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he couldn't even do 405 for a double, what was he thinking?

^^^what is this, competitive off-brand crossfit?

yeah i dunno. i always seem to jump better after an extra day of rest, for one thing.

i keep revisiting the double-hand rim grab, it was so unexpected. i almost never go up with two hands but i did unconsciously on that jump and grabbed easily with both hands. such a great feeling.

Comfortably 36!!!
You have gone a long way, well deserved and absolutely gained too...

thanks vag and chris (and the other people who upvoted that post)! and yeah, hit near base of palm on one jump without the ball and had a couple of very good dodgeball dunks. base of palm is 37.

eid mubarak, man.

WEIGHT: ???
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: left shoulder, low back but very minor on both
MENTAL STATE: great

- warm up

- jumps x ~15
near-PR levels, easy double hand rim grab on first four-step jump of the day, which is unheard of. easy dunks with the dodgeball. comfortably 36 on a couple. drop-off pretty steep as more volleyball players started showing up and taking over the court. not mad.

- squat 225 x 5; 235 x 5,5
low back/SI joint tightness there during warm up but it went away or at least stayed very quiet. no stiffness or discomfort now.

- bench 200 x 5,5,5
strong

- kroc row 80 x 23L, 23R

- assisted natural GHR x 8,8,8

- inverted row x 10,10,10

- rudiment hops

- MR half tuck x 15,15

- stretch

awesome workout, best in a long time. 

Not yet because I think he was 155 or so? I can't remember. But everyone is different!

I was just thinking about what acole asked about lean muscle gains. It's funny cause it confirms a theory of mine that you dont need to gain a lot of muscle to gain a lot of strength. I think i gained maybe a little muscle and mainly a lot of fat in my last bulk. But being in that caloric surplus for that extended duration of time allowed me to have excellent recovery and get stronger from my gym work. So I think this is probably what people mean when the say 'steroids help recovery' - it's not so much that they give you better recovery. Rather they allow you to eat a lot of food which facilitates the strength gains but additionally steroids allow you to to manage and deal with large surpluses without gaining much bodyfat too.

no.