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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / 221
« on: August 25, 2017, 03:40:02 am »
BW: 85.2kg
Activity: 8500
Misc:
Diet Compliance: 14/14, 0/5, 9/9, 0/55

Rest. If my friend wants to put up some shots i'll go down but otherwise im cool.
I went to put some shots up and it was a mistake. got pulled into a pickup game and one dude was talking mad shit and i shrugged it off didn't lose my calm but i wanted to block him out of the city and i wasnt fresh enough to do anything. got one but he called foul smh. Came home pissed off (at myself for being shit) and binged on chocolate lol lol. start over tmr. just wait til im finished transforming into lebron. i will get my revenge haha

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Basketball / Re: Something is wrong with this big douche bag.....
« on: August 24, 2017, 03:58:17 pm »
I saw this article on hackernews earlier today and thought it might be relevant:

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/jul/05/why-you-should-step-away-from-the-online-you

it's okay to reinvent yourself

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Boxing / Re: Timothy Bradley is SO DAMN RIPPED - sick physique
« on: August 24, 2017, 03:55:38 pm »
That's some impressive ab development and low bodyfat!

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Two Hands Two Feet
« on: August 24, 2017, 03:36:17 pm »
Yikes. I saw the photo on instagram. Looks like a freak accident :/ I hurt a finger playing ball dec 2015 and it took several months to heal fully.  Got the xray back and it showed a displaced fracture or something from memory. I think i was able to train around it in the gym by not using that finger. I avoided playing sport though because you can never predict how things will go and you can easily re-injure or make it worse. Hope you bounce back quickly.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / 222
« on: August 24, 2017, 04:03:43 am »
BW: 84.7kg
Activity: 11.5k (great)
Misc:
Diet Compliance: 9/65

Heavy day tonight..!
BS 3x120, 3x132.5(PR), 1x142.5(PR), 1x145(PR), 5x130(PR)
RDL 8x120, 8x180H(PR)
Jumps
Hill Sprints x 7 (PR; +1 rep)
Back Xtn 3x10x60(PR)

Notes:
Good lifting day. Ok jumping day. Did one great jump but a lot of so so ones. It's ok. I need to stop myself getting obsessed with jumping right now, it will drive me crazy with my perfectionist tendencies. Actually got a back pump for the first on back extensions.. not sure why? it's only 10s for now, ive done close to 15 at this weight.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / 223
« on: August 23, 2017, 05:18:52 am »
BW: 85.2kg
Activity: 7500
Misc:
Diet Compliance: 8/65

Rest.
Quote from: fast does lie on August 22, 2017, 05:56:25 pm
Entropy, I remember you went from semi-weak and "fat and furious" like myself, to strong and lean. How did you do it? I am trying to go thru that process right now and I would appreciate some tips from you.

If i remember correctly, you lost a decent amount of fat and still gained a ton of FS strength.

lol. Good times. I prob would suggest taking a long term view on this. do 12 week cycles where you focus on fat loss, then take a break from dieting while shifting to maintaining your bodyweight but focusing on performance, then diet some more, continue until you're satisfied. Don't try to slog thru a huge cut in one long cycle, it's hard to stay motivated.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / 224
« on: August 22, 2017, 03:21:43 am »
BW: 84.9kg
Activity: 9500 (good)
Misc:
Diet Compliance: 7/65

Recovery lower body & ohp training to come tonight.
Recovery BS 6x90, 6x90, 6x80 (Some paused reps for form work)
OHP 2x60, 2x1x65(PR), 0Fx67.5, 4x57.5, 4x5x55,4Fx55
Chinup 3x98(PR+10kg), 3x5x93(+5kg), 4x93, 5x91.5
DB OHP a few sets dont remember details
Jump rope
Masai hops 3 sets
done

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / 225
« on: August 21, 2017, 05:04:53 am »
BW: 85kg
Activity: 8000
Misc: R knee a bit wonky
Diet Compliance: 6/65

Rest.
Ended up doing a lot of walking. It was just a beautiful night for it. Goes to show how much my work capacity has improved lately. Nice.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / 226
« on: August 20, 2017, 01:51:48 am »
BW: 85.1kg
Activity: 7500
Misc: None
Diet Compliance: 5/65

Hip flexors bit sore but volume day looms. Gna split it into two sessions again. Lets see how this goes lol
BS1 8x5x115(PR)
BS2 8x5x115(PR)

Notes:
First pickup bball in months did a number on me. Bball just wrecks my fascia from the foot up, I was beaten up. I had all but decided to skip lifting today and get an extra day of rest but an afternoon nap made me feel better and i decided to go for it. Tbh i wasn't fresh enough to do any decent squat workout but im satisfied i can still manage 16x5x115 even in this state. The downside is from set 1 i struggled to get a clean 5th rep on every set. Not happy with form. Next week i'll go in better prepared and get some quality sets in. Technically crisp and volume = win.

TLDR: stuck to the EOD regime by forcing a hard workout of volume squats. Next week volume day - be fresh and nail every rep.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / 227
« on: August 19, 2017, 03:41:08 am »
BW: 84.9kg
Activity:
Misc: None
Diet Compliance: 4/65

Not too sore but im not sure if i'll be able to do a good volume squat day tomorrow. Hopefully. Going to eat and rest and see how it goes.

