Today went, alright--it was a pretty easy workout, not much expectation. I feel like I am getting stronger while my weight seems to be staying fairly constant. Whenever I thought about quitting or giving up I just kept repeating the phrase "pain is temporary" in my mind and it actually seemed to get me through a couple exercises that I otherwise would have dogged. I'm looking forward to back squatting again, from now on I think I'm going to do my warm-up sets with a box so I can't cheat on the bottom. I feel like that if right now, in the hypertrophic stage of training my weight stays in the low 160's that I should definitely be able to taper down to 156-157lb's for the competition season. I don't want to cut strength but I feel like I'm carrying a lot of "unneeded weight".

TODAY'S WORKOUT
Accelerations 2x3@35m
Low impact plyos--
Two-foot hoping 5x10
Backwards two foot hops 5x10
Twisting hops 5x10
Left hops 5x10
Right hops 5x10
Low bounding 5x10
Lactic circuit (4 down, 1 up where applicable)--
High knee running 60s
Crunches 60s
Push-ups 60s
Stair jumps 60s
Squat hops 60s
Med-ball push press 60s
Burpees 60s
Weights--
Deadlifts 3x10@225lb's
Bulgarian split-squat 2x8@135lb's, 1x8@140lb's (each side)
Back extensions 3x10@60lb's
Incline dumbbell press 2x10@50lb's, 1x10@50lb's