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nice...what height where u at when u started dunking?

10'8 with a ball i could palm, with a ball i couldn't palm - off lob; around 10'10 or so.

Random question that doesnt belong in ur log, when you do depth drops, where should your head be looking??  (straight, down?)

definitely straight ahead, down is a big n0n0.

peace mang

the dog looks cute 

thanks alot ya people are 'melting' over him outside/wherever we took him.. hah.. we got lucky finding this dog, he's really interesting, very obedient right off the bat, really cool personality, doesn't bark yet either.. which is odd.

backboard jumps lookin crazy... tho u gotta hv somethin wrong in there for wanting to hit ur head hard haha, a touch is fine, but a hard hit... 

haha thanks.. crazy for hitting head on backboard pad? nah..... crazy for hitting head on wooden pizza-stop signs, yes.

;d

why do u do that leg bendin thing tho when u jump, that butt kick motion thing.

dno, just a reflex.. it's odd though.. i actually like how jumps look without the leg kick, they look higher without the leg kick imo.. you get more of a 'float' look with legs straight pretty much the entire time.

pc

Quote from: Raptor on November 05, 2010, 05:46:58 pm

Well I don't feel like there's another way... I don't see one. It's not like I'm competing in powerlifting, 3 months should be "enough" for strength training.

3 months is not that much but its not little either. From personal experience your main concern should be the cutting phase , it is imperative to maintain strength in order to avoid yo-yo.
So connecting that to JCs post , IMO 3 months of bulking are enough to put some serious mass and strength , but then yo umust plan the fat-loss phase really good. I would suggest caloric deficit and increased cardio combined with heavy singles ( MSEM ) workouts & big eating. It should be more like a try-catch approach , start with a scheme ( low eating + MSEM ) , see how your body responds to it , adjust , retry and so on...

void fat_loss_phase( void )
{
    project_plan = init_fat_los_plan();
    do{
        iok = attemptFatLoss( project_plan );
        if( iok != continue_current_plan ){
             project_plan = adjust_project_plan()
        }
    }while( iok != fat_loss_achieved )
}

int attemptFatLoss( int project_plan )
{
    int iret;

    if( doFatLoss( project_plan ) != succesfull ){
         iret = needs_adjust;
    }else{
        if( isFatLossComplete() ){
            iret = fat_loss_achieved;
        }else{
            iret = continue_current_plan;
        }
    }
    return iret;
}


Note that this programm deliberately doesn't have an abort case , it will continue forever untill you succeed!

GO GET IT!

epic post, hall of fame status.






adjusted for raptor:

typedef struct exercises {
char * name;
int status;
} exercise_t;

exercise_t exercises[EXERCISE_MAX];


void fat_loss_phase( void )
{
    project_plan = init_fat_los_plan();
    init_exercise_list();
    do{
        iok = attemptFatLoss( project_plan );
        if( iok != continue_current_plan ){
             project_plan = adjust_project_plan()
        }
    }while( iok != fat_loss_achieved )
}

int attemptFatLoss( int project_plan )
{
    int iret;
    exercise_t * ex;


    ex = provide_safe_exercises();
    if(ex == NULL) { puts("you're fucked, relax"); exit(1); }

    if( doFatLoss( ex, project_plan ) != succesfull ){
         iret = needs_adjust;
    }else{
        if( isFatLossComplete() ){
            iret = fat_loss_achieved;
        }else{
            iret = continue_current_plan;
        }
    }
    return iret;
}

#define EXERCISE_CURRENTLY_SAFE 0
#define EXERCISE_CURRENTLY_UNSAFE_AND_PROBLEMATIC 1
#define EXERCISE_CURRENTLY_UNSAFE_DONT_FUCKING_DO_IT 2

exercise_t * provide_safe_exercises(void) {
exercise_t * ex = NULL;
int i; for(i=0;i<EXERCISE_MAX;i++) { if(!(exercises.status == 1 || exercises.status == 2)) { ex = &exercise; break; }}
return ex;
}





ok typed that out real quick, hope it compiles.

lulz

Personally I find box jumps kind of impressive, it takes alot of balls to jump onto a ~60-65+ inch box fully knowing that there is high possibility of eating shit and hurting yourself....

ya i'll give you that.. i respect the athletes who go ME on box jumps, especially on stacked metal boxes, but I think the ones coaching them to do it are usually pretty stupid for prescribing ME box jumps, especially when they then use box jump numbers to show "performance enhancement" <-- hey go F yourself people, you know who you are.

The real skill in it is being able to get your knees past your face..

haah truth.

only watched the first vid so far, but it was absolutely great man.. loved it.. will watch the rest as the night goes along ;d

thursday:
did so much volume I can't remember.
but I can somewhat remember some of the exercises
bike
tredmill uphill
calf machine
standing dbl press
one are tricep extension
one are dbl tri extendsins
cable reverse flys...from all different heights
V-bar tricep push downs
weighted situps
.....a lot of reps and sets of all those....


Saturday
squat-just to warm up legs
165x8
165x8
235x5
235x5-pauses again
325x3-sooo easy.
Deadlift
235x2
325x1
415x1
505x1
595x1
650x4-felt pretty easy honestly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E8OYGL4vxM
bench
45x10
45x10
45x10

ridiculous, great 650 x 4.. when is the meet exactly? you should tear it up on DL, squat should be damn good too.

pc

THE RATIO TECHNIQUE BIG EXPERIMENT:






2 more workouts to end phase-1 but its explosive &MSEM, so END HYPERTROPHY ORIENTED WORKOUTS!

nice, getting closer to teh beastmode phases.

good shit on all the jumps adarq your starting to really fly again

thanks man!!

probably addin some more fuel to the fire, but here is my 

everytime i see box jumps done it's usually some trainer at the gym or one of my coaches

the look dangerous at the heights that ppl try to do it at

i really don't think it's better than just doing a standing jump

I see ppl all the time jumping them trying to show off

they hurt my knees for some reason, either landing wrong or something

box jumps generally are very easy on the knees, except if you wipeout, then they are very risky.. but in general, you're jumping up and ONTO a box, that's a very low force absorption when you land.

pc