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Recap...speed work Thursday. Chest/tri Friday. Back/bicep Saturday. More speed work Sunday. Trying to push myself on box jumps on speed days. I need to go dunk more as my plant speed is lacking a little. :/

Game tonight then squats.

Played another game tonight with no bigs and got slaughtered on the boards again. Ugh. Lost by 12 iirc. I played decently enough and never came off the court but we gave up too much inside. Late in the 4th I got free on the baseline off a crossover and took one dribble and took off just outside the lane...apparently I cocked the damn thing back and cupped it (really wish i could palm a ball lol) and my buddy from the vid earlier (wondmill video) came helpside from the ft line got 2 fingers on the bottom of the ball so i didnt flush it clean but still blake griffin styled it lol! Sort of rattled it i n and barely grabbed the rim. He later thankede.for not getting up loke i usually do, saod if that was the 1st half and i wasnt tired from trying to guard bigs he would have just wrapped me up lol! Hate losing but it was fun.

Forgot what day it was and hit the gym...supposed to be chest and speed work but for some reason i thought it was Thursday. Didnt realize it til after I finished deadlifts lol!

BW: 180lbs. Ate too much between game (ended at 845) and gym (1030 start).

Warmups

Deads:
135 x8, 225 x4, 315 x1, 405 x1, 465 x1. Yup! I want 475...i can taste it lol

5x3 at 425lbs. Wow. Had reps in the tank wtf. Supersetted with 40" box jumps.

Circuits x2:
BSS (155lbs x8), seated calf raise x20, box jumps, core.

Ham curls, glute kick back machine, box jumps, core.

Overall not a bad day considering I shouldnt be fully recovered. Off til Monday. Try to jump Friday

I eat a ton of fruit. Veggies, not so much lol!

A few of my bball friends have said ive "lost a step" since Ive bulked up (vs back before I lifted ~165lbs days eek). At first I contributed it too me just playing 'smarter' instead of just trying to go around and over everyone. But lately ive been wondering...maybe i have? It may not be the weight gain as much as i never sprint or practice acceleration anymore.

So this is my conundrum: drop some bulk up top and drop to 170-172lbs and get quicker at the risk of getting weaker and pushed around...

or

Add in some serious accel drills and ramp speed days to 2x a week va 1.

Kinda torn lol I like being 178-180 and im afraid dropping weight will suffery big lifts due to a weaker back? Other view is if im lighter my power to weight should be better and maybe i jump higher?

ugh.

Easy W just now. Got to dunk around with some dudes. Caught that HUGE windmill off glass at halftime!!!! Hellllll yes!!! Even caught a one hander OFF ONE FOOT in the 2nd half. WTF?!?! Almost had a monster poster and 1 but just missed it off a drop step lol! Wish we had video rolling for this game. We had a few dunks lol! Half time and postgame was lit. We played an guy i played with last year and he can dunk a little (6'2) then we had my teammates (also 6'2 and the 5'9 guy from my vid earlier) all getting up Was awesome.

Just ate a pizza...will squat shortly lol

Obviously should notnhave wrote that...as I got sick AF Sunday night late (read Monday AM lol). So spent literally all day Monday in bed and dragged my half alive ass to work today and struggled through that. Finally feeling a little better now (1130pm on Tuesday). Apparently we won Mondays game so thats good. Was going to just take it easy and go to tomorrow's game as a "if im needed" deal but life just told me to fuck that scenario and do what i want. So im showering up and heading to the gym to do some shit. Because life does what you want not the other way around. Etc etc. Motivational BS.

Yea this is probably displaced anger finally shining through from my failed marriage but idc Im going to get to where I want to be with or without anyones approval.

Time to put mind over matter guys.

Alright.... week of updates forthcoming lol! Its long.

Sunday i did some more plyo/speed work. Really like how the banded jump squats/hang clean/box jump complex 'wakes' me up. Added in some ankle stiffness drills and some hurdle hops for GCT. played ball afterward. Just pickup so they threw the one ex college guy on me. No good. Torched him 6 ways from Sunday. Weve always been cool but apparently playing me gets to him as my mom works with his wife and she told her "Hes is always pissed after he plays your son". I laughed when mom told me but hes a good dude. Came back Sunday night for light chest work (because inhavent hit chest in 4 weeks lol). Surprisingly still decently strong. Not bad.

