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As Expected, I Failed My Squat At 320!

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.

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Feeling Pretty Shaky After That WOD!

I did a simple WOD this morning, and it left me feeling pretty shaky. It wasn’t even that bad of a workout. Later I did my heavy squats and they did the same to me.

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Squats At 280 Were Tough But Felt Great

Today I decided to start my next cycle of lifting. Squats felt heavy but great this morning.

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Squat At 310 Fail Today And It's Okay!

I woke up far too early with not enough sleep. I tried and failed my very heavy squats today and failed. It’s okay.

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Four Squats At 290 Today

I didn’t expect it at all but got an easy four squats this morning at two hundred and ninety pounds.

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Squats Were Really Tough Today

I have been sleeping great, but still, the squats for today were really tough.

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Squat Double At Three Hundred Pounds

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.

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Knowing When To Stop A WOD Isn't Ephesized Enoujgnb..

I did sleep decently again last night. I drank my coffee and was ready to get a workout in.

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Holy Lactic Acid For The WOD I Did This Morning

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.

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Finally Got Around To My Squats This Morning

I’ve been holding off on my squats because I was sick and bloated, but I finally got around to this week’s session this morning. I still wasn’t feeling it, but I got them done.

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Seven Squats At 270 This Morning

I slept well last night and was feeling like it would be a great day for me in the garage gym. It was!

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Three Squats At 290 Today

I really wasn’t 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.

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Starting 2024 Off With Squats!

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?

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Squats For Christmas

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.

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Heavy Squat Felt Great!

I slept pretty well last night and woke up with no real stiffness in my core, so I thought I’d give my squats a try today.

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Squats Felt Great Even Though I think I'm Geting Sick

I slept very poorly and have been feeling pretty shitty all day. Somehow, my squats felt great still.

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Got Squats In But Damn That Bar Felt Heavy!

I got my back squats in today, but damn if that bar didn’t feel heavy. The weight was only moderate, but it felt like a single.

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Felt Good To Get Back To My Squats

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.

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Went Heavy Today

I wanted to do a Crossfit total today, but only did squats and presses. I felt too drained for deadlifts.

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Great Looking Squat At 310 Pounds

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.

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My Squats Felt Great Today Today!

As usual, we went to Joy’s last night, but I slept pretty well. I got my heavy squats in this morning, and they felt great!

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Got My Squats And A WOD in Today

We went to Joy’s last night and then watched the Phillies game afterward. I didn’t sleep long enough or well enough. I still got my heavy squats in this morning, and then we did a WOD outside this afternoon.

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Made One Squat At Three Hundred Pounds

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.

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Heavy Squats Seemed Impossible Today But I Made Them

My heavy squats for today seemed impossible before I even started, but I ended up making the minimum number of reps.

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Squats Felt Good Even If I Was A Bit Off Center

Yes, I am still squatting and lifting. It’s been pretty routine, so I’ve 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.

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Today Even The Empty Bar Felt Heavy

Some days, even the empty bar feels heavy. Today was one of those days, for sure. Being distracted by poison ivy didn’t help any.

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Squats Felt Particularly Great Today

Today was squat day and I was actually feeling tired. Once I got under the bar I knew it would be a great day!

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Finally Broke Through And Squatted 315

For my birthday this year, I’ve been planning on doing my Crossfit total. I’ve felt like I’ve made great progress, especially on squats, so I did it this morning. I finally made a long-term goal.

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Squat Fail At 310 Pounds

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.

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Squatted 295 Pounds For Two

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.

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Very Heavy Squats Felt Great

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.

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Single Squat At Three Hundred Pounds

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

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Feeling Off But Squats Got Done

I’ve 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.

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Knee Is Bugging Me But Squats Felt Great

I don’t 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!

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Made Seven Squats At 260 Pounds For A Personal Record

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.

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Squats Felt Really Good This Morning

I had a great night’s 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.

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Got 8 Squats At 250 Pounds This Morning

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. It’ll get back up there in a few cycles and hopefully, I’ll be able to do better.

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Two Squats At Three Hundred Pounds

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.

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Heavy Squats Felt Crushing But Got Them Done

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.

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Not Feeling The Heavy Squats Today But Got Them Done

Today was one of those days that I didn’t feel like doing shit. I woke up feeling tired and had a slightly stuffy head. Just enough shit in my throat to feel annoyed.

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Lifetime PR, Three Squats At 290 Today

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.

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Got 3 Squats At 280 Again Today

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.

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Heavy Squats Felt Easy Today

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.

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Heavy Squats Went Well After Too Little Sleep

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.

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Squats Felt Great Today Then Surprised Myself On The WOD

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.

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Heavy Squats Felt Great Today But The WOD Not So Much

Today was a great day for my 1+ AMRAP back squats. They Felt Great. The first attempt at a WOD didn’t feel so great, and I changed my mind on it.

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Poor Focus On Squats Today!

Last night, I got startled as I was falling asleep. This morning something startled me awake again, so I’ve been feeling off and having poor focus. It burnt me on my twenty rep back squats.

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Back To Squats And They Felt Great!

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.

