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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: February 03, 2016, 06:51:52 pm »Another note: I've been taking lots of vitamin D lately.
How much are you taking a day?
5,000iu sometimes double that
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: February 03, 2016, 09:46:12 am »
Woke up at 196.8lbs today. As I suspected, I would drop from 200 to 197 in just a couple days.
Aiming for 193 by March 1st. Might get there earlier. Hopefully strength doesn't suffer. But I'm chasing that 2.25xbw squat... 405x3 at 195lbs by June would be ideal. That's my target.
Another note: I've been taking lots of vitamin D lately. I thought that's what had caused my crazy 30lb squat gain in 3 weeks. Also my 20lb bench gain. I'll keep it up for another week. I don't think that's what caused it, but I'll try another week. If there's no luck, I'll do the other thing I though was making my gains skyrocket. I'll say what it is after it works lol.
Aiming for 193 by March 1st. Might get there earlier. Hopefully strength doesn't suffer. But I'm chasing that 2.25xbw squat... 405x3 at 195lbs by June would be ideal. That's my target.
Another note: I've been taking lots of vitamin D lately. I thought that's what had caused my crazy 30lb squat gain in 3 weeks. Also my 20lb bench gain. I'll keep it up for another week. I don't think that's what caused it, but I'll try another week. If there's no luck, I'll do the other thing I though was making my gains skyrocket. I'll say what it is after it works lol.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: February 03, 2016, 09:42:20 am »
Week 97
Excellent workout. Starting to look pretty big in the mirror. I've never though of myself as big before. It'll be time for some pics soon. Maybe when I cut to 195 or so.
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Tuesday - 02/02/16
-= Workout Log =-
Pull ups
+30lbs x 12 PR >> 60sec rests.
+30lbs x 6 >> Did not expect to hit 12 reps. Will up weight next time.
+30lbs x 5
BW x 6
BW x 4
Lateral Raises
35's x 3 >> 60sec rests.
40's x 2 >> Realllly didn't expect to get 12 reps here either. Nice!
45's x 1
40's x 12 PR
40's x 5 PR
40's x 4
35's x 10
35's x 5
Cable Rows
180 x 5 >> 60sec rests.
200 x 2
220 x 6 PR
220 x 5 PR
220 x 4 PR
200 x 5 PR
200 x 4 PR
Ab Pulldowns
95 x 5 >> 60sec rests.
145 x 15 PR >> Did not expect 15 reps for the first time at this weight. Nice.
145 x 8 PR >> Can't exactly remember weights on last two drop sets. May be inaccurate.
145 x 6 PR
120 x 3 PR
115 x 6 PR
Rear Delt W Flyes
25's x 5 >> 60sec rests.
30's x 12 PR
30's x 10 PR
30's x 10 PR
Excellent workout. Starting to look pretty big in the mirror. I've never though of myself as big before. It'll be time for some pics soon. Maybe when I cut to 195 or so.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: February 02, 2016, 08:56:37 am »1. get stiff measuring tape, bring to gym
2. position plyo box under pipe
3. stand on plyo box
4. extend measuring tape overhead until it reaches pipe
5. take reading
6. add to your reach height and height of box
7. profit
Oh yeah... I kept thinking i needed a fishing pole thing to hold a string up to the pipe and let it drop to the floor. Then measure string. Forgot about adding my own reach. I'll have to measure my reach up to my thumb/how i hold the tape
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: February 02, 2016, 08:33:55 am »Who needs DB incline bench when you're PR'ing everything in sight.
Squat looks solid.
Btw, may look a little odd but why not take a take measure to the gym and measure the point you jumped to?
Theres this pipe running below the ceiling that i am for. I only touched it using deeper knee bend. Thats what i want to measure, but dont know how to get up there with a string or something. I'll figure something out.
Its so much easier having a bball court and just seeing how far down your wrist you can hit the rim!
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: February 01, 2016, 11:57:24 pm »
Week 97
Didn't do incline DB benches. Just didn't feel like it. Here's my squat vid:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6Mn88fRc6w" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6Mn88fRc6w</a>
SVJ, probably 33" here: (edit: counted 49 frames at 60FPS, heel off to toes down, so its 31-32")
Feels awkward jumping like this. Which means I have the potential to jump a little higher once the movement is ironed out. I'll try doing even more knee bend in the future. Like to parallel. This can't be just 32" though... I need to measure my reach and measure an object to touch dammit.
