email sent to brother james

I find it funny man. I really enjoy working out. Not actually the work itself, but once I’ve completed it, I get a great sense of accomplishment from completing a workout. This morning I deadlifted 120KG. I did not think I was going to get the last rep done; but I did. And I’m real happy about it. But no matter how many times I get that feeling, I dread the moments before working out. I hate waking up extra early, I get nervous before I start my squats ... I really hate the anticipation of it all.

But gee it feels great to succeed.

Trying to turn around that feeling. You said to me once that if you’re not a little nervous before a lift something is wrong. And I guess that’s part of it. Getting under the bar to do squats is not easy .. So it’s a good thing to be worried.

Anyway, I did well today.

Squat 92
Press 32.5 (tougher than expected)
DL 120

I was too tired to do chins right away and was running short on time, so I will complete them when I get home.

I had a lot of anticipation leading up to this workout – I haven’t slept real well lately and have been very tired at work the past x2 weeks. So when I got home, I went straight to sleep between 6 and 6:30. I woke up around 8.30, got up, had about 500g of steak, watched GoT and then back to bed around 10.30. I woke up at 5.30 this morning and felt great; refreshed and ready to work. Still would have liked to sleep in a bit longer ;) but good overall.

new milestone

yesterday I squatted 90KG.
I failed an attempt at bench of 60KG.

Struggling with my overhead press technique.