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No. I have straps but I don't like using them. I can definitely lift more with them but when I don't use them my grip strength gets better which directly helps my ball control on court. Kind of a catch 22 but I'll always pick being better on court over being stronger in the weight room.

My gym doesn't allow. May start doing deadlift days at the apartment complex gym. Its small, they probably wont even notice lol

Liquid chalk? I have not heard of that, I'm going to check the rules again next time I go down there.

Cool, I'll check it out!

Went and did some drills/conditioning work before playing. Low back is major sore from Tuesdays workout, quads and glutes are feeling better. Figured I wouldn't be very bouncy tonight but had more than I thought. I'll toss up a vid of a dunk in a minute from after the games. 

Friday Oct 4 2013

BW at 173-176lbs.
Energy was ok, been slacking on my sleep 'resolution' lately.
Soreness seems to be gone, good!

Warmups+jumps

Squat:
(Warmup) 225x3 275x2 315x1 365x1 405x1
(Worksets, banded) 335x5 x5, 335x5 x5 225x3(speed). 335 is a struggle for all sets, few more sessions before adding weight.

Paused calf raises on leg press:
640lbs x8, x8, x8 w/ 450lb x15 supersetted. Last reps are killer lol!

Hypers:
25lbs x10, x10, x10. With added weight I feel it more in the hams. Cool.

Lunges:
50lbs x?? Lol didn't keep track, just some unilateral assistance work.

Back/bicep/shoulders and heavy core/ab work. 30 mins of shooting as a cool down. Good workout.

Skipped Sat session due to some unforseen circumstances. Going to try and get a few light reps in tonight to keep form. We'll see.

Monday Oct 7 2013

BW @ 172-175lbs. (Lower abs look like crap tho, gotta clean up diet a little more lately)

Squats:
(warmups) 225x3 275x2 315x2 365x1 405x1 425x1

That is 2,47*BW for 172 / 2,42*BW for 175. 

Is 425 your 1RM currently,  or can you break beyond 2,5*BW?
What about your history, what are your PRs , absolute and relative?
Serious numbers anyway!

Well modesty is good and all, but 2.5*BW at around parallel ( a few inches up or down do not matter ) is damn impressive any way you see it.
Agreed about how it would stress CNS. AREG is a bitch, but it would be very useful to search and find the optimal load/volume combination that potentiates you instead of draining you.

Well, I may or may not have forgotten the woman and my anniversary Tuesday night lol! Lucky for me I managed to snag a babysitter and a reservation last minute. Whew! Needless to say, no lifting Tuesday

So I hooped a lot on Wed and Thur. I was jumping ok in Wed and FLYING on Thurs! I've noticed that a lot, if I play on consecutive days without lifting in between I'm usually very bouncy on day 2. Anyway, had the jumper going off both days which made drives so easy because guys were having to get so close defensively. Ended up with a clean 2 hander and a nice one hander Wed when no one rotated fast enough and Thursday I got an ok, sorta weak and 1 poster dunk on a drive in the last pickup game. That had me amped up and on our next possession my buddy drives down the right side, draws the defender on the opposite block and tosses a sweet over the shoulder oop to me on the baseline, caught it clean with both hands and killed it. First in game oop!!!!! Idk who was more excited, him or me lol!

Sorry for long update, I'm still super pumped! More lifting tonight!