The Good Old Internet

Last night I slept well. I woke up in the middle of the night and took my piss and took my thyroid pill because we ate supper pretty late. I ended up lying awake in bed for a while before I fell back to sleep, but once I fell asleep again, I slept through the night. This morning, I even got lucky and slept in until about 5:00AM.

I felt good this morning and enjoyed listening to the wind outside as I drank my coffee. The wind sound always reminds me of those fall days up the mountains with my dad and grandfather that I am not even related to. Those days gave me peace when my brain was deep into depression and anxiety about my failing cornea transplant.

I was pretty eager to get out into the home gym this morning and give my back squats a go. At least, I was anxious to get out there once I decided to do them today. I had contemplated whether I wanted to do them this morning or wait until Molly was home later in the week. Either way, I made the decision that I wasn’t going to go all in with them. My goal was to make one at the heavy weight and make it feel good.

The light sets felt excellent for me today. The last couple of sessions, even those felt off, but not today. As is usually the case, they felt better, and my form felt a bit tighter as the weights were increasing. I did take my time between sets and enjoyed myself with the sun beginning to shine in the window.

The heavier working sets felt great. Those sets gave me an entirely different feeling than my working sets the past couple of sessions, so that had me feeling pretty good. Today’s program called for the one plus AMRAP at a pretty heavy for me, 290 pounds. I know this weight should be one that gives me no issues at all, and that’s how it went today. The one squat that I performed felt great and, dare I admit, fairly easy? I certainly left more in the tank, but I stuck with my plan and only did the one. It was nice to walk away from them feeling pretty good, in contrast to the disappointment I have recently had.

I took a little while to relax a bit and surf on the internet to see how I’d feel as the time passed. I was feeling good after an hour or two, so I decided to hunt down a simple WOD to do.

While searching for one to do, I settled on an older one that I liked; that was nothing more than dumbbell hang cleans and dumbbell squats. They were fairly large sets too, but just two rounds. The workout is simple but short and sweet. I went with the lighter 25-pound dumbbells for the WOD this morning since my elbows flared up a little last week. It felt good to get my heart rate up.

Something interesting I have been trying to do more of in my WODs is not wearing shoes or socks. Obviously, the workout’s movements can be a factor in whether I do that or not. Cleans our deadlifts from the floor are movements that I prefer to shave shoes. They don’t offer much protection, but the fact that my feet turn outwards. Sometimes I sometimes smash them with the dumbbell, which is the reason I don’t wear shoes. They offer at least a little protection.

Music today was Demons And Wizards