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For the upper body training, I have no idea what to do. I am trying to get as strong and BIG as possible over my 8-10 strength block

then what to do is to lift heavy, moderate reps, and eat a lot. you know the exercises already.

^^^ So smooth.

Also, Raptor, you can't jump maximally over and over throughout a game, by definition. As soon as you start getting tired, you are not jumping maximally anymore.

And go watch an NBA game, those guys don't jump "maximally" as often as you think. Most of the time it's little hops, submax jumps for rebounds or layups or jump shots, whatever. The only time they jump max effort -- as distinct from maximal jumping, which requires lots of rest -- is on hard dunks (and big players don't even need to jump ME for that) and sometimes on rebounds in traffic.

So everyone has probably seen Maradona's famous goal against England. But maybe fewer have seen it with the original Argentine commentary. Suffice it to say, I almost put this in the "beast" thread for the announcer alone. The dude absolutely loses his mind, nothing in US sports announcing is like that. Which is a shame, cause it's awesome.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9KctUnU9WM" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9KctUnU9WM</a>

Translation of what he says (Guga can correct me if I mess anything up):

"They're going to pass to Diego, now Maradona has it, two defenders on him. Maradona touches the ball. The genius of world football starts to his right. He leaves the third behind and is going to pass to Burruchaga. No Maradona was always going to keep it! Genius! Genius! Genius! It's there it's there it's there it's there it's there and GOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! GOOOOOOOOAL! GOOOOOOOOOAL! I WANT TO CRY! HOLY GOD! LONG LIVE FOOTBALL! GOLAZO!* DIEGO! MARADONA! IT'S MOVING ME TO TEARS, FORGIVE ME! MARADONA, IN AN UNFORGETTABLE RUN, IN THE GREATEST PLAY OF ALL TIME, COSMIC LITTLE BARREL,** WHAT PLANET DID YOU COME FROM, TO LEAVE SO MANY ENGLISHMEN IN YOUR WAKE? TO BRING THE WHOLE COUNTRY TOGETHER IN A TIGHT FIST? SHOUTING FOR ARGENTINA! ARGENTINA 2, ENGLAND 0! DIEGOAL! DIEGOAL! Diego Armando Maradona. Thank you God, for football, for Maradona, for these tears, for this Argentina 2, England 0.

*There's no one-word translation for "golazo." It basically means "really awesome goal."
**He literally calls him a "cosmic little barrel," but he means that Maradona is short and stubby.

BW = ???
SORENESS = none
ACHES/INJURIES = right calf but almost better
FATIGUE = none
DIET = good

-warm up

-pogo submax 4 x 20
got a little arm swing on the last set

-leg press RP
418 x 12,10,10 == what?

-Pallof press 3 x 10e x 33

-C1: dip x 5
-C1: pull up x 3
-C1 info: 5 rotations

-stretch

nice and easy.

BW = ???
SORENESS = none
ACHES/INJURIES = right calf but almost better
FATIGUE = none
DIET = good

-jump rope 30/30 x 15

-stretch

Just wanted to break a little sweat and get my HR up a bit. Kept it nice and relaxed but still managed to get the rope caught a few times. Frustrated and would have been embarrassed had there been anyone else around.

for the record, he was joking.