Friday Thoughts #6

• Do you ever consider how many books worth of social media you consume each year? Sounds a little frightening when put like that. That idea, and our relationship with books is explored here. This video was sent to me by a GAIN Blog reader, and I really enjoyed the ideas they explored about our relationship with books and reading. It seems particularly revenant with our habit challenge currently underway.

• Shoutout to Hannah. She was doing a high rep/lightweight bench press workout the other day in our garage gym. She got pinned on the last round and no one was around to hoist the bar back to the rack. She pulled off some incredible maneuvering and rolled the bar to her hips and got out from under it. A very impressive feat of strength and athleticism. Also, an unfortunate thing most that happens to most lifters at least one. I’ll never forget the time it happened to me.

• Check out this article about moment arms and forces of the squat. I brushed up on this after a discussion with someone after they back squatted for the first time ever. When they mentioned it’s hard, I said something along the lines of yes, the barbell is trying to crush your soul.

• Highly recommend you don’t have 3 Crumbl cookies for dinner like I did last night. Even if you can’t decide on which flavor to get.

• In better nutrition advice, I’ve been putting these pre-made vanilla Jocko protein drinks in my morning coffee. It tastes delicious and gets me an extra 10-20 grams of protein depending on how big my cup of coffee is.  Grab one the next time you’re in the gym to put in your coffee - hot or iced.

Justin Miner

@justinminergain