1-2, or "one-half?" I am doing half-squat jumps. The video is in a quarter squat. Yeah I should, I just started transitioning into the jump squats so I will try to add more in. And I've been keeping it heavy, and seeing improvement. Whereas below parallel squatting didn't improve my half-squat explosion as much as the jumps I do are.

However, my VJs are much mroe like the squat jumps I'm doing than the ones he is doing. For overall reactivity I guess it is a good idea, but I think bounds are way better. But only if you do them like a triple jumper.

Yeah I'll watch the left leg, first time doing them in a while. Although I don't think it's always bad to do that, it strengthens the knee at different angles so if you never train with your knee past your toes, you'll lose strength in that area.

On my Dlifts - My back is flat, and my hips are indeed back. Since my stance is extremely wide, the hips don't go back as far, it's not possible, but if you pause at the bottom of the dlift, my hips are back, and my shins are perpendicular with floor.

As a result, I feel it compeltely in my glutes and hamstrings, not one iota in my lower back. And today there is no soreness there whatsoever. Well there isn't much soreness anyway, but somein glutes. The point is to keep the hips high though.



LOG:
BW - 156.8 - wtf, yesterday was 157.something. My quads look the same size, gotten a bhit larger, maybe I lost the mass in my back. My arms also look the same but slightly bigger, very slightly. Chest also feels full. But maybe i lost body fat. Don't mind that!!!!! PRPRPRPRPRPRPR not really.

Mental: stressed, grumpy, aggressive... apeshit. THe workout yesterday did not fatigue me, if I had done max vertical jumps, it may have. Very very very angry/aggressive/sardonic/...

Physical: when I woke up I wanted to do max sprints, but I felt like I was able to do longer distances of max sprinting. After looking at the computer, and wasting time and preparing to leave the house to workout.. I didn't feel AS much energy.

Once I got to the track, and the weight room, I ahd more energy than I've had in like the past year. Prbably feeel like I was in high school again. No fatigue, goign ALL OUT, on lifts, groaning face etc. lack of heavy deads? Or maybe better nutrition? FUck!

I think it was the cacao beans I ate they are a jing yang tonic. but lots of minerals too. I was at the gym for a long long long time. If I have them for dinner, or right before bed in small quantities, I do dfeel energized the next day. if I'm deficient in minerals i think like zinc. I had a white spot on my tooth develop two nights ago, I felt very fatigued that day so maybe i am deficient. nails are fine.


TRACK:
10m sprints - did not feel the quickness in the first step as I did a few days ago - I probably need to recover from the lifts, but I did feel mad explosive. Only did a few before I was like fuck it don't care. wna work on top speed training.
Standing quadruple - also no PR, need to revoer from lifts. Also there was a fucking headwind pissing methe fuck off.

Broad jump - hit 9'2'' i think. My right foot aws at 9'3.5'' but left was like back an inch or two so that sucked. But I stuck the landing that helped. idn't feel as quad dominant.

Felt more like MAX velocity training today, and progressing into longer approach jumps, and back to triple jumps.

4step triple jump - WOW. I used to be better at this, but I wasn't that bad. I'm very happy to see that there is so much room for improvement. Once I landed ont he same leg, I lost a lot of spring, wasn't explosive at all.

4x 20m flyes, with 30m sprint - did not time cuz lost the stop watch, got most of it on video. 2 into the headwind, 2 with tailwind.

I called it quits after I was like ... fuck. After oen of my jumps, I felt satisfied and was losign a lot of performance and din't feel like jumpgina anymore

Also standing RRR stnading LLL as well jumps. Not my fav too muscly. Want to work on 4 step triple.




WEIGHT ROOM: UPPERBODY ARMS, NO CHEST NO ABCK.
1. weighted pullups
35lbs x5
45x4
45x4
45x4.5
 
1b. Military press
95lbs 4x4 

Felt insane, lot of energy.

