The benefits and importance of a spotter

Hi guys :) hope everyone is getting through their week and have been eating clean and training mean! Today I wanted to share an experience I had this week which highlighted for me the benefits of having a spotter when lifting weights.

I have always been a bit of a loner when it comes to training because I find I am more focused and mostly work hardest on my own. The only person I have ever found to push me harder is my "twin" Kate who unfortunately lives an hour away.

Recently in order to challenge my body I upped my weights however last week it occurred to me that maybe I still wasn't lifting as heavy as I possibly could because of the fact that noone else is around when I train and therefore the obvious fear I might end up under a barbell lol.
So this week I thought why not try a session with a spotter and see where my "fail" point actually was. One of my male clients was good enough to come in yesterday morning and do the job for me while I trained upper body.

I ended up with 30 pounds extra in bench, 10 pounds in bent over row and 5 pounds in shoulders and needless to say the results by the end of the session were I was f**ked! I had that "pump" in my arms almost immediately and I LOVED that feeling because I knew it meant my body had finally been pushed as hard as it could.

Unfortunately due to my schedule of training I may still not always be able to have a spotter there but I am definitely now going to try and get at least one spotted session in a week where I can really push that fail point.

For people who haven't weight trained before or for very long I would definitely recommend not trying to lift without a spotter until you get comfortable in the weights environment.

For those who like me often train alone but feel they aren't pushing as hard then I definitely recommend getting someone to spot you and see just how far you can go. Because at the end of the day if it doesn't challenge you it doesn't change you!
Eat CLEAN, train MEAN, live LEAN :)