Yesterday’s run went amazingly well, although my legs are tightening up again. I need to take breaks from work every couple of hours and stretch my calves. I wrapped up my 5 km just as WO was finishing his stint (I ran with him while he was there), at around 47 minutes. We were talking and chatting so much that I couldn’t believe I was actually done with my 25 laps when he finished. Today’s weight-lifting went really well also. I did weightless sumo squats in my office before heading down to the SRC. Those are going to be killer once I get some weight on them–I felt it all…

I started the one set to failure method today, as well as changing around some exercises. Things went pretty well, although I wasn’t able to really do a superset with the bench press and dips since the assisted dip machine is on the other end of the building. I didn’t start the squats today because I want another day or two to practice my form. Leg press: 14 @ 60 lb (+10 lb) Bench press: 12 @ 25 lb Erect dips (not leaning forward): 8 @ 110 lbs (since this is an assisted machine, it’s 173 lbs [bodyweight] – 110 lbs assistance = 63 lbs of resistance) Lat pulldown: 9…