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WEIGHT: 172
SORENESS: traps
ACHES/INJURIES: none
MENTAL STATE: normal

- warm up

- squat 260 x 8,5,3(exp),3(exp)
(exp)=explosive, popping the bar off my shoulders.

- bench 175 x 5,5

- DB row 80 x 8,8

- GHR ISO hold x 3; strict reps x 2,2
strict reps are haaaard.

- tuck windshield wiper x 10,10,10

- calf raise 415 x 10,10
more weight next time

- stretch

now gonna eat and then do my mobility workout. i refuse to call it a WOD, as useful a term as that may be.

the downside of the starrett book is that i'm thinking too hard now during squats. i need to relax and trust my form, which is still solid, and not overthink mid-set. also i think my legs were tired from yesterday. might be time to move away from straight sets of 4x8 and switch back to 3x3 + 3x8 once a week and MSEM once or twice a week.

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: beast
« on: July 15, 2013, 04:41:09 pm »
wilt chamberlain as a senior at kansas, eating his opponents alive. check out 0:55. shit that dude was fast.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8JuK2dVky0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8JuK2dVky0</a>

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Glute activation sounds like some gimmick fitness thing raptor would obsess about but it can't hurt to try. Next thing you know i'll be doing those bar humping exercises he talks about.

not sure if serious.

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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: July 15, 2013, 12:45:15 pm »
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mElL0jCGlg" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mElL0jCGlg</a>

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Scooby 2011 Journal
« on: July 15, 2013, 09:44:42 am »
 :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive:

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downvoted for the text portion, upvoted for the great pic. so, no vote. nice work on that jump, you're getting really close!

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That's a great idea.
Can you show me how to make one like the way you did one for gym and one for track.

lol.

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lolololololololol that video is cracking me up. something about the insistence of your pointing. haahhahahahahahahahahaha

in seriousness, probably can't hurt to keep doing glute activation stuff like those banded bridges. also, just a guess, but working on posture throughout the day might help -- the first big takeaway i had from starrett's book is that engaging your glutes is sine qua non for maintaining proper posture. something i've been doing consciously throughout every day and it seems to be helping. i even noticed having an easier time maintaining a good stance while playing tennis yesterday. just a thought.

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oh come on, it's not like seifullah is the first person to make that comment about bolt. practically every article i've seen on this has some version of, "what about usain bolt, hmmmmm?"

i agree with you though that USADA and WADA are going overboard with this shit.

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just added a new column to the progress tracker: mobility (y/n). i've set my first three activities to focus on (forgive the california-inflected names):

1. lacrosse/tennis ball forearm smash
2. t-spine extension smash
3. hip capsule mobilization

i will spend at least 15 minutes working on these things every day (~5 minutes each). if i have extra time, i'll go deeper on one or more of them or work on something else that's a consistent problem. this is over and above what i do during workouts anyway. when i feel like i've made some progress on a given exercise, i'll swap it out for something else that i need to work on.

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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: July 14, 2013, 06:52:07 pm »
the eric bishop one is awesome.  :highfive:

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WEIGHT: ???
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: none, right toe tweaked during a sprint start but not badly
MENTAL STATE: okay, happy

- warm up

- avishek SL bounds x 4

- sprint 30m x 6
worse than last week, which is annoying because i was much fresher today and it wasn't as hot. 4.06 to 4.30, although those were probably too generous/ungenerous. probably like 4.16-18 for most except the fastest one. hip flexors feeling it.

- 20m fly x 2
tough, my top speed sprinting is a mess as t0ddday pointed out the other day.

cut short because...

*30 mins later*

- SVJ, DSVJ, SLRVJ, DLRVJ x ~50 jumps
dropped avishek off and then went to the outdoor court at the middle school near my parents' house. the court is asphalt and slanted -- long-time readers may recall a vid taken there a while ago -- but the rims are ~9' and ~9'8", so i was able to get a lot of grabs and stuff. this was good.

*later*

- anterior hip, adductors, modified pigeon x 15-20 mins

- painting my parents' house x 2 hours

*later*

- tennis x 30 mins

/later

- more mobility shit

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yesterday:

- some stretching and SMR throughout the day (couch stretch and adductor/VMO rollering in particular) but not enough

today:

- mobility (SMR+stretching) x 35-40 mins
hit t-spine, adductors, and glutes.

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 :highfive:

not gonna share the progress tracker?

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WEIGHT: 171.5
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: none really
MENTAL STATE: fine, good

- warm up

- jump squat 45 x 3; 65 x 3,3

- squat 255 x 8,8,8,8
last set hard but solid. third set flew, very strong.

- OHP 115 x 5,4
still weak but not as horrifying as the other day

- pull up +25 x 5,5

- GHR ISO holds 10s x 4

- superset x 2
-- paused calf raise 415 x 10
-- tuck windshield wiper x 10

- stretch

posture/spinal alignment work continues throughout the day. two people at work today told me independently that i seemed taller. i don't think the posture thing gives me more than half an inch in actual height but hey, maybe it makes me look taller. who knows. one side benefit i think will be improved glute activation: if glutes are turned on at a low level whenever i'm standing up or walking around, it will be easier to engage them and maintain a neutral spine during exercise.

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