A Little Shame In My Game

 WARM UPS:

Air Squats x10

Jumping Jacks x50

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BACK SQUATS:

100lbs x8

120lbs x5

140lbs x3

160lbs x1

180lbs x1

200lbs x1

205lbs x1

185lb FAIL

Bar x10

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BB RDL:

Bar x10

(95lb x6) 2x

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KB GOBLET SQUATS:

20lb x10

(35lb x10) 2x

KB SWINGS:

(35lb x15) 3x

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OK. I am disappointed. I only managed 205lb on my max squats. I think last year I managed 215, so I've fallen back a bit. My form completely fell apart on this one with my back coming up too vertical. I felt some discomfort in my low back but I believe it's just a matter of this being at the absolute edge of my strength right now. My core is weak, my glutes are weak and my low back is weak. I realize this is just the 2nd day of a journey and I fully expect to get stronger, but I'm still disappointed. I then tried to go and do the 2-3 90% reps as laid out in the program, but I couldn't even manage that. So I dropped the weight all the way down to the bar and did 10 reps. I know all too well what can happen if I push the envelope a little too far.

I've posted the video below. I wasn't going to because it's so horrendously bad, but I need to be honest. I don't want to sugar coat anything and only highlight the good times because, just in case some newbie is watching, they need to know what it really looks like to try. And not only to try, but to try, to fail, then try again. I have never been the fittest, or the strongest. What I have always been is one of the most honest. So I'm sharing the video. I will also admit that I put on a sweatshirt so that my gut was not so obvious. Hey, I have to have a little shame.

205lb