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Some Days Just Go Like That

I had much higher hopes for my heavy back squat AMRAP today than I ended up getting. I think it’s because my stomach has been feeling slightly off, but who knows. Some days will go like today.

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Great Squat Day Then A Challenging Strongman Sandbag WOD In The Afternoon

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.

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Heavy Squats Felt Good Even Though I Was Tired

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

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Good To Be Back In The Home Gym

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.

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Good Halloween In The Home Gym

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 it’s Halloween, so why not have fun?

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Surprisingly, Good Day In The Garage Today

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.

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That WOD Went Worse Than I Expeted

Today’s 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.

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Squatted My Old Trinium Max For Three!

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.

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Got My Heart Rate Through The Roof On A WOD Today

I wouldn’t 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.

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Nice PR On A Repeat WOD Today

Today’s WOD was one that I didn’t feel like I’d 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.

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Squat Day!

I am starting my third cycle of 5/3/1 today and the first day up is squat day. I’ve been feeling really good with it. It was time to change things up.

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Great Day Lifting And Did Ok On A WOD

I had a good night’s 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.

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Bench Felt Good Today

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.

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Good Day Lifting And Pushed Myself On The WOD

I had a good night’s 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.

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Nothing Heavy But A Good Day Lifting

It was another hot day, but thankfully we have the air conditioner installed. My lifts weren’t anything heavy today, but they felt good.

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Picked Up A Weighted Vest

I have been thinking about picking up a weighted vest for years. I didn’t 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.

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Good Day Lifting

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.

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Not A Bad Day Lifting

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.

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Back To My Lifting

It’s 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.

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Lifetime Personal Record then a Tough Sled/Dball 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.

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Easy Day Lifting But Tough WOD

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.

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Good Day Lifting But Less Than Ideal For A WOD

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.

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Heavy Lifting This Morning Then A WOD On This Very Humid Day

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.

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So Close To Making My Heavy Presses This Morning

Last night was yet another cool night, so I had a great night’s sleep. That helped with my fairly heavy squats early this morning and the very heavy presses. Later I got a fun little WOD in.

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Morning Lifting Went OK Then A Rough Sled WOD

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.

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Heavy Day Pressing Today

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.

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Fairly Heavy Day Today

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.

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More Humid Today But Not A Bad Day For Me In The Garage

This morning was more humid than it has been, and the humidity is creeping up as the day goes on. It wasn’t bad enough to drastically affect me in the garage, though. I did as expected on my lifts and surprisingly well on an interval row.

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Pretty Good Morning For My Lifting Today

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.

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Had A Good Morning Lifting After An Interesting Start To The Day

Today’s lifting went great. I didn’t know how focused I’d be able to be after an extremely close lightning strike this morning.

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Lifting Really Surprised Me This Morning

Today’s lifting really surprised me this morning and went well. After not enough sleep and my shoulders feeling wrecked, it went great, and I didn’t expect that at all.

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Excellent Morning In The Garage

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.

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Great Day For My Lifts After Missing A 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.

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Nice Day For My Lifts

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.

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Humid Day For My Lifts

Today was not as hot as the past couple of days, but it’s 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.

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Hot Day For My Lifting

Today was a hot day for my lifting, and even hotter later in the day. It wasn’t bad enough for me to need to bring the air conditioner down yet, but it was annoying. My lifts went well anyway.

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Good Day Lifting But Later And Hotter Than I'd Prefer

Today was yet another day when I got out into the garage later than I’d 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.

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Fun Day Lifting And WODding Today

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.

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Pretty Good Day Lifting Today

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.

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Lifting And A WOD Went Well On This First Hot Day Of The Year

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.

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Good To Be Back To Normal With My Lifts

Today I didn’t 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.

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Rushed Through My Lifts Again Today

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.

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I Felt Really Rushed To Get To My Lifts Today

I felt like I had to rush to get to my lifts this morning. We had to go to my step grandson’s 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.

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That's A PR

Today was a really challenging day for me in the garage. I didn’t 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.

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Made It Through My 3 X 5 Squats at 270 Pounds For The First Time Ever

I am really feeling tired and run down today. I had heavy back squats for my strength and wasn’t 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.

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Old Trinium 1RM For Sets Of Five Today

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.

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Heavy, Heavy, Heavy Today

This was one of those days that I had very low expectations for. I’ve been gassy as hell and didn’t 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.

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Heavy Squats Felt Excellent Again This Morning

This morning, when I woke up, I was feeling really run down and didn’t 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.

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Heavy Squats Felt Great This Morning

This morning, a good and bad day for me in the garage. The heavy back squats felt great. The bench press just wasn’t happening. The WOD I chose to do was brutal but doable.

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Lifts Were Heavy and WOD Was Intense This Morning

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 week’s vault WOD together.

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Great Day For My Lifts And A Slight PR ON An Old Vault WOD

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.

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Excellent Day For My Lifts

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.

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Later Than I Would Have Liked But Still A Decent Day Lifting Today

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.

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Got My Shit Done In The Garage Early Today

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 week’s vault WOD. That didn’t go as well, but it went as I expected it would.

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Lifts Felt Fun Today

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.

