Adarq.org

My SLVJ is v. modest, maybe 25-27" max in ideal conditions. I wouldn't trust it (game time) tbh. But i get you, it's a bit quicker for game time speed, best left for naturally athletic people not weight trained ones like me.

Watching the recent manu ginobili retirement video NBA put up on youtube and one of the scenes has coach pop saying something like 'keep shooting. follow thru, keep shooting. be brave and aggressive' and i think that's the kind of mindset i need to dunk in games. Im so scared of contact, when i shouldnt be,  cue walter white 'i am the danger' .. i was guarding someone today and i gently swiped at the ball while he drove full steam into the middle but he said i pushed him! i was back peddling and playing it soft to avoid fouling. If i was actually being physical .. i think it would be a different matter altogether.

i got to tell you guys, baskertball was amazing. I felt so strong and powerful .. i wore the vest for 90% of the time, i only took it off for the last game to 11, cos one dude got injured and i'd got cold and i just thought that's enough training for today, lemme have some fun. I was doing SVJ dunks with the vest on like it was nothing, the rim doesn't even give that much and i was hitting it hard enough to pull it down. The vest makes it impossible to take jumpers, but i can still do jump hooks and stuff. So i dont mind not shooting. Got some massive blocks, even with the vest on.

it got really heated and competitive cos one guy was playing very aggressive defence on me. ive got bruises on both of my arms, one of them is swollen and ive got popped blood vessels on the other arm. Thing is i was wearing a vest, i have been cutting pretty hard for 9 days (1 meal a day) and im low carbing and glyocogen depleted. but htis motherfucker was something else. i posted him up and he fouled me everytime, i didnt call it, just kept playing thru it all. he was calling ticky tacky fouls (not on me but others). afterwards we sat down and hd a chat, turns out he played pro ball .. motherfucker is 40 years old and still dunking (he's a personal trainer or something so in really good shape). he made that session intense af. I do think if he was guarding me like this in a proper game he'd have long fouled out. But it's got me down .. the guy went like 90% on 3pt shots .. (these islander team i watched on monday said something like 'i hate the way they (another team) play, it's just faggot shooting' - and i can so relate to that. it's boring when you're playing against a team just putting up shitton of jumpers. i called him out eventually said are you afraid to come into the paint (cos i was protecting it) and he was just pulling up for jumpers off screens. weak mans. But fair enough, that's the game i get it. im not quick enough to play him close on the perimeter cos he'll burn me and there was no rim protection with me out. Did eventually get one of the guards to d him up and that took him off the game. Because he'd have to score over me in inside. So he was now settling for runnign jumpers. But guards are not that bright, they dont know how to guide a player into a trap with a rim protector .. so he was still getting layups on these guys and im like wtf bro, just bring him towards me so we can trap him and i'll block his ass ha ha. He was really good, easily one of the better players ive played against skill wise. I do wonder how i'd fare in better conditions.

I played basketball today for 2 hours. It was brutal, im approaching glycogen depletion and it's pretty miserable trying to do anything intense for more than a couple of reps. Nevertheless it was a productive session.

i worked on my euro step. I think im playing it safe by avoiding landing the final step (i finish before the last foot lands) to avoid being called for travel but if i do take it, it will make it a pretty effective move perhaps. I tried to use it 1-1 but it just doesn't happen cos the defender is always in too good a position. I think it's prob better in the flow of the game, maybe in transition where you've got a defender who is just ahead of you but you're trying to shake him? Not sure.

might tell a story. we were playing king of the court, just startd to. the other guy went first, new guy sunk a 3. he came off, i went on, new guy sinks a 3, i come off, other guy comes on. Guy sinks another 3. He comes off. Now i know what to expect.. so i give him plenty of room so he thinks he can get his 3 off .. and i went straight up and blocked the shit out of it. Lol. I felt bad .. but he didn't hit another 3 after that

we finished up with a game of 3v3 to 21. I didnt try score, just was facilitating. Wasn't really up to it tbh .. my body was underfueld having not eaten in 16hrs. All good though.

so day 8 of the diet so far. im thinking of compromising, diet for a bit longer but add carbs back to allow better training? Not sure not sure.

My worry right now is im too heavy to play without running into high HR problems which usually happens in full court, competition games. IF i do everything perfectly, like calm myself down (i get too freaking amped up), eat clean (no sugar), sleep well, have no stress/anxiety off court .. maybe i can still contribute. But i dont feel confident being able to do it around 87.5kg court weight .. i wish i was sub 85kg :/

Weather is PERFECT nowadays for running outside and yet i haven't been. Need to fix that asap. Also i meant to ask you guys .. do my chances of a gametime dunk (in traffic) increase if i can take off further from the rim? I've looked at my videos and i always jump inside the circle. I feel like it's very hard to get that close to the rim without attracting defenders, esp with the ball. Thoughts?

Nah that's not specific to IF. In general metabolism is fastest during the day and slowest at night (and into sleep). If you're on a caloric deficit it doesn't matter if you eat most of your calories at night but on a surplus you probably don't want to eat them later at night. Since you're talking about a small surplus it probably doesn't matter much anyway.

Bodyweight(AM): 84.9kg (28 March)
Diet compliance: 7/10 days
Daily Squat: 131/131 days 
Activity: 

---

Morning:

Noon:

  BS 3x120, OHP 8x20 

Evening:
  Pickup - 90 mins
  Sprints session - 15 min

---

Notes:

• Forcing the cardio issue now. Will do a longer run today w/ vest cos weighing 84.9kg is too light to mean anything once i come off the diet and add carbs back.
• Pickup was horrible. I forgot to pack my singlet in my gym bag and had to play in a tight tshirt which threw my shot off completely. I missed 99% of all my shots, made one jumper. fucking lol. Did get 1 dunk but i wasn't trying to do too much today.
• My friend had us doing down hill sprints with the wind. was fun as fuck. he says it will make me faster?

Bodyweight(AM): 85.1kg (27 March)
Diet compliance: 6/10 days
Daily Squat: 129/129 days 
Activity: 

---

Morning:

Noon:

  BS 6x120, 1x140, 1x152.5
   OHP 5x55

Evening:
 Dunk session!  

---

Notes:

• Ok im now v. close to my goal weight but kinda glycogen depleted, so need to do a bit more yet.

Hit 86.6kg today. Back is stiff,  perhaps it's a spinal thing i think rather than erectors? Im prob going to cut it short to 7 or 10 days now. Not sure. Need some rest, haven't been sleeping well at all.

Bodyweight(AM): 86.9kg (24 March)
Diet compliance: 2/13 days
Daily Squat: 122/122 days 
Activity: 8.5 

---

Morning:

   30 min cardio (bike & rowing)  

Noon:

 BS 1x140
   OHP 8x40 

Evening:
 Walk - 20 min  

---

Notes:

• really rough weekend .. going to try recover and not do much