BBS Challenge Review

I completed Jim Wendler's Boring But Strong 3-Month Challenge back in January. I posted a full review of it on r/weightroom, so I'll link it here for my first post. I will run it again pretty soon, and post a second review.
https://www.reddit.com/r/weightroom/comments/7rulrr/program_review_531_boring_but_strong_3_month/

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