Two Squats At 285 Even Feeling Stiff
Even with feeling stiff, I got two squats today at a pretty heavy two hundred and eighty-five pounds.
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Even with feeling stiff, I got two squats today at a pretty heavy two hundred and eighty-five pounds.
Last night, I slept pretty good last night. My squats and a WOD felt pretty good today.
Last week, I took the week off from lifting and scaled the WODs back for various reasons. Iβm back at it now, though!
Last night, I slept decently. Not great, but not bad either. I got my squats done bright and early, and they felt pretty good.
I slept really well last night, so I felt good this morning. My squats felt great, then a WOD did later.
My knee has been bugging me a bit, but my squats felt okay this morning.
Something felt off with my last set of squats this morning, so I cut the set shorter than I needed to.
Squats this morning, then did a WOD later with the strongman sandbag. I havenβt done a dirty work like WOD in months. Most likely, the last one I did was last fall.
Last night, I slept great. I just didnβt sleep long enough.
I knew it was aggressive to attempt my back squat at 320 pounds, but I wanted to anyway. It was a fail, but I did expect that would be likely.
I did a simple WOD this morning, and it left me feeling pretty shaky. It wasnβt even that bad of a workout. Later I did my heavy squats and they did the same to me.
Today I decided to start my next cycle of lifting. Squats felt heavy but great this morning.
I woke up far too early with not enough sleep. I tried and failed my very heavy squats today and failed. Itβs okay.
I didnβt expect it at all but got an easy four squats this morning at two hundred and ninety pounds.
I have been sleeping great, but still, the squats for today were really tough.
I slept poorly last night, then tripped on the stairs in the middle of the night to get more water. Somehow, I was fine and got a squat double at three hundred pounds.
I did sleep decently again last night. I drank my coffee and was ready to get a workout in.
I did my presses, and they went okay. After that, I did a WOD with squats and rowing that really filled my legs with lactic acid.
Iβve been holding off on my squats because I was sick and bloated, but I finally got around to this weekβs session this morning. I still wasnβt feeling it, but I got them done.
I slept well last night and was feeling like it would be a great day for me in the garage gym. It was!
I really wasnβt feeling it today, but I made three easy squats at two hundred and ninety pounds today. I stopped there, but had more in the tank.
I slept well last night. I was anxious to get my squats in this morning. I mean, what better way to begin a new year than with my favorite exercise?
I slept well last night, but still woke up with that holiday funk. Molly gave me a great Christmas gift, and then I gave myself one by doing my back squats today.
I slept pretty well last night and woke up with no real stiffness in my core, so I thought Iβd give my squats a try today.
I slept very poorly and have been feeling pretty shitty all day. Somehow, my squats felt great still.
I got my back squats in today, but damn if that bar didnβt feel heavy. The weight was only moderate, but it felt like a single.
It felt great to get back to my squats today. It took a couple of days longer than I wanted because I messed up my hand.
I wanted to do a Crossfit total today, but only did squats and presses. I felt too drained for deadlifts.
I was really feeling tired today but got to my back squats for the week. I got one pretty looking rep at 310 pounds. I could tell from the video that I had more in the tank.
As usual, we went to Joyβs last night, but I slept pretty well. I got my heavy squats in this morning, and they felt great!
We went to Joyβs last night and then watched the Phillies game afterward. I didnβt sleep long enough or well enough. I still got my heavy squats in this morning, and then we did a WOD outside this afternoon.
Today I was feeling weak. The bar felt super heavy, and even picking up the plates to load them felt heavy. I still made one squat at 300 pounds.
My heavy squats for today seemed impossible before I even started, but I ended up making the minimum number of reps.
Yes, I am still squatting and lifting. Itβs been pretty routine, so Iβve not been thinking much about posting. Today, even though I was a bit off center under the bar, they felt pretty good for as heavy as the weight was.
Some days, even the empty bar feels heavy. Today was one of those days, for sure. Being distracted by poison ivy didnβt help any.
Today was squat day and I was actually feeling tired. Once I got under the bar I knew it would be a great day!
For my birthday this year, Iβve been planning on doing my Crossfit total. Iβve felt like Iβve made great progress, especially on squats, so I did it this morning. I finally made a long-term goal.
I have been back and forth on whether I wanted to attempt my back squat PR set at three hundred and ten pounds today. Ultimately, I decided to go for it and see how it felt.
Today was a good day. We got the vault WOD done together outside this morning. Later on in the afternoon, I decided to get my squats done early. The squats were very heavy, and I did better than I expected.
This morning I woke up feeling good, so I was eager to get at my squats and see how they went. This was the the five plus AMRAP at 280 pounds. If I got the five, it would be a lifetime PR.
Today was a good day for me in the home gym. My legs were feeling pretty tired but I still got one squat at three hundred pounds
Iβve been feeling off in the head from the time I woke up this morning. I still felt unbalanced from my head being stuffy when I did my heavy squats and that affected them. Even so, I still got them done.
I donβt know for sure why, but my knee is bugging me today. It just feels weak. Even so, I did my heavy squats and they felt great!
Today I woke up feeling pretty good and energetic. I was eager to get out into the garage. As soon as I felt it was late enough, I got out there. I took my time and enjoyed myself while working up to seven back squats for my AMRAP PR set of five at two hundred and sixty pounds.
I had a great nightβs sleep last night. It was a bit cooler. My back squats felt wonderful this morning, and then I got in a SHIFT WOD later on in the day.
After my form breaking a good bit on the second heavy rep for my last cycle of 5/3/1 I knew what I had to do. I decided to knock some weight off my training max. Itβll get back up there in a few cycles and hopefully, Iβll be able to do better.
I did not sleep enough last night. My brain woke me up in the middle of the night, then I just found myself wide awake. Eventually, I just got up and drank my coffee. Went and did my heavy squats at about eight this morning.
I have been feeling a bit tired today. I was excited about getting at my back squats this morning, so I got out into the garage as soon as I thought it was reasonable. They felt crushingly heavy, but I got them done.
Today was one of those days that I didnβt feel like doing shit. I woke up feeling tired and had a slightly stuffy head. Just enough shit in my throat to feel annoyed.
Today I decided to start week three of my 5/3/1 early, so Molly could see my heavy set. I knew it would be a lifetime PR if I got more than two and was fully expecting to make it.