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Monday - 01/28/16
200.2lbs
-= Workout Log =-
Jump Rope 2 x 200 >> 60sec rest.
Tuck Jumps 2 x 10 >> 60sec rest.
SVJ's 3 x 1 >> 60sec rests.
ATG Squat
135 x 8 >> 2min rest.
185 x 5 >> 3rd rep was really tough. Grunted loudly.
225 x 3 >> No adrenaline but I was a little angry.
295 x 1
345 x 1
385 x 3
325 x 6 PR
325 x 3 PR
325 x 3 PR
Bench Press
45 x 15 >> 2min rest.
95 x 8 >> I'll stay with 235lbs again this week and move up to 245lbs next week.
135 x 5
195 x 2
235 x 6 PR
235 x 3 PR
205 x 6 PR
205 x 6 PR
205 x 4 PR
Romanian Deadlift
275 x 5 >> 2min rest.
315 x 1 >> Just too tired and annoyed to try hard on 2nd set and to do a 3rd set.
355 x 1
385 x 5 PR
385 x 1
Calf Raise Machine
360 x 5 >> 45sec rests.
420 x 15 PR >> Seems like my calves don't stop improving.
420 x 15 PR
420 x 12 PR
Didn't do incline DB benches. Just didn't feel like it. Here's my squat vid:
SVJ, probably 33" here: (edit: counted 49 frames at 60FPS, heel off to toes down, so its 31-32")
Feels awkward jumping like this. Which means I have the potential to jump a little higher once the movement is ironed out. I'll try doing even more knee bend in the future. Like to parallel. This can't be just 32" though... I need to measure my reach and measure an object to touch dammit.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: February 01, 2016, 08:21:05 pm »
Will update later. Did a normal SVJ. Then did two more with deeper knee bend. Felt very awkward and took me like 10sec to do it lol. Immediate 2" increase on vert! Didnt even bend to parallel level. I'll try deeper next time.
Got vids of them and a vid of 385x3 squat.
Got vids of them and a vid of 385x3 squat.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: February 01, 2016, 01:48:29 pm »people can come work out with me if they are willing to do exactly what i was planning to do anyway. it would actually be great to have a workout partner who was down to do the same routine as me.
That would be really nice. I don't know if I'll ever enjoy that lol.
I've done my routine with him and he still got in the way. Others too. I do a lot of warm up sets and rest an okay amount between them. They don't like to do all that. Even then, if I want to rest 2min between my squats, they'll want to go again before me and then by the time I have to squat they'll still be squatting.
Even worse is yep, doing their exercises and shit. And worse yet, is messing up the order. I'll do all your lifts when I'm done with mine. No I don't want to do cable chest flyes before benching. I'll do them after benching, maybe, for a little. And no I don't want to do close grip bench press. Just regular. Maybe I'll do close grip after my regular benches.
And wtf is this? Why am I doing pyramid set?!?! They don't make sense! I'm tired as fuck for my 3RM now. We should do REVERSE pyramid sets if anything.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: February 01, 2016, 09:37:38 am »
Week 96
Worked out at my friends gym. Did random shit in addition to the usual, but even the usual was screwed up with rest times and a bunch of stuff. Don't feel like typing it and don't remember it either. Damn i hate working out with other people. Fucks everything up. No I don't want to do your workout. I'll do mine and you do yours.
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Friday - 02/05/16
-= Workout Log =-
Cable Rows
Lateral Raises
Pull ups
Ab Pulldowns
Rear Delt W Flyes
Worked out at my friends gym. Did random shit in addition to the usual, but even the usual was screwed up with rest times and a bunch of stuff. Don't feel like typing it and don't remember it either. Damn i hate working out with other people. Fucks everything up. No I don't want to do your workout. I'll do mine and you do yours.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: February 01, 2016, 12:24:57 am »
Ate a TON this weekend and spent way too much money on food 
Pooped tnite and then weighed myself at 203.8lbs!!! Havent been this heavy since January 2011 five years ago when i was 210lbs... Took another poop and brought it down to 202.8lbs. I know i still have food in me plus a bunch of glycogen stored from increased food/caeb intake. Also a lot of water weight, i can even feel it in my face.