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Lifts Felt Better Than I Expected This Morning

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.

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Good Day In The Gym But The Heat Hit Me

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.

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What A Difference Compared To Last Monday

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.

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Got Back To The Bar This Morning πŸ‹

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.

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Pretty Good Day Lifting Then Did A WOD

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.

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Twenty Rep Squats And Deadlifts Were Tough Today

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.

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Back To Normal And An Easy Day Lifting

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.

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Late Again Today But Did My Lifting

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.

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Got My Lifts In Much Later Than I Would Prefer Today

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.

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Twenty Rep Squats, Deadlifts And A WOD

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.

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At Least I Did Something Today

I really did not sleep well last night and wasn’t 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.

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Pretty Busy Day Today

I wasn’t 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!

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Lifts Went Great This Morning

I had a shitty night’s 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.

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My Twenty Rep Squats Felt Great Today

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.

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My Heavy Squats Today Felt Great Again

Poor sleep, not enough sleep and waking up way too early was how this day began. I’ve been feeling tired and had low expectations for today’s lifting, especially the heavy squats. They went and looked great along with my other lifts..

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Pretty Heavy Squats Today And They Looked And Felt Great

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.

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Lifts Felt Great This Morning But The WOD Was Brutal

I actually had another good night’s 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.

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Tired But My Lifts All Felt Good This Morning

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.

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My Lifts All Felt Great This Morning

I really wasn’t feeling it this morning but I did my strength anyways this morning. In the end my lifts all wound up actually feeling great!

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Good Day In The Garage

I had a much better night’s sleep last night and that led to a good day in the garage with my brain and body not feeling so burned out.

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My Lifts Felt Better Than I Thought They Would

After a shitty night’s 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 wasn’t bad.

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Heavy Deadlifts Fail Like I Expected Today

Today was the type of day that I fully expected to fail my deadlifts. For one, they were very heavy. I was also exhausted.

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This Morning's Lifting Was Just Plain Fun

I woke up feeling great. The morning’s lifting session was awesome. One of those day where I as having fun and truly enjoying myself..

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Squeezed In My Lifting And We Did A WOD Together

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.

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Dead Tired But My Lifts Went Good Today

I was feeling dead tired today. To my surprise my strength went pretty good even though I felt that way

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My Lifts Went Exactly How I Expected Today, Poorly

My strength today went poorly but at least I expected it. I didn’t eat nearly enough calories the past couple of days to recover and I woke up way too early this morning.

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Did Better Than I Expected With My Lifting 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.

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Good Day In The Garage Again

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.

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Lots Of Good Lifting This Monday Morning

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.

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Even Though I Was Tired My Lifts Went Great This Morning

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.

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Another Great Day For My Lifts,fs A Pattern?

Today was another great day for me in the garage gym. Everything felt great and went as it should have. I’m hoping that it’s a pattern now where I am over the feeling a bit rundown funk I was in for much of last month.

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Perfect Day In The Home Gym

Today I had a perfect day in the home gym. Everything went exactly as well as it could have gone.

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Back On Board With My Twenty Rep Squats And SP Dead Lift Program

It’s been a while since I’ve done the SP deadlift program or my twenty rep squats. I got back into it today and felt great about it.

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Excellent Day In The Garage This Morning

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 didn’t even feel bad.

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Strength Plus A WOD Today After Almost Not Doing Anything

I really didn’t 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.

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Not The Greatest Or Worst Day In The Garage

I enjoyed my day in the garage gym today. It wasn’t 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.

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My Lifts Were Pretty Heavy Today But Everything Felt Fucking Great!

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.

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Good Day In The Home Gym After A Lazy Day Yesterday

I was lazy yesterday and didn’t do shit in the home gym. Today I fixed that and did my strength plus Monday’s WOD.

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My Lifting Was Just What I Needed After Yesterday's Shit Show

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.

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Today's Lifting Felt Great

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.

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Twenty Rep Squats And Dead Lifts Felt Pretty Good Today

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.

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Thankfully My Strength Work Felt Good Today

This morning both my neck and hip left out a missive crack. I wasn’t sure if that was going to adversely affect my lifting today or not because I did feel a slight weakness after both.

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Starting The New Year Total Today Off Right With A Crossfit Total

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.

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Twenty Rep Squats Getting Up There But Still Feeling Good

I did my twenty rep squats today and they’re still feeling good even though the weight is getting up there.

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Did My Lifts And A Longer Endurance WOD This Morning

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.

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Great Day In The Garage On This December Solstice

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.

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Today's WOD Was Sick

Today I did my strength. A few hours later I did today’s WOD which turned out to be fucking brutal.

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Did A Surprisingly Tough WOD Exactly One Year After My COVID Test Was Taken

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.

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Pretty Happy With My Lifts Today

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.

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Heavy Deadlifts And Presses Today

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 weren’t. Also felt good to do an endurance WOD.

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Strength Went Great Today, The WOD Was Blah

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 it’s not one I could see myself doing again.

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Still Doing My Strength And It Went Well Today

I’m still doing my strength every other day but I just haven’t posted about it. Today it went really well again.

