The more experience as both an athlete and a coach I get, the more I am realizing that there is no substitute for good old fashioned time with the bar. We can perhaps aid the process by providing meaningful cues, coaching tips, and technique analysis, but until you feel what the right squat position is for some threshold number of sets, you are simply along the same process of trial and error that the rest of us are on.

Having just talked about how enjoying yourself in training is so, so important, and how easy it is to get caught up in the details, I'll give you an example from my past, and go on to talk about taking advice from high-level athletes.

A nurse has recorded the most common regrets of the dying, and among the top ones is 'I wish I hadn't worked so hard'. What would your biggest regret be if this was your last day of life?