Today was a pretty good day for my squats today. I ended up making three at two hundred and eight pounds. Later, I did a WOD with sandbag back squats.
Today was the day I decided to get my 5/3/1 heavy squats done for this week. They were at a A heavy weight that was getting into my head, so I wanted to avoid letting the thoughts eat away at me.
Today was a mentally slow day for me. I drank plenty last night while I watched the Superbowl. As always, that led to poor sleep.
Today was a great day for the first week of back squats in the new cycle. Shortly after that, I figured I would give one of the regular versions of the Vault WOD a try and surprised myself on it.
Today was a great day for my 1+ AMRAP back squats. They Felt Great. The first attempt at a WOD didnβt feel so great, and I changed my mind on it.
Last night, I got startled as I was falling asleep. This morning something startled me awake again, so Iβve been feeling off and having poor focus. It burnt me on my twenty rep back squats.
Last week when I was not feeling well I did continue with doing WODs. I figured it would be smart to pass on the lifting, so I took the week off. I restarted with week one of 5/3/1 this morning.
I had much higher hopes for my heavy back squat AMRAP today than I ended up getting. I think itβs because my stomach has been feeling slightly off, but who knows. Some days will go like today.
Somehow, I slept well last night. I woke up early and once the trash men left, and I put away the trash can, I headed into the garage to get my squats done. I also got a dirty work WOD in late in the afternoon.
I was really exhausted this morning after being up late watching the Eagles game last night. Naturally, I woke up early and was wide awake. My squats felt great, then my energy died for the rest of the day
Last week I took a brief break from the garage gym. I had been feeling really run down for one. The other thing is my girlfriend had off work, and it was mostly great weather, so we spent a lot of time outside on the trail geocaching.
I had a good day in the home gym today. Despite my knee bugging me, I got a conservative triple at a very heavy weight on the back squats. I beat my old score on a repeat WOD. I even wore my running sucks shirt with my cheetah costume because itβs Halloween, so why not have fun?
I was up and awake late watching the Eagles game last night, so I thought I would feel tired and sluggish in the garage today. It turns out that I slept pretty good and felt great. I crushed my squats and a WOD.
Todayβs WOD looked like a fun one and one I thought that I could do pretty well at. In the end it went so much worse than I expected.
Sometimes a certain weight will always be a mental block for me. One example of that is my old max from when we went to the gym. Today in my 5/3/1 1+ day I did it for a triple.
I wouldnβt consider it a terrible thing, but more often than not these days my heart rate stays lower during WODs. My resting heart rate is also down near 50. Today I managed to get my heart rate max into the 180s.
Todayβs WOD was one that I didnβt feel like Iβd get a lot out of, so I did one from long ago. I have a bunch of the older ones saved in my favorites, so I can do them on days like today. I went way heavier and PRed timewise on it to boot.
I am starting my third cycle of 5/3/1 today and the first day up is squat day. Iβve been feeling really good with it. It was time to change things up.
I had a good nightβs sleep. Today is still warm and very humid, but a good bit cooler than it has been. That helped me have a great day lifting early this morning before 9:00 AM. I also did a WOD around lunchtime.
It was another hotter than hell day today, but thankfully the air conditioner works well. I got my lifts in and everything felt pretty good. The bench felt better than I expected, after last time.
I had a good nightβs sleep last night, then I got up feeling pretty good. I had a good morning for my lifting, with everything feeling really great. A little while later I did a WOD and challenged myself with it.
It was another hot day, but thankfully we have the air conditioner installed. My lifts werenβt anything heavy today, but they felt good.
I have been thinking about picking up a weighted vest for years. I didnβt know how it would work for me, and they were pretty pricey, so I never did until I saw one cheap on Amazon. Today it arrived, and I tried it out, and it was a good pickup.
The heat and humidity has been having me feel pretty run down. I am still doing my lifting, though. This morning I had a pretty good day for my lifting. Nothing was heavy, but it felt good.
It has been another hot day today. Thankfully, the air conditioner helped me sleep last night and the one in the garage made it tolerable to do my lifting. I was having some cramping yesterday after doubling up on WODS.
Itβs been over a week now since I did my normal lifting. Today it was time to get back at it. I lowered my weight and everything went well. I also did a fun WOD.
For my birthday this year I decided to go with my Crossfit total since I was long overdue on that. I got a lifetime PR on the back squats. Later, I did a brutal sled and strong man sandbag WOD in the heat.
Today was a warm and very humid day. Thankfully, with me wanting to max out next week, my lifts were all pretty easy. The WOD, on the other hand, was really tough and only exasperated be the heat.
This morning was a great day for lifting. I hit my heavy squats with ease. After lifting, we did some running around. By the time we got home and I went outside to do a sled WOD, it was just too hot.
Today, lifts were heavy. At least the DL and squats were. It was a very humid morning and day. Later I knocked out a WOD.
Last night was yet another cool night, so I had a great nightβs sleep. That helped with my fairly heavy squats early this morning and the very heavy presses. Later I got a fun little WOD in.
Today, my lifts went okay. I passed on the good mornings since I was feeling off with them. Shortly after that, we did a rough sled WOD.
Today, my lifts were pretty heavy again. The strict presses were the main deal about today. I had a heavy enough weight that I only got through it a couple of times before my shoulder. Today they felt heavy but great.
Today, my lifts were pretty heavy, especially the strict presses and power cleans. Everything felt and was much better than I expected, especially since I was feeling so off yesterday.
This morning was more humid than it has been, and the humidity is creeping up as the day goes on. It wasnβt bad enough to drastically affect me in the garage, though. I did as expected on my lifts and surprisingly well on an interval row.
Today turned out to be a pretty good day for my lifts. I got them in after messing with some yard work and going to for a game of mini golf, then more yard work afterwards. It was a great day out in the sun.
Todayβs lifting went great. I didnβt know how focused Iβd be able to be after an extremely close lightning strike this morning.
Todayβs lifting really surprised me this morning and went well. After not enough sleep and my shoulders feeling wrecked, it went great, and I didnβt expect that at all.
This morning was just an excellent time in the home gym for me. I crushed my strength then pushed myself and PRed a WOD. It was a great way to start the day.
Today was a very great day for my lifts. Things went great, and it felt wonderful to be back under the bar after missing the last session because we were just too busy running around and planting the garden.
