The Dream

I'm walking along a road when I notice a paperback novel lying on a side path. I go over to pick it up. It's "Of Mice and Men." I look further down the path and see more books, so curious, I walk over to see what they are.

A gate closes behind me, and it is suddenly night. The next book I pick up is "Little Women." I still see more. I bend down to pick up another, and a shuriken comes whizzing toward me, nicking my arm. I throw myself behind a rock for cover, and a couple more throwing stars come whirling out of the air at me.

I wait a bit, gather up the weapons, and look around. I realize the books were the bait for a trap. I'm being hunted. I can see a woman stalking the hills, looking for me. I wait until she has passed behind a rock, and make a run for it, diving into a little gully.

I just miss a snare. The area is booby-trapped. Every now and then, I see more books. They are all literary classics. "To Kill a Mockingbird," "Catcher in the Rye," "Heart of Darkness," "Wuthering Heights," etc. I resist the temptation to pick them up. The woman is now throwing small bombs at me. I run and dive for cover again, and wake up.

How Waffle

I'm hungry, so I'm about to try this recipe I found online. It apparently makes the fluffiest waffles, ever, and is in an ancient cookbook belonging to someone's Mom.

Sounds good to me!

Here's the recipe:

1 cup flour,
1-1/4 tsp Baking powder,
1/2 tsp salt
1 tbsp sugar
1 cup milk,
1-1/2 tsp melted butter,
and one egg yolk.
Mix that together.

Beat the egg white until stiff and fold into your batter.
Bake in your waffle iron and top as pleases you!

Weight-Lifting Question

I've been doing 110 lbs for my Romanian deadlifts, and it's time I increase my weights. I've been using preset barbells, and there are no 120-lb barbells. So I'm going over to the squat racks to set up my own weight.

I realized, after stacking on 120 lbs, that the bar itself weighs a lot. Probably about 30-50 lbs. So I took the weight off accordingly to figure out what the best configuration for me would be. However, by this point, my hands were so fatigued, I couldn't finish two sets, let alone my usual three. My back and legs are plenty strong for this. It's my grip strength that isn't.

So, how do I continue to progress with these, when my fingers get so wimpy?

Should I be adding wrist curls to my workout?

In the meantime, I'm up to 360 lbs with calf raises. Rarr!