Out of Your Mind

If you knew from the start it would take you five months of discomfort, frustration, and no self-visible progression....

Would you have given up?

At what point?

Or do you think you would have even attempted to start?

Five months ago, when I moved here, in order to make true progress, I had to change pretty much everything about my back squat.

Depth, stance, and my ego? Psh, what's that...

Every time I went to squat, it was hard holding back negativity against myself when I know I can do more. I have in the past.

I felt like I was going crazy.

Even an old powerlifter chirped in my ear without knowing anything about me, what I was going through, my goals, my mental state towards any of it and basically telling me I was weak and doing it wrong.

That's cool.

Would you have quit there?

Lifting has brought so much to my life.

I wanted to get through this, I NEEDED to.

Consistent transparency and vulnerability with my Coaches, I was able to do just that.

Getting out of my head, out of my own way, I take their feedback and try again.

And when I finally had a breakthrough moment, I talked it over with my coach, asking if I could try something.

With that, last night I was finally able to have victory!

New stance (and benchless!)

Brace

Lower depth

130# Top set was crushed!

My point: don't just sit and think about the problems.

Answers don't just come that way.

Take action. Even if that first step is getting help with them.

Put your ego aside, seek the solutions and continue to try until you get to where you want to be.

If I had given up here, where else would I give up in life?