Hi guys, just need your advice on how you guys gym/workout? do you guys started off with personal trainer? I'm a newbie and skinny nerdy kind.. just sign up a membership in celebrity fitness (all club), hoping to gain some mass but when I went there I am totally lost on how to use those machine and felt tension around the buff guys (feel like I occupy their space/machine).. I know people always say go youtube learn, but some said youtube is useless (marketing gimmick).. confused now.. Anyone goes to CF here? or can give any advice? (I know I sound like a pussy, but oh well.. )

This post has been edited by Dy1an312: Nov 30 2015, 11:02 PM

you can start with a personal trainer, although bear in mind 3 promotional sessions are not enough at all. need at least tenths of session which costs sum of money.

They only gave me one PT session which is only 45minute and more towards push selling.. and the price is too expensive espeacially when I am still a student..

you can start by reading pinned thread in this Bodybuilding & Strength Training section? Should have some thread pinned for beginners there.

at the end of day those PT in cf they only care about their sales lol and just follow the same process and repeat until they found new client..

totally agreed with what you said.. they tend to talk more then they teach most of the time..

Beware those commercial PT will teach you half squat, 3" bench press and no deadlift cause it is dangerous.

I personally learn from youtube. Just trial and error. Start with lighter weights so you dont hurt yourself easily.

I only went through the useless 3 session PT full of crap. Nothing much learnt from those sessions.

Takes time to learn

Youtube FTW!

Learn from body aches and injuries.

Not to injuries. That means you push yourself too hard.

how do you differentiate injury and ache? some say having ache is good as body building muscle and some say is bad...

not serious injuries la. good form and proper way to do some exercise. Learn from mistakes thats what I meant.

I am no expert but to me, lets say if you are working out your chest muscles, but at the end of the day you are feeling the soreness from your biceps and triceps...means you are doing it wrongly....

Injuries normally last longer than soreness... like unable to extend your forearm...unable to lift the shoulders up....joint issues... or spine injury....etc....

Keep in mind that I am also new to the lifting game.

This post has been edited by BacktoBasics: Dec 1 2015, 01:36 PM

doesn't seem to have any pinned threads for Newbie/pure beginners. or maybe i'm reading the wrong things

Maybe there werent any thread SPECIFICALLY titled for beginners, but some of them really worth to read for good start.

Got one thread discussed on whey protein also. I think it is good for beginners to read on how to carefully choose your whey protein for your supplement to get best result, to avoid being cheated, have awareness about what they put in our supplement, etc etc.

learn from you tube ...

Bodybuilding.com and muscleandfitness.com has alot of guides for beginners

Oh really? That will definetely be useful for me. Thanks foe the info! I tried drinking whey protein and i dint gain any weight... feel cheated lol....

Few months ago a friend of mine bring me train at CF since his friend is a PT..... Then later when i do squat he suddenly corrects me lol bla bla bla and the moment i facepalm later he do chest exercises.....

The truth is that he doesn't even lift and he doesn't even work his calves lol.....

Bro u should already know that PT they just guide u lol they didn't know what may works for him might be different for u lol....

For example the way you do squat might be different. I know those PT would always correct one since they got more experience....