Sunday, we had a very exciting Super Bowl game with the long-shot New York Football Giants defeating the previously unbeaten New England Patriots in one of the best games in years.

Tomorrow, we have Super Tuesday, with dozens of states all having their presidential primaries. At stake, is the all-important delegate count that leads to the nomination of each party. (Get out and vote)! 

In between that, I had a fairly nice strength workout, focusing on the overhead squat. I was looking for my top end and I surpassed my previous 1RM and 3RM with a 2 rep lift of 155 lbs.

The session began with the Burgener warm-up done 3x and some light broomstick and empty bar overhead squats before adding modest weights and going up from there.45×3/65×3/85×3/95×2/115×2/125×2/135×2/145×2/150×2/155×2 pr.

I finished by doing some Good Mornings with 5 x 3’s at 45/65/85/95/105.

While this wasn’t quite “Super Monday”, it was a “Pretty Good Monday”.

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