Monday: Squats: at midnight. Because fuck sleep lately. Been having a bball buddy whos wife left him (gee think theres something wrong with girls these days?! smh) and hes really getting into it. Happy for him but teaching takes time lol so i ended this session at 3am.

Warmups/jumps/etc.

BW: 178.5 lbs

squats: bar x10, 135 x8, 225 x4, 315 x1, 365 x1 (3 SECOND PAUSE), 395 x1. WTF. No idea why i paused it except i said...Im going tonpause this motherfucker before the rep lol! Made the 395 rep BRITAL. Damn near got stuck just above parallel then just blew through it. Awesome. All mental.

335lbs for a 5x3 supersetted with box jumps each set. Down 10lbs from last week but...explosive.

Circuit x2: step ups, calf raises, core, box jump, quad extension, front squat, box jump, core.

Nothing Tuesday because work sucked lol

Back and biceps and core Wednesday. Bye for the 5v5 league.

Thursday....got off work at 7. Arrive at 3v3 rec league at 730. Halftime. Drop 15 points in 9 mins. We win by 21. Was a 3 point game when i came in then on the 3rd defensive "play" I hit my shoulder on the backboard destroying some kids lefty layup off the glass. He looked shook. Massive momentum shift. Was nice.

Oh look...we have a back to back! Drop 24 points in 18 mins and we win game 2 by 21 as well. Shot some Techs because they thought I goaltended a floater and argued with the ref. Lol! Attempted 1 dunk...did not go as planned. At all. Id noticed their big was slow to box on FTs so i positioned myself to go after an offensive putback... Sure enough he reacted slow and i took one step into the paint and went up, ball came off perfect, right off the front, I grab it with the right hand and i am UP. I can see it happening. I am right the fuck there for the highlight of THE night! And then it happened. Their big "boxed" me out...in the air... I knew it was gna be bad when i saw my feet above the ball lol! Somehow i mamaged to get the ball off glass and it went in but i landed straight on my back and my head bounced off the floor. Ouch. And a damn no call. Well....I was mad. Rebound, swish a 3, steal, step back 15 footer. My head hurts. Were up. I sat down lol! I have a small knot/contusion on my tail bone stillbut other wise im good.

So what do we do after 2 games? DEADLIFT!

BW: 178lbs

warmups/jumps/etc.

135 x10, 225 x5, 315 x1, 405 x1, 465 x1. Ugh. Got it but not as easy as last week.

Tried to go for triples at 435 but in rep 2 of set one...i tasted pennies lol! So quit at 2 reps. Dropped to 405lbs and did 5 triples supersetted with box jumps. Disappointin but leg fatigue set in i guess.

Circuits x2: BSS, seated calf raises, box jumps, core, ham curls, glute kickbacks, core, box jumps. Finished with some light explosive box squats.

Not a bad week. Have some speed work later and am going to switch up some stuff and see how i feel for pickup tomorrow and maybe hit chest lightly again.

I use the Frees to squat in. I feel it more. So id assume theyd do fine walking. IF i ran...and i dont lol...Id be in a Free for minimalist stuff or a Vomero or Pegasus if i wanted cushioning.

So yea try a Free. The Free Runs are pretty badass in Flyknit

Disclaimers: Im a Nike biased foo and used to work for them lol but still.

Busy couple days...life has been rough. Taking lots of aggression out on weights and the rim. Marriage is over. Were just not compatible i guess outside the ridiculous chemical and physical bond. That and the effort wasnt there. So...much anger. Lets make gains.

First game was Wednesday night 24 hours after shit went to hell. It was chippy...bunch of no calls. We won by 35 iirc. I missed a monster putback dunk in the 2nd quarter but had a couple sick assists on the break and had 17 points in only 15 mins lol!

Deadlifts just now...

Weighed in at 177.5lbs.

2 hours of sleep.

Fuck it. Lets go for a PR.

warmups...ton of various jumps

Deads:
135 x8, 225 x4, 315 x1, 405 x1, 465 x1. Motherfuckin  Yasssss. Felt STRONG too. should have gone for 475.

5x3 at 435lbs. 3RM  Last set was brutal. Supersetted each set with 2 box jumps at 40".

BSS, calves, box jumps, core.
Ham curls, glute kick backs, box jumps, core.
Lightweight box squats...few more jumps.

Awesome night. Stoked to pull 465. Especially at 177lbs!