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Basketball / Re: NBA 2017 - 2018 Season
« on: May 09, 2018, 09:51:34 pm »
What a comeback by Pelicans. 100-107 with 1:43 left

Shame they couldn't keep it going.

As soon as the the guard, not sure what his name is, took that 3pt attempt and clanged it, i was like damn, there goes that run. They were getting inside looks well but were so cold from outside. Not sure why that guard ruined the flow when they just had to keep feeding AD inside. That's annoying.

752
BW: 89.0
Activity: 12.2
Misc: n/a
Diet Compliance: 3/3
Supplement: 3x(200mg caffeine + 400mg EGCg; 4 hours apart)
Mobility: T
Skill work: F

Training today.

BS 6x120(p0), 2x137.5, 1x152.5, 6x100
RVJ Jumps ~ 20
Bike 9km in under 20 mins (@40%)
Anti rotational abs

Notes:
Today i felt real good warming up .. everything went up strong with nice form. And then the fucking 152.5kg felt like i'd suddenly been transported to Jupiter with a huge g. Not sure what that was about. Maybe cos the double with 137.5kg took out some? That's bullshit though but in these dark days of cutting who knows. Fuck.

753
Basketball / Re: NBA 2017 - 2018 Season
« on: May 09, 2018, 12:47:45 am »
What a comeback by Pelicans. 100-107 with 1:43 left

754
BW: 89.4
Activity: 8.9
Misc: n/a
Diet Compliance: 2/2
Supplement: 3x(100-200-100mg caffeine + 400mg EGCg; 3-4 hours apart)
Mobility: T
Skill work: F

Rest

755
BW: 90
Activity: 10.5
Misc: n/a
Diet Compliance: 1/1
Supplement: 3x(200mg caffeine + 400mg EGCg; 4 hours apart)
Mobility: T
Skill work: F

Training today. Going to give myself 28 days to get to 87.5kg. Will abuse caffeine/green tea/fasted walking/cardio etc to get it done. Lets go..

BS 1x120(p0), 2x135, 1x152.5, 2x145
Bike - some intervals (not really see notes)
incline treadmill walk - 20 mins (12-16 degrees, 3.5km/hr-4km/hr)

OHP 4x60, 2Fx62.5, 2x63.5, 2x63.5, 1x62.5
Chinup 3x102(+10kg), 2x104(+12kg), 1x106(+14kg), 3x100(+8kg), 5xBW(91.something)
Bike 8km in 22mins (37%)
 
Notes:
For bike intervals I need to take my gymboss next time. using the bike clock doesnt work for intervals i found because it stops when i stop pedalling so i cant 'technically' rest and keep counting ). Bit annoying that. Also this is a new thing for me to obsess about because the concept of poewr on the bike gives me a measurable way to increase my power over time.

Nutrition
Im cutting carbs a bit to 200g today. i found if i drop to 200g, i cant sleep properly but i think that's just something i need to deal with b/c above 150g i should be sleeping well, just need to adapt. Macros for the day are 200g c/40g f/160g p or something around there, not exact. I was actually hungry today, which is something i need to get used to because if im not hungry then im prob not a deficit lol lol.

756
BW: 89.5
Activity:
Misc: n/a
Diet Compliance: 8/8
Mobility: T
Skill work:

Rest. Dawned on me that the weight i gained since Feb wont magically disappear now that the conditions which favoured its accumulation no longer exist. One way process :/. Need to figure out a way to diet off 2kg so i can take a break from cutting, keep in mind im already eating right and exercising so it may need to be some exogenous change.

757
Basketball / Re: NBA 2017 - 2018 Season
« on: May 05, 2018, 11:25:04 pm »

758
BW: 89.9
Activity: 9
Misc: n/a
Diet Compliance: 7/7
Mobility: T
Skill work: F

Training today
BS 6x120(p0), 1x137.5, 1x152.5, 6x100, 6x100
Bike - 10km in 30 mins (35% resistance)

Notes:
I hit a sticking point during the EOD minmax! Was a bit scary, but i had it. Just didnt have juice in my legs to make as smooth as usual. That didnt bode well for my plans for a decent squat session but i decided i'll just wait til the next workout.

759
BW: 89.8
Activity:
Misc: n/a
Diet Compliance: 6/6
Mobility: T
Skill work: F

Rest. Today marks the first day i will be drug free. FInished up with the meds last night. Feels good man.