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Aborted My Front Squats At 245 Today

I think I could have made them but I aborted my very heavy front squats at 245 today after the fourth rep.

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Made My Front Squats At 240

I Made my very heavy front squats today at 240 pounds. That was a PR for me.

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Front Squats Were Heavy Today But I Made Them

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.

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Twenty Rep Squats Then A Walk Around Town, Picking Up A Couple Of Geocaches

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 we’ve been letting go for far too long.

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Front Squats Felt Extremely Heavy Today

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.

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All The Things Today

It seems I did all the movement things today. Three walks, my strength and then a WOD were all part of the day.

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Lazy Sort Of Day Today

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.

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Squeezed In My Strength Between All The Running Around We Did Today

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.

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Got A Lot Done In The Garage Gym Today

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.

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A Great And Very Busy Day In The Garage Today

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.

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Another Mixed Bag For My Lifts

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.

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Not The Best Or The Worst Day Today In The Garage Gym

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. It’s still better than not doing anything.

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My Lifts Really Felt Great Today

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.

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I Did Today's Strength And Bro Session, That's All I Can Say About It

I wasn’t 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.

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Strength, WOD, And Bro Session Today And It All Felt Pretty Hard

Today I did my strength in the morning then a WOD that wasn’t great for me visually. Finally in the afternoon we did our bro session which I kept light today.

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Strength Really Surprised Me Today And Went

Today’s 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.

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Strength Went Well Today

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.

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Strength, WOD, Bro Shit And A Walk, Now I'm Dead

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.

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I Did Today's Strength Plus The Parts I Missed On Friday

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.

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Strength, Bro Session, Then A WOD 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.

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Another Busy Day In The Garage Today

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.

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Busy Day In The Garage Including My 700th Street Parking WOD

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.

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Good Strength Day After Yesterday's Lunges

Yesterday I did a WOD with farmer’s 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.

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Strength And Then Some Endurance Today

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.

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No Music For Today's Lifting

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. There’s something about it that makes it feel even better. Today’s lifts were performed that way and they felt great.

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Light Strength And Twenty Rep Squats PR at 250 Pounds

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 didn’t even feel that bad.

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Did My Light Strength Before Heading Out Geocaching

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.

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Crossfit Total Today

Today was a nice day. Cooler and much less humid than it’s been in quite a while so I went for my Crossfit total. No PRs but it all felt good.

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Lifts Felt Great Today

Today my strength felt surprisingly great with my mind being focused on the weather. Everything felt great.

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Twenty Rep Squats PR at 245 Pounds

It wasn’t 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.

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Felt Great To Be Back In The Garage Gym Today

I felt great getting back into the garage gym today. With the stress of the tree issues, I haven’t felt like working out and felt I couldn’t focus at all, so I skipped a day or two.

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I Can't Really Complain Today

I didn’t really feel like doing anything today but my stuff in the garage went pretty well. It just took a while to get started

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Did My Strength For The First Time Since The Tree Started Self Destructing

I did my strength today for the first time since our tree started self destructing. I just haven’t had much focus and didn’t want to risk it with lifting.

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Strength Went Okay Today

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.

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Last Humid Day For A While, Did Great With My Lifts And WOD

It will be our last humid day for a while. Even with that humidity, I did great with my lights and a WOD today.

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Took My Lifting For The Day A Little Slower Again 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.

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A Little Slower With My Lifting Today Since It's Very Humid

It’s very humid today, so I took my lifting a little slower. Everything went pretty well considering.

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My Twenty Rep Back Squats Were Tough Today But They're Done

I didn’t 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 β€œDon’t be a Bitch”

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I Felt Like Being A Lazy Ass Today But I Got My Strength Done

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.

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Front Squats This Morning Were Fucking Hard

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.

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Great Morning Of Lifting

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.

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Crushed It In The Home Gym Today

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.

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Zero Energy Today But I Made My Lifts

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.

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Lifting Felt A Bit Tougher Today But I Did It

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 wasn’t feeling it.

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My Lifting Felt Awesome Today

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.

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Twenty Rep Squats This Morning Then Bro Session Later

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.

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A Good Night's Sleep Really Helped Me

After a couple of nights of poor sleep, I had a good night’s sleep, last night. I’m feeling quite a bit better now. It really helped me with my lifting today.

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Better Than Expected Day For My Lifts

I drank last night. I didn’t sleep that great. All things considered, I ended up having a better day than I had anticipated in the garage gym. That’s always nice.

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Felt Good About My Garage Gym Session Today

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.

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Sort Of Back To Normal Strength Workouts Now

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.

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Short Walk On The Northwest River Trail Then Did My Crossfit Total When We Got Home

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.

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Birthday Back Squats

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.

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Decent Day In The Garage

I had a decent day in the garage. I have been feeling a bit run down from the heat and humidly, and can’t seem to drink enough water when it’s like this.

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Twenty Rep Squats And Regular Strength Felt Amazing Today

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!

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Nice 4th Of July In The Garage Gym

I had a nice fourth of July in the garage gym today. Everything went well, and you can’t really ask for better weather in the middle of summer.

