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Back and core on Tuesday then hooped Wed at 185lbs (eek). Hyper extended my right elbow slightly in the first game Hand would randomly go numb for the next hour. Made shooting fun and painful. So I drove a lot. Had a 2 hand put back and a 1 hander on a kid. Felt bouncy for 185. Tossed a few lobs and was getting up decently so I attempted my first ever double up.

Legit. Scary. AF. lol! Only tried once and I probably should have ahd the kid stand up a little more but he said he was 5'8" so i was like... mehhh. Got hung on the rim. Someone got video I think lol!

Skipped speed work after wards. Probably will do that today since Indont believe pulling heavy deadlifts with the elbow sore is smart.

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Yup. One of the guys took a vid on his cell! Sorry if the quality is crap I think...THINK... that with some practice and better positioning I might be able to pull this off. Wayyy easier to time than a lob btl and I obviously can get up higher than of the dribble.

Leonel, dude, stsrt a cut and try it! I feel crazy different going from 182-184 down to 175!

Still lifting. Seemed to have stalled on squats at 405x2 Bs and 315 x1 fs. my lower back is giving out on the fs. Legs have the power it seems. Going to switch it up a little. Desdlifted today.  475x1 top single. 445 5x2 and 315 x12 along with some core and BSS 185 2x6 esch leg. Cut it short to hoop. FINALLY boomed a mill off glass. No one got vid butnthey wanted to see if i could hit my head on the backboard after the windmill lol! So we videoed that and another jump before I did some drills.  Going to eat and then go do accessory work.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2FfRrr3hSo" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2FfRrr3hSo</a>

Lets see... squatted Monday morning. 5 405 singles and 315 for 8 back squat. fs was up to a 315 single and then 3x3 at 275. Some calf work and core work but took it easy volume wise because we were hooping at night, didnt want to be too fatigued. Played like shit the first 3 games (5v5 full). Its like my subconscious knows i did legs so my body holds back. Well... someone talked some shit after the 3rd game about teams being uneven and no one beating the team that was winning... mistake. I came alive. Locked down the other teams best player. Zero points. and dropped 12 of our 15 points (by 1s/2s to 15 win by 2). Drives. Stepback 3s. NBA range pullup on the break....it was dirty even by my standards. Last game was more of the same but had a nasty crossover>hesi shot fake move into a layup that had my guy on one knee 😆.

Hit back/biceps/core today at 3pm. Then went to the court at 730 (closes at 830) just to get some shots up. 2 games of 2v2 then dunked for about 8 mins at the end. Recorded it and Im about to watch it.

I may just upload it raw and unedited. Its just over 7 mins long but shows the 'warmup' then some dunks and finally 2 jumps if you guys wanna see how a normal (shortened) session goes (in terms of warm up/breaks/misses lol/etc). Any interest or edit it down?

Ok weird week... Had that dunk session on Tuesday...

(shorter highlight clip)
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... and felt GREAT. Come out Wednesday and try to loosen up and knee is KILLING ME. Crunchy. On fire. Just painful. Hang it up. Wake up Thursday and can barely bodyweight squat without pain. WTH. Skip leg day obviously and just stretch periodically. Wake up today and... it feels fine? Can BW squat easily? So i go lift back and biceps and warm up the knee with lightweight leg work (REALLY LIGHT WEIGHT SMH) and immediately drive to the gym to hoop some. Feels good. About to leave and a 6'7 and 6'2 guy ask me to dunk with them. I thought he was recording it (we went for about 20-25 mins hard!) but he was livestreaming on IG. Well... I hit this windmill and I had to take a video of his livestream on my phone because....


<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u74q_2lYddk" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u74q_2lYddk</a>

That HAD TO BE ON VIDEO! So hyped up! Was so close to a few eastbays and 360s i can taste it!

Edit: In other news im in a black pants gray shirt mood apparently this week lol

Battled small depression last week... bounced back on Monday some. Quick recap. Hooped some. Have a couple meh dunks in vid I'll prolly throw together. Cant remember Depression week squats lol but on Thursday i deadlifted and dtruggled at 475 x1 so instead of 445 5x2 I did 425 x2,x2,x3,x3,x5. wth? The BSS 225 x3. Ok. I'll take it. Decided to swap back to a little more volume.

Monday:
warmups to a 425 single. then 2 405 singles and a 5x5 at 335. Not bad. FS to a 315 single then 3x5 at 225 and 1x12 for speed at 135. Not a bad workout. Bw at 180.2lbs. Trying to hit some speed work later.

Did back work Tuesday. And hooped so I skipped Wednesdays speed work.

Thursday:
BW: 181.8lbs.

Deadlifts: warmups to a single 475 pull.
5x5 at 425lbs. 1st set...last rep. Tweaked back. Successive sets much easier.

Skipped everything else because back was sore and I decided to pick daughter up early.

Good thing. Spinal erectors are fried. All from the ONE rep. I knew it too as it happened. Ugh. Heating pad currently then im going to hit the gym and get some blood flowing to the area and see if it helps. 5x5 was strong tho!