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BW: 81.2kg / 179lb!

holy shit .. how did that happen? I know ive been eating more lately but this is unexpected to say the least Time to watch the diet bit more closely .. wanna get back under 80kg asap.

balling in a few hours.. bit of squat specific soreness but otherwise i feel ok. will be interesting to see if i can get up. with food and clothes and shoes i prob go lose to 85kg? weighted dunk time. if i can throw down some big tomahawks at my heavier bodyweight it will be a good workout in itself so ima embrace it

so i dont know where that 120x5 LPR came from ... i found 70kg warmups felt heavy on my back cos it's been 10 days since i had a bar on my back. But i still forced an LPR even tho 110x6 was a ME effort as a warmup. FML. I wanted to triple 127.5kg, so you can imagine how that went..

anyway, big news, that kid i talked about .. ive got a basketball date with him tmr, we're shooting around. I dont know if will be 'fresh' enough but ive put down a double KFC burger with loads of chips, 2 drumsticks and im gonna have a shake too. will try get some dunks on tape ... shud be fun.

Holy shit i'm so tired of telling people 'wait til i get in shape' and giving tenous ETAs '12 more weeks'. I want it NOW! Yes i'll jump higher, move quicker, last longer at full tilt and ball harder, it will happen, im just getting impatient now lol. I forgot to mention yesterday i got complimented for my effort to get open and cut for some easy baskets. I think the guards appreciate it when their forwards give a fuck and dont just camp at and wave for the ball at the elbow. It's more exciting when you're being proactive about things ... i love it. THe scary thing is im getting so good at finishing now even with contact, i still score, i know the fouls rarely get called when you're perceived to be a 'big' (nevermind im lighter than average on the court lol) but ive taken it on myself to finish even if somoene swipes hard at me.

recap of my current state. im not the leanest ive ever been (im practically obese). im not the strongest ive ever been (ive been weaker only when i weighed under 75kg and im at ~80kg right now. reminder im 6'3" barefoot...). im not the fittest ive ever been (was losing my breath in 1/4 court pickup games ffs). im not as balanced ive ever been, between running and jumping, not sprinting regularly (prob 3 weeks since i last sprinted) or dunking regularly (movement eff) or lifting regularly.. only just got my first legit tomahawk yesterday. in terms of lifetime peakineess this is pretty average. im also the oldest ive ever been. mental state isn't great either .. mood below average..

but yesterday i nevertheless made some decent PR level progress. and the only thing i can think of is that i layed off the squatting. only lifted once last wk, and it was tuesday. only balled once and it was thursday. rested friday and saturday and balled sunday. saturday was a shocking day in life terms .. so all things considering.. it was amazing that sunday i balled so well

from here on im thinking 3 days of HARD HIGH QUALITY sessions per week is the way to go. no more stupid submax shit in a fatigued state, it has to be quality .. not worth doing unless im kicking ass. this goes for basketball, sprinting, bounds, squatting, dunking whatever.

tues: lifting
thurs: bball skill workout OR if feel 100% fresh --  dunking workout / conditioning /play a competitive game
saturday: lift OR /
sunday: pickup bball (if i feel fresh from resting saturday)

and that's it, no more no less. but i gotta make sure i go haard TUES .. get squat or bench PRs, get some quality food in, grow some muscle, lose some fat. rest is important so i can keep performing at a high level when im not resting. and keep recomping. 77.5kg but with more muscle is a good measurable goal.

Great stuff. Good to see you getting some validation from your efforts.

Also, nice on the in game dunk too. Must have felt unbelievable.

I dunked with both hands and pulled myself up to make the moment last longer. Felt amazing.  I think now i figured out the reasons for the misses, i will get more makes next time. More attempts too, when om fresher im quicker, enough to setup for dunks. So exciting.  Longer post incoming when i find a keyboard.

Well fuck. skipped lifting this weekend and after resting yesterday and eating loads, i went to ball today. And beasted. I had more dunk attempts in the pickup games i played today than game dunks tries my whole life combined before that. I missed some good dunks .. holy shit one was on a big guy and i almost dunked on him!!!! my wrist was in the rim and somehow the ball didnt go in but i almost dunked on someone!!!! then i landed my first one and it was so defiant .. everyone decided it was time to end the game, they said dont know what the score is but that's enough lol. The whole situation was so organic and natural .. everyone nodded in acceptance.

i realised what was different about the make from the misses.. in game time dunk situations you're trying to rush the dunk .. which is understandable .. however it's a FUCKING DUNK .. you have to allow yourself to reach peak height .. and trying to rush thru the move will result in misses... so paradoxically the secret to dunking in games .. for me at least .. is to take it slow ONCE IM IN THE AIR. but of course into the move you wanna do it as fast as possible. Im prob gonna get more dunk attempts in games now..

btw the only reason i was so fresh was rest and eatin .. so ya .. if i priotise basketball good things do happen .. not just a theory it's tested true. i think i had a total of 6 dunk attempts in game which is a workout in itself

79.3kg / 174.8lb  (LPR)

I'm starting to think something holding me back in life is my mind. Time to fake it til i make it

well that was the worst game of basketball in recent memory. pretty sure i went scoreless. i had a better showing in a pickup game prior to the game but my mind and body did not want to play a competitive full court game today. i'm disappointed in myself.

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side note, i took some good confident shots off the catch in the pickup game. didnt make them but they felt good. did not do that in the match..