The weight has increased since last year! Don't know whether you can see but each weight is 5kgs and the top one is 10 (I think, Hratch won't tell me, and him saying 20kgs is to take my mind off me thinking I can't push because it's too heavy - i.e. using that negative thought as an excuse).
The leg press is the one we all hate. It kills! But it is amazing how after a burn, the legs become so active. They feel warmth, burning, pressure and sometimes I can capture different muscles.
When I say “I'm pushing it with my chest” I realise instantly that it's a stupid thing to say. With all my exercises, I have started thinking this or that is doing it, not me. And bit by bit, I have taken over. So when he puts the weight up here, it takes more effort, whereas when it's lighter, what started out as looking like being helped, is now easy and uses my leg and back muscles. It's an interesting one watching this for me too, because there's no way I could do what I am here if my legs weren't working somewhat. And this is all improvement. The weight, the length and style of push, the feelings when I do push, the way the legs hold themselves unlike the falling about a bit (seen in the earlier video clips).
When he helps me, he only keeps his help on the limit of what I can do, never taking over and allowing me to slacken off.
When I lock my legs down, that stretches the tendons in the backs of the knees. It used to be that I couldn't stretch my legs out fully as the tendons had tightened.
When he gets me to hold my legs, again there is no way I could do this without activity in my legs. They would simply be flaccid.