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Yesterday was a busy day in the land of the Zercher Squats. It was a beautiful day. I spent most of the day outside. Started by mowing the grass and trimming the weeds. While I was doing that, my wife went out and bought some vegetable plants for the garden. After the yard work, I mended the welded wire fence intended to keep out the critters and raked the dirt in two 3′x10′x6″ raised beds.

Wife came home with 12 Big Boy tomato plants, 12 Cherry tomato plants, 6 bell pepper plants, a couple of cucumber plants and about 10 squash plants. About an hour later we had a planted garden. Quick, into the shower, and get ready for dinner. As a combination new job/birthday celebration, we went to a really neat Brazilian restaurant, Bacana Brazil.

I’m told this is a popular restaurant format, though I’ve never experienced it before last night. Basically, you just sit at your table and guys come around with big skewers of all different kinds of grilled meats. If you want some, they’ll simply carve a bit off onto your plate. There’s no menu. You pay one set price and can sit around trying whatever comes out of the kitchen, basically as long as you’d like.

It was delicious. We sat there, leisurely chatting and eating and laughing and eating some more, for about two and a half hours. It was awesome. The service was terrific. The food was delicious. It was a fantastic experience. With bellies extra-ordinarily full, we left, picked up the kids (from the grandparents’ house) and headed home.

My belly was still seriously full when I woke at 10 minutes to 5:00 this morning. The good news: Squats were easier. The bad news: Chin Ups were not. =)

Workout

Warm Up

5x Power Snatch + 5x Overhead Squat @ 45#

5x Power Snatch + 5x Overhead Squat @ 65#

5x Power Snatch + 5x Overhead Squat @ 85#

5x Power Snatch + 5x Overhead Squat @ 95#

5x Power Snatch + 5x Overhead Squat @ 115#

Back Squats

3x Squat @ 190#

3x Squat @ 220#

3x Squat @ 250#

5x Squat @ 285#

5x Squat @ 285#

5x Squat @ 285#

5x Squat @ 285#

5x Squat @ 285#