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BW: 80.1kg (yay)

after the excesses of the weekend behind me, it's good to see the scales return to my baseline. I wont say exactly what yesterday's weighing was but it was 82.x something, yikes. so this is a relief.

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question for the wise audience here ..

i have 2 options for today,

1. PEAK: do an easy weights session and take advantage of my non-sore, well recovered state atm, try go beast at my evening game (it's my 2nd game and i didnt make a stellar first impression with the season opener last wk)

2. go hard on squats and keep putting the emphasis on long term results and hope for an okay game /dunks

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First the game, that team we just played is easily the best team ive ever faced. They cud all shoot and they did, around a 70% clip. Dude was taking NBA 3s and swishing them at over 80% lol. Like half a dozen at least. Wow. Such a strong comp, i love it. We lost and the benchmark is clear .. have a shitload of work to do as a team, tbh im not sure we can match them but at least individually i think i can rise up to the challenge.

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After the game i wanted to do some dunks quickly before the next game started .. and i attemped i think 2 dunks. Easily the best dunks ive done on that court. But i think it's not a regulation height which fucks me off cos how do you know you're not just jumping good instead of great? But i felt like i was closest to the rim ive ever gotten.

so then i thought to try acoles dumb suggestion of tryna touch the top of the square. it's dumb cos the mechanics for jumping for that corner are completely different to anything you'd ever do athletically .. it's an awkward angle and target to say the least. But i touched so high up that a team mate commented in disbelief. So that might be worth something ..  i was maybe 2 inches or 3 inches off the top of the square. Like i said, it's possible that i can actually jump high enough to touch a height equivalent to the top of the square .. if i was jumping at a better target like a high rim or something. Oh well. i need to figure this shit out, it's frustrating me not having a measurable way of checking how high im getting up

but omg .. after playing a game to jump that high is just amazing .. im more than convinced ive got the right mix of training going right now.. it's yielding impressive gains. only downside right now is my left ankle does not like these me jumps .. it may be the shoes actually.. stupid kobes dont have enough dorsiflexion and i think that's ruining my jumps

so then i thought to try acoles dumb suggestion of tryna touch the top of the square. it's dumb cos the mechanics for jumping for that corner are completely different to anything you'd ever do athletically .. it's an awkward angle and target to say the least. But i touched so high up that a team mate commented in disbelief. So that might be worth something ..  i was maybe 2 inches or 3 inches off the top of the square. Like i said, it's possible that i can actually jump high enough to touch a height equivalent to the top of the square .. if i was jumping at a better target like a high rim or something. Oh well. i need to figure this shit out, it's frustrating me not having a measurable way of checking how high im getting up

What??? Oh wait you're right: T0ddday looks really cramped and awkward jumping at the square here. Imagine how high he can really jump!

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqAUeEHudb8" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqAUeEHudb8</a>

To restate, I never claimed it's the 'perfect' method you're looking for, it's just good enough to get an estimate. If you want to measure a milestone vertical then find a vertec. You were asking about easy ways you could measure your jump and I know you're at the courts a lot so it seemed obvious. But honestly if you don't like it then just move on and forget I ever said it. Don't worry, I won't make the same mistake again.

todday is different to me tho i cant tell you why exactly. maybe my arms are longer and it affects the way i setup for a jump. his arms are essentially vertical on touch there, mine are  oblique, which def affects touch height. maybe im just tryna avoid hitting myself on the backboard .. and reflexively avoiding the backboard, im not sure, you just have to believe me it's not a great target. but i think im over it, i'll stick to the only measurable goal that matters, getting my squat to milestones XYZ. measuring jump and run is just too much trouble to do reliably

last i checked (a few years back mind), i cud get bout 1/4 the way up my arm .. and it wasnt really feasible to check where it touched after, not sensitive enough there on the arm. cud use vid if that's possible (not really during game setting).  i dont care for that test anyway. you know would what be cool, a device you could stick to the side of a bacboard, like an arrow with a suction cup, and then try to pull it down

said it before and i'll say it again: god you're a weird dude. how do you come up with this shit?

Measuring your vertical when you jump way to high for the rim:

BW: 80.8kg

The problem isnt im driving, the problem is im texting

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BS 6x127.5(LPR), 2x135B(+5kg), 2x140B(LPR; +5kg)
Quarter BS 8x165(+2.5kg), 8x200(PR!; +2.5kg)

Quarter Barbell Jump Squat 8x70, 6x110, 6x120(LPR)
Push Press 2x6x67.5(LPR)

Notes
Aw yis, today was a revelation workout. I figured exactly how mirror has helped me squat better .. it's to do wiht bottom position and pushing knees down. If you dont have that feedback you may not notice you're not loading up the quads by that subtle knee push down at the bottom. And the upshot? I PR my 6rm by 5kg and and doubled 140kg with a belt BUT for the first time in my life -- i didnt squat morning a heavy belted squat. Magic. I owe it all to the quarter squats. If anyone guessed the solution to squatmornings is bringing up quad weakness (that guy from strength theory is the only one who said it ime)) -- give tyousrelf a medal, spot on.