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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

no. do not.

that's fine, 3x a week is good. the point was just to not lose sight of what you really want to get better at.

WEIGHT: ???
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: none
MENTAL STATE: good

- warm up

- jumps x ~30 mins

- stretch

- sledding x 2 hours

jumps were a bit low and uncoordinated, as expected, but not catastrophic. probably 28" on the SVJ, 32.5-33.5 on three- and four-step jumps that i didn't fuck up on the approach. sled-worthy snow happens too rarely around here to pass up. it was awesome.

gave it a half hearted go (only walked for about 20 minutes but a lot of it was up hill)

unless my jump suddenly has gotten better I think it worked. don't know exactly how much but there was a noticeable improvement, possibly about 2 inches. not bad.

awesome. fwiw, i do this on the long plane rides for work: get up periodically and walk up and down the aisle or walk around in circles in the galleys flexing my glutes as hard as i can on each step. keeps things awake when you're otherwise sitting still for 11+ hours.

WEIGHT: ???
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: left shoulder in overhead extension
MENTAL STATE: okay, kind of tired

- warm up

- goblet squat 22 x 10,10,10,10,10
sets on the minute

- bench 80 x 10,10

- paused upright row ? x 10,10

- SVJ x a few
yeesh, no pop at all

- DB RDL 26s x 10,10

- curls and tricep pressdowns

- stretch

nice!!!