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To make it even worse for you, if his reach is 107'' and yours 98'', then the difference is 9'', not 7''. Plus, if that was draft measurement it could be double hand reach so his single hand is a couple inches higher? But my main point would be : WTF, where did VC come from?? And when did 10 years of age compensate the difference between you and a former NBA dunk champion, arguably one of the best dunkers of all time, who is still an active NBA player?
Can you dunk off one leg? Dr J can at 6'7'' / 63 years old:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZJGQz-MBXg" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZJGQz-MBXg</a>
So what? You can not compare uneven things, what VC can do at his 40s or Dr J at his 60s or the average joe at his 20s is totally irrelevant. The only one you can compare to, is yourself. So can you expect to land a windmill dunk? Damn right you can. How much vert do you need for that? No clue, you gotta find out. As you said, the windmill is a dunk with huge demands on technique, reach and vert are not enough to judge if you can do it. What can you do to find out? Go out and find lower rims to see if you can land it. The more rim heights you can find the better. The highest rim you dunked it detracted from 10' gives you the inches you are missing. Caveat to the above method: The time needed to do the windmill motion in the air. You may not be quick enough to do it so you may fail in a rim where your vert should be enough, but that would be only for the few sessions. You could also go the other way around : Go to your 10' and start attempting limited ROM windmills. Half windmills, not fully extended hands etc. And then you can just keep progressing until you land it as you have it in your mind.
I believe it is absolutely doable for you, in a rather short time too. I am not trying to be motivational, it is a legitimate estimation.

27 February 2014

Bodyweight@session : ~90kg
Soreness : Quads very tight, that eccentric slow SL leg press works!
Injuries/aches :  none

Complementary session for yesterday ( shoulders/biceps/triceps ):

SHOULDERS SEATED NEUTRAL GRIP DB OHP:
10@10kg each hand
10@10kg each hand
10@10kg each hand
10@10kg each hand

SHOULDERS DB FLYES:
8@10kg each hand
8@10kg each hand
8@10kg each hand

BICEPS DB CONCENTRATION CURLS:
10kg : 15 L - 15 R
10kg : 14 L - 15 R
10kg : 12 L - 14 R

TRICEPS SEATED DB EXTENSIONS:
15@10kg
15@10kg
15@10kg

Yup, that's what i thought. With much less words of course Agree with the whole thing, you are still very young anyway, you have room to experiment with whatever (even vert irrelevant ), even for a couple years and then go back to dunking. And of course, sprinting is anything but irrelevant with jumping, also adds weapons in your arsenal that you would never find in 'traditional' dedicated vert training. Keep it up, see where it gets you!
As for the numbers, i agree. One thing you may keep in mind setting it up in your mind is that, imho if you can palm the ball, you can dunk without lobs while being at 'base of palm at rim' level. It is not exactly off the dribble but it is a runup with the ball in your hands. But then again, having the ball in your hands during plant/jump compromises the armswing so you lose 1-2''. At least that happens to me. So again you need to be able to touch 1-2'' higher without the ball. But yeah, 38-39'' would have you dunking without lobs if you could palm the ball fairly well. Dunking off the dribble is so much more difficult for me. I have experimented and tried to improve that on lower (9'8'') rim. But because i can't palm the ball off the dribble, i had to go to for either cuffed 1-handed or 2-handed dunks. Aka, at least 2-3 more inches needed. I could barely land cuffed 1-handers while being able to SVJ dunk or touch mid forearm off dropstep at the same rim. 2 handers are actually easier off the dribble for me. FML.

Damn, i miss dunking! Soon...

I am interested in this. I feel the back stress with standing bb ohp and i am still girly weak, max is sth like 100lbs*8. In the push-press 5 reps with ~120lbs really stressed my lower back.
How about setting up? I dumped incline db press exactly because it became too much of a pain in the ass to setup when i reached using ~60lbs dbs

24 February 2014

Bodyweight@session : ~90,5kg
Soreness : none
Injuries/aches :  none

3-sets-progress template
Workout #16 ( Week #6 )

ROMANIAN DEADLIFT:
10@100kg ( +5 kg ) , 10 RM  , all time predicted 1RM 
7@100kg ( +5 kg )
6@100kg ( +5 kg )
Total = 23 reps
-Beasting! 5 kg up from previous week's all time PR.

BB LUNGE:
7 each leg@55kg ( +2,5 kg ) , ( -1 rep )
7 each leg@55kg ( +2,5 kg ) , ( -1 rep )
7 each leg@55kg ( +2,5 kg ) , ( -1 rep )
Total = 21 reps ( -3 reps )
-Reached a reps decrease after 6 consecutive increasing sessions. Still very strong.

BENCH PRESS:
8@62,5kg ( +1 rep )
8@62,5kg ( +1 rep )
8@62,5kg ( +2 reps )
Total = 24 reps ( +3 reps )
-Got my 3x8, good reps increase, however feeling weak here.

WIDE GRIP LAT PULLDOWN:
8@180lbs
8@180lbs
8@180lbs
Total = 24 reps
-Same reps and load, better control.

PAUSED STANDING CALVE RAISES MACHINE:
20@60kg
20@60kg ( +3 reps )
18@60kg ( +3 reps )
-Finally, progress!

Good session.

why don't people assume, as a baseline, that others are intelligent and generous?

One of the biggest mysteries ever! Look with who you are dealing with, let him have one phrase to show his intentions damn it!

fuck it.

word!

^I wish you meant the squat form but i guess you mean the beard? It is an illusion, a combination of the bad focus and some object/shadow in the background aligned with my chin.

Pic from Wednesday's squatting :



Not bad at all, expecially for a 3RM set. Can't say the same about cam's focus though