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…but first, a bit of my last several days.

New Year’s Eve

My wife and I, and five other couples went out to eat to a fantastic Italian place. We go there (the six couples) every New Year’s Eve night.

After dinner we came home, put the kids to bed and played backgammon until about 11:00 or so when we decided we had no good reason to stay up - and our kids were going to be up at 6:00 regardless how early or late we stayed up - and just went to bed.

We’re getting old. ~shrug~

New Year’s Day

New Year’s Day we went over to my in-laws’ place. Watched Missouri pummel Arkansas and Tony Temple set a new Cotton Bowl rushing yards record. Ate some traditional and not traditional New Year’s Day foods. Drank some beer.

Not a bad day. Very quiet compared to the rest of the holiday season. That makes me happy.

Squats and More Squats

Figuring all the crazies were going to be in today, I planned a workout that required exactly one power rack. I figured my normal 5:00 starting time would just beat the newbies. I could claim the power rack and just do my think for as long as I needed.

Turns out, the crazies didn’t show today. Maybe it was too cold. Maybe they’ll start on Friday. Or Monday. Or maybe they all went to Club Fitness.

All I know is that they weren’t at the Y this morning.

Warm Up

5x Overhead Squat @ 45#

5x Overhead Squat @ 100#

10x Overhead Squat @ 100#

Little More Warm Up

3×5 Back Squat @ 145#

3×3 Back Squat @ 175#

Work

3×3 Back Squat @ 205#

3×3 Back Squat @ 230#

2×2 Back Squat @ 250#

1×2 Back Squat @ 265#

I did some pull ups - ladder style - between each set of squats, coming to a total of 48 pull ups. Made sure to do the last of each set with a very slow negative.

Lactic Acid Tolerance

I’ve mentioned before in March I’ll be Mastering the Met - a 42 flight stair climb for charity. I really need to get my lactic acid tolerance up for the challenge.

16kg KB Snatches

ladders, every minute, on the minute, 12 minutes

20x (10x ea. arm)

18x (9x ea. arm)

16x (8x ea. arm)

14x (7x ea. arm)

20x (10x ea. arm)

18x (9x ea. arm)

16x (8x ea. arm)

14x (7x ea. arm)

20x (10x ea. arm)

18x (9x ea. arm)

16x (8x ea. arm)

14x (7x ea. arm)

For a grand total of 204 Snatches. Not a terribly impressive number for 12 minutes, but after all those squats, I felt pretty much at the end of my abilities.

Cabbage Soup Diet

Finally, in the spirit of New Year’s resolutions, I got in a discussion with someone over the Cabbage Soup Diet. This someone was trying to convince me it is the best weight-loss plan in existence.

Every year - at this time - he goes on the cabbage soup diet. He, indeed, loses 20-30 lbs (6-10% BW) in 2 or 3 weeks. He counts it as a great victory every year…and weighs more each Christmas than he did the previous year.

What kind of great victory is limited to 3 weeks/year?