Squeezin' It In

Feeling like crap so in classic brainiac fashion, I forgoed (is that a word) any real semblence of warming up in exchange for getting right into the iron pills. Now I am paying the price.

Sunday

Missed my squatting cause I was busy (more later)
Squat 310x3, 350x3, 395x3, 315x5
Benchpress 4x6 reps w/ 225 changed up my grip each time
Rack lockouts dropped the pins a notch close grip 335x3, 370x3, moved hands out a bit and some freakin' creep of an Invisible Welder dumped on my parade ground when he welded the 405 to the pins. I got one.

Tucked it between my legs and went home. Drowned my sorrows in Moose Tracks and chili (blatant plug for Carroll Shelby's Chicken Chili "kit". Try it. It's good. I used turkey too.)

Monday

Trying to make up for a lack of manliness on Sunday. Said screw warmups again to prove my mettle.
DB incline press 5x10/ 50, 60, 70, 85, 90
S/S w/ Assisted neutral grip pullups 4x15
Purple band pushdowns 100 reps (took me 5 sets to do it)

Waited awhile. Told a disinterested client to go home. Things are looking up...Maybe I will pull (normal Monday routine) and finish off my spine. Why the **** not?

Pullin' 360x5, 410x3, 455x1, 365x3 x2 sets (used 100 pound plates. It made me feel more like a man.)
Box squats w/ safety squat bar (parallel-ish box) 275x3, 315x3, 345x3 all good (Then was reminded that bar weighs a bit more than a regular bar. At this point, who the $%^& cares). Lower back toasty. RX is 4x12 of reverse hypers/ 150, 300, 390, 480. And yes this was about the only thing that made me feel better.

Remember kids; life is hard. Its not fair. And I have a knack for making it more difficult. In some old movie, one guy asks another (I think they were in a foxhole), 'when do I get a break?' To wit, his pal replied, 'Neverrrrrr!'

That's what friends are for.

Stay strong,
Ed T.