Mikemike's Log

So here we go. A little info and background first.

Height: 5 ft. 8 in. (172 cm.)
Weight: 210 lbs. (95 kg.)
Age: 24

I played various sports through out my life but mostly football with a little baseball thrown in.
I also did some power lifting and a long ass time ago some soccer.

Starting my junior year in high school I decided I had a much better chance of getting support for college with good grades rather than athletics. For two years I was completely inactive and became a mega lard ass. I’ve now been lifting six years.

I’m currently on 5/3/1. For the approximately zero people who care to more just ask.

I’m on cycle two, week two.

Current maxes (after 10% knock off): Squat: 330 lbs. (150 kg.)
Dead lift: 340 lbs. (154 kg.)
Bench: 210 lbs. (95 kg.)
Military Press: 155 lbs. (70 kg.)

The follow is the previous cycle I finished yesterday (cycle two, week one).

Squat:
set:1 reps:5 weight: 225 lbs.(102 kg.)
set:2 reps:5 weight: 250 lbs.(113 kg.)
set:3 reps:20 weight: 280 lbs.(127 kg.)

Bench:
set:1 reps:5 weight: 135 lbs.(61 kg.)
set:2 reps:5 weight: 165 lbs.(75 kg.)
set:3 reps:20 weight: 180 lbs.(81 kg.)

Dead lift:
set:1 reps:5 weight: 225 lbs.(102 kg.)
set:2 reps:5 weight: 255 lbs.(114 kg.)
set:3 reps:5 weight: 290 lbs.(131 kg.)

Military press:
set:1 reps:5 Weight: 100 lbs.(45 kg.)
set:2 reps:5 weight: 115 lbs.(52 kg.)
set:3 reps:16 weight: 135 lbs. (61 kg.)

As for today I walked two miles and did some 40 yard sprints. Tomorrow is squat day. I’m pretty happy with the previous week but a little bummed about falling quite short of 20 reps on military press but life goes on. Thanks in advance for looking.

16 reps of 61kgs on the Military Press, and you were disappointed!? I’m pretty jealous.
Will follow your log!

Damn you are one strong man mike, 20reps on 127kg in squat, 81kg in bench and 16 at 61kg in press are insane :), your deadlift are also strong btw. I am looking forward to see your progress my man :slight_smile:

ps. Good opening post of this log.

Today was an excellent day in the gym. I think I’m finally hitting a growth spurt of progression. I think it’s been slightly over a year since I’ve had one. My progress is never constant it usually happens in concentrated lumps.

Squat:
Set:1 reps:3 weight: 235 lbs.(106kg.)
set:2 reps:3 weight: 265 lbs.(120kg.)
set:3 reps:19 weight: 295 lbs. (134kg.)

Dead lift (yes in the same day.):
sets:5 total. reps:10 per set. Weight: 205 lbs.(93kg.)

Ab machine thingy:
sets:5 total reps:10 per set weight: 100 lbs.(45kg.)

I’ve decided to make the most of my strength progression I’ll be doing heavy singles of what ever major lift I’m doing that day. When I do this I don’t usually add these singles immediately after max repping. Instead I come in later that evening to do just the singles (I lift earlier in the day). I’m a little fresher then and feel like I get more out those singles rather than doing them when worn down.

Squat:
Warm up set with 135lbs.(61kg.) then 225lbs.(102kg.).
Set:1 reps:1 weight: 275 lbs.(125kg.)
set:2 reps:1 weight: 315 lbs.(143kg.)
set:3 reps:1 weight: 345 lbs.(156kg.)
set:4 reps:1 weight: 365 lbs.(165kg.)
set:5 reps:1 weight: 385 lbs.(175kg.)
set:6 reps:1 weight: 405 lbs.(184kg.)

Good day. I usually don’t do that many sets but didn’t know I was going to be able to keep going up.

Nice squat!
What’s with your deadlift - have you not trained it as much? You’re a shorter, heavy guy so I’d assume it’d be your strongest lift?

And presumably you are running the 5/3/1 BBB with squat and deadlift reversed as assistance lifts to each other?

I CARE!

So how is Texas this time of year? Why are 75% of the powerlifting dudes from Texas anyway?

Your log I am a followin’

[quote]Spock81 wrote:
Why are 75% of the powerlifting dudes from Texas anyway?
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Availability of beef.