Today was a very nice day. It made for a fun and not too challenging day for me to do my lifting. Everything went well, and I had a really enjoyable type of day out in the garage.
Today was not as hot as the past couple of days, but itβs certainly still humid, at least for now. I made for a challenging time for my lifting session with all the sweat dripping down my face and everywhere else.
Today was a hot day for my lifting, and even hotter later in the day. It wasnβt bad enough for me to need to bring the air conditioner down yet, but it was annoying. My lifts went well anyway.
Today was yet another day when I got out into the garage later than Iβd prefer. We had to run down and get a pot, so I bought us some hanging plants for the patio. After that, we had one more of the grandkids to give a birthday gift to. It was nice to see them and just talk on their patio for a couple of hours.
Today was one of those days when I was just enjoying myself in the garage. My lifts were fun. They were not too heavy or too light. Shortly after that, I did a fun old WOD.
Today I had a pretty good day lifting. I was able to take my time and enjoy my lifts. When the heavy deadlifts came up, I got distracted by an annoying lawnmower, so ended failing the third rep.
Today is the first hot day of the year, with it getting into the Nineties. This morning was just humid. I did my lifts early, and they all went well. Later during the afternoon in my infinite stupidity I did a WOD, and it went okay. Just lots of cramping.
Today I didnβt have anything else that was more important to do so it was nice to be back to a normal and slower pace with my lifts. Everything went well. I did a WOD shortly after my lifts, thankfully before the heat turned on.
Today was yet another day when I had to rush through my lifting. Thankfully, it was light weights, so I could get through it quickly.
I felt like I had to rush to get to my lifts this morning. We had to go to my step grandsonβs birthday and had no idea when we were going. Thankfully, my lifts were light, and I got out in the garage early in the morning and got through them pretty quickly. Had fun seeing all the grandkids later.
Today was a really challenging day for me in the garage. I didnβt sleep so great last night to start things off. To top things off, I had to do PR level back squats at two hundred and seventy-five pounds and then near Pr deadlifts at two hundred and ninety-five pounds.
I am really feeling tired and run down today. I had heavy back squats for my strength and wasnβt feeling it. Much to my surprise, I made it through them at the PR of two hundred and seventy pounds, which really surprised me. I went light on the power cleans and presses to play it safe, though.
Today I did my old Crossfit Trinium one rep max back squat weight for sets of five today, and they felt great. The other lifts were less aggressive. Later I did an old WOD with numerous lunges and that felt good.
This was one of those days that I had very low expectations for. Iβve been gassy as hell and didnβt sleep too well last night because of it. My lifts were all on the heavy side to add to that. In the end, everything went well, and I made all of my lifts, even with dropping the stupid 2.5 pound change plate on my toe.
This morning, when I woke up, I was feeling really run down and didnβt know how my lifts were going to go. I knew I had heavy back squats then fairly heavy strict presses, but it all turned out great.
This morning, a good and bad day for me in the garage. The heavy back squats felt great. The bench press just wasnβt happening. The WOD I chose to do was brutal but doable.
This morning was a fun and good day for me in the home gym. The weights were heavy for my starting strength, and yet they felt excellent. I sat out in the fading sunshine on the patio for a bit after that, then we did this weekβs vault WOD together.
I slept good last night. After I took Brooke to the bus stop, I jumped right into doing my strength. Fairly heavy squats today. It went great. Later I did an old vault WOD and PRed that by a few seconds.
I slept better last night, which helped. It is also windy outside today, but more importantly much less humid today. I ended up having an excellent and fun day lifting in the home gym.
It was a later start than I would have preferred to get my ass out in the garage to do my lifting, especially on deadlift day, but it felt pretty good. Stuff felt heavier than it should have, but not so heavy that I ever thought I was going to fail anything.
It was a good day for me in the garage. I got started out there with my as early as I felt I reasonably could today and crushed them. I recovered a few minutes and did this weekβs vault WOD. That didnβt go as well, but it went as I expected it would.
I usually enjoy my lifting sessions. Some days come along like today where I was just having fun with it. Everything went well, not easy but well. I challenged myself some and was just in that good zone.
I did better than I expected that I would with my lifts this morning. Friday I got my COVID-19 booster shot and felt like shit yesterday. At least I slept better last night.
It was a pretty good day for me in the home gym. I made all my lifts. The WOD was really tough because by that time it was in the 70s with a dew point in the upper 50s.
What a world of difference between last Monday and today for me. Last Monday I had zero energy and was having constant stomach cramps Plus dehydration. Today I had lots of energy, felt great and easily did my, light, lifts and a WOD.
This morning I felt good. I am over the stomach bug even though I still feel a little weak and tired but I am able to keep food in me. It was a great morning to get back to the bar and do some lifting.
I slept pretty good last night considering how chilly I felt before I went to bed. I did good with my lifting and then did a tough for me type of WOD.
I actually slept straight through the night and felt good this morning in contrast to the past few mornings. After taking Brooke to school I got changed and did my twenty rep squats and then my SP dead lift program. It was tough but successful.
I was awake half the night last night again. I woke up after a short period of good sleep feeling great. I drank my coffee and got at my thankfully fairly easy day of lifting and did and felt great.
I had poor sleep last night. I woke up way too early and then we did some running around. Finally I got to my lifting in the afternoon when I felt like a Zombie. It went okay.
I got around to my lifts today much later than I would have liked to have done them. I spent the day waiting around for the gas company again for their safety inspection. Our time was 8 am - noon. He showed up at I think 3:20 PM. I wasted a whole day waiting and got to my lifting later than I like.
Busy day today in the garage for me. I did my twenty rep squats plus the deadlift program. When Molly got home we did a WOD together too.
I really did not sleep well last night and wasnβt feel like doing anything. I had to wait around in the afternoon so I had to do my strength earlier than I would have liked.
I wasnβt feeling it at all today yet I had a pretty busy active type of day. It began with a nice 1Β½ mile walk this morning. Then I did my lifts and finally we did a WOD together outside on the patio!
I had a shitty nightβs sleep last night where I spent a good portion of the night laying in bed wide awake. I dreaded my strength today even though I somehow managed to feel refreshed when I did wake up. My lifts felt and went great.
The past couple of weeks I have been skipping the twenty rep squats because I was feeling quite run down. Today I did them and they felt great even though my knee was just pissy the past few days.
