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BW: 81.5kg (!!)

Yeah idk why my bodyweight is fluctuating so erratically but i had all but convinced myself weighing 82.5kg with abs was a good goal for me ha.

Yesterday's basketball training was amazing. I was consciously practicing my arm swing while doing normal movements when i realised why I look so robotic and unnatural on the court ... it's b/c no one ever coached me to initiate movement with the shoulders! So for example, when cutting a better basketball player would initiate the movement top down .. for me it was always bottom only .. i think .. which is why i was and am slow to begin moves. Catching an oop or trying a windmill probably needs this more than anything else. I wonder now that if i had stronger upper body and was actually using my whole body strength in movements if i'd be more athletic? Well, we shall be explore this further but it certainly is exciting to say the least...

i wore my running shoes and tried one dunk, hurt, so im not sure if change of shoes fixes my achilles ...

BW: 81.2kg (??)

something funny going on .. i think my body prefers to have a higher fat intake??

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i want to add hip thrusts, rdls, bounds and medball throws. some or one of these made me experience that amazing sprint workout last summer where i felt super bouncy and i never figured out what caused it. since im not doing any of these atm .. im not sure which one to try and im not really keen to commit to all of them..

K, not paying lipservice to sprinting anymore .. i'm going all in .. but i dont care for bodyweight sprinting .. weigh vest sprinting allows me to believe this is a productive use of my training that may get me fitter, leaner, stronger, bigger, etc. That may or may not be true but i believe it and that's the most important thing is because apart from squats, i dont think there is anything else i can say the same. I now imagine myself as a beast, weighing 85kg soaking wet and running 40m in 5s or so with a 10kg vest. That's a goal that i find exciting as a journey and destination. I still want a double bw squat for reps but with my issues with lower back, i am willing to put it aside and find something just as meaningful to me ...

dont see the point of playing meaningless basketball games eveyr week either. i dont enjoy it and i dont imrpve as an athlete or as a player. pickup on weekends is better. so i'll just do that. maybe closer to easter tournament, i'll play more games but only if im playing as a SF on the perimeter. cant get myself excited about C position on 2-3 zone and being all but absent on offence. no more. if there aren't at least 2 dudes bigger than me on a team, im declining cos ill just get pulled into the same old shit as an underweight C and ive never had much success or enjoyed it. tbh it actually regresses me as a player. i get more steals and interceptions playing on the wing .. and i get to sprint more which i enjoy rather than jogging up and down half heartedly.

No offence mate but I see weighted sprinting going pear shaped pretty quickly.

im not worried about injuries ... at worst it will be a waste of time but i dont think that will be the case, maybe i'll grow my calves finally


edit, i actually disagree. comparing sprinting with weighted sprinting, it feels safer than running ME at bodyweight .. i feel out of control and less powerful. with the vest i feel more in control and powerful. i will focus on speed at some point, but rather work on acceleration and power since i find it more appealing than speed or vertical. when i land my first windmill i want to do it off a dropstep .. haha. if i only cared about speed or vertical id cut to 70kg but im not going to get under 80kg again.

They're related but different qualities. One's speed and the other one is rate of change of speed. I enjoy the feeling of running sprints with a 10kg vest. It feels like you're accelerating. Yes it cud be b/c they're slower and so you can focus on the activity more. I'm not overly worried about sprint mechanics .. it's not pretty to start with, not sure it can get any worse .. but perhaps, even if it did, doesn't matter, im not a sprinter nor do i care about my mechanics for the most part. Additionally i know is my legs and glutes are sore af today and if i eat enough i shud grow some mass. being heavier, fitter and powerful is more appealing but unlike with squats where it means getting fatter which i can't abide. Im keen to find more interesting exercises for the summer .. if you guys have any suggestions for developing power/acceleration pls suggest away.

thanks though .. im excited to see how this will go over the next 6 wks

I've never done weighted sprints with a vest but they sound cool. In rugby pre-season in the past we have done weighted sled sprints, which is definitely a lot more enjoyable than doing 3km jogs and fitness circuits.

I agree with you as well for sprinting mechanics. Just run the way you normally run. Unless you're a professional sprinter where every millisecond counts you'll get a lot more bang for your buck just focusing on putting in 100% effort. Hill sprints are great as well.