[quote]mikemike87 wrote:
Today was an excellent day in the gym. I think I’m finally hitting a growth spurt of progression. I think it’s been slightly over a year since I’ve had one. My progress is never constant it usually happens in concentrated lumps.

Squat:
Set:1 reps:3 weight: 235 lbs.(106kg.)
set:2 reps:3 weight: 265 lbs.(120kg.)
set:3 reps:19 weight: 295 lbs. (134kg.)

Dead lift (yes in the same day.):
sets:5 total. reps:10 per set. Weight: 205 lbs.(93kg.)

Ab machine thingy:
sets:5 total reps:10 per set weight: 100 lbs.(45kg.)

I’ve decided to make the most of my strength progression I’ll be doing heavy singles of what ever major lift I’m doing that day. When I do this I don’t usually add these singles immediately after max repping. Instead I come in later that evening to do just the singles (I lift earlier in the day). I’m a little fresher then and feel like I get more out those singles rather than doing them when worn down.

Squat:
Warm up set with 135lbs.(61kg.) then 225lbs.(102kg.).
Set:1 reps:1 weight: 275 lbs.(125kg.)
set:2 reps:1 weight: 315 lbs.(143kg.)
set:3 reps:1 weight: 345 lbs.(156kg.)
set:4 reps:1 weight: 365 lbs.(165kg.)
set:5 reps:1 weight: 385 lbs.(175kg.)
set:6 reps:1 weight: 405 lbs.(184kg.)

Good day. I usually don’t do that many sets but didn’t know I was going to be able to keep going up.

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Awsome squatting man :slight_smile:

Ok, another good session tonight.

Bench:
set:1 reps:3 weight: 145 lbs.(65kg.)
set:2 reps:3 weight: 175 lbs.(79kg.)
set:3 reps:19 weight: 190 lbs.(86kg.)
set:4 reps:1 weight: 215 lbs.(97kg.)
set:5 reps:1 weight: 235 lbs.(106kg.)
set:6 reps:1 weight: 255 lbs.(115kg.)
set:7 reps:1 weight: 275 lbs.(125kg.)

Standing dumbbell overhead press. (Like military press, but using dumbbells.)
sets: 5 total. reps: 10 per set. weight: 45lbs.(20kg.)dumbbells.

Incline bench:
sets: 3 total. reps: 10 per set. weight: 135lbs.(61kg.)

Meadows rows:
set:1 reps:10 weight: 25 lbs.(11kg.)
set:2 reps:10 weight: 35 lbs.(15kg.)
set:3 and 4. reps:10 weight: 45 lbs.(20kg.)

Dumbbell row (As described by John Meadows)
set:1 reps:10 weight: 55 lbs.(25kg.)
set:2 reps:10 weight: 60 lbs.(27kg.)
set:3 reps:10 weight: 65 lbs.(29kg.)
set:4 reps:10 weight: 70 lbs.(31kg.)

Seated cable rows (using close grip parallel handle)
4 sets of 10 reps. I don’t know the weight because the clever guy who designed the machine didn’t label the plates using pounds, kilos or anything really.

Machine row.
4 sets of 10 reps. Same story as above.

For info on what the John Meadows stuff is you can check out his article “Fine Tuning the Basics: Back Training.”

I walked two miles also.

Panzerfaust, Thanks for looking. I don’t think I mentioned earlier but I only do the recommended reps for dead lifts and rarely max rep them. However it’s true if I gave it my all my dead is shit compared to my squat. Part of it comes from squatting on a mostly consistent basis since I was twelve (I’m twenty four now). I got a head start and didn’t do any deads until years later. Then when I did start getting serious about deads I hurt my back and laid off of them but kept squatting. Its been two years maybe since I’ve included them again. Little story on that-

After my back injury I didn’t dead lift for about three years. I liked dead lifts though and decided i was going to do them again. The problem was my back even three years later still gave me a little pain in certain positions. Strangely squats wouldn’t aggravate my back but of course deads sure as hell did.

When I first began wendler’s 5/3/1 I painfully pulled 225 lbs. off the floor for a max. Pitiful but that’s all I could handle. After a few weeks of trying to baby my back and tip toeing around aggressively dead lifting the weight I got pissed one night. I decided a “weak ass” 195 lbs. wasn’t going to challenge me. I rep that on bench easily and I struggle to dead lift that? Bull shit.