Poor sleep, not enough sleep and waking up way too early was how this day began. Iβve been feeling tired and had low expectations for todayβs lifting, especially the heavy squats. They went and looked great along with my other lifts..
I actually slept straight through the night again and woke up feeling great. This really helped me with my strength today as I had some heavy for me back squats to do then moderate bench press. The squats looked as great if not better than they felt.
I actually had another good nightβs sleep last night and was feeling refreshed this morning. Shortly after taking Brooke to the bus stop I did my lifts and they felt great. The WOD was tough after those heavy squats though.
I was once again very tired this morning after little sleep Thursday night then poor sleep last night from drinking. Somehow I had the energy to do my strength and it felt good though.
I really wasnβt feeling it this morning but I did my strength anyways this morning. In the end my lifts all wound up actually feeling great!
I had a much better nightβs sleep last night and that led to a good day in the garage with my brain and body not feeling so burned out.
After a shitty nightβs sleep my lifting actually went well. I really thought it was going to be a brutally tough day even with the light weights but it wasnβt bad.
Today was the type of day that I fully expected to fail my deadlifts. For one, they were very heavy. I was also exhausted.
I woke up feeling great. The morningβs lifting session was awesome. One of those day where I as having fun and truly enjoying myself..
I woke up early and squeezed in my lifting session before we had to do other things. When we got home we did the vault WOD together.
I was feeling dead tired today. To my surprise my strength went pretty good even though I felt that way
My strength today went poorly but at least I expected it. I didnβt eat nearly enough calories the past couple of days to recover and I woke up way too early this morning.
This morning I had a much better day than I thought I would with my lifts which were all pretty heavy. I had more to drink last night than I have been and had very poor sleep.
Yet another great day in the garage for me. Today really was a great surprise to me after rolling my ankle on the bench foot last night.
This morning I did manage lots of good lifting. Everything went great with nothing close to a bad rep or fail. Even did the twenty rep squats and SP deadlift program.
Today in the home gym was an awesome day. It really caught me off guard too because I was expecting a shitty day with poor sleep and feeling physically and mentally tired this morning.
Today was another great day for me in the garage gym. Everything felt great and went as it should have. Iβm hoping that itβs a pattern now where I am over the feeling a bit rundown funk I was in for much of last month.
Today I had a perfect day in the home gym. Everything went exactly as well as it could have gone.
Itβs been a while since Iβve done the SP deadlift program or my twenty rep squats. I got back into it today and felt great about it.
This morning in my garage gym was one of those excellent days where everything was just clicking. Even heavier weights felt easy today with plenty more in the tank. The garage was only in the upper 40s and it didnβt even feel bad.
I really didnβt feel like doing shit in the garage today after it got later than I like with our running around to the grocery stores and such but I did my strength and a WOD. I did okay but more importantly I did it and felt better afterwards.
I enjoyed my day in the garage gym today. It wasnβt the best of days or the worst of days but it was good to lift. My knee was bugging me a bit so I lowered my back squats weight to keep it from flaring up.
Even though my lifts, at least my squats and deadlifts were pretty heavy today they all felt fucking great. It was one of those days where it just felt really great to be in the garage doing my thing and moving weight in my war against gravity.
I was lazy yesterday and didnβt do shit in the home gym. Today I fixed that and did my strength plus Mondayβs WOD.
I missed doing my strength yesterday because the washer drained on the floor and spent the day cleaning that up. Today I got to do my lifting and it was just what I needed.
I woke up way too early today and I am feeling very tired and run down. I did get my lifting in for the day and it felt great.
I twisted my knee pretty good on ice yesterday but It felt better this morning. I went for it with the first Street Parking vault WOD today and felt good about it then did (slightly lighter) twenty rep squats and deadlift program today.
This morning both my neck and hip left out a missive crack. I wasnβt sure if that was going to adversely affect my lifting today or not because I did feel a slight weakness after both.
I started of the new year right this year. I decided to test my Crossfit total to see where my strength stands. I was pretty happy with the results.
I did my twenty rep squats today and theyβre still feeling good even though the weight is getting up there.
I did my lifts this morning and then did a longer endurance type of WOD. Both felt really good today and it was nice to be done with both by right about lunchtime.
My lifting felt great today on this December solstice. Ironically enough I was finishing up my last set of squats right about the time of the solstice without even realizing it until after the fact.
Today I did my strength. A few hours later I did todayβs WOD which turned out to be fucking brutal.
Today was a pretty good day for my lifts. It actually was much better than I expected to be going by how I felt this morning.
Today was a pretty good day for my lifts. It actually was much better than I expected to be going by how I felt this morning.
It was a day of some heavy weights in the garage gym for me today. Both my deadlifts and strict presses were on the heavy end. At least the squats werenβt. Also felt good to do an endurance WOD.
My strength for today went great. The WOD as I expected with the movements involved was just blah. I did it to get a WOD in but itβs not one I could see myself doing again.
Iβm still doing my strength every other day but I just havenβt posted about it. Today it went really well again.
I think I could have made them but I aborted my very heavy front squats at 245 today after the fourth rep.
I Made my very heavy front squats today at 240 pounds. That was a PR for me.
Today I did my heavy front squats as part of my strength and I have to admit that they felt heavier than they should have.
I did my twenty rep squats today after breakfast and some yard work. That felt great. After that we went for a walk and grabbed a couple of geocaches in town that weβve been letting go for far too long.
Today I did my heavy front squats as part of my strength and I have to admit that they felt heavier than they should have.
It seems I did all the movement things today. Three walks, my strength and then a WOD were all part of the day.
Lazy sort of day today but I still managed to do my twenty rep squats. After eating supper we got out for a nice walk too.
We had a pretty busy day with running around and doing our grocery shopping. I squeezed in my strength during the afternoon and felt pretty good about it.
Today I got a lot of stuff done in the garage gym and felt good about it. By the end of the day I was just totally burned out mentally though. I just felt mentally like a zombie by the evening.
Today was a very busy day in the garage gym and I guess you could say outside of it when we drug our stuff out in the sunny afternoon on the patio do do our bro shit.
It was a real mixed bag for my strength today. On one hand the front squats felt way off and I aborted but on the other hand heavier strict presses and power cleans felt great.
It was not the worst day or the best day in the garage gym today by any means. Some days will go like this though. Itβs still better than not doing anything.
