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i feel like to catch a lob i need to be at least hitting the base of my palm on the rim. that's ~37, or about an inch higher than my all-time PR, which was a few weeks ago. 35 is enough to dunk something i can easily palm but not quite enough for a basketball.

that said, yes, on a peak jump on a peak day i think i have enough height now to (weakly) dunk a lob. time to start practicing self-lobs if only to get good at them so when i do have the height i can commence to putting the ball down through the rim.

dude no one is saying it's impossible, everyone here wants to see you get where you want to be. don't worry about that. we're just confused sometimes because of how much you overthink. well, i should speak for myself. but anyway i backed off once before because your train of thought is just inscrutable to me and you keep doing what you mean to be doing. go get it.

just don't forget that if you want to be good at basketball you have to practice basketball.

i don't think there's any strong evidence that BCAAs are "better" for training than plain old WPC, which contains all the BCAAs anyway.

don't lump me in with you on the impact of glycogen depletion!

bottom line: you need to pick a goal and settle on it. if you keep jumping around you're just going to spin your wheels.

welcome back.

dreyth used to beast it in the gym fasted, iirc.

also, come on entropy, you've read enough kyle mcdougal to know about PSMFing with EOD refeeds, haven't you? nothing but protein and veggies (and a little fat i guess) on rest days, protein and veggies and carbs (and a little fat i guess) on training days.

But if it's LeBron and his dad, then... how did they make "the kid"?

WEIGHT: 174
SORENESS: glutes a little
ACHES/INJURIES: back a tiny bit
MENTAL STATE: good

- warm up

- jumps out to a couple at four-step
33.5-34, not terrible. there were a bunch of other dudes in the gym and that always messes me up.

- paused squat 225 x 5,5,5
super conservative, very easy. went to full-on kingfish depth, though. i always break parallel but paused ATG with explosive concentrics might be another fun way to limit myself on squatting for a while.

- DB OHP 40s x 8,8

- assisted natural GHR x 5,5

- paused low cable row 90 x 10,10

- tricep pressdown 90 x 10,10

- DB curl 25s x 10

- decline sit up x 10

- stretch

kept volume and intensity down for first workout back from the trip. i did pretty well while i was over there about working out but i've overreached too many times on the way back. also i lost 4-5 pounds on the trip but i think they were mostly good pounds to lose. i looked lean in the mirror. plus i have a crucial beard now, gonna get to mountain man status. i have to dunk soon so i can move on to my secondary goal of getting actually strong and competing in PL at a ripped 181. if i gained 10-12 pounds and dropped a few pounds of fat while focusing on the lifts i bet i could squat 425, DL 445 and bench 295. man that'd be fun.

this was my 18th visit to a foreign country for work since i started at my current job. passport's starting to fill up, i've already had extra pages added a while back and now i'm into the back half of them. got a little over two years left before it expires to pack the rest with visas. 

afghanistan x 7
pakistan x 4
tajikistan x 3
UAE x 2
mozambique x 1
turkey x 1