kaberett | [movement] and another milestone (Reply)

Squatted 46kg! Form got shaky on my third set of 5, but I have this evening been gently contemplating how much rehab work I have done to get here; during winter 2011 I couldn't do 3x10 wall-supported bodyweight squats without the knee screaming about it; today I did 48 under free-weight load and the knee hasn't so much as murmured. For bonus points, this bar did have end plates that did confirm that it really truly is 20kg!

And it's also going really well in terms of social anxiety exposure therapy: today someone set up in the half-rack next to me as I was finishing up in the full rack; I waited for them to hit a break between warm-up sets and offered to swap; subsequently they asked me nicely if they could have the 25kg plate I blatantly wasn't using down the side of my new rack, and then when I asked if I could have the 5kg on their rack in return walked it back over and loaded it for me while I was faffing at the other end of my barbell :) Existing in public! Taking up space! No disasters yet!