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Sweaty Hands

It’s not really that hot this morning, but my hands were very sweaty. That’s one of those things that hurts me more than anything. My lifts went surprisingly well considering that.

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It's Hotter Than Hell Today But I still Did Okay In The Garage

It is hotter than Hell Today. It was about 90 ℉ 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.

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Ankle Feels Normal Today And I Did Great At My Strength

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.

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Awesome Day In The Garage On This Cool Day

Last night’s 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.

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Warm And Humid For It But I Crushed My Strength

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.

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I Don't Know How I did It But I Crushed My Strength Today!

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 don’t know how, I killed it at today’s strength, though.

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Great Lunchtime In The Garage Today

I had a great lunchtime in the garage gym today. It was refreshingly cooler to go along with that.

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Great Morning In The Garage For My Lifts

I had a great morning for my lifts in the garage this morning.

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I'm Slowly Feeling More Like Myself In The Garage Now

I’m 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.

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Good And Bad Day In The Garage Today

Today was a very mixed type of day for me in the garage. Some things well and some things went not so well.

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Made It Back Into The Garage Today But It's Hot And Humid

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.

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Busy Day On This Hot Day

It was a hot day, but I was busy in the garage gym. I did lots of heavy lifting.

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Humidity's Coming Back But I Smashed My Lift Today

Unfortunately, the humidity is returning. That kills me more than the heat. Regardless of that, I smashed my lifts today and that felt good.

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Felt Great About Today's Lifts Even Though I failed The Last Deadlift

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.

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I Made It Back To The Garage After A Somewhat Lazy Day Yesterday

Yesterday I ended up having a somewhat lazy type of day and that’s fine. Today I felt a lot better and made it back into the garage gym.

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Today It Was Hot And My Lifts Were Heavy But It went Perfectly

It was hot today. Even so, my lifts went perfectly, and they were heavy too.

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Still Feeling A Bit Weak And Tired But Crushed My Strength Today

I am still feeling a little weak and tired but I am feeling pretty normal after my COVID shot. I Crushed my strength today.

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First Hot Day Of The Year Fucked With My Lifting

Today was the first hot day of the year so far. Although I slept great, the heat really hurt my lifting.

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Challenging But Perfect Day At The Home Gym

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.

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Another Day Feeling Great In The Home Gym

I actually slept decently last night and didn’t get woken up by the motorcycle. This led to me having an outstanding lifting session in the home gym.

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Feeling Great Today!

I got woken up by the neighbor repeatedly letting her door slam as she always does. I wasn’t ready to get up. Regardless, I was feeling good today and had a good day in the home gym.

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My Stomach Felt Really Off This Morning But I still Had A Good Day Lifting

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.

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Everything Was Fairly Heavy Today

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.

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I Cannot Complain About Today In The Garage

I cannot complain about how today was for me in the garage. I didn’t do a lot or have a great day but I made it out there.

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Lots Of Activities Today

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.

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It's A Bit Warm But My Lifting Felt Great This Morning

It’s definitely a bit too warm for my liking today. Regardless, my lifting felt great this morning.

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My Lifts Did Not Go As Well As I Hoped Today

My lifts didn’t 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.

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My Lifts Felt Pretty Tough But Good Today,

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.

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Not A Bad Day At All In The Home Gym Today

Today wasn’t 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?

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My Strength Work Went Really Well Today All Things Considered

I was feeling really achy and rundown today. I still managed to get my lift sin though!

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Really Feeling Good About Today

I don’t know why but for the past few sessions I’ve been feeling off with my strength. Not today though. I felt great about it today.

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Crushed My Strength Work 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.

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Knocked Out My Strength And Some Extras This Morning

I was feeling good today so I knocked out my strength and some extras this morning.

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Back At My Strength After A Brief Break From It

This morning I got back to my lifting. I’ve 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.

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Two Attempts And Two No Goes In The Garage Gym Today

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.

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Got My Strength And Our Bro Shit Done Bright And Early Today!

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.

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My Lifts Felt Very Mentally Tough Today!

Today was a mental day for me in the home gym. It’s getting warmer out and my body’s not adapted to the heat yet. That made for a day where all my lifts were mentally tough.

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My Lifts Felt Extra Powerful In The Home Gym Today!

This was one of those rare days where all my lifts felt extra powerful. I was moving really well and moving the weight easily.

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Another Week On My Twenty Rep Back Squats Done

I had another successful week with m twenty rep squats. I’m already well above the weight I expected to make it up to.

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Busy Day In The Home Gym!

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.

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Excellent Day In The Home Gym!

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.

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I Knew Today Was Going To Be Rough In The Garage Gym

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.

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I Get To Live Another Week On My Twenty Rep Back Squats

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.

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Today Was Certainly An Interesting Day In The Garage Gym

After doing three WODs yesterday I knew today’s lifting would certainly be Interesting.

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My Deadlifts Felt Off Today, Later I Crushed The Twenty Rep Back Squats

Other than the deadlifts my lifting went great today. The deadlifts were just feeling off for me.

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My Lifts Were A Lot Tougher Than They Should Have Been Today!

Today was a day where my weightlifting just felt a lot tougher than it should have.

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My Lifts Were A Great Surprise Today!

