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3 Big Time Mistakes…That I’ve Made…December 18, 2009 on 7:19 pm | In Strength Training | 17 CommentsLast night, before my workout, I met with a local TV station employee to work a marketing exchange. He wanted to go to a local Italian resturant and eat some pizza and wings…so we feasted. ….Fast Foward 2 hours…. As I finish my last set of sandbag lunges, I’m bent over, clenching my sides wishing I never had met a slice of meat lovers pizza. My mouth felt like salty cotton and my insides were screaming! Bent over in pain for the next 15 minutes gave me some time to reflect on some other mistakes I’ve made in the past Mistakes I’ve Made.
I hate making mistakes (and of course I dislike admitting to them), but I see a lot of the young athletes out there making the same errors I did. How many teenagers do you think actually eat breakfast every day? According to the University of Wisconsin’s research 30% of teens skip breakfast. You can only guess at how many guzzle sugary drinks all day and then try to work out….then stay up until all hours of the night playing video games. So, I”m admitting to my errors and shortcomings as an example. If you can’t care of your rest and your diet resembles a “what not to eat” list, then you WILL NOT GET STRONGER. ==> Misery loves company – anyone else make mistakes??? Post them up in the comments, hopefully it will reach at least one of the younger athletes that read this site and change their life for the better. - Joe Hashey, CSCS - PS. Here are the upcoming posts for the next 2week:
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Hahahaha, lmao at #1, gotta love pizza hut buffet on the rare occasion though!
Comment by Earl — December 18, 2009 #
Haha Earl, RARE occassion is key! The next day Im soooo dehydrated. Poor decision making.
Joe
Comment by Admin: Joe Hashey, CSCS — December 18, 2009 #
I can honestly say I am a victim of all three of those mistakes. What you talked about at the end was my biggest vice though. I would never get enough sleep leaving me no energy for my workouts. The more you train the more rest and recovery you need. Give your body time to heal!
Comment by Pat — December 18, 2009 #
Pat – Id have a tough time picking the BIGGEST mistake from high school athletes, but that could very well be it. Some of the kids stay up to 1 or 2 am, go to school, workout, etc, etc and be falling over tired!
Thanks for the comment!
Joe
Comment by Admin: Joe Hashey, CSCS — December 18, 2009 #
You lack respect for the epic bloat that follows eating that much pizza. Pizza is most choice for the squat and bench.
Comment by KarstenDD — December 18, 2009 #
Joe,
You got me; I am guilty of all three! The Chinese Buffet is my weakness!!
Comment by Jerry Shreck — December 19, 2009 #
Jerry – You got me on that one…Ive hit the Chinese buffett a few times too…
Joe
Comment by Admin: Joe Hashey, CSCS — December 19, 2009 #
Ha Karsten. I always claim I am “carb loading” when I falter with the pizza. And yes…MASSIVE bloat.
Joe
Comment by Admin: Joe Hashey, CSCS — December 19, 2009 #
As I am reading this, I am eating some tasty holiday party leftover chekmix. I am guilty of #1.
Comment by gene pires — December 19, 2009 #
guilty of all three as well. But the thing I’m most embarrassed about was looking down my nose at those people using free weights while I was busy “isolating my muscles” doing Nautilus.
Comment by phil — December 19, 2009 #
Gene,
I just got a plate myself! Havent touched them though, I think I can hold out on these!
Now maybe if they were the PB with the hersey kiss, it would be a different story!
Joe
Comment by Admin: Joe Hashey, CSCS — December 19, 2009 #
One of the mistakes I made in HS was not eating enough. Many young girls starve themselves thinking it would help them lose fat but it leads to metabolic problems and loss of muscle and bone. My performance would have been much better if I knew when and what to eat. Recovery is hugely overlooked.
Great article. I see these things a lot.
Comment by Rhea Morales — December 19, 2009 #
I’d have to say not spending enough time on the warmup/prehab aspects of training. The deadlift is at an all-time high, while putting on socks is equally challenging. Oh, and I’ll join the club on excessive pizza loading from time to time.
Comment by Brian — December 19, 2009 #
Brian – I should have mentioned warm up! I dont think I did that very much either in high school – just didnt understand the body enough!
Comment by Admin: Joe Hashey, CSCS — December 19, 2009 #
Rhea, I know what you mean – good call on that one.
Joe
Comment by Admin: Joe Hashey, CSCS — December 19, 2009 #
I made every one of these in high school! I worked so hard at it that I was starting to have periods where I could not sit still. I would ask permission to go to the can and sprint down, jump up on some pipes and do pullups til I calmed down. I trained to heavy when younger and brother my shoulder complex is a mess because of it. I was like you Joe, I bought all the rags and jumped from program to program. I should have ate the rags and I would be money and body ahead.Eat right,take time to recover and guard your joints,cause when you wear out your body where will you live?
Comment by Bill — December 21, 2009 #
Well said Bill!
Joe
Comment by Admin: Joe Hashey, CSCS — December 21, 2009 #