The 6 Primary Reasons Why You’re Not Achieving Your Goals I think it’s safe to say that a whole lot of gym-goers aren’t making the gains that they want, aren’t reaching their goals, or aren’t making the progress that they thought they would when they first started lifting. Maybe they made progress at first, but after those initial “newbie gains,” it just stopped. When you first pick up a barbell, pretty much anything that you do will work. But after those first 8 weeks or so, the gains come grinding to a halt and many a lifter is left bewildered and confused as to what to do next or what to do to get those gains moving again. In this essay, I’ll look at some of the most common culprits for why you’re not making gains. This list isn’t extensive, perhaps, but if you heed my advice, the gains will start coming again. So, without any further preamble, let’s get started. Here are 6 reasons that you’re not making gains. ...
Bodyweight Training and More for Upper Body Size and Strength You don’t need much equipment to build a good physique. A lot of trainees spend all their time at the gym doing endless bench press exercises with barbells and dumbbells along with an assorted array of machine movements for their chest, shoulders, and triceps. Most gym-goers could get equally good results, and perhaps even better gains, with little other than dips and push-ups, however. Push-ups seem so “basic” that many think there isn’t much use for them once one gets past the beginner stage or has access to “better” exercises. But they still work as well as about anything. And old-school bodybuilders and lifters from yesteryear often called dips the “upper body squat” for a reason. Dips can produce big-time upper body gains. Dips and push-ups have been around for a long time. Well over a thousand years ago, Roman and Gre...