i know what's making my quads fatigued/sore, the 45deg hypers...... being locked in knee extension for so long and so "hard" (i reflexively lock out hard), is causing lots of fatigue in them.. pretty cool, once i adapt that'll be interesting.
ya man, ill be practicing them alot.. funny i couldnt land any tonight when i vid'd.. i was trying to throw down real hard tho, that's the prob.. was getting full wrist over which is cool, before getting sick/injured i was getting 2" of wrist over off dribble.
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weak but vert is getting back up there.. quads still tight/sore.. floor was slippery but that didn't factor in because i spit lightly on my hand then wiped my shoes before each dunk, MAD grip.. gonna do that sometimes even when the court is fine, can't imagine how good the grip will feel.
2/8/2011
bw = 155 soreness = hamstrings a little, calfs a little, quads a little (fatigued) aches/injuries = right ankle a little (from stretching quads), left toe a little (no ibuprofen???) fatigue = high diet = protein shake + gatorade, 2 slices pizza + reeces m&m's (whole bag) + green tea, training + protein shake, protein shake, gatorade + 2 bananas + 3 ibuprofen, gatorade + protein shake + 2 bananas
workout 1A: jumps/dunks/basketball - dribbling around for a while, warming up, then some dunk attempts off dribble and some off lob - felt good except for quads still being tight - floor feeling a bit slippery due to cold weather possibly, SPIT ON SHOES, helps
workout 1B: strenf - half squat: 295 x 5 good depth, 315 x 4 a little high - 1 arm DB row: 65 lb @ 3 x 8 - neutral grip pullups: BW @ 10
done, big workout tomorrow.... pin squats for heavy singles, db bench + calf raises, superset of 45degHyper + plate swings
i'd like to hit 325 or so off pins for 12 reps or more.
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IMPORTANT REMINDERS - DO NOT squat without heels elevated, used to heels elevated, too much sitting back aggravates back injury - DO NOT deadlift aggravates back injury - DO NOT overstretch quads, aggravates ankle injury - as of 1/15/2011, don't do 325 x 5, instead, hit MSEM singles at 325+, stay 305-315 x 5+
CURRENT GOALS 01/11/2011: PROJECT SSR7, get down to 150 or less as soon as possible.. maintain 315 x 5 half squat strength + keep a set of 20 maintained (245-265), fix right ankle, more interval conditioning, don't neglect my necessary exercises
DIET 01/11/2011: protein shake, jumps/dunks + protein shake, protein shake, philly cheese steaks + fries, 2 cookies, training, protein shake 01/12/2011: southwestern chicken sandwhich (mcdonalds), protein shake, cheeseburger, training, protein shake, protein shake + turkey & cheese sandwhich 01/13/2011: protein shake, southern chicken sandwhich, 4 slices pizza + piece of cake (FML), southern chicken sandwhich (had another one ready + 2 bananas 01/14/2011: smaller protein shake + 1 teaspoon coffee, smaller protein shake + 1 teaspoon coffee, dunking + protein shake, egg & cheese sandwhich (2 eggs, multi grain bread), reactive session, protein shake, protein shake + turkey and cheese sandwhich 01/15/2011: protein shake, cheeseburger, protein shake, training + protein shake, protein shake, turkey & cheese sandwhich 01/16/2011: protein shake, greek salad (feta/olives/peppers/dressing/lettuce) with grilled chicken (epic), cheeseburger (ground beef) on multigrain bread, light-training, protein shake + banana 01/17/2011: protein shake + 2 teaspoon coffee, driving around looking for a court for 1.5 hours, cheeseburger on multigrain bread + banana, 7 mile walk, small protein shake, squatting, protein shake, turkey & cheese + banana + protein shake 01/18/2011: protein shake + banana, egg sandwhich with cheese + banana + protein shake, protein shake + 2 bananas, turkey & cheese sandwich 01/19/2011: protein shake + 2 teaspoon coffee, dunking + monster energy + protein shake, protein shake, cheeseburger, training + payday chocolate bar (stopped at CVS), protein shake, protein shake + turkey & cheese sandwich 01/20/2011: SICK: prot shake, cheeseburger, prot shake, prot shake + turkey & cheese 01/21/2011: SICK: chocolate covered almonds, philly cheesesteak + fries, 2 cookies, chocolate covered almonds.. tons of liquid, bad idea, mucous bigtime after that 01/22/2011: SICK: 3 bags of chocolate covered almonds, thats it 01/23/2011: SICK: 3 bananas, beef stew + 2 cookies, 3 bananas + some fig newtons + protein drink (no milk just protein) 01/24/2011: SICK: chicken soup + milkLESS protein shake, milkLESS protein shake + a few fig newtons, walking + light sprinting, squatting, milkLESS protein shake + banana, milkLESS protein shake + turkey & cheese sandwhich + tea + gatorade drink 01/25/2011: SICK: chicken soup + milkLESS protein shake, milkLESS protein shake + 2 bananas, cheeseburger + 2 bananas, milkLESS protein shake 01/26/2011: SICK: double chicken tariyaki stir fry, 1cupmilk protein shake + 1 banana, training, 1cupmilk protein shake + 1 banana, 1cupmilk protein shake + 1 banana 01/27/2011: SICK: 1cupMilk protein shake + 1 banana, 4 slices of pizza + 1cupMilk protein shake + 2 cookies, trainingA, milkLESS protein shake, trainingB, 1cup milk protein shake + cookie, glass of gatoraid, 1cupMilk protein shake 01/28/2011: chicken soup + 1cupMilk protein shake, 1cupMilk protein shake + cookie + banana, workout #1, 1cupmilk protein shake, workout #2, 1cupmilk protein, 1cupmilk protein shake + turkey and cheese sandwhich + 1 banana 01/29/2011: protein shake, 2 ibuprofen + gatorade, cheeseburger + almonds + 1 banana, 2 ibuprofen + gatorade + 2 bananas, protein shake + 2 bananas + 2 ibuprofen + gatorade 01/30/2011: gatorade + 2 ibuprofen + protein shake + 2 bananas, gatorade + 2 ibuprofen, greek salad + grilled chicken, 5 granola bars + 1 cookie, training, gatorade + 3 ibuprofen + 1 banana + protein shake, almonds 01/31/2011: gatorade + 2 ibuprofen + protein shake + 1 banana, gumbo soup (chunky) + almonds, gatorade + 2 ibuprofen, gatorade + 2 ibuprofen + protein shake + 3 bananas + turkey & cheese sandwich 02/03/2011: gatorade + 2 ibuprofen + protein shake, 2 spicy chicken sandwiches from wendy's & some fries, training + protein shake, protein shake + gatorade + 2 ibuprofen, turkey & cheese sandwhich + gatorade + 2 ibuprofen 02/04/2011: protein shake + gatorade + 2 ibuprofen, egg and cheese sandwhich on multigrain bread, bag of chocolate almonds, training + protein shake, protein shake + gatorade + 2 ibuprofen, turkey & cheese sandwich + gatorade + small amount of trail mix (so good) 02/05/2011: protein shake + gatorade + 2 ibuprofen, egg and cheese sandwhich on multigrain bread + banana + trail mix, training + protein shake, protein shake + gatorade + 2 ibuprofen, peanutbutter sandwich + banana 02/06/2011: protein shake + gatorade + 2 ibuprofen + chocolate almonds, philly cheesesteak + fries + 2 cookies, banana + gatorade + 2 ibuprofen + some chocolates 02/07/2011: protein shake + gatorade, chocolates + egg & cheese sandwhich + gatorade, training + protein shake, protein shake + gatorade, PB sandwhich + 2 bananas + protein shake + gatorade 02/08/2011: protein shake + gatorade, 2 slices pizza + reeces m&m's (whole bag) + green tea, training + protein shake, protein shake, gatorade + 2 bananas + 3 ibuprofen, gatorade + protein shake + 2 bananas
SORENESS 01/11/2011: hamstrings a little 01/12/2011: none 01/13/2011: calfs a little 01/14/2011: none 01/15/2011: calfs 01/16/2011: none 01/17/2011: none 01/18/2011: none 01/19/2011: none 01/20/2011: calfs 01/21/2011: none 01/23/2011: none 01/24/2011: none 01/25/2011: hamstrings 01/26/2011: hamstrings (a ton), glutes a little 01/27/2011: hamstrings (a lot) 01/28/2011: hamstrings still 01/29/2011: hamstrings, quads FATIGUED (quarter squats ftw) 01/30/2011: hamstrings a little, quads fatigued 01/31/2011: calfs a little 02/03/2011: hamstrings, quads 02/04/2011: hamstrings, glutes, quads 02/05/2011: very sore, hamstrings (mostly), glutes, quads 02/06/2011: extremely sore in hamstrings & quads, glutes sore 02/07/2011: extremely sore in quads (vmo mostly) and hamstrings 02/08/2011: hamstrings a little, calfs a little, quads a little (fatigued)
