The Good Old Internet

Last night, I slept pretty well. We ate supper pretty late, and I went to bed a little later, but I slept well and straight through. The girlfriend’s alarm woke me up. Given that I didn’t wake up, I had to take my thyroid pills (or metabolism and I like to call it) when I got up. That meant I had to wait for coffee, but it’s all good. I caught up on Reddit a bit while letting that get absorbed.

While I did drink my coffee, I was feeling great and well rested. I couldn’t wait for it to be a reasonable hour, so I could head off into the home gym and get under the bar.

It was a little after 8 this morning when I decided it was a fair enough time to get out there

The first couple of light sets while warming up just did not feel good. My body felt uncoordinated. Everything about them and my movements just felt off. They felt bad enough that it actually had me a bit concerned that this day was not going to go well at all, but I kept at it.

Once the weight started getting up there, the movement started feeling a lot better. Maybe it was just not having a good feel with the super light sets. Occasionally, I do feel like that, so I guess today was just one of those days. Those last couple of heavy sets felt great.

The final three-plus AMRAP set was a heavy 290 pounds. I don’t remember the last time I even got under a barbell loaded that heavily. It has to be early spring, though, without actually looking it up. The bar felt heavy but good on my back, aside from the fact that I just felt unable to get centered. I can only guess how much energy I burned trying to get that right.

The squats felt outstanding for me this morning. They were pretty fast for being up near my max, and they felt solid. I didn’t really feel my weight shift forward in any way that I could sense. I forgot to set my phone up to record it, so I don’t know for sure.

I felt great when I was done. I didn’t feel like putting everything away, but I did, so I didn’t have to do it later when I wanted to get a workout in. It does usually help me settle down after heavy lifts, and in some strange way, it’s served as a bit of a reminder of how much weight I used to have to take the weight apart. It’s almost like I get to see the accomplishment again.

It also feels great to be getting back to this heavy weight after the summer of not much of anything that was heavy. These heavy weights and especially back squats are where my mind really gets settled. Lifting is a good for my mental health. It’s as simple as that. The added bonus is that it’s great for my physical health too.

I was tired and my legs felt run down after the heavy lifts so I relaxed a bit. I think I even zoned out a bit while I was stretched out in bed on my tablet.

Eventually, early this afternoon, I found a simple WOD to get done. I got to do that with my ass towards the sunshine coming in the back door. That felt great. One advantage of the lower sun angle this time of the year is that the sun shines in through the sliding glass door. It’s also a disadvantage, though, when it glares on my eyes if I have to face that direction during a workout. What I did was an old shift, a doublet of unweighted lunges and dumbbell presses. I didn’t go all out but it got my heart rate up.

Music today was Down