Following on with the theme of compound exercises, my back day today (yeah – saying back ‘day’ is idiosycrantic when talking about compound exercises… but whatever)… it was an awesome forearm workout! I’ve found it more and more – week in, week out – that the back exercises really stretch and work the forearm. So awesome!
New exercises today – the deadlift to start with, maxxed out all the barbell weights available at the gym – and that was only like 70/80lbs! It’s like – really??? So, as I’ve said in many other entries, I’m focussing on form and tempo. Slow down, fast up and back taught. It was strenuous today… and you can easily tell the impact of such a powerful exercise to begin with on all the exercises that followed – I had to push harder, which again, is a good thing 
So yeah – motivation comments – still going extremely strong. Last night was with a good friend, and I jetted out at 9pm so that I could get to bed on time (around 10.30), and so this ‘achievement’ goal at the gym is still very much front and center for me. Which is AWESOME!