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Fri
Sept 23, 2011


[140x8][190x6][230,280x4][330x2][370,400,420x1]

Week 1 - 435, 425, 415, 415, 415, 415, 395
Week 2 - 415(440), 395(415), 415(435), 420, 395, 415, 420
Week 3 - 420, 420, 430, 420, 410, 395(410), 440
Week 4 - 420, 420, 420, 420

Jumps
- SVJ 2 hand dunks

* the 420x1 was very heavy today. could be because i did not take my time with the rest between 400-420. took only 12-14mins. should have taken 18-22. did quick rest on that because a bball game was about to start. needed to break a sweat so i rushed the last rep. i was not weak on the legs but my mid back caved in midway up and i had to slow down to complete the rep. thats max today.. or another 5lbs, but thats about it.
* SVJs were still good, still getting a few inches below wrist on rim with both hands + ball.

^ thanks. less weight is less stress on my knees. i also use paused squats now to really save my joints/tendons from more stress. thats how im managing lifting high frequency using a high RM%.

^ id take a day off when i can no longer recover within 24 hrs and lift at least up to 395-410. my daily squats are not really that taxing.. only 2-3 heavy singles.. 395-410-420/430 max right now.. thats very low volume with lots of rest in between sets, 12-14mins. 18-22 if i make it up to the 420-430lb.

i am not domd at all.

Mon
Sept 19, 2011


[135x8][185x6][225,275x4][325x2][365,395,420,440x1]

Week 1 - 435, 425, 415, 415, 415, 415, 395
Week 2 - 415(440), 395(415), 415(435), 420, 395, 415, 420
Week 3 - 420, 420, 430, 420, 410, 395(410), 440

Jumps
- SVJ 2 hand dunks (no warm-up)

* i could not have gotten any better recovery. i was burned out after the sunday lift (and failure). slept sunday afternoon 4-5 hrs, sunday night (8-9hrs) and sunday late morning to mid afternoon (4hours). this is my body telling me that i owe it sleep from the night shift schedule and it took it. this is not sleeping... i hibernated.
* all lifts felt the same until i got to 420x1. felt easy which gave me an idea to test something heavier again. did 440x1 and felt like i have another extra 5-10lbs over it. the rep did not look like a near-max effort. mid back did not bend at all.
* did cold SVJ 2 hand dunks. now im really going to suck at bball because il probably skip the pick-up games now because i can dunk without it anyway.
* will modify weights for ramping and will use 420-430 as maintenance.. will eventually push for a 455 paused rep at some point.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbsq7BptE_0

Sat
Sept 17, 2011


[135x8][185x6][225,275x4][325x2][365,395,410x1]

Week 1 - 435, 425, 415, 415, 415, 415, 395
Week 2 - 415[440F], 395[415F], 415[435F], 420, 395, 415, 420
Week 3 - 420, 420, 430, 420, 410

* did my lifts after work without sleep coming from the previous workout. didn't do too bad. form is almost always just right. high frequency squats really take care of that part. i could tell that im not 100% recovered not just from the previous squat workout, but also from the 430x1 2 workouts ago. i also realized that on that 430x1 workout, i had to go thru a 420x1 which is a 1 day workout in itself.
* 410x1 was probably not the max for this workout.. 415ish would have been better. 420 would pin me. no jumps. go home and sleep until 6:30pm. 

Thur
Sept 15, 2011


[135x8][185x6][225,275x4][325x2][365,395,420,430x1]

Week 1 - 435, 425, 415, 415, 415, 415, 395
Week 2 - 415[440F], 395[415F], 415[435F], 420, 395, 415, 420
Week 3 - 420, 420, 430,

Jumps
- SVJ 2 hand dunks (1x pick up game warmup)

* was a little worried that 2x pickup games and 2 sessions of SVJ dunks yesterday might have fitigued me a bit. this is also the 3rd 420 ive done in 3 days. the plan to stick with 420 didn't work. i moved it convincingly and decided to go 430 today. worked nicely. i might have an extra 10-15lbs over it also. the weight just moved up smoothly. will stop at 410-420 tmrw if im not very strong.

Wed
Sept 14, 2011


Week 1 - 435, 425, 415, 415, 415, 415, 395
Week 2 - 415[440F], 395[415F], 415[435F], 420, 395, 415, 420
Week 3 - 420, 420
[135x8][185x6][225,275x4][325x2][365,395,420x1]

Jumps
- SVJ 2 hand dunks (1x pick up game warmup)

* mirror of previous day. right calf and right glute a little sore from banging bodies at the post yesterday. didnt really affected anything.
* i am not building fatigue faster than i am recovering.  i lifted 420x1 today with the same effort as i did from the 2 previous days. 10-15lbs over it.  that is a near max paused rep squat workout + some near max / low rep jumping. il try to do 2-3 more days of 420x1 and squeeze in a 430x1.
* did some 8-12reps of isolated calf work too.

Wed Afternoon

Jumps
- SVJ 2 hand dunks (1x pick up game warmup)

* did another pick up game because i felt like getting more conditioning going.  SVJ dunks after i got a good warmup from the game.

Mon
Sept 12, 2011


[135x8][185x6][225,275x4][325x2][365,395,420x1]

Jumps
- SVJ 2 hand dunks

* felt good today to be lifting strong even if i spent extra energy yesterday for the jumps. my legs felt tired and extra stiff today and i was not expecting to make it pass 395x1.
* will now try to maintain 420x1 as top maintenance set, 410 if im not very strong. i was surprised that i jumped good again even after the jump test yesterday. there will be no jumping tmrw since the court will be used in the afternoon for a class. i need to give my legs some extra rest too.