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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #2085 on: August 18, 2014, 07:49:59 am »
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Some nice dunks in there mate. You're making it look pretty easy.
I can imagine with some more practice under your belt there'll be some decent upside.

Thanks. I have a feeling around 75kg and strong (for a lightweight) with movement efficiency on jumping i'll be right there where i need to be. Gotta be patient though, it will come when it does, no need to force things and get injured. Give me 6-8 weeks i think!
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #2086 on: August 18, 2014, 07:54:45 am »
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That's smart thinking. Just take your time and get it right.
I think you'll be a blocking monster too. You've got a great reach and nice elevation from a standstill. Would hate to be trying to put it in from the paint against you.
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chasing athleticism -- W1D2
« Reply #2087 on: August 18, 2014, 11:20:30 pm »
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Bodyweight: 76.5kg/168.65lb
Waist: 32"

Well this is embarrassing. My bodyweight went down again lol. Idk if this is just a water thing today though but i  look a lot leaner than I did before and my waist is an even 32" now so perhaps. I'll also say, additionally, i've been pretty good with my diet, even going so far as weighing out M&Ms (65g lol) to make sure i wasn't getting too much fructose! Never new fructose did such bad things for bodycomp so i'll be watching that really carefully.

I dont think it's out of the question that i'll have another whoosh sometime before the end of August, the fat around my lower back on the R side is kinda marbly which usually indicates something might happen .. eventually...

I'll take it. Rest day off today, tmr i have my first bball game. Might go out and shoot some hoops and dribble the ball just to get some touch back, it's been too long since i played a game (april).

Never count calories but I did today lol. 1500 kcal for the day, not bad. i had to force myself to eat more carbs cause without the sweets i was under 100g and im supposed to hit 100g a day


« Last Edit: August 19, 2014, 08:57:35 am by entropy »
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #2088 on: August 19, 2014, 01:56:55 am »
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Btw I tried out out my new tights gear from eastbay today. Opened the top first and it looked tiny, i instantly regretted getting M size but when I put it on, it stretched just as acole said, and i'm glad i went with M. Long pants also fit really well as Ms. I'm happy. But they seem so flimsy, i hope I don't tear them too quickly lol. Are you supposed to wear them just down to ankles or do you cover the foot too? Also, do you wear them as undewear or have something underneath? Not super important just curious
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #2089 on: August 19, 2014, 02:03:27 am »
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Wear them just down to your ankles. I've never seen any that are meant to cover your foot.
Depends on you? Sometimes I go commando underneath, other times I wear boxers underneath. Given you train at home probably a little less conscious than if you're going to be out and about in public.
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #2090 on: August 19, 2014, 02:07:48 am »
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Ankles here as well. No clue how you do boxers underneath coges lol! I gotta do boxer briefs or I'm all sorts of pissed/agitated/grouchy due to the riding up and wedgie I get with them and boxers lol!
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #2091 on: August 19, 2014, 02:16:55 am »
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Ankles here as well. No clue how you do boxers underneath coges lol! I gotta do boxer briefs or I'm all sorts of pissed/agitated/grouchy due to the riding up and wedgie I get with them and boxers lol!

Haha yeah that's what I meant. I have sports boxers/boxer briefs that I wear.
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chasing athleticism -- W1D3
« Reply #2092 on: August 20, 2014, 02:24:57 am »
+1
BW: 77kg/169.8lb

Training
OHP 3x50, 0Fx55, 3x2x52.5, 3x5x50

FBS 3x100, 2x110
FS 0Fx119.5, 4x100
BS 4x107.5, 6x102.5

BBall game

OHP notes:
I failed 55 which is something i should never fail. I would hazard to guess it was from not being well recovered from monday's bp. I used to ohp like 3-4 day after bp too as opposed to with only 1 day break i've had this week. We'll see how it goes. I have a lot of room to improve on both bp and ohp so it shouldn't be a problem.

Squat notes:
Not trying to torch my legs too much. Im thinking i'll prob go for heavy and low volume on weds. volume on fridays and light on monday. plan sound ok?

Bball game notes:
Plan was to get 5 rebounds and 10 points. I got 5 boards but i went scoreless. I just didnt have the touch. Spent a lot of time on teh bench too cause i didnt wanna fk myself up too much especially while not eating a lot of food. All in all, not a bad start. Got the basketball bug! Can't wait to play next week. hopefully i can score, 10 is another matter, perhaps further down the track lol.

I wore tights. They are really cool, hopefully it will help not being stupidly sore as you get in the first game back. The only problem is my compression top kept riding up my waist. it happened during squats too. If i get another pair i will try the next size up, maybe it will be longer.. otherwise im really pleased with wearing compression gear, feels so awesome :D There was a point at the start of the game when i was playing rim protector and really doing a great job at that, felt like dwight howards in my tights. then some really bad point guard threw a pass straight into my face, like how do you even do that jeremy lin? had a bloody nose since but it happens. now i just need to improve my game and fitness which is nonexistent!

Food
M1 - 3 eggs, 1 slice wholemeal bread, 250mL lowfat milk, 1 scoop whey, handful M&Ms (postworkout)
M2 - 1/2 can coke (pre/peri workout - squats),  250mL lowfat milk, 1 scoop whey, handful M&Ms (postworkout)
M3  - M&ms pregame (about 5-6, shared them with mate)
M4 - 1 slice wmb, 1 steak, cup spinach, cup of potato & caulliflower, 200mL lowfat milk, 1 scoop whey, 1 protein bar (20g pro, 20g carb), handful of M&Ms, 2 timtams.

