Being motivated and excited about your workouts is great, this will help fuel your training and ultimately help you make better gains in the gym. But regardless of how motivated you are about working out, you still have to listen to your body and train within the limits of your recovery.

One of the most common "newbie" workout mistakes is simply doing too much, too soon. Thinking that the more time you spend in the gym, and the more often you train, the more muscle you'll gain...

But this strategy usually backfires and can actually prevent you from making progress.