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right on, that makes sense. guess i'll keep plugging away...

tonight:

WEIGHT: ???
SORENESS: hamstrings
ACHES/INJURIES: quads tight but not painful, left shoulder
MENTAL STATE: very tired

- warm up

- jumps x some
extremely bad. slow, low, most failed. shoulder bothering me but it does seem to warm up and bother me less after a few jumps.

- shoulder stabilization stuff
-- rear delt flyes 12.5s x 10,10
-- swiss ball walk outs x 5,5
-- bent elbow band rotations x a bunch

so tired. will try to sleep better tonight and do more tomorrow. i was surprised to see the court empty today, wasn't expecting to get to jump at all. maybe basketball leagues are on hiatus and it'll be open again tomorrow.

- stretch

- SMR quads, hamstrings, glutes, t-spine

thanks seifullaah, and thanks for reposting that video, although you used the wrong tags for it. that does seem like a good progression to try.

comparing these to maria's and t0ddday's videos is very depressing. no power, striking the ground with my leg bent and forefoot-first instead of heel first, getting what i thought was a decent leg lift on the front of the cycle by flexing my upper body forward...awful.

first set, fun starts at 0:18

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=424kpK5StqI" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=424kpK5StqI</a>

third set, fun starts at 0:20

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8x96aRfL5E" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8x96aRfL5E</a>

i think i'm a little better on grass, for what it's worth, but not THAT much better. adistar and t0ddday in particular, little help?

thanks loopie. that second DLRVJ looks really good in retrospect.

PT today was helpful re: shoulder. he doesn't think it's torn or otherwise seriously injured, just irritated/inflamed. my ROM is still pretty good, the restriction is very specific (although unfortunately very specific to jumping). basically he said try to avoid aggravating it and in the meantime do more shoulder stabilization work. so i'm going to start doing more closed-chain and band stuff both in and out of the gym. benching remains on the table as long as no irritation. :-)

the guy is new, though (got his DPT last year) and so he basically punted on my lower back. i'm going back to see the owner of the practice next tuesday. hopefully he'll be able to shed some light.

I mean....what is there to say scooby? If you're going to do a 90min plyometric session with (I'm estimating) 100+ ground contacts on concrete, you're gonna have a bad time. It's not rocket science. Of course you need to rest. You might be getting stress fractures which are an absolute bitch to deal with. The only serious injury I got as a junior was a stress fracture in my left toe, and it took several months to heal because I kept training on it. Of course, if your toe isn't coming up with the rest it could be a tendon problem, which, again, is an absolute nightmare. Either way, gotta stop with the plyos, no other option IMO.

Goddamn it man, we all want to see you slam it but you're your own worst enemy sometimes. You need to post regularly again so people can catch your fuckups before they get too bad.

that is correct.

dogs? when did gizmo get a buddy?

me and my back have beef. warmed up tonight and was going to do a few sets DB jump squats and then some volume upper stuff. but on the second set of jump squats my back get all strained again. things felt fine beforehand, no serious discomfort yesterday or today until one rep it was just like, nope. it's much more distinctly on the right side now, and it's spread into the top part of my glute. i'm so frustrated. at least i'm finally going to the PT on monday, hopefully he can give me some answers.

 

WEIGHT: ???
SORENESS: pecs, glutes a tiny bit
ACHES/INJURIES: none
MENTAL STATE: good

- warm up

- SL bounds x 4,6,6,6

- sprint 60m x 4
8.2, 8.3, 8.0, 8.1

- sprint 100m x 3
13.1, 12.5, 13.5 -- second rep really did feel much faster, "floating"

- walk home

- stretch

legs dead after the last 100. fitness continues to be shite, but just gotta keep grinding. a bit dehydrated, it's hot and humid enough now that i can't get away without bringing water to the track.