I ' ll do unimaster here and after that i believe if I live two more years ill be able to get a citizenship which will be perfect . <| sep |> doot doot # LESS THAN THREE <| sep |> Maybe it ' s just me nitpicking , but I hate when people run around spamming jump . Sorry <| sep |> Seriously those under ride guards usually don ' t do shit . Especially when they ' re old and rusty . They need more reinforcement to work correctly <| sep |> After working out for about 5 years these are definitely some of the things I wish I knew when I first started 1 Proper form . Throw your ego away before you even enter the gym if your goal is to build muscle you have to lighten the weight enough to get about 10 reps if you can ' t it ' s too heavy . 2 Rep Pace . I used to think being able to throw around heavy weight with awful form was just fine . Lower the weight slow down your tempo and really feel every rep of the muscle you ' re working . Otherwise why are you working it ? 3 The Eccentric portion of the movement . So in any exercise there is a concentric and eccentric part of the movement . Concentric is when the muscle shortens and eccentric is when it stretches . For example in a bicep curl when you curl up it ' s the concentric and when you let the bar come back down to your waist is the eccentric . Really focus on the eccentric portion as that ' s where the most muscle is built and that is how you can overload the muscles . I would do for most exercises 1 second concentric 34 seconds eccentric . 4 Stretching Warmups . I can ' t stress this enough but you need to be warming up your muscles before working out whether it ' s dynamic stretches or static stretches you cannot just jump right into working weight . You will notice all your muscles and joints feel much better and function better throughout the workout . 5 Muscle Joint health . This kinda ties into the last one but take care of your muscle and joints ! I didn ' t understand the importance of shoulder and rotator cuff health until 3 years into lifting where I seriously fucked up my shoulders and had to take nearly a year off from lifting and even still get some mild pain every once in a while nowadays . I know you ' re young and think nothing can hurt you but start taking care of them now so you never run into the problem later on . This doesn ' t go for just shoulders take care of your entire body and while you ' re young or you will regret it in 10 years . 6 Consistency . This is the key to gains . I used to go to the gym maybe a couple times a week then skip some days and wonder why I wasn ' t seeing results . Consistency is one of the biggest factors . If you are inconsistent with what days you workout and what days you rest you will just have to accept that you are not maximizing the amount of gains you could be making . No one is going to achieve your goal for you .