The rules of strength training.

1st rule: Always use proper form and use manageable weights.

2nd rule: Always use proper form and use manageable weights.

3rd rule: Help others and teach proper form to others, even the strongest or biggest people in the gym started with little knowledge. Be humble.

4th rule: Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid -Albert Einstein. This also applies in strength training. The 8th rule explains this in another way.

5th rule: Exercise patience and think of longevity. 

6th rule: Modest gains are better than fast gains. Fast gains can be a shortcut to injury, and often is.

7th rule: Everybody has an opinion about strength training. One does not always have to express it. Be modest.

8th rule: Strength training has many schools, different training regimes, and goals. Rejoice in the diversity of strength training, there is no right way. Read this and contemplate.

9th rule: Train hard, but not always. Rest and recovery is the true foundation on which you can build strength.