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Well....depends...do you want to squat big or be athletic? Obviously a big squat relative to BW is beneficial but theres so many other ways to be athletic.  Look at my numbers in the weight room, they're all down from PRs (some substantially) but my vert is at PR levels IMO. Im sure im not the only example, Kilganon comes to mind reallll fast.

Didnt get to lift or play yesterday due to life stuff. Good news tho...im sitting here watching tv with my princess!!!! So thankful!

Played today to check the ankle/foot. Feels fine. BW is up to 176-178ish. Gta watch the food intake. But...game was good today. Jumper was money. And was really flying it felt like. Easy dunks between games even off a 'hop' instead of a max jump. Soo damn close to a pump reverse off the dribble. I can taste it. Windmills off dribble are becoming more frequent but still rare. Had a MONSTER facial in one game. Ended the game for about 10 mins lol! Loose ball scramble and I came up with it at the top of the key, defender just off the block was about 6'1 and id seen him trying to dunk before so I knew I had to get up. Two dribbles and got UP. Big one hander and the foul as he tried to push me away from the rim with his off hand, other hand only got up to about my elbow. No chance. Kinda surprised I controlled it as hard as I dunked it.

Yea somewhere in my head I know that. I just get sucked in when there's a game being played. Sigh. Doesn't help that I dont want to sit around the house lol! Ive been icing it 2x daily and doing some stretches through out the day and it seems to be responding decently.  Definitely feels better this morning.  Im hoping by next weekend to be near 100% if not all the way recovered.

173 today. Went and played and was lights out. Couldnt miss at all. Moves were crisp. Handle was tight. Had 3 different guys "broke", so bad he was 6 foot away and facing the basket while I was shooting the triple. Gah. Wish I could play like this all the time!!!

Had two dunks.  First was weak...backdoor easy one hander. 2nd was much better. Clean baseline two hander.

Bad thing is I landed on someones foot next game. Pretty sure its a mild sprain. Was able to play on it but its sore sore sore now that im cooled down. Ice for sure.

Good news, I know some of you all have said I make jumping look 'easy' well at 173 it FEELS easy. So quick off the floor today.

Edit: fuck. I wrote out the edit...didnt save. Cliff notes...check last monday squat workout. Failed 345 once and re tried,  got it. Bodyweight was shitty, energy was worse, just frustration.  Not good for focusing on weights. Got a good quad pump tho somehow and made me smile a little. Warmup jumps were surprising,  very bouncy. Must be loss of bw. Was getting ~30-31" of a~18" depth jump.



Annnnd it deleted original post lol! Oh well. It was a depressing post.

Jordan is nuts. His creativity is unmatched IMO. A dubble up X over a damn car?!?!?! Fuck me.

Also...not on vid but...got a ehh 360, a lob off the side of the backboard and back ironed an oop from the 3rd hash. Ive never tried jumping far so it surprised the hell out of me...and scared me lol! I was leaning and it felt like I was falling in the air. But, it gives me some fun stuff to work on.

Didnt put in original post because it doesnt count...not on vid lol

Monday October 27 2014 (9am)

BW at 178 this morning, 179 post breakfast/pre workout.
Energy was good, clean breakfast definitely helped there.

-bike+dynamic warmups+jumps

-squats! (Banded as usual)
(Warmups) bar x 5, 135x5, 225x3,  295x1, 345x1.
(Worksets) 295x5, 295x5, 295x5, 295x5. Decided to make a change. Ive been pissed at my lack of depth and progress lately so I reset down 20lbs and made sure everything was ATG not to parallel.  Will try to build back up. These were nice and explosive though

-stepups:
120lbs: x10, x10, x10. (Per leg so 30 reps on each side)

-calf raise on leg press:
550lbs: x12, x12, x12.  Ok....so these were way easier than last week. I actually looked to see if I had the right weight loaded lol! If they are this easy next session I'll add weight. Side note: calves do look shredded today. Cool.

-hypers :
45lbs : x12, x12, x12.  Iso hold at the top kills glutes.

-banded jump 1/4 squat:
135lbs: x5, x5, x5.  Listened to KF, backed off and fpcused on explosion and power.  Good sets.

Light lunges, core work to finish. Very good session.