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here's my footage since it was requested :f

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXD6B7UoxQA&feature=related





hoop def seemed a little higher than 10'... i didnt mention it to start koz it's whatever, even if it was 10'2 which it pretty much seemed like it was, i should have still dunked harder on it.. i can dunk harder on 10'2 than what i did in that vid.. regardless of whether it was 10 or 10'2, didnt jump like i should have.. im comparing it to 'how i feel' when i get under a measured 10' rim, def seemed higher.. i didnt complain about it, but it def entered my head.. other people were complaining about it.. lol

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: June 06, 2011, 11:16:07 pm »
ok so... i threw down some very nice dunks today off SLRVJ........ it seems i can dunk harder/better with LESS vert than my double leg, because of how much distance i get on my SLRVJ jumps.. also, my form looks pretty damn good in the plant of my good SLRVJ jumps, man shit is about to get interesting..

these pics dont do the dunks justice, i really threw these dunks down SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO hard.. video probably tomorrow.. pretty amp'd about how good my single leg is..

funny thing though, i did 100 layups (50 left, 50 right) with long sleeve shirt on before these jumps... so i felt fatigued as hell, but then some kids showed up to talk to me about my dunks, and i started flying.. snapped out of the fatigue really well.





























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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: June 06, 2011, 11:04:12 pm »
About the mask: if you didn't tell me, I wouldn't even notice it. Extremely well done, 'Drew.

hah ya.. it came out good, did it in like <5min, glad it looks ok.. was bugging me that the guy was blocking the full final 8, wanted to see the height comparison.

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NICE!!! I only first read about you doing that contest now. Grats on that man.

thanks man!


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Jello legs is normal. Id be surprised if you didnt have them.

ya unfortunately it happens to me at times.. it seems to happen though when im doing something "new".. first time sparring, first high school bball games, first time dunking where i grew up, etc.. always happens the first time then goes away.

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Sick man! That pic of you standing next to those other dunkers made my day.

hah nice! thanks man


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Getting jelly legs is so common during the first few events you enter in a relatively new environment  - I remember when I was running state meets for the first time the adrenalin just got to me and I ran like crap compared to what I usually ran.

ya.. that "first time" effect really sucks.. it's even worse with running, because it's not just one powerful effort.. if you tighten up/HR goes too high, while running, man you are toast.. can turn a 17min 5k into a 22min .. heh




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Considering this was your first contest and it was the freaking Sprite Slam dunk showdown I'm surprised your legs didn't drop out altogether! Nice work.

hah ya.. thanks alot man.. the sprite i drakn during the contest helped.. my protein/gatorade shakes i brought helped too.. i drank 4 sprites during the contest.. 1 before i landed that two hander, then 3 more while i was sitting there just watching (not having made final 4 etc).. body was so toast.

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I wonder how the T-Nation guys like it now :D

Anorexic dunker in the Sprite dunk contest!

going to be super anorexic next contest, guaranteed.. gonna be floating :F

pC!

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: June 06, 2011, 10:57:43 pm »
The caveman , the castaway , the athletic anorexia man, Air Jesus himself!!!  :highfive:  :wowthatwasnutswtf:

lmao !!




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Thing went good , some good jumps in there.  Pity you didn't peak but oh well!

ya, at least it wasn't completely tragic.. that makes me not care as much about how i did.. i did land a few nice looking dunks that day so, much better than coming back having missed every dunk etc, that would have been horrible haha.



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Surprised that rim was 10' , you remember how we always thought it looked a couple inches lower. Probably the rim was always 10' and most dunkers lie about their height to get props. Remember some "under 6 feet" dunkers looking huge compared to the rim. I was hoping 9'10'' + peak would happen , that would have you landing crazy shit down.

ya like, sometimes the rims do look low though from footage.. like, atlanta sprite showdown hoop looks low.. this hoop, from the footage i uploaded, looks crazy high.. alot of people commenting about it.. and people there were literally pissed, liek people trying to get into the contest.. they were saying it was "10'6" lmao..

as for the heights, definitely on that.. i mean they claim werm is 6'2, i mean, unless i don't know my own height, then perhaps he's 6'2 but he's obviously 3" taller than me or so.. and i'm 6'1 so.. myree looked about my height, airdogg a little taller.. los a little shorter than werm.. man i dont even know how Los jumps the way he does.. he looks REALLY led-footed, it's odd.. he's really strong i guess, but, he looks really heavy for his build and has no "bounce" form visual observation.. he seemed to be having a bad day though so who knows,but he still flys.

it would have been interesting if it was 9'10, definitely.. only prob with that would be peopel talking shit about how the rim is low.. i bet the people in miami would be talking shit lmao.. i think it's a reason airdogg didn't land his best dunks, he seemed phased by it.. rim actually felt 10'2, i wish i had a tape measuerer or something.. some guy who worked for sprite said he'd go get one but he couldn't find it..




