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for what it's worth, t-nation sucks because, while there might be a few grains of wisdom here and there, you have to sift through a gigantic amount of sneaky marketing, lies and outright bullshit to get to it. categorical advice like "landing on your mid-foot is better" is crap without context. land on the part of your foot that makes you go the highest. if that changes over time, cool. i doubt it's your heel because people tend to decelerate by landing on their heels, but having never seen you jump, i have no idea.

Last workout before Xmas blitz. Went swimmingly. Shot around first, then did mobility, then went back out and tried a few running jumps at the rim. Almost seriously grabbed the rim, got top two knuckled on my middle finger over top and one on index and ring...nice! Probably ~32", which would be a PR.

UPDATE: measured my middle finger and looks like I would have had to get more like 32.5" on that jump. Even better! On the other hand, that just means that I really have to hit 38" in order to dunk. Still, progress is progress. Also meant to add that I only did about 6 jumps total, with 20-30s between each. My form during the runup is definitely ugly, so I think I'm gonna add 5 or 6 near-max efforts before each workout, after the warm up, with loads of rest.

Warm up
shoot around
mobility

Work
depth jump 2x5x24"
squat 3x5x260
OHP 3x5x125

Cool down
stretch
shoot around a bit more

Quote from: LBSS on December 01, 2009, 10:18:34 pm

Whatever that's a hell of a lot closer than i can get at the moment.

Its all about the reach.
I see in your log you are 71'' tall and your reach is 90''.
I am ~73'' tall and my reach is ~95'' , both in shoes.
5'' is a LOT!

Still , you are squating more or less the same with me,  being ~30lbs lighter and having ~8% less bodyfat.
Those should be giving you those 5'' IMO, maybe even more!
Have you tried any running jumps lately?

Somehow missed this before. I think I just got screwed on the elasticity gene. It's funny, I haven't been jumping hardly at all, which is probably dumb. I'm focusing instead on just building my strength up as much as I can at my current bw (don't want to bulk, even though I know I'd get stronger, because I honestly don't want to be any bigger than I am right now after eventually cutting). I figure I'll keep going on starting strength until I get to 3x5x315 in the squat, 5x370 in the dead lift, and then back way off on weight volume and start focusing on jumps, plyos and sprinting.

Still, I should probably be jumping a little bit now outside the depth jumps on non-DL days.

Getting to the gym is harder just cause there's so much other shit going on, and then I'll be visiting family for Christmas, which is like a blitzkrieg because my mom's family is so big and spread out. I should be able to get a run in or some hill sprints or something and MAYBE get to a gym. And to be perfectly honest, it's easier to blur the line between legit reasons for missing workouts and excuses. Anyway, full-on workout tomorrow for sure, then Sunday if I'm lucky (gonna be on the road) and next Tuesday, then five days without gym access. Oh well, just gonna get some road workout ideas from Ross Enamait and stay active when possible.

Did this workout yesterday then had no time to post it. Squats felt better, OHP felt okay. Back on the regular schedule starting Tuesday.

Warm up
recliner bike (hated this, will not do again)
mobility

Work
Squat 3x5x245
OHP 3x5x105

Cool down
stretch

What about that 'excess water' thing? Ive heard it many times from people but never read something relevant. What is that state , why does it happen and what you have to do to avoid it?

http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/of-whooshes-and-squishy-fat.html.

Schedule got all fucked up this week. I'm mad at myself about it but there's nothing to do but get back to work tomorrow. I did manage to run today.

Workout
Run @ easy-ish pace x~33', 3.9miles, HR ~160-165 by the end, which is too high, mostly because I was pissed at myself

Cool down
a few pushups
stretch

Weak sauce

Congrats on throwing down! God, it feels so far away for me...