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I sit at a computer all day for work. Guaranteed posture problems. My back definitely gets rounded throughout the day if I don't focus on having good posture while I sit. And it's simply not possible to focus on it all the time when I'm actually trying to work. That being said, I don't think it affects my athletic performance a whole lot. I feel like my posture seems to naturally (temporarily) improve when playing sports for whatever reason.

I think a lot of my problem is that the muscles in my chest and the front of my shoulder are much stronger than the ones in my back and the back of my shoulder. This seems to cause everything to be pulled forward. I played baseball my whole life until I was about 24-25, but for the last 6-8 years of that I was primarily just a pitcher. At one point I had to go to physical therapy due to throwing shoulder issues, and they told me that the muscles in the back of my shoulder and in my back near my shoulder blade were really weak. It seemed sort of crazy to me at the time since the pain was up in my shoulder. But sure enough, I did a lot of exercises focusing on those areas and the pain went away.

Anyway, I'm hoping that dedication to a full body lifting program will result in being stronger everywhere which will lead to better posture and overall well-being.  I'm also considering the switch to a standing desk at work if I can swing it.

199 and 32" waist is impressive. how lean are you?

I was thinking the same thing. I'm like 178 right now and 33".

"open toe running shoes" lmfao.

What the fuck

I only have one real goal that I'd like to accomplish by the end of 2011 and that's head at 9'10".  Head at the rim would be nice though...

Current RVJ = ~40"
Goal RVJ = 47"

It would be ideal if I could actually do this by October 2011 which is when winter volleyball and basketball leagues start again.

Yeah I'm gonna try to find a place I can get into sometime soon.  Another problem I had today was I kept getting too far under the rim on my take off instead of taking off a little in front of it....just shit I gotta work on I guess

Hey what's going on...I joined yesterday but haven't posted because I was waiting until I got a video.  I'm a 25 year old (almost 26) guy from the midwest who's pretty much just into sports in general.  Right now I'm just playing volleyball, basketball, and slow pitch softball.

Anyway, I'm just trying to work on increasing my vertical.  I used to be able to jump higher back in my high school/college days and I've lost a little bit, so I'm going to try to get it back.  I'm only about 5'11 with shoes on so I need all the vertical I can get.  Anyway...here's a vid of what I can do now, any tips on what you think might help are appreciated...

Note: I didn't really have time to warm up for the vid as I had to be somewhere and my recording got delayed by rain.  It was also windy and sort of cold so I couldn't do any lobs really, and the rim also wasn't breakaway and tore the shit out of my hands...but no excuses.  I'll try to post some better efforts later.  And oh yeah, remember to switch the vid to 720p...makes it look a little better I think.  Anyway, I'm out...

Link to the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNY72J16l0w