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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: September 21, 2016, 10:42:16 am »
tbh im more intrigued by ideas i feel strongly about (positive or negative).. so just cos i hate something doesn't mean i wont eventually fall in love with them and vice versa (front squats and half deadlifts aka rdls) but whatevs .. ya'll over-reacting. why can feynman call an idea dopy or dumb and still engage it but without implying any judgement of the person who said it. acole put me onto TENS units and for that im ever grateful but apologises all round.

confession; im not dealing well with coming off this diet. my appetite is insatiable, i want to keep eating and eating .. not good.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: September 21, 2016, 01:35:13 am »
last i checked (a few years back mind), i cud get bout 1/4 the way up my arm .. and it wasnt really feasible to check where it touched after, not sensitive enough there on the arm. cud use vid if that's possible (not really during game setting).  i dont care for that test anyway. you know would what be cool, a device you could stick to the side of a bacboard, like an arrow with a suction cup, and then try to pull it down

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: September 20, 2016, 10:45:54 pm »
todday is different to me tho i cant tell you why exactly. maybe my arms are longer and it affects the way i setup for a jump. his arms are essentially vertical on touch there, mine are  oblique, which def affects touch height. maybe im just tryna avoid hitting myself on the backboard .. and reflexively avoiding the backboard, im not sure, you just have to believe me it's not a great target. but i think im over it, i'll stick to the only measurable goal that matters, getting my squat to milestones XYZ. measuring jump and run is just too much trouble to do reliably

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: September 20, 2016, 10:39:09 pm »
I didnt mean it that way. I just dislike the method but it has a few things going for it: 1.i can do it during/games when adrelenin kicks in and you perform better, 2. it needs no special equipment. but it just doesn't feel right, i dont think im jumping normally when i reach for the backboard as a target. if there was a line extending along the square to te end of the backboard i think i'd prefer that but there isnt and you dont get that feedback from actually seeing the corner. hmmmmmmmmmmmm. maybe i cud put up a sticker in line and jump for that? i'll try that actually. it reminds me of raptor saying he jumps higher with a ball in hand than without, b/c he trained his body to be maximally efficient in a dunk attempt. i think im the same

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: September 20, 2016, 12:21:56 pm »
I forgot to mention, a team mate who saw my dunks and jumps said, completely unprompted, i think you jumped 36". so that's another data point. however, i doubt that's a very qualified one .. it's just interesting he said that number ;P. i told him with my reach 36" corresponds to the top of the square (of which i was short) but i do think my jumps for the corner are inefficient so they're underestimating my true vertical. probably. it's all conjecture really. who cares.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: September 20, 2016, 10:50:08 am »
First the game, that team we just played is easily the best team ive ever faced. They cud all shoot and they did, around a 70% clip. Dude was taking NBA 3s and swishing them at over 80% lol. Like half a dozen at least. Wow. Such a strong comp, i love it. We lost and the benchmark is clear .. have a shitload of work to do as a team, tbh im not sure we can match them but at least individually i think i can rise up to the challenge.
After the game i wanted to do some dunks quickly before the next game started .. and i attemped i think 2 dunks. Easily the best dunks ive done on that court. But i think it's not a regulation height which fucks me off cos how do you know you're not just jumping good instead of great? But i felt like i was closest to the rim ive ever gotten.

so then i thought to try acoles dumb suggestion of tryna touch the top of the square. it's dumb cos the mechanics for jumping for that corner are completely different to anything you'd ever do athletically .. it's an awkward angle and target to say the least. But i touched so high up that a team mate commented in disbelief. So that might be worth something ..  i was maybe 2 inches or 3 inches off the top of the square. Like i said, it's possible that i can actually jump high enough to touch a height equivalent to the top of the square .. if i was jumping at a better target like a high rim or something. Oh well. i need to figure this shit out, it's frustrating me not having a measurable way of checking how high im getting up

but omg .. after playing a game to jump that high is just amazing .. im more than convinced ive got the right mix of training going right now.. it's yielding impressive gains. only downside right now is my left ankle does not like these me jumps .. it may be the shoes actually.. stupid kobes dont have enough dorsiflexion and i think that's ruining my jumps

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: September 20, 2016, 05:22:54 am »
BS 2x127.5(+2.5kg), 2x130(LPR; +2.5kg), 2x132.5(LPR), 1x135(LPR), 3x130(LPR), 2x2x130
BP 3x6x82.5(LPR)

BBall game
a few dunks (PR levels .. if not beyond, see post following this one)

BW: 80.1kg

Notes:
Decided to stick with the usual thing for tuesdays and not try anything crazy. its' been working so i just went with stepping up the doubles. last second decision to go for 135kg and did the first rep then eventually after some time passed, i put the bar back without attempting a 2nd rep cos i wasnt sure i wud get it and im not trying to fail. then tripled 130kg .. just to feel i accomplished something today lol. salient observation: i squat WAY better infront of a mirror. I realised that after finding the first 6 sets awkward but i sunk the 7th one pretty good even tho it was hard, i felt it was a better squat. So will make a mirror a permanent feature from here

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: September 20, 2016, 12:08:46 am »
BW: 80.1kg (yay)

after the excesses of the weekend behind me, it's good to see the scales return to my baseline. I wont say exactly what yesterday's weighing was but it was 82.x something, yikes. so this is a relief.
question for the wise audience here ..

i have 2 options for today,

1. PEAK: do an easy weights session and take advantage of my non-sore, well recovered state atm, try go beast at my evening game (it's my 2nd game and i didnt make a stellar first impression with the season opener last wk)

