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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Eric's Journal
« on: February 12, 2015, 09:51:47 pm »
awesome, go get it.
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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: February 12, 2015, 09:49:32 pm »
the last dunk is amazing. it's funny to look back at the progenitors, it's only 12 years ago that he did that, 15 years since vince and obviously longer since jordan/wilkins and before that dr. j, but now none of the best/most creative dunkers in the world play in the NBA, except maybe gerald green. there are some guys who can really fly (looking at you, zack levine), but pretty much any of the top youtube stars would annihilate the NBA dunk contest.* you can tell from richardson's narration, he and arenas were making it up on the spot. there are dudes - famous dudes, whose names are known by hundreds of thousands of people - who spend all day thinking about and practicing dunks.
there's a point in there somewhere, i swear to god. i guess just that the internet changed everything.
*except that no one gets pumped about a ringer. part of the fun of the NBA contest for a long time was that the guys were already superstars and you got to see them show off in a way they couldn't otherwise. the youtube dunkers will never be that. and non-superstar NBA players are boring. the only NBA dunk contest dunks that come immediately to mind from the last ten years are green with the cupcake candle and javale with two rims.
there's a point in there somewhere, i swear to god. i guess just that the internet changed everything.
*except that no one gets pumped about a ringer. part of the fun of the NBA contest for a long time was that the guys were already superstars and you got to see them show off in a way they couldn't otherwise. the youtube dunkers will never be that. and non-superstar NBA players are boring. the only NBA dunk contest dunks that come immediately to mind from the last ten years are green with the cupcake candle and javale with two rims.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: February 12, 2015, 09:40:42 pm »
WEIGHT: ???
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: sick, all joints achey to some extent, knees especially; throat also swollen; head okay though
MENTAL STATE: see above, otherwise good
- shoot around, layups, drop steps x 40 mins
did a build-up, not putting full effort in, and on the four-step my knees were both like DID YOU FORGET THAT YOU ARE SICK, so i bagged that and just stuck to nothing more intense than layups and drop-steps and a few SLRVJ that were extremely uncoordinated
- stretch
debated whether to go to the gym, given that i am definitely still sick. ended up being a good call, i feel better for having gotten my HR up a bit and stretched.
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: sick, all joints achey to some extent, knees especially; throat also swollen; head okay though
MENTAL STATE: see above, otherwise good
- shoot around, layups, drop steps x 40 mins
did a build-up, not putting full effort in, and on the four-step my knees were both like DID YOU FORGET THAT YOU ARE SICK, so i bagged that and just stuck to nothing more intense than layups and drop-steps and a few SLRVJ that were extremely uncoordinated
- stretch
debated whether to go to the gym, given that i am definitely still sick. ended up being a good call, i feel better for having gotten my HR up a bit and stretched.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: February 11, 2015, 09:45:04 pm »
^^^ i don't think it was actually telling me anything that i didn't already know. when i feel good, i feel good, and when i feel slow i feel slow.
in other news, turns out being sick blows. low-grade fever and the lymph nodes in my neck are like golf balls. was going to get my heart rate up and do some stretching at the gym today but instead i went home early from work, lay in bed for two hours without going to sleep, and watched tv. hope i'm clear-ish by tomorrow.
in other news, turns out being sick blows. low-grade fever and the lymph nodes in my neck are like golf balls. was going to get my heart rate up and do some stretching at the gym today but instead i went home early from work, lay in bed for two hours without going to sleep, and watched tv. hope i'm clear-ish by tomorrow.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: February 11, 2015, 03:29:08 pm »
once i can dunk i think i'm going to make getting jacked my next goal. would be fun to be shredded and 10 pounds heavier than i currently am.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: February 11, 2015, 03:28:20 pm »
sucks man. this is why i "retired" from ultimate frisbee. ankle sprains are a biiiiiiiitch.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: February 10, 2015, 09:34:44 pm »
WEIGHT: 174
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: right knee a little achy, more after end of workout
MENTAL STATE: good
- warm up
- DB jump squat 25s x 5,5
- squat MSEM 285 x 6
- squat 205 x 20
too easy, not sure why i put this little weight on the bar. felt good though.