2. shoulder circles - 15lbs -will make video  of this later. it's basically movign your arms in circles with a weight, simple

Don't reemebr exactly everything else, but 1armed barbell shoulder press, 45lbs, rear delt lifts, lots of isometrics with adductors, abductors, and also back/hamstring

And some heavy trucep extensions just 2 sets, and heavy bicep curls then lighter ones. PRed on those. Size looks same but arms look rippter


PW - raw milk, with cacao powder, turmeric, cinnamon, slippery elm, and MSM.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqDBE8ktueE" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqDBE8ktueE</a>

Some of the stuff I worked on in Jan this month. Gonna keep bounding a lot next month

Taking couple days rest. I feel as if I did all my my trainig for the week sat-mon. I did so much shit, everyday. I've done this before where I'd condense my workouts. Now my legs feel le resting a ittle bit.

Was that a hitch kick at 2:20?  Nice.... where'd you learn that?

Have you been doing jumps recently?  Whats your vert currently at?

Avishek the jumps look really good man, nice work.... But why, if I may ask, do you have to keep doing crazy shit like a far depth jump? Its totally pointless and wasted effort. It completely takes away from the objective of a depth jump because you can't possibly load your legs the same way and jump vertically.

As I'm watching the video I'm thinking wow these look really good. Then I'm like wow there he goes again. Just trying to help man, seriously. But if you have a reasonable reason for it, please excuse the comment.

@undoubtable
I don't "do" far depth jumps. I was just testing it out. But I've never used them before in a workout or over a period of time for a training effect. I might now though, because they overload the quads nicely. THey also utilize pchain more, and i think that's why I could jump an easy 1" higher.
Edit: also they're not crazy in anyway. I just don't see that... you just land further than a 1:1 ratio (12'' box land 12'' out, 24'' box land 24'' out). And it makes perfect sense.

A standard depth jump is not as relevant to an RVJ as the far depth jumps, or overspeed jumps since they're way too quads dominant imo

Raptor - pause at 0:14 and 1:06, 1:06 is an inch higher. But they are all pretty similar.

Log:
mental - no caffeine for another day, felt tired since I woke up too early and overslept and heard too many footsteps. FIrst night in a while sleep deprived. It really sucks! I thought I was good at one point but i needed to nap.
Physical - legs feel light, but neural drive isn't there. My ahsmtrings and glutes want to workout


1. Box squats
225 x1
245x1
265x1
245 3x2

Very minimal training today. Had to rush out acually

2. Hyperextensions
35lb plate
3 sets - 2x3 then one set of like 5

Felt good after, wanted to do more verts. Maybe i'll be ffresh enough tomorrow for some harder training

Mental state: calm but focused, stressed though due to late assignment.
Physical - legs feel light, started to feel like squatting around 3pm or so. Felt more like sprinting and bounding, and working on starts though. Didn't feel incredibly storng however, but did feel ready  - to be expected based on my RFD observations and motor pattern learning observations over the past 6 mos



Warmup - felt kinda hyper, so I did some starts on the track, just a few of them. Used my old torn up nike frees, but I felt so light sprinting on that indoor track. Definitely way better than last year.

1. Box squat jump squat complex
a. Box squat

265lbs - 1x3. Didn't push myself to do anymore. But the third one went up more easily than last time. It did feel quite heavy though. My body is getting used to bonding of course so it feels more difficult even though the strength is there.

225 - jumping at the top, a few sets of 2.

b. Jump squats
95lbs, 135, 1 set of 185

I cannot tell if I PRed for sure, but it did feel a bit uncomfortable since I have added box squatting in my routine which took time away form the jump squats. t's all that neural shit. Next time it will bemuch easier

After that one set of 185 just used 95lbs - minimal ROM pogo jumps x2-3 reps, and one or two at 90 degree half squat.



2. Single leg assisted explosive DLs
3 sets, 4ish reps.

Felt kinda tired after


Also did 1x10 with 35lbs supinated bicep curls before the squats since so many ppl were at the school gym. And a set of triceps


Edit 2x2 hyperextensions with 15lbs med ball, singgle leg. Very difficult while swing arms full ROM. Knee felt uncomfortable on right leg actually.

Despite being tired and not feeling like jumping, which I wanted to test a little, I did some light sprints going for strides, low heel recovery etc. Felt so light and bouncy I couldn't stop. Mostly this was for form. Walking into a decent start.