Are you moving poundages on your squat, deadlift, bench press, row (and every other major compound exercise) that all feel substantially heavy for your body? Are your clothes fitting significantly tighter? Are you generally beginning to gain a reputation as a muscular guy that people aspire to look like?

If the answer is not “yes” to all of the previous questions, then you really don’t need to be concerned about the insignificant details of your body.

Eliminate these types of questions from your mind until after you have a considerable amount of muscle mass and are no longer in your bodybuilding “youth”.

What is the reason? Don’t let trivial matters divert your attention from your immediate and important task. What is the crucial thing to accomplish at this time? The goal is to place as much muscle and strength on your body as possible.

Don’t worry about matching your biceps to your triceps, and forget about matching your chest to your back. It’s simply not worth worrying about these issues until later on, after you’ve significantly thickened up your entire body.

If you have been training consistently for less than a year and are still a beginner then you should stop obsessing over details. You should rather focus your attention on the most pressing and fundamental problems. Move to a good weight training routine and be very determined to stick with it.

Write down every single workout that you perform and place every ounce of energy you can muster on adding as much weight to the bar on a consistent basis as you possibly can. Grind out all of the biggest, most difficult compound exercises and blast through those discomfort zones with passion and intensity.

Get yourself into the kitchen and pack in at least 5 or 6 properly balanced muscle building meals every day of the week, every week of the month and every month of the year.

Drink your water, get your rest and take your supplements whenever necessary. In other words: PAY YOUR DUES FIRST!

Focusing on the fundamentals first and the details later is the most efficient path possible.

You should bring this kind of mentality to your bodybuilding program. Developing your body is a progressive, step-by-step process: you shouldn’t try to fine-tune your physique without first developing adequate foundational muscle, just as you wouldn’t try to perform a guitar solo without first knowing the basic chords.

Developing a well muscled body isn’t brain surgery, but it does require a disciplined and determined mindset. And not until you’ve put in the work and effort, because impressive and muscular bodies have to be earned. Stop spreading out your focus onto every single minute issue that pops up. Continue your training in the gym!