I walked up to the bar and got into position. Then with everything I could muster I ripped the bar up…approximately 2 inches off the floor. lol. As I did that several pops rippled up my lower back. I was nearly pissing myself in fear. thoughts were racing like “Do my legs work? Shit maybe I need surgery. Just try to stand erect.” I was able to do so and noticed something different. My back felt fucking excellent. The one time my stupidity paid off. A few days later I remaxed and pulled over 300 lbs. Today I’m always concerned about my back so I don’t ever push it much on dead lift.

Also yes this is based off the BBB but you may have noticed I bend rules at times.

Spock81, thanks for caring! In this area of Texas this is the best time of the year I think. Allergies kill me though. This is really the only time where temperatures are tolerable. This year has been extra soggy though and cooler than usual, but that’s not complaining more like appreciation. The last two weeks have been like Seattle around here. Grass is very green everywhere with loads of flowers. That will change in a couple months. Spring always brings excessive winds too. It’ll blow your car around when on the highway. Also I agree with Panzerfaust. Beef, eggs, milk, etc. are well priced. In fact that’s pretty much my diet. Still, rising prices are starting to frustrate me a little. There also isn’t much else to do when living away from a large city. You can be active, study, drink, use drugs, or work.

Thanks Floreius :smiley:

^Good bench and thats alot of rowing man :open_mouth:

Update time. Two workouts actually (yesterday and today).

Yesterday: Dead lift.

Set: 1 reps: 3 Weight: 245lbs. (111kg.)
set: 2 reps: 3 weight: 275lbs. (125kg.)
set: 3 reps: 3 weight: 305lbs. (138kg.)
set: 4 reps: 1 weight: 335lbs. (152kg.)
set: 5 reps: 1 weight: 365lbs. (165kg.)

squat:
5 sets of 10 reps with 200lbs. (90kg.)

ab machine:
5 sets of 10 reps with 100lbs. (45kg.)

Today: Military press

set: 1 reps: 3 weight: 115lbs. (52kg.)
set: 2 reps: 3 weight: 125lbs. (56kg.)
set: 3 reps: 15 weight: 140lbs. (63kg.)
set: 4 reps: 1 weight: 155lbs. (70kg.)
set: 5 reps: 1 weight: 175lbs. (79kg.)

bench press:
5 sets of 10 reps with 135lbs. (61kg.)

Gironda dips:
3 sets of 10 reps with body weight.

Parallel grip pull up:
3 sets of 8 reps with body weight.

Lat pull down machine with cable.
set: 1 reps: 10 weight: 70lbs. (31kg.)
set: 2 reps: 10 weight: 85lbs. (38kg.)
set: 3 reps: 10 weight: 100lbs. (45kg.)
set: 4 reps: 10 weight: 115lbs. (52kg.)
set: 5 reps: 8 weight: 130lbs. (59kg.)
set: 6 reps: 6 weight: 145lbs. (66kg.)

Different lat pull down machine with out cable.
set: 1 reps: 10 weight: 110lbs. (50kg.)
set: 2 reps: 10 weight: 130lbs. (59kg.)
set: 3 reps: 10 weight: 150lbs. (68kg.)
set: 4 reps: 10 weight: 170lbs. (77kg.)

Walked two miles yesterday. One mile today.

[quote]mikemike87 wrote:

Panzerfaust, Thanks for looking. I don’t think I mentioned earlier but I only do the recommended reps for dead lifts and rarely max rep them. However it’s true if I gave it my all my dead is shit compared to my squat. Part of it comes from squatting on a mostly consistent basis since I was twelve (I’m twenty four now). I got a head start and didn’t do any deads until years later. Then when I did start getting serious about deads I hurt my back and laid off of them but kept squatting. Its been two years maybe since I’ve included them again. Little story on that-

After my back injury I didn’t dead lift for about three years. I liked dead lifts though and decided i was going to do them again. The problem was my back even three years later still gave me a little pain in certain positions. Strangely squats wouldn’t aggravate my back but of course deads sure as hell did.

When I first began wendler’s 5/3/1 I painfully pulled 225 lbs. off the floor for a max. Pitiful but that’s all I could handle. After a few weeks of trying to baby my back and tip toeing around aggressively dead lifting the weight I got pissed one night. I decided a “weak ass” 195 lbs. wasn’t going to challenge me. I rep that on bench easily and I struggle to dead lift that? Bull shit.

