3 important tips for beginner lifters

If you are early on in your lifting journey, you might not know exactly what you should do to get the best results. Here are my top 3 tips that I believe are super helpful:

1. Pick weights that are heavy enough for your rep range

- Reps that feel “easy” don’t do much to help build muscle since they aren’t challenging

- The reps that actually build muscle are the last few before failure, which feel very hard and slow

- These tough reps are called effective reps

2. Track your weights, reps, and sets

- Writing these down helps you know what to aim to “beat” in your next workout, to make sure you’re continually challenging your body

- This will make sure you are progressively overloading, leading to better results

- There are several apps you can download to help you track, or you can write down by hand in a notebook or in your notes app

3. You won’t see progress without eating enough protein

- Protein is the building block of muscle

- If you are lifting, you need to eat protein to repair your muscles and get stronger - without it, you won’t see much progress from your workouts

- Aim to eat 0.8g - 1.2g of protein per pound of body weight (e.g. if you weigh 140lbs, aim for 112 - 168g protein)

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