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WEIGHT: 172.8 (170.8 -- no weight vest)
SORENESS:
ACHES/INJURIES: right low back tweaked on squats a little, uh-oh
MENTAL STATE: good, a little slow

- warm up

- DLRVJ x a few
not great but my baseline has clearly moved up. hit 33 easily off one step, couple dunks with the small dodgeball.

- squat 315 x 1,1,1,1
meant to keep going but right low back was off. form was off, even in warm ups i was rocking forward too much. weird.

- hip thrust 295 x 12,12

- ladder x 1,2,3,4,5,4,3,2,1
-- pull up
-- dip

- stretch

snowy weekend = gym was closed until today and was only open for a few hours today. as per usual after even a short layoff, i felt weak and slow.

WEIGHT: 191 (172.8 -- more alcohol than normal over the last few days prob accounts for some of this)
SORENESS: right arm from snowball fights, lol
ACHES/INJURIES: none
MENTAL STATE: fine

- warm up

- SVJ x 6

- DL bound x 4,4,4

- squat x warm up

felt out of sorts, cut it off. back to normal tomorrow i think.

yeah i'm upright-ish because my body is structured to allow me to do so: short femurs, long torso. it's kind of a hybrid, though, i'm obviously not as upright as i would be if i moved the bar up, or to a front squat. check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03mF1JEpzj4 vs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngkwd5xQSyY

i sort of agree with merrick, except w/r/t the knee stress comment. i really think everyone is a special flower to some extent, and unless you're competing in PL or OL, you should pick the style that gives you the least amount of joint stress/discomfort, regardless of where the bar is placed. for a lot of people that will be HB full squat, but not all.

Ambiguous... Now that's an adjective I never expected to see used for... Double D's

if it helps, he actually uses three ds in his name. and a 0.

feel the bern, brah. 

sledded for four hours yesterday. was exhausted by the end. gym has been closed since friday morning, will not open today, fml. on the other hand i may never have to go to work again. we got a LOT of snow.

WEIGHT: ???
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: none
MENTAL STATE: legs dead, otherwise good

- warm up

- MB toss x 11

- squat 315 x 1,1,1,1,1,1

- superset x 2
-- pull through 150 x 12
-- pull up/dip ladder x 2,3,4,3,2;1,2,3,2,1

- hanging leg raise x 10; windshield wiper x i forget how many

gym closed for the storm but i snuck this much in before. glad i (1) decided to work from home today and (2) went to the gym.

^^^thanks brother. i am a devotee of 0 fat greek yogurt mixed with defrosted blueberries and a little honey. and slow-cooked meat. there's a recipe thread somewhere that has a couple of my go-to crockpot recipes in it and last week i made 5 pounds of beef and chicken chili on the stove. all i'm really doing on this diet is to reduce the amount i eat at some meals, and basically not eat sweets at all. i'm typically eating a lot fewer carbs at dinner than usual, for example. i dunno, i've been hungrier than i like to be a few days but it hasn't been that bad overall. just picking high-protein, low-carb tasty foods works for me.

interesting about the american hip thrust, will give that a try the next time i do them.