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one thing t0ddday told me about when we trained together a couple months back was "earning" the steps. so for high jumpers, they're only allowed to take a run-up out to the number of steps where they get diminishing returns. if you don't jump any higher from two steps than one, you only get two. when your two-step jump is better than your one-step jump, you get three, and so on. that's what i've been doing on the court recently, even adjusting by day: some days i'm good out to three and others not. but it allows you to practice being as explosive and fast as possible out to the distance where your body and brain can handle it. worth a shot.

looks very solid, man. nice job. you kind of shake/bounce around a bit up top but i dunno what to say about that. just an observation.

sikhs do tend to have big beards. comes with the whole not-cutting-your-hair thing.

yeah i guess just more practicing and more p-chain work and it'll come on its own. i've jumped pretty well the last two times, within 2" or so of all-time best, which is great and kind of surprising. i keep thinking the rim at this court is an inch or two low, but honestly i don't want to know.  if and when i do dunk on it i'll measure it. not until then.

no jumps this morning because i slept terribly last night. not sure why but i was up and tossing and turning a couple of times during the night. not for very long each time but still, decided to sleep an extra hour and be awake for work. gym after work.

errybody doin' high-rep squats, luke doin' 'em, too. they're fun.

was in connecticut/nyc wed-sat, got back late last night.

WEIGHT: ???
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: right knee a little
MENTAL STATE: good

- shoot around

- bunch o'jumps

had a few three-step jumps at 3 knuckles, a few two-step jumps at 2 knuckles. not too bad, probably recent PR. strained wrist/forearm on a few of them cause hanging on rather than wrapping-and-releasing. dumb. there was a shortish (5'8?) dude in there shooting around. he did a few self-lobs, most of which he missed but not by much. hit a few pretty well. he covered a lot of ground with his ultimate step, really wide plant. got up well off one, too. when i try to cover that much ground on my plant step it is...not pretty.

WEIGHT: ???
SORENESS: lower traps, hamstrings, quads, pecs a little, glutes a little
ACHES/INJURIES: none
MENTAL STATE: tired

- warm up

- SVJ x 3+3

- depth jump @~28" x 3; @~23" x 3
poor. 28" is too high for me to really jump

- SVJ x 3+3
better than first set, worked on loose/high-amplitude arm swing

- DSVJ x 6
alternating lead foot, okay

- some other jumps x a few

- some random light shoulder stuff

- run home

wanted to go to the track today but avishek will attest to how gross it is outside. will do extended stretch/mob tonight and try to jump very early tomorrow (6 AM), plus maybe back in the gym later in the morning to kill myself before the long weekend.

WEIGHT: 172
SORENESS: outside of glutes
ACHES/INJURIES: none
MENTAL STATE: oddly okay

- warm up

- SLRVJ, 1-2 jumps, DSVJ x ~35-40 total

- squat 275 x 1,1,1,1,1,1; 185 x 10+5+5
reps as explosive as possible. did the set of 20 rest-paused with about 20s for each "+".

- superset x 2
-- dip x 10
-- pull up x 5+5

- DB RDL 70s x 10,10

- rear delt flyes and rotator cuff stuff

- decline sit ups 30 x 10; 18 x 10

- stretch

got up at 4:30 and worked 5:30-5, somehow was still pretty awake for this. no pop on the jumps really but that's unsurprising. will try to get good sleep tonight, gym again tomorrow for some low-intensity stuff or track if it's warm enough, then jumps wednesday morning.

obviously those things are true and being lighter is easier on your joints. i'm just recommending that you treat weight loss almost as a side benefit of getting in shape, rather than focusing on weight loss as an end goal. shift focus to conditioning (and may i add: sport-specific conditioning) and maybe do some light calorie restriction if you really want to, but don't actively try to lose 20kg this time around. just my two cents.