2. go hard on squats and keep putting the emphasis on long term results and hope for an okay game /dunks

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: September 19, 2016, 01:50:12 am »
hmmm interesting. im not sure if im gaining confidence from using heavier partials per se, esp cos i do them once a week and i do them at the end of hte workouts so i dont get that CNS potentiating effect that ppl sometimes employ (eg walk out 10% more than workset then workset feels easier). i may use that trick down the line but dont really need it yet. my big bag of tricks is well stocked (creatine, knee sleeves, stimulants, etc) and i will only use them sparingly. i wanna see how far i can go without employing them

it is interesting to think about these things, for instance when i started doing heavy partials it felt like they were quite harsh on knees, now i dont feel that at all even with the weights much heavier than when i started doign them. but what i find is that full squats, though a lot lighter, can be harder on knees .. haha. so that goes against conventional wisdom that full squats easier than partials on knees  :wowthatwasnutswtf:



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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism (quarter squat writeup)
« on: September 18, 2016, 12:21:06 am »
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBYu3m_gAfg" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBYu3m_gAfg</a>

just saying that last wk this was my 6RM and this week i did it for 6x6 .. so no form nazism please ..

so you can see my bar speed is pretty good .. i lock out pretty strong now. thanks to quarter squats. there was a time when i cud bounce up an ATG frontsquat around 150kg but i cudnt lock it out. No one suggested it and it never occured to me, but using quarter squats back then wud have helped me become a beast squatter then.

so im a fan of partial squatting .. best asssitance ive tried in a long time. will keep up the experiment going, i think i can get a lot more out of them, this is just the tip of hte iceberg

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: September 17, 2016, 09:41:25 pm »
Aight some thoughts from last nights squats ...

You know you had a good squat session when you have instant VMO soreness. Not talking about next day hamstring DOMs .. i mean VMO soreness right there and then. That's really cool.

I think of 6x6x130kg as a good intermediate goal but lets be clear .. 6x6x140kg is the main goal. That shud get me strong enough to single 4 plates. If not, close enough to anyway. And that's 'enough' strength for a basketball player. More than enough. Plenty. Enough to get my vertical in that 35-40" region - i have to believe.

New day, eat clean, train hard, add weight, get fit, do dunks, do sprints, do curls, get hard, shoot the 3 ball, make friends be happy. The squats are my staple the one thing i worship above all else but balance is just as important and i wont neglect conditioning or jumping. Todday , im sold, i will eat more food to sustain progress. I have tried the cutting forever approach, time to for a change. Not going to gain weight though, will mantain 77-80kg bodyweight but that's plenty of room to gain some muscle and lose some fat without getting to heavy or light. I like the sweet spot of hovering at ~80kg. That's the last time i'll talk about this, im focusing on my training goals instead.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: September 17, 2016, 01:14:21 pm »
spoilers .. we need a spoiler tag :P

Notes:
I went on and did it, first set went ok, did a 2nd and next you know im thinking i can do 6 sets of this mfka even tho i only intended 2 sets and rest 4s if i cud manage those. My lifetime PR is 6x6x122.5 BUT i did that with creatine and close to 90kg bodyweight and my old bar was like 19.x something not 20kg -- this time i used a proper 20kg bar AND 2x25kg plates so it's in some sense more legit .. anyway. i destroyed it and i still weigh 80kg! will post video tmr). Ive also done 4x6x132.5kg but again that awas with creatine and a bodyweight close to 96kg .. this time i weighed a whopping 15kg less so there is that..

but im so happy with my workout on my birthday eve .. i think ive unlocked some inner switches for working hard and pushing thru barriers ..ive revised my goal of 6x6x127.5kg to 6x6x130kg .. that will be more satisfying and i can do it within the same timeframe as mentioned earlier, hold me to it!

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: September 17, 2016, 01:06:21 pm »
Quote from: adarqui on September 17, 2016, 11:25:03 am
Quote from: maxent on September 17, 2016, 04:15:14 am
BW: 80.4 (sad face)

damn it renovations continue to disrupt my saturday trainings :( i didnt sleep much more than a few hours .. they came in pretty early and that was the end of my restorative supplementation. Just did a strugglesome ohp workout where i did the slowest hardest to lock out triple ever .. i prob wud have given up on it but i didnt wanna in a public gym setting.
ohp 2x60, 2x3x60, 4x2x60
shud i try rest up tongith and then crack squats tmr? i dont like to delay workouts tho .. it just makes for a chaotic week tryna catch up. will see how we go..

smart decision says yes.. training addicted athlete says no.  :ninja:

lol yup. guess which i went with?

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: September 17, 2016, 04:15:14 am »
BW: 80.4 (sad face)

damn it renovations continue to disrupt my saturday trainings :( i didnt sleep much more than a few hours .. they came in pretty early and that was the end of my restorative supplementation. Just did a strugglesome ohp workout where i did the slowest hardest to lock out triple ever .. i prob wud have given up on it but i didnt wanna in a public gym setting.
ohp 2x60, 2x3x60, 4x2x60

BS 6x6x120(LPR!)
WCU 3x5x98.2kg, 3x5x93.2kg

shud i try rest up tongith and then crack squats tmr? i dont like to delay workouts tho .. it just makes for a chaotic week tryna catch up. will see how we go..

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: September 16, 2016, 01:04:04 am »
BW: 80kg

but im fatter so nothing to celebrate. After my birthday weekend im gna need to get under 80kg and stay there.

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