Boxing on Friday started off with jabbing a partner while moving backwards, then adding a 1-2. Moved on to bag work for the rest of class. Less physically intense than usual for this day's class, but jabbing non-stop for 3 minutes was a decent challenge. It's always a little harder when your partner is limp wristed while holding mitts so you don't get a rebound effect too.

Went out with family for Chinese lunch on Saturday and then spent the rest of my day at my aunt's, spending time with everyone. Wonderful time. In 2008 I wrote a log entry that's still up about how I went to my aunt's and boasted about bringing along a science book to read so I wouldn't be bored. I'm the polar opposite of that attitude now. Didn't really train on this day, but I went down and set everything up to squat the next day and did 2 sets on the reverse hyper, going from 180 lbs to 270 lbs x 10 for each.

My low back did not like sitting on her couch for prolonged periods of time so I had a plan B of doing belt squats the next day, but it was feeling better by the time I stepped into the gym.

Squats

365 x 5

415 x 3

465 x 2

315 x 20

After a split-second decision I went for the 20th rep and felt my back straining to keep the weight up, but no pain. That remained true the rest of the day. Great sign.