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Jelly legs always happen on something important. Whenever i am about to hit a big milestone i get them, hard to get over it too. I imagine at a dunk contest like that it is much more intense!

ya i just have to prepare even better for next contest.. i know what i have to do, become a conditioning FREAK again & get my vert way up.. also, SLRVJ seems to be the key for me.. because, my DLRVJ felt toast that day but SLRVJ felt great.. i think my SLRVJ is always "decent", and lately it's "damn good".. for example, if my legs feel jelloish, i'd still be able to get up SLRVJ but DLRVJ would be toast, for some reason i just handle jello better with slrvj.. every time ive done slrvj sessions, because of jello legs & not being able to dlrvj, my slrvj works... tis a sign.






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U mad bro , your feet jelly?



lolol
:F

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: June 06, 2011, 10:49:28 pm »
You know how you were saying your legs went jello outta nowhere.  And Nightfly said it happens to him.  And I saw ur dunk contest vid on youtube, people commenting on there saying it happens to everyone.

What is it?  I don't get it.  Why does jelly legs happen to everyone who's new to dunk contests?  Is it a stage fright kind of thing? I wouldn't think so cuz you didn't look nervous at all.

well it could be due to plenty of things.. in my little video blog thing that ill upload soon, i compare it to "my first time sparring".. for example, i had been destroying this guy in lighter sparring, just too slick for him, too fast, etc.. for weeks.. then finally it was my time to start 100% sparring, full effort, go for the kill type shit.. and here i had been wrecking this guy easy.. so first time i sparred, i gassed in round 1, had to survive for 3 more rounds, did absolutely horrible, bell in my head rung horribly etc.. next sparring session though i destroyed him, and every session after that..

so for me it seemed more like just a learning experience.. first time sucks, the rest will be better.. but i found out what i need to work on so, i have alot of "data" from being in that event.. i know what i need to do now in order to perform better at another one.

as for nightfly, it could be how he changes his routine up alot and diet the day of.. liquid diet, day of.. next dunk contest he's just doing everything normal, heavy squatting day before, eating normal day of, etc.. because if he's "normal", he'll be flying.. no need to try and peak if he can't get to normal..

next contest for him will be good

other than that, alot of people are just nervous.. in a bad way.. cant speak for them tho.

pC

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: June 06, 2011, 10:44:36 pm »

man... im so fucking proud of you man! really respect mang! prove them all wrong man! all the haters and doubters!

thanks so much man.. ya, even tho i act like i care about the haters/doubter, i dont, i really just want to keep proving to myself that i can keep progressing.. haters/doubters are nice fuel for sure tho ;F



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you know what to attack in your training now! go get it mang!

yup, definitely.. already been focusing on it, so far so good.. i did a little video blog today in car about it, itll probably be up tomorrow or whatever, but it basically goes over what i need to work on... conditioning, bodyweight, slrvj, strength.

peace man

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people complaining the rim is higher than 10', myree just destroys it ez.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYV38qeB3cM&feature=email&email=comment_received


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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: June 06, 2011, 02:27:26 am »
crazy how my weight dropped so fast.. 155 yesterday, 150 today.. havnt been 150 since early may.. 150 right now, prolly be < 150 tomorrow when i wakeup.

tmw workout A dno yet, workout B is combined conditioning/squatting (light) i think.




06/05/2011

bw = 150
aches/injuries=left hamstring tendon slightly
fatigue = moderate
soreness = hamstrings slightly
diet = 2 chicken tenders + protein/water-drink + crystal light, dunking + cardio + 2*protein-drink, crystal light, philly cheesesteak + tons of diet coke, workout={JR(double leg)@5x100 SS NGP@5x5, JR(10L,10R)@3x100 SS CU@3x5, MR-HT-submax@3x40 SS PS=45@3x5, JS(50L,50R)@3x100 SS PS=35@3x5, STIFF-POGO@2x20 SS PU@2x5, JS(2L,2R)@3x100 SS PS=35@3x8, ESU=2x10E SS NGP@2x8, SKIP-DRILL=1x30each} , 4 chocolates + protein/water-drink + crystal light + yogurt

JR=jumprope
NGP=neutral grip pullup
CU=chinup
MR-HT=MR halftuck
PS=plateswing
ESU=explosive stepup jump thing

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: June 06, 2011, 12:01:42 am »
you look the shortest. is that right?

shortest of the 8 for sure ya.. one guy was shorter out of all competitors, wasnt close to dunking unfortunately.

