SHEIKO WEEK #2; #3

- Squat 205x4 (50%), 245x4 (60%), 285x3 (70%),
305x3x5 (75%)
- Bench 135x5 (50%), 165x4 (60%), 195x4 (70%),
205x3x3 (75%), 220x2 (80%), 235x1x2
(85%), 220x2 (80%), 205x4 (75%), 195x5
(70%), 165x5 (60%), 150x6 (55%)
- Flies 25x10x5 (10%)
- Dips Bodyweight x8x5
- Squat 225x3 (55%), 265x3 (65%), 305x2x3 (75%)
- Good morning 165x5x5 (40%)
- Sub-scap pull-up Bodyweight x12x3
- Stretching

This was a really good day in a lot of ways. I came into the gym still feeling pretty tired from yesterday's shit storm. But I got all the reps, and they all felt easy. My form wasn't perfect, but using a belt helps a lot. I used a belt for the second round of squats.

First day training at MIT's gym. It's pretty fucking sweet. They have tons of bumper plates, and platform/squat rack combos. They have all kinds of bars (thin, fat, normal, hex bar, etc. -- no safety squat that I've seen though). They have benches with built-in pins. My arch must have improved, because I'm able to set the pins two notches above chest level (although notches are smaller on these).

Otherwise, the gym has: two basketball courts, a 50m pool, a 25m pool, squash courts, a full indoor track, two floors of cardio/weight room (although not necessary for me really), and a fucking ice rink.

In the larger sense, I spent today picking up shit for my empty apartment. I met my first roommate today and he's pretty tight. He bought me a Taiwanese pineapple cake. I will be eating this for breakfast tomorrow. Dave and I were going to meet and eat cannoli and drink coffee, but I'm way too tired.

Boston is really beautiful and my room has an awesome view of MIT + the Charles river. I'm on the 19th floor, so you can see everything. I'm going to get a bike, so there's tons of shit within my range. Only things left are : (1) figure out what the hell is going on with grad school, and (2) make friends all over again.

Also, I posted about the last two days but they are back-dated. Read them if you want.

@Dean: I will be sending you the next week of Sheiko hopefully tomorrow. You should work out w/ Basil!