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Back again, I took a week off partly due to major post masters hangover partly because my form was just awful and I didn't feel I was progressing cleanly and also cause I was getting plenty of exercise in due to playing golf a couple times during the week and not getting rest days.
So I did as the app suggested and deloaded on sunday which meant dropping back down to 80kg on the squats. Hit the gym with renewed vigour thinking this'l be easy.... and it was, kinda form was massively improved I didn't realize how off I was before the rest week and tbh im really glad I did it, however monday morning came as did the aching quads, feeling great that improved form has helped me hit the right muscles I was looking forward to today until that was when I got out of bed this morning, damn I could hardly walk serious quad doms.
Undeterred I hit the lunch squats anyway, well that failed 5/1/5/3/3 total collapse on the quads at the bottom just could not get back up.
So all in a little disappointed that my top weights have dropped however massively happy that my form has hit the quads now so looking forward to the next few weeks of proper gains, assuming I can walk lol.
All in all if you feel like your weight increases are out gunning your real gains I highly recommend taking a week off to recover and deload to dial that form in right, its amazing how quickly it can slip and you end up lifting with no real gain, i'm really glad I did
So I did as the app suggested and deloaded on sunday which meant dropping back down to 80kg on the squats. Hit the gym with renewed vigour thinking this'l be easy.... and it was, kinda form was massively improved I didn't realize how off I was before the rest week and tbh im really glad I did it, however monday morning came as did the aching quads, feeling great that improved form has helped me hit the right muscles I was looking forward to today until that was when I got out of bed this morning, damn I could hardly walk serious quad doms.
Undeterred I hit the lunch squats anyway, well that failed 5/1/5/3/3 total collapse on the quads at the bottom just could not get back up.
So all in a little disappointed that my top weights have dropped however massively happy that my form has hit the quads now so looking forward to the next few weeks of proper gains, assuming I can walk lol.
All in all if you feel like your weight increases are out gunning your real gains I highly recommend taking a week off to recover and deload to dial that form in right, its amazing how quickly it can slip and you end up lifting with no real gain, i'm really glad I did
So Ive restarted after having a real bad few weeks of flu where I lost all energy and motivation
First day back in the gym this weekend trying to work on form and restart the gain and progress after dropping down to just 74kg b/w
So ready for a flaming form check vid set 4 of just 60kg cant see any major back rounding and bar seems to be going down square, seems to be a little bit of rowing / rocking at the bottom of a couple of them but im ready for a roasting
First day back in the gym this weekend trying to work on form and restart the gain and progress after dropping down to just 74kg b/w
So ready for a flaming form check vid set 4 of just 60kg cant see any major back rounding and bar seems to be going down square, seems to be a little bit of rowing / rocking at the bottom of a couple of them but im ready for a roasting
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