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thanks loopie. that second DLRVJ looks really good in retrospect.

PT today was helpful re: shoulder. he doesn't think it's torn or otherwise seriously injured, just irritated/inflamed. my ROM is still pretty good, the restriction is very specific (although unfortunately very specific to jumping). basically he said try to avoid aggravating it and in the meantime do more shoulder stabilization work. so i'm going to start doing more closed-chain and band stuff both in and out of the gym. benching remains on the table as long as no irritation. :-)

the guy is new, though (got his DPT last year) and so he basically punted on my lower back. i'm going back to see the owner of the practice next tuesday. hopefully he'll be able to shed some light.

I mean....what is there to say scooby? If you're going to do a 90min plyometric session with (I'm estimating) 100+ ground contacts on concrete, you're gonna have a bad time. It's not rocket science. Of course you need to rest. You might be getting stress fractures which are an absolute bitch to deal with. The only serious injury I got as a junior was a stress fracture in my left toe, and it took several months to heal because I kept training on it. Of course, if your toe isn't coming up with the rest it could be a tendon problem, which, again, is an absolute nightmare. Either way, gotta stop with the plyos, no other option IMO.

Goddamn it man, we all want to see you slam it but you're your own worst enemy sometimes. You need to post regularly again so people can catch your fuckups before they get too bad.

that is correct.

dogs? when did gizmo get a buddy?

me and my back have beef. warmed up tonight and was going to do a few sets DB jump squats and then some volume upper stuff. but on the second set of jump squats my back get all strained again. things felt fine beforehand, no serious discomfort yesterday or today until one rep it was just like, nope. it's much more distinctly on the right side now, and it's spread into the top part of my glute. i'm so frustrated. at least i'm finally going to the PT on monday, hopefully he can give me some answers.

 

WEIGHT: ???
SORENESS: pecs, glutes a tiny bit
ACHES/INJURIES: none
MENTAL STATE: good

- warm up

- SL bounds x 4,6,6,6

- sprint 60m x 4
8.2, 8.3, 8.0, 8.1

- sprint 100m x 3
13.1, 12.5, 13.5 -- second rep really did feel much faster, "floating"

- walk home

- stretch

legs dead after the last 100. fitness continues to be shite, but just gotta keep grinding. a bit dehydrated, it's hot and humid enough now that i can't get away without bringing water to the track.

what's the arm stretch that you're doing? sorry if you already posted about it and i somehow missed it.

friday:

did some jumps, which were kind of bad but not terrible. couldn't get a clean dunk with the smaller balls (#3 soccer ball, volleyball). bah. also did some upper body weights, which i forget.

saturday-sunday-monday:

lots of walking around in NYC, some stretching. much relaxation. the past few weeks have been really bad at work, which i think accounts for some of the bad training. not enough sleep and poor-quality sleep, high stress=drained CNS. feel somewhat rejuvenated after the weekend.

tuesday:

WEIGHT: ???
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: low back
MENTAL STATE: good

- warm up
shooting stroke was on point, at least for me. probably hitting 80% from mid range and 60% from three.

- SLRVJ and DSVJ x 50+
didn't have real training shoes with me in baltimore so i just used the nice-looking but not very practical ones i had with me (onitsuka tigers). ME jumps weren't happening so i just did a lot of layups and drop-steps. you know, working on my 5'11 terrible-player-who-can't-jump post game. lol. still good to get volume in even if it wasn't the highest-quality work, i think. also, the rims seem higher at this baltimore gym than at the JCC or my old gym, balance. whether that's because my normal ones are below 10' or these are above 10' i'd rather not find out. balance was a regulation (high school) court, so i hope at least there the rims were accurate.

- bench 205 x 5,5,5
form a bit off but this wasn't hard. back to the normal gym/bar/bench tomorrow.

-superset x 2
-- DB step up 70s x 10L
-- 45-degree hyper +10 behind head x 10
-- DB step up 70s x 10R
-- 45-degree hyper +10 behind head x 10

- kroc row 90 x 12R,11L
seemed like DB was weighted weird, couldn't get it even in my hands. wish my gym had DBs over 80.

- pull up x 5
just to get a little extra volume in for the back, match push/pull. stupid i know, whatever.

- a bit more shooting around to cool down

- stretch

this evening will bound, jump and sprint. finally made a PT appointment, for monday at 2 PM. let's see what's up with the shoulder and the back/SI joint.

i commend your extended foam rollering and stretching. good job, bro, indeed.