Hey all. Cool site.
thanks man, welcome to the forum!
I'm from Brisbane in Queensland, Australia. I'm a beach volleyball player and train to improve my vertical out of sand primarily. I play outside left hitter. Big wind up, try to kill some dudes
hah sounds fun.
I used to go to a commercial gym but got sick of bro's tying up the power rack for curling. So I went to night school, learnt to weld and built myself a rack at home. Now I have enough gear to do all my workouts at home. No waiting. I'll post some pics shortly.
really nice, i trained at home until recently, i actually like being in a commercial gym right now, hot chicks, 24 hour access, basketball court, hahaha.. but ya someone was doing curls in squat rack today so i used the half rack.. funny
I'm 5'9" and 92kg. No idea what my vert is but its heaps better than a year ago. I've squatted 160kg x 1, 145kg x 3 (low bar athletic stance, past paralell) and deadlifted 180kg x 3 (never done a 1rm). Just finished a vertical jump bible intermediate program and freestyling for a week while I decide whether to bulk or cut next. I'm carrying a bit of extra fat from bulking since November. Not serious fat, but I was always a chubby kid.
nice lifting man.. at 5'9, from the sounds of it you get up pretty good, based on the volleyball description.. 92kg at 5'9 is pretty big, lean up & maintain strength, you should be flying.
I have a few specific questions about jump training that I'll put up in the relevant sections. Look forward to sharing the love with you all
cool man!
EDIT - link to my home made power rack build
http://stronglifts.com/forum/f10/home-made-power-rack-21385.html
damn that's pretty beast.. great work on that.
peace man, nice intro, aussies always come correct it seems... it's interesting.