the most sought after PED made it legally to costo.
i know somatotropin because i make nutropin at work (gene.com). serovital claims a 600% increase in natural hgh level. good thing with costco is the return policy. not going to do it myself and waste my time but imagine taking a month's worth $80 and doing an hgh serum testing after using it. if blood hgh serum remains the same, return for a full store refund - no questions asked.
that claimed 600% increase is right there at the anabolic dosage requirement - baseline of 1.5iu up to 8iu+.
im surprised costco took this product. im for certain no $80 product is going to give you the same HGH levels as a $100,000 a month Nutropin supply for an 8iu/day at $400 per iu.
Now that i got my fatass down to veins-in-the-lowerabs lean 5'10/184lb.. i'l get back into more jump training supplemented by squats (and not the other way around)
the smartest way to dunk again is to just follow what worked for me back in mid 2011 when i was at consistent 38"+SVJ 1. bw 176-182lb 2. no daily squat but peak at 425-440 paused for 2.4BW squat. (i started my daily squat on Aug 2011. i was peaking my jumps 1-3rd quarter of that year. i did good tagging my yt vids with dates on title.) **3. i almost forgot but a tip from Lance surprisingly worked. he got me doing supramax half squats up to 525lb. 3. changed to kaiser speed squats - submax and supra max 4. jumping drills - depth drops, jump ropes and hurdle hops were my favorite. cant really get comfortable with depth jumps.
But, i would like to do my dunking this time around at a bit heavier bodyweight (180lb+). i prefer not to be mistaken for drug addict. my legs are a lot stronger this time around.
plan: 1. half squats supra max and sub max. 2. depth landing 3. volumes of low intensity rhythmic jump squats holding plates each hand. 4. light + peaking paused squats. still do daily but will find a way to hold it down to 315s on non-peak days.
if everything works again, i will update with a SVJ dunk vids by end of Q1 2016.
- not just an alternative exercise because you already have a shoulder injury
- easier on the joints.. good. do more weight, do more reps. rest shorter.. etc.
- the big compounds already tax the lower back. no need to take it easy on shoulder work because the standing DB press uses a lot of lower back too. seated ftw
- been doing 20s everyday on most strong days for months now. not a single shoulder joint tightness.
- forget the BD press.. if you can DB shoulder press it.. you'd most likely be able to DB press it too. not the other way around.
prefer the smith machine calf raises over any other calf exercise. can't get to max top ROM on seated. leg press feels weird. standing barbel needs balance. other machines don't have enough weight.
do not let the lowerback bend/fold. smith will break you easily.
lance.. if my goal is to add the most amount of muscle mass to my general back (not including the traps), where do you think is the body in the most advantageous position in terms of leverage in the rowing motion? (pull to lower ab, pull to shoulder level.. etc)
right now, i favor the single arm rows pulling the harness into the armpit area with the harness height set at a little lower than shoulder height.
i do single arms to put as little load to the lower back as possible. routine is mid-high reps ~8-20 per set.
You cannot have too much back muscles IMO. i can do without the traps. but the mid/lower back can get as big as they want. big traps can stereotype you as a shrug-bro bodybuilder. no offense but i'm not a fan of a fox looking musclehead
i trained mine so that i can handle the big weights in the full squat using back extensions and seated rows most of the time.
* seated rows to warmup with 12-20 controlled reps with a pause/squeeze at the max pull ROM and with spinal articulations on the other end ROM, placing emphasis also on keeping elbows close to body and pulling with them and not the arms - i use a small straight bar with an narrow underhand grip. * 135lb - 180lb back extensions with full ROM for mass at 8-12reps * chins using the rim like dwade.. 20rep sets. i count doubles then go for 10 counts for the lats.
New Goals, while maintaining 440x1 paused + and boss SVJ - Front Squat to 80% of Back Squat ~ 365lb - Power Clean to 80% Front Squat ~ 295lb - 60m sprint - 6.5-6.8sec - Board Jump - 10-11ft i got my SVJ to 40", need to focus on something else and let my squat / SVJ make other things happen..
Are these realistic? Any of them seem way far off and il just be wasting my time trying to get something thats just out or reach?
The sprint time goal is serious. I may look unathletic/slow on my workout vids, but trust me.. i can go apeshit on acceleration too.. i am usually out of reach of anybody on the bball court after i explode with 2-3 strides.
I also believe that my body favors the power cleans. i have a 6'3" wingspan / 92" reach, which puts my legs at the dead start at 1/2-1/4 squat depth already.. thats the same sweet spot where i can reverse 515x2 half squats
Since you are the strongest and most athletic person on the forum, and you are a ripped 12% bodyfat, I figured you should be able to do more tricep dips than me.
(Yes form was shaky on a few) (Range of motion is a little deeper on regular dips, these are tricep dips) (Yes I got distracted by the tranny. I could have done more)
And Go
^ not bad at all.. good job. now add weights.
i cant do BW triceps dip. if i do it without weights, il fly off.