Today I didn’t really have very high hopes for my lifting after two running WODs yesterday. Turns out that my lifting felt great much to my suprise.

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Strength Was A Bit Disappointing Today

My lifting was a little disappointing today. Things just didn’t go as well as I had hoped. Power cleans is where things went downhill. I just had a brain disconnect going on.

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Another PR On My Twenty Rep Squats This Morning Then The Sandbag WOD In The Afternoon

I got my twenty rep squats in and they’re feeling good. It was another PR week on them. Later on during the afternoon I got the sandbag WOD in.

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My Lifts Felt Great Today!

I didn’t really get enough sleep last night for the second night in a row so I was pretty tired. My lifting still felt great today!

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Strength Was A Bit Of Good And A Bit OF Bad Today

Today my lifting was a mixed bag. Some of my lifts went well while others not so much.

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Mixing Up My Strength A Bit

Today my lifting was heavy. It was doable though.

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My Lifts All Felt Better Today

My lifts today felt a lot better than last time.

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Got Another PR On My Twenty Rep Squats Today

I ended up with another twenty rep squat PR. These have really been feeling good.

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Everything Felt Heavy As Fuck With My Lifts Today

After I didn’t sleep all that well last night my lifting was heavy today. At least it was doable.

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A Great Day Today In The Home Gym

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.

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Lifting Went Great Today While It's Dumping Snow Outside

My lifting today went great. To make the day even better, it’s been dumping snow outside!

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Got A PR On My Twenty Rep Squats This Morning Then A Fun Sandbag WOD In The Afternoon

It was another week of twenty rep squats and another PR. THe PR felt pretty good too.

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My Lifts Were Pretty Heavy Today But Doable

I woke up early this morning and was feeling pretty good. I had heavy but doable lifts to do in the garage.

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Lifting Went Pretty Good Today

My lifting today went pretty good. I had some really goodf lifts and some that were just okay.

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Feeling More Tired Than I Did With COVID But I Did My Strength And A Deceiving WOD

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.

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Didn't Feel Like Lifting At All Today But Did My Strength And Felt Good About It

I most definitely didn’t feel like doing it today but I got through my strength wish no issues. I showed up today.

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Did My Twenty Rep Squats Today Then Rowed 10k Later

I decided to do my twenty rep squats a day early this week. I needed to since I was peopled out.

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Lifting Felt Great Today Plus Pushed Myself In The WOD

My lifting all went great today. Later on I got in a challenging WOD.

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Good Day Of Lifting Then Really Pushed Out Of My Comfort Zone In A WOD Today

My lifting went pretty good today. The WOD was a challenging sandbag one with lungesters and push up plus drags.

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Awesome Day Of Lifting In The Garage Today

Today was one of those are, awesome days in the home gym. Everything was feeling great and going my way.

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My Lifting Felt Great Again Today

I felt great with my lifting today. I really didn’t 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 don’t do that often.

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Lifting Felt Great Today After An Unplanned Rest Day Yesterday

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.

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Back To My Normal Strength Workouts Now

I was feeling pretty good today so I decided to do a Crossfit total. It’s been a while since I’ve done that and wanted to get an idea of where I’m at with it currently.

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I Modified And Rushed My Strength Workout For Today

We had a bunch of running around to do today so I Modified and rushed through my lifts.

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I went For My Crossfit Total Today

I went for my Crossfit Total today. It’s 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.

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Strength Went Well, Lowered Squat Weight Before Failing Today

My lifts went well today. I went a little lighter since my stomach has been feeling off.

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Brutal Day For My Garage Gym Lifting Today

Today was a brutal day for me with my lifts. Everything was heavy as hell.

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Not A Bad Day For My Lifting Today With My Lack Of Sleep Again

I didn’t sleep all that well last night. Somehow my lifting till felt pretty good.

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Great Day For My Lifting Today

My lifting was almost a complete polar opposite from two days ago. My mind was in the right place for the heavy lifts.

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Pretty Tough Day For My Lifting Today

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 wasn’t focused and it made them pretty rough.

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My Lifting Went OK Today

Today was not the best day for lifting but it wasn’t a bad day ether. Any day I can lift isn’t a bad one.

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It Felt Great To Do My Strength Extra Early This Morning

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.

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Great Day Lifting Today

Today was one of the good ones in the home gym. I really felt like I had a great day out there!

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Today's Lifting Felt Okay Considering I didn't Sleep Enough

Last night was the Eagles last game of the season. Last place bitches!

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First Strength Session Of The Year Done

I got my first strength session of the year in today. I wasn’t evne sure if I was going to do anything since my trap isn’t too happy with me but I got it done.

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Killed The Last Strength Session Of The Year

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.

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Wasn't Really Feeling It But My Lifting Went Really Well This Morning

I wasn’t really feeling it today but my lifting went really well this morning. I was just feeling tired from the time I woke up.

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Back In The Swing Of Things With My Strength Now

I’m finally feeling back to β€œnormal” whatever that may be. I feel like I’m ready to start pushing it agan with WODs and my lifting.

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It Felt Great To Do My Lifts And Two WODs Today!

