6/18/2023 0 Comments Eugene teoSo what's the better alternative? "It's to take ownership of your health and nutrition and to learn how to work with macro nutrients and calories. The industry is designed to leave you confused." "Unfortunately, we're so confused by the appeal of these custom diet plans and meal plans, thinking it's the latest Hollywood secret protocol to getting results. "If you give yourself the freedom to choose whatever you want, then you'll soon find what works and what doesn't work for you," he says. You might be able to get away with a couple cheeky transitions here and there, but it's probably going to come back and bite you in the ass soon enough."įrom there, he believes that with enough knowledge, you can create your own nutrition plan. Instead of blindly following along, he encourages beginners to learn about nutrition (calories and macros) and think of it like you do finances: "Going overboard in your food spend is similar to going overboard in your expenses. "They're used as a way to hide behind the smoke and mirrors of secrecy as if there's something so special about the specific foods or combinations and details in the meal plan, instead of teaching you how to take care of yourself." "The issue with meal plans is that they don't really teach you anything," he says. Teo says he would follow the plans diligently, but would rely on the coach providing the meal plan to tell him everything he should do. The meal plan would be eggs and oatmeal for meal one, and meal 2 through 5 would be chicken, sweet potatoes and broccoli, and meal 5 would maybe be beef or slam on for extra fats," he says. "Every body building coach that I had used to give me meal plans. Teo is careful to point out that he still uses barbells, but only for deadlifts, where his upper extremities aren't involved in the motion. ![]() "They force you to move in this fixed plane of motion, which isn't about being more or less 'functional', but it's more about the that you will expose your joints to a lot more shearing forces that could have easily been avoided by opting for a dumbbell, cable, or even a machine-based variation instead." His point: The barbell may not be an efficient choice, especially when it comes to your joints. "If there is a better option that will provide just as much, if not more, target stimulation to the muscles with less joint wear, then wouldn't you want to use that?" "I could've save my elbows, my wrists, and my shoulders from a lot of unnecessary wear and strain, and gotten even more out of my training at the time," he said. Teo added that, at the time, he was working with bodybuilders, trainers and coaches who loved barbells, and his lack of knowledge led him to not question their training methods. ![]() "If there's one thing that I wish I could do differently through my early years of training," Teo says, "it's relying so heavily on straight barbell movements." ![]() Mistake #1: Barbells are an incredibly convenient exercise tool, but they're usually not the best option. In a new YouTube video, Australian personal trainer Eugene Teo shared the two biggest mistakes he made when he first started training that he says would have saved him "a lot of unnecessary joint pain and strain, confusion around my nutrition, and given me a lot more progress in and out of the gym." Here's what Teo singled out:
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