So i ate a LOT. Feel bit guilty about it, but it was all because i wanted to be recovered well enough from lifting+basketball and be fresh for fridays training. Going forward from here i'm not going to do M&Ms anymore. I'll go with kitkats, much easier to measure and track calories  esp when I dont have a scale handy all the time, can just add up the lines. Plus I think KKs are slightly better macrowise. It's just for this week anyway, as of next week i'll prob be cutting out sweets completely but i just wanted to give my body/mind a break from dieting, mainly.
« Last Edit: August 21, 2014, 12:55:30 am by entropy »
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #2093 on: August 21, 2014, 07:57:43 pm »
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Good job on getting through the first game. How'd you pull up?

You going to continue to train and play on the same day?
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #2094 on: August 21, 2014, 11:30:50 pm »
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Not too bad, maybe my recovery was really good!

As to training on weds, i don't really see a way around to it, is there one? Consider if I don't lift on weds, it means i have to wait til friday to lift after lifting monday - that's a 3 day gap btw squats/presses, feels a bit much.

Here is the rough program i'm considering, as always welcome suggestions unless they're Raptor's telling me to do half deadlifts and hip thrusts :P

Mon: BP, curls (fasted AM), Squat (PM)
Wed: OHP (fasted AM), Squat (PM), Basketball Game (night)
Fri: BP, WCU (fasted AM), Squat (PM), Dunking/pickup (night)

The volumes and intensities of these weights sessions i'm still contemplating upon. I feel as though friday is a good day to do volume squats. Weds squats might be best done low volume and heavy. Monday's squats idk, maybe medium vol but done medium-heavy?

For upper body, whatever day i do  chinups, thats gonna be both heavy and volume in the same day. One of the BP days has to be volume, the other one heavy, haven't decided the order. Also leave open the possibility to move chinups from fri to monday by swapping with curls.
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« Reply #2095 on: August 22, 2014, 07:28:17 am »
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BW:77kg/170lb

Training
BP 2x80, 1x82.5, 3x79.5
WCU 2x92.5, 2x97.5, 0Fx105, 1x102.5, 4x92.5

FBS  3x100, 2x110
BS 6x102.5, 6x100
FS  5x100
BS 6x100
CR 10x140, 15x170
DUNKZ -  2x6
CND - HIT sprints 5x(20s on, 25s off)

Upper notes:
Just terrible upper body performance.

Squat notes:
Tweaked my back on the bs double with 110kg. For some reason i can't use my old scheme of doing fs and bs reps  in succession together anymore, it just fucks me up too much, prob because the FS are near rms now and i'm not able to do bs with the same weight very soon after. I shouldnt have done the bs reps i guess, even though i had been conservative with max singles i didn't expect to have 110kg injure me today.

Conditioning & dunking notes:
Got a lot unfitter than i was before.. if that's possible. haha. But it makes sense, it's been like 2 weeks since i did any running. Dunking was pretty shit, tried to attack the rim as if i was playing a game to make it more interesting.

Calf raise notes:
Been getting self conscious about my legs after my friend said how did your legs get so skinny? To think in january i was knocking on the door of 28" thighs. Now i hesitate to even measure, i'm guessing they'd be low 24"s, if even that. whatever. so i'll do raises, when i work up to using 230kg for 20s i'll probbb have decent calfs. right? right? fuck, whatevs. I'll just have to get used to this if im gonna become 72kg of pure punjabi muscle..

So week 1 comes to an end. It went aight.   Next week i'm cutting out sweets and switch to oats.
« Last Edit: August 22, 2014, 10:05:40 am by entropy »
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #2096 on: August 25, 2014, 04:09:44 am »
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33 inch thighs checking in


24 inch thighs are actually really good considering your height and weight.


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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #2097 on: August 25, 2014, 04:16:28 am »
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^big rugby bros have such impressive thigh development. makes me jelly, always wanted that lol.

so you made me measure and it turns out my L leg is a legit 23" and um my R leg is 22.5". so fuck everything about everything, time to get some stereons. (Edit im just joking by the way).

Will be interesting to see where my thighs end up measuring when i'm done cutting to 72kg. And by interesting i mean depressing......

the height argument isnt a very  comforting one, there is a guy on lyles forum who seems clueless but he has massive thighs at the same height as me but he weighs around 190lb but as lean( probably much leaner) as i am now at 77kg :(
« Last Edit: August 25, 2014, 04:34:07 am by entropy »
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #2098 on: August 25, 2014, 06:55:54 am »
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Man those quads make his calves look tiny (the lyle guy that is).
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chasing athleticism -- W2D1
« Reply #2099 on: August 25, 2014, 07:32:17 am »
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Here we go, last week of scheduled diet break is underway.

Training
BP 2x5x75, 4x75
WCU 5x93, 5x92, 5x88, 5x85, 5x83

FBS 3x100
FS 3x105
BS 3x107.5, 5x110B, 6x105, 6x102.5
 
Upper notes:
I'm about to pull the plug on fasted upper body work too for anti-progress.

Squat notes:
Was planning on taking a so-called light day but when your worksets are around 100-110kg everything is light so fuck that shit lol. I got a new belt :) its so sexy, an underground elite single prong powerlifting one - love it, first belt that actually fits me well. I just used it today to test it out, im not really employing a belt seriously til much later, shud be able to get up to to sets of 6 with 120-130kg raw daw really. But i'll play it by feel. I'll try to do a heavy set of 5 with around  115kg on weds with a belt to see if my 'program' is working..

Goals: Cutting to 6-8% bodyfat