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That post made my day! It is the same adarq. In his quest he is passionate, obsessive, loner, unconventional.
It was jumping, now it is source coding, but if you take a couple of steps back and see it better it is the same thing.
 

Yup, about shoes, specific shoes for specific tasks is the best choice obviously. I guess what raptor was asking for was a bball shoe that can be used as a trainer, because it doesn't work the other way around, playing pickup games in trainers is begging for ankle sprains. Disagree with the bulky shoe to get more out of training, kellyb and others suggest the opposite, nike frees, vibrams etc, the  more ROM and the less cushioning, the better. Agree with the silly hype about the actual weight of the shoe, a few grams don't really make a difference when you are are trying to push 90kg 30 inches in the air or break you acceleration PR. 'Lightweight' is more about feeling light on your feet with the shoe, whatever that may mean for each one.

^Good shoe. I wouldn't choose it as an all-around training ( plyos / sprints / dunks / random pickups ) shoe, i would as a court bball shoe though. It is the max air that breaks the deal for me, it is more oriented towards comfort than responsiveness. Which is a con for ME jumping day at your park but a pro for endless landings in a game. Also, from personal and friends experience, that exposed max air unit is very vulnerable, it just pops and then the shoe is useless. To be fair, the toes have zoom underneath, so i guess it depends, if you are on your toes all the time ( which you should be ) it may work better. But if you are still more flatfooted the max air might screw responsiveness up. To be more fair, the reviews say it is a good bball shoe overall. Light, comfortable, good court feel, tight fit. Supposedly it has some ventilation and arch fit issues but those are minor. Last but not least, it has traction issues too. Traction is not bad but it is not great either. Why do they dump the herringbone and try stylish shit on signature models? Looks over performance, even on the sole??? duh!
2c

What about these:

http://www.eastbay.com/product/model:209161/sku:35578600/nike-kobe-venomenon-mens/red/maroon/?cm=kobeshoes_search_redesign

I can't find Kobe 8s on eastbay... only these ^^^

There is only one entry of Kobe 8 and if you click on it it redirects you to the main eastbay.com page.

Off-topic but it was mentioned in here so i will revive it, because i have been searching for a similar shoe with raptor ( low tops lightweight responsive bball shoe that can be used for running too ) and i have been re-reading a lot of reviews. I replied in the past to raptor that Venomenon it is just a cheaper and weaker version of kobe 8. That might be true to some extent, but if you forget the Kobes it seems that Venomenon 4 still it is a great shoe, very positive ratings in all crucial aspects ( lightweight, fit, responsiveness ) and in a much better price. It is a very good value-for-money choice.
I also read great things about CP3.VII. NOT the latest special version ( called AE if i am not mistaken ), the 'normal' ones seems to be better. Light, fast, springy etc.
Just saying.

^Strong post!
Only one objection, don't you mean TDEE instead of BMR? At 18 years old with various daily  activities, using BMR + 500 will most probably have him on a caloric deficit in gym days. Or, fuck TDEE, trying to estimate activity caloric expenditure is a pain in the ass, let's just say BMR+1000? Heck, I would push it even more if it was me, like BMR+1500, he is 18 ( aka roids ) and underweight.

23 April 2014

Bodyweight@session : forgot to check
Soreness : quads and hamstrings, mostly VMOs
Injuries/aches :  none

SPRINTS & JUMPS SESSION

-10' dynamic warmup

TEMPO RUNS:
5x80m @ 80%
5x80m @ 80%
5x80m @ 80%
-45 seconds between reps - 3 minutes between sets

ME SPRINTS
JUMPS
It is bball dau tomorrow so preferred to do a third tempos set than ME sprints and/or jumps.

It is extremely slow today ( April 22 ) too. From various ISPs, home, work, cell phone 3G, takes a lot of time to load any page.