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Still can't get over how freaking insane Kilganon is.

Oh....another theory that I've seen lately and read a little on is how your genetics may not be so much inherited as they are 'awakened' (for lack of a better term) as a pre teen.

Basically, they say what you do from age 6/7 until you hit puberty has more to do with your ability to run or jump than who your mom or dad are (world class athletes that have kids not withstanding). I sort of agree here. My mom is of average athletic background and my dad played high school sports but from what I can tell he was more an endurance athlete than an explosive one. My younger brother never played sports...he's average athletically. My little sister danced and is slighlty above average. Me? I fell in love with dunking in 2nd grade when I saw Jordan in the finals. I distinctly remember destroying nerf hoops and little goals dunking all the time from then on. I've ALWAYS jumped...and always tried to jump higher than my friends or classmates. I did, but it wasnt a crazy difference until I hit puberty and suddenly my vert took off while other buddies who hadnt been jumping for years stayed around the same.

So...conclusion: either I hit a recessive gene jackpot from my parents or rate coding as children has some merit.

More food for thought

Ive never really thought abiut it like that. It is an interesting view point and probably has great merit but it just seems to pessimistic for me. I prefer to believe i am capable of whatever i set my mind to. Its been proven many times the mind is stronger than the body, we all have limits but do we reach them mentally (via stagnation, doubt, knowledge, etc) or do we actually reach a physical genetic limit?

Id say the most useful thing tho was definitely squatting. I was a quad dominant, reactive jumper before. By adding strength Ive balanced it out quite a bit. I think i still lean towards reactivity but its not a glaring difference like before.

Thats a great question Ive asked myself from time to time. What I've decided is the truth is somewhere in the middle.

I originally started deads to balance myself as an athlete absolutely. Now, I DO think its helped my DLRVJ...how much tho I'm not sure. My vert has increased since i started deadlifting and so has my SLRVJ (barely but I dont train it often if at all truthfully). Id like to think the extra glute and ham recruitment HAS to help in the jump. It certainly helps with cutting/directional movements.

...i love when articles point out how much an athlete can box jump and then immediately compare it to another sports ACTUAL VERTICAL JUMP.

Pisses me the fuck off.

I am on to week of JM... Suppose to do it for 12 weeks..
With where this is going... I am not sure if i should continue...

THIS is your biggest issue. Not that you cant stick with something (though thats a problemas well) but the fact you reek of negativity most of the time. You will get no where if you can't see yourself.getting there FIRST. Suck it up, be positive, and grind on. You lost some vert...everyone does when they dont PRACTICE it!

Lets see....did some back, bis, little bit of shoulders and some core on Wednesday instead of Tuesday....gahh. Had to skip the speed day or do it real late Wed and see if i could recover in time for the game Thursday.  Then got off work later than usual Thursday and didn't have time to do chest/tris before the game. Game sucked...we got blown the bell out. Both our bigs were out and we got hammered on the boards. Lost 131-90. I shot like Lebron in the finals...shitty. Prolly around 40-42% to get 52 points. But...i was still shooting better than everyone else. :/ We were out matched talent wise badly but itight have been competitive if we had our bigs. Knee started bothering me mid way through the 2nd half (had to play all 40 mins) and then went away a little. Got loose in the baseline with about 3 mins to go and went up thinking 2 hander but knee gave out and I barely got a clean one hander. :/ Crumpled on landing, knee definitely not happy. Finished the game with some apathy lol

Today....knee feels the same as it did BEFORE the game yesterday. Its like it quickly recovers to the same point then gets stuck there at like 75-80%.  So i lifted anyway. Top set PR on deadlift at 435. 3 rep PR at 385 for two sets as well. 315 3 sets of 5 for some volume. Did 2 circuits of BSS (135lbs 8 reps per leg), seated calf raises (125lbs 12 reps paused), seated ham curls (145lbs 12 reps) and glute kick backs (100lbs 12 reps) and did some box jumps between sets. Finished with some core work.

Extra stretching and two rounds of icing and it seems to feel a touch better. Really focusing on IT band stretches.