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Yesterday's workout = money.

Warm up
the usual, but did it right for the first time in a couple of weeks

Work
Squat 3x5x255
Bench 3x5x175 (the second set felt a little wobbly and I didn't hold my shoulder blades together the whole time, but the weight was moving)
Pull-ups 4x5xbw (in between bench warm-up sets)
DL 5x310

Cool down
stretch

DLs felt great. Also I totaled up the weights for the work sets I did and it came to 11,400#. Not including the pull ups it's an even 8000#. Feels cool to put it that way. I moved almost six tons of weight in an hour of lifting.

Last workout before Xmas blitz. Went swimmingly. Shot around first, then did mobility, then went back out and tried a few running jumps at the rim. Almost seriously grabbed the rim, got top two knuckled on my middle finger over top and one on index and ring...nice! Probably ~32", which would be a PR.

UPDATE: measured my middle finger and looks like I would have had to get more like 32.5" on that jump. Even better! On the other hand, that just means that I really have to hit 38" in order to dunk. Still, progress is progress. Also meant to add that I only did about 6 jumps total, with 20-30s between each. My form during the runup is definitely ugly, so I think I'm gonna add 5 or 6 near-max efforts before each workout, after the warm up, with loads of rest.

Warm up
shoot around
mobility

Work
depth jump 2x5x24"
squat 3x5x260
OHP 3x5x125

Cool down
stretch
shoot around a bit more

Not even gonna talk about vacation, no serious workout worth mentioning, just a bunch of long walks and some random jumping here and there, mostly onto walls and stuff. However, despite that and eating like shit today, and feeling like crap at the gym, I set a PR in each working set (well, except bench, kind of).

Warm-up
the usual, kind of half-assed

Work
squat 3x5x265 PR
bench 5x185, 4x185, 5x185 (lost focus in middle set; this was hard)
==>interspersed with bench warm-up sets: pullups 4x5xbw
dead lift 5x320 (fuck yes this felt hard but great)

Cool down
stretch

nice stuff... how heavy are u?
post a pic!

Last workout of the first decade of the 21st century. Cut upper-body work today because my biceps feel like they're about to get strained. I mean, like I strained them a little bit the other day and probably shouldn't push my luck. Anyway, apart from that it was some high-quality work.

Warm up
shoot hoops
varsity warm-up

Work
heavy kb swings x5 supersetted with
max RVJ x3, x6
depth jumps 3x3x24"
lots of rest
squat 3x5x270 (hard)

Cool down
stretch
shoot some more hoops

Got some good height on a few of the RVJs, maybe 31-32." Hips and hamstrings were pretty sore so I feel okay about that. But the whole thing still doesn't feel very smooth and some of the jumps were just awful. More practice will help.

*UPDATE* Noticed that in my post about the last workout, I listed my DL as 5x265. That would have been some weak sauce. It was 5x320. Also, forgot to post yesterday that I did indeed go to the gym, get some light mixed cardio in (shot hoops, a little elliptical, a little running, a little jump rope) plus foam rolling and a good long full-body stretch. Wise choice.

Well I worked out on Saturday and then the rest of the weekend was jammed, so I'm just posting this workout now. I need to drop back to 320 on the DL this weekend, then switch to five lb increases. Ten is just too much. Frustrating, but oh well.

Warm up
shoot hoops
usual

Work
Squat 3x5x275 (might have cheated for depth on a few of these but mostly they were good and solid)
Bench 3x5x185 (again, because of the fail last time)
DL 2x330

Cool down
stretch

what's your new job about?

im not a big fan of ohp's either. in my working with baseball players/other baseball coaches/trainers, hardly any of them would use any OHP movements. they'd do light overhead prehab-type movements, but never OHP.