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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: October 16, 2014, 01:16:53 pm »
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: October 16, 2014, 10:55:30 am »
does greek usually place adjectives after nouns?
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: October 15, 2014, 09:50:53 pm »
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.
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.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: October 14, 2014, 04:34:11 pm »
hm, yeah, interesting to look back. lots of setbacks. my training history is similar, tbh.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: October 14, 2014, 08:25:04 am »
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.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Getting back and improve acceleration,power,speed and explosiveness
« on: October 13, 2014, 07:26:09 pm »
then get stronger -- squats are great, plus RDLs, GHRs, etc.
box jumps, squat jumps, and other overloaded jump variations are also great.
most importantly, though, you need to sprint and do change-of-direction drills.
box jumps, squat jumps, and other overloaded jump variations are also great.
most importantly, though, you need to sprint and do change-of-direction drills.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: October 13, 2014, 04:59:51 pm »
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.
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.
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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: The Motivational Thread
« on: October 13, 2014, 10:33:36 am »https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152221267203641
#respect
that is really amazing.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Getting back and improve acceleration,power,speed and explosiveness
« on: October 13, 2014, 10:27:02 am »
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.
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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: October 10, 2014, 03:19:30 pm »
oh, for sure, to get close to your potential in anything you have to be doing it full time. same thing goes for writing or painting or day trading or selling vacuum cleaners.
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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: October 10, 2014, 11:23:50 am »
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.
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.
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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: October 10, 2014, 10:00:12 am »
^^^correct.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: October 09, 2014, 07:17:15 pm »
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.
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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: October 09, 2014, 04:10:20 pm »
god his last step is soooooo long. crazy.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: October 08, 2014, 11:59:01 pm »
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.
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.