan John, his simple philosophies strip lifting back to its core principles. Follow this by reading Starting Strength end to end. Don't worry about the Mark Rippetoe bashing that's occurred lately.
As always keep it simple.
Stay Strong
Thomo
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