I walked up to the bar and got into position. Then with everything I could muster I ripped the bar up…approximately 2 inches off the floor. lol. As I did that several pops rippled up my lower back. I was nearly pissing myself in fear. thoughts were racing like “Do my legs work? Shit maybe I need surgery. Just try to stand erect.” I was able to do so and noticed something different. My back felt fucking excellent. The one time my stupidity paid off. A few days later I remaxed and pulled over 300 lbs. Today I’m always concerned about my back so I don’t ever push it much on dead lift.

Also yes this is based off the BBB but you may have noticed I bend rules at times.
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Haha, that’s a pretty detailed and out there story! Good stuff. Yeah I was just confused by your relative strength between deadlifts and squats, but that makes perfect sense now.

So basically, what you are saying, is if I get drunk and angry I will probably add 100lb to my deadlift. Awesome news!

Do you know what the actual injury was? I study health science at university (personal interest not career related), so always interested in peoples’ injuries and rehabilitation; in a totally non-morbid way!

It sounds like you had some serious stiffness built up and the drunken deadlift self-chiropractored it. Good option, considering how much they charge haha.

Also, badass pressing!

[quote]mikemike87 wrote:
Update time. Two workouts actually (yesterday and today).

Yesterday: Dead lift.

Set: 1 reps: 3 Weight: 245lbs. (111kg.)
set: 2 reps: 3 weight: 275lbs. (125kg.)
set: 3 reps: 3 weight: 305lbs. (138kg.)
set: 4 reps: 1 weight: 335lbs. (152kg.)
set: 5 reps: 1 weight: 365lbs. (165kg.)

squat:
5 sets of 10 reps with 200lbs. (90kg.)

ab machine:
5 sets of 10 reps with 100lbs. (45kg.)

Today: Military press

set: 1 reps: 3 weight: 115lbs. (52kg.)
set: 2 reps: 3 weight: 125lbs. (56kg.)
set: 3 reps: 15 weight: 140lbs. (63kg.)
set: 4 reps: 1 weight: 155lbs. (70kg.)
set: 5 reps: 1 weight: 175lbs. (79kg.)

bench press:
5 sets of 10 reps with 135lbs. (61kg.)

Gironda dips:
3 sets of 10 reps with body weight.

Parallel grip pull up:
3 sets of 8 reps with body weight.

Lat pull down machine with cable.
set: 1 reps: 10 weight: 70lbs. (31kg.)
set: 2 reps: 10 weight: 85lbs. (38kg.)
set: 3 reps: 10 weight: 100lbs. (45kg.)
set: 4 reps: 10 weight: 115lbs. (52kg.)
set: 5 reps: 8 weight: 130lbs. (59kg.)
set: 6 reps: 6 weight: 145lbs. (66kg.)

Different lat pull down machine with out cable.
set: 1 reps: 10 weight: 110lbs. (50kg.)
set: 2 reps: 10 weight: 130lbs. (59kg.)
set: 3 reps: 10 weight: 150lbs. (68kg.)
set: 4 reps: 10 weight: 170lbs. (77kg.)

Walked two miles yesterday. One mile today.
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Good job man, you are pounding yourself with some insane volume here :slight_smile:

Squat day!

Squat
set:1 reps:5 weight: 245 lbs. (111kg.)
set:2 reps:3 weight: 285 lbs. (129kg.)
set:3 reps:15 weight: 315 lbs. (143kg.)

Dead lift
5 sets of 10 reps using 205 lbs. (93kg.)

Ab machine
5 sets of 10 reps using 100 lbs. (45kg.)

One mile walk. Walked four miles over the previous two days off.

Decent work out but my dreams of a 20 rep 315 lbs. set must wait.

Panzerfaust, I’ve got no idea what the problem was. I only know my back would have sharp pains if I put myself in certain positions and made it work hard enough while in those positions. Interestingly, about a year after the injury I went and got a massage and when he reached the general area of pain he asked if I had any pain or hurt my lower back recently :o. I was kind of amazed he could tell by just feeling around without any kind of warning about it. It came out of no where. Maybe you can skim your text book or tell a professor about it and get an idea from what you know? I do seem to remember reading a rehab article maybe here on T-Nation about how to go about an injury. I think it said something like take it easy at first but at some point you have to attack the problem area directly with some force eventually.

Do you have a degree currently? I know people around here take classes here and there for pleasure but not really towards earning a degree. They are all mostly in the medical field though which almost always requires a degree.

