Entry #824

My overhead number is utterly abysmal. I pressed 210 for a single today. Compare that to 225 x 3 9 months ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Phs6JtSNXvo

At this rate I'm going to have to grow 50 mustaches just to be considered tough enough for a breast pump commercial. Progress, this is not.

Of course, I'm only 212 lbs. with much better cardio, so it's not like it's been a linear regression. If my present self were to fight my 240 juggernaut form I would win as is. In fact, I pound-for-pound I'm stronger than I was then, since I basically overhead pressed my bodyweight. And yet, as Mark Rippetoe once succinctly proverbed, "The universe don't give a shit what you weigh. All that counts is what you pick up from the ground."

Entry #823

Can barely walk from crippling soreness in my calves and posterior. These good-for-nothing legs aren't tough enough to cry at a sunset without spraining a fallopian tube. Don't know what I'm going to do tomorrow for ME; I can't squat heavy as it is.

Good RE today. Dumbbell pressed the 100s for 15 with little difficulty.

Entry #822

Just watched Tom-Yum-Goong. Even though George and I saw it in theaters...goddamn. Ong-Bak was slightly better, though.

My deadlift form is atrocious. Knees are habitually locking out way before my back finishes the ROM (evident in my last YouTube video), probably as a result of disproportionate lower back strength. Did a bunch of speed sets today with 225, preparing for when I pull heavy.

Over the weekend I got a pair of Chuck Taylor's from Foot Locker, so I'll no longer be squatting or deadlifting barefoot. I've noticed that the pressure that the sole provides makes a big difference in stability. My feet start to hurt a little bit if I do overhead squats barefoot (though strangely the same is not true with heavy back squats).

Entry #822

I'm still hovering around the 212 range, but progress is coming in all lifts after just two days of returning to the gym. Full speed ahead.

Entry #821

T̤̱̯͙̯̻̻̈ͯo̵̞͔̰͕̙ͯ̎̉̆͑ ̜̩̖͕̣̱̄̽͑̄͂͊̏̚̚ị̹͉͇̙̬̙̒ͧ̒̍ͦ̋ͮ͠ṅ͓͔͈̩̓v̛̀҉͍̺̕o̼̣̮̤͙̅k̟̤̄̊̆̌̈e̵͕̞̤̘͌̓ͥ͂̀ ̡̤͔ͥ̆̎͠ţ͙̠̥̦͙̭̳ͬ̍́ẖ͐̾̑e̷̠͕̣̟̬̥̩̭͊ ̤͚̄h̘̖͖͕̤̰͚̟̿̃̃ͪ̽i̘̰̲̯̯̖̐ͯ̊ͬ͛͗̐̋͟v̥̫͈͒̍̒̅͆̾̌ͤe̟̠̻̋̿̿̓-̰͈̠̀̃̎͆̈́̑ͮ͑͋̕m͉̦̜̹͍̅͐̇͐̓̕i̶̢̜̟̦͇͚͎͎̍̀ͬ̍̈̊ͫ̕n̦̮̠͑ͪ̏ͮ͞ḑ͎̪̰̯̫͍̟ͨͨͩ̃ͦͪ̄͢ ̴͍̥̥͈̰̣̬͆͛ͫͧͤ͞͡ṟ̡̹̤͕͖͖̟͈ͪ̈́̅ͬ̑̔͒͞ĕ̮̺̜͇͑ͩͭ̾̕p̵̯̤͋́ͭ͆̾̃͌͡ͅr͗̽ͬ̃̉̕͏͙̥͔̫̗͖e͓̳̗͍̺̙̪̽ͯ͑̋ͅs̫̻̓́͘͝ë̢̱̞̠̬͙͚́̎̉̉̑̾ͅn̸͔̝̈́̽ͧ̎̍̓ͣ̋͘t̞̘̞̙̻̤ͧ̀̊ͯͦ͘͠ị̢͍̣̣̤̲̪̐̈̌ͭ̊ͤ͆͢͠n̴͖̥̱̟̺̼̪ͥͮ̍͐̿͞g̶̥̩̤͇͎͎͗̈́ͣ̀ ̗̰̲̙̙ͫ̌͂̀͜͞ͅc̷ͥ҉̳̱̪̩̝͕͖h̛̞̗̦̙͎̬̣̾͂̓̐ͮͭͧ̊a̹̣̺̩̘̾ͫ͘ͅo̵̷͔͌̈́̓͂ͩ͑̆̿͢s͎̰̝͉͉͛ͮ̉́ͥ̓̒ͨ̚.̧̢̜͎̟͑ͣ̎̌̈́̽ͬͦ̋̀ͅ
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