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nasty af

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

Just ridiculous. I'm loving these SL jumpers lately though.

Check this one out!!! That speed.

He is one of my all time favourites for sure. What struck me about watching him play was the way he moved and covered the court and then to be able to explode. I can't remember him ever getting credit as a great athlete though.

On a side note I picked up a pair of the Reebok Answer 1's for $5 from a foot locker that was closing down about 2 years ago. Played in them once and they felt heavy and clunky so shelved them. Played in them again last week as my hyperdunks well and truly have no cushioning left and they were solid. Have a feeling they will break in to be a great shoe.

28/07/2016 - 5pm

Jump Circuit-
1x10 vertical jumps   (submax)
2x5 SL Vertical Jumps (each leg)
2x3 Max Vertical Jumps
3x5 Repetitive Jumps (5 times consecutive touch)
kX3 Step Jumps ("Toddday method") - got as far as 3 step before I started trailing off
10 x Pentultimate Jumps (single leg 1 step)
10 x SL max jumps knee got me on this one

Lifting-
1) Squats: 5,3,1 @ 70, 85, 100%.
bar x 10, 60 x 5, 87.5 x 5, 107.5 x 3, 125 x 1- feeling pretty good here. See IG post below for vid.

2) Deadlift: 5,3,2,1,1,1 Workup
90 x 5, 120 x 3, 140 x 2, 150 x 1, 160 x F - had nothing. Used straps on 150 and 160F after slight bicep strain last week from mixed grip. Not comfortable using them but will persist. Lower back and core fatigued though. Maybe from ball last night.

3) Explosive Push Press
bar x 8, 40 x 5, 55 x 6, 6, 5- bloody kids running around while I was training distracted on last set. should have had 6 or even 7 reps there.

4) Slant Bench Abdominal Curl w/weight
15 x 10, 10 - weight on chest instead of held up made this harder.

5) Med Ball Toss

WOW.. haha!

"edit level 1 trillion" - i agree.

Haha. That's brilliant.

Where do I find one of these editors 

Ball game last night. We ended up winning by 6 after a slow start and being down by 10 after the first 10 mins. It seems that it takes me about 10 mins to really warm up into the game even though I do a decent warm up before hand. I've also noticed over the last few weeks I almost need to have a "fuck you" mindset towards the other team to play at my best. I did nothing for the first 10 mins then got hacked a few times, got pissed off and way more focused and started playing really well. Had 10 points and if I had shot better from the free throw line would have had 18-20. FT shooting has been dismal the last 2 weeks. I'm normally 70-80% from the strike. Don't know what's been going on.

Had a great last 5 mins of the game though. Started with a great chase down block where I had to run past two of their guys (literally pushed them out  the way) to get to their guy on the fast break and send the ball onto the next court. The guy wasn't that tall and literally laid it out perfectly for me to block. I had another 3 blocks in the last couple of minutes to keep them at bay. Felt brilliant.

Jumping went ok once I was warm. Put down a decent one hander while warming up before the game. I'm starting to realise how important it is for me to get the bounding and jumping in during the week. RSLVJ is high 20s cold. Warmed up it could get to 30ish but I have no doubt if I get some consistency with that work in it will go well over that level. I had a fast break lay up where I could have easily attempted a dunk but didn't have the confidence in myself to do it so I'm super motivated to get this work in. 

Woke up at 92kgs this morning. Looking leaner and feeling better but quads and calves seized up overnight. Have been getting some cramps during the night in legs which is not ideal. Am taking both Zinc and Mag at the moment too. May need to get a massage for some additional relief.

Also, thinking of playing ball in my knee sleeves. The way I figure they're 5mm and really no different to the sports sleeves sold for playing ball in anyway. The main benefit I see it that it'll keep my knees nice and warm which usually takes around 15-20 mins of play.

unfortunately the only people around were a couple of very unathletic dudes playing on the other half of the court with their little kids, didn't want to ask them for lobs.

I'm assuming you've been through this somewhere in your log but you need to get acquainted with self lobs. I used to do a heap of these in high school and with practice you can get them to almost sit on the rim making dunks no more than a tip in. Note to self- I need to get onto these again too.   

Tuesday 26/07/16

Woke up this morning at 92.7. Damage hasn't been as bad as I thought. Clean eating will easily get me to 90ish in about 2 weeks and then the hard work begins on getting to 87-88. Hit my cal and macro target yesterday and it was a decent amount of food so pretty happy to run with that for the moment.

Also, was watching some old NBA vids last night with Iverson and Ray Allen. Easy to forget just how good of an athlete Iverson was and how balanced he was as a runner and also what Ray used to do at the rim before he parked himself behind the 3pt line.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13YeR5zIGbo" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13YeR5zIGbo</a>

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISwSxZmWM24" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISwSxZmWM24</a>