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WEIGHT: ???
SORENESS: hamstrings, glutes a little
ACHES/INJURIES: left shoulder a little, left calf was cramping yesterday but okay today
MENTAL STATE: still really tired, stressed

- warm up

- jumps x 15 minutes or so
pretty crap, although i got 32 off one step and 33+ off two it was all downhill from there. legs felt a little dead and work has been really stressful this week, so not surprised that i'm off at the gym.

- bench 185 x 3+1
weak. very weak. abandoned normal plan.

- superset x 4
-- bench 135 x 10
-- BB row 135 x 10

- stretch

pretty terrible but again, not surprising. this should have been last night but i didn't get home until 30 minutes before the gym closes. leaving on a 2.5-week trip next tuesday: tajikistan for a week and a half and then afghanistan for a week. bringing the old jump rope and will basically do a lot of low-intensity plyos and bodybuilding stuff.

do you think you maybe just started this block a little too conservatively? i mean, i've squatted 315x5,5,5 and benched 225x5,5,4 at 20-25 pounds lighter than you are right now and we all know you're leaner and more athletic than i am.

friday:

sick. did 7DVJC at full Rx'd sets/reps but it was about all i could muster.

today:

WEIGHT: 174.5
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: left shoulder a little
MENTAL STATE: wiped the fuck out

- warm up

- jumps x some
got one dunk with the dodgeball and a bunch of misses of various kinds. once i got owned by the front of the rim i shut it down.

- squat 225 x 5; 245 x 5,5
no discomfort, not difficult, but third set was wack: hips and knees all over the place. not solid.

- MR half tucks x ~18,18,18

- rudiment hops

slept very badly last night and had to wake up early this morning so didn't have a lot of juice for this workout. on the plus side i don't feel sick today for the first time since last week.

what are you actually trying to get good at? like, what are your main one or two goals? just saying you want to improve power, speed and explosiveness doesn't give a lot to go on, it's too general.

um, no. i'm sure this kid works hard, spends lots of time jumping, balling, etc. but the idea that he has the vert he has with no natural talent is absurd. in fact, no one with a 45" vert has poor or even mediocre natural jumping ability.

i will NEVER jump like that. can i get to a point where i can dunk? yep, i'm close as it is and there's no reason to think i can't get that extra inch on a day when i have someone to throw me a lob. but i'm never gonna BTL, i'm never gonna pump reverse. ceiling is too low.

okay so maybe i'm sick. feel like crap again, no gym. will probably take day off/work from home tomorrow, so will gym in afternoon unless i feel even worse than right now.

WEIGHT: ???
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: left shoulder a little
MENTAL STATE: kind of weird feeling

- warm up

- jumps x some
gym unexpectedly open, but anything past one step was rough. see below.

- fuck it

felt really weird, weak. not sick exactly, just weak. decided it was better to just try again tomorrow, combine shit.

WEIGHT: ???
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: none, whoa
MENTAL STATE: good

- warm up
got 32 on double under "test" set, just to beat 31. might start doing sets of 20 of these. also, worked back up to running criss-crosses.

- DB jump squat 25s x 5,5
first set flying, second set slow and much more muscly

- bench 205 x 5,5,3
something weird about my set up today, was distracted or something and somehow everything ended up feeling unstable and leaky. should have the last set easily next time.

- BB row 135 x 8,8,8
strict form, no english

- superset x 2
-- DB curl 25s x 10
-- tricep press down 90 x 10; 110 x 10

- stretch