{"id":1618,"date":"2018-02-12T23:24:29","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T23:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karlaevanspt.com\/index.php\/2018\/02\/12\/progression-takes-time-today-was-another-day-of-trying-yet-another-gym-with-a\/"},"modified":"2018-02-12T23:24:29","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T23:24:29","slug":"progression-takes-time-today-was-another-day-of-trying-yet-another-gym-with-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karlaevanspt.com\/index.php\/2018\/02\/12\/progression-takes-time-today-was-another-day-of-trying-yet-another-gym-with-a\/","title":{"rendered":"Progression Takes Time \n\nToday was another day of trying yet another gym with a &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>Progression Takes Time <\/p>\n<p>Today was another day of trying yet another gym with a good friend ? @leonietodd_ <\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m loving training at different gyms, it has given me my mojo back &#038; my love for training which I will admit I had lost a little with competing last year, having to be quite, no very, selfish with my training, concentrating on \u2018me\u2019 and \u2018my\u2019 goals for the year.<\/p>\n<p>Hard to believe but I\u2019d even fallen out of love with training legs, due to breaking my big toe, which resulted in me screwing my entire back up. <\/p>\n<p>So today was leg day and I was super pumped for it, still no lifting belt (aka my comfort blanket). Each lift felt good and solid even to the last lift PB at 80kg x 8 @62kg BW, pretty feckin\u2019 buzzing with it, heaviest I\u2019ve ever lifted (without a belt) ?<\/p>\n<p>This got me thinking about my previous lifts and what I was lifting this time last year, how was my form, technique etc, as I have spent a good few months regressing the load on my squats in order to hit depth, with good form and technique, which is certainly paying off!<br \/>\n?? <\/p>\n<p>I log all my sessions for the very reason to be able to look back at how the session felt, what weight for how many reps\/sets I did etc. This is a great tool for being able to see your progression over the weeks, month and even years in my case ?<\/p>\n<p>I had videoed ? my squats from last year 26\/2\/17 (again another great thing to do to analyse your lifts as sometimes they feel better than they look), it was fantastic to see how much progress I\u2019ve made in a year. Scroll below ?? to see video from last year 67.25kg x10 @63kg BW <\/p>\n<p>Now I know I squat low and not everyone can but if you can, do, I have seen and felt amazing muscle activation in my gluteus\/hamstrings and quads so much more with getting full ROM. <\/p>\n<p>I have also learnt to engage my core fully, here\u2019s hoping I\u2019m creating abs of steel ?<\/p>\n<p>If you struggle to get full ROM when squatting try taking back the load and see how you get on, then work the load slowly back up! <\/p>\n<p>I can honestly say I\u2019ve progressed incredibly over this last year with help from my coach @joeparish who has had to deal with me weekly ?<\/p>\n<p>Happy Squatting ????? 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