Today my lifting session in the garage gym felt really great. It felt much different than the past several where I was feeling really run down.
I wasnβt feeling it at all today but did my strength and bro session with the bare minimum. There will be days like this where something is better than nothing.
Today I did my strength in the morning then a WOD that wasnβt great for me visually. Finally in the afternoon we did our bro session which I kept light today.
Todayβs strength went a lot better for me than I expected it to. On Saturday I rolled my ankle while hiking and it was a bit angry at me yesterday. Today it felt fine so I attempted my strength and it went great.
My strength for today went pretty well. I managed to perform all of my lifts with no difficulties including my sets of front squats that were on the heavier side of things for me.
Today I was busy in the garage. First I did my strength and a WOD. Later my girlfriend and I did our bro session and that felt good. Even found time to go for a walk.
Unlike last Friday when I was feeling really run down I felt great today. I did my normal strength for the day and then did the bench press and good mornings that I deferred on Friday. Everything felt great today.
Today in the garage was another busy day. It started out with my strength around lunch time then we did our bro session when the girlfriend got home. I jumped right into a WOD after that.
Today was a busy day in the garage gym. I had another busy day in the garage today. It included my normal strength then a 10k row then later we did our bro session.
Today was a busy day in the garage gym. I started out bright and early with my normal strength. I then did two street parking WODs a couple of hours apart so I could do the 700th one with Molly.
Yesterday I did a WOD with farmerβs lunges so I used the 40 pounds dumbbells. Heavier than I normally do lunges and the other movement of the WOD was step ups. Needless to say, my legs are done. My squats and deadlifts felt heavier today but I did them.
This morning I easily worked through my strength for the day then did a longer endurance rowing type of WOD. Later on I attempted and aborted my twenty rep squats for this week.
Every once in a while I get the urge to do either a WOD or my lifting or maybe both with no music at all. Thereβs something about it that makes it feel even better. Todayβs lifts were performed that way and they felt great.
It was really a surprising day for me today. I attempted my twenty rep back squats at 250 pounds the other day and aborted at one rep. Today after not sleeping super well due to alcohol I made the PR at the 250 pounds and they didnβt even feel that bad.
Having done my Crossfit Total a couple of days ago I took a couple of days off then reset my weights. It worked out perfect so that I was only lifting prettylight on days we wanted to get out geocaching.
Today was a nice day. Cooler and much less humid than itβs been in quite a while so I went for my Crossfit total. No PRs but it all felt good.
Today my strength felt surprisingly great with my mind being focused on the weather. Everything felt great.
It wasnβt nearly as hot or humid today, so I knocked out my strength, then later on my twenty rep squats for this week. Everything felt good, especially my very heavy twenty rep squat PR.
I felt great getting back into the garage gym today. With the stress of the tree issues, I havenβt felt like working out and felt I couldnβt focus at all, so I skipped a day or two.
I didnβt really feel like doing anything today but my stuff in the garage went pretty well. It just took a while to get started
I did my strength today for the first time since our tree started self destructing. I just havenβt had much focus and didnβt want to risk it with lifting.
My strength went okay today, even though it was very humid from the tropical depression. I did a WOD later in the day. The worst thing about that WOD was the absurd amount of sweating I was doing from the humidity.
It will be our last humid day for a while. Even with that humidity, I did great with my lights and a WOD today.
I took my lifting a little slower again today. I was really feeling overheated today. Probably the heat and humidity killing me. Things went well apart from that.
Itβs very humid today, so I took my lifting a little slower. Everything went pretty well considering.
I didnβt get nearly enough sleep last night. That made my twenty rep squats feel extra tough. While I was doing them I kept hearing an old Crossfit coach, Steph, saying βDonβt be a Bitchβ
I was feeling lazy all morning, but finally got up off my lazy ass and got my strength done. It was just one of those days.
My front squats were challenging to say the least this morning. Everything else went okay. I made some heavy front squats, but they were in no way a walk in the park.
Sadly not every day goes like this. I had a great morning lifting heavy weights this morning. They all felt great. Even the tough ones.
Today was an entirely different story than a few days ago for me in the home gym. Not only did I crush it in my lifts, but I felt great while doing it. I love days like this.
Today I had zero energy. Not only that by my legs felt like dead weight. Somehow I still made all of my lifts for today.
Today was one of those days when my lifting felt a little tougher than it should have for me. I did it, but I really wasnβt feeling it.
Today, my lifting felt awesome. I switched things up a bit and did some snatch grip deadlifts instead of hip thrusts, and they felt great.
I woke up this morning feeling pretty good. This morning was humid, I did my twenty rep squats in the morning. Later on in the day, we did our bro session together.
After a couple of nights of poor sleep, I had a good nightβs sleep, last night. Iβm feeling quite a bit better now. It really helped me with my lifting today.
I drank last night. I didnβt sleep that great. All things considered, I ended up having a better day than I had anticipated in the garage gym. Thatβs always nice.
I felt good about my garage gym session today. Everything went better than I thought it would with it being so humid and the smoke from those Canadian wildfires making it in here.
I have been taking it a bit easy with my lifts since I did my Crossfit Total so I could recover. Now I am sort of back to normal with the lifts.
We got out for a nice shot couple of mile walk on the Northwest River Trail today. When we got home, I cranked the air conditioner in the garage and headed out there a little while later to do my Crossfit Total.
For the past several birthdays, I have been doing challenges when it comes up. I had been doing burpee pull-ups because that was more challenging than plain burpees. This year, I did body weight back squats unbroken.
I had a decent day in the garage. I have been feeling a bit run down from the heat and humidly, and canβt seem to drink enough water when itβs like this.
Today was an excellent day for me in the garage, and very much to my surprise too. My regular strength and my twenty rep squats which I did felt great!
I had a nice fourth of July in the garage gym today. Everything went well, and you canβt really ask for better weather in the middle of summer.
Itβs not really that hot this morning, but my hands were very sweaty. Thatβs one of those things that hurts me more than anything. My lifts went surprisingly well considering that.
It is hotter than Hell Today. It was about 90β when I went out into the garage, but I still did okay with my stuff. I am thankful that we have and use an air conditioner for our garage gym.
Thankfully, as the day went on yesterday my foot was feeling better. I debated throughout the day whether I should attempt my strength today. Finally, I decided to do it, and it felt pretty good.
