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three things:

- the point about attribution is a fair one but i think you're using it as an excuse to avoid trying something new because it makes you nervous. you're a whole-hog kind of guy. so maybe go whole-hog on sprinting and jumping for a while. (more on this below.)
- the treadmill is not going to make you "more athletic," certainly not in 10 minute bursts. the only way that'd be the case is if you were grotesquely obese and out of shape, in which case any physical activity would make you more athletic. set the bar low enough...
- no idea what aussie winters are like -- as an american i always just imagine them being beautiful and sunny and everyone says "mate" a lot and drinks fosters on the beach with hot women in white bikinis everywhere, but that can't possibly be accurate -- but where i live it is a crappy time to be doing stuff like sprints that require you to be outside or in some kind of proper facility. so not wanting to do bounds and sprints and whatnot now is fair enough. winter is a good time for GPP. but when it gets nice out again, consider a real-live speed block. raptor is right, you're slow as fuck. getting faster can only benefit you.

behold, the power of waking up your CNS with some good old-fashioned competition before you work out. nice job, man.

last night headache stayed bad but i did some shoulder stability stuff (planks, paused pushups with exaggerated scap retraction, band pull aparts/pushes) and some stretching.

today my headache...stayed bad. so i took the day off work. just now getting out of bed and it's 11:30. headache is somewhat better than 7:30, when i took some aspirin and drank some more water, but still unpleasant. hopefully it'll be better in a couple of hours and i can get in a mid-afternoon workout.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJ2xhEneGt0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJ2xhEneGt0</a>

god he just FUCKS with it.

ETA: i love the lady commenter, who just laughs. that's the appropriate response.

i upvoted a bunch of adarq's posts to restore the natural balance of things. otherwise this weekend was a loss training wise but a huge gain fun/relaxation wise. one of my really good friends got married so there were tons of great friends in from out of town and we just had a blast. now i have a headache and a bit of nausea and am very tired. worth it.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZzJxWbWXtY" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZzJxWbWXtY</a>

38 years old! love how he just shoves belinelli out of the way.

WEIGHT: ???
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: left shoulder, low back tightened up during jumping
MENTAL STATE: good

- warm up

- DLRVJ x ~15
got a couple of clean dunks with the mini soccer ball and volleyball, and a bunch more that i back ironed or rattled in. low back started to tighten up so i shut it down. given how shitty i've been feeling this was very encouraging. definitely the highest i've ever jumped in glasses (contacts were bothering me), lol.



- hands-to-elbows plank x 10,10,10

- band pull aparts x 20,20,20

- captains of crush work (i haven't been logging this but i've been doing it a little bit, not enough)

- stretch