Tip The Biggest Mistake Lifters Make Search Skip to content Menu Menu follow us Store Articles Community Loyal-T Club Loyal-T Points Rewards Subscribe to Save Search Search The World s Trusted Source & Community for Elite Fitness Training Tip The Biggest Mistake Lifters Make If your main goal right now is to build strength avoid this common mistake by Paul Carter November 9, 2017August 18, 2019 Tags Powerlifting & Strength, Tips, Training Appreciate Individuality One of the biggest mistakes novice and intermediate lifters make is that they see one really strong guy and think they should be doing all the things he did to arrive there. But this is true only to an extent. The really strong guy learned the basics of good technique, but he also gravitated towards things that intuitively worked well for him as an individual. These unique things can't be replicated with the same success. In fact, the strongest people share one very common trait, outside of things like genetics and work ethic. They have a strong intuition of what will and won't work for them. It's an innate ability that makes them gravitate towards the types of movements and set/rep schemes that will work for them. They have the ability to manipulate even the smallest training changes that push them past plateaus. While the strongest people on the planet have some things in common, they also have a ton of differences, and they had to figure out what would work for them. Caution: Jumping from workout to workout, believing there's some holy grail out there, is a great way to go nowhere fast. So the catch is that you commit to different things but experiment as well. You'll eventually find what speaks to your training soul, while still benefitting from the philosophies that have stood the test of time. You then manipulate little variables to see how they affect your training performance, and how much you like them. Liking something in training is a major component in getting better. Because if you don't like your girlfriend or boyfriend very much, you're probably not going to be tagging them in memes and touching their butt a whole lot. Training isn't a lot different. Get The T Nation Newsletters Don' t Miss Out Expert Insights To Get Stronger, Gain Muscle Faster, And Take Your Lifting To The Next Level related posts Training Workout Challenge Push-Ups For Pros Think you've outgrown push-ups? Think again. Try one of these each week for seven weeks as a new workout challenge. And try not to cry. Exercise Coaching, Push-Up T Nation December 4 Training Bodybuilder Abs Athlete Core There's a difference between ab training and core training. Here are some new exercises for both goals. Training Gareth Sapstead June 16 Training Tip The Ultimate Shoulder Warm-Up Grab a light band and run through this clever drill. Your shoulders will feel amazing and you'll be ready to smash the heavy weights. It Hurts Fix It, Mobility, Shoulders, Tips, Training Tom Morrison November 8 Training Tip Cluster Training for New Muscle Growth Using intra-set rest periods to build muscle and strength. Bonus: This training method will keep your form in check. Here's how. Bodybuilding, Powerlifting & Strength, Tips, Training Jason Brown August 3