I thought we were a day away from this one, but I was happy to have it today. The back squats are one of my favorite lifts and I enjoy the pace. It was another cold morning so I did most of my lifts with a hooded swatshirt on. James was the subsitute trainer today as steve was “on assignment”. James added in some buddha squats to help warm up the posterior chain. Good lifting day. Here are the stats:

155/185/205/205/225

I focused on driving up from the hole at James’ suggestion and I felt the power.

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