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ok so, this morning has been rough so far, woke up twice to find my grandpa lying on the ground.. first time he explained how he called me for so long but couldn't wait any longer so he tried to goto the bathroom by himself.. i knew it was bullshit so 4 hours later i hear a huge thud, come out, there he is again, this time worse with a bloody head/small lump.. he's fine but i knew he was trying to 'escape' (his words), he feels like he can do things by himself but he can't stand/walk without us (me/my dad) holding him up.. so anyway, after this second fall it seems like it sunk in that he can't be doing that shit, i mean it's been 2 years since he's been able to do it. he'll forget months from now and do that dumb shit again, i just explained to him that if he broke his hip, life would truly be hell.

anyway i video taped the second incident to get to the bottom of it, on video, in case teh po-po ended up being involved.. might upload it to youtube later lololol.

peace

Mate, those jumps are absolutely ridiculous at how high you are off the ground, my mind is blown


That third pic

haha! i might try and dunk again tonight, been a rough morning but my legs feel better than yesterday so..

hopefully i can make your mind SHITBRIX.

Quote from: adarqui on October 23, 2010, 05:53:27 am

tried editing some dunk scene for my vid tonight, pretty annoyed, since i can't use the music i've wanted to use for so long, because it'll get flagged, i have to find other stuff.. can't find anything.. well i found something but it doesn't fit the session.

peace

Yeah you can bro. You have to edit the music in someway so that it differs from the original..

i wish i could, but, i got two strikes mang.. heh.. i can use some really contorted dubsteps etc.. but i guess it's time to make my own shit or use some really obscure shit.

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tried editing some dunk scene for my vid tonight, pretty annoyed, since i can't use the music i've wanted to use for so long, because it'll get flagged, i have to find other stuff.. can't find anything.. well i found something but it doesn't fit the session.

peace

the sound of the ball agaisnt the ground, the sound of the dunk, the sound of the rim getting raped. Thats the only music you need.

and the quote of the week goes to............................ GUGA

ya man im with you on that.. i like just the pure sounds of training/performing too, but i guess that's for the raw footage, when i put together actual mixes, music does help when it's on point, especially if i mix the footage to the music properly.. for 99% of the people viewing, it gives them a 'heightened experience'..

but ya i love just the raw footage, especially of olympic training halls for oly lifting etc..

peace man

10/22/2010

bw = 150
soreness = quads/hamstrings (bad)
aches/injuries = none
fatigue = medium

man my quads were toast wtf

workout: dunk session
- got up pretty good, pics above
- landed 2 dribble up one handers and two dribble up two handers, 2 self lobs
- glute bridges: 5 x 50 ez work for tomorrow
- calf raises: 5 x 30 ez work for tomorrow

sooo.. my dad was going out tomorrow night that's why i made sure to dunk tonight, but after, i find out he's not going so, i might actually try and dunk tomorrow too.. i havn't done back to back jump/dunk sessions in a while, last time i did, 2nd session sucked bad.. but i was pretty inhibited today so, hopefully tomorrow my legs feel good..

i think tomorrow i'll be < 150 when i wakeup.

tried editing some dunk scene for my vid tonight, pretty annoyed, since i can't use the music i've wanted to use for so long, because it'll get flagged, i have to find other stuff.. can't find anything.. well i found something but it doesn't fit the session.

peace

THE RATIO TECHNIQUE BIG EXPERIMENT:






BLUE = current
RED = pending
GREEN = done

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22 October 2010

PHASE 1 - Cycle 3 - Hypertrophy Workout 1

Bodyweight@session : ~196,5
Injuries/aches : none
Soreness : none

SQUATS :
1x6@187
1x6@198 , ( -11 lbs )
1x6@209 , ( -22 lbs )
1x6@220 , ( -33 lbs )
187 , 199 , 209 sub-parallel , 220 half-squats.
Decided to focus on depth at that cycle , that's why loads went down.
220 was too easy though because i used the same increment with sub-parallel sets ( 11lbs ) , must remember to push the half-squats more.

BSS:
1x8@154 , ( -22 lbs )
1x8@176 , ( -22 lbs )
1x8@198 , ( -22 lbs )
Didn't remember the weights correct , duh!

LEG CURLS:
1x8@88 , ( -11 lbs )
1x8@99 , ( -11 lbs )
1x8@110 , ( -11 lbs )
1x8@132 ,  too heavy , limited ROM.

SINGLE LEG STANDING CALVE RAISES:
1x12@110 , ( +22 lbs )
1x12@110
1x12@110 , ( -22 lbs )

Everything weak except from the deep squats , those were good.

that's the most red color syntax i've seen in a while loool, what happened

last pic, make:

9'11 rim.. first pic is a miss, though i have 2 nice lob makes, and some dribble up two hand/one handers... i'm going to do probably two more sessions before i drop a video.. next session i want to goto that outdoor court with a roof, then another outdoor session at a different court, and actually, i'd like to try and get some dunks in on an indoor gym.. if i can get tat same deal, $5 to jump inside that la fitness gym ill do that.. gotta go around 9:15pm to try and make that deal work.

I can't believe I overlooked this thread! I haven't really been exposed to much jazz, but the stuff I've heard has been awesome! The synergy between the piano and the drumset is amazing...kickass chords too! So your dad and his friends both composed AND performed this?

ya that's him and his friends playing.. i'm not sure who composed what, whatever the vid says, most of them say composed by alex darqui though or something.. he's written tons of music but jazz is mostly improv.. so iguess he writes a general outline and they all just vibe/improv off that, not sure though.

in regards to the synergy between piano/drums, it's funny because, they hadn't played together in YEEEEEEEARS.. so it's funny how they just came together one day and were able to play like that.

peace man

Hey Andrew,

long time no post but always checking out logs which are great; keep it up!

thanks man, i definitely will.

um

i only have a trap bar at home and was thinking of doing this for ME singles 3 times a week

combined with either hurdle jumps (duct tape bamboo to a tripod which i can adjust works great)

then other 3 days reverse lunges with 40kg/48kg double kettlebells (singles/doubles etc) with a broad jump.

Always try to up the BJ and hurdle jump distance.

Do you think trap deadlifts would work good for this? i dont have a squat rack.

Also how do you think heavy single front squats to parallel would be in terms of benefits compared to the half squats you do?

peace

jon

i'm confused, you want to do heavy singles on trap bar 3x/week AND reverse lunge 3 other days? so 6 total sessions? sorry if i misread..

front squats are AMAZING for vert.. i prefer them over back squat or half squat, it's just they are hard as hell to do imo, most people really find them to be brutal.. they really kill my upper back, put knots in it etc, so thats why i don't do them.. but if you can do them fine, i'd implement them.. i'd try to break parallel on front squat, but if you can't, parallel would be fine.. i wouldn't do any half squat front squats.

trap bar singles would work great.. any form of singles training works great, it just teaches the body to GO HARD THEN RELAX, which is what we see in every athletic cyclinc/acyclic movement... singles can be done on pullup/chinup, squat, trap bar, deadlift, dips, depth drops, oly's, & bench press.

that bamboo/tripod idea is really cool.

peace man