- superset x 2
-- DB OHP 55s x 6
-- pull up +20 x 7,6
- stretch
there was literally no space in the whole facility for ME jumping, other than like the lobby which has tile floors and is full of people. the ceilings in the gym are too low, the aerobics studio had a yoga class, the racquetball and squash courts were all full. so did jump squats instead.
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: right knee a little achy, more after end of workout
MENTAL STATE: good
- warm up
- DB jump squat 25s x 5,5
- squat MSEM 285 x 6
- squat 205 x 20
too easy, not sure why i put this little weight on the bar. felt good though.
- superset x 2
-- DB OHP 55s x 6
-- pull up +20 x 7,6
- stretch
there was literally no space in the whole facility for ME jumping, other than like the lobby which has tile floors and is full of people. the ceilings in the gym are too low, the aerobics studio had a yoga class, the racquetball and squash courts were all full. so did jump squats instead.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: A Journey to Running Fast and Jumping High
« on: February 10, 2015, 06:24:36 pm »
looks okay, suggest more sprint volume though. like start with 8 reps.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: February 10, 2015, 06:21:08 pm »I read "given that half the dicks i got today were 12-13 and half were 09"
lol
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: February 10, 2015, 12:11:22 pm »
of course it's easier to run midfoot in vibrams, the shoe doesn't have padding that makes your heel closer to the ground than the rest of your foot!
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Scooby 2011 Journal
« on: February 10, 2015, 12:10:23 pm »
i commented in your other thread as well, but more on the earlier vid. on this latest one -- you're overthinking it, man! you need to build as much speed as you can control into a plant from which you jump up. that's it! foot placement will work itself out in the most efficient way as you get better at accelerating with each step.
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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: T0dday method adding 1 more step
« on: February 10, 2015, 12:08:03 pm »
a running jump is the translation of horizontal speed to vertical speed, crudely speaking. the faster you can go horizontally while still converting a large portion of that speed to your vertical jump, the better. adding steps is a way to learn how to go faster toward the hoop while still under control. your first step is always going to be slow, and each subsequent step should accelerate you toward the hoop. in your practice run-ups there (off of what i would call three steps, not two) you're just bouncing toward the hoop in a kind of curvy run, not adding speed with each step. i will take vid sometime soon to show you what i mean.
in the meantime here's a t0ddday progression i did about a year ago. it's bad - i was not jumping well - but you can still see how each time i take an extra step out, i'm using the extra distance to go faster into the plant.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4l5FQ8uyMA" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4l5FQ8uyMA</a>
in the meantime here's a t0ddday progression i did about a year ago. it's bad - i was not jumping well - but you can still see how each time i take an extra step out, i'm using the extra distance to go faster into the plant.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: February 09, 2015, 10:00:45 pm »
motivation very low today, had to drag myself to the gym. abandoning the stopwatch thing already, given that half the clicks i got today were 12-13 and half were 09.
WEIGHT: ???
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: mid back a little
MENTAL STATE: blah
- warm up
on the stationary bike, felt harder than it should. i usually cruise around 15.8 "mph" at level 4 but what felt like my normal level of effort was only getting me to 15.2 or so tonight.
- DLRVJ build up x 1; four-step x 5,5,5
submax, walk-back rest between reps and about a minute between sets.
- superset x 3
-- DB swing 50 x 10
-- pogo x 10
pogos actually felt pretty good
- squat 275 x 2,2
- stretch
brain dead, did not feel like pushing squats but at least i got under the bar.
WEIGHT: ???
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: mid back a little
MENTAL STATE: blah
- warm up
on the stationary bike, felt harder than it should. i usually cruise around 15.8 "mph" at level 4 but what felt like my normal level of effort was only getting me to 15.2 or so tonight.
- DLRVJ build up x 1; four-step x 5,5,5
submax, walk-back rest between reps and about a minute between sets.
- superset x 3
-- DB swing 50 x 10
-- pogo x 10
pogos actually felt pretty good
- squat 275 x 2,2
- stretch
brain dead, did not feel like pushing squats but at least i got under the bar.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: February 09, 2015, 10:24:09 am »
you hear that adarq?
[aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaadaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarq]
you hear that?
it's the call of the ultra.
[aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaadaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarq]
you hear that?
it's the call of the ultra.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: February 09, 2015, 09:25:31 am »the day that i strain my elbow doing a windmill will be the day that i retire from training a happy, fulfilled man.
You can try a few on a 9 foot rim
lol
