Power to the People

Bench press:

135 x 5
225 x 5
295 x 5
315 x 5
325 x 5

Finally moving forward again.

Pastel Bunny Poops

Had myself a fine Easter weekend. And to top it off, after several months of conquering fears, Blake finally to a poo in the potty all by himself. I nearly cried. I've never been so proud of a terd in my whole life. I thought for sure the boy would be wearing pull-ups to high school.

On another note, I've discovered a scientific breakthrough. Apparently a crappy diet, four kegs of beer a day, and not much sleep make me stronger. I've never been able to bench press more than two reps with 315lbs. Usually can't get two clean. This morning on my fifth set I knocked out five reps and had some left over. Maybe it's the garage atmosphere or the loud music, but something is working that I haven't been able to plug into for over a year.

To Trudge

So. I went for a walk this morning. How gay is that? Oh well. I suppose something is better than nothing. The guys are getting more serious about their whining. It's gone from joking about the pain to a lot of flinching and cursing. They simply can't understand why I'm enjoying this.
Anyhow, I've managed to do something evil to my back again. Didn't do it in the gym this time. I think it is from sleeping on our big fluffy pillow top mattress every night. I sleep in a hole slightly smaller than I am. I think this has begun to slowly destroy me. I've quit trying to sleep and I pretty much feel like I've got a knife sticking out the left side of my back all the time now. I'm going shopping for a new mattress today, but that's a rape waiting to happen. I don't know what to do, but my back is getting worse daily. I took 800 of ibuprofen an hour ago. May as well of eaten four Lifesavers for all the good its done. Any suggestions?

Monitor de LCD

I really have nothing to say. Just thinking about you guys. I love you.

Garage Dayz

First official day in the garage gym. Good time. Three people plus myself showed up. It was a bit odd working out with three guys that don't really have any idea what they're doing. But they pushed themselves pretty hard so it was OK. I've forgotten how weak mortals are. They're just walking around not even realizing how bad they're going to hurt tomorrow and the next day. This brings me joy. Tomorrow is squat day. Me thinks it's going to be interesting.

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Well, I've been on a two week downward spiral. I think I've been in the gym twice in a fortnight. Between traveling for work and trying to finish projects for school, I'm wasting away in reverse. I'm getting fatter and softer on a daily basis. But there is a ray of hope. I hauled all my weights over to our new garage gym. We start tomorrow (hopefully).

non sequitur

I voted for Dr. Paul today.
How funny would it be if he won Texas?

What is a Sump Pump?

We just unloaded the finest weight rack you'd ever want to lay your eyes on. Unfortunately, it came in about 1,000,000 pieces. I don't know how many beers its going to take to get it put together, but I'm sure we'll find out. I'm also sure that we'll need it that much worse when we do actually get the thing built. Nevertheless, it is beautiful.