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Oliver Sacks, a neurologist who wrote one of my favorite nonfiction books (Awakenings) and is one of the best-known doctors in the world - definitely the best-known neurologist - dead lifted 600 pounds in a powerlifting meet as a young man.



beast.

Now now... read the whole article...

I think there are more nuances that aren't being discussed in the comparison of the two, and one of the most important and understated of these is the foot dorsiflexion demands/dorsiflexion adaptations that the high bar requires/provides. And with that comes a ton of other "side-effects".

i did read the whole article. it's dumb, just rippetoe in reverse.

good luck, man, and be careful. when you feel 90% is the most dangerous time, IME. you think you're good but you're still vulnerable.

3/7-3/16

- walking x many hours

- 7DVJC x two days

- enjoyment x a lot

today:

WEIGHT: 174 (lol, lost 2-3 pounds on vacation, suck it t0ddday)
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: right calf, low back during squats but not before, general stiffness
MENTAL STATE: good

- warm up

- jumps x some
a few strong dunks with the big dodgeball, a couple that back rimmed. thought about asking the other dude in the gym to throw me a couple of lobs but i'm not there yet. surprised by how well i jumped today, though, given that i just got back from more than a week of almost no exercise outside of walking. tweaked my right lower ab on a jump but the pain didn't persist or come back after i walked it off for a couple of minutes.

- squat 225 x 5,5,5
nice and easy, low back feeling tight

- bench 185 x 5,5,5
nice and easy. did some clapping pull ups between sets.

- DB RDL 60s x 10,10

- low cable row 110 x 10,10

- stretch

great workout all things considered.

i noticed some explosiveness from walking regularly in the past.

walking 1-3 hours seems really..... excessive though.

really? i spent the last week walking 3 or more hours every day (tourism!) and it felt fine. 1-3 hours of glute-clench walking does sound like a bit much, at the very least it'd take a lot of focus.

man i'm jelly. would have been so fun to go skiing, it's been so long for me. but with just a week over there and being based in vienna, it didn't make sense.

Ah, we were at the same country for 1 week, 
Still at plane distance though, i was at the far west end, at the borders with Switzerland.

 

plane distance for a european, maybe. it's like 5-6 hours. europe is so tiny, it's cute. i always forget that.

just got back late last night, woke up to a snow day. hundreds of work emails to get through, hurray, but i'm going to go to the gym this afternoon for sure.