# gym today 15x of 3x hang power clean + 3 front squats 5x 95#\ 5x 105#\ 5x 115# xxx “are you sure? :)” ^ each time this is asked like this, with curiosity and a hint of playful daring, I think we flip to the other side of the looking glass xx ian: your pulling is turning into \[curls] and not \[elbows] xx I want to leave my shoulders and arms slack until the hip thrust the vertical bar pull comes from the hinge opening, not from the hips pushing? xx I think this is helping: vertical pull via hinge opening, pushing the attachment point (shoulders) up, and the elbows fold out of the way x sort of, failed the last hpc, didn’t get to the squats at all ian: remember, bar wants to go vertical; your hips have a tendency to push forward **instead of jumping vertically** I left my headphones off for too long, I just tipped over a dysregulation threshold --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://www.isaacbowen.com/2025/07/25/gym.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.