ACHES/INJURIES 01/11/2011: right ankle (need to ice it more) 01/12/2011: right ankle, left lower back/glute at night (weird), bottom of feet a little 01/13/2011: right ankle a little, left glute/lower back a little 01/14/2011: right ankle VERY slightly, felt good pretty much all day even during dunk session 01/15/2011: right ankle a little, big toes sore/strained from all the jump rope 01/16/2011: left big toe/ball of foot = turf toe, pretty painful 01/17/2011: left big toe (turf toe) , felt better initially today, even when thinking i'd be able to dunk, calf raises aggravated it throughout the day 01/18/2011: ok here we go, both big toes (left is worse), left knee a little, hm that's it ok nevermind 01/19/2011: left toe felt a little weird waking up, felt fine during dunk session amazingly, feels horrible AFTER my 14 mile walk + interval jogs 01/20/2011: left bigtoe VERY BAD.. 01/21/2011: left big toe, a little better than 1/20/2011, positive sign 01/23/2011: none early on, big toe during/after calf raises 01/24/2011: left big toe a little, left knee a little (odd about the knee) 01/25/2011: left knee still wtf, very odd.. came out of nowhere, didn't do anything to tweak it that I know of 01/26/2011: left hamstring tendon a little, turf toe a little - much worse after i stretched it after walking + light interval sprints 01/27/2011: left big toe 01/28/2011: TOE/FOOT.. ok, it felt "ok" all day, after training, it feels so painful it's ridiculous.. definitely a stress fracture in there + turf toe. 01/29/2011: gout toe, very bad during the day, could barely walk, then ibuprofen + water + bananas + ice + lymph drain helped 01/30/2011: gout-toe AFTER training, felt good prior 01/31/2011: none 02/03/2011: big toe slightly after squatting 02/04/2011: bumped right knee in the car - hurt sooooo bad haha, got a lump/cut it open a bit.. then i hit it again, same spot, on some wooden thing.. iced it before going to workout, felt fine during training, more of a flesh wound. 02/05/2011: bump under right knee from yesterday 02/06/2011: left heel (achilles tendonitis ish slightly), left big toe slightly 02/07/2011: left big toe slightly 02/08/2011: right ankle a little (from stretching quads), left toe a little (no ibuprofen???)
FATIGUE 01/11/2011: high 01/12/2011: low 01/13/2011: high 01/14/2011: moderate 01/15/2011: low 01/16/2011: low 01/17/2011: low 01/18/2011: moderate 01/19/2011: moderate 01/20/2011: sick 01/21/2011: sick 01/23/2011: sick 01/24/2011: sick, extremely high fatigue 01/25/2011: sick, high 01/26/2011: sick, high 01/27/2011: sick, moderate 01/28/2011: moderate 01/29/2011: low 01/30/2011: low 01/31/2011: low 02/03/2011: high 02/04/2011: moderate 02/05/2011: high 02/06/2011: very high 02/07/2011: very high 02/08/2011: high
ANTI INFLAMMATORY METHODS (ICING, NSAIDS, ETC) 01/11/2011: iced right ankle for 20 minutes 01/12/2011: iced ankle twice, need to use colder ice, massaged it hard, felt good temporarily but made it ache more later 01/13/2011: iced right ankle once, felt pretty nice after, used the REALLY cold gel ice pack direct application 01/14/2011: iced ankle before bed 01/15/2011: iced ankle once during day, wanted too before bed but was doing calf raises 01/16/2011: iced left big toe twice 01/17/2011: iced left big toe for 20min 01/18/2011: iced both big toes 3 times each, to complete numbness, brutal 01/19/2011: iced big toe (left) after long walk session 01/20/2011: iced toe 01/21/2011: iced toe 01/24/2011: iced toe after training 01/27/2011: iced toe after training, twice 01/28/2011: iced the hell out of my foot/toe, tons 01/29/2011: iced the hell out of my foot/toe + 6 total ibuprofen 01/30/2011: iced the hell out of my foot/toe + 7 total ibuprofen 01/31/2011: iced toe 3 times, 6 total ibuprofen 02/03/2011: iced toe twice, 6 total ibuprofen 02/04/2011: iced toe twice, 4 total ibuprofen 02/05/2011: iced toe twice, 4 total ibuprofen 02/06/2011: iced toe once, 4 total ibuprofen 02/07/2011: iced toe twice, 0 total ibuprofen 02/08/2011: iced toe twice, 3 total ibuprofen (after training)