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Basketball / Re: Dunk Beef
« on: August 18, 2017, 03:47:34 pm »
I saw that dunk and thought the same thing. I hate those dunks in general. It's one thng when a pro does it with adults. but when joe bloe dunker does it, it's more infuriating than anything impressive.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: 229
« on: August 18, 2017, 12:21:40 pm »
Quote from: Final Phenom on August 17, 2017, 11:26:28 pm
Quote from: maxent on August 17, 2017, 04:09:06 am
BW: 84.7kg
Activity: 6500
Misc: None
Diet Compliance: 2/65

Did eat clean yesterday. I maybe a little more bread but that's better than icecream. So gna try to put together another 2 week period of unbroken compliance. With the one refeed after volume squat day per week. or 8 day week.. haha.

Quote from: adarqui on August 16, 2017, 11:06:51 pm
should post the vert vid you posted on IG .. that was a pretty sick jump.

Thanks. Link.

The shoes im wearing there are adidas crazy light boost's which are shit for jumping in because they're heavy and bulky but great for training in because of the boost cushioning. I will prob jump higher in Kobes on hardwood as opposed to the rubber gym floor. Plus with a better windup will gain a little from that. But dont feel ready to jump on a court just yet, too out of shape, whale like. i am afraid i'll barely touch the rim and lose confidence. Maybe later down the line. For now im ok jumping in the gym at 88kg. Getting that up to 90kg will be an exciting milestone on the gym scales.
Feel suprisingly unsore today. Was expecting way worse but thankfully my new program is starting to feel right. The only hitch was the chinups torched my core a bit and i was wondering if it would kill heavy squats but it didnt thankfully. I need more ab work in any case so i wont stop doing them.

That's a damn nice jump. I'm jealous lol. Also of those RDL's, did you work them up with progressive overload or are they a result of other exercises you used to do a lot, or maybe your proportions are better for them? Your squat is pretty P-chain dominant I think so that must carry over a lot

 :strong: :strong:

thanks!! On that workout, a dude in the gym paid me a compliment saying i was a Kangaroo. Lol lol. ive never had that before so it was nice. The RDL is just .. idk, i'll put a video before we go any further so you can assess ROM etc. but i will say a year ago or so i was doing 200 for like 4 reps (i wanted 6 but didnt get them) and the remarkable thing was my bodyweight was 75kg/169lb at the time. So now that ive gained some weight im hoping i can stay unstuck to around 210kg. Maybe i will top out around there, 220kg would be amazing down the road once i hit my goal weight of 92.5-95kg soaking wet.

Edit. vid

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: 228
« on: August 18, 2017, 12:16:00 pm »
Quote from: fast does lie on August 18, 2017, 07:06:28 am
Quote from: maxent on August 18, 2017, 04:22:06 am
BW: 84.9kg
Activity:
Misc: None
Diet Compliance: 3/65

Benching tonight and meeting a friend to put up some shots. we may have dinner later but hoping to eat clean today. Im on a nice run now.

Going to go shoot some hoops?

Yes mate, first time in months. My friend is like 6'6" and so naturally talented. we're both out of shape but holy shit he was getting some huge blocks tonight. Last time we played, he blocked me on a layup so hard i stopped playing ball since then. lol lol. ive been blocked before but not like that.  And then I vowed to gain some weight to match up better with him the next time we played. he's like 270, just a big frame but athletic. Not in the sense of being able to dunk, but quick to move around and can jump well off 1 foot. Im going to try get him in shape, we've made plans to train together this summer. can't wait.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / 228
« on: August 18, 2017, 04:22:06 am »
BW: 84.9kg
Activity: 15k (PR!!)
Misc: None
Diet Compliance: 3/65

Benching tonight and meeting a friend to put up some shots. we may have dinner later but hoping to eat clean today. Im on a nice run now.
BS 6x110, 6x100
Paused BP 3x2x87.5
Bball
Paused BP 6x2x87.5, 5x75, 5x72.5, 5x70
Incline DB a few sets . .shitshow cos the bench was different from last time and i didnt realise it until id already wasted a few sets lol
DIP 3x5xBW (i did 3 sets to begin with that were shit ROM because again someone had changed the config from last time and it threw off my ROM)

Notes:
Lol so ive always noticed starting playing ball gets me lean/in shape so quickly and if you look at my activity level for the day at 15k, that might be a reason why :P

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Article & Video Discussion / Jump performance in Maasai jumpers and Caucasian controls
« on: August 17, 2017, 12:53:39 pm »

Purpose. The purpose of the present thesis was to investigate countermovement jump
(CMJ) performance, muscle-tendon morphology and anthropometrics in Tanzanian
Maasai individuals and to compare these data to Caucasian controls.
Methods. 28 healthy subjects (Maasai = 20, Caucasian = 8) volunteered for the study.
Maximal CMJ performance was evaluated by use of force plate kinetics and kinematics.
Timing of muscle activation was examined with electromyography (EMG). Moreover,
anthropometric data for the lower leg was acquired, and muscle architecture and tendon
dimensions were assessed by use of ultrasound (US). Finally, jump height and joint
angles were estimated for the Maasai while performing a traditional ‘jump dance ritual’.


https://brage.bibsys.no/xmlui/bitstream/handle/11250/2436204/Refsdal%202017v.pdf?sequence=1

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