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you PR nearly every workout.

tons of PR's. his use of "marginal" seems inaccurate, afaik.

also, training is about overreaching and then supercompensating while you back off. i bet if you gave yourself a bit of time off you could hit a huge PR.

jump pr, dno - unless he jumps more.

seems like when he's jumping more, jumps are decent. remember lots of vids of him really getting up, and that was during the daily squatting experiment.

as for big squat PR, ya I imagine so. but, maxent's diet fluctuates so much that it risks keeping him in "limbo", IMHO. i still don't really get it. I mean if I were maxent i'd be trying to achieve the lower body of an NFL defensive back/sprinter -> huge glutes/quads/hamstrings. The diet fluctuations are constantly in conflict with that, in my opinion. Put slabs of mass on the lower body, it'll make you ripped all over & improve relative strength/power.

i mean that's what i'd be obsessed with if i was into dunking/jumping/basketball performance. my legs were huge back when I was doing daily squatting/heavy high rep squatting etc. i was more ripped back then than from running. just so much more lean mass to feed.. even though I was still only ~145-150 lb.

it's why i've been secretly hoping for KF to sign up for a PL comp and actually take a few days off for once. i bet he could hit 600.

he def can get the cali squat record lol.

Notes:

• Am sick of squats. I have yet to see any benefit whatsover from daily squatting apart from being better at squatting (marginally) and plenty of downsides. This has been a huge disappointment so far.

seems like you're putting too much hope into the squat itself. it's just a daily anabolic stimulus, which also heavily targets the anti-gravity muscles.

i mean i always personally thought of it as "taking my vitamins". I used it to increase aggressiveness, leg strength, leg mass, etc. But then I got my jumps/sprints/reactive work in etc, to tie it all together.

pc!

Local celebrity mate.

hah ikr.

kinda cool

Also, that VMO though 

lmao. my prized genetic possession. that muscle has saved my knee cap many times. hopefully it keeps working properly and stays stronger & possibly bigger than my VL lol. 

pc!

Quote from: adarqui on February 18, 2019, 07:51:35 am

Quote from: Coges on February 17, 2019, 11:32:35 pm

All star game was an absolute farce. Why not just throw 10 guys out there and let them do dunks. It's ridiculous.

all star game was great hah. i loved it. defense wasn't as bad as i expected.

that game was all 3's. not easy to run up the score that high with so many 3's. they were lighting it up!!

also curry's pass to giannis.. and giannis's finish.. insanity.

Nah it was shooting practice. Lillard got me mildly interested with his 3's and yeah Giannis's finish was ridiculous.

I just miss the days when it was an actual competitive game. I mean just look at how Kobe plays T-Mac after he gets blocked early. It's not as "pretty" but there's actual pride here.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv654GLL_dM" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv654GLL_dM</a>

yea that was a good game, intense. i don't recall most of them being like that tho. i also remember jordan getting annoyed and them playing hard that year. but i seem to remember tons of weak allstar games.

two cool things.

52 year old got 3rd OA in the half: 1:15 .. flying. I remember this guy from "Run from the rays 5k". He looked like he was in insane shape, and he was. Dropped like 16:20 or something - 1st OA (i got 3rd in that race).





i actually cracked up bad when i read this.. how awesome is this comment? lmfao!!!!!



hahaha.



 





on a related note. when i was getting close to finishing the marathon, a couple yelled out support, i gave them the peace sign. and as i was going, i heard the guy say "that's the guy who won vista view" (the ultra) .. was kinda cool. i was trotting real slow so, that sucked.

fun stuff. hah.

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

A few box/depth jumps from warmups last week (few separate days).

floating.

Played at UT last night. Shins we're sore from playing Wed, Thurs, then lifting Thurs night but I played well. Had a handful of decent in game jumps including one where I went after a missed 3 (I back ironed it) and was looking at the rim. I landed quite in shock as was most everyone else there lol! Even the two guys I play with regularly said I was up there. Definitely my highest jump in a while.

daaaaaaamn.

