volume!!!!!!!!!!!!
was expecting you to be more soar from that 8/4 session.
yo! re: our DJ technique convo on IG. I just unprivated some DJ videos, this one shows what I was talking about pretty well:
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Wicked! Will incorporate the arm swing ive seen in your vid. I think you are doing them off a higher box so you actually start and complete much of the arm swing process while in the air! which is really interesting. I think my box is around 12" so I cant really get too much into the arm swing process but i should be able to get aleast the raising of the arms infront of me done in the air? Or try to get more than that? What do you think?
Re: Box height, there are other boxes (higher ones) but i thought to master the technique with the lowest one before trying higher ones. But now you've got me wondering whether i'd be better off using one I can do a proper armswing while in the drop phase.
ALso watching your SVJ vid im realising i dont use any arm swing in my SVJs. Imagine if i can PR my SVJ today by working on that. Will take vids.
edit. postworkout:
I think i finally got a 'good enough' depth jump and wow, even tho box is ONLY 11" (i measured today), it felt really intense. I guess this is why people say depth jumps are intense. i thought they were too easy (even with 30" jumps i did in the past..) and people were vastly overselling the shock to the body angle. Interesting. So it's fun to do jumping workouts. I did some depth jumps, then i tried jumping for a max touch RVJ and i sucked. Then i went back, did some kettlebell swings working up to the heaviest bell they have (28kg), after that i tried some more jumps and was back to touching the vent territory. FINALLY got touches with my new LR plant .. they're really faint touches though but still progress! i cant help thing i can get more out of the LR plant, as of now, it still feels submaxy, even the arm swing doesn't look as smooth or aggressive enough. not sure why, i know it's a different movement altogether in how my hips and stuff go thru the jump but ya hoping something clicks, prob need to try a few different things. Today i thought i could be more straight on with the target rather than approaching from side-on. I think with RL plant side-on makes sense but with LR i have to modify to straight on etc.
stick with the lower boxes until the form is really ironed out .. you can still get alot out of an 18" box. 24" boxes are a nice step up from 18's, could probably utilize those for a while & not even need to think about 30's or 30+ .. Alot of people jump the gun and go 30+ right from the start, even try things like 42"... 30" is pretty much the optimal height for most trainees, so don't even let it enter your head to experiment with 36, 42, etc.. If someone wanted to use such box heights, they should be doing depth drops not depth jumps.
in summary, 18's mostly for "regular training", 24's to prep for 30's, 30's for a period/phase where DJ is basically the dedicated movement (ie a progression over a few months of 4x5, 3x10, 4x8, 4x10 - but this is advanced).. so 18's could be used whenever, for pretty much all healthy athletes.
the one thing you'd have to be careful with, is your back ... 30" DJ's especially, are spine crushers. Doesn't seem like it but, your spine absorbs a shit ton of force. So, all the more reason to stick to 18's for the most part.
Also i prob did my first windmill dunk .. hypothetically, if it counts without a hoop cos i was jut messing around with a medicine ball at the gym trying to get the movement down. Also the hoop wud prob need to be around 100" high cos i finish the movement on the ground. haha. just gotta figure out a way to jump higher while doing it and also bring my arm around quicker 
word!
