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worked out with avishek tonight.

WEIGHT: ???
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: low back a little tight but not painful
MENTAL STATE: good

- warm up

- superset x 3
-- DB OHP 50s x 6
-- pull up x 6

- decline situps +18 x 10; +35 x 10 (last 3 bar in front of neck on the concentric)

- various jumps x 25-30

grabbed some food and now gonna stretch and SMR while watching ncaas. it was nice to work out with avishek but i'd been hoping to do rim jumps. legs and CNS felt primed for it. but the court was in full use so it wasn't to be. we did a bunch of short-approach jumps off one and two instead on a squash court. gonna try to jump on the basketball court tomorrow around noon.

alexv with the strong debunking.

don't sleep on cow strength, either. 

my right knee is killing me.

anybody tried any other low-top bball shoes? kd's?

even those (venomenons) are 2/3 heavier than my racing flats. i think about picking up some bball shoes sometimes (low tops, of course) just to see what the difference is like when i'm doing stuff with more lateral movement, but for jumping i dunno. 5 ounces seems like a big difference.

a lot of the studies around using keto in medical practice are for epilepsy and migraines. e.g.:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24464515

J Child Neurol. 2014 Jan 23. [Epub ahead of print]
The Ketogenic Diet as Broad-Spectrum Treatment for Super-Refractory Pediatric Status Epilepticus: Challenges in Implementation in the Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Units.
Cobo NH1, Sankar R, Murata KK, Sewak SL, Kezele MA, Matsumoto JH.
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Abstract
Refractory status epilepticus carries significant morbidity and mortality. Recent reports have promoted the use of the ketogenic diet as an effective treatment for refractory status epilepticus. We describe our recent experience with instituting the ketogenic diet for 4 critically ill children in refractory status epilepticus, ranging in age from 9 weeks to 13.5 years after failure of traditional treatment. The ketogenic diet allowed these patients to be weaned off continuous infusions of anesthetics without recurrence of status epilepticus, though delayed ketosis and persistently elevated glucose measurements posed special challenges to effective initiation, and none experienced complete seizure cessation. The ease of sustaining myocardial function with fatty acid energy substrates compares favorably over the myocardial toxicity posed by anesthetic doses of barbiturates and contributes to the safety profile of the ketogenic diet. The ketogenic diet can be implemented successfully and safely for the treatment of refractory status epilepticus in pediatric patients.

but not all:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24557522

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2014 Feb 19;11(2):2092-107. doi: 10.3390/ijerph110202092.
Ketogenic diet for obesity: friend or foe?
Paoli A.
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Abstract
Obesity is reaching epidemic proportions and is a strong risk factor for a number of cardiovascular and metabolic disorders such as hypertension, type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemia, atherosclerosis, and also certain types of cancers. Despite the constant recommendations of health care organizations regarding the importance of weight control, this goal often fails. Genetic predisposition in combination with inactive lifestyles and high caloric intake leads to excessive weight gain. Even though there may be agreement about the concept that lifestyle changes affecting dietary habits and physical activity are essential to promote weight loss and weight control, the ideal amount and type of exercise and also the ideal diet are still under debate. For many years, nutritional intervention studies have been focused on reducing dietary fat with little positive results over the long-term. One of the most studied strategies in the recent years for weight loss is the ketogenic diet. Many studies have shown that this kind of nutritional approach has a solid physiological and biochemical basis and is able to induce effective weight loss along with improvement in several cardiovascular risk parameters. This review discusses the physiological basis of ketogenic diets and the rationale for their use in obesity, discussing the strengths and the weaknesses of these diets together with cautions that should be used in obese patients.