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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: June 11, 2013, 11:25:26 am »
Wilt was a monster. I truly believe he may he the most freakish athlete to walk this earth. 7'1" 300+ lbs with a vert like that? Imagine if we had more video of him when his playing weight was 270lbs and he was healthy! Not to mention his track and field accomplishments or Arnolds stories of him walking into the gym and repping stupid weight.

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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: June 10, 2013, 03:41:36 pm »
I honestly don't know why everyone is so excited about this? You've got LBJ, one of the most athletic players in the league, blocking Tiago who is extremely UNathletic. Its not like he met him at the top of the box or anything. The only impressive part is how weak Tiago is...Lebron straight up stopped his dunk motion. He should have tried to put LBJ in the rim lol!

Cliffs: Lebron is strong, TS is not. My thoughts lol

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Sat June 8 2013

Bodyweight: 178 dry/morning, 180 pre workout.
Soreness/injuries: back feels pretty good.
Energy: Great! Excited to lift after Thursday for sure.

Dynamic warmup: bike, tuck jumps, ankle bounces, a/b skips, karaokes, etc

Depth jumps (18" box):
8x3

Bounds:
8x2

Box jumps (40" box):
x2

Seated box jumps:
x2

4" deficit RDLs:
225x5 275x3, 315x1 335x 275x3, 275x3 225x3. Lifting belt rocks. I think I've been slightly rounding my back because I could feel the belt dig in which forced me to use better form. 335 went up surprisingly easy. Very pleased.

Banded squats (bands +120lbs at top ROM):
225x5 295x3, 315x1 355x1, 225x5. Took more time to breathe correctly, kind of shocked how easy the top ROM of the 355 was.

Ham curls:
140lbs x6. 170lbs x2

Paused calf raises (leg press machine):
590lbs x6, x6.

Rythmic Jump squats:
50lbs x5, 70lbs x5, BW x5

Same old core/upper circuit as usual. Felt very strong/fresh today no lifting for a week really helped. Back feels great so I'm thankful for that. Lower volume to try and stay fresh for summer league.

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Lifting belt came in today. Awesome. Going to try some low volume stuff tonight and map out how I'll lift during summer league as it seems we start play next week. Also I've decided after the season I'm going to try a split routine for lifting and see what happens. Updates on the belt and lifting tonight.  :)

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400m Sprinting or Shorter / Re: gatlin over bolt
« on: June 07, 2013, 07:05:18 pm »
Same shit 7/8 people in the finals were lol

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400m Sprinting or Shorter / Re: gatlin over bolt
« on: June 07, 2013, 04:11:25 pm »
I semi-agree. Bolt IS coming off a hamstring injury so I doubt he's 100% but for Gatlin its a huge boost if even egotistically. Belief can be a huge motivator and if he know BELIEVES he can heat Bolt then hes much more dangerous.

The same way the mind accepts defeat before the body it also reaches victory first.

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Thanks LBSS! Lol! To be honest I didn't feel 'springy' or 'bouncy' like I did last week so maybe I can get an inch higher with my CNS really revved up. I did notice while watching the vid again that my plant speed is improving slowly, its not back to where it was before I started lifting but its moving in the right direction.

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Thursday June 6 2013

Did some upper body stuff and a few box jumps since I jumped a bit this morning. Got a call about summer league hoops as well this afternoon, supposed to start this month so thats cool too.

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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTCLu8XGl18" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTCLu8XGl18</a>

excuse the clarity of his potato...err phone.

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Annnd a still of a jump.

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Still of the reverse off a lob.

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Well...I'm pissed as shit. Felt better so I called up a buddy and went to shoot some. Played a couple light games for fun and tried some max jumps and see how my back really is. Ended up jumping pretty decent IMO and had a handful of two handers and a ton of one handed dunks off lobs and a few off the dribble.

Now for the pissed part...I had him video some so he could send me them when he got home. He sent me a few jump vids and a still of a reverse I somehow made but not the other vids, because he deleted them. Gahhhh! I'll upload what he sent later and I'm making him video again next week.

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Morning update: was extremely stiff this morning, hot shower and some motrin and stretching seemed to have helped a little.  Dull pain is constant, sharp pain if I rotate right. Definitely looks like I'll be skipping Tuesdays session. Hoping to be able to lift light next Saturday but I am willing to skip that as well if needed.

Going to pick up a belt later lol

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DAMMIT. Well, tonight was a wash and maybe next week too. Pretty sure I've pulled/tweaked my lower back pretty good. Got to the gym and went through warmups and felt just amped to lift, haven't felt this kind of energy/excitement to lift in awhile. Warmup sets on deadlift felt great but on rep 3 of my first real set at 315lbs I overextended my lockout (I think) and I felt a slight pop in my lower left side. Dropped the weight and tried to stretch it out but no dice. It was painful for about 15-20 mins but has since slowed to a dull ache. Needless to say I didn't finish my workout. I've stretched as best I can and I've got some ibuprofen to keep swelling down so I'm going to re-evaluate in the morning and stretch some more. HOPING its a small pull and it'll heal quickly.

Workout grade: PISSED because I was SO ready to lift tonight. I'll be going to buy a belt tomorrow but my dumbass should have gotten one long ago. I'll update in the morning. Be careful guys!



Oh, forgot to log Thursday. Ran a couple sprints, depth jumps and box jumps and some core training. Decent workout but nothing special.

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: i'm hopeless
« on: May 31, 2013, 09:59:45 am »
So I joined a pretty competitive league.  I must say that though i have been training for vertical religiously the last 14 months, i was actually training for speed.  I did lots of squats and hip extensions and hamstring stuff almost every other day at near 90% RM.  I am overweight but its okay.

Last night i was able to outrun some extremely gifted athletes, but the problem is when ur running at 50mph... ur kind of out of control and u can't get elevation.  I want to be able to run that fast AND get some elevation/control...

I'm sure that extra weight doesn't hurt your ability to transition from horizontal to vertical at all....

Think about it, what brakes and changes direction better a 3000lb car or a 5000lb car with the same brakes/suspension?

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