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Went in the park, played some three on three, then had a bunch of dunks including a pretty powerful one on the 2.92m rim. A few jumps felt like back in the day, although it's difficult to describe what I mean by that. There's an "elastic feeling" in the calf that is hard to describe. I played in my bouncy running shoes.

Squat focus day 20:

Low bar squat:

20x5
20x5
60x5
80x5
100x3
120x3 ties
110x3 stopped due to back pain (see comments)

Explosive half squats:

60x5
60x5

Bench press:

20x5
20x5
40x5
55x10
55x7

Landmine one-leg deadlift:

barx8
bar+20kgx8
bar+25kgx8

Bodyweight: 92.6 kg
Sleep length&rating: 8h15m, 4/5
Exhaustion level: 9/10

Comments:

Did my squats with a belt, but the problem is that the belt makes me lose concentration for some reason and I tweaked my back on the left side a little after my third rep with 120 kg.

When I was flat BB benching regularly, I also found it most comfortable/stronger to bench with a pretty narrow grip (close to hat I often see PLers doing when they do close grip bench). Never really got the hang of wider grip benching. If I try to hit a big bench PR in future, maybe I'll play around with a wider grip just to see if I can make it work.

I also have very long arms so even a slightly wider grip is much harder.

Squat focus day 19:

Low bar squat:

20x5
20x5
60x5
80x5
100x3
120x3 old age
130x1 old age
110x3
100x3

Bench press:

20x5
20x5
52.5x10
52.5x10

Dumbbell stepups:

17.5x8 (each leg)

Slow tempo leg extensions:

96x8++88x4++80x3

Leg curls:

96x8++88x4++80x3

Bodyweight: 92.5 kg
Sleep length&rating: 8h, 4/5
Exhaustion level: 9/10

Comments:

Felt strong. First time doing the heavy sets of squats with a belt, felt a little weird. Still, , haven't squatted 130 kg in 8 years or so.

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Went in the park, played 2:30 hours of 3 on 3, had a bunch of rim-grazing dunks on the 2.92m rim (I think 6 or 7 of them). I would be interesting to see how well I jump if I take a break and rest a bit and also get under 90 kg, hopefully I can find out in a few months.

I also landed on someone's foot going for a rebound a week ago and my left foot swole just a little, amazingly enough. I can barely feel some pain here and there and can jump and play pretty well. I guess my running shoes were OK for an event like this.

Squat focus day 18:

Low bar squat:

20x5
20x5
60x5
80x5
100x3
120x2 (very difficult, 2RM)
110x3 (difficult/very difficult)
100x5 (medium/difficult)

Bench press:

20x5
20x5
40x5
50x10
50x8 (possibly a 25 kg bar)

Slow tempo leg extensions:

40x10
40x10

Leg curls:

80x8 (good)
80x7

Bodyweight: 92.3 kg
Sleep length&rating: 6h20m, 3/5
Exhaustion level: 8/10

Comments:

Felt weak and not recovered. Sleep was mediocre/bad and too short.

For a long while I used to stay hunchbacked so in the last few years I made a conscious (and potentially unconscious) effort to stay upright. However, now I always stay super tight with my back and with my shoulders pulled up, like you want to fight someone (like some people think makes you look like a tough guy). And my hunch is that it's because of this - my back never relaxes and stays tight hours and hours, including when lying in bed. If I try to relax while in bed it's like something stops me, like the weight of the head would be too much if I relax completely and I would put too much pressure on my cervical spine. It's hard to describe.