Get in the gym

Check out the above two squat vids.  They’re sets 3 and 4 from about 1pm on Monday, and under the circumstances below:

• Two nights in a tent, after two days of crappy food and beers
• The last night got about 6 hrs sleep, and I woke up on the Eastern shore at about 6:45 that morning
• Got eaten alive by biting bugs all weekend
• Developed some sort of skin reaction to either the bites, the bug spray (which didn’t work), the heat, or the sunscreen
• Drove 3 hrs back, and got out of the car at the gym

And yet, I was still able to muster enough sand to do my volume day, which if any of you are aware, is the most taxing day of the week.  Was it the best workout ever?  No.  But the squats were better than expected, and I felt great after the post-meal.  The presses all went up, and that was a PR for sets across (just like the squats).  Also, there was nothing I’d rather have done than take a nap (I had to coach at 6&7), but I squatted anyway.

Moral of the story?  Get in the gym.  Do your squats.  I’m not courageous or heroic, but I understand that consistency is half the damn battle.  It’ll often go better than you think.

Also, I updated my workout log for those of you who care.

Also, a side note, I developed an awesome tan line for no reason that I can think of.  What was it?  The place where I put the bar in the squats didn’t tan as much as the rest of me.  I’ll get a pic up of it later, but understand what I’m saying: I don’t have a tan line because the bar was on my back while in the sun; I have a tan line because the bar was there in the past.  How?  No idea.  Maybe I squished out all of the melanin?  Maybe that part of me is becoming impervious to all insult?  Either way, proud of my low-bar tan.

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