120918 Approach jump practice, Upperbody circuit 3 round tripLunch:
Weather is getting better, less heat.
Lunch went to jump for the rim...I tested few jump approach
- Scooby approach - hop drop into a jump with arm wing, seems to have long contact time and max result...
- Boing Approach - Low center of gravity, with body leaning forward during run, seem to have less hop drop feeling since I am low to begin with
- VertFreak approach (described in utube )- Chest up, quick 2 steps with arm swing.
Took 3 video...seems almost the same... buy for sure felt different, honestly, i had not master any of this style...(not to mention they might be the same to begin with...)
Night:
Less than 30 min Upperbody circuit training, head home early to play with baby..
Baby start from learn to flip around, to crawling, to walking...
Scooby start vertical had not increased..(it seems to decreased by half a inch also...), i was 2-3 inch away from dunk in April....

3:30am at night:
Slept at 12:30 and I woke up at night and have problem getting back to sleep Don't know what happen, my calf muscle is really sore, rub some sport cream on it... and view some video on utube... Dunkfater, Teedub...Jokebox(or something like that). Notice all their run up is super fast and smooth. The last 2 step is fast I know, but I had just notice, not just the 2 steps, the arm swing the body, everything happen in the last 2 step is fast (Not just the leg/foot). This remind me of that Canada Chinese dunker visit with me early march. He do is a fast smooth jumper... I am much slower...during the run up toward the jump... May be this is the key? This should be the key! How to get fast? The only exercise came to my mind is the Fall in to 2 step approach foot work exercise. But it did not involve any arm swing....
What I'm saying is that you should identify which muscles are lacking in your body and what flexibility issues you have, all while trying to increase your relative strength.
I should get back to deadlifting also...may be i look up how to setup a routine since squat and dead are too related...
As for weakness, my leg is strong... relatively strong i mean... not strong enough to do 2.0-2.5 BW squat...and i know my calf is weak... that's about the only thing i know.. may be the rate of force, speed in a jump is what holding me back...
Do u happen to have any suggestion to enhance that ability?
P.S. Low Carb Food is working... I am now at 181lbs, was at 179lbs in the morning!!!
WAIT a MIN! at 179x2 = 358 and I can grind up a 356lbs squat!!! 2BW! CLOSE ENOUGH!