I started working out at rise_up_gym a few years ago. I'm still below average at CrossFit at best, but I've definitely gotten a little stronger. mvcrawfordrise, David Borrelli, dangar229 and the rest of the coaches are awesome. They've done an admirable job trying to get me to improve my form and not scale my workouts. Spoiler alert: they've failed miserably. . Fast forward to this week - we wrapped up our 8-week barbell club training with a Monday back squat max, Tuesday bench press and Wednesday deadlift. The goal was a combined 500 lbs for women and 1,000 lbs for men, with winners getting a t-shirt. As you know, t-shirts are a big deal here. . In typical fashion I slacked big time over the last eight weeks, but I still managed to hit PRs in all three movements this week with a 345 lb back squat, 225 lb bench and today...515 on deadlift. I've been accused of becoming a bro. Come at me. . Seeing Dave go bonkers in this video is the best. Shoutout to the coaches and to movementmtg for ...