STRETCHING AND MYOFASCIAL RELEASE 01/11/2011: hamstrings very good, calfs lightly, stretching quads tomorrow 01/12/2011: hamstrings and low back very good, stretching quads reinjures my ankle.. stretched lower back too much to fix this annoying tweak and now my ham tendon injury is bugging a little 01/13/2011: nothing really, occasionally some back stretches to loosen it up a little, nothing focused though 02/04/2011: light hamstring/glute/adductor stretching 02/05/2011: light hamstring/glute/adductor stretching 02/07/2011: intense hamstring/quad stretching 02/08/2011: stretched adductors good
EXERCISES & SESSIONS
JUMPS/DUNK SESSIONS 01/11/2011: horrible, very fatigued 01/14/2011: felt good, didn't really get amped up but still landed some nice dunks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6IaftbFD0U 01/19/2011: felt very good, amp'd, turf toe didn't bug me too much but i worried about it flaring, best i've jumped indoor link-to-vid 02/03/2011: felt crappy, 34-35" on max jump, L-SLRVJ on layups got maybe 28 02/04/2011: felt better, 34-35" on max jump again but better consistency, L-SLRVJ layup jumps were much better overall (rim touch every time) 02/05/2011: landed a dunk off lob @ around 45min, close on some dribble ups, lots of layups 02/07/2011: just dribble up attempts, quads dead 02/08/2011: dribble ups and lobs, quads feeling a bit better
SQUATTING 01/12/2011: half squat 315 x 5 @ 157, dropping down for 245 x 20 but because of diet only hit 10 and called it quit 01/15/2011: half squat 325 x 5 @ 154, dropping down for 275 x 10+, hit 10 or 11, just toast from 325 ::: link-to-vid 01/17/2011: half squat 315 x 5, 325 x 1, 335 x 1, 345 x 1 (too high), 275 x 10,10,15 (153 lb at time of squat) 01/24/2011: half squat, 45 @ 3 x 10, 135 x 8, 185 x 10, 225 x 10, 245 x 10, 265 x 10, 285 x 8, 305 x 5, (152 at time of squat) 01/28/2011: workout #2: squat @ 151 lb half SQ: 45 @ 295 x 5, 315 x 6 (7=pinned), knees shift quarter squat: 335 x 5, 355 x 5, 375 x 3, half squat: 275 x 10 (dead) 02/03/2011: half squat: 45 @ 3 x 10, 135 x 8, 185 x 8, 225 x 5, 245 x 5, 265 x 5, 285 x 5, 305 x 3 (4=fail) (heels elevated too much) 02/04/2011: half squat: 45 @ 3 x 10, 135 x 5, 185 x 5, 225 x 5, 245 x 1,1,1, 265 x 1,1,1 285 x 1,1 305 x 1,1 315 x 1,1 02/05/2011: half squat: 245 @ 5 x 10, 3min rest +++ half squat "MEBM": 225 x 18 ... closer stance, more vmo 02/08/2011: half squat: 295 x 5 good depth, 315 x 4 a little high
BODYWEIGHT UPPER 01/11/2011: neutral grip pullups, done towards the end of a jump rope workout, 2 x 10, 2 x 8 01/12/2011: chinups BW @ 4x10 01/14/2011: a bunch of neutral grip pullups in my reactive workout, sets of 8 and one set of 10 01/16/2011: 4-5 pushup sets x 20, submax 01/17/2011: some pushups throughout the day, sets of 20, sore in chest 01/23/2011: PU = 125, 8 sets of 15-20 light 01/25/2011: few sets of single leg pushups 01/26/2011: pushups in 30 minutes, PU: 40, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 20, 30, 01/27/2011: neutral grip pullups: BW @ 10, 10, 10, 10, 8, 8, 8, 01/29/2011: neutral grip pullups: 12, 12, 12, 12, 11, 11, + pushups: 45, 35, 35, 40, 30, 01/31/2011: neutral grip pullup: BW @ 15, 13, 14, 12, 12, 7 && pushups: BW @ 46, 50, 45, 40, 02/03/2011: S1: neutral grip pullups: BW @ 10, 10, 10, 8, 8, 8 02/04/2011: 5 dips, 30 pushups lol 02/05/2011: 45 lb plate swing @ 3 x 6 02/07/2011: S1: db swing: 40 lb @ 5 x 8 02/08/2011: neutral grip pullups: BW @ 10
DB BENCH PRESS 02/04/2011: DB bench: 40 lb @ 2 x 10, 50 lb x 10 (last rep = pause ~20s then press) 02/07/2011: flat DB bench: 50 @ 3 x 10, 55 x 5, 60 x 8