Cutting down to 193lbs by March 1st. I'll probably be down to 196-197 in the morning a few days from dropping glycogen and water, so this wont be too difficult.
I know i'll crush 385x3 on the squats tomorrow though
Pooped tnite and then weighed myself at 203.8lbs!!! Havent been this heavy since January 2011 five years ago when i was 210lbs... Took another poop and brought it down to 202.8lbs. I know i still have food in me plus a bunch of glycogen stored from increased food/caeb intake. Also a lot of water weight, i can even feel it in my face.
Cutting down to 193lbs by March 1st. I'll probably be down to 196-197 in the morning a few days from dropping glycogen and water, so this wont be too difficult.
I know i'll crush 385x3 on the squats tomorrow though
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Kingfush: SVJ 2-hand dunks 2.0
« on: January 31, 2016, 11:27:35 am »
Woohoo! So what's your squat:bw ratio right now?
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: About the hangtime based vertical jump calculators
« on: January 31, 2016, 10:03:09 am »Iphone 6s does have high frame video, don't expect huge differences though, when you are between , say 24 and 25 frames at a 30 frame video, the 240 frames will only tell you it was 24,3 , no big deal. The other errors in that measurement ( knee angle at landing, horizontal displacement ) are more significant.Agreed. My current gym doesn't have a single good spot to test highest touch
You can always use the hangtime as an indicator, but stick to the highest touch for accurate measurement.
There is this one pipe running below the ceiling that I can only touch on my best SVJ days, and it happens to be a good goal to aim for though. Sooner or later I'll be able to get it almost every workout. Damn I miss having a gym with a basketball court in it...
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: January 31, 2016, 09:57:26 am »
Lackluster update: ended up cancelling plans with friends to play basketball lol. I'll do more SVJ's on monday before lifting. I'll try deeper knee bends.
About the reaching up thing that T0ddday mentioned:
Another factor is that if I jump high and reach with my right arm, my body shifts to the left a little so my shoulder/elbow/wrist/fingertips are lined up "north/south" moreso than before. Sure when you do a standing reach this happens to some extent, but not completely as both of your feet have to be flatfooted.
A real vertical jump height is measured by how much you move your center of mass. But what if we have two people who both have a reach of 96", but one of them has size 9 feet and the other size 14? If they both have a highest touch of 120", is the one with way bigger feet really jumping as high as the other? Sure the difference is minimal, maybe 1.5" but... it bothers me dammit. I guess "vertical leap" isn't clearly defined is it.
About the reaching up thing that T0ddday mentioned:
Another factor is that if I jump high and reach with my right arm, my body shifts to the left a little so my shoulder/elbow/wrist/fingertips are lined up "north/south" moreso than before. Sure when you do a standing reach this happens to some extent, but not completely as both of your feet have to be flatfooted.
A real vertical jump height is measured by how much you move your center of mass. But what if we have two people who both have a reach of 96", but one of them has size 9 feet and the other size 14? If they both have a highest touch of 120", is the one with way bigger feet really jumping as high as the other? Sure the difference is minimal, maybe 1.5" but... it bothers me dammit. I guess "vertical leap" isn't clearly defined is it.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: About the hangtime based vertical jump calculators
« on: January 30, 2016, 03:51:23 pm »
bump for more input from people
i want to get to the bottom of this
wish we had a 240fps camera (actually i think my iphone 6s does that) and did a bunch of measured jumps and graphed the (touch - reach) against (toes off ground - toes on gound) and also against (flat foot - flat foot) and found average corrections for them. maybe also see if the correction is the same as (reach on toes - reach flat footed)
i want to get to the bottom of this
wish we had a 240fps camera (actually i think my iphone 6s does that) and did a bunch of measured jumps and graphed the (touch - reach) against (toes off ground - toes on gound) and also against (flat foot - flat foot) and found average corrections for them. maybe also see if the correction is the same as (reach on toes - reach flat footed)
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Party's Over!
« on: January 30, 2016, 02:32:38 pm »
damn!
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