Or, ‘Lift more weight than the next guy…always.’
A puzzling phenomenon when we’re at Starting Strength Seminars while on the platform is that different lifters on the same platform will say, “I’ll just stay with his weight.” For some reason, few people want to be “that girl/guy” who lifts more than the previous dude/dudette. That’s bullshit. Be THAT guy. Don’t be satisfied with Matchy Matchy.
Above, Kyle makes sure he’s squatting more than Fox. Even if it’s only 5 kilos more, it’s still more. (In fairness, Fox may have pulled ahead for his work sets, and front squatting to Kyle’s back squat but it’s still fun to point out that Kyle is lifting more weight.)