10 Mistakes Killing Your Diet

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Ricky Goodrich
October 18, 2024

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Here’s what we’ve got to end your week with:

  • 10 common traps dieters fall into

  • Mitchell Hooper’s top 5 leg builders

  • A complete novice’s guide to doing your first pull-up

Nutrition

Tellin’ Y’all, It’s Sabotage

When you are dieting, you may have several external forces working against you, but nothing is as hard to fight as your own self-sabotage.

Dr. Mike Israetel sees people fall into these 10 traps all the time and hopes that by calling them out, you can help eliminate conflicts between you, yourself, and your weight loss goals.

For example, you can meet friends while eating out with the best of intentions, but things can quickly go south with the calorie content in restaurant food. Ditto for snacking, as the classic “having just one” is among the greatest lies ever told to ourselves. 

Find out how to avoid these self-inflicted pitfalls and stay on the path to the vision you have for your future self.

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Exercise Tips

Grow Your Moose Legs

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Strongman Mitchell Hooper spends a lot of time thinking about leg training. After all, building a strong lower body is vital for some of his biggest lifts.

Hooper recently opened up about his favorite leg-building exercises, using not only his strength-athlete prowess but also his advanced degrees in kinesiology and exercise physiology as a guide.

Like many before him, Hooper prefers big, bulky movements like squats and leg presses over dainty, low-weight movements. He also has a couple of movements he specifically hates for leg training that might surprise you. While walking lunges and safety bar squats might have a lot of value for a strongman competitor, Hooper thinks they’re absolute pants for building up the legs. 

Get a glimpse into The Moose’s fertile mind and start growing a ripe new pair of gams.

Workouts

Start Today

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The pull-up is sometimes referred to as the upper-body version of the squat because of how fundamental it is. Unlike the squat, though, not everybody can execute a basic bodyweight pull-up with proper form, leading to a dystopian intra-gym experience.

If you’re in the camp of people who have never been able to get your chest to the bar, there’s no need to worry. Virtually everyone has been there at one point or another, and you, not them, have access to BarBend’s ultimate guide for beginners trying to get on board the pull-up train.

This guide includes a detailed four-week plan to help you strengthen the muscles needed to execute the all-important upper-body lift. You’re closer to your pull-up goals than you think — just pay close attention to the map you’ve been given.

Everything Else

Pack Your Suitcase

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