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August 08, 2012

Discovery of an Unlikely Performance Enhancing Substance

Proposed DUNK training theorem:

Walking under the A/C vent + "Under Pressure" from 2:33 = destruction of a would-be challenging set of Anderson squats.

Yeah, I'll admit to that.
More backstory: 


The temperature cooling trick is a known performance enhancer, and music is an obvious pumper-upper.

What was also going on was that I consumed my post-workout drink during the workout.  Usually, I drink about a quart of plain water from my trusty Nalgene while training and mix up the post-workout protein drink--which by design is about 2/3 sugar--in another bottle as I leave the gym.  Yesterday, the Nalgene had some neglect-induced funk, so I went straight to the pw drink.

What a difference.  By the end I felt like could have repeated the workout.  That probably would have been a terrible idea, but I'm definitely going to try this more often.