Jordan, great article. And I identify. Keep doing what you are doing, young man. I too found SS after getting sober.
Work hard on your sobriety and your gainzzz!
"The basic life skills that fell by the wayside in my youth were being taught to me by a barbell, of all things. Over time I noticed these qualities starting to bleed over into other areas of my life."
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Jordan, great article. And I identify. Keep doing what you are doing, young man. I too found SS after getting sober.
Work hard on your sobriety and your gainzzz!
Awesome read. Great job Jordan. Pretty much kills the RPE snake-oil strategy.
Thank-you for sharing this. I'm looking forward to you achieving that 700 lb deadlift Rip has anticipated.
Did you read the article? How would RPE Fit here?
" I'd get under the bar and un-rack it. Goddamn, this feels so heavy. I don’t know if I can do this. I go down and the first rep comes up slowly. The second rep is slower, and the third rep slower still. I try my best to reign in my thoughts and will myself to keep going. I go down with the fourth rep and it’s painfully slow. I want to rack the bar so badly, I’m positive there’s no way I can get this last rep. I steel myself and do it anyway, and there’s this moment on the way up where the bar stops moving. It’s only for a second or two, but in that moment, time stops. I have this incredibly quick conversation with myself about whether I’m going to choose to keep pushing, or if I even can. And then it’s over, and all there is left to do is keep pushing or let gravity win. I barely finish the rep, in total disbelief that I did it. "