Last nightβs temperature was very cool for this time of the year, with it getting to near 50. I slept better due to that. Today is much cooler, too, so I felt better in the garage. I had a fantastic day lifting.
It was warm and humid enough last night that we should have probably put the air conditioner in. That led to me having poor sleep. Somehow I managed to kick ass with my lifts today even with that heat and humidity.
I had feeble sleep last night. For one, I got woken up by thunder and had to run outside and grab the cushions from the patio chairs and I drank. Somehow, I donβt know how, I killed it at todayβs strength, though.
I had a great lunchtime in the garage gym today. It was refreshingly cooler to go along with that.
I had a great morning for my lifts in the garage this morning.
Iβm slowly feeling more like myself in the garage gym now. We even got out for a walk today and somewhere along our way we saw a hydrangea blooming.
Today was a very mixed type of day for me in the garage. Some things well and some things went not so well.
I made it back out into the garage today. After the tree incident, then waiting around for the tree guy, I missed a couple of days.
It was a hot day, but I was busy in the garage gym. I did lots of heavy lifting.
Unfortunately, the humidity is returning. That kills me more than the heat. Regardless of that, I smashed my lifts today and that felt good.
Some days you feel great about lifts. Occasionally, you feel great even if you fail a lift. Today was one of those kinds of days.
Yesterday I ended up having a somewhat lazy type of day and thatβs fine. Today I felt a lot better and made it back into the garage gym.
It was hot today. Even so, my lifts went perfectly, and they were heavy too.
I am still feeling a little weak and tired but I am feeling pretty normal after my COVID shot. I Crushed my strength today.
Today was the first hot day of the year so far. Although I slept great, the heat really hurt my lifting.
I actually slept great last night. The window being open usually helps me sleep. I had a challenging day in the home gym today, but everything went perfect.
I actually slept decently last night and didnβt get woken up by the motorcycle. This led to me having an outstanding lifting session in the home gym.
I got woken up by the neighbor repeatedly letting her door slam as she always does. I wasnβt ready to get up. Regardless, I was feeling good today and had a good day in the home gym.
When I first woke up this morning, my stomach felt a bit off. It got better, and I had a good day with my lifting at least.
It was one of those day for me in the home gym where everything was pretty heavy. It was all doable, but required full focus.
I cannot complain about how today was for me in the garage. I didnβt do a lot or have a great day but I made it out there.
Today the weather was a lot more tolerable to me. In the morning I did my strength. When Molly got home, we did an old partner WOD. After supper, we went to a park for a nice walk.
Itβs definitely a bit too warm for my liking today. Regardless, my lifting felt great this morning.
My lifts didnβt go as well as I would have liked or hoped they would go today. I wish every day that I would have started at a much younger age.
I can admit that some days my lifts feel pretty tough. Today was one of those days yet at the same time they felt great.
Today wasnβt a bad day in the home gym at all. Really though, is there even such a thing as a bad day when you get to lift in your own home gym?
I was feeling really achy and rundown today. I still managed to get my lift sin though!
I donβt know why but for the past few sessions Iβve been feeling off with my strength. Not today though. I felt great about it today.
I am feeling good about my strength session this morning. No tightness is left n my side that was a bit angry last week.
I was feeling good today so I knocked out my strength and some extras this morning.
This morning I got back to my lifting. Iβve been on a short hiatus from it due to a side spasm. I did keep the weights lighter today but it just felt great to be back at it.
We had a pretty busy day today. I attempted by twenty rep squats when we got home but aborted part way through. It just felt as if I was loading me knee weird. Later I struggled whit a WOD. Oh well, theirs gonna be days like this.
I got an early start with my lifting. It felt pretty tough but it was a good day. I love the days when I get it done early.
Today was a mental day for me in the home gym. Itβs getting warmer out and my bodyβs not adapted to the heat yet. That made for a day where all my lifts were mentally tough.
This was one of those rare days where all my lifts felt extra powerful. I was moving really well and moving the weight easily.
I had another successful week with m twenty rep squats. Iβm already well above the weight I expected to make it up to.
I had a very busy but great day today in the garage. I did my strength and a WOD then later we did our bro session lifts together.
Today I had a great day in the home gym. It was one of those days that goes much better than I expected it to go.
My foot is still a little achy so I knew it was going to be a bit of a rough day in the garage gym today. I still got it done.
I get to live another week on my twenty rep back squats. It was a heavy 230 pounds that I expected to feel tough. They felt beret as I worked through the twenty reps.
After doing three WODs yesterday I knew todayβs lifting would certainly be Interesting.
Other than the deadlifts my lifting went great today. The deadlifts were just feeling off for me.
Today was a day where my weightlifting just felt a lot tougher than it should have.
Today I didnβt really have very high hopes for my lifting after two running WODs yesterday. Turns out that my lifting felt great much to my suprise.
My lifting was a little disappointing today. Things just didnβt go as well as I had hoped. Power cleans is where things went downhill. I just had a brain disconnect going on.
I got my twenty rep squats in and theyβre feeling good. It was another PR week on them. Later on during the afternoon I got the sandbag WOD in.
I didnβt really get enough sleep last night for the second night in a row so I was pretty tired. My lifting still felt great today!
Today my lifting was a mixed bag. Some of my lifts went well while others not so much.
Today my lifting was heavy. It was doable though.
My lifts today felt a lot better than last time.
I ended up with another twenty rep squat PR. These have really been feeling good.
After I didnβt sleep all that well last night my lifting was heavy today. At least it was doable.
Today was a busy and great day for me in the home gym. I crushed my lifts and then knocked out three WODs throughout the day.
My lifting today went great. To make the day even better, itβs been dumping snow outside!
It was another week of twenty rep squats and another PR. THe PR felt pretty good too.
I woke up early this morning and was feeling pretty good. I had heavy but doable lifts to do in the garage.
My lifting today went pretty good. I had some really goodf lifts and some that were just okay.
I am feeling more tired than I did when I had COVID. I did do my lifting today and then did a deceiving WOD after that.
I most definitely didnβt feel like doing it today but I got through my strength wish no issues. I showed up today.
I decided to do my twenty rep squats a day early this week. I needed to since I was peopled out.
My lifting all went great today. Later on I got in a challenging WOD.
