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interesting that your experience with the weight vest is that chronic use is less effective. the one published study i've seen on weight vests and potentiation found the opposite, i.e. that acute potentiation (wearing it to warm up and then taking it off) was minimal to nonexistent, but chronic potentiation (wearing it around for days at a time and then taking it off after warming up) did have a significant positive effect. my own experience was of the latter.

I think it's totally explainable by adaptation. When i used it as a potentiation tooll (unwittingly) ... it actually worked as advertised .. cns inhibitation etc. But wearing it chronically made those things disappear b/c my CNS can figure out when the vest is off and resumes inhibition to protect the body. i still remmeber how it felt when i first took off the vest acutely . the first time i used it, i was flying around the court whether dunking or driving .. most amazing thing ive ever experienced out of training. Now if i take off the vest almost nothing changes in terms of speed, cns just changes gears smoothly and it's almost if nothing changed had i not even worn the vest

BS 6x115 (LPR; warmup +5kg), 6x120(LPR), 8x110(LPR)
OHP 6x50, 3x60 (ran out of time)
bball practice
weighted dunk @95kg (LPR)

BW: 82.2kg

Notes:
Squat comeback continues. Thought reall hard about a 3rd set but i didnt wanna fk up my back so went with caution and did a backoff set with 110kg. I want to build up volume slowly with light weight and do the odd heavy triple to realise gains. That might be a better strategy long term than trying to build up volume with limit weights like 140kg+. Tho it must be said i was doing very well getting 8x2x140kg @ 82kg before life got in the way. Nevermind.

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practice was cool. someone hooked us up with a gym key and we balled in this sweet gym to ourselves .. i put up some weighted dunks but someone complained bout the vest when guarding me so i took it off. otherwise i was going to play with it on for a bit longer.

Ha finally got DOMS from the back extensions! after 3 sleeps. Im considering a few things. I want to play the easter comp at a lean 85kg .. but to be a lean 85kg i must first be a lean 80kg. To be a lean 80kg .. i shud gain some muscle, cos if i cut to 80kg now, i wont be lean.

I remember when i first used a weight vest, it was the most amazing thing. Put it on do some dunks, take it off, do some dunks wow. But since then i havent been able to recreate that same effect. Wearing it chronically seems to be far less effective than using it acutely just for potentiating. It seems the potentiating effect all but dissapears when you wear it longer, during the day. Oh well. Im still going to use it more or less the same way i have been the last coupla days since i first put it on. Incline treadmill and sprints may get my fitness up .. maybe build strength/reactivity in the lower legs which is an area im sorely lacking. But apart from that, i have zero expectation of jumping higher from using the vest. Though i am excited about being more forefoot dominant when i do the incline weighted running .. that may help my RVJ eventually which would be amazing. That effect too disappeared after the first day though lol. So idk, i prob need more frequency?

An observation after the running, today i found while walking barefoot i was more forefoot dominant. it's like my body has figured out how and filled the strength/technique gaps. im thinking it was the treadmill incline running that did it. interesting..

BW:81.8kg

Woah feeling pretty beat up but i dont mind .. not doing the daily hypergravity thing this time, just on training days 3x a week. Btw im not finding any potentiating affects this time around .. kinda disappointing! Then again im dunking more or less the same now at 85kg as when i weighed 75kg so i can't complain tooo much. Relying on conditioning to make body comp changes more than diet, im not doing the fasting or the restrictive dieting anymore. Eating clean nevertheless. Found out a staple of mine (mac and cheese lol) has transfats, so ima finish the box and then stop eating that stuff

another aborted workout, i almost went for a 150kg single but put it back, my heart and mind were absent. Im taking this week pretty hard, think events from last week have drained me. I dont know how you even deal with that situation, im putting training on the back burner, think i will opt out of bball games for a while too. will post back if i get my mojo back

I didnt log yesterday's workout b/c it was aborted but im getting really sad that the one thing holding me back from my squat goal is my spine problems. Might just lean out a bit and focus on other shit until i can start squatting properly ahgain