02.23.07
WORKOUT
Got in there 9:30, gym closes at 10:30... race against time.. fangul...
5 minute cardio warmup (45 cals burned)
Tons of stretching
chest stretching
Bar complex
Squats
93x5 116x5 140x5 163x5 191x2 191x0 185x1 185x2 140x8
Bench
81x5 102x5 122x5 142x5 167x3 122x8
Gym closed. Wackness.
NOTES: I can't possibly express my frustration with my squatting. My lower back didn't feel right going down... I point to the possible reasons in my mind:
a) Loss of confidence since I fell forward in the hole on that 196x5 couple weeks back
b) Adjusting to new, better form in Starting Strength
c) Naturally expected strength decline experienced during a cut
d) Not enough rest between sets in attempt to get routine done by gym close
e) I'm a bitchasshomothug
f) some, or all, of the above.
I don't know, I don't care. I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY I HAVE TO BE THE GUY WHO CAN'T SQUAT 225 ATF. I'm not asking for much... two plates on each side... some small, decent sign of respectable strength. It seems like anything I have ever done in my life physically requires twice the effort for half the results. I'm just tired of being the slow, weak guy with all the knowledge and none of the application. I want this cut to be over. To have successful, to be lean, and to begin a steady bulking process that will create a true metamorphosis. I'm at 25, concluding my youth, and I know this is my last, best chance to begin to realize whatever physical potential I have. I can't fail. I will not.
Tomorrow morning I wake up and hit a PR on rows. Great way to start the day.