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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: October 08, 2015, 08:45:28 am »
did the dad hour against last night. got up a sweat, good easy movement, and a good stretch.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: October 07, 2015, 03:22:24 pm »
do not use faggot as an insult.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Hyper's and Reverse Hyper's
« on: October 06, 2015, 10:15:08 am »
adarq's were ISOs with a focus on squeezing the glutes maximally.
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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: October 05, 2015, 11:27:54 pm »
the best part to me about the crazy high lebron jumps is that he weighs like 265 pounds. he's fucking huge! and he gets all the weight so high up off the ground. amazing.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Hyper's and Reverse Hyper's
« on: October 05, 2015, 11:22:54 pm »
hyper is your feet are braced and you're moving your upper body up and down. reverse hyper is your upper body is braced and you're moving your legs up and down.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: October 05, 2015, 08:15:19 pm »
WEIGHT: 172
SORENESS: hams and glutes a little, more pronounced on left side
ACHES/INJURIES: none; right low back (higher up than SI joint) started saying hi a little, see below
MENTAL STATE: anxious
- warm up
- DLRVJ x a few
not great, soreness getting in way. 34ish.
- depth drop @28" x 4,4
- squat 175 x 20
solid, breathing hard but had at least 2 reps in the tank at the end
- dip x 19(TF)
- pull up x 10+3+3+3
harder than it should have been
- BB RDL x
started warming up and right low back was like no, be careful. bagged it.
- stretch
couple of things causing anxiety right now:
1. i think my boss is getting fired at this very moment. this is a good thing and something that i (along with others) have been agitating for for some time. however, it also means that i'm about to have a bunch of responsibility that i didn't today. i can do it but that's a little intimidating.
2. i have been missing my ex like crazy the last week. not sure how much that's affected by the nerves of planning for (1) and knowing that it was coming but not knowing when and having to act normal around the office all the while, but at any rate i had three dreams about her last week and have been much sadder thinking about her absence than i had in a while. one of the dreams literally woke me up, like a nightmare.
3. my brother is in really bad shape. he's not in the hospital right now but i'm (more) worried about him (than usual).
4. i'm leaving for two weeks in tajikistan and afghanistan on thursday and have an epic fuck ton of things to do while i'm there and will be underprepared for most of them.
SORENESS: hams and glutes a little, more pronounced on left side
ACHES/INJURIES: none; right low back (higher up than SI joint) started saying hi a little, see below
MENTAL STATE: anxious
- warm up
- DLRVJ x a few
not great, soreness getting in way. 34ish.
- depth drop @28" x 4,4
- squat 175 x 20
solid, breathing hard but had at least 2 reps in the tank at the end
- dip x 19(TF)
- pull up x 10+3+3+3
harder than it should have been
started warming up and right low back was like no, be careful. bagged it.
- stretch
couple of things causing anxiety right now:
1. i think my boss is getting fired at this very moment. this is a good thing and something that i (along with others) have been agitating for for some time. however, it also means that i'm about to have a bunch of responsibility that i didn't today. i can do it but that's a little intimidating.
2. i have been missing my ex like crazy the last week. not sure how much that's affected by the nerves of planning for (1) and knowing that it was coming but not knowing when and having to act normal around the office all the while, but at any rate i had three dreams about her last week and have been much sadder thinking about her absence than i had in a while. one of the dreams literally woke me up, like a nightmare.
3. my brother is in really bad shape. he's not in the hospital right now but i'm (more) worried about him (than usual).
4. i'm leaving for two weeks in tajikistan and afghanistan on thursday and have an epic fuck ton of things to do while i'm there and will be underprepared for most of them.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: October 05, 2015, 11:42:44 am »
the only thing that's ever made me sorer than RDLs after a layoff is high-rep TTB. did a ladder circuit workout with TTB in it years and years ago (with an ex-gf who was very fit, fun times) and i could barely stand up straight the next day.
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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: October 05, 2015, 10:32:43 am »
oh my god someone please get UNLV to set up the quarter on the backboard and see if he can do it once and for all.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: October 05, 2015, 10:23:28 am »
thanks for the feedback y'all. i posted these mainly as a record of what it looks like when my approach is off or bad. the problem is that i wasn't adding speed with each step -- you guys notice the pause on the last step but what sticks out to me is how high i was on the first couple of steps. instead of leaning in i was bouncing too much, or "floating" as i put it yesterday. then when i got to the last step i had to kind of hesitate to get low enough to actually jump up.
i don't know whether the hamstring stuff has had any effect, i haven't really done enough yet to tell. will continue with it for a while. i'm off weighted reactive/explosive stuff for a bit still given what i did to my back a few weeks ago. but it's worth thinking about depth drops in addition to depth jumps.
