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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: February 25, 2016, 06:29:18 am »
Yesterday ( 24 Feb ) I spent 1,5 hours foam rolling the shit out of my IT bands and quads and stretching the shit out of every leg muscle. Felt great, legs feel much fresher today too. Let's see what happens tonight in the gym.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: February 24, 2016, 06:08:17 am »
23 February 2016

Bodyweight@session : ~88,5kg
Soreness : none
Injuries/aches : none

T0DDDAY'S GPP

Workout #14 ( Week #6 )

SUPERSET 1 - SQUAT ++ OHP:
6@82,5kg ++ 8@42,5kg
6@82,5kg ++ 8@42,5kg
6@82,5kg ++ 8@42,5kg
6@82,5kg ++ 8@42,5kg
-Same taste at squats, slightly better but still far from good. SMR pays off.
OHP, very impressed to get 4x8 without any push-press, it is  all time PR level performance despite handicap. Not upping yet though.

SUPERSET 2 - BSS ++ PULLUPS:
8 each leg @ 40kg ++ 8
8 each leg @ 40kg ++ 8
8 each leg @ 40kg ++ 8
8 each leg @ 40kg ++ 8
-Got 4x8 straight at pullups too. Sick. Now I will go for 4x10, then switch to dead hang.

SUPERSET 3 - RDL ++ LEG RAISE:
20@55kg ++ 20
15@75kg ++ 20
10@95kg ++ 20
5@115kg ++ 20
-Reached 4x20 at leg raises too. Gonna make them with  straight legs now.

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I had to look up the shrimp squat because I know you'd just rick roll me again and do the let me google that for you thing haha.  They look nice and I'll give them a try.

lol. i've been doing them as partials, to a box. gonna decrease the box height over time.

The shrimp has given the forum some fun times in the past : http://www.adarq.org/strength-power-reactivity-speed-discussion/utilization-of-strength/

Many all-stars in there : steven miller , JC , sickenin vendetta , RJ

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800m+ Running and/or Conditioning / Re: The Haile Gebrselassie Thread
« on: February 23, 2016, 05:28:55 am »
legend

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: February 22, 2016, 05:28:22 am »
Off topic but... Young Hollywood can get his head higher than where i can get my fingertip  :wowthatwasnutswtf:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJNJ3JlLSbo" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJNJ3JlLSbo</a>

Must have been amazing to witness such a jump live.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: February 21, 2016, 02:41:42 pm »
20 February 2016

Bodyweight@session : ~88kg , nice
Soreness : none
Injuries/aches : none

T0DDDAY'S GPP

Workout #13 ( Week #5 )

SUPERSET 1 - SQUAT ++ OHP:
6@82,5kg ++ 8@42,5kg
6@82,5kg ++ 8@42,5kg
6@82,5kg ++ 7+1@42,5kg
6@82,5kg ++ 6+2@42,5kg
-Was consistent with stretch and foam roll the previous days. Felt much better. Still not good but better.

SUPERSET 2 - BSS ++ PULLUPS:
8 each leg @ 40kg ++ 8
8 each leg @ 40kg ++ 8
8 each leg @ 40kg ++ 8
8 each leg @ 40kg ++ 6 + 2
-All nice here. BSS getting solid, pullups getting stronger.

SUPERSET 3 - RDL ++ LEG RAISE:
20@55kg ( -5 kg ) ++ 20
15@75kg ++ 20
10@95kg ++ 20
5@115kg ( +3 reps ) ++ 16 + 4
-This one I can claim as a  :personal-record:. Still below 10@110 but 5@115 is sweet too. Gonna stay for a while at those loads and hit a new PR at top set whenever i feel CNS/grip on a good day.

This week i will experiment with not going to basketball ( since i keep failing to take it easy there ) and doing a third gym session. Previous two weeks was 2gym+1bball, the first weeks ( that burned me out ) were 3gym+1bball. Gonna stay consistent with foam roll and stretch and good sleep too, see what happens, reevaluate at weekend.

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This picture was taken at Horsetail Fall in Yosemite National Park. Apparently this happens every year but it's hard to catch a picture at just the right moment. Photographer Sangeeta Dey explained this on a post about her own picture on Facebook:

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Every year for two weeks in February, the sun sets at a certain angle and illuminates the waterfall in luminescent orange and red, making it look like a fluid fire. I’ve met photographers who said that they have been coming for 11 years only to see this happen 2 or 3 times.




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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: February 19, 2016, 05:33:09 am »
18 February 2016

1½ hours full court bball.
This time endurance was better and jumping/sprinting/reacting was worse. Quads get worse and worse, lol, they (slightly) hurt at any flexion over 90 degrees, such as warmup lunges, getting out of the car, walking up two stairs etc. I like to see this as the planned handicap of what i am doing. Just gotta make sure i don't get a stress injury, although i think that takes much more stress to accomplish. On the bright side, anaerobic recovery is turbo-charged, that feels amazing. Taking body contact also seems improved.

Foam rolled, stretched, compressed. Talk about SERIOUS tightness, real pain. Also overslept, that helped too. Feel much better today. Gotta stay consistent with recovery.

Edit : forgot to log, i failed at taking it easy at bball. I can't. In fact, this newfound endurance makes me push even harder. It was a close one too, maybe if we are winning easy i will .

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: February 18, 2016, 04:53:30 am »
I do have and occasionally sleep in recovery compression pants, just don't use them all the time and save it for more 'severe' cases if that makes any sense. Maybe i should more often. Ill give the salts a look. Diet has slipped a bit too, i have been neglecting my pre-workout meal that was the most nutritious/clean meal of the day. I'm bringing this back as of today.
I think that this diet fix while adding foam roll+stretch+better sleep will be good.
Thanks both!

