I should mention that I did try doing some hip-belt squats, but (1) the benches at my gym are a little too cushiony and (2) I could only load about 3 plates on before the plates got uncomfortably, uh, close. The dip belt at my gym doesn't have a very long chain. On the bright side, not going past parallel and the soft leather helped save my hip flexors from some pounding. At that point, I figure that I could either do 135lb hip belt squats or 135lb regular squats, and my back felt ok.
And I didn't realize that I started the 4/23 and 4/26 logs with the exact same words. I should read more to get a little more variety into my writing =/.
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