Former Mister USA cautions bodybuilders against one huge mistake most people make

A former Mister USA has revealed the one mistake most people make when bodybuilding – and the exact amount of time to spend in the gym to get ripped.Nick Trigili, 39, fell in love with bodybuilding after working at a gym from the age of 15, and at age 25, he was crowned Mister USA.Now he has refined his workouts, and says it’s a myth that you need to spend every day in the gym weightlifting to achieve an award-winning physique.He said you should train in a one day on, one day off rotation and be in the gym between 45 minutes and an hour.Nick, a nutritionist from New York City, said, “People always make the mistake of overdoing it, and think you need to be in the gym every single day.“I recommend people do a day on and a day off.“This will yield the best results for people as they are giving their body a break.“You don’t work seven days a week 24/7, so why would you put your body through the stress of working out seven days a week?”Nick fell in love with the gym where he was mentored by experienced weightlifters after he was kicked out of high school during his sophomore year.He would train four days a week, have a lean diet of chicken, rice and vegetables, and started entering bodybuilding competitions.Morning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.

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Never miss a story.But it turned into an obsession that saw Nick spending up to three hours a day lifting weights between shifts.Experienced bodybuilders quickly told him he was overdoing it.

They gave him one piece of advice that he still follows today: spend no more than an hour in the gym, then leave.“I was lucky, I had some really good people guiding me in bodybuilding,” Nick said.“I was doing two to three hours a day, which was too much.“Then my mentors told me to be in the gym between 45 minutes and an hour and leave.“...