DB ONE ARM ROW 02/05/2011: 60 lb @ 3 x 8 02/08/2011: 65 lb @ 3 x 8
REACTIVE WORK: SPRINTS, HALF TUCKS, POGOS, ETC 01/11/2011: barbell low squat ankle hops (worked up to ~4 sets of 95 lb x 50) + barbell mini pogos (45 lb, sets of 100) 01/14/2011: barbell low squat ankle hops (worked up to ~4 sets of 115 lb x 40), tons of jump rope 01/15/2011: interval sprints mixed in with 6 mile walk @ 20 x 6 or so, 8 x 5 for MR half tucks 01/19/2011: light interval sprints mixed in with 12-14 mile walk (in 2.5 hours), very bouncy, didn't lose bounce at all, stopped by cops twice in 2 diff cities 01/27/2011: 7 miles traveled, bunch of nice 20-30 yard sprints, felt good, acceleration suffering cause of sore hamstrings, then a bunch of MR halftucks, and sets of 30, 30, 20, 20 01/30/2011: max effort sprints (20's and a few 40's), MR halftucks: 5 x 30, 5 x 15
CONDITIONING 01/11/2011: 5500 total jump rope reps, felt great, mostly sets of 200-300 turns, one set of 400 turns in 3min 01/12/2011: 2200 total jump rope turns 01/14/2011: 4430 total turns, mostly sets of 300 02/03/2011: basketball work/dribbling/shooting 02/04/2011: basketball work/dribbling/shooting 02/05/2011: basketball work/dribbling/shooting 02/07/2011: basketball work/dribbling/shooting 02/08/2011: basketball work/dribbling/shooting
RECOVERY 01/15/2011: 6 mile walk with interval sprints/reactive work mixed in 01/17/2011: 7 mile walk with light interval jogs mixed in, felt so explosive/bouncy 01/19/2011: 12-14 mile walk with light interval sprints mixed in, very bouncy, didn't lose bounce at all, stopped by cops in 2 cities 01/24/2011: 6 miles walking + light interval sprints 01/26/2011: 7 miles walking + light jogs 01/27/2011: 7 miles walk + sprints & MR halftucks 01/28/2011: 8 miles walked + light jogs mixed in 01/30/2011: 6 miles walked + max effort sprints (20's and a few 40's) + mr halftucks (5 x 30, 5 x 15) 02/06/2011: lymph drain 30min 02/07/2011: lymph drain 30min
This dude is fucking ridiculous...really hoping he makes the Olympics. I'll two hours for them and i'm def looking to get some tickets to a few different events.
It's slightly better, but it shows how badly I fucked my ankle up haha. Prolly some bad ligament damage in there... It shud heal by itself right?
well, pretty much everything heals at some point.. some injuries though can be pretty severe and permanently debilitating unfortunately.. if you did rip some ligaments in your ankle, chances are there will be some compensations with all of the lower leg musculature/foot musculature etc..
unfortunately no one knows for sure.. ligaments definitely are not something you want to 'completely tear' that's for sure.. really bad ligament tears would be in the knee.. a tendon tear i hate even talking about, that is beyond debilitating, would be achilles tear.. other than that the body does have many ways to compensate around injuries, if for example, medical attention is impossible.
did mostly dribbling work, seeing how i cant really extend fully for a jumper. prolly 3-4 times over the past week. every morning abt 7-8am when i get back from work in the graveyard shift.
somedays i feel like just heading to the showers and bed, but im glad i went ahead. can feel the handles improving slightly already. my offhand is still not as tight as i'd like though. find that when i do hard dribbles with it, its not as natural as my dominant (right) hand.
taylorhorton, ur dribbling vids gave me the inspiration haha, so make one up again asap. adarq, someday i'll have handles like yours lol.
some day i'll have handles like pre 2002 adarqui, then you'll really want my handles lololol.
ya man i hope so, really bummed about this ankle issue man i really hope you can recover fully from it soon and have more fun again with training.
peace cowed man, stay focused and what you're doing right now is helping, otherwise you'd just be getting very weak.
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