i don't know whether the hamstring stuff has had any effect, i haven't really done enough yet to tell. will continue with it for a while. i'm off weighted reactive/explosive stuff for a bit still given what i did to my back a few weeks ago. but it's worth thinking about depth drops in addition to depth jumps.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: October 04, 2015, 08:21:01 pm »
today's crappy jumps
jumps are at 0:13, 0:32, 0:59, 1:37, 2:20, and 3:07 in this one:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e85qiWMIa5g" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e85qiWMIa5g</a>
jumps are at 0:26, 1:18, 2:04, and 2:22 here:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkESErcxekw" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkESErcxekw</a>
as i noted above, after watching these i corrected the little floaty whatever i was doing on the first couple of steps and things got a little better. still not a good day. the short-approach jumps (one and two steps) were not bad, ~33. i just don't think i got over 34 or 34.5 tops the rest of the time.
jumps are at 0:13, 0:32, 0:59, 1:37, 2:20, and 3:07 in this one:
jumps are at 0:26, 1:18, 2:04, and 2:22 here:
as i noted above, after watching these i corrected the little floaty whatever i was doing on the first couple of steps and things got a little better. still not a good day. the short-approach jumps (one and two steps) were not bad, ~33. i just don't think i got over 34 or 34.5 tops the rest of the time.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Eric's Journal
« on: October 04, 2015, 06:26:26 pm »
lol'd hard at your review of the froning movie.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: October 04, 2015, 06:21:24 pm »
WEIGHT: ???
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: none
MENTAL STATE: very good
- warm up
- DLRVJ x ~10-12
not great but that's to be expected after such a long layoff (>2 weeks) from ME jumping. reinforced the need to practice multiple times per week, i was floating the first couple steps until i took a break and watched vid (will post later). corrected the float and attacked a bit better after that.
- squat 275 x 3,3,3
short rests. solid but not explosive.
- superset x 3
-- DB OHP 50s x 6
-- pull up +10 x 6
- DB shrug 65s x 12,12
- stretch
i need to squat and jump multiple times per week to feel good and jump consistently. unfortunately, i'm heading to tajikistan and afghanistan later this week for a couple of weeks. i'll be in dushanbe for part of that time with access to the meh gym in the hotel, but for a lot of the trip i'll be out in the mountains and will have to resort to bw stuff and SL pogos and the like. guess i'll use it as a conditioning block.
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: none
MENTAL STATE: very good
- warm up
- DLRVJ x ~10-12
not great but that's to be expected after such a long layoff (>2 weeks) from ME jumping. reinforced the need to practice multiple times per week, i was floating the first couple steps until i took a break and watched vid (will post later). corrected the float and attacked a bit better after that.
- squat 275 x 3,3,3
short rests. solid but not explosive.
- superset x 3
-- DB OHP 50s x 6
-- pull up +10 x 6
- DB shrug 65s x 12,12
- stretch
i need to squat and jump multiple times per week to feel good and jump consistently. unfortunately, i'm heading to tajikistan and afghanistan later this week for a couple of weeks. i'll be in dushanbe for part of that time with access to the meh gym in the hotel, but for a lot of the trip i'll be out in the mountains and will have to resort to bw stuff and SL pogos and the like. guess i'll use it as a conditioning block.
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Tennis / Re: The FEDERER Thread
« on: October 04, 2015, 09:51:35 am »
read the NYT article you linked to. i didn't mean you should be stiff all the way through (although i'm a bad enough player that i tend to do better with a stiff wrist), just that at the moment of impact you have to hold on real tight. no disagreement.
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Tennis / Re: The FEDERER Thread
« on: October 02, 2015, 07:21:47 pm »
i dunno man, being able to turn a 90 mph forehand around with power and control seems like it'd require an iron grip, no matter how relaxed it feels. the racket can't be loose in your hand or the ball would just spray off somewhere.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: October 02, 2015, 06:22:43 pm »
WEIGHT: ???
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: right knee but not as bad
MENTAL STATE: good
- warm up
full-court layups x a lot, right knee started bugging a bit
- DLRVJ x some
knee not so bothersome on these but legs were a bit dead. failed to touch rim on first SJV although got it comfortably on the second. still that's the first time i've SVJ'd under 30 in a while. 33 off one step, which is okay. could not get the dodgeball down off a full run up after several tries and knee was meh so i bagged it and went back to layups and shooting around.
- stretch
bout 50 minutes soup to nuts, left because gym was closing. keep grinding.
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: right knee but not as bad
MENTAL STATE: good
- warm up
full-court layups x a lot, right knee started bugging a bit
- DLRVJ x some
knee not so bothersome on these but legs were a bit dead. failed to touch rim on first SJV although got it comfortably on the second. still that's the first time i've SVJ'd under 30 in a while. 33 off one step, which is okay. could not get the dodgeball down off a full run up after several tries and knee was meh so i bagged it and went back to layups and shooting around.
- stretch
bout 50 minutes soup to nuts, left because gym was closing. keep grinding.