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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Chris' training journal
« on: August 22, 2014, 07:19:35 pm »
Good question... last January when I was getting PR level routinely I was low-mid 170s (I gain 3-4lbs throughout the day on average). Right now I wake up at 180-182 BUT I feel...stronger? Bouncier? My strength levels aren't near what they were then tho so my power:weight should be lower right now. Im assuming that means my movement efficiency has improved.

I'm really excited right now though.  Im going to continue this strength cycle til the end of September and try to cut 5lbs off at the same time. If that happens I *should* set some PRs in early October when I do a 2-3 week explosive block. :D

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Chris' training journal
« on: August 22, 2014, 12:12:46 pm »
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuVIbHYyNro" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuVIbHYyNro</a>

Last dunk from yesterday, pretty happy to get this off such a short warmup! Normally I dont get it til later in the session.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Chris' training journal
« on: August 21, 2014, 11:20:16 pm »
Was supposed to go play tonight but got carried away with some stuff on one of the cars and got there 30 mins before the court closed.  :( So...quick 10-15 minute warmup/shoot around and felt pretty good so I had a 15 minute dunk sesh until they closed down. Surprisingly bouncy for weighting in at 181.3lbs today! Got a minute of footage at the end but missed a bunch of dunks trying to go 'too big' lol! Anyway, quick screenshot! This was off an off the glass lob iirc, got up pretty high for that type of lob/runup. REALLY wished I had an extra 30 mins to get fully loose and try a ME jump!



Going to go through the short vid and pull off any nice misses for you guys lol! I'll post them later, now, time to stretch!

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Chris' training journal
« on: August 19, 2014, 02:43:59 am »
Monday August 18 2014

BW: 181-183lbs
No soreness, good energy, excited to lift but wary of abs.

-Dynamic warmup+jumps (and extra stationary bike time!)

-Squats!
(Warmups) 135x5b, 225x3b, 295x1b (paused!), 345x1b (parallel eh). Don't know why I paused on the 295 but it took a lot out of my 345 lol!
(Workset) 295x5b, 295x5b, 295x5b, 295x5b, 225x8b. Added another set for volume. Quads are singing.

-Hypers
25lb: x10, x10, x10

Paused calf raises on leg press:
500lbs: x10, x10, x10. First two sets were explosive,  3rd set I fatigued. Bah.

Series of lunges and stepups with core work sprinkled in. Cut core work reps in half and used BW on all as opposed to weighted like usual. Abs felt fine, no unusual tightness or tweaks, good sign! Just finished a 30 min stretch and off to ice! Great workout!

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: August 19, 2014, 02:07:48 am »
Ankles here as well. No clue how you do boxers underneath coges lol! I gotta do boxer briefs or I'm all sorts of pissed/agitated/grouchy due to the riding up and wedgie I get with them and boxers lol!

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Basketball / Re: pat mendez jumping
« on: August 19, 2014, 01:49:15 am »
Wish they had it full speed too so I could get a better idea of how quick his plant is and how powerful his arm swing is. Impressive as hell nonetheless at 230lbs!

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Chris' training journal
« on: August 18, 2014, 11:40:00 pm »
K, played it smart/easy and skipped Fridays weights and shot around instead in sweats. BW is down to 181-183lbs again pretty consistently (dipped to 178.7lbs after shooting friday, water weight) so I'm typing this in a stationary bike lol! Goal is low mid 170s by the first weekend in September,  so ive got a few weeks.

5 more mins on this damn bike and I can hit the weights! Will update later!

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
« on: August 18, 2014, 11:36:17 pm »
As soon as I can get back to a decent BW I'm going to. Probably all short based <100m but I'll toss some 2s or 4s in for conditioning later.  I was decent in the sprints in high school but I never could get out well, always caught guys 50-70m out. Probably why the 200 was my best event lol!

Any idea of volume wise to start with? Im thinking 1 or 2 days a week so I can still play ball/lift/jump etc and not kill myself lol

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
« on: August 18, 2014, 09:16:41 pm »
Pretty cool breakdown Acole! I like the diversity, reading others journals (especially those with a different "focus") can really help from differing ideas, to application, its fun to see what works for others and apply it to your training. I've actually been wanting to start some short spring training for a few months now but haven't been healthy enough for a long period of time to get back to a gpp decent enough for sprints. I think it'd really help my first step and slrvj!

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Article & Video Discussion / Re: 1st Low rim is Gay, 2nd.. Balling in Running short is also gay...
« on: August 15, 2014, 01:32:10 am »
Well, I KNOW one thing: keep dunking on the low rim!!!!! Reasons: sharpens technique, dunking is great for getting better at....dunking, and it builds confidence. All are key elements.

As for suggestions, try a few attempts without dribbling. You seem to be paying attention to the dribbles quite a bit instead of focusing on the runup/plant/takeoff. Take away the dribbling for a few attempts and your focus will be where it needs to be. Side bonus is you have back to back video to see if your run up is actually slowed by dribbling.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Chris' training journal
« on: August 15, 2014, 12:08:39 am »
2 and a half hours of full court in an old ass gym with no ac=weight loss for sure! Last invite only hoops meet of the summer before the guys head back to school and it was a pretty good one! I played eh for my standards but the lower abdomen felt pretty good so thats a good sign, I was just off a little; rusty on the jumper and slow to react sometimes. Typical short layoff stuff. Felt good tho! Going to try some deadlifts tomorrow!

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Chris' training journal
« on: August 13, 2014, 05:07:07 pm »
Did light weight upper body stuff this morning. Skipping core work is hard, it does so much good!

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: August 12, 2014, 11:02:52 pm »
Got a link to that paper at all LBSS?

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Chris' training journal
« on: August 12, 2014, 07:53:07 pm »
Decided I'm not going to sit around and get fat, lose my skills and be mad at myself when I come back for sucking ass. So, I went and shot around for an hour to get a sweat going and try to maintain my handle and jumper. Went half speed but wore full sweats over my shorts and cutoff. :) sweat achieved lol!

I'll probably do this and keep doing leg work that isn't core taxing until I feel like I can push it. Just sucks because I have a fucked up love for core work lol

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: August 12, 2014, 12:09:46 pm »
Yea I was just thinking out loud. Kinda makes sense since you are so light for your height. Like Mutumbo said, won't know til you try!

LBSS, very interested.

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