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22/02/13

Injuries- None
Fatigue- Some groin and lower back from deads but otherwise fine
Motivation- High
Bodyweight- ?

Bench-
5x5@75kg (Warm up- 5xbar, 5x60, 3x70)

Squat- Technique focus
5x4@80kg (warm up- 5xbar, 4x60)
Felt super good on all sets. Solid and explosive.

Done.

I only really take 10-15 shots a game really so could probably afford to take some more anyway. Definitely helps having guys who can move and ball and move off the ball too. Also helps having guys who can give you the ball in the post to not only score but create opportunities for others. Anyway, enough of my whinging.

Exactly. I would think with another couple of inches I could have had 4-5 dunks this season quite easily. Once I hit 40 like you then lookout!

I'm not surprised you're feeling it in your back with 5x5 deadlifts. Most people just do 1x5 with deadlifts and work up to that max set since deadlifts are a pretty stressful lift for your CNS.

Yeah it's pretty full on. Having said that I'm sure at the weight I'm using it's still very doable.
I just read a deadlifting article on T-Nation this morning which had a great tip that I will use and that is to reset between each rep. I've been pushing through the sets (not bouncing the weight, using a touch and go approach) and that's probably making my back tire out more quickly.
Either way I've decided I'll go at it till I cannot add any more weight to the bar for the 5 sets and go from there.

20/02/13

Injuries- Ankle is pretty good. Aside from that nothing else going on
Fatigue- None
Motivation- Level
Bodyweight- ?

Did some stretches, goblet squats and swings to warm up- getting some good depth on the goblet squat.

Deadlifts-
5x5@125kg (warm up- 5x60, 5x80, 3x100)

These sets across of deadlifts are proving to be really hard on the lower back. I've been alternating my mixed grip and am noticing when my left hand faces forward I'm far weaker. It's coping but can definitely feel the strength difference in the two difference set ups. Will see how I go with 130 for five sets across and decide if I need to drop some sets or just clean the sand out of my vagina and get on with it.

Missed bench yesterday and didn't have time for it today. Will hit it tonight in the old garage gym.

God knows. I haven't experienced it before and had I known I probably would have gone a little easier on the ref.

Haha. Yep. Pretty much.

Played ball last night and had one of the most frustrating playing nights of my life. We lost and I was sin binned for the last 5 minutes. Turns out the ref didn't appreciate me swearing at him. So it went down like this. Earlier in the game I got shoved off the ball (illegal but not malicious) and looked to the ref. He was watching the game on the next court! Can you believe it? I asked him what the hell he was doing and he apologised for it. With about 4 minutes left in the game I grabbed a rebound, put back the two and had my legs taken out from under me. The baseline ref was blind due to the traffic in the key. So I scrape myself off the ground and look to the other ref and what is he doing? He's talking to the fucking bench. So I get his attention and say "hey mate, can you watch the fucking game!". He takes umbrage and techs me (unsportsman like foul). Little did I realise that these days that results in a 5 minute sin bin. Either way a hugely disappointing night.

On a lighter note, the legs felt really good after doing squats in the morning. They felt heavy around lunch time but pulled up well for the game. Didn't attempt any dunks but the rebounding was good and felt relatively quick on my feet.

Yeah sometimes people in the gym make me feel bad coz I like to take long rests on my compound lifts as well and I feel kind of lazy coz I'm resting for 3-5 minutes while most other people are resting for 30 seconds. At the same time I generally lift more weight than most other people at the gym and I'm lifting at a higher intensity relative to my strength so in my head I know that I'm actually training hard it's just working hard in a different way.

Yep. That's pretty much how I figure it. At first I was trying to look like I was doing some stuff and would walk around a bit. Now for the most part I just sit for the first couple of minutes.