Senior Project: Day 14

 Today we did the first day of our last round of testing. We met on the turf strip to do a quality warmup first and then got into the gym and started testing. We tested our maxes for back squat and bench press. This took about two hours and we later walked to seminar and went to lunch as a group. After this, we went up to the tennis court and played tennis for two ours. When I got home, I went on a run and did some core. I had a lot of free time today since we no longer have spring sports!

Hours: 5

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