Developing my 'Glute Ham Tie In' & Improvement in Each Day

I used to dread the way my back shot looked because I knew it was a weak point of mine, now I get excited to see it!!

At one point I thought I may never have the lines or the tie in I needed

So, I went to work in the gym every day to prove myself wrong

I focused, with great intent, on the engagement of every muscle fiber I wanted to recruit

When I took time off to grow it was for all around shape but I knew I didn’t wanna come back & have the same back shot

So I would hit weights heavy! I did lots of compound movements & used progressive overload

If I couldn’t progress in weight, or I did and it sacrifices form, I’d progress with tempo, reps, & pauses

I remember repeating sets if the engagement wasn’t exactly how I wanted it/knew it needed to be

Eventually I could just turn those muscles on without having to hyper focus on them which was a huge sign of progress

I still did band work, cables, and ankle weights—mixing up my approach to leg days along the way but made hip thrusts, lying hamstring curls (thrusting hips into pad of course squeezing glutes whole time), RDLs & sumo deads a major part of my routine staples to progress in

I am SO proud of the growth I created & when I started working with my coaches again after the improvement season I had put on a lot of weight but you could see the developments I made!

We focused on conditioning & still are. It’s a team effort to balance keeping muscularity & creating the nice lines you want

I’m so grateful to have the guidance of @teamedge1 for so many years now because we have evolved so much together & will continue to over the years!

We are 11 days out from @sampsonproductions ace of stage & when I say I’m giving it my all still, I mean it

Even more than before because the goal in body building is not just to improve in improvement season but improve every day in some way

I measure improvements in energy, sleep, training, mindset, sprints, runs, control, ability to listen to body, relationships, pushing limits, stress management, life balance...lots of ways to improve

I believe ALL of them do add up & do reflect on stage

​BUILD MORE THAN JUST A BODY

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