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Missed this!

High vs low....depends on application and player. I cant jump in anything but a basketball shoe and while i dont have ankle issues, I dont "trust" low tops very much. Played in Kobes, KDs, 2015 Hyper Revs, etc...I can and have had no issue but subconsciously I have some issue with it.

As for the rehab stuff... soreness is ok sometimes. Its the muscles getting used to being used again. Pain is usually not ok. Have you tried just doing nothing for a few weeks then doing a few weeks of strict rehab lifting (low weight, medium/high reps to promote healing)?

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Chris' training journal
« on: January 19, 2016, 01:25:00 am »
A little bit of everything. sit ups, crunches, decline stuff, various planks, medicine ball twists, v-sits, hanging leg raises, wipers, ummmm. Mostly weighted reps. Average workout I'll get 500 or so total reps in. Some days I focus solely on a particular area (lower abs, uppers, obliques, anti rotational stuff) and others i just hit it all. :)

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: January 19, 2016, 01:18:24 am »
Exaggerated grunting should help as well.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: January 19, 2016, 01:17:18 am »
That vid looks damn close to 40" RVJ man. Arent you like 6'0 even or so? You have great approach speed on that run up. Take away the loss of a few inches from jumping with a ball in hand and Id put money that you're over 40" RVJ!

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Chris' training journal
« on: January 19, 2016, 12:09:13 am »
Lol everyone in the gym knows me mostly :) but no, it eas late tonight, only one other guy in there doing chest (cuz international bro day is Monday ya know!).

With the exception of the leg press (which is primarily open) all the others are machines that are very easy to switch weught on (they use the pins instead of loading free weights.

and yea its an eclectic circuit but it hits the major stuff effectively for me.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Chris' training journal
« on: January 18, 2016, 11:26:02 pm »
Well....that was interesting and surprisingly went well.

Slept like shit last night, 1.5 hours total (finally passed out at 5. Had to be up at 630 for work. SMH. Then forgot my lunch and had to eat Chickfila so not exactly the best diet today.

Weighed in at 181.5lbs at the gym. Felt pretty good overall.

Warmups + some box and depth jumps.

Squats:
135 x5, 225 x3, 315 x1... +belt... 365 x1, 395 x1, 365 x1, 315 x5, 315 x5, 225 x10.

Sweet. 395 felt strong, only a slight eh/hesitation on the way up around parallel. Felt strong.

2x circuits: SL leg press, reverse lunges, box jumps, core, leg extensions, calf raise, box jump, core. Planned on 3 circuits but ehhhh. Got late. Finished with some step ups and more ab work.

Great workout overall!

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: January 18, 2016, 01:23:33 pm »
Mirror>scale brooooo.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Chris' training journal
« on: January 18, 2016, 12:28:53 am »
Pretty happy with today. Ate pretty healthy, got 6 hours of sleep last night, not too sore from yesterdays deadlifts. Not bad.

Back day part 2. Lots of row variations, pullups, face pulls, some core work. Some light shoulder work and killed the biceps with some drop sets.  Finished with pushups to failure, twice.

Tomorrow....squat day!

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Chris' training journal
« on: January 16, 2016, 10:17:49 pm »
BW: 181lbs at the gym tonight.

Warmups plus some box jumps.

Deadlifts:
135 x5, 225 x3, 315 x1. (add belt/straps) 405 x1, 435 x1, 405 x3, 315 x8...x8...x8.

Planned on 445 top single but wasnt sure how much id have left for volume afterwards. Answer... First set of 315s I could have got 10 reps easy-ish. Next two sets would have been a real struggle.

2 Circuits of BSS, seated calf raises, ham curls, glute kick and some box jumps and core sprinkled in.

Box jumps were very nice tonight. Just powerful feeling. Great sign.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Chris' training journal
« on: January 16, 2016, 12:21:35 pm »
Ughhh. So chest is actually sore. Lol! Family stuff last night so moved deadlifts to today. Back tomorrow instead of chest andddd we'll just skip chest part 2 this week. :) 4 and a half.more hours of work then off to the gym.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Chris' training journal
« on: January 14, 2016, 08:20:02 pm »
Sigh. Forgot my basketball shoes so no dunking. Im not about to try to plant in some Nike Frees lol!

Got a good chest/tri/shoulder session in tho. Got 225 x10 on flat bench for my last set. Nice to know I can still get that on my 4th set after not doing any barbell bench work in weeks.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Chris' training journal
« on: January 13, 2016, 08:12:30 pm »
Did some cleans today, focus on bar speed and the catch more than weight. Sets of 3 followed by 36" box jumps (3-5 depending on feel) and depth jumps for height (2 from 24" box to 36" box).

2 sets of 135. Set of 155 and a set at 185. Nothing real strenuous. Going to try to get some time to dunk tomorrow.

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Article & Video Discussion / Re: BMI's of champions
« on: January 13, 2016, 08:08:33 pm »
This was a good, quick read.

http://www.naturalphysiques.com/28/fat-free-mass-index-ffmi

FWIW I got 24.1 and 23.9 adjusted.

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Article & Video Discussion / Re: BMI's of champions
« on: January 13, 2016, 08:06:37 pm »
BMI only works with people who have never set foot in a weight room IMO. All it takes into account is height vs weight but not that muscle weighs more than fat. Hell, all my life I was borderline 'overweight' or slighlty over and that was just from playing various sports and never having set foot inside a weight room.

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Article & Video Discussion / Re: BMI's of champions
« on: January 13, 2016, 07:53:07 pm »
Ooops! 26.1. Overweight lolol

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