Nuts

Three goals today: Get back to work with my staffing/consulting business, finish the mash tun and try to box squat worth a shit. I made some decent decisions about the direction and focus of my business. I think with my background and current situation, working with Emergency Departments and EMS is going to make the most sense. I still have enough contacts in IT and a few other random industries to work there as well, but someone in my position is well-served by specialization. I also drafted contracts finally today. Exciting, I know. Enough of that though, let's get to the blog-title-worthy stuff.

Max Effort Lower

Box Squat
45x10
45x10
135x5
185x3
225x3
275x3
315x1
335x1 PR

345xf

Felt great today. Just barely failed 345 because I was fatigued. I think coming in fresh, I could be back to where I was a couple meets ago. My meet best is a paltry 353 and I think I could hit that again (finally).

Mutant Glute-Ham Raise/Roman Chair?

Bodyweight x 8

25x8x4

Weighted Decline Situps
10x15x3

BB Rear Shrugs
185x20x3

After yet another hardware store trip and a visit to Austin Homebrew Supply, I was able to get the right parts to get the ball valve watertight on the mash tun. I also finished out my sparge arm with ugly drilling for special home-made charm.

Yeehaw.

Also bought some ingredients for a very basic blonde ale. Nothing fancy, just some pale malt extract, two-row, Cascade and Willamette hops and good old bullet-proof WL001 yeast. Gonna simul-brew this with my friend Aaron in Charlotte, NC so we can compare notes and see where we mess up.