Mind Over Muscle

Should we name it?

My client came to me a couple of weeks ago asking to do another heavy training week instead of going into a recovery week. Before we switched things up, I looked at these 3 things in her program:

(1) Injury History: my #1 priority is safety— injuries will set you back more than slow progress ever will. Client complained of recurring knee pain, so jumping into another heavy week looked like a recipe for an injury.

(2) Training Progress: we look at *actual* progress instead of where you *think* you should be. Women tend to be highly critical of themselves. When we compared block to block numbers, yes, she was doing similar numbers, but for more reps, and they felt easier (and looked better!). This will translate to greater PRs.

(3) Accessory work: this is often overlooked, but we made a BIG push in her accessory work trying to find numbers that actually make sense instead of going through the motions. She increased the intensity of her working sets by over 65% — to paint a picture, that would be like going from a 225 # squat to a 370 # squat from one week to the next.

This means not only is she making insane progress, but also that once we rest and recover, she is going to blow her old numbers out of the water.

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