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Lets seeeeee....

Friday did some back/biceps. Went well.
Saturday. Speed work (jump complexes, circuit: bamded jump squats, hang cleans, ME box jumps). Couldnt 'wake up' until the 3rd circuit then felt good.
Sunday. Chest/shoulders/triceps.... 45 mins of ball handling. Very nice.

Today...

Arrive at rec league game. warm up. Go out...feel good. Hit my first 3 shots (all 3s) before rimming out a heat check 25 footer. Proceed to drop 27 points in the first half and were down 44-40. But Im just not missing. I feel...normal. Like when i used to hoop  A LOT. Seond half...we come back. Up 15 or so and I come through the lane with 3 mins left and stuck at 48 points lol, get thrown an oop... I out jump the ball and try to 'slingshot' it. Back ironed. Holy hell! I got UP. Surprised becuase ive played every min...but im not tired. Hmmm. 1 min left. Still want 50... shovel pass in the lane. One step. Both hands. Body to body with a 6'2 defender. He has his hand on my shoulder and I dont care...Im putting him in a body bag. Nope. Back ironed again! Now Im mad AF. Next possession: Left to right crossover into the lane...RL plant...tomahawk. And I MURDERED it. Tried to kill the whole goal. 50 points! We win 90-68. I say hmmm... go make one ME jump. Dont feel the ankle snap but I see the video and wow. Ok. One attempt at a windmill off glass...meh shit toss. Off the dribble tomahawk just like in the game? Over powered lol! Im getting up but decide to save it for squats.

Go eat light.

Time to squat!!!! Using the missed poster as motivation.

Warmups + light jumps

Squat: bar x10, 135 x8, 225 x4, 315 x1, 365 x1, 385 x1. Explosive.

5x3 at 345lbs. Good reps.

Curcuits x2: step ups, calf raises, box jump, core. Leg extension, front squat, box jump, core.

GREAT workout!!!

Oh and vid of said post game shenanigans!

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4AmOgk-3Y0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4AmOgk-3Y0</a>

Lifted back and biceps last night at 180lbs BW.

Kroc Rows 3x20 95lbs DBs supersetted w/ 5 pullups.

Circuit 3x: Lat pull downs, bicep curls, shoulder complex (standing one arm OHP/lateral raises), rear delt fly machine, core.

Then ran through about 45 mins of ball handling drills.

For the last few weeks Ive had a couple of my buddies lifting with me (1 for about 5 weeks, another 2 for the last week and a half) and its fun to watch them progress. Theyre all hoopers so they asked me to run them through some ball handling stuff after weights. This is helping me as well since i never get to actually drill lately! One of them apparently took some video ofe.messing around after drills last night so heres that lol!

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fel4krA2b4g" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fel4krA2b4g</a>

Lmao! 😁 Im weird I know. Id rather go shirtless with my pasty whiteness than show my knees. Im getting less self conscious about them tho!

Well....we took a L tonight. Probably would have lost anyway but the officiating SUCKED. To the point where even I said something to a ref after some insanely bad calls (and my momma would kill me if she saw lol! Ive always just played through). I got ran through on a screen and was called for the offensive foul (lmfao), got hitnhard enough to get spun around in mid aor on a few layups...no calls. Took a very high and obviously blatant elbow to my face on D and was called for that too smh. It was borderline hilarious looking back but it just made me mad in game. That lead to me scoring a bit and talking back to them A LOT in the 4th. I got warned for a future T after I yelled "gimme that shit" when my guy tried to post me up and spin off for a layup...I pinned it on the glass btw. Also had probably my highest jump EVER halfway through the 4th...

In bounds play from the baseline. Ball goes up to the top of the key and I slipped baseline off the wing and no one saw it. Pointed to the rim and went up...the doubled the ball and he couldn't throw the lob I was both elbows on the rim reverse style and was high enough for me to think... damn Chris, you're UP right now! The 5 or 6 guys on both benches said I was basically head at the rim. From the far bench they said it looked like I was over it but i know thats the angle of perception. Either way it was the best feeling jump Ive ever had for sure. Had a baby two hander late in the 4th on a secondary break. Nothing special

Ate. Did some speed work after. Got some pretty clean 50" box jumps off 3 steps. Not bad. Deadlifts tomorrow!

Lets seeeeee....

Friday did some back/biceps. Went well.
Saturday. Speed work (jump complexes, circuit: bamded jump squats, hang cleans, ME box jumps). Couldnt 'wake up' until the 3rd circuit then felt good.
Sunday. Chest/shoulders/triceps.... 45 mins of ball handling. Very nice.

Today...

