In another thread I had asked about squats, the first time I tried, it really didn't feel right, the bar was painful on my shoulders. I was quite discourage after that, I really wanted to add squats to my routine.

Well, today I got another demo for them, and wow! :flex: It was so much better! I didn't really do anything big, just lifted the bar 5-10 times, to confirm my form. But, wow, that feeling of getting it right, and it feeling right.

I just thought I'd share this. Anyone else experince this? Have difficulty one day, get discouraged, don't give up and try again, and just nail it?

James
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I remember doing deadlifts it felt rather strange, but I did it again another day, and felt fine.

I remember doing deadlifts it felt rather strange, but I did it again another day, and felt fine.
I have to find a video or something to get my deadlifts right.... I feel weird as hell when I'm doing them, so I just stop since I dont want to injure myself.

I practice juggling, and often when you're learning a new trick you just fail miserably every time you try, then put the balls away for a few hours, and suddenly nail it next time you pick up the balls again.

Your brain and body keeps learning while you're doing something else...

I got this twice today actually.

The first was doing my lat pull downs, I tried sitting all the way under the bar as far as I could with the pads on my quads rather than my knees and I braced my feet hard against the ground. Wow! what I difference, I was really able to focus on the exercise and pull off some intense loads. I actually did 20 lbs heavier than the prior week on my last two sets, with better form than I had on the first set. I was really digging it. Then when I did biceps, I went lighter on my alternating dumbbell curls and I sat down this time and really focused on using only my biceps as much and intensely as possible, complete with a flex at the top of each movement (and not breaking the vertical plane or relieving tension). DAMN what a workout htat was, I had to work really hard to force out a fifth (and not as good, so it was pretty much positive failure). So I went five pounds lighter on the straight bar curl and got the same awesome results, felt great on the first set, but the second and third set I only got three reps (with some forced reps that were really just momentum swinging the bar) when I went back up the five pounds (since I was able to do the other six on the first set with minimul difficultly but lots of concentrated effort. It was a good day for me. Good to learn I"m lifting too heavy in something and can have a much more effective workout just by finding the accurate weight and not doing too much.

adam