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: February 17, 2016, 06:18:55 am »
16 February 2016

Bodyweight@session : ~88,5kg
Soreness : none
Injuries/aches : none

T0DDDAY'S GPP

Workout #12 ( Week #5 )

SUPERSET 1 - SQUAT ++ OHP:
6@82,5kg ( -5 kg ) , ( +2 reps ) ++ 8@42,5kg
6@82,5kg ( -5 kg ) , ( +2 reps ) ++ 8@42,5kg
6@82,5kg ( -5 kg ) , ( +2 reps ) ++ 7+1@42,5kg
6@82,5kg ( -5 kg ) , ( +2 reps ) ++ 6+2@42,5kg ( +1 push-press )
-Problem at squats. I missed yesterday's workout due to work again, so i had one extra rest day. However even even 60kg warmup set was kinda hard on my quads.
So I also I went down 5 kg from 87,5 to 82,5 to make it less stressful. No. I did get my 4x6 but again it was damn hard and painful. Weight feels light but quads hurt when contracting. Dammit!

SUPERSET 2 - BSS ++ PULLUPS:
8 each leg @ 40kg ++ 8
8 each leg @ 40kg ++ 8
8 each leg @ 40kg ++ 7 + 1
8 each leg @ 40kg ++ 6 + 2
-Nice.

SUPERSET 3 - RDL ++ LEG RAISE:
20@60kg ( +7,5 kg ) ++ 20
15@75kg ( +2,5 kg ) ++ 20
10@95kg ( +2,5 kg ) ++ 20
2@115kg ( +2,5 kg ) ++ 16 + 4
-Huge advances here, RDL getting diesel. Again silly/meaningless :personal-record: , heaviest RDL ever but well below estimated 1RM PR from lower weight.

So, i gotta figure out what i will do to recover better. Doing this thing 3*week plus one full court all-out bball session obviously was too much. But the last two weeks that i had to reduce it to 2*week due to work, problem was still there. The thing is, i love this program, i really want to get the best out of it. Maybe i went too far with increasing squat weight and that combined with the ongoing fatigue caught up with me. Or maybe i am too old for that shit. Hope the former. I will try to give some emphasis this week on  recovery (SMR/better sleep), i will also try to go easier a little at bball as advised, finally I will warm-up better/longer, it seems like the last squat sets bother less than the first ones. Next gym session is Saturday morning, let's see how it will go.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: February 16, 2016, 04:33:28 am »
If you wanna do it , do it like a boss.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az90yZiPxBg" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az90yZiPxBg</a>

:lololol:

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: February 14, 2016, 07:05:09 pm »
13 February 2016

Bodyweight@session : ~89kg
Soreness : none
Injuries/aches : none

T0DDDAY'S GPP

Workout #11 ( Week #4 )

SUPERSET 1 - SQUAT ++ OHP:
4@87,5kg ( +2,5 kg ) , ( -2 reps ) ++ 8@42,5kg
4@87,5kg ( +2,5 kg ) , ( -2 reps ) ++ 8@42,5kg
4@87,5kg ( +2,5 kg ) ++ 7+1@42,5kg
4@87,5kg ( +2,5 kg ) ++ 7+1@42,5kg ( -2 push-press )
-Weak squats. Barely 48hrs after bball so i guess that is the reason? Well i'll try to build up from here and see what happens.
OHP was strong, slight but constant improvement.

SUPERSET 2 - BSS ++ PULLUPS:
8 each leg @ 40kg ++ 8
8 each leg @ 40kg ++ 7 + 1
8 each leg @ 40kg ++ 7 + 1
8 each leg @ 40kg ++ 6 + 2
-Gonna stay @40kg BSS for a while to perfect form. Good pullups.

SUPERSET 3 - RDL ++ LEG RAISE:
20@52,5kg ( +2,5 kg ) ++ 20
15@72,5kg ( +2,5 kg )++ 20
10@92,5kg ( +2,5 kg )++ 20
2@112,5kg ( +2,5 kg )(-3 reps ) ++ 15 + 5
-Failed at top-set. CNS fail, 112,5kg felt like 200. Still some kind of  :personal-record: as i have never done RDLs heavier than 110 kg but can't be happy with 2@112,5kg when i did 10@110 last week.

Diet:
3200 Kcals / 220g protein / ( 400 Kcals surplus )

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: February 12, 2016, 05:49:34 am »
11 February 2016

1½ hours full court bball.
Awesomeness, really encouraging session. The less fatigue had me performing much better. Better breaths, better runs, better jumps. I can actually feel the improved recovery ability, when i decide to take it easy so i can recover, i can feel the heartbeat going down it if it makes any sense. Vert was again there all the time, loaded on the legs and ready to fire. Got a shit ton of blocks, a couple of them impressive enough to have teammates AND opponents cheering. Cherry on top, after 1 hour in I followed a fast break and jumped for the offensive rebound, shot went in so there was not rebound to grab but i got a 10'5''/30'' rim grab. 30'' is nothing spectacular itself but i have been able to do that in-game only when my jumping ability was 3-4'' higher than now. Very optimistic about how this may end up. But now i gotta forget performance on the court and hit the gym with all i got.

Diet:
Wednesday : 1600 kcal / 130g protein / ( 700 kcal deficit )
Thursday: 2000 kcal / 80g protein / ( 900 kcal deficit )
Need to up my no-gym days protein again, i had it steady at 150, it dropped this week. I'm on it.

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: beast
« on: February 11, 2016, 09:57:21 am »

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: February 10, 2016, 10:56:17 am »
I am just trying to give you a different perspective. When we are in the zone we don't see things as clear and simple as an external observer.
This '145kg js is safe coz i land on toes, i land weird on RVJs so they wrecked my back' doesn't make much sense to me.
But hey, that may only be me. So suit yourself.

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