Axle strict pressed 210x5 while wearing a respirator mask. Next day (yesterday) did some farmers' walks with 200s in my yard, then followed-up with triceps and biceps, plus a set of exercise ball planks. Pretty used to the mask now. Actually it's just the tightness on my nose bridge and slippage from sweat that's annoying, the actual breathing is a piece of cake even under heavy exercise. I'm not in great cardiovascular shape right now, either, at least not compared to when I was going to Muay Thai (sorta by design, I'm gaining weight), but I still remember the misery of training with a breath restriction mask last year. A lot of people shit on those and they don't do any voodoo with blood cell count but the point for me is they train you to suffer.

We were due for another lightning dry crazy storm last night and early this morning but it didn't really materialize. Still standing ready in case we have to evacuate. Air is peat soup, can't see the mountains past my house.