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Just been an awful last few weeks for lifting.

Took a vacation, came back and had some sort of sinus/congestion type of thing. My lifts have continued to be down across the board, even factoring in the small reset I did for squats and deadlifts.

Today I go to the gym for heavy squats and there's some little stick inside the squat rack that looks like he has no clue. I do a bit of stretching and easy cardio and I'm looking to see when he's done. What's he doing, you might ask? Oh, just biceps curls with 10lb weights and some weird shit where he picks up the bar and....fuck I don't even know. But nothing you should be in the rack for! I finally go over and ask how much longer and it's "one more minute". Fucking jackass with no gym etiquette. I don't care how much weight you're using if you're squatting, benching, or whatever, but don't hog a resource if you don't actually need it.

And then my squats go terribly, as the right back/hip pain from a few months ago just came back with a vengeance. For my heaviest set, I struggled my way to 1 shit ass, half-ish rep but it basically a no-go. Not something I could push through, at least at heavy weight. Lower weights I could feel the issue but could power through, being careful.

It honestly feels like something is just slightly out of place/alignment. Like I want to just be able to "crack" my hip like you other joints and BAM everything would be better. Should probably see a chiropractor or something...

Anyway, just super frustrated. I'll try to see how deadlifts feel in a few days but I should probably just do the smart thing and severely drop the weights down and build it back up again over time. It's likely that area just needs extended time to heal and my continued insistence on lifting is not helping.