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hey man I noticed you do a lot of jump squats. do you think they have a good carry-over to running vertical jump as well? it seems like you are focused mainly on svj (40 is just rediculous btw ). but i was just wondering if you thought it would be worthwhile throwing them in with my squats. youre a big inspiration to someone who is trying to get their squat weight up. i just hit 305lbs x 7 today at about 157lbs bodyweight

squat 305lbs. x7 @ 157lbs bodyweight

darq, im trying to really focus on my single leg jumping now for basketball. lots of situations where I could dunk but I just lay it in because my single leg jumps is far behind my double leg. got my first slam off 1 leg today (posted video in PR thread) but i want to continue to get better at it. since youre focusing more on it lately, do you have any suggestions as to what I should be doing? if i am going to work out two times a week, what do you suggest I do on each day for my single leg in terms of lifts, plyos?

gym finally got new power racks. first time squatting in over a year. Previous PR was 265 lbs once, hit 300 pounds today easy!!!!! almost 2x body weight full squat, weighed in at 155 today. legs feel crazy strong right now and its showing in my vertical.  looking forward to getting back into squatting, hope to get up in the high 300s.

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video from yesterday. im 5'9 in shoes so 69 inches. the orange plate under the rim is 9'6. on my second jump I had the top of my head was at the glass which is 2-3 inches or so below that. So lets just call it 9'2 to be conservative.

9'2 equals 110 inches. 110-69 = 41 inches. Those jumps were taken after playing pick up and dunking for a while. Plus, I am in the middle of a training phase and my legs havent fully recovered yet. So i'd say at the moment my running vertical is anywhere from 41-43 inches. 45 inches comming soon.  

at what point can somebody consider them-self to be an elite athlete?

for example, I am 5'8 and my vertical is right around 40+ right now. I can cockback with 1 arm, catch dunks off the backboard, and just got my first 2 handed dunk off the dribble yesterday. I expect in the next 3-4 months to start throwing down some crazy dunks, for example 360 which I am very close to at the moment, just cant get it down.

Anyways, being 5'8 with my vertical and being able to do all that, does that make me an elite athlete? Now i am not crazy strong or fast, so does that put me out of contention for what somebody would consider to be an "elite athlete".

I'd just like to hear you guys thoughts on what you would consider a person with elite athletic abilities to be. Is somebody like a Lebron James who is incredibly strong, built like a tank, and extremely explosive with a 40+ inch vertical a good example of what somebody of the highest athleticism ranks would be? I think so. Other examples I can think of are Derrick Rose, Russell Westbrook, Nate Robinson, etc.

Another question I have is can somebody excel in 1 area of athleticism and be considered "elite". For example T-Dub. he jumps ridiculously high, but what if he was weak and slow? I dont think that would make him an average athlete just because he only excels in 1 area. Another example is NFL running back Chris Johnson. CRAZY fast, but what if he couldnt lift a lot and had a low vertical?

just curious to hear your thoughts everyone. My goals are to have a running vertical of at least 45 inches, be able to throw down 360s and tomahawks, and bench 200+ pounds all at 5'8 and 155lbs w/single digit body fat. Would that make me an "elite athlete"?