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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #3015 on: July 09, 2016, 05:40:46 am »
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Another bad workout, ive beocme overtrained :(

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going to rest the rest of the weekend and try again monday
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #3016 on: July 09, 2016, 08:51:46 am »
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no you haven't.
Muscles are nonsensical they have nothing to do with this bullshit.

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« Reply #3017 on: July 09, 2016, 06:28:21 pm »
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no you haven't.

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« Reply #3018 on: July 09, 2016, 11:50:26 pm »
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I dont get why hamstrings and glutes are so beat up.. maybe that transformation to glute dominant athlete already happened and now im suffering the consequences... :( just kidding. but really, thats what's holding back my squat at the moment.. dead hamstrings. cud that dunk workout have caused it?

i binged big time last night .. pizza + 4 icecream drumsticks (australian sized ones not american - there is a big diffrence lol) and a bag of shitty cheesy snacks. feeling refresh otherwise. looking forward to starting the new week..
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #3019 on: July 10, 2016, 09:27:06 am »
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tested my vertical .. didn't ball today .. post refeed weighed 80kg! still got up though. ate a lot today as well. back to clean eating monday .. and hopefully squat prs to come.

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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #3020 on: July 10, 2016, 06:34:02 pm »
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That dunk looked so easy. 
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #3021 on: July 10, 2016, 09:08:33 pm »
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^^^seriously. i want you to learn a proper arm swing so we can see how high you're really capable of.
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #3022 on: July 11, 2016, 12:17:29 am »
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I can't yet do tomahawks .. so have some room to get back to previous levels. But i'm worried bout my squat disappearing. Will try to force things today. I'm doing 20 reps with 120kg even if it's singles..
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #3023 on: July 11, 2016, 12:23:06 am »
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So crossroads ... embrace non-existing squat and go all in on athletic stuff like bball/sprinting/dunking ... or take a step back and try to get my squat going? Which way do I go? I just wanna get to repping 140kg and put it on maintenance .. not asking for too much am i? I mean i am, that's adding 20kg to my squat while not gaining any weight .. but maybe i could work harder/smarter/etc...
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #3024 on: July 11, 2016, 12:36:58 am »
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So crossroads ... embrace non-existing squat and go all in on athletic stuff like bball/sprinting/dunking ... or take a step back and try to get my squat going? Which way do I go? I just wanna get to repping 140kg and put it on maintenance .. not asking for too much am i? I mean i am, that's adding 20kg to my squat while not gaining any weight .. but maybe i could work harder/smarter/etc...

Asking too much??? nah lol.

I say embrace it. Not sure it has to be either/or though but you can still gradually push the squat and embrace the athletic stuff. You don't have much to lose. Or, you can do what you've been doing which is pushing the squat, stall, still be unhappy with your athletic stuff and have to start all over again anyway.
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #3025 on: July 11, 2016, 12:54:10 am »
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I know i can get to repping 130kg while weighing between 75-79kg .. cos i was there in the summer. Maybe i cud get close enough to 140kg, as my bw -> 80kg, bs->140kg. I will prob just see how i go in the workout today. if it sucks then i'll forget squatting a while and just do lots of athletic stuff. i usually take these things too hard and get upset when i stall out. Part of me wants to find out what happens when i stop lifting and just focus on jumping, i think i will PR?

bw: 79.8kg today btw .. not bad after a weekend of binging.
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #3026 on: July 11, 2016, 01:01:56 am »
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Does it have to be one or the other though? Surely there's room for both.

Btw, it sounded a bit harsh when I said you stalled all the time. You've made huge gains but like you said you go a bit hard in just one area.
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #3027 on: July 11, 2016, 01:05:29 am »
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Does it have to be one or the other though? Surely there's room for both.

Btw, it sounded a bit harsh when I said you stalled all the time. You've made huge gains but like you said you go a bit hard in just one area.

dont worry it wasnt harsh, i know you're right. btw im starting the new less harsh diet today.. meal 1 is not just a shake, it's that and 3 eggs and toast, that shud get me unstuck a bit .. hopefully. if i can do that for 3 weeks i'll be stronger and leaner and more muscular .. so im confident there's good things to go come in the rest of july.
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #3028 on: July 11, 2016, 01:06:28 am »
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So crossroads ... embrace non-existing squat and go all in on athletic stuff like bball/sprinting/dunking ... or take a step back and try to get my squat going? Which way do I go? I just wanna get to repping 140kg and put it on maintenance .. not asking for too much am i? I mean i am, that's adding 20kg to my squat while not gaining any weight .. but maybe i could work harder/smarter/etc...

Keep up the bball/sprinting/dunking because that's the stuff you want to be good at. Squatting is just a means to an end. When I ran my fastest I didn't even squat or lift I was just really light and used to play sports a lot. Sport-specific is what makes you good at the sport. Getting into the mindset of thinking about your squat is making you sound like a powerlifter and honestly the biggest advantage of the squat is really the standing vertical jump.
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #3029 on: July 11, 2016, 01:10:50 am »
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So crossroads ... embrace non-existing squat and go all in on athletic stuff like bball/sprinting/dunking ... or take a step back and try to get my squat going? Which way do I go? I just wanna get to repping 140kg and put it on maintenance .. not asking for too much am i? I mean i am, that's adding 20kg to my squat while not gaining any weight .. but maybe i could work harder/smarter/etc...

Keep up the bball/sprinting/dunking because that's the stuff you want to be good at. Squatting is just a means to an end. When I ran my fastest I didn't even squat or lift I was just really light and used to play sports a lot. Sport-specific is what makes you good at the sport. Getting into the mindset of thinking about your squat is making you sound like a powerlifter and honestly the biggest advantage of the squat is really the standing vertical jump.

thanks for the advice. you and todday are managing to drag me along, kicking and screaming, away from my obsession with liftng. i still cant believe or understand why my glutes are so damn sore and it's been 9 days since i had a proper squat/rdl session -- which btw-- wasnt even that hard -- and so the soreness is coming just from dunking and bball. that's crazsy to me. it cud be im transitioning into glute dominance which is a new direction for me, dripping with potential and excitement. we'll see how it goes!
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