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Here's my 2022 results, as I take a break for the rest of the year for the holidays to rest and recuperate.

Body Weight: ~147.5 lbs

Bench: 2 reps @ 210, 1 rep @ 212.5 - Either result is a personal best. Pretty happy with that.

Overhead Press: 1 rep @ 145. Ties personal best. Tried multiple times to better that, but failed the rep every time, despite feeling that I should have been able to get it based on previous weeks. A little disappointed, but it's always going to be tough to press more than your body weight.

Squat: 3 reps @ 302.5. Personal best. Really happy with this. Wearing a best has been a revelation. I worry that I'm not getting enough depth (I'm a low bar squatter), but I'd rather err on the side of a little short than a little long with my injury history.

Deadlift: 2 reps @ 327.5. Personal best for 2 reps. My one rep best is from 2019 when I did 1 rep @ 330. Could/should have beaten that, if I hadn't injured myself.

About 2 weeks ago I tweaked my back while trying to get an extra rep deadlifting. Just another reminder that, even with a belt, you've got to be very deliberate when deadlifting. A few days later, was still able to do heavy squats with no real issues. A few days after that I was also able to heavy deadlift, though I missed my 330 lb goal because I was mentally not there (mental affecting physical...). Did my usual post deadlift abdominal workout, and THAT is what caused me to tweak my lower back again something fierce. The next few days were not fun! Still continued to do my normal workouts though, just with much lower weight for lower body. Then today, as I was just bending down, tweaked the back again! Fuck a duck! Shutting it down for the rest of the year, so that I will hopefully feel 100% come January 1st.

I usually "reset" my numbers back down a bit at the beginning of the year. Assuming I'm feeling healthy, I'm going to try to do a smaller reset for 2023, so that I'm not waiting until Sept/Oct before I'm going for personal bests again. I'm not getting any younger, so even just "holding my ground" feels like good results at this point.