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some SLRVJ stills from today... funny how hard i was throwing down from this height.. i think i just dunk better off slrvj... nice jumps tho im happy with them.. time to get them up tho.

this one was REALLY hard..

















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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: June 05, 2011, 10:45:37 pm »
I wonder how and if your training will change going for a higher SLVJ

Would you say the need for specificity will increase? More lunges/BSSs/one-leg deadlifts or just continue with half squats?

For example, I was thinking about your LTMP thing but I was thinking about using the lunge or BSS instead of the half squat daily for more one-leg specificity...

not much really.. i have a problem with unilaterals because of my sacral spine issue..

in june i plan on backing off from daily squatting, so, im going to be hitting plate swings/calves/reactive work more.. + more conditioning.. and more SLRVJ max work.. that alone will have me getting up pretty good on slrvj.. i plan on squatting every other day or every 4th day.. definitely not every day.








congrats on that dunk contest man! respect!

its one hell of an experience for you mang!   dunking with the best!

epic pics too man! legendary vids too! 

you can kill it! KILL IT! next dunk contest you will win!

thanks alot man.. ya i hope to enter a few more this summer for fun.. it was alot of fun.

peace manG!@R@












AIRDOGG VERSUS WERM STILLS FROM ACTUAL CONTEST

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150197360586778.307774.503711777

currently uploading their rounds from contest.. next vid is all warmup dunks + contest dunks, but just quick footage like dunk after dunk..

yall have to see myree's shit, cRAAAAAAAAZZZZZZZZYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: June 05, 2011, 05:34:10 pm »
i havn't eaten since afternoon.. and im not hungry.. man my body is freaked the fuck out.. so fucking odd..

151 right now, 155 this morning..

im going to eat a turkey sandwich even though im not hungry.

athletic anorexia crew bout to represent.. slrvj time.


HAHAHAHH!! damn right.

pity about the comp man, kill it next year! mayb after u start practising with those low lobs u could learn some tricks, then next year it'll be different.

i mean, if doing what ur doing now, one and 2 handers, gets u into top 4, once u get some tricks down u'd be killing it.

ya i hope they do it again in miami next year.. i bet they will, the crowd/atmosphere was very nice.

if i'm not 100x better by next sprite showdown then.... lol








I remember when I saw Shal jumping off one leg - it definitely clicked something in my mind in terms of how much more speed I can use and power. If this guy can do it, I can do it too! And I could feel it inside that I could do it, just not at this strength level. But I could feel it - I usually don't feel it when I know I can't do it, but in that case, I knew I could jump like that.

Once you witness real jumpers first person, you kind of start to realize it's possible for you too.

ya well the biggest thing i noticed was, myree/airdogg are built like tanks, i'm built more like werm.. i do seem to have gained some good SLRVJ ability without directly training it max effort, it all makes sense.. my half squatting/warmup layups was enough to help build my single leg, time to max it.




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For me personally, when I participated at the dunk contest in 2006 here in Romania, in order not to get jelly legs, I kept all this arrogant attitude inside me, you really have to have swagger and think you're better than anybody and can't wait to show that to the world. That's the mentality you need to have and really believe into.

ya well mentally i was fine.. my double leg was jello today too, but my single was crazy... i think it's just a matter maximizing my strengths, ie, half squatting helps me a ton, ive optimized it from deep to half & got better gains.. i think it's time to optimize my jumping from double to single..





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You should be like "I've trained for this, this is what I want to do, I'm going to kick yo ass". Also, although it might sound silly, you can/need to swear a lot in your mind. Because using "bad" words kind of makes your swagger increase. It's all psychological.

right i did that.. i just felt like gravity was 20m/s^2 + legs shaky.



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In a fight for example, when you swear at the other guy, you kind of prepare yourself mentally for the fight because you're "ready" and you can afford to swear at that guy so that means you're stronger than him, since you can afford to do that. There's a whole mental mechanism at the base of all this stuff so I thought about sharing it.

