Originally Posted by
JT in MD
I'm guessing the answer is "no, not normal", but I'm wondering what people have done during similar situations.
Wednesday while deadlifting and today while squatting, I found that the last couple of reps of the work set (each day was 1 x 5 for the exercise) resembled something other than what the first couple of reps looked like. In other words, by the end I was just doing whatever I could to get the weight up (325 DL, 267.5 SQ). It wasn't so bad that I felt an injury was likely, but it was not pretty. For example, the last rep of the squat, I held my breath, turned red, right leg lifted faster than the left and it probably looked more like a good morning than a squat.
I'm curious if a) this happens regularly to those who consider themselves to have excellent form; and b) if this is deemed to be something that could inhibit progress, should I back off until I can do all 5 reps with the same, good form?
Thanks...