::sorry for lame thread title. i'm feeling impatient::

and bouncy. did 85lb bench for 3's week - BARELY. i've never come so close to missing a bench rep as i did with that third one but i did it. IT SUCKED. and did 85lb squats, which was lighter than i thought i was meant to be but w/e. it went fine and i got 5 on the final set so i feel like this is a good groove for right now.

new thing 1: one-arm waiter carries. i'm going to be doing these now as maintenance every time between my bench sets (prolly keep the band pulls as general warmup and/or for maintenance on ohp days). went right handed heading out because that's the shoulder that feels normal, left handed coming back trying to match the same feel. they totally rocked for putting my shoulders 'right' and letting me keep my scapula under control when i came back to the bench. i love them . . . the honeymoon will probably wear off like with everything else, but rn they are the cure to all that ails me.

new thing 2: turkish getup. mr t has them as one of his two 'monthly challenges' for july and i never have been able to do them. but again, this is a bomb move for control and 'organization' and mr squats has never done them either. so who would pass up the chance to get actual tgu coaching, right? session ended with me and mr squats both rolling around on the floor for 20 minutes or so and managing not to kick each other in the face. either they're making sense to me now or i am WAY stronger in all the little 'real form' controlling muscles groups than i used to be. i got better and better as it went on and did at least three on each side.

10/10 recommend on both moves. they both left me feeling BETTER when they were done, the way physio or chiro or a massage is meant to.