A Load of BS

Posted on Nov 06, 2007 - 10:14pm by MarkFu in Training Log

Yes, it was that time again. Time for the unrestrained bliss that is single rep back squats. Not having much time to train today, I made good use of what I had to work with.

After warm-ups sets of 45×10/135×10/185×5/205×5/, I cranked out seven silky singles of squats at the seashore.

225/245/265/275/285/295/300.

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