110401 Story Typing and English Translation TestThe following is a sharing I typed and posted in the local basketball/sneaker fans site as well as my facebook. I guess will translate it and include it in my Journal also.
????????????? 2011-03-31, 03:21 PM My Basketball Training Transformation Story 2011-03-31, 03:21 PM
Basketball is definitely one of my best friend; although often, I leave basketball behind for various reasons, reason like too busy with university, too busy with girl etc... Anyhow, whenever I got dejected in life... usually from a bad relationship breakup, I will dig out my basketball and play as hard as possible (due to too much spare time)
A day in 2006, I suddenly felt that basketball is so hard to master, and I suddenly remember my childhood dream, Slamdunk!
From there on, non stop web research, training and attempt to find method to train vertical...
The world wide web allow me to meet up with all kind of vertical interested people, young kid, 35yrs old middle age, professional trainer, I had meet them all...
Over the years, I had seen young kid going from barely rim touching to slamming the ball; I had seen middle age dude quit training due to new born baby, and of cause many many others who just quit in between...
Vertical Jump, is quite a complicated subject, especially to those who genetically lacking the ability. How to train for power, at the same time train for explosiveness? With torque of a truck and also the quickness of a sportcar...
From a book named Vertical Jump Bible, I learnt about Plyometric and Powerlifting; Training and researching day by day, even though I had make progress here and there, but I usually reach a plateau very soon...
Self research training is like a guy trying to find an exit in a dark room; the goal is clear, but lack of clear direction. Although not sure if training method is most efficient; some time performance even decrease during training; the progress is just like using your own body as test subject in a lab...
Anyhow, I can only believe that I am moving forward... and continue to train!
Gradually, I am getting stronger and stronger, the weight in Powerlifting keep increasing to a caution point. Since muscle developing speed is much faster the joint, it is relatively easy to get injury, and of cause I had injured myself before. Out of the blue, I discovered a government registered powerlifting club . Give them a call, and an old grandpa with a loud voice suggested me to give them a try. Went there and only a few dudes show up, powerlifting is not a popular sport to begin with. I told him my goal: jump higher, I am here to squat and Deadlift.
Just like that, my journey in powerlifting begins. Honestly, the coach here is experienced, international standard, although this sport lack of popularity and not many athletes involve, I still believe, it is not easy to be No. 1...
????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Non stop training, Non stop learning, Non stop improving, I am starting to be a Squat specialist. One day. I suddenly reach new height in my squat stat - I am able to squat 2x bodyweight!
??????????????????????????????????????????????From the web, athletes able to squat 2x BW are not really not that special, I suppose it still can be consider as a standard for entry level professional athletes.
????????? Am I an Athlete?
I started to think, could I leave my name in the local Powerlifting record book? I really did squat day and night! Although I love basketball a great deal, but it is definitely impossible for me to get respected from the basketball community, but with powerlifting, it is possible. I check the local record, my category's record is 207kg (455lbs)! Good god, that is mad, like I said before, it is not easy being no.1... (My record at that time is 382lbs)
The above was about one and a half years ago; although I felt that the local record is so far away and hard to reach, but inside my heart... a little bit of me still believe that it is possible....
Non stop training, non stop learning, non stop improvement.. is all because I want to Dunk...
????????????????????????????????????????!A year pass, I got higher in vert, but is still far from dunking... instead, I am squating at a new level again!
I decided to join the local powerlifting competition this year. ( I joined for fun 2 years ago)
Day by day, time passes so fast, I train so hard as if I am going against the clock. The life of a athlete is short, I know if I have a chance to break the record this year, next year will be a whole different story. The competition day is getting close, but my improvement rate is slowing down... I am stressed and I can not take my mind off training ...
On my last week of training (it is actually 2 week before the meet, as the last week is meant for rest), because I still got a business trip to go, I know I don't have much time left, I give it all out that night and attempt the record breaking lift...
It is this day, I made history...I break the local record!
Since that, I had 2 other training attempt at that weight, once failed and once successful...
?????????????????????????????????????... There are still 2 days left before the meet, and many friends of mine know about me trying to break some record, and my family...they all support me...
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?????????10???????????????????Believe in yourself???????????????????????????????????? Because today is the 2nd last day before the meet (full rest day), so I spend my time documenting this story for myself.
Bad Grammar indeed, if you actually read up to this point, I did really appreciate your time...
P.S. ????????????????????????????????P.S. At the point, I want to thanks my wife for her support, Training day by day take up so much time which I could had be spending it with her instead...
?????????????:At last, here attached a video clips about my final test ,1 week before the meet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sI_yUpf0BiU