Was supposed to lift shoulders/core this AM but woke up with sore hams/lower back/shins. Decided extra rest was necessary and slept another 3 hours before work. I feel much better now. Will hit shoulders tonight after work.

this will frustrate me for a long time, until I fix it (with a big performance).. hehe.

on pace to try and drop something big:



jogging it out:



sucks.

oh btw. shut it down completely the last 4 miles, not 3.

also a full res image someone (mike from rundepot!) took of me at the end hah.

^^^ you are the epitome of AELS (AERS). Well done mate.   

thanks man!

though, epitome of AELS/AERS might have dropped out of the race completely. :/ i definitely tried not to "add to the damage" tho. hope that's the case.

pc!

train wreck race. body was broken down out of nowhere & it had nothing to do with the marathon.

long story short:
- got ~3 hours sleep.
- left hip/left low back/right achilles were bugging from the start of the race.
- left hip tweaked around mile 10. had to "safe run" 16 miles.
- shut it down completely at mile 23 when my hip tweaked again. just jogged it in super slow.
- half marathon was ~2:50 marathon pace, and that was after running the last 3 miles of that 13.1 at 7+ .. sucks :/
- i was ~4th or 5th OA @ mile 15
- I was ~8th or 9th OA @ mile 23 (still 2:58-2:59 marathon pace)
- just couldn't risk pushing it those last miles. plenty of time to run some great marathon times. made the decision to just let it slip away & it didn't bug me at all. safety first.
- i lost like ~10 minutes on my final 3.2 miles, 9:XX-10:XX min/mi pace

apparently I made the Boston 2019 qualifying standard.. but not the guaranteed acceptance time. pretty cool.





left hip/low back still hurting. hope it heals up quick.

going to take some rest days.

could have dropped something big. really sucks.

02/17/2019

diet:
- ate good

slept alot afterwards.

06:00 AM: (wreckage - race injuries) Fort Lauderdale Marathon: 18th OA / 3rd AG @ 3:09:33 ::: had to shut it down completely the last 3 miles (hip) /// significant left hip tweak @ mile 10, right achilles felt odd mile 1+ /// my first official marathon!
- https://www.strava.com/activities/2156126832
- https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/3391216362
- http://www.wildsideonline.net/results/2019/a1afull.php
- marathon PR: 3:09:33 (-20min)
- 10k split: 38:XX
- half marathon split: 1:25

sucks but whatever. felt like I was in great shape for this. once the mile splits hit 7+ min/mi, i couldn't keep it under 7 without my hip freaking out.. felt something in there earlier on (+ low back), but it spazzed out on me around mile 10 or so. so then had to try and finish this damn thing without wrecking my hip. tried to start getting it back @ mile ~18 or so (worked with a good dude). kept it low 7's (still 2:5X project) until mile ~22. then my hip tweaked bad (leg buckled) and had to shut it down + jog it in.

lame!

felt fine in my endorphin's. which is pretty cool.

decent 10k (38.x)/half split(1:25). wanted to try and go for low 2:50's.

several hours later, hip def feeling it but i don't think it's going to be anything major.

not sure what the fu*k was up with my achilles.

two potentially scary issues, will take a few days off and hope they disappear.

other than that, feel beat up as expected for running 26.2 in a road race.







really sucks. it was hot/humid but it didn't bother me at all, which is cool. HR got pretty low for the 'safe mode' mileage (last 16 miles). had to stay below pain threshold.

thought about dropping out, but 7:XX was bearable so..

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top3 finishes:
2019: 6/9
2018: 30/45
2017: 6/12
2016: 4/10
2015: 0/2
2006: 0/1

sub5 mi's, sub3 1k's:
2019: 0, 0
2018: 12, 15
2017: 1, 1
2016: 0, 0
2015: 0, 0