Band 7: Describe a difficult decision that you made. You should say: - What the decision was about - What the different options were - Why it was a difficult decision And explain what you learned from the experience. (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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So now I'm going to describe a challenging decision that I had to make. This decision was made very recently. The problem was that I had over-trained my back, so I couldn't do any deadlifts or squats. These are essential exercises for my powerlifting journey, so I had to make different decisions. I had three options. First, I could just rest for a week, but I didn't like this decision because I prefer doing light workouts during this time. Speaking of light workouts, I thought I could take it easy on them and have a lot of energy and reserve afterward. My third option was to delete exercises that create back pain for a week. I always find making decisions very difficult, so I chose to do light workouts. I used a slightly different schedule, but I did not reset or eliminate any essential exercises. The situation was that I needed to take one step back to then take two steps forward.

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So now I’m gonna describe you a challenging decision that I had to make. And this decision was made very recently. So the problem was that I had over-trained my back. So I can’t do any deadlifts or doing squats. and this is very essential exercises for powerlifting journey so I had to make different decisions I had three of them first I just can rest for a week but I don’t like this decision because I prefer doing light workouts during this time. Speaking of light workouts I think that I can just be easy on them and have a lot of energy and reserve after them and I had also third option I can delet exercises that creates back pain for a week. So I always find making decisions very difficult and so I chose doing light workouts and I used a a little bit different schedule but I do not reset or dilute any essential exercises so the situation was that I need to do one step back to then do two steps forward

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