That’s just your body telling you that you did something worthwhile. And/Or that you are getting old.
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I’m a believer in form PRs. I’m chasing one myself.
Good work!
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Probably both.
Thank you. It really is nice when hard work pays off. 
Great outlook!
My re-read and purchase of 5/3/1 Forever allowed me to find something I’d missed in all the previous readings (or skimmings). Assistance work isn’t supposed to wear you out, make you sore, or turn into a main lift. And I’ve failed at that - and it makes me happy to know so. I struggle to keep pushing the assistance stuff especially after week three of 5 PROs. So mentally I beat myself up for slacking off and skipping, or I force it but it’s low quality.
Step-ups without weight probably count for assistance work. Slow down a bit if you feel the need, but you’re getting the single-leg work done and forcing some smaller muscles to wake up to hopefully keep your pelvis level when only standing on one leg. I’m beginning to see that assistance work is for joint health, postural balance, or anything you feel needs some extra attention.
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I started with unweighted step-ups when I started 5 months ago. I’ve been building up the weight to increase the resistance since then. I only got to a 20# dumbbell. Typically the movement doesn’t bother me, but I have old lady knees and sometimes they get super pissy. I also go with a pretty slow tempo to focus on the single leg portion. If I start moving to fast I start to push off with my back leg instead of using the forward leg to do the work. I think it really has helped with my knee health. I didn’t used to be able to run up a few flights of stairs without a near death experience and significant knee pain. Now I can. But yeah, the assistance work for me is usually just some extra work that is not typically much more than moderate. I think that might be the one thing from the program that I was actually doing properly from the start. 
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Just recently learned this myself.
That only took 40 years.
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A quick political note that is close to my heart. Why the hell are we still doing this time change bullshit? It serves no purpose other than to do an annual sleep deprivation experiment on the entire population. I hate it with every fiber of my being.
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I feel the same way. Just pick one and LEAVE IT!
My most hated day of the year is when we switch back to DST. 7:30 and the barely daylight. 
I got shit to do in the morning, not after I am dead tired.
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Complete bullshit.
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I’m so happy other people understand this! If I do a step-up properly, then it’s really more of a single-leg squat. And if I do that correctly, then I don’t really need any weight. I’m sure there’s benefit to going heavy and using both legs, but if I’m doing single-leg work, then I feel like I’m supposed to just use one leg at a time.
I’m 41 so I guess you could say it took me 25 years to learn.
I absolutely loved staying up til 11:30pm because I wasn’t tired and then driving to work in the dark this morning. Sunrise and sunset were perfect on Saturday.
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It will be the worst for me mid summer. I go to bed at 8:00. The sun will set at like 9:00. I mean really. On a funny note, my son got home from work at 9:00 last night and asked why I was up so far past my bedtime.
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If I’m really paying attention, I step down slowly too. But if I’m in a hurry or fatigued I step up slowly then flop my ass down on my back leg. Lol.
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The Spring “Spring Ahead!” just kicks my duff. I hate this.
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Got a cavity filled, had coffee with a friend, baked some yummies for my family and got an easy walk in. Successful day!
Today is a good day!
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sounds like a great morning 
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Hahaha! The dentist was super nice and I didn’t feel anything. Except the first poke of the needle. Not sure what I thought he was doing, but it caught me by surprise. Lol
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Dentist…gave you a poke. Didn’t feel anything…caught me by surprise. Was super nice.
Lady, can’t just write stuff like this, I am trying to be a gentleman.
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Even I was tempted to “TWSS.”
Edit: but only didn’t because I was in the middle of something.
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What can I say. Sometimes it’s nice to lie back, open your mouth and just let it happen.
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