Also regarding adding 100 lbs. to your dead lift if you approach the situation:

  1. Drunk and angry then an extra 100 lbs. probably won’t happen.
  2. Only drunk then an extra 100 lbs. definitely won’t happen.
  3. Only angry then an extra 100 lbs. may your best bet but maybe at the expense of your physical well being. I say keep calm and carry on. You’ll add 100 lbs. eventually.

Hi Florelius, I like the extra volume work because it makes me feel more like a body builder. Plus I always never take upper back work seriously so figure I could use some catching up.

Hi mate, awesome stuff so far. You’re killing those rep-out sets!

Does your back ever hurt when you military press?

Hi Dave, what’s up? Thanks for checking out the log.

Interesting you ask that. Do you mean pain occurring while the set is happening or is everything okay during the set then immediately after the weight is racked back pain ensues?

When I first started 5/3/1 maybe one or two years ago I would have a very mild short lived back pain after my max effort set. My training partner noticed as well with me never mentioning such a thing. He simply asked about it one day. I have during that time been looking into making improvements in the squat and deadlift but the upper body stuff I’m still a little behind on. Still I think some adjustments I made have helped because the issue hasn’t existed for me for a while.

For me I:

  1. Flex my abs with all I got for the duration of the set. Doing this makes everything from the shoulder down feel rock solid. I Don’t have to worry about being all wobbly and have an occasional instance where I lean back to catch my balance during the set which is probably the biggest reason for a tweaked back. That leads me to my second point…

  2. Try not to lean back too far during the set. It’s certain your core strength will wane during a high rep set. If you are already leaning back as far as possible at the beginning of the set you’re probably putting the back in a vulnerable position as the core weakens and you arc it further. I say this because on occasion I see people turning the military press into an incline bench press. Do lean back slightly but don’t exaggerate.

  3. Poke your head through the hole. As you press up the weight you should be moving so that your head pops through past the arms as the barbell is pressed over the head. This last bit helps ensure you are not turning this into an incline bench press.

Bullet points: Flex abs, poke head through hole. Do that and I think you’re fine. Keep in mind this is my personal solution for pain after the set, but it still may be worth a shot otherwise.

Look forward to hearing from you!

Cheers for the reply. I’ve definitely found for myself and clients, with comparatively weak or dysfunctional lower backs and abs end up feeling their back pump long before their upper body feels anything much.

Just goes to show how important your abs are. Time to get my press up :slight_smile:

[quote]mikemike87 wrote:

Panzerfaust, I’ve got no idea what the problem was. I only know my back would have sharp pains if I put myself in certain positions and made it work hard enough while in those positions. Interestingly, about a year after the injury I went and got a massage and when he reached the general area of pain he asked if I had any pain or hurt my lower back recently :o. I was kind of amazed he could tell by just feeling around without any kind of warning about it. It came out of no where. Maybe you can skim your text book or tell a professor about it and get an idea from what you know? I do seem to remember reading a rehab article maybe here on T-Nation about how to go about an injury. I think it said something like take it easy at first but at some point you have to attack the problem area directly with some force eventually.

Do you have a degree currently? I know people around here take classes here and there for pleasure but not really towards earning a degree. They are all mostly in the medical field though which almost always requires a degree.

Also regarding adding 100 lbs. to your dead lift if you approach the situation:

  1. Drunk and angry then an extra 100 lbs. probably won’t happen.
  2. Only drunk then an extra 100 lbs. definitely won’t happen.
  3. Only angry then an extra 100 lbs. may your best bet but maybe at the expense of your physical well being. I say keep calm and carry on. You’ll add 100 lbs. eventually.

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Hi Mike - some very nice lifting going on in here! I look forward to seeing what you hit over the course of the year. Are you planning to lift at any meets?

Regarding the injury, I couldn’t tell you from just a text description sorry. It could be any number of things. But since it isn’t bothering you anymore, I guess all’s well that ends well =). If it does come back, we can have a PM discussion about it though.

Speaking entirely from a critical point of view… you should have gone to see a physiotherapist!!!

Physiotherapists and massage therapists can always spot an injury through the general feel of the flesh. I’d say you would have had a lot of inflammation and knotting around the area and to someone with hands-on skill, this jumps out straight away.

I had recurring pains on one side of my body-I thought it was lower back but it turned out to be floating rib issues. Similarly, these “self-cured” themselves via some serious popping during an exercise one day!

