things are a struggle and those who are supposed to know, really don’t.
Again, I am a bit behind on my workout log and I’ll talk about a basketball game. Here is the workout stuff:
Tuesday: 2.2 mile walk later; morning saw the following:
pull ups: real struggle (too much body weight), but I got 50+ reps with 9 sets of 5, one of 7
bench press: 10 x 134, 3 sets of 5 x 160
incline press: one set of 134 x 5
high incline: 2 sets of 10 x 94, 1 of 6 x 105
light trap bar deadlifts (sore hamstring) 3 sets of 10 x 134
Wednesday: 4.4 mile walk; West Peoria. Could not get out of the 15’s; 15:16 average for 4.4. Kind of discouraging.
Thursday: last 2.2 mile walk at a commuter pace.
Morning: 10 sets of 5 pull ups real struggle. (196 lb is why) Mixed the grip.
Bench: 10 x 134, 10 x 150
incline: 3 sets of 6 x 134
trap bar deadlift: 10 x 134, 10 x 184, 10 x 234. No difficulties.
Note: one night of oh-so-slight knee pain…when I forgot to stretch. Painless the other nights.
Ball game: Barbara went with me to the Chattanooga at Bradley game. At first, the Mocs missed a ton of wide open 3 point shots and BU protected the ball. The result was a 16 point lead in the first half and 38-25 half time lead.
But in the second half the Braves started to get careless with the ball (12 turnovers), the Mocs pressed on defense and started to make their 3 point shots. It became a back and forth affair.
Late, the Mocs hit a 3 to go up 64-61 but BU’s star point guard and 3 point ace drilled one from deep to tie it at 64. So, with 10 seconds left, Chattanooga nailed a 3 to go up 67-64 with 10 seconds to go. Then BU could not get an open look and were fouled before the shot to bring on a 1 and 1 with 4 seconds to go. BU made the first one and deliberately missed the second, but the Mocs got the rebound and BU fouled immediately. They missed the front end of the 1 and 1 but there was not enough time to get off a credible shot, so it ended 67-65.
After their win, their start guard (who made the big assist in the video above) had something very interesting to say:
That is how I felt as a fan.
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