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well there's an open meet this sunday in northern virgina that i could race 100m in. but it's been years since the one time i did an all-out 100m so that might be pushing it a little. wish i'd known about it earlier. that seems to be the last outdoor all-comers meet in the area this year but there are winter ones in northern virginia and maryland that i could do (if i'm still living in this country then).

@T0ddday:

lol, i knew i was doing b-skips wrong. i see the diff, will correct. i like doing them as part of the warm up.

i doubt i'm higher than 30.5 or so on those jumps but as i've said before, i prefer to be uncharitable to myself. it's hard to tell because i haven't taken a tape measure to the rim yet; obviously practicing on a taller ring would be ideal. i wish i had raptor's set-up of 9'8 and 10' rims. there's no way in hell i'm getting 36, i think my all-time PR is 35.5 and i'm well below that now. in my videos from the old gym you can see that i was much more efficient in the run-up and was able to get a lot more out of a longer approach. on 100% of my best jumps i started a foot or so beyond the three-point line.

yes, drilling is important and my lack of it is the biggest reason why the first six months of this year were a complete fucking waste of time.

@raptor and acole:

on the hammies, i was being a little facetious with the comment about being able to put my palms flat. i know that has more to do with trunk and actually with my SI joint, where i'm a bit hypermobile in straight flexion, according to a PT i saw a while back. with neutral back i can put my hands about halfway down my shins. anyway, can't hurt to work on flexibility and strength there. GHRs are good but i'm limited most by my core when i do them super-strict. will start doing some light RDLs after GHR.

@vag:

nice of you to say 32; by my eyeball estimate the rim is 8'10.5. reach 7'6.5, need 16.5 to touch + 15 = oh, wait, i guess that'd be 31.5. well, that's nicer than 30.5. still would have counted as a crap day last november.

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private video is private.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPmrfIw19jo" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPmrfIw19jo</a>

    

this kid is going to michigan next year. AS A CORNERBACK. apparently RB is like his fourth-best position: he's better at corner, safety, and WR.

WEIGHT: 175.5
SORENESS: hamstrings, quads, glutes, lower abs, lower back, traps
ACHES/INJURIES: none
MENTAL STATE: good, a bit rueful about the soreness

- warm up

- a few SVJ
quite bad, soreness interfering with max effort

- jump squat 45 x 3,3

- squat 315 x 1,1,1
baaaah

- bench 155 x 10+3+3+3

- paused DB row 60 x 10+3+3+3
hard

- BSS x 10,10,10,10,10

- leg press calf raise 415 x 10+3+3+3

- GHR sit up x 20,20
- body saw thing on rings with feet elevated x 16

- stretch

soreness got in the way today. i measured the vent i've been reaching to in the gym's new configuration and it looks like it's 18" past my reach (i really reached, no NFL combine shit). that puts a jump at my wrist at 25.5, based on my just re-measured reach of 7'6.5 (damn it). my best jumps have been an inch or more past that. good to have numbers to go off of again. on empty-gym days i'm going to try to get some DSVJ and short-approach RVJ going, although there isn't much space even with no people around. and more depth jumps.

   4 x 500m 2 min rest in between (49,52,50 (i think), 48)

those times are not possible for 500m. they would be near-elite for 400m.