12/2/22
Having time after work I pressed.
Now 9¼ hours of food prep isn’t exactly ideal for lifting, you’re dehydrated from standing next to the oven, but in circumstances unideal you get a solid litmus test for where you stand.
I started daily lunges about a week ago…
Tonight’s cleans had horsepower!
Being out of position in all sorts of ways, and getting the rep anyway – exploding too early, managing to bump my thighs against the bar, GRABBING THE BAR OFF CENTER, etc.
My quads and glutes firing to press through the sticking point.
Tonight likely the first time this had actually been an efficient thing.
I swear my ass is more dense, more easily activated/often activated throughout the day, and in a week my thighs are bigger.
Why wouldn’t walking lunges quickly out thigh size back on?
They’ve been larger at 20-30lbs of bodyweight less (back when I did squat every day – highly recommended), so this could be muscle memory, and too – I respond really well to reps.
Lunges are a forte type movement for me.
It’s good to be back.
I’d not much trained legs these past few years.
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He who hath the biggest ass lifteth the most weight…while dem thighs provideth forth thy base from which thy press burst forth skyward.
I had much fun typing the last paragraph.
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Persistence & Tenacity