Back Squat

Peter Rukavina

The latest of the tests in our strength cycle at Kinetic took place during today’s workout; this time it was the back squat. Where a dead lift — which we tested earlier in the month — is picking up a barbell off the floor, a back squat is holding the barbell on your shoulders, squatting down, and then standing up. I finished with a single rep of 175 pounds, which was a new personal best for me. 

This is what 175 pounds looks like (the barbell itself weights 45 lbs., and then there are 2 x 25 lbs., 1 x 10 lbs., and 1 x 5 lbs. on  each end):

A barbell on a rack, with three weights on each end, in front of a plywood wall, with stylized letter K's above, and a brightly lit window to the top-right.

I was wearing my “everything’s hossible” T-shirt this morning — one of the lot we produced as a birthday gift for Lisa’s father, who’s long been known as Hoss — and I like to think that the spirit of the shirt, and the spirit of Hoss, helped me with the last 5% I needed to get there.

A selfie of Peter Rukavina, taken in front of fall leaves in his back yard, Peter is white man, with short close-cropped hair, wearing orange honeycomb-shaped eyeglasses. He is smiling, and wearing a white T-shirt with the phrase "everything's hossible," all lower case, printed on it, with the "hoss" emphasized.
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