Danny Kennedy

You know, you want to allow your body to recover between as well.

So, yeah.

Yeah, no, no, for sure.

And look, I hope my answer didn't make it sound bad to reach failure because there will definitely be times in the gym where you do.

And so exercises, let's say I mentioned some before.

So squats, this is pretty hard to spot on, but like squats, maybe an overhead press, bench press, of course, or any chest pressing in the gym.

If you are on your own and you want to train to failure...

definitely ask for a spotter.

Or if you're feeling like you're not progressing as much as what you probably should because you're a little bit worried about failing and not being able to get out from under the bar, then ask for a spot.

Or if you... I know that we don't do these necessarily in our programming, but if you're in a gym that has like, say, a Smith machine where you can safely set some bars up and stuff, then that's a great idea.

But yeah, I think...

particularly those people who do kick, obviously we put a big emphasis on trying to build people's confidence of using gym equipment and being comfortable in the gym.

And so it might feel a little bit awkward or scary to go and ask someone you don't know to give you a hand.

But, you know, anytime I've ever been asked, I'm more than happy to help people out.

And I think you'd be surprised, you know, people would be more than happy to come and give you a bit of a hand and

you know, they're probably thinking the same thing, wanting your help as well.

So if that's the difference between, you know, you either progressing with your training or being able to challenge yourself when you go into the gym, then by all means, you should do it.

Of course.

And we've talked before about the many different ways you can overload as well.

And I guess like two points I'll just quickly mention is like,