Squateth

I think - again no claims here - I think I have the squat form nailed now. It's not in my muscle memory though. Which means I will have to research, read up, and watch videos for a good ten minutes before every workout for the next few workouts, to get the form memorized. I hope it will be after that. At least, I did today's workout with correct squat form. No knee pain in the first set (That's the only time I felt the pain though, never felt in the consequent sets. And today's squat was heaviest ever I have done. 75 lbs)

Last workout, I think - think - I nailed the form for bench press. Now this is an exercise I have been doing for... eight years? Still, in recent 6 weeks I have really discovered there are two correct ways of doing this exercise for the goal of chest alone. And if you want to shift target muscles, variations are unlimited. And in the last workout, I really really did it the right way. Full range of motion. Bodybuilding style, not power-lifting style. And could get all the reps done. And I am still sore from that. How do I know it was a correct form. I felt the right muscles. I could feel the levers and mechanics of the body to produce a smooth motion that contracted and stretched the muscles that felt natural. No pain in wrists etc.

A week before I had a workout in which I had done rowing and deadlifts with what I think was good enough form. But after that, haven't been able to do that. I was wrong in assuming that I will get this form right by the sixth week, and then I will be able to afford to do these mindlessly. But no. I have to tense my entire body. Read up, think up. Watch videos before workout, and stay very very mindful of what I am doing. I still don't think I have deadlift and rowing under control.

As for the press. Well, I thought I knew the exercise. But once again, on all the other exercises, I was progressing naturally. But on this one I was struggling. So I thought maybe I don't have the technique right. So I started reading up on this, and I discovered that in the top position you had to move all the way up. To the point where you even compressed your traps. Now this is something that a guy coming from isolation mindset wouldn't think of. Anyway, so that's what I did. I couldn't get past the first two sets. I had to do around 5 sets. Very well. I complete the workout, and to compensate for the missed sets, I did press with dumbbells, with very very light weights. I was struggling with even that. But I did it, and that's the only part of my body that got tired from the workout, other than the back of course, from the deadlift.