Back and boo and something new

It’s been a hectic week, with the new addition to the family. Gracin was born early on Oct 23, and fatherhood has been pretty amazing so far.

Things calmed down enough for me to duck out on Halloween…however it turns out that the advanced class was canceled. :/ Should have thought of that!

In any case, I did get a good sweat going doing some deadlifts and clean and jerks. New personal best in the deadlift again tonight. One of the great things about the 531 system is that you’re constantly given chances to compare how you’ve improved over the past month, but in a broader sense than just simple 1 rep maxes. Doing a 1RM is pretty taxing, and isn’t really productive to be doing every few weeks. But if I lift 195 six times…and then the next month I do 205 six times, well that’s just means I’m stronger than I was last month!