ME Deadlifts/DE Box Squats/Parkour

Lower body warm-up

ME Deadlifts:
1x5 135lbs
1x4 185lbs
1x3 225lbs
1x2 275lbs
1x1 315lbs
5x1 335lbs

DE Box Squats:
8x3 175lbs

Unilateral:
3x6 135lbs reverse lunges, each leg

Weighted Abs
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Phew... Okay, well, the good news is that I didn't go mixed grip until 315 and I didn't go false-grip until the third set at 335. However... Man, that was heavy. I know going for 345 next week is going to be a battle and a half. I'm definitely reaching my limit as far as the DL goes. But I also dropped to 152 again, so... Man, I just need to gain some fucking weight. I know it's the whole.. no real food thing.. that's causing the weight drop, but it's annoying nonetheless.

Parkour was interesting. Adis and his friend showed, no one else. We warmed up with a circuit using the Life Sciences building. Wasn't too bad and I got an idea of their conditioning level. CNH remains under construction, so we did some jumps at the ArtSci rock field, then went on to the rails by BSB. I showed them a short run, got them to try to drill it and glue all the pieces together, then worked a little on their specific weaknesses. Because Adis was a little weak on his kongs, I took them to the ledge at the Refectory to work on that a little. He couldn't stop zombie-walking. Then, at the next pair of rails near the Refectory, I gave them a few two-shotters to drill. They had to go and I went on my own to the new spot near the Cootes crosswalk... It now has a name: Heather's Place.

I drilled some jumps. One particular jump, every time I do it, I don't think I'm going to make it, but I magically land on it anyhow. Using one of the street rails, I used our CNH single-rail combo and then ADDED consecutive jumps to it. This works much better and I think it'll be a good parting gift to the Hamilton community.. It's fluid and incorporates vaults, balance, and jumps all into one seamless package. Hopefully, someone a bit more skilled shows up next week to learn it, add to it, and keep it alive for all the newcomers.

Also, I seem to have aggravated my heel again. I'm never going to be back to good. :(