Best addition to home gym?

tomcornhole

Mirrors! Not for vanity, but for monitoring form.

I have been struggling with squats for a couple of weeks. Tried video but that wasn't real time. Added a couple of mirrors and immediately saw my problem: not going nearly deep enough. Not even close. And my back angle was wrong. Fixed those up and man, the squat feels 10x better. Had I continued with my old form I may have injured myself.

And I was set up all wrong for bench press. Grip was too close, not enough back arch and my upper arms go waaayyy past parallel at the bottom of the press. I think this is what has been causing my shoulder problems. I fixed all that and was able to increase my working weight and maintain form. And I FELT my pecs and triceps actually working. Before, all I felt were my shoulders giving out.

Dead lift looked ok. Increased working weight 10 lbs for the 3rd lift in a row. Still more there.

So, that's my happy story for today.

Tom