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I wouldn't go so far as to say non superstars are boring...I think Lavine, Wiggins (he is not a star...yet), Aaron Gordon, Gerald Henderson could all put on a good show.  Green is just ridiculous. Its just the average fan doesn't know anything about them, which is sad. They all want Blake Griffin and Lebron in the contest but im sorry...they suck as contest dunkers. Period.  I think if the NBA actually put in some legit high flyers it would come back after a few years because the fans wpuld get excited by the DUNKS not the NAMES. But...eh.

How many ME jumps do you usually get in on jump day?

This just in....im horrible at updating lol! So...condensed version:

-have stuck to my 2x a week leg workouts last couple weeks (same weight, trying to 'grease the groove' and work on lifting explosively over grinding out reps)

-hoops 2-3x a week for a few hours but havent had a dedicated jumping/dunk session lately.

-skipped upper body workouts because i suck at life.

So, skip to Saturday Feb 7th's session:

BW at 180-181 (trending down! Yay!)
Energy was alright...kinda worried about it, had a couple beers at dinner with some old college buddies but they didn't seem to bother me.
No aches/injuries thankfully.

Stationary bike + dynamic warmups + jumps

Deadlifts: Plan was to add weight this week.
(Warmups) 135 x5, 225 x3, 295 x1 super easy, 345 x1
(Worksets) 295  5x3 kept waiting for it to feel heavy, didn't, 305 2x3 weight still flying up off the floor, very exciting.

Seated calf raise:
160lbs: 3x10

Ham curl:
130lbs: 3x10

BSS:
120lbs: 3x10 (Each leg)

Core work to finish. Great workout! 3 weeks ago repping 275 was a grind, tonight 295 was no sweat! Good progress!

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Sunday night....got a call to go run some guys about an hour away so met up with the crew and drove and hour to hold court. Normally we dont all run together in the local leagues because...well, its not entirely fair. But, you call out one of us out and were bringing the squad. won 5 out of 6 full court runs. Felt very loose so when they starting dunking around i said to hell with it, joined in. Bounce is definitely coming back. Two hander off glass, reverse off glass, just missed a big windmill :/ so when a 6'6 guy tried a btl off 1...i tried it off a lob. Got up crazy high and front ironed it but i havent got up like that in a very, very long time!!!! Definitely excited for the next few months!

Dude is a monster at 5'7"-9" or whatever he actually is. Weird jumper but it works.

Beautiful!

And thats from 2 years ago! He said hes jumping HIGHER now. Excuse my while my inner white girl comes out but.... i cant even.

Yea that's pretty much what i came to once i did some research and learned what the hell i was doing in regards to training lol! That said i still do a ton of pylos/jumping/etc to try and maintain that reactivity and keep some balance.

Why are you doing plyos with weight? If you insist and the gct is too long maybe its a sign to use less (or...none at all) weight?