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no motivation tonight at all, mentally tired, physically tired, need to get more sleep tonight. forced myself to go to the gym and was planning to just do some light pogos and leg press and call it a day. but...

-warm up
jog x 5 mins
mobility stuff and some stretching

-leg press
serious tweak in right groin/hip flexor on the first warm up rep. tried a few more reps to see if it would work out, but no luck. fml. called it. more stretching and some smr later.

BW = ???
SORENESS = none
ACHES/INJURIES = right calf but almost better
FATIGUE = none
DIET = good

-jump rope 30/30 x 15

-stretch

Just wanted to break a little sweat and get my HR up a bit. Kept it nice and relaxed but still managed to get the rope caught a few times. Frustrated and would have been embarrassed had there been anyone else around.

No time for anything Saturday and Sunday I was traveling all day. Tonight I'm just going to roll, stretch and do some mobility whatnot. Gym starts again tomorrow. Hurray!

 

I'm sick. Woozy, achey, sore throat, deaf in my left ear, headache, serious shits. FML. Gonna try to work out tonight but probably will not push anything too hard.

BW = 168.5
SORENESS = none
ACHES/INJURIES = none
FATIGUE = low to moderate
DIET = good

-foam roll x 20 mins

-jog x 20 mins

-stretch x a lot

Not sick anymore. Just wanted to get my heart rate up a bit and stretch a bunch. Mission accomplished.

BW = 169
SORENESS = lower back
ACHES/INJURIES = right big toe, flaring up today for some reason, arthritis is a bitch
FATIGUE = low
DIET = good

-warm up
shoot around x 30 mins
a few jumps at the rim, WAY submax
foam roll x 10 mins
stretch x 10 mins

-BSS 3 x 5
50,50,50 (goblet squat position)

-squat a bunch x a bunch
95 for all sets, switched between low bar, mid bar, high bar and front squat, just pumping up and down (pause).

-S1: chin up 2 x 5
-S1: OHP 2 x 5
30,30

-jump rope x a bunch but FUCK MY TOE

-incline walk x a few minutes

-the end

Realized that I was having no fun at the gym. Putting too much pressure on every workout and getting pissed at myself for regressing after my work trip/being sick last week. That leads to me doing retarded shit like failing twice on 340 yesterday for NO FUCKING REASON. So tonight I just went with no plan and just dicked around, kept it REALLY light, enjoyed myself. Or at least had nothing to be pissed or disappointed about. I've decided that I need to jump every workout and nearly every day if possible, even if the workout doesn't call for it or if it's an "off" day. If I'm feeling super springy that day, jump more. Off days I'd obviously still keep volume low. If need be, jump a ton and cut back on everything else. I'm trying to get better at jumping. That should be the priority, always. Kind of a "duh" moment, I guess.

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Yes , i still can't get why you're not jumping way higher. 320@169, WTF , that should have you in the 35 area.
You're very strong relatively and absolutely , lean , you do your plyos , you jump often , don't get it!  
Then again you had many derails, those are major bitches.

High-freq jumping sounds nice , be sure not to wear yourself out though. When i was jumping almost every day last year , i would label most of those sessions as 'submax'. Psychology trick , just like you described about gym session : no expectations , no disappointments , just adaptation and technique improvements. So i would go like , e.g. , Monday submax , Wed submax , Saturday caff-up + ME. Worked nice.
Just saying...

yeah this is pretty much what i was thinking. jump more, care just enough to try to do it properly but not enough to get down on myself when i'm not jumping well, keep getting stronger. in other words, back on the arowe plan but with more or less DLRVJ depending on how i'm feeling that day.

also, i wouldn't say i'm very strong either relatively or absolutely. especially compared to some of the other dudes on here. but all that means is there's nowhere to go but up.