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You should get a squat vid from your next session, maybe there's some issues we can see.

i honestly think it's two things, CNS fatigue and hip flexors being torched from reintroducing basketball. That sport is so bad on the body im going to try to limit it as much as possible .. i still want to be a beast on the court but my body cant take much more on court milleage, it's just too destructive. The reason it might not be CNS, my bench was actually ok, so that suggests it may just be hips -- which btw- when i started doing bench even 20kg warmups were killing my hip flexors lol. So hopefully my squat will respond soon once i re-adapt to basketball

BS 1x130
FS 6x100(LPR), 2x110(LPR)
Back Xtn 8x55(PR), 2x8x60(PR)

BP 6x70, 0Fx100, 1x90(LPR), 5x80(LPR), 6x79.5(LPR), 6Fx75
CURL 3x8x40*

BW: 79.2kg (PR)

Notes:
Why the fuck is my backsquat being so shit? I was doing 6x130kg before xmas and now it's my 1rm. FML. I can bounce up just fine just have no juice to lock out and it took ages to finish the rep.  I did front squats as a consolation but they were shit too, form sucked and i think i tweaked my back too. 2 more days and then im done with fasting.

BW: 79.5kg (PR; AM)
BW: 78.2kg (PR; PM)

since i fast all day, it's interesting to compare these two readings .. which is more true? hard to say, but i guess if i am consistent and measuring the same time every time, then the first one is more true.

Played my 2nd game of basketball tonight. Was good. But on one block i really extended myself to swat the ball .. i got so high on my follow through i hit somewhere on the backboard, the guy i was tryna block let out a gasp .. but i knew it was a mistake cos my foot felt a slight twinge. It's fine now .. i guess .. but it does mean i should be more conservative about my comeback to jumping... lesson laernt, no dunking or big block attempts for a few more weeks!!!

the forum tries to embed it and obv it wont work cos it's private but here is the link in case you are reading this log and wanted to see the vid. Makes me want to learn russian so bad just so i can understand him lol.

some random insights that occured during this week which deserve mention, the first and foremost is

a. i played my first game of bball on tuesday night and my foot was fine .. touchwood ... it could be that i haven't really tested it yet but it held up as good as can be expected.

b. while exploring power press technique, im considering widening my grip on the bar .. and also .. my foot width. i realised i could benefit from this even in things like walking .. not to say i have analysed myself walking on video or anything but this led me to realise i could benefit while playing basketball and say dribbling with slightly wider stance.. it makes so called defensive stance easier .. not to mentiion proper dribbling etc on offense. im prob guilty of having feet too close in most movements inc sports and def lifting

c. have decided that from feb, im going to commit to 11 months of non-cutting. even if im fat (and i am), i will just accept it and try to get as strong as possible without getting fatter.

d. i will prob go back to doing heavy jumpsquats as main explosive exercise, push presses are not the answer i wanted. that or i will teach myself to do the classical lifts, but considering im such a spazz when it comes to easier movements maybe that's just a dead end lol

e. conditioning, conditioning conditioning, as soon as im confident my foot is healed, im going all in on sprints and general running

Thanks for sharing that vid, i hadn't seen it before. Dimitry's push press is exactly what ive been looking at so it's interesting you linked him. haha.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdN1Sg4j-Sk" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdN1Sg4j-Sk</a>

this is what i was viewing but your video is better cos it shows the issue. watch his wrists, they're bent at the top of the lift. This is necessary for their sport but im not not built for OL and im trying not to wreck my wrists not to mention i press way worse with bent wrists than straight. So do this experiment, take an empty bar out with your usual ohp grip, wrists are straight, that's ideal for pressing. But what's ideal for throwing the weight up in the air is closer to a FS rack. it just means you either finish the rep with bent wrists or you try to rotate your grip once it's launched to press it up

www.instagram.com/p/BHQCFt1AxTEF-VUUy3ATiK5OzOM7cidQ-lKVP40/

if you log into your instagram account on your web browser you should be able to follow the link provided you follow him

soz, link added! He says he weighs 112kg, which is what his competing weight was, i think, i remember reading he would cut 5-8kg for comps to compete at 105

Was going thru Klokov's instagram and i came across a vid he put up of him trying a vertec, he got 36" btw. I imagine at his peak as an athlete and if he trained for the vertical leap he'd have like a 60" vertical or something? just found it interesting. dude fucks around and hits 36" smh. no link available, you'll have to follow him to see it, it's private

I wish I had a social team. I'm sick of playing street ball I want to play organised again but just in a social level comp.

it's cool when you find a team you enjoy playing with and you fit in well. this season im having to manage cos the previous captain moved and i really dont fancy chasing up fill-ins etc every wk. wud rather just fold the team and find another team where im just showing up semi-regularly as a player, when i feel like it. i think what got to me is being commited to 2 seasons last year where i wasnt enjoying the game. longggggggggggg seasons, killed my interest. I remmebmer thinking pickup would be less hassle and more fun and i would improve my skills more cos id have more scoring chances. maybe thats still the way to go tbh.. hmm.


having said that, exactly a year ago i was struggling to find any team to play for that summer cos i needed gametime to prepare for the easter comp .. but i only got one or two games that whole season and it wasnt enough. sigh