Putting the band back together

Tonight my former PTC teammate Daz and his lovely gal came to the gym and joined me for a squat session.  It's been quite a while since we trained together at PTC so I was looking forward to catching up for a training session. Daz is well advanced on his program consequently resulting in a nice conditioning workout for me as we kept loading and unloading the 4+ plates he used for working sets.  As always his form looked rock solid and I am sure he will be pushing further into a 600kg total this season.

The great thing about training with Daz, like any good training partner is that you get extra kilos knowing that they've got your back in the squat. Actually with Daz pushing 4+ plates it's the second training session in a row powerlifters have been using the racks for their actual purpose.

My session went pretty well, I am continually learning what works well and what doesn't as I refine my squat. My current training videos show the bar path tracking slightly forward of  my mid-foot and I can really feel when I lose that groove.It appears through a process of elimination much of my squat issues are related to  poor dorsifexion and lack of ankle mobility coupled with calf tightness. I have started  a lot of  mobility work and I am hoping to see a gradual pay-off with form improving over time.

Today was the last day of work for 2 weeks and it the break has come not a moment to soon. I am pretty burned out and it will be good to chill , sit back and re-charge the batteries while getting in some quality training.

Thomo