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BW = 170.8
SORENESS = upper hamstrings, quads, VMO, glutes, lower back a little
ACHES/INJURIES = neck stiff but not as bad, left knee but not as bad
FATIGUE = moderate

- warm up

- DLRVJ x 3-4
terrible again but no surprise. actually a tiny bit better than yesterday.

- DL line hop 3 x 20
one rep is over and back, gonna start timing these and will try to get below 8 seconds

- MR half tuck 2 x 20

- squat 3 x 8 x 230 || 5 x 245 || 2 x 2 x 260 || 1 x 280
second and third sets easy, all others hard. ouch.

- ab pull down 5 x 10 x medium band

THAT WASN'T A FUCKING INSULT.

chrisbro, though, man, really? adarq never got better than high 30's but we're all on his forum. we all listened to him like he was jesus christ when he was still active with people's training. and no one would have listened to taylor horton if he'd been the type to offer lots of advice, even though his vert is one of the highest on the forum.

personally i kind of liked the article. hypotheticals are silly and unproductive, in part because they lead to stupid bickering like the above or like in that other thread with ... T0dday maybe? and you? and JC? i can't remember. i got sidetracked. point is i don't think about my calves very often and it made me do that.

you wrote an article?

BW = 170.8 
SORENESS = none
ACHES/INJURIES = neck extremely stiff all day but loosened up a little during workout, left knee, right wrist during bench warm ups but not work sets, left VMO a tiny bit
FATIGUE = low to moderate

- warm up

- SVJ x 10-12
atrocious. some of the jumps were just ugly, knees and feet all over the place. jesus christ. used padding on side of backboard and actually found gym's tape measure. highest mark put jump at ~25.5.

- DLRVJ x 6-7
submax/relaxed, still awful. coming back from vacation is a bitch

- depth jump 3 x 5
first two sets actually okay, used a really low box (~12)

- squat 3 x 8 x 230 || 5 x 245 || 2 x 2 x 260 || 1 x 280
not bad, actually. at least this is still light weight

- bench 2 x 5 x 165 || 13 x 165

- pull up 2 x 5 + bw || 11 + bw

- ab pull down 3 x 10 x medium band

- stretch

time to EAT

whatever, those jumps were high as shit.

what's your reach, scooby?

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KK44UADIxw" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KK44UADIxw</a>

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3rMbKi5c9M" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3rMbKi5c9M</a>

dafuq???
Is everything ok?

everything is grand vag, thanks for asking! i went on vacation to california and now i'm back. nine days completely off from training and, much more importantly, from work. i barely even looked at a computer. got to hang out with my best friend (and other very close friends), see some amazing sights and spend a ton of unbroken time with my girlfriend (it was her spring break from med school).

now, obviously, i'm sick with my first genuine head cold in a very long time. plane rides are a bitch.

no training today because i got home late-ish last night and didn't have time to unpack or go to the grocery store (my roommate apparently subsists on orange juice, beer, and hope while i'm out of town). also, see previous paragraph about being sick: i'd rather spend a day with a headache and congestion like this spreading germs all over the produce section than spreading them on the squat rack. back at it tomorrow.

also, it looks like i'll be headed to pakistan the last weekend in april, probably for two weeks. means i need to kick ass between now and then. as planned, that'll mean re-doing the smolov intro microcycle, the switching week and the first however much of smolov i can get through before i take off for islamabad. jumping before squatting, as usual, and bench and pull-ups after.