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friday:

sick. did 7DVJC at full Rx'd sets/reps but it was about all i could muster.

today:

WEIGHT: 174.5
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: left shoulder a little
MENTAL STATE: wiped the fuck out

- warm up

- jumps x some
got one dunk with the dodgeball and a bunch of misses of various kinds. once i got owned by the front of the rim i shut it down.

- squat 225 x 5; 245 x 5,5
no discomfort, not difficult, but third set was wack: hips and knees all over the place. not solid.

- MR half tucks x ~18,18,18

- rudiment hops

slept very badly last night and had to wake up early this morning so didn't have a lot of juice for this workout. on the plus side i don't feel sick today for the first time since last week.

what are you actually trying to get good at? like, what are your main one or two goals? just saying you want to improve power, speed and explosiveness doesn't give a lot to go on, it's too general.

um, no. i'm sure this kid works hard, spends lots of time jumping, balling, etc. but the idea that he has the vert he has with no natural talent is absurd. in fact, no one with a 45" vert has poor or even mediocre natural jumping ability.

i will NEVER jump like that. can i get to a point where i can dunk? yep, i'm close as it is and there's no reason to think i can't get that extra inch on a day when i have someone to throw me a lob. but i'm never gonna BTL, i'm never gonna pump reverse. ceiling is too low.

okay so maybe i'm sick. feel like crap again, no gym. will probably take day off/work from home tomorrow, so will gym in afternoon unless i feel even worse than right now.

WEIGHT: ???
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: left shoulder a little
MENTAL STATE: kind of weird feeling

- warm up

- jumps x some
gym unexpectedly open, but anything past one step was rough. see below.

- fuck it

felt really weird, weak. not sick exactly, just weak. decided it was better to just try again tomorrow, combine shit.

WEIGHT: ???
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: none, whoa
MENTAL STATE: good

- warm up
got 32 on double under "test" set, just to beat 31. might start doing sets of 20 of these. also, worked back up to running criss-crosses.

- DB jump squat 25s x 5,5
first set flying, second set slow and much more muscly

- bench 205 x 5,5,3
something weird about my set up today, was distracted or something and somehow everything ended up feeling unstable and leaky. should have the last set easily next time.

- BB row 135 x 8,8,8
strict form, no english

- superset x 2
-- DB curl 25s x 10
-- tricep press down 90 x 10; 110 x 10

- stretch

yeah that's a good point. felt very unconscious. i wonder if part of it was having spectators that i was interacting with, too. i usually jump better alone, but that's not true if i've been talking with the other people who are there. hm.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC0K1lxt9sw" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC0K1lxt9sw</a>

guy dupuy at ~0:42 is amazing. actually all of guy dupuy's dunks are amazing. then as the title says, lipek shuts it down.

i think justin darlington is my dunking spirit animal. he does the same kind of hop plant that i can't seem to get away from, but he elevates like crazy.