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technically i'm going to central asia, but yeah it's not easy. probably would be easier in israel or jordan or egypt than in tajikistan, actually.

also, my gf pointed out last night that my headache frequency has gone WAY up the past 3 months or so. it's funny because as soon as she said it i knew it was true, but i hadn't thought about it until that moment. anyway she said i should go see a doctor and she's probably right. something to add to the list for when i'm home from my trip.

Quote from: LBSS on October 15, 2014, 09:50:53 pm

leaving on a 2.5-week trip next tuesday: tajikistan for a week and a half and then afghanistan for a week. bringing the old jump rope and will basically do a lot of low-intensity plyos and bodybuilding stuff.

Boo. I know career>>>jumping and all that, but still. Boo.

i know, it sucks. it's not even like career>jumping, it's just that in my career, which is how i pay my bills, there's no choice whether to travel or not. if tajikistan had ANY basketball courts (believe me, i've searched*), i'd try to get some jumping in. kabul does but they're not in places i can go: maybe army bases, which i never go near, a couple of afghan places that are off-limits to me for security reasons, and maybe the embassy compound, which i can pretty much only get into for meetings with an escort and shit and it's a giant hassle.

*actually there is one, hilariously situated next to a churning rapid on a river about halfway between the capital and the main city in the east. hilariously because the rapid is so powerful that it's constantly spraying water all over the court, and therefore the court is perpetually wet. it's on this bizarro resort owned by the national aluminum company where i stayed once last year. strange, strange place. i'll be lucky to get out of the capital at all on this trip, let alone have any free time anywhere. dushanbe doesn't even have a real track.

"deltoid anterior"

WEIGHT: ???
SORENESS: hamstrings, glutes a little
ACHES/INJURIES: left shoulder a little, left calf was cramping yesterday but okay today
MENTAL STATE: still really tired, stressed

- warm up

- jumps x 15 minutes or so
pretty crap, although i got 32 off one step and 33+ off two it was all downhill from there. legs felt a little dead and work has been really stressful this week, so not surprised that i'm off at the gym.

- bench 185 x 3+1
weak. very weak. abandoned normal plan.

- superset x 4
-- bench 135 x 10
-- BB row 135 x 10

- stretch

pretty terrible but again, not surprising. this should have been last night but i didn't get home until 30 minutes before the gym closes. leaving on a 2.5-week trip next tuesday: tajikistan for a week and a half and then afghanistan for a week. bringing the old jump rope and will basically do a lot of low-intensity plyos and bodybuilding stuff.

do you think you maybe just started this block a little too conservatively? i mean, i've squatted 315x5,5,5 and benched 225x5,5,4 at 20-25 pounds lighter than you are right now and we all know you're leaner and more athletic than i am.

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.