I feel pretty good about today. I did my lifts and I also did double WODs today.

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Squats And Bench Press Felt Great Today!

I’m continuing my journey of recovering from the corona virus. Today my squats and bench press felt pretty good considering.

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First Post COVID Lifting Session Today

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.

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My Strength Workout Really Surprised Me Today

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.

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I Did My Twenty Rep Back Squats At 200 Pounds Today

I got my twenty rep back squats done at two hundred pounds today.a

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My Lifting Felt Pretty Good Today But My Math Skills Weren't Really There

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.

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I Did My Lifts And An Easier WOD Today

I got my lifts done this morning. I did an easier WOD a bit later.

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Lifting Wasn't Too Bad Today

My lifting this morning wasn’t too bad this morning. It went about as well as I expected it to.

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I Flew Through My Strength Today

I was definitely pleasantly surprised today with my lifts. IK flew through them with little rest needed between sets.

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So Close To Making My Bench Press 3 x 5 At Two Hundred Pounds Today

I can’t 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 I’m good at.

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Thankful For Lots Of Things But Especially Our Garage Gym This Thanksgiving

This Thanksgiving I am thankful for a lot of things. I’m especially thankful for us being fortunate enough to have our garage gym that is never closed.

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Not A Bad Day In The Garage Today

I didn’t 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.

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I Finally Broke The Bench Press 3 x 5 Plateau

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.

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Heavy Sets Of Back Squats Felt Amazing Today, Power Cleans Not So Much

For a change I woke up feeling pretty good. My lifts showed thaT. My heavy back squats felt amazing today.

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My Lifts Today Were Heavy But They All Felt Great!

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 don’t sometimes.

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I Managed My Strength And A WOD Today But It Wasn't Easy

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.

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It's A Rainy Day And I Didn't Feel Like Doing It But My Strength Today Was Successful

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.

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Despite Not Sleeping Well Or Enough My Strength Felt Great Today

I didn’t 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.

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So Far Today I did My Strength And It Felt Tough But Really Good

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.

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Surprisingly, Strength And A WOD Felt Pretty Good Today

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.

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I Finally Broke The Strict Press 3 x 5 Plateau

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 I’ve been stuck at on strict presses.

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I Preemptively Lowered My Squats Weight Strength Today

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.

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My Strength Done And It Was Rough!

My flits were really tough today. My body didn’t want to support any weight and my muscles seemed to be disconnected. I still got my lifting done but it was rough.

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My Strength Stuff Wasn't As Miserable Today

For the past week or two my lifting has been really tough. Today it didn’t feel as miserable to go through the process as it had been feeling.

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I Really Didn't Feel Like Lifting Or A WOD Today But I Did Them And I Am Happy With The Results

Today was just one of those days when I didn’t 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.

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Movements I Was Never Comfortable With

It’s nice that I can do movements now that I was never really comfortable with in the past. Today I did dumbbell step ups. I’m still not thrilled with the Movement but I was able to do them!

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Got My Strength And A WOD In This Morning Before The Eagles Game

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.

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Lifting Went Surprisingly Well After Tough Double WODS Yesterday

My knees and hamstrings have been achy after double WODs yesterday. My strength went surprisingly well today with that.

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Awesome Day For Strength And A WOD Today

I had an great day for my startng strength today. Everything felt great. I also got in a tough WOD folr me too. It’s an example of aN awesome dry in the garage.

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I'm Definitely Back In The Swing Of Things With My Strength Now

I am definitely back in the swing of things with my lifting nolw. I’ve been doing it but having some reluctance.

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Giving Twenty Rep Back Squats Another Go

With fall arriving and bringing cooler weather I think that I’m going to give my twenty rep squats another try.

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Strength And A Row Today

It’s 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.

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I Decided To Try A Heavy Front Squat Today

For a while not I have been wanting to see how heavy front squats feel. Today I got around to trying one. I’d hoped to get a little heavier than I did but I was happy with it. Later I did a WOD.

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Strength And A WOD Felt Great Today

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

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Feels Like I'm Back To One Hundred Percent

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.

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Fuck It, I Tried Leggings For My Workout Today

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.

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Quad Feels Good So I Went For My Crossfit Total Today

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.

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Quad Felt Good So I Went For Some Moderate Weighted Back Squats Today

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.

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Felt Good To Do Some Light Back Squats With The Bar Today

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.

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Some Optimism About My Quad

While it’s 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.

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Looks Like Some Rest Days Now

Looks like I’ll 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.

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Today's Strength Went Well But It Was Light So It Should Have

Today my lifts were light and easy. I guess at least that’s one advantage of failing and resetting my bench and squats last time.

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Made The First Set Of Squats At 270 Pounds

Sometimes even a failure is a success in some ways. I did make it through my first set of squats at 270 pounds. I didn’t 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!

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Today I Learned Why You Need To Wait To Turn On A Refrigerator After Moving It

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. It’s great to learn something new.

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Crushed The Sets Of Squats At My Old Trinium One Rep Max!

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.

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Made Heavy Squats Today, Failed Bench, I'm Not Mad

Today was a rough day for my lifting. It was hot and humid and I was hungry. I didn’t sleep well thanks to drinking last night. Still Im happy with the day. I made the squats!

