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I did not sleep all that well last night. The past few nights, I haven’t slept all that soundly, really. Maybe I caught a bit of a cold. My head has been a little stuffy too. No fever or anything. Nothing would surprise me around here. We went to two of the girl’s wrestling things last week, and folks around here do give a crap about spreading germs. The big Eagles win didn’t help matters, nor did the excitement from something else going on in life.

I felt a little tired this morning and a little off, so I was considering holding off on my squats until Friday, so Molly could watch. I may have a visitor this weekend, so I thought there may not be time, so I went ahead and gave the lifts a try this morning after I finished drinking my coffee.

The first warm-up reps with just the empty barbell felt a little off even, but I decided to take my time between sets and just plug away at them.

The next set did feel a lot better, and the moderately weighted ones felt pretty good. Sure, they felt much heavier than the weight should have, but I was expecting that.

The working weights felt pretty okay for the first two sets at 225 pounds and 245 pounds. Not easy but not unmanageable ether.

The final set on today’s program called for the AMRAP at one plus reps at 285 pounds. It’s a pretty heavy weight for me, and I haven’t been under such a heavy weight since early in December. I know I lost some muscle and strength when I was sick. For those reasons, I intended to keep it at just a single rep today. It was more about getting under a fairly heavy barbell. I got that rep, and it felt a lot tougher than this weight should have, but I don’t think I broke either. Unfortunately, I did not record it, so I can’t see it, but it felt good enough.

I am undecided whether I will bump the weight the next cycle or do another one with the same weight. I know I can increase it, but I am leaning toward not doing so and taking another getting back used to lifting heavy cycles. My main goal is that I am here for the long-term gains. An extra week isn’t going to make a big difference in the long life I hope to live and continue lifting.

I ate something and relaxed for a bit while looking for a WOD to do. I had already done today’s vault, and frankly, it’s a stupid WOD that I got nothing out of apart from the point towards the vault. Well, I guess the squats got my heart rate up, so that’s good at least.

I settled on a simple one that was just hang snatches and those dumb hop overs that Street Parking is just so fond of. It was okay today. I wanted a less intense workout, but still got my heart rate up.

Music today was Black Sabbath