Robyn, this is so helpful! I recently started training with heavy weights and realized that I should not keep doing reps with poor form just to hit the number I've set out in my head.
I can identify with "working out in my head!" I tend to be the same way. When it comes to strength training lately, I've started cutting back on the number of reps and really focusing on form, as you note here, and that's really helped me not to focus on a number but more on the quality of my reps!
Our bodies do let us know - loud and clear - when we have overdone it. And if we don't get the message the first time, it will yell louder.
Sure will Janice. I need to do it right at this age to set up for a strong future.
Robyn, this is so helpful! I recently started training with heavy weights and realized that I should not keep doing reps with poor form just to hit the number I've set out in my head.
Not easy to do is it Jen? I have to have serious conversations with myself or my Chiro will.
So true! I have the same tendency to think I have to keep up no matter what my knees might be telling me.
Interesting to see this resonate. We know this stuff. Why do we still do it?
Unwillingness to admit we’re not as tough/fit as we want to be or maybe just basic competitive instincts or maybe a combination of both?
I can identify with "working out in my head!" I tend to be the same way. When it comes to strength training lately, I've started cutting back on the number of reps and really focusing on form, as you note here, and that's really helped me not to focus on a number but more on the quality of my reps!
Good call Alex. Injury prevention 101!