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Heavy Squats Felt Light Today

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.

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One Of Those Days

Some days are slow and rough with lifting. Today was definitely one of those day. It’d be boring if every day was easy.

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Strength Felt Great Today After The Last Session Of Failures

My last strength session felt pretty rotted. Today it felt great. These Great days are always nice after a tough one.

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Strength Felt Excellent Today

My last lifting session felt pretty tough. Today was the opposite. Everything felt excellent.

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I've Been Thinking Maybe I Should Try A Belt For Lifting

I’ve never used a belt for my lifts and really haven’t ever even felt the need for one. I’ve been curious though and considering buying one to try it out. It can’t hurt to have another tool in the toolbox.

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Interesting Strength Day Today Went Much Better Than I Actually Expected

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.

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Strength Felt Great Today Then Brought in The New Toys

My lifting felt great today. I didn’t do everything since I knew I had to carry the new toys into the house. Our dumbbells were delivered!

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Strength Went Great Today

My strength went surprisingly well after poor and not enough sleep last night. It felt pretty good too.

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Heavy Front Squat Single Felt Great!

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.

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Decided To Go For A Crossfit Total

It has been a long while since I’ve gotten a Crossfit total see where I’m at. It’s been well over a year. I decided to go for one today.

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Made It!

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 I’m good with just making it there.

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One Step Closer

Today felt like I got one step closer to beating a longtime mental block. For my sets of five, I back squatted 260 pounds. That’s over my good form one rep max from when we went to Trinium.

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I Finally Squatted 255 For 3 x 5

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 I’m breaking even when I’m not.

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Hot Today But Strength Felt Great

Today started off pretty hot, but thankfully the humidity isn’t that bad yet. That will change this weekend, but it feels okay for now.

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Strength Felt Surprising Good Today

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.

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Failed Twenty Rep Front Squat At 170 But Not Because Of Weight

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

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Not Quite As Humid So I Did My Strength This Morning

It wasn’t quite as humid this morning so I did my strength work then instead of waiting.

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Humid This Morning But Squats And Bench Felt Pretty Good

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.

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Heat And Humidity Equals Disappointing Double Failure In My Strength Today

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 doesn’t deal with heat very well.

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Unplanned, Unexpected Couple Of Days Break From Working Out But Back At It now

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.

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Did Part Of My Strength Then Destroyed My Grip In A WOD Today

Today was a good day for me. I got through my lifts easily. Later I Destroyed my grip with brutal to me WOD.

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My Legs Will Hate Me Tomorrow After Today In The Garage Gym

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.

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Killed Today's Strength Then Did A Mentally Tough WOD

I got through my lifts easily today. I did a mentally tough WOD later that was long with movements I’m just not good at.

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Retried Yesterday's Strength

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.

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Failed Squat From The Humidity Today

Today didn’t 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.

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Weird Day In The Garage Gym

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.

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Two Good Days In The Home Gym

Even a bad day lifting is a good day but it’ even better when they’re great days lifting. Today and Sunday were both great day in the home gym for me.

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Back To Front Squatting 135 In A WOD

It’s been quite a while since I’ve used 135 pounds for front squats ina WOD setting. Today I got out of my comfort zone and did just that.

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I Failed The 255 Pound Squats Again

Once again today I failed my back squats at 255 pounds. I know I can do it but I think it’s an old mental block. I just have to keep pushing.

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Back At The Twenty Rep Front Squats

I got back at my twenty rep front squats after skipping them last week. It’s still light but it felt pretty good.

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We Did A Deadlift WOD Outside Today

Today’s 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.

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I Failed The 255 Pound Squats But Crushed The 190 Pound Bench Press Today

I failed my back squats today at two hundred and fifty-five pounds, but crushed the bench at one hundred and ninety pounds. I’ll call it a decent day.

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I Made It Through The Squats At 250 Pounds Today For 3x5

My back squats aren’t really getting any easier. They’re just getting heavier but doable. Today I made it through my sets at 250 pounds.

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Squats Get More Doable But Never Feel lighter

These heavy back squats are becoming more doable to me but certainly not easier.

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20 Rep Squats Fail At 205 pounds

I failed my 20 rep squats at 205 pounds. On rep seven I failed hard. I’m not disappointed since this high rep stuff is new to me and really tough.

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Some Days Lifts Just Don't Feel Right

Some day lifts just don’t reel right at all. Today was one like that for me. The squats looked okay but didn’t feel right from the start.

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I Made It To Body Weight For My Twenty Rep Squats

I couldn’t be more thrilled with how my twenty rep back squats are going. I made it to bodyweight now for twenty reps. That’s further along than I ever imagined I could do.

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Almost To Body Weight For My Twenty Rep Squats

I’m getting up there with my twenty rep squats. Today the squats went surprisingly well for me and I’m almost up to body-weight!

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Street Parking's 20 Rep Squat Program

I have been doing Street parking’s twenty rep squat program. it looked interesting enough to try something different for squats. The worst part for me is the breathing.

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Can't Always Go By How It Feels

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.

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