My lifting went pretty good today. The WOD was a challenging sandbag one with lungesters and push up plus drags.
Today was one of those are, awesome days in the home gym. Everything was feeling great and going my way.
I felt great with my lifting today. I really didnβt know how it was going to feel since I feel burned out. I also thought my back my be angry from shoveling snow since I donβt do that often.
I had an unplanned rest day yesterday. Time just got away with the Christmas crap. Today I felt great with the lifts. A day late but still got it done.
I was feeling pretty good today so I decided to do a Crossfit total. Itβs been a while since Iβve done that and wanted to get an idea of where Iβm at with it currently.
We had a bunch of running around to do today so I Modified and rushed through my lifts.
I went for my Crossfit Total today. Itβs a bit later than I wanted to do it but I wanted to allow my body time to recover from COVID a month or so ago.
My lifts went well today. I went a little lighter since my stomach has been feeling off.
Today was a brutal day for me with my lifts. Everything was heavy as hell.
I didnβt sleep all that well last night. Somehow my lifting till felt pretty good.
My lifting was almost a complete polar opposite from two days ago. My mind was in the right place for the heavy lifts.
Just before I was going to do my lifts this morning I got a pretty tough phone call. I still got my lifts done even though I wasnβt focused and it made them pretty rough.
Today was not the best day for lifting but it wasnβt a bad day ether. Any day I can lift isnβt a bad one.
I woke up early this morning and got my lifting done early. It was nice to get it done while I was fresh instead of waiting until we got home.
Today was one of the good ones in the home gym. I really felt like I had a great day out there!
Last night was the Eagles last game of the season. Last place bitches!
I got my first strength session of the year in today. I wasnβt evne sure if I was going to do anything since my trap isnβt too happy with me but I got it done.
Today being the last day of the year makes it my last lifting session of the year. I killed those lifts today. Everything felt great.
I wasnβt really feeling it today but my lifting went really well this morning. I was just feeling tired from the time I woke up.
Iβm finally feeling back to βnormalβ whatever that may be. I feel like Iβm ready to start pushing it agan with WODs and my lifting.
I feel pretty good about today. I did my lifts and I also did double WODs today.
Iβm continuing my journey of recovering from the corona virus. Today my squats and bench press felt pretty good considering.
Today I did my first lifting session since I came down with the COVID infection. It went well and it felt great to get back at the bar.
I have been feeling off since I woke up this morning. I had low expectations for my lifts this morning but they did feel great.
I got my twenty rep back squats done at two hundred pounds today.a
My lifting went pretty well this morning. I did add the plates wrong and went a little lighter than I should have on my squats.
I got my lifts done this morning. I did an easier WOD a bit later.
My lifting this morning wasnβt too bad this morning. It went about as well as I expected it to.
I was definitely pleasantly surprised today with my lifts. IK flew through them with little rest needed between sets.
I canβt say that I am disappointed with it but my bench press success streak ended today. I failed the last rep of my sets of five bench press at 200 pounds. Bench is not a lift Iβm good at.
This Thanksgiving I am thankful for a lot of things. Iβm especially thankful for us being fortunate enough to have our garage gym that is never closed.
I didnβt have a bad day in the garage at all today. Considering my lower lat seems a bit angry I was happy with how it went.
Today was a decent day for me in the garage gym. I finally got past my mental block of bench pressing 195 pounds for reps.
For a change I woke up feeling pretty good. My lifts showed thaT. My heavy back squats felt amazing today.
Today in the garage my lifts were heavy but they felt surprisingly good to me. There seems to be really no rhyme or reason to when they feel good and donβt sometimes.
I got my lifts done today then a little bit later I got a WOD done. This was one of those days when neither were easy.
It was a rainy day which made me want to do nothing. I forced myself to head out to the garage and do my strength. It was mentally tough but I was successful.
I didnβt really sleep enough last night. The next door dolt slamming her door woke me up too early. I did get into the home gym to do my strength and it actually went great.
It felt good to get out into the garage and do my strength today. I had success and failure right about where I expected both to be.
I woke up feeling really tired today. I did double WODs later in the day yesterday and then found myself laying awake watching the election results. Even so my strength went pretty well and then a WOD felt good.
I felt like I ran myself down yesterday but still had a successful day today in the garage. I finally broke my mental plateau that Iβve been stuck at on strict presses.
Some days come along and you know to lower the weight on a lfitr before even attempting it. Today was one of those days for me. I lowered my back squat weight.
My flits were really tough today. My body didnβt want to support any weight and my muscles seemed to be disconnected. I still got my lifting done but it was rough.
For the past week or two my lifting has been really tough. Today it didnβt feel as miserable to go through the process as it had been feeling.
Today was just one of those days when I didnβt really feel like doing shit. I did get my lifting session in then a WOD. I feel pretty good about it and am happy with the results.
Itβs nice that I can do movements now that I was never really comfortable with in the past. Today I did dumbbell step ups. Iβm still not thrilled with the Movement but I was able to do them!
I got done with my lifts and and a WOD today. I did that this morning so I can chill and watch the Eagles game in a little bit.
My knees and hamstrings have been achy after double WODs yesterday. My strength went surprisingly well today with that.
I had an great day for my startng strength today. Everything felt great. I also got in a tough WOD folr me too. Itβs an example of aN awesome dry in the garage.
I am definitely back in the swing of things with my lifting nolw. Iβve been doing it but having some reluctance.
With fall arriving and bringing cooler weather I think that Iβm going to give my twenty rep squats another try.
Itβs been feeling good to get back into the swing of things. I did my starting strength today then I did a five thousand meter row.
For a while not I have been wanting to see how heavy front squats feel. Today I got around to trying one. Iβd hoped to get a little heavier than I did but I was happy with it. Later I did a WOD.
Everything was light today for my lifts but it still felt great to get under a bar. Everything felt great! I did a WOD too and that felt great also
After my quad thing a little bit ago I finally feel like my leg is back to one hundred percent. It felt better quickly but not it feels normal.
Fuck it, I tried leggings for my WOD today. I bought them as a joke and out of curiosity. Turned out that I really liked them and will be ordering more of them.
My quad is feeling pretty good today so I went for my Crossfit total. I just wanted to get an idea of where I currently am strength wise.
My quad felt good today so I thought it would be a good idea to test out some moderately weighted back squats. They felt great for the most part. I also got my first WOD in since Sunday.
