The social media trend for lifting is to show your highlights.  The highlights of your meets, your strength, your relationships and your life.  We often want others to see the things we are good at, not the things we struggle with.

As someone who's been in this online coaching role for 10 years, I've seen a lifting video or two (or 300). In fact, Christian and I require our clients to send videos. (Now whether they actually do or not is up to them... but we explain very clearly that if we don't see your lifts, it makes it very difficult to help you progress.)

I've had a few clients over the years email me to say that their week of training went ok, but they aren't sending any videos because they didn't feel like their technique was very good.  Yes, yes, it does happen... not very often but it does happen.

Now maybe that's not exactly you, but how many times have you recorded 6 deadlift videos, but picked out the BEST 2 to send to your coach. Coach replies, "Wow! Those look awesome! Lats are locked in and you're maintaining better position!"  But what if on the other 4 sets you weren't locking your lats and the bar was pulling your forward, or you weren't maintaining neutral spine.

 

julia 345 dead 2-18

I'm going to encourage you to send those videos as well!  Try picking your worst set and your best set and send them over to your coach.  Personally, as someone who has a coach themselves, I love sending my worst videos because then I get the coaching cues I need.  I don't just need a pat on the back... I need some dang cues to get better!

 

So next time you're updating your coach with some videos, try sending a good set, but also a not so good set.  See if the feedback on those not so good sets actually helps you more.