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i see, nice. thats where i'm around too.

finally have access to a 9'8 rim, spent 2.5 hours there. felt good being able to jump off a full approach. its a bit awkward, so definitely gotta keep getting out here instead of just jumping in my backyard. very glad i had no left knee pain during that too. it seems like that all thats left is the "weird" feeling to it and the clicking.

never had the chance to lob off full LR approaches, so slowly getting better at it. putting down 2 handers, and can hang on the rim afterwards lol. tried a few off the dribble RL dunks, only made one, rest got rimmed out. one handers off RL still really easily. LR off the dribble still terrible though lol, i barely tried it. i jump higher off LR now, but off the dribble, RL is just way easier. the few RL dunks didn't bother my left knee, but i'm still cautious using the plant. if i knew going off RL wouldn't bother my knee, i'd switch to it though, my right leg is stronger, and i'm smoother/more natural with it even though i haven't been jumping with it. anyone have more insight as to why going off RL would potential bother the top of my left knee?

Deadlifts today with 265 lbs, 4,4,3.

Also, another LR vs RL comparison for right handers?

LR

pros
-strengthens the left leg and gives carryover to the one foot jump
-you can replicate the reverse of the RL plant if you get good enough with your left hand

cons
-more quad dominant(?)
-can be more awkward to dunk off the dribble with
-shorter reach with the right hand, and is especially hard to dunk right handed off the dribble. if you can just dunk right handed off the dribble, you won't be far from dunking two handed

RL

pros
-makes its very easy to dunk one handed
-smoother off the dribble
-more hip dominant

cons
-if you stick with this plant for a while, your left leg will be weaker and you won't be as good off one foot
-2 handers seem hard because you're so used to getting that extra reach
-little incentive to dunk left handed

that was all that i could think of for now lol, kinda getting into detail here. anyone have more to add?

ohh lol no wonder. i rest on my palms. i think i tried elbows once, but i think it hurt cause i have wooden floors. i'll try again though later.

Did 145 lbs x7 on the bench press and max of 8 pullups.

But yea, that was stupid of me to have a one foot dunk session on sunday even if it was short. gonna play it really safe, take a week break from jumping, keep stretching/foam rolling quads, strengthen VMO, and then come back and stick strictly to two foot LR jumping.

did a bunch of one foot jumps today and am currently regretting it lol. I got a few dunks on camera and 1 thing I notice that I can see clearly is the deep knee bend and forward shin angle I'm getting my penultimate(right) leg. feels like i'm still pretty quad dominant, so am gonna keep streching/foam rolling my quads, and stay away from one foot jumping.

I wish i could go back in time though, it was the december of 2014 when I was starting to put down very weak dunks off the dribble off my RL plant. very quad dominant back then, i only did olympic style squats with the shoes, going all the way down. the extra thing i was missing back then was hip strength, so i shouldve just started deadlifting like crazy. i think what happened instead was i got sick, lost a lot of mass/strength, and couldn't get that high up anymore, so was kinda discouraged. it was around this time too i found out exactly how easy it was to dunk by palming the ball and going off one foot, so then i decided to change into a one foot jumper lol, which messed up my knee.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC0XWDVnttU" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC0XWDVnttU</a>

What do you guys think of Scotty's jump? i'm trying to emulate his jump, it's just so springy/bouncy. he injured his left knee, too, ACL instead of having tendinosis though.