Old People Squats

It was kind of a serendipitous thing that box squats were programmed for tonight. My knees have been feeling very crappy lately. I want to work my lower body, but it's a challenge to get productive work done when you're working around a wonky back and wonky knees. But these box squats are a god send. They really should be called Old People Squats, although that's not a very good advertisement for them. 

Here's what we got done tonight:

WARMUPS:

BOX SQUATS: Bar x10

BOX SQUATS:

65lb x8

80lb x5

95lb x3

115lb x1

135lb x1

155lb x1

165lb x1

175lb x1

GOOD MORNINGS:

(95lb x6) 2x

DB GOBLET SQUATS:

30lb x10

45lb x10

30lb x10

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Everything went really smoothly. As with all my other lifts, my max has dropped back a little bit. The last time I worked up to a 1RM on these, I got to 190lbs. So, I'm 15lbs off; not too bad. I can make that distance up in no time. As of right now, I only have slight pain in my kneecaps when I sit. I'm taking some preemptive ibuprofen at bedtime tonight to nip any pain in the bud.  Tomorrow is a rest day and then upper body on Thursday. By Friday I should be good to go for dynamic lower body work. 

As a side note about last night's work - my ribs, chest and back are SORE! those DB pullovers are a keeper for sure!