My degree in health science is about half complete, at 1.5 years of a total of 3 currently done. It’s effectively a pre-med school degree, or can be used in its own right to work in physiotherapy, rehabilitation, coaching etc. But I have no interest in becoming a doctor, and the human sciences pay terribly in this country.

I focus my papers mainly on the nutrition, psychology and training principles side of it. The rehabilitation stuff bores me as I am not so good with remembering anatomical terms and don’t like the workshops where you have to massage your classmates. Well it’s ok when you get paired with attractive girls, but that doesn’t tend to happen as the universe hates me.

On that uplifting note, keep up the great work!!

[quote]mikemike87 wrote:
Squat day!

Squat
set:1 reps:5 weight: 245 lbs. (111kg.)
set:2 reps:3 weight: 285 lbs. (129kg.)
set:3 reps:15 weight: 315 lbs. (143kg.)

Dead lift
5 sets of 10 reps using 205 lbs. (93kg.)

Ab machine
5 sets of 10 reps using 100 lbs. (45kg.)

One mile walk. Walked four miles over the previous two days off.

Decent work out but my dreams of a 20 rep 315 lbs. set must wait.

Panzerfaust, I’ve got no idea what the problem was. I only know my back would have sharp pains if I put myself in certain positions and made it work hard enough while in those positions. Interestingly, about a year after the injury I went and got a massage and when he reached the general area of pain he asked if I had any pain or hurt my lower back recently :o. I was kind of amazed he could tell by just feeling around without any kind of warning about it. It came out of no where. Maybe you can skim your text book or tell a professor about it and get an idea from what you know? I do seem to remember reading a rehab article maybe here on T-Nation about how to go about an injury. I think it said something like take it easy at first but at some point you have to attack the problem area directly with some force eventually.

Do you have a degree currently? I know people around here take classes here and there for pleasure but not really towards earning a degree. They are all mostly in the medical field though which almost always requires a degree.

Also regarding adding 100 lbs. to your dead lift if you approach the situation:

  1. Drunk and angry then an extra 100 lbs. probably won’t happen.
  2. Only drunk then an extra 100 lbs. definitely won’t happen.
  3. Only angry then an extra 100 lbs. may your best bet but maybe at the expense of your physical well being. I say keep calm and carry on. You’ll add 100 lbs. eventually.

Hi Florelius, I like the extra volume work because it makes me feel more like a body builder. Plus I always never take upper back work seriously so figure I could use some catching up.
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I think that high volum upperback work sounds like a great idea, especially if you have neglected it for some time.

Btw: Insane squat you got there :slight_smile:

Ok time to do this. Yesterday:

Bench:
set: 1 reps: 5 weight: 160 lbs.(72kg.)
set: 2 reps: 3 weight: 180 lbs.(81kg.)
set: 3 reps: 17 weight: 200 lbs.(90kg.)

Standing dumbbell overhead press:
5 sets of 10 reps with 45 lbs.(20kg.)

Incline bench:
3 sets of 10 reps with 135 lbs.(61kg.)

Dumbbell row:
set: 1 reps: 10 weight: 55 lbs.(25kg.)
set: 2 reps: 10 weight: 60 lbs.(27kg.)
set: 3 reps: 10 weight: 65 lbs.(29kg.)
set: 4 reps: 10 weight: 70 lbs.(31kg.)

Seated cable machine row:
4 sets of 10 reps at some weight.

And that was it because I was low on time.

Today:

Dead lift:
set: 1 reps: 5 weight: 255 lbs.(115kg.)
set: 2 reps: 3 weight: 295 lbs.(134kg.)
set: 3 reps: 3 weight: 325 lbs.(147kg.)

Squat:
5 sets of 10 reps with 200 lbs. (90kg.)

Ab machine:
5 sets of 10 reps with 100 lbs. (45kg.)

Two miles walked yesterday and again today.

Panzerfaust, I don’t intend on competing in anything. I’ve only ever competed in high school and only for one season. It didn’t really move me. In fact I kind of hated it, strangely. It was a cool atmosphere though. At whatever school we traveled to we always set up shop in the basketball gym. It would be packed with tons of competitors from all over the region. Many were from towns only a hundred miles away but never even heard of these places before. It was packed and loud. I always liked seeing the different people. Some were really low body fat and short while others were tall and super fat. There was a dude in the area who was close to a 700 lb. squat. Never got to see him though. Saw some 5oo lb. and an occasional 600 lb. squats.

I’ll get back to this later. Short on time again.