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Im going to second/third/fourth the mental aspect, especially for someone like me who is a much better DL jumper. Ive noticed lately (especially last night, tons of youtube vids of SL jumpers and sprinters) how RELAXED they all are and I can see this dur8ng game situations for myself. I can jump damn near 40" off one in a game when its subconscious and Ive always thought it was simply that, subconscious, a reaction to game stimuli. However, I was watching vids and I thought back to my old track coaches saying relaxation is key and it all makes more sense now.

Why cant i jump 40" off 1 in practice? Im too tense, im literally trying to hard. The key is too relax and let your body flow which Ive somehow accomplished in DL form despite having more volume of SL jumps over the years. :/ Hmmm.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Chris' training journal
« on: August 31, 2015, 01:33:23 pm »
^Awesome! Thanks will definitely try that out starting today!

Ive been working on glute/ham strength lately, trying to even out imbalances in my body. Guess I'll step the PC stuff up another notch.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Chris' training journal
« on: August 30, 2015, 09:15:22 pm »
Sad day. Went to break in my Jordan XX9s today and shoot some jumpers and knee wasnt even having half speed cuts and one step jumps. Idk wether to be pissed as fuck or depressed as hell. Im gna have to shut down jumping and probably squatting for awhile. I may...may try to SL jumping off my left to keep some semblance of reactivity and such but idk. Chalk this day up as shitty.


Oh hit the XX9s....are AHmazing!!!

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Half court drills will definitely help (helps conditioning too!). When I can jump again I'll check but I *think* that just maybe I drop a tad bitnout of a dead sprint to maybe 85% speed before a ME RVJ off 2 feet in a fastbreal situation.

To be 100% honest with you I think everyone does. Ive noticed the elite NBA 2 foot guys (VC, Gerald Green, etc) cut their speed slighlty then appear to re-accelerate into their plant.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Chris' training journal
« on: August 28, 2015, 11:38:42 pm »
Did my back/bicep and chest/tricep workouts this week. Skipped speed day in an attempt to make knee a little better. Cut back on jumps as well drastically.

Shit workout tonight. Warmed up and got up to my 405 x1 and felt good...then had to stop for 20 mins, stopped sweating, barely pulled 445, got mad, went to shit. Did 405 x2 and 315 x10 and called it a night. No use pushing it when mad/not warm. Blah. BW at 186lbs... gains definitely in the chest/shoulders/upper back.

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That...or core strength is being comprised.  The wife had this issue the first time she ATG squatted 135+. After a few weeks of core stabilization work its much less pronounced.

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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: August 25, 2015, 07:17:51 am »
Yea he plays a few hours from me. Been meaning to go visit my lil sis and see him hoop. His bounce is unreal! His old AAU teammate Dennis Smith Jr has some hops too...

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Chris' training journal
« on: August 25, 2015, 01:16:05 am »
Squatted today...BW at 184lbs now. Didnt push to hard because of the knee, just stopped sets wherever it felt like the next rep would have been hard at all instead of pushing out 2-3 more.

135 x5, 225 x3, 315 x1 all paused. 365 x1, 405 x1.

365lbs: x2, x2.
315lbs: x8, x5, x7.

Some box jumps and calf raises at 500lbs (3x20). Weird...box jumps were easy 34-35" SVJ level and the knee didnt hurt at all but I took a one step run up and it was a little sore, could just barely feel it. Sigh. Stretch and ice, skipped the stepups/lunges for the knees sake. Not sure unilateral work would be the best right now. Hopefully get into the doc Wed or Thurs.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Chris' training journal
« on: August 24, 2015, 01:01:27 pm »
We would (will if they persist) but they're incredibly rare for her. I cant remember the last one she had honestly. Ive been to a few docs about the ones I have, they call them cluster migraines but no one has found my trigger yet. I'll get them everyday for a few weeks then none for a period of time (currently almost a year and a half, wooo!). They suck. Hard.

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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: August 23, 2015, 05:01:22 pm »
He's already ahead of Guy imo as the most versatile dunker, ie, off 1 and 2.

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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: August 23, 2015, 10:21:09 am »
Yea Guy 'won' (and Im a huge Easy J fan from way back) but Jordan had that contest in the bag.  Less misses, more variety, just better. The judging was wack even before the extra round BS. Then...to top it off, man, I could barely understand what Guy was saying on TFB. Chase was right he SOUNDED stupid. Made nooo sense lol

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Chris' training journal
« on: August 23, 2015, 12:39:42 am »
Bah. Bad week this week, deadlifted tonight. No accessory work or core as the wife got a migraine while squatting :(

So... 135 x5, 225 x3, 315 x1, 405 x1, 445 x1.

405: x3, x3.
315: x10, x10, x10.

Felt good, not great but oh well. Really bummed about my knee, sometimesits fine other times I couldn't jump 40" if i had a gun to my head. Probably time to see a doc. Also related...lack of hoops and jumping in general is killingmy run up/efficiency. I played some Wednesday instead of lifting and was around 40" running on most I'd say. Had one that my friends said looked like normal me (44-45ish) but it FELT like shit. Also...missed the dunk...horrible timing lol! The ONLY good thing is somehow, some way, I rammed a nice one hander in a pickup game off 1 foot. Surprised the absolute hell out of me.

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: beast
« on: August 18, 2015, 11:08:50 pm »
Lololol!!! Its true...the slomo makes it look like he's hovering lol

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: beast
« on: August 18, 2015, 08:23:03 pm »
Yes, I noticed that. I was referring to the mini bounce he took prior to the jump. Its just like a paused squat but taking a bounce to gather momentum or energy. Just pointing it out. It barely makes a difference in my SVJ.

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: beast
« on: August 18, 2015, 03:10:53 pm »
But....HE DOES THAT HOP/BOUNCE BS BEFORE THE JUMP!!!


:) ya know...like I do lol doesnt count. moving on. lolol

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