Arrive at rec league game. warm up. Go out...feel good. Hit my first 3 shots (all 3s) before rimming out a heat check 25 footer. Proceed to drop 27 points in the first half and were down 44-40. But Im just not missing. I feel...normal. Like when i used to hoop  A LOT. Seond half...we come back. Up 15 or so and I come through the lane with 3 mins left and stuck at 48 points lol, get thrown an oop... I out jump the ball and try to 'slingshot' it. Back ironed. Holy hell! I got UP. Surprised becuase ive played every min...but im not tired. Hmmm. 1 min left. Still want 50... shovel pass in the lane. One step. Both hands. Body to body with a 6'2 defender. He has his hand on my shoulder and I dont care...Im putting him in a body bag. Nope. Back ironed again! Now Im mad AF. Next possession: Left to right crossover into the lane...RL plant...tomahawk. And I MURDERED it. Tried to kill the whole goal. 50 points! We win 90-68. I say hmmm... go make one ME jump. Dont feel the ankle snap but I see the video and wow. Ok. One attempt at a windmill off glass...meh shit toss. Off the dribble tomahawk just like in the game? Over powered lol! Im getting up but decide to save it for squats.

Go eat light.

Time to squat!!!! Using the missed poster as motivation.

Warmups + light jumps

Squat: bar x10, 135 x8, 225 x4, 315 x1, 365 x1, 385 x1. Explosive.

5x3 at 345lbs. Good reps.

Curcuits x2: step ups, calf raises, box jump, core. Leg extension, front squat, box jump, core.

GREAT workout!!!

Oh and vid of said post game shenanigans!

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4AmOgk-3Y0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4AmOgk-3Y0</a>

like i mentioned on youtube, I think that's the highest height check i've seen from you..

absolutely ridiculous. keep it up.

Crazy freaking weekend but I wouldnt trade it for anything EVER.  Happy! Anyways....did speed work Sun night after off on Friday due to a surprise date and back/bicep Sat. Wasnt really explosive but it came around. Got some vid off 2/3 step box jumps. And me BSing around lol! Same circuit of lots of plyos followed by jump squat/hang clean/box jump complex. Tossed in some light chest work between rounds since I skipped that day lol!

First round of one of the leagues playoffs. Rematch of last Mondays ge. I had to work late. Got there just before half time. Left the sweat pants and long sleeve tee on...hit my first 4 3s and first 7 shots overall. Had a 17 point lead at halftime...exploded in the 2nd lol! Won 105-44. Damn. Played 15 mins in the 2nd half.... 28 points, 14 assists and 2 monster blocks. The guys were hitting and I was just letting the game come to me, kinda surprised when i checked the stat sheet lol! Tossed down a few dunks post game. Went home. Eat. She made brownies. Sigh. lol now its time to squat. Gna be a little tired but seeing as Ive been laid more since Friday night than in the last 6 weeks combined....I'll take it. Lets see if we can still make gains!

Workout was brutal... dropped the princess off at daycare...time to nap some before work lol

warmup+jumps

BW: 179.5lbs

squat
bar x12, 135 x8, 225 x4, 315 x1, 365 x1, 385 x1. Not as much pop as usual. Sluggish from brownies and blowjobs lol

5x3 at 345lbs super set box jumps. Better.

circuits x2
-step up (135 x8), leg press calf raise (500lbs x20), box jump, core.
-SL leg extension (55lbs x12 strict, x8 at 130lbs DL finisher), fs (135 x8, 225 x4 lower back fatigued), box jumps, core.

Overall...not bad at all. Ill take it. Have to skip other rec league on Wed due to work. Round 2 of playoffs for league from last night os Thursday.

Thanks LBSS!

Well played sir. Well fucking played. upvoted for the lulz.

Ugh. Had a throw away session Thursday night late. Had 2 hours of sleep Wed night and then work and a playoff game Thursday, we won (semifinal), and was just dead fucking tired but tried deadlifting at 11pm anyway. Bleh. Felt fine up to 455 single. Tried a 495 attempt twice. First attempt it moved but I had zero focus and let.it go. 2nd attempt didnt move lol! Made me mad which made lifting worse. Did a 3x3 at 435lbs and said F everything else and went home. Skipped Friday for some more sleep, then hit some speed work Sat which felt really nice. Skipped Sunday so the wifey and I could take the kids on 'the polar express'. Was actually pretty cool! Had one leagues final last night...won going away easily. Was up 33 at the half and coasted to a 15 point W. Easy league tho. Went home...ate...put the wife to sleep and went to squat!

BW: 179.6lbs

Warmups and jumps

Squat:
bar x12, 135 x8, 225 x4, 315 x1, 365 x1, 385 x1. Less explosive than id like.

345lbs 5x3. 2x 40" box jumps after each set.

Circuits 2x:
-step up (135lbs x8), calf raise (500lbs x20), box jump, core.

-leg extensions (SL 70lbs x12), Front squat (225lbs x6, 275lbs x1 <last lift of the night! FS PR!) box jumps and core.

Given how ive been running 2-3 games per week plus everything else Im happy to have maintained my numbers. Now we'll start pushing toward some larger numbers since I'll only have 1 game a week in the league thats left. Time to get it!