PS. Like I said, you have the structure, you said you don't have the strength to jump off one leg (I was like WTF? - since you're much more stronger than me and much lighter at the same time). If I can jump 34 maximall off one leg you should go near 40 or so.

nah i have the strength to jump off one leg.. it always scares me when my achilles achesthough, so i stop training it.. but i need to progress slowly and overcome that..

ill take footage off my caam from today, later, i had some really good jumps off single leg pretty sure of it.. a few really hard throw downs that flew out crazy..









slrvj time.

OHH YEAHHHHH, SLRVJ FTW!  There's hardly any of us on here at adarq.org lol

yup, already started the transition today.. :)





added to pics abov, my fav pic of them lmao



spot the guy who looks out of place......

no racism , but man you were the only one white?


yup hahah :F

i mean one guy was spanish, so all black guys, 1 spanish, 1 white :F








added to pics abov, my fav pic of them lmao



spot the guy who looks out of place......

no racism , but man you were the only one white?


andrew...this needs to now by your profile picture/facebook pic...and you and i need to be facebook friends also

dude i'm so excited to see you start hitting the tricks dude!...and to see you get that single leg vert close to your double!

whens the next local contest? if you can get one or two tricks down by then...winner for sure!

power to the white man!!!!! haha

hit me up on da face boo.

dno i need to find another local contest, it's summer time, has to be one pretty soon..

i think my single leg rvj will eclipse my double before july..

lol @ whitepower... ya i shoulda been final four, bugs me i couldnt just land a damn dunk in round 2B.. solame.







congrats bro thats awesome! pretty good id say for your first contest and considering u werent getting up 100%. hope you do another one soon. Really interested to see what youre going to do for your slrvj, thats what im gong to being focusing on this summer.

thanks so much man.. trained SLRVJ today, so far, looks crazy promising.. it looked promising last month after i trained it for 1 session also..... btu next day my achilles was aching so i stopped, because that scared me for ~3 days or so and wrecked my dunking.. now i can phase this stuff in properly, should be good.










so do you get to keep the sprite gear?

ya!@$!@$! haha

got some sick shorts and that jersey.. gonna rock those shorots in my dunk vids :F




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and i thought i'd offer some incentive to you...when you land that 360 dunk i'll donate $20 to adarq.org...big monies yo!

deal, awesome.. hah

sounds like i still need to practice double leg occasionally, koz right now i have no idea how id do that off single :)









40 $ For a clean 360 after i get my first sallary!

sheeeeeeeeeeeit!$$!$%#@

sick, finna b rich..... if i make a 360..


























dammit i need this video to get done rendering, like 3 more hours for werm vs airdogg to render... then 10+ hours to upload to youtube, but in that time ican take still frames/pictures of their dunks etc, which is always fun to see.. plus i want to get my SLRVJ footage off my cam today, felt like some sick jumps.

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Andrew, man, it's hard to describe how all of this feels to me...I'm really happy for you man, really. Gotta be proud of all of this man, no matter what the outcome was. That first dunk was DA SHIT. And next time you'll get into that final round bro. And I agree with all the other guys here: that pic=LEGENDARY!


thanks soooooo much man.. ya, im still proud.. im glad that, even when my legs are toast, i can still land dunks.. thats pretty cool.. it used to be that i'd have to try so hard just to land one dunk, and that was feeling great.. now when im feeling great, i land tns of dunks.. regardless it was fun, i loved being there..

the cool thing about all of this is, when i do contests in the future, you better believe it'll make this sprite footage look like crap.. that experience opened my eyes to alot of things that I already have been trying to fix: conditioning/bodyweight/single leg... ill be going into the next contest in 100x better shape, lighter, and with SLRVJ ability.

hopefully by next sprite I can shut it down.

pC man & ya i love that pic too, looks really cool.. i had to mesh the pic together unfortunately, because someone was standing in the middle taking the picture, then they moved to the left to take the picture again etc.. so i used masking technique to get his ass out of the pic hah.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: June 05, 2011, 02:44:41 am »
i havn't eaten since afternoon.. and im not hungry.. man my body is freaked the fuck out.. so fucking odd..

151 right now, 155 this morning..

im going to eat a turkey sandwich even though im not hungry.

athletic anorexia crew bout to represent.. slrvj time.

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