Not as Strong as I Thought

On Tuesday, I decided my last quad exercise would be jump squats. My entire self was pretty whipped at this point. Tuesday is quad and calf day. I had been been training these muscles for almost an hour. I grabbed the olympic bar and started with 20 pounds for my first set. Squat and jump in the air, squat and jump up high! When I catch a glimpse of myself in the mirror, I look like the Samsonite gorilla.

Could feel some burning but decided I needed more. So, I added another 15 pounds. I should have thought about this again when I struggled to get the bar and weights up over my head to rest on my shoulders. I pounded out another 15 jump squats. My quads were on fire and I was gasping for breath.

I was really tired now and when I tried to lift the bar back over my head and I couldn't. I was stuck, I couldn't clear my big ole' dome piece. I sat down on the bench and thought if I rested for a moment, I'd have enough power left to get the bar off my shoulders.

Some nice guy was watching me and came to my rescue and removed the bar.
He said, "You are a little thing to be lifting so much weight and doing such a hard exercise."

I obviously felt stronger than actually was and I was pretty embarrassed I needed help. I learned a lesson. I will wait until the squat rack is free before I increase weight for squat jumps or you may see me running around with a loaded barbell on my back.