Ey up,
I cannot stress this enough.
If you’ve got 300kg+ on the leg press but your legs look like they belong on a pensioner’s bingo night out… we’ve got a problem.
Don’t be that guy. You know the one.
Stacking up plates like you’re building a fucking fortress… only to shift it 3 inches and call it a rep 😮💨
Let me be crystal clear:
✅ If you’re using a heavy load
✅ With full range of motion
✅ Deep enough that you could kiss your knees
✅ Controlling the eccentric like a pro
✅ Repping it clean for 8+
Then yes, your quads ARE gonna show it. They HAVE to. The results will speak for themselves. That’s how it works.
But if not?
Then what you’re doing is the gym equivalent of revving your Corsa engine at a red light.
Loud, pointless, and every single person around you is thinking the exact same thing:
"What an absolute knobhead."
And don’t get me started on the ones who leave the plates on afterwards 🙃
Lift heavy, yes. But do it right. PLEASE
You can train heavy and still move well.
You can push limits without looking like a try-hard.
But there’s no badge of honour for partial reps and ego lifting.
If the weight’s so heavy you can’t even get close to full range…
Then newsflash: that’s not your weight.
You’re not impressing anyone, not even yourself.
You’re not even getting what you came for.
❌ You’re not growing your quads.
❌ You’re not getting stronger.
❌ You’re not making progress.
You’re just clocking time in the gym for the sake of it and pretending it counts.
It doesn’t.
Lifting is about intention and execution.
It’s not about showing off your plate collection like you’re running a car boot sale.
The numbers mean fuck all if the reps are shite
This applies across the board — bench, deadlift, squat, row, you name it.
If you can’t control the movement, you’re not owning the lift.
You’re just doing reps to feed your ego and wonder why nothing’s changing.
I’ve worked with dozens of clients who come to me pressing “crazy numbers” in the gym... but still look like they’ve never seen a barbell in their life.
Once we fix form, adjust volume, and apply progressive overload properly, that’s when the change happens.
❌ Not in your Instagram story.
❌ Not in your TikTok clips.
✅ In the mirror. In the weight.
Real progress that you can actually see and feel.
Want results that last longer than your next leg day Instagram story?
Then stop trying to max out every machine and start learning how to actually train.
That’s what I help people with.
Real programming. Real feedback. Real results.
Cheers,
Sheep 🐑
P.S. Still training like a headless chicken and wondering why nothing’s working? 🐔
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