Karl Leavey Coaching

Part II of my inadvertent yet captivating series documenting my inability to do regular things without searing pain running through my lower extremities. You’re welcome

Welp

The lateral raise is an exercise I see butchered quite often.

Usually it’s not because people are doing anything crazy—they’re just making a few small mistakes that stop their side delts from doing the work.

Hopefully these cues help.

Most people tend to change way too much up when they aren’t seeing instant results, which only then makes it even harder to see said evasive results, because repetition and consistency goes out the window.

They are missing the vital components that come from doing the basics well.

Train with enough intensity.
Track your progress.
Recover well enough to actually adapt.

None of these are flashy, but they’re the things that consistently produce results.

Focus on the basics for long enough, and you’ll be surprised how much progress you make.

Which of the three do you think you need to work on most?

A solid push session doesn’t need to be complicated.

Focus on the basics, train with intent, and apply progressive overload over time. That’s what builds muscle—not constantly changing exercises every week.

Save this bad boy for your next push day, and let me know what you’d like to see next

Learning to do what’s good for your future self, and not putting all of your focus on that instant dopamine hit day-in-day-out, is a skill.

And every time you put the work in towards that bigger picture goal, you strengthen that skill.

Put the work in. Delay your gratification.

I promise you, your future self will thank you

You may not realise it at the time, but quite often the things that hurt you end up becoming the things that shape your life for the better

Growing your back isn’t just about adding more weight or doing more sets.

A lot of the time, progress comes down to how you’re performing your pulling movements.

In this reel, I cover three simple fixes that can make a huge difference to your back training and help you get more from every rep.

Give them a try in your next session and let me know which one made the biggest difference.

Have any back training questions? Drop them in the comments and I’ll do my best to help.