5 mins. treadmill

Close-grip pulldowns- 150x8, 195x8, 210x8

Deadlifts off 4" Blocks- 135x3, 225x3, 315x3,
w/Metal King Sumo Deadlifter, straps down- 405x2
straps up- 495x1
615x1
635x1
655x1, PR! This felt like it went up easier than the other two and I'm sure I had more in me. As long as I'm able to keep my more upright technique and my grip doesn't give out I should be good for a decent pull at Southern States.


SSBar Raw parallel box squats onto a home made foam pad- 155x5, 245x5, 335x5, 425x5


DB Rows- 100x10x2

I got some interesting news today. The Steel Mill Gym, which is the closest gym with a monolift that recently dropped it's 24 hour status, closed today. Although this is disheartening, since I hate to hear about other small businesses closing (especially gyms), it could work out well for us. Hopefully we'll get enough members from this to get back to where we were before the economy slowed down.

Fall seven times, STAND UP EIGHT,
Brian Schwab