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Volleyball with the fam. Fun had by all.

Grace - clean and jerks x 30 R: 2:58 (65#)

Wednesday, Feb. 3 Starting strength - working sets Back squat 3x5 D: 290# R: 90# Bench press 3x5 D: 245# R: 80# Deadlift 1x5 D: 345# R: 175# Lucy wanted to spot Daniel with his benching.

Lucy helping with push-ups

5 rounds for reps: 1 minute deadlift (185# / 85#) 1 minute push-ups (R from knees) 1 minute strict K2E (R with kip) D: 267 R: 287 We took turns with each of the 5 rounds because Lucy needs supervision in the gym (go figure) so we each had 3 minute rests between each round. Lucy helped with the push-ups.

Starting Strength - working sets Back squats 3x5 D: 285# R: 110# (fail on 2nd set; have to reset again; I think I'm doing something wrong) Strict press 3x5 D: 140# R: 55# Power clean 5x3 D: 135# (he did snatch instead of PC; the weight was getting too high to drop- we need more bumper plates) R: 100#

Saturday, January 30 Warm up walk with Lucy and Elliot. Luckily it did the trick and Lucy passed out quickly so I could work out. Fran (almost) 21-15-9 Thruster (45#) Pull-ups R: 12:05 Ridiculously slow. Had to rest between every set. One day I will do this rx and unbroken.

Starting strength Working sets Back squats 3x5 R: 105# Bench 3x5 R: 75# Deadlift 1x5 R: 165# Slight interruption between bench and deadlift because Lucy woke up from her nap and needed some help falling back asleep, but lifting generally went ok.

Starting strength Working sets - Squat 3x5 D: 274# R: 100# Strict press 3x5 D: 160# R: 55# Power clean 5x3 D: 220# R: 95#

Tabatha squats x 10 rounds Every other rest in bottom position D: 13 R:10 Max handstand hold x 3 D: 30.14 seconds R: I still use the wall for support - 44.56 seconds

I forgot to post 2 sessions of starting strength. Daniel did great but I had to reset my weights again because I was close to failing on the squat, bench and press.

Hiking in Anza Borrego. Lucy was a trooper!

Been doing starting strength for the past 3 weeks. So far so good. My working sets were 105# squat, 80# bench, 165# deadlift. Cash out strict pull ups. Still only up to 3.

R: 14:09

This was tougher than I expected but also a nice way to ease back into things after a week off.

R: 3 rounds + 30 (push-ups on knees)

Lucy enjoyed our walk through the vineyards.