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Thur
Sept 1, 2011


[135x8][185x6][225,275x4][325x2][365,395,415x1]

Jumps
- 2 hand SVJ rim grabs - paused full squat start - no arm swing

* fatigue / stress was high - appetite was very strong. killed protein shakes and cows. slept from 9am-3:45pm today(thur) and lifted at 4:30pm. last workout was wed morning 8am. non-skipped day and lifted on thur but did it after 2 sets of sleep - wed late morning-afternoon and a thur morning-afternoon.
* completed my plan of decending heavy paused singles with non-skipped days that started tue-wed-thur / 435-425-415. todays 415 lift was not as hard as the first 2. could have gotten 425 again but fatigue will most likely get too high. a skipped friday lift and a light saturday workout with a top max paused rep of 405x1 might set me up for another performance overshoot on sunday or monday. 445x1 paused would be a nice mark.
* did some paused full squat jumps with no armswings for 2hand rim grabs - for explosive work. still got rim coming from the hole with hands already stretched high up to eliminate armswing. focus is to isolate leg power to get the jumps.

Tue
Aug 30, 2011


[135x8][185x6][225,275x4][325x2][365,395,415,435x1]
- 345x1

Jumps
- SVJ 2 hand dunks - cold

* last squat workout was sunday 8am getting 405x1 paused max because i was probably burned out from fri-sat-sun consecutive lift days. IMO, i didn't do so bad with daily 405x1 top sets for 3 days straight. was planning on lifting tue afternoon but that may be too much rest. decided to do it at tue 5am. i did those 3 consecutive days trying out the supercompensation thing of coming back stronger after adding controlled amounts of fatigue, then dissipating to overshoot. worked nicely.
* i adjusted my ramping sets a bit. jumping 50lbs from 275-325, 40lb from 325-365.. and now 30lbs from 365-395. did this because i thought it would be nice to get a 2.5BW Paused Full Squat on vid. the weights felt normal today. last sunday - everything felt 15-20lbs heavier from all my fatigue. i could have gotten 455-465 if i really pushed for it.. saved it until i get beffier low-mid back. even if the 435x1 lift was not very heavy from the hole up to mid way because my legs were just BOSS today, my mid-back started to leak energy and bend a bit. notice from the vid - thats when i start to really push bar up (elbows flared out shaking) and made a war cry.
* the 345x1 was supposed to be my normal waveloaded back up speed sets. 345/275s.. i was called for a pickup game.. stopped the squats. i did what i came for anyway. did 1 game and some SVJ 2 hand dunks afterward - cold jumps. we lost so fast i didn't even sweat. lol

 (edited pic for epicness)



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaGm8b7Na_Y

With your bodyweight coming down are you feeling much change with your vert?

yes. less BW = higher jump as long as power is maintained. from repeatable 38s SVJ to 40s.

I have a question for you. When checking your training entries, i see you mostly do your heavy squats before you do your jump squats or jumps. Why is this? I thought it was better to do more explosive things before any strength-draining exercise?

i've always done it unconventional. heavy lifting first to get my muscles warmed up properly. i find it hard to go all out on speed/explosive work unless my muscles are firing nicely - something that heavy lifting does well.

also note that i take my time between sets and lift only until i feel completely recovered. if the squat workout is too exhausting, i will skip the explosive/speed work.

Was it just diet?  How far down did you cut your calories?  Did you up protein intake?  While cutting the weight you were able to maintain close to your maxes just by doing the ramp up singles?  How much did you have to cut the volume when you were in negative energy balance?  And finally, did you add any additional cardio?

 
there are days when i cut my carbs from 1 cup/meal to 1/2 cup. protein intake is always ridiculously high. i did not really diet my way to lose wieght. i did high cadence/low resistance cycling / road biking. ive done 1.5-2 hours while still jumping near max the following day. did not affect explosiveness at all and IMO helped in my recovery nicely.

goodluck on your training peoples!

^ yes. all my maintenance reps aside from 1RM testing a while ago are all paused. im trying to keep my strength while doing more speed and jump drills. BW also went down from 188-192 to 172-174lb while improving my paused rep to 425x1.

i like paused reps. trains me to really explode and go all out really quick. non-explosive paused rep will slow down too much and get me pinned nicely.

^ no. im very flexible but i still use oly shoes to get good form on my full squats. dress shoes / leather shoes with elevated heels will also work if you dont have oly shoes at the moment.

Fri
Aug 26, 2011


[135x8][185x6][225,275x4][325x2][365,385,405,1][425x0]

Jumps
- SVJ 2 hand dunks

* i was burnt out yesterday and was still a little fatigued today. the 405x1 was not very bad but the concentric on 425 was not explosive enough - i slowed too much halfway up and had to drop the rep. the max jumps even with just 95lbs were so draining. i was exerting a lot of power to drive the bar up to max height. should have kept reps to 1-2max and rested more between sets. and kept total reps low.  yesterday, i was so tired that it felt like i just lifted multi sets of max weights.
* did a pickup game for wamrups and some SVJ 2 hand dunks again. Jumps were good.

Wed
Aug 24, 2011


[135x8][185x6][225,275x4][325x2][365,385,405,425x1]

* did not do anything else. just need to do squats so i dont de-train. would have gotten 440x1 again today. the speed of concentric on 425x1 coming from the pause was not very slow. il just maintain this warmup paused sets up to 425. il eventually get stronger anyway. 3x a week of paused 425x1 + good diet should work.
* maintaining 176BW at gym after all the liquids.. 174lb in the morning empty. next squat is on friday. thinking about doing some jump squats tmrw. if i feel tired from work, il just skip the jumps. been jumping a lot lately anyway.