-Close stance squats, heels 12" apart: 405 x1, x1, x1. Much better this week, I didn't look like a green horn in the cage! Form was spot on, balance was there, and the weight just flew up like it was an empty bar. I guess I needed to rewire those path ways or something. Next week I will go up to 415. I was going to do 5s and 3s with these but they hurt my patellar tendons something fierce, so I am going to keep them to singles to keep my knees feeling good. It is funny, a year or so ago I couldn't squat for shit with a wide stance and I could do 500 all day with a narrow stance. Now that I have worked the wide stance for a year, I can handle much more weight, raw and geared, with the wide stance and I can't squat for shit with the narrow stance. Go figure.
-Hack squats: 405 x3, x3, x3.
-Straight legged abs with cable: 50 x10, 60 x10, x10
Done. 45 minutes door to door. This is the only local gym in town and it is an absolute shit hole. The good thing is no one ever uses the power cage so I can always get it clutter free. The rest of the gym has bars, plates, and dumbbells laying all over the place. No one takes care of it, no one cleans it, nothing. I heard last week some yahoo dropped 300+ on his face benching and it smashed him good. I am glad I go early when it is empty because if I was there in the evening with these yahoos I would get very aggravated and end up dropping a 45 onto someone on "accident". If I get the manager spot at work and get daylight hours, maybe I can get them to give me keys to the place so I can lift at night and then clean the place up. Things like this always amaze the hell out of me.
Cold today. I am ready for spring, so anytime it wants to warm up is ok with me.
-Rick
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