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Tuesday 12/21/2010:

-Warmup
-4x10 yard sprints. (guaranteed more than 10 actually, I always overestimate 10)
-Double leg bounds: 5x5
-Tuck Jumps: 4x10
-Pogo hops: 4x5

-Jumps (see info)

-Squats: 200x3x5
-GHR: 1x7, 2x6
-BB Calf raise: 155x4x10

-Cooldown
-Stretch + PWO


After my warmup I looked out at some kids playing ball. Haven't ever really bothered much with vertical jump. (Probably because a little over year ago I could barely touch the net.) Decided to see how hight I could get, but I had no vertec so this is just an estimate. Got a few steps into the jump, got up... and I touched the rim. First time ever. Some refs for a basketball game that was gonna start on in the main courts walked by so I asked them how high the rim was. The one I was using gets tweaked around quite a bit but they both agreed it look like it was right around 10'. Went to a measure. Pretty certain I haven't taken an accurate reach or height measurement in a while. In shoes I measure at just under 6'. Reach is about 7'5". If the rim was actually 10' then that puts my vert at 31" today.   WOOT. Not gonna claim anything until I get it measured accurately, but I'm pretty sure that's a PR regardless of the exact height of the rim.  

Not much to say about the rest. Depending on whether or not the gym is open New Year's eve, I may have to condense this week's workouts. Oh well. For now I'm just happy about touching rim for the first time.

EDIT: Did leg drains for about 15 minutes later in the night. Actually felt pretty good.

Quote from: Zetz on December 21, 2010, 12:55:29 pm

I would much rather have the milk I had when I lived in Mexico. Fresh from the cow. Naturally grazed, no crappy diet.

Milk's benefits outweigh any problems it has.

Raw milk from grass fed cows - i want!

It's actually really good. It almost tastes sweet. Flavor-wise, it makes the milk you buy at a store taste flavorless. Part of the reason I love visiting Mexico is even though we don't have cows there anymore, when the small local store runs out, neighbors will share milk from their cows. Skim the fat off the top (which is used for some other things), refrigerate and drink. It's pretty awesome. Only problem is it won't last more than a few days, which is why it's inconvenient in most "industrialized" places.

I would much rather have the milk I had when I lived in Mexico. Fresh from the cow. Naturally grazed, no crappy diet.

Milk's benefits outweigh any problems it has.

I like how the one of the dudes just frontflips over the railing like he was walking up some stairs. Makes it look so easy. I'm so jealous....

i think i jumped insane high tonight, had so much anger in me, only 5 hours sleep but i was pissed at some of the call-em-out shit.

im tired of people claiming numbers with no proof to promote programs, shit bugs me, amped me up good though.. thanks scammers!

Nice. I've had that before.

Rage is pretty useful if you apply it in the right place. Next thing you know I'm gonna be going "HULK SMASH" right through hurdles when I'm having a bad day. haha. That would be hilarious.

The PR was kinda cool. I did my first set with 205, went down lower than normal, even for my 3x5's, so I decided I could do better. My last set with 210 was probably better than my first with 205. Bar just bounced on both reps. I love the sound of the plates clanking when I do that. 


I was in Mexico this summer. Yeah, the whole place is going down the gutter with the cartels. I visit a lot of people with my family while I'm there and not once was it not brought up for at least ten or fifteen minutes. Usually the topic went on for a couple hours. You hear about people just down the street being involved or having someone kidnapped or murdered. Despite all the violence people need to go on with their lives, and that's really what you see. If you just stood in downtown (I'm pretty sure for any city) for a few hours and looked at all the movement, you'd think everything was fine. One thing that actually happens a lot during transport, is the cartels will have a semi-truck block a road while shipment is turned on it. I got to witness that happening in some backroads leading to the tiny farming towns where I'm from. Blocked for about 20 minutes. No one bother honking or getting out of there cars. If I remember right there were police there too, driving with the cartels almost like escorts. I witnessed corruption first-hand. The place is a cesspool.   

You should try a detox sometime. Maybe it'll help you drop weight. Some years ago my brother did some sort of one week detox. He didn't particularly enjoy it and the day he started eating hardy meals again he threw up a couple times, but it worked for him. At first he lost some weight, but afterward he packed on muscle faster than he had before. He's actually about 5 lbs. lighter than me. I have way too much leg muscle over him for his upper body to keep up with my weight, but before he moved out of the house he was over 160 I think, but he was ripped and still maintained super low bodyfat.