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jacob tucker facing off against golden child @ san antonio sprite dunk contest as i post this... JT & GC are the top guys obviously, JT in the lead apparently.

http://www.facebook.com/SpriteSlamDunkShowdown

Damn your skinny...lol. Gonna be flying really high soon.

hopefully, jumping very bad lately off two legs.

pc












some horrible jumping yet again (at a nice court), it basically goes hand-n-hand with my training though.. if i dont train all out, my jumping just disappears quick.. landed one nice dunk out of like 15, horrible though.. jumping like < 32" initially HEH.












im going to be doing some experimental stuff for alot of this month.. starting today, tons of submax training all day, want to see how it effects me tomorrow... quads feel crazy week.

pc

i think one of the main issues with SVJ is, on these forums, most people simply don't care about it.. it's a skill just like anything else.. sure it'll go up a little as your RVJ goes up considerably, but without directly training it, you can't ever expect to make huge gains in that movement.. most people on here/TVS are "basketball natured", so jumping from a dead start doesn't excite them or make any sense for the world of dunking.. on the other hand, people who do focus on svj, such as vag/tychver/steven-miller/arowe/... etc, do make considerable gains in it.

I personally hate SVJ'n, so even though it's gone up a bit, it's not something I care about.. For example, 3 years ago I measured my highest SVJ on vertec of 124" when my running touch was only 128", I was SVJ'n every workout.. Once I got bored with SVJ, it went down to 120-121" while my RVJ kept increasing to vertec 132.5" touch.

I think you'll find people more interested in SVJ on "strength & bodybuilding forums". One of the reasons, I noticed, is that alot of those people always want to be "better at something" than people who are crazy athletic. For example, if you say lebron james has 44" RVJ, they'll say, "but what is his SVJ".. If you tell them lebron half squats 2.5xBW, they will laugh and say, "but what does he deep squat".. If you tell them an elite athlete's bodyweight is 160 lb, they will laugh and tell them to gomad, etc.. that's not everyone, but it's a large percentage from what i see.. "ATG" squatting, SVJ, GOMAD, & excessive bodyweight become some kind of cult ego booster to alot of those people. I respect people whatever their goals are, doesn't infringe on my training one bit so why would I care.. Rippetoe on the other hand seems to be pretty inflammatory, he allows some really weak replies through & somehow thinks they are funny, that's always a bad sign.. If someone is sticking up for me and acting like a complete a$$ in the process, i'd tell them to relax... lmao..

pc

06/08/2011
bw=150soreness=none
aches/injuries = left hamstring tendon FU*K
fatigue = moderate
diet = 4 chocolates + protein/water-drink + crystal light, 100 layups + 50 dribbling around + DLRVJ dunks + 2*protein/water-drink, proein/water-drink, run with dog (1.5hour), 4 eggs + egg whites + jalapeno + 2 bread + 4 chocolates + crystal light, workout{JR(dl)@3x100 SS PU@3x6, JR(L=2,R=2)@3x100 SS NGP@3x8, MRHT=40 SS PS=45x8, MRHT@2x20 SS PS=45@2x8, JR(L=1,R=1)@3x100 SS PS=35@3x8, JR(deep dl)@3x100 SS CU@3x5, MRHT=10powerful SS PS=45x5, JR(L=5,R=5, knee up)=100 SS PS=35x8, JR(L=5,R=5, knee up)@2x100 SS PUSHUPS@2x20, JR(dl)=200}, protein/water-drink + crystal light, protein/water-drink + turkey sandwich + crystal light

sleep = 10 hours

man hard as hell to dunk after 1 hour of work in a sweatshirt.. haha.. nutty

hamstring tendon felt better later at night.. thankfully.. SLRVJ seems to tweak it at times, hae to be careful and adapt it.




148 after workout.. nice

single leg dunks.. man 4 hours sleep, sleep has been rough the last few nights.. i just can't sleep good at all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j6y-De4TH4

Nicely done Adarq.

thanks man

Have you noticed that you twist a lot on some of your jumps? Do you think that's because of the rounded approach?

ya i have lots of rotation.. the rounded approach definitely exacerbates it, but even on other approaches, i always rotate into my plant.. should make spinning/360's/180's easier.

peace man

the bottoms of both of my feet are cramping bleh