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Bodyweight: 87.85kg/193.68lb

Training
BS 2x120, 2x122.5, 2x125, 3x2x120

BS notes:
I felt well going into the workout but that was misleading because once i started squatting 120kg or so, I knew I was too wrecked to do much today after all the volume from last time. I wasn't going to do much anyway since it's a light day, but I had to temper my expectations by about 5kg. Was hoping to do 6x2x127.5, instead i did sets of doubles btw 120-125kg.

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Not lifting anything else today, just gna take it easy and go take some jumpers in a bit.

I'm wondering what happens when I come off the cut next week, will my lifts go up by 5kg or so? That would be nice i guess, small consolation for losing most of my gains. I seriously am wondering wtf was the point of even doing RSR2 when I lost pretty much all those gains, and i'm now weaker than I was at the end of RSR1. I think i weigh either the same or slightly more or less as I did end of RSR1. This is bullshit because I actually got really good results from RSR2 but i haven't held on to them so it might as well have not happened.

I was wrong about getting my squat stronger by bringing up my weak points: calves and abs. It didn't do jack shit, if anything, it's made me weaker. I should have done more specific squat exercises like partial squats instead. I am going to try that now. Do heavy partials for higher reps - over 180kg for over 8 reps. Lets see how that goes.

I will start from the top pin and work my way down.

Week 6 training comes to an end! I did 10 back to back workouts with only 1 day rest between them. Finally get to take 2 days off for some much needed rest. Then i'll come back for week 7 which is the last week of the diet. But it doesn't look like i'll hit my goal of 87kg bodyweight Which sucks cause it means i'm behind schedule. My plan was to lose the last 2kg over the remaining 5 weeks by just doing shitload of conditioning to be a lean 85kg by mid april. But i'll revise this situation at the start of week 8 and see where i'm at then.

I'm a real piece of shit. I'm weak, im not fit, i'm still fat, i can't play, i have nothing going on right now which i'm happy about. Literally. It's dark times for training. Hoping to see better days when i get off this caloric deficit. Til next week, farewall.

Oh and as update. That girl is something else. I thought she was just a normal girl who looked good with makeup and done up hair etc like most girls. But last night I asked her to send a selfie from bed after she had a shower and she looked a solid 7.5-8 sans makeup. Things are promising but as always i'm cautiously pessimistic.

I get ya vag. I was just trying to work out a starting approximation for what i'd need for a windmill so i used the reliable example of vince since rims are standardised and his reach is also compared to randoms on youtube. I have no idea literally, but i'd guess i need at least 7" more inches, and probably 10", which is probably impossible considering i started out with a 20" vertical and im unlikely to have another 10" in me, after getting to 30".  Still, it's a guesstimate, i dont know if i'll ever get there, i just wanna know what i might need.

As to low rims, i can't think of any around me. There is one, but that's a fair drive away, and last time i went there, i couldnt do a windmill anyway.

I'll try tonight, even if i can't get into the rim it will allow me to practice the technique for when i can jump high enough to pull it off.

Bodyweight: 88.95kg/196.1lb

Training
FBS 1x130
BS 1x132.5, 1x135, 1x137.5
BBS 1x137.5, 1x142.5, 1x147.5, 1x152.5, 1x155
BS 6x3x122.5
CR 2x15x210 (PR)
DUNKZ (5 RVJ, 10 SVJ)
SHOOTING - 8/10 (PR), 8/10 (PR)

FBS notes:
Wanted to push for 135kg, but when 130kg is this hard, there is no chance. Which sucks cause I got 130kg relatively easily the last few attempts so I thought I was due for (local) progress. Hard to believe I used to warmup with 140kg before I started this cut. lol.

BS notes:
Getting owned by 137.5kg sucks, but i'm going to try add 2.5kg each time, next week i'll go for 140kg. And worked up to a seemingly impossible belted 155kg which used to be under my training max for beltless before the cut. Very humbling.

Basketball notes: 
My shooting is improving nicely, can't believe i'm hitting 80% now . Also those SVJ dunks were nasty, as powerful as i've ever done them, so i'm happy, even after being destroyed from squats and raises, i can still PR my SVJ dunk. Good sign.

my abs have never been sorer than after high-rep toes to bar during my brief crossfit phase ~5 years ago. i did one of those descending rep workouts, something like 10-9-8-...1 for time of dead lifts, dips, pull ups and toes to bar and i could not stand up straight comfortably for two days.

lol, i mix it up with those sometimes, do hanging knee raises (i think?). i couldnt do toes to the bar, that's absurd at this stage. Idk if it's leverage, or bodyweight or both but just knee raises alone are hard. though, it depends on exactly the ROM you have in mind, it's possible i'm not too far from it.

I think my abs are starting to adapt though, thank goodness, was getting tired of being too wrecked to train normally on the next session.

I finally made my abs sore, lol. I wonder if it was the ab wheel or the cable pulldowns. Or perhaps cumulative effect of both? Either way, i'll take it. Grow abs, grow! I want abs so big they pop thru the fat. Even before i'm low 10s bf%. Also interesting to note my waist dropped to 36.5". I'm hoping by the end of this 2 week period, i'll be under 35. That's kinda ambitious though but lets aim high. After that i'll be doing a shitload of training including conditioning but eating more food, which is how an athlete should be training.

Training
FBS 2x120, 0Fx132.5
BS 1x130, 1x135
BBS 1x137.5
BS 4x120, 3x127.5, 3x122.5, 3x3x120
AbW 2x25
AbPullD 10x32.5, 15x22.5, 20x27.5

FBS notes:
Paused squats last time seem to have done something for my bar speed, both on the eccentric and concentric. I couldn't lock out the 132.5kg though, but at least i'm not failing at the bottom anymore.

BS notes:
So depressing only being capable of 135kg or so on bs right now. Hard to believe i was at ~160kg before i started cutting. That's heart breaking

Decided to take squat losses in stride. I used 120kg as my training weight on RSR1, i guess that's back where i am now. If i finish cutting, maybe i can work back to using 130kg as my training weight, as per RSR2. Now that's depressing. Losing so much ground sucks. But we'll see how it goes, my abs are getting more prominent now, not because of diet, but because of hypetrophy and training. So maybe once all i said and done, with strong calves and abs, i can actually recover lost ground and go past 160kg beltless and 170kg belted? And a 150kg front squat would be mighty nice too. We'll see, not a huge big deal though, priority is to peak athleticism for basketball comp mid april.  After that i can get back to building my squat up.

Abs notes:
For some reason I took the worst possible advice, to do sets of 25-30 reps (working up to) on ab wheel. I'm regretting that. Wtf was the point of that? it was against my best judgement that I did 2x25 today. My lower back is already torched. This is what happens when you do stupid things for no reason. I should instead do sets of 10-15, for a similar amount of volume, but strict and without risking lower back injury. I'm also not convinced the ab wheel is a useful exercise, but i'll persist with it for now. I find the cable crunches i started to do today, might be the better, safer one

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Really upset I couldn't get out to the court and do some dunks. And shoot around. And do some sprints. I just didnt have the chance to