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I wasn't a fan of Leicester winning the league a few years ago, surprise surprise, but I was genuinely happy to seethem beat cheatski in the cup. When the equaliser went in, I was gutted for them, and then when it was disallowed, well sometimes VAR is a force for good 😂

5/15/2021 Workout Squat Clean Workshop Thoughts: What was supposed to only be about a week of rest starting on 5/5, ended up being 2 weeks of rest starting on 5/3. I had a super minor procedure scheduled for 5/6 that was supposed to take 10 minutes and only have like 2 days of down time. It became a 45-minute more invasive procedure with a full week of rest/not allowed to do anything per doctor's orders... and because Carl grounded me. Anyway. Today was my first day back. Some weightlifting is a good way to get back into it. Nothing intense. No expectations of hitting any of the goals set in today's workshop. We were supposed to get to 90% of our 1 rep max. So, for me that meant 115lbs on my squat clean. I thought to myself, "We'll keep it light. Maybe just go to 85lbs." Lolz. The really cool thing about having the unexpected mass and "strings" removed from my upper back is that the tightness and knot that has been plaguing my right shoulder up to my neck is basically... gone. Slightly knotty right now, but that's because I fell dead asleep on it last night. Every clean I did, I was able to do faster, better, more in-sync with what I was supposed to be doing. So, what did I end up doing? I ended up actually going up to 125lbs. I failed it twice, but by then we were up to 30+ reps for the sessions. Not once did my right arm not match the height of my left arm. Not once did I not catch the bar because of the weird tightness. It was all just.. flexible. 125lbs, my original 1 rep max, and I'm not done healing. Here's hoping that I can hit 130lb at the end of this cycle.

Well done to Leicester! I didn't even know the FA Cup Final was today until this afternood🤣 Wasn't a great game but there were some huge moments from the wonder goal, the wonder save and then the dramatic VAR decision towards the end. Great to see the fans back in numbers too!