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I want to do a windmill. It feels like it's the only nontrivial dunk I should aspire to. It's worthy of being a major athletic goal. If and when I can do a mill, there is no doubt that'll be when i'll be at my physical best. Just the sheer coordination, athleticism, technical skill required is phenomenal.

I recently watched a vintage Vince carter casually do a windmill at ~40 years of age, and thought, if he can do that, submax at his age, maybe there is a chance that I too can do one at 30. But then I looked up his standing reach and it's 107", which means he's got over 7" reach on me, and also, he's an NBA athlete. So to fill that reach deficit i'd have to add another 7" to my vertical, and that's just getting started, plus more inches to my jump to reach his current VJ. It seems impossible.

But i'm going to try, and i've started dropping hints to people that i'm coveting it. I know that's a mistake, because you should never share your goals with anyone, because it can only bring you down, never inspire you. I just feel this is one of htose fake it til you make it moments when it's ok to make an exception. If i fail, so what, it's a windmill, not just anyone can do one. If i make it, i can say say, see you told you i'd do it. So i have nothing to lose.

I still dont know how you do a windmill. How do you not lose the ball when you swing it back. do you hold it cocked against hte wrist/forearm? I feel a 2 hand windmill might be more reliable to reproduce, but then that means doing it reverse, and you need way more inches to do that.

With a 98" barefoot reach, how many inches vertical do I need to do a windmill? Reverse windmill? Any ideas, i'm guessing it will be high 30s, for sure. I might be able to get to 36" but i can't see me doing much better than that this SPP phase..

I get ya vag. I was just trying to work out a starting approximation for what i'd need for a windmill so i used the reliable example of vince since rims are standardised and his reach is also compared to randoms on youtube. I have no idea literally, but i'd guess i need at least 7" more inches, and probably 10", which is probably impossible considering i started out with a 20" vertical and im unlikely to have another 10" in me, after getting to 30".  Still, it's a guesstimate, i dont know if i'll ever get there, i just wanna know what i might need.

As to low rims, i can't think of any around me. There is one, but that's a fair drive away, and last time i went there, i couldnt do a windmill anyway.

I'll try tonight, even if i can't get into the rim it will allow me to practice the technique for when i can jump high enough to pull it off.

Week 6 training comes to an end! I did 10 back to back workouts with only 1 day rest between them. Finally get to take 2 days off for some much needed rest. Then i'll come back for week 7 which is the last week of the diet. But it doesn't look like i'll hit my goal of 87kg bodyweight Which sucks cause it means i'm behind schedule. My plan was to lose the last 2kg over the remaining 5 weeks by just doing shitload of conditioning to be a lean 85kg by mid april. But i'll revise this situation at the start of week 8 and see where i'm at then.

I'm a real piece of shit. I'm weak, im not fit, i'm still fat, i can't play, i have nothing going on right now which i'm happy about. Literally. It's dark times for training. Hoping to see better days when i get off this caloric deficit. Til next week, farewall.

Oh and as update. That girl is something else. I thought she was just a normal girl who looked good with makeup and done up hair etc like most girls. But last night I asked her to send a selfie from bed after she had a shower and she looked a solid 7.5-8 sans makeup. Things are promising but as always i'm cautiously pessimistic.

I was wrong about getting my squat stronger by bringing up my weak points: calves and abs. It didn't do jack shit, if anything, it's made me weaker. I should have done more specific squat exercises like partial squats instead. I am going to try that now. Do heavy partials for higher reps - over 180kg for over 8 reps. Lets see how that goes.

I will start from the top pin and work my way down.

I agree with LBSS. I don't 'need' any motivation but if you want to doubt me it just fuels me to another level. Their mistake.

On the mill thing...the few Ive managed to get down are on really bouncy days (so mid 40s vert) and my single hand reach is 7'6". So there's you a rough estimation of what you'll need though I think coordination and practice are essential for a windmill.

Bodyweight: 87.85kg/193.68lb

Training
BS 2x120, 2x122.5, 2x125, 3x2x120

BS notes:
I felt well going into the workout but that was misleading because once i started squatting 120kg or so, I knew I was too wrecked to do much today after all the volume from last time. I wasn't going to do much anyway since it's a light day, but I had to temper my expectations by about 5kg. Was hoping to do 6x2x127.5, instead i did sets of doubles btw 120-125kg.

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Not lifting anything else today, just gna take it easy and go take some jumpers in a bit.

I'm wondering what happens when I come off the cut next week, will my lifts go up by 5kg or so? That would be nice i guess, small consolation for losing most of my gains. I seriously am wondering wtf was the point of even doing RSR2 when I lost pretty much all those gains, and i'm now weaker than I was at the end of RSR1. I think i weigh either the same or slightly more or less as I did end of RSR1. This is bullshit because I actually got really good results from RSR2 but i haven't held on to them so it might as well have not happened.

Bodyweight: 87.3kg/192.46lb

I'm 0.66 pounds away from my goal weight. Scheduled end of diet is tmr morning. But. I might do another day, or so, to get to my goal of 87kg/191.8lb. It's no big deal really, I am quite close now so it's going to happen one way or another. I've got a visible 4pac at all hours of the day now, i'm starting to make that transition sub 15%. I still would like to be stage ready at 85kg come tipoff. But, i'm willing to accept I can't have everything perfect, so it's time to focus more on training than bodycomp starting Week 8.

One strange thing happened recently. My body has adapted to low calorie intake. I can train hard, squat hard, play ball hard, long periods of time, and still recover fine. So at this stage, i could even continue dieting since my body has gotten used to it. We'll see what happens.

Training to come today!