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5/19
BW:178
Workout #3: GPP session #2

Rack Pull: 205x8, 235x8, 255x8, 265x5, 275x5, 285x5, 295x5
BP: 130 8,8,7
agility ladder stuff x 30 mins

5/21
BW: 184 carb loaded. Also appetite is back, I'm gonna have to start counting calories if I want to maintain sub-180 BW.

So I have 2 tryouts tomorrow, from 8am-4pm and my sickness is still hanging around. Randomly fell asleep for 3 hours today despite getting enough sleep the last few days. My groin pain is moderate and I feel pretty slow. These are the last tryouts for both of these teams and I haven't gone to any of the other tryouts cause of sickness or other reasons. I am historically bad at playing in rain and I haven't been throwing these last 2 weeks. So pretty much I am screwed unless I can pull some magic beans out of my ass or something.

So here's the plan:
1. Get up early. 5:30am is a safeish bet
2. Stretch a lot, do some meditation, some glutivation etc
3. Brew a shitload of Yerba Mate, which is the only thing that reliably enhances my performance
4. Come out early to get some throws in

I should have some "official" stats to post tomorrow. Not expecting anything good.

EDIT: tryout went decent. got skied pretty terribly by a skinny 5' 10" black guy. I tried to go up off my left leg with my left arm... He told me he can dunk off a lob which puts him at like 37" slrvj. All my jumps were awful, my legs felt like jelly the first half of the tryout. Pretty much no highlights: consistent mediocrity. 2nd tryout cancelled. Also I am out of shape.

gnats ruined my mile PR run.. fml

I was inhaling gnats, they were going in my eyes etc.. At the end of the run I had like 1,000 black dots (gnats) all over my shirt/skin/face/hair lmao.

still tied my 1KM PR and was 3s off of my 1mile PR.
- 1KM: 0 mi to 0.62 mi was 10.83 mph (5:32 min/mi)
- feels SOOO much different than my similar PR going heel->toe.. i'm working waay less hard using this midfoot/forefoot style.. ie, I can push some more. Using heel->toe, i'm busting ass to achieve that speed, it's basically max effort.

actually felt very good AND my calves weren't 100% recovered.. good sign.

also was able to breathe in through my nose and out through mouth for most of the entire run.. I think (not sure if true) I feel I have more power when I breathe in through my nose.

Damn, rough. I always sweat a lot so gnats love me too. 

I can't believe you almost PR'ed breathing through the nose.. Didn't you post an article that said the best way to breathe during running was deep breathing through the mouth?

sickness clearing up! still got a light cough and nose is stuffy but hopefully should be all good within a few days. Haven't been able to find the motivation to train: just been doing some light stretching. NoFap and no weed going strong. Impatient and irritable as fuck, hopefully should pass soon.

Weighed in at 177.2 today.

so a few things happened
1. got cut from AHype.
2. I went from kind of sick to really sick: chills, lightheadedness, fever, sore throat, spitting and coughing up phlegm 50 times a day. I slept 16 hours last night, the first 3-4 hours didn't even feel like sleep.
3. I've decided to stop smoking weed. I haven't written about this but obviously smoking 3+ times a day which I was doing is not good. Also I'm stopping fapping.

5/15
BW: 182.6 fasted. Possibly around 180 or lower completely fasted. Just feeling like shit the last week or so no appetite whatsoever. On the bright side though I can see my shoulder veins again without flexing! Haven't seen (or noticed) those since winter which is when I was at around 175.

Today was the worst day of being sick but I decided to give lifting a shot.

High Pull: 135 1x8
Standing banded hip drives+ standing SL banded hip drives: ~20 mins
High pull: 135 2x8, 175 1x5

started getting chills so I stopped.. The high pulls after the banded drives (for glute activation) felt much different and a lot better than those before. also noticed It's very hard to do deep breathing when in athletic/defensive stance.

too many stops, too choppy, not adding power with each step. commence practicing with T0ddday method.

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1. do a standing jump.
2. walk back and do a one-step jump. if it's higher than your SVJ, then proceed to 3. if not, continue doing one-step jumps, messing with your approach, trying different amounts of knee bend, different distances, etc., until one-step is higher than SVJ.
3. walk back a little farther and do a two-step jump. if this is higher than your one-step, proceed to 4. if not, repeat the second part of 2.
4. walk back a little farther and do a three-step jump. proceed as above.
5. etc., until the extra step no longer gets you any higher.

you are not allowed to add a step until that step consistently gives you more height over previous steps. this isn't that specific to basketball, because it grooves a very specific pattern. but if you're just trying to dunk anything at all under perfect circumstances (join the club!), then it's a good method.

For me as an ultimate athlete who has to approach the disc in many different scenarios, do you think T0ddday method is still viable? If I don't have a hop in like cowed or even your jump I'm going to go much lower.

Just something I've been thinking about, kind of unrelated to your journal sorry cowed, but could you potentially get higher than an SVJ on a quick 2 legged jump backpedaling? Could you get almost as high as with DLRVJ if your backpedal efficiency is really good?

Loooots of throwing this week. 2+ hours a day. Really paid off when I handled during league today and managed to participate in half the teams goals.. Including throwing a game winning hammer 15-13.

I really should be doing more working out but I like throwing cause there's room for analysis and making throws better by thinking about them. Lifting.. Is just repetitive.

Yikes. You think this has to do with strain on joints or what? I feel like bodybuilding should make individuals more fit, which should reduce deaths from cardiovascular problems.

5/4
BW:185.6 fasted
throws x 3 hours
Just hucking discs back and forth across a big field, trying to iron out IO flick break and step-out backhand huck. I'm beginning to find I can release it really low and with a big step out and still get close to maximal distance.. But I'm still swinging my arm through too much.

5/5
BW:192 after medium meal

machine deadlift (sort of like trap bar deads): 270x8, 320x8
machine BSS: 140 x8(L), x8(R)
machine SL hack squat: 90x8,8 (R), 90x6,8 (L) DL hack squat 90x20, 180x10
stretches: 30 mins

Problems I'm having: when my legs are externally rotated, my leg flexion ROM is good. When they are neutral or internally rotated, my flexion ROM drops. This is related to my groin problem and possibly glute inactivity. I also have a problem with my lowest lumbar: they do not seem to extend past neutral. Like at all. This is why I have problems with lower back rounding during full DL.

Slightly related, I noticed something else: My rectus abdominals are really tight. I stretch psoas a lot but not abs. Definitely could be contributing to my issues.

Lots of stretching and rolling, preparing my lightly sprained ankle for the Rookie vs Veteran game today. I'm the only rookie on the A team (20+ people) and most of the good B teamers are also veterans. So I'm going to have to carry extremely hard. Thinking about running a 2(mark+swing):3:2 zone on defense

17 days until combine.

EDIT: Rookie Vet game went bad we lost 13-7. Got a real nice layout grab, 1 Goal, 3 Assists, played great defense. The other A team rookie didn't show up, the best B team rookie quit halfway through, and the best B team handler quit on match point. Extremely pissed that no one gave a shit about this game. They made fun of me for being stoned when I was trying to get them to play seriously. Almost all the vets were drinking. Really can't wait for club, I need to be good enough to wreck them all.