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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: dam can't keep body fat off
« on: January 26, 2014, 07:10:46 pm »
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: January 26, 2014, 04:48:40 pm »You know....I bet you'd see HUGE improvements in your game if you played/practiced 3-4x a week and lifted just enough to maintain your current strength levels.
I'm what most would call a 'natural' athlete and ball player but if I take a few weeks off I'm very out of sync for a few days, especially if I've been lifting.
I hadn't read your entire log but if your goal was to become a better player you're approaching this all wrong. Yea its good to be strong but at what expense to your skill level? Reading your log I've always thought you were a lifter who wanted to play decently not a player who wanted to get stronger. If your emphasis is basketball why is it relegated to always be second behind lifting?
deaf ears, brah. deaf ears.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: January 26, 2014, 04:38:38 pm »
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.
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.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: January 24, 2014, 05:29:30 pm »
WEIGHT: 173.5
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: none
MENTAL STATE: good
- warm up
- RVJ out to four-step
34.5-35, very good. touched rim off SVJ during warm up and was even maybe a half knuckle over, so ~30.5. not at PR-tie levels on RVJ but i got cut off early when a flood of children rushed into the damn court and started running around everywhere.
- paused ATG squat 245 x 3,3
- squat 185 x 20
- bench 185 x 5,5
something tweaked in my left hand (?) during the second set, stopped
- pull up x 8+3+3+3
- assisted natural GHR x 8,8,8
- superset x 3
-- DB shrug 45s x 15
-- curl 25s x 10
-- press down 100 x 10; 80 x 10
- superset x 2
-- hanging leg raise x 10
-- cable hip thrust 100 x 10
- stretch
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: none
MENTAL STATE: good
- warm up
- RVJ out to four-step
34.5-35, very good. touched rim off SVJ during warm up and was even maybe a half knuckle over, so ~30.5. not at PR-tie levels on RVJ but i got cut off early when a flood of children rushed into the damn court and started running around everywhere.
- paused ATG squat 245 x 3,3
- squat 185 x 20
- bench 185 x 5,5
something tweaked in my left hand (?) during the second set, stopped
- pull up x 8+3+3+3
- assisted natural GHR x 8,8,8
- superset x 3
-- DB shrug 45s x 15
-- curl 25s x 10
-- press down 100 x 10; 80 x 10
- superset x 2
-- hanging leg raise x 10
-- cable hip thrust 100 x 10
- stretch
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: January 24, 2014, 05:26:15 pm »
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.
just don't forget that if you want to be good at basketball you have to practice basketball.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: January 24, 2014, 01:56:31 pm »So when did I do that? My goal is the same, hasn't changed in forever, get strong, get lean, get fit, get in shape for bball. That hasn't changed, i'm just stuck finetuning my approach towards it!
1. get strong
2. get lean
3. get fit
4. get in shape for bball
that's four goals, although i guess you could argue that by 3 you really mean 4. they're not mutually exclusive but "get in shape for bball" means a COMPLETELY different focus than "get strong.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: January 24, 2014, 11:53:51 am »
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.
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.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: January 24, 2014, 10:49:30 am »
god i wanna do 5/3/1 so, so bad.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: road to 40 (cutting phase)
« on: January 24, 2014, 12:54:47 am »
welcome back.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Kingfush
« on: January 23, 2014, 05:52:30 pm »* i'll slowly get back to my boring routine. i still want to take a shot at a paused 495.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: January 23, 2014, 05:32:54 pm »
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.
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.
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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: beast
« on: January 23, 2014, 12:05:35 pm »kid in the middle might be helping a little but this is an 18-year-old here.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: January 23, 2014, 10:57:32 am »But if it's LeBron and his dad, then... how did they make "the kid"?
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: January 23, 2014, 09:32:13 am »That's LeBron, his dad and their kid?!
yeah and his poor dad has had so much trouble with his knees the past few years. poor guy, he's getting on in years.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: January 22, 2014, 09:15:16 pm »
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
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