760
BW: 90
Activity: 13.7
Misc: spinal erectors sore af
Diet Compliance: 5/5
Mobility: T
Skill work: T

Training today, recovery lower, bench press and bball

BS 6x120(p0), 1x152.5
BP 3x90, 6x1x95
Bball (full court pickup game for about 40 mins)
Dips 5x5 (BW(91)+14, 20, 16, 10, 6)
Abz - rotational stuff (good!; new ex)
BIke - 8km/20mins

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Mate, if I had to recommend one thing to you for your training right now it'd be the Pallof press and its many variants. I've become a big fan of anti-rotational core exercises. I've been doing a lot of it in lieu of just hammering the abs with crunch-style exercises and I've felt a lot stronger through the core when squatting, plus I don't get left-side back pain/sciatica as much either. YMMV but couldn't hurt to do it EOD.

sounds good, i'll try them out today. In the past when ive tried weighted/cable crunches, ive respond really well, abs get bigger etc but i dont know if that did anything for strength b/c i dont think i benefited from it apart from aesthetically. Will add more variety this time.

762
BW: 90
Activity: 8.5
Misc: n/a
Diet Compliance: 4/4
Mobility: T
Skill work: F

Rest. Is it time for EOD ab work?

763
Basketball / Re: NBA 2017 - 2018 Season
« on: May 02, 2018, 01:48:08 am »
Disagree completely. What happened tonight is what happens when you move the ball and cut off ball. You get great looks for role players and they find a rhythm. When you spend most of the game watching Bron go iso and kick off a drive you can go cold. Especially as a shooter/role player. Tonight they were hitting the same shots they missed at Indy simply because they were more engaged. It showed on D as well. Additionally look at the time Bron spent on the bench? Those "scrubs" made a run.

Nailed it. Id hate to be a role player for lebron. Yea you get crazy open shots but not in rhythm.  Btw carmello doesnt get this excuse, he had a high number of touches and still sucked. Catch and shoot is easy when you're in rhythm and warm (neurally) with regular touches (just rotating the ball etc) but if you get the ball very rarely and you're instantly expected to just nail a jumpshot cold, you dont really have the same rhythm/confidence and its a lot of pressure and you can miss the same shots you'd have made easily

764
BW: 89.4
Activity: 10
Misc: n/a
Diet Compliance: 3/3
Mobility: T
Skill work: F

Training today.

BS 6x120(p0), 2x140, 1x152.5, 1x160
RVJ Jumps ~ 15
Bike 10km in 20 mins
Bike 10min warmdown
Back Xtn 12x75, 3x5x90

Notes:
When the 140kg double felt maximal what chance did i have for squatting 160kg? I managed but it was messy AF. This equals my raw PR from december but back then i did it on a platform whereas this time it was rubber. Form was cleaner then, unacceptable this time. Used knee sleeves, didnt back then. Not happy about my shithouse squat. i just didnt have the abdominal strength to lock out the rep without getting folded over and goodmorning the rep. Not sure what i can do about that, my lack of ab strength is severely restricting squats and i'd say even overhead exercises like pressing.

Not jumping as high as i was last winter. Not even close. What i could SVJ back then im struggling to equal of a max effort RVJ! What happened? Getting old? Fat? Something else?

Pushed the envelope on the bike. My HR hit a cosy 175 in the sprint phase (first 5 mins) and i kept it above 165 for the entire 20 minutes. Feeling okay. Keep improving from here.

765
I can definitely believe all that. BBall fitness is underrated. For me, the hardest sessions in terms of RPE in my life have been: speed endurance sprinting>full-court bball scrimmage with good players>XC running>pretty much everything else.

Interesting to hear you say that with your track background. Would you conjecture why you think basketball in a competitive, full court setting is so demanding on fitness? In the live setting your defender is playing close to max effort trying to stop you and you're trying max effort to beat them that it's a game of maximum efforts on both sides.

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On a related note, a lot of ex-NBA players (usually bigs) have had heart issues. Some of it might be lifestyle, but still interesting.

Been doing a lot of reading and in particular studies of the heart disease of AF affects taller men quite a bit more than shorter men. Females in general have it best when it comes to heart disease also. Tall and male is a bad recipe for heart health, esp later down the line when the excess weight and stress on the heart adds up over a lifetime. Or in other words, there is a reason why small old men live longer lives .. the tall big guys dont make it as far.


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