Today my quad is feeling even better. I did some light back squats with the bar to see how that felt. They felt fine and it was great to get back under the bar.
While itβs still tight I am feeling optimistic about my quad. I was able to do some running in a WOD yesterday. Today I did some deep stretching and that seems to have helped it too.
Looks like Iβll be having some rest days now. I felt a pretty good pop in my hamstring when doing some back squats. The saddest part is the weight felt light and I was moving well.
Today my lifts were light and easy. I guess at least thatβs one advantage of failing and resetting my bench and squats last time.
Sometimes even a failure is a success in some ways. I did make it through my first set of squats at 270 pounds. I didnβt make all the sets. The big win here though is that I finally made it past my old Crossfit Trinium one rep max for reps!
I have known for a long time that you should weight to turn on a refrigerator after moving it. Today I read a post explained why that is the case. Itβs great to learn something new.
Finally today I got through an old mental block with my back squats. I crushed my sets of squats that were at my old trinium one rep max weight.
Today was a rough day for my lifting. It was hot and humid and I was hungry. I didnβt sleep well thanks to drinking last night. Still Im happy with the day. I made the squats!
Some days are like today went. It was one of those days when my heavy squats actually felt light and easy. I wish more days went like this.
Some days are slow and rough with lifting. Today was definitely one of those day. Itβd be boring if every day was easy.
My last strength session felt pretty rotted. Today it felt great. These Great days are always nice after a tough one.
My last lifting session felt pretty tough. Today was the opposite. Everything felt excellent.
Iβve never used a belt for my lifts and really havenβt ever even felt the need for one. Iβve been curious though and considering buying one to try it out. It canβt hurt to have another tool in the toolbox.
I really had low expectations for my lifting today. My quad started cramping shortly before I was ready to head into the garage. My lifts all felt good though.
My lifting felt great today. I didnβt do everything since I knew I had to carry the new toys into the house. Our dumbbells were delivered!
My strength went surprisingly well after poor and not enough sleep last night. It felt pretty good too.
I am continuing with trying to get baselines for my lifts by doing heavy singles. Today, I stopped at 255 pounds for front squats. I felt like there was more in the tank, but I stopped there today, thinking it was best for this day.
It has been a long while since Iβve gotten a Crossfit total see where Iβm at. Itβs been well over a year. I decided to go for one today.
I finally make it back up to 265 repping back squats. That weight gets into my head a bit due to it being my old and ugly Crossfit max. I failed the last set but Iβm good with just making it there.
Today felt like I got one step closer to beating a longtime mental block. For my sets of five, I back squatted 260 pounds. Thatβs over my good form one rep max from when we went to Trinium.
I finally passed a mental block on back squats today. I got through all three sets of them at 255. That was my old non ugly max in at Crossfit so anything above that is always in my mind that Iβm breaking even when Iβm not.
Today started off pretty hot, but thankfully the humidity isnβt that bad yet. That will change this weekend, but it feels okay for now.
Yesterday I did two WODs that made my knee and hamstring pretty angry. Much to my surprise my lifts felt good this morning even with the anger in my legs.
Last week, I skipped my twenty rep front squats, thinking my heavy single would be too much in the same week. I failed the twenty reps at 170 pounds this week not because of weight, but I pressed it too tightly against my neck. tags
It wasnβt quite as humid this morning so I did my strength work then instead of waiting.
This morning it was humid but my squats and bench actually felt pretty good. I was going to do a WOD too but lost track of time and forgot to do one.
The heat and humidity are still screwing with me lifting. Today it was a cause of a double failure on my lifts. Disappointing but not unexpected since my body doesnβt deal with heat very well.
I had an unexpected couple of day break from working out. Sometimes life throws curveballs at you. Our breaker box was shorting out and causing half the power to flicker. I was obviously too stressed to work out.
Today was a good day for me. I got through my lifts easily. Later I Destroyed my grip with brutal to me WOD.
I have a feeling that tomorrow, my legs will be pretty unhappy with me. I started with my normal strength. After that, I did a brutal WOD with lots of overhead lunges.
I got through my lifts easily today. I did a mentally tough WOD later that was long with movements Iβm just not good at.
Today was a little less humid so I retried the back squats from yesterday. They were fairly light and I knew I only failed due to the humidity. Things went much better today with my lifts.
Today didnβt go so well in the garage. It was very humid and I failed my squat from the humidity. I was sweating so much it almost seemed as if the bar was slipping on my shoulders.
Today was one of those days in the garage gym that seem destined to be complete failures. It seemed everything that could go wrong with the WOD did. I still did okay considering the way it was going.
Even a bad day lifting is a good day but itβ even better when theyβre great days lifting. Today and Sunday were both great day in the home gym for me.
Itβs been quite a while since Iβve used 135 pounds for front squats ina WOD setting. Today I got out of my comfort zone and did just that.
Once again today I failed my back squats at 255 pounds. I know I can do it but I think itβs an old mental block. I just have to keep pushing.
I got back at my twenty rep front squats after skipping them last week. Itβs still light but it felt pretty good.
Todayβs weather was pretty nice and it was mild. We took our bars and some bumper plates out into the backyard and did a deadlift WOD outside. That was nice.
I failed my back squats today at two hundred and fifty-five pounds, but crushed the bench at one hundred and ninety pounds. Iβll call it a decent day.
My back squats arenβt really getting any easier. Theyβre just getting heavier but doable. Today I made it through my sets at 250 pounds.
These heavy back squats are becoming more doable to me but certainly not easier.
I failed my 20 rep squats at 205 pounds. On rep seven I failed hard. Iβm not disappointed since this high rep stuff is new to me and really tough.
Some day lifts just donβt reel right at all. Today was one like that for me. The squats looked okay but didnβt feel right from the start.
I couldnβt be more thrilled with how my twenty rep back squats are going. I made it to bodyweight now for twenty reps. Thatβs further along than I ever imagined I could do.
Iβm getting up there with my twenty rep squats. Today the squats went surprisingly well for me and Iβm almost up to body-weight!
I have been doing Street parkingβs twenty rep squat program. it looked interesting enough to try something different for squats. The worst part for me is the breathing.
Most times I can judge by how it feels what weights I should be using. Today was an example of the opposite. Warming up the weight felt heavy but it when I got to my working weight it felt easy and great.