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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: June 05, 2015, 09:27:35 am »
Week 62
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Thursday - 06/05/14
191lbs

-= Workout Log =-

Bench Press
45 x 15                      >> 2min rests.
95 x 8                        >> Lots of focus on form from now on. I can finally move up to 200lbs now and aim to match my PR of 10, 10, 8!
135 x 5
185 x 3
225 x 1
195 x 10
195 x 10
195 x 10

ATG Squat
135 x 8                      >> 2min rests.
135 x 5                      >> For some reason on the days that I do 3 triples, they are pretty slow and less explosive than my 365x1.
185 x 5                      >> I need to stay focused on the triples.
185 x 3
225 x 3
275 x 1
315 x 1
365 x 1
335 x 3
335 x 3
335 x 3
305 x 8

Incline DB Press
70's x 12                             >> 60sec rest.
70's x 10

Deadlift
245 x 3                     >> God damn this was tough. Probably because I missed my last deadlift workout.
315 x 1
370 x 5

Back Extensions
45 x 12                         >> 60sec rests.
45 x 12
45 x 8

Great workout overall. Can't wait to be in PR territory on all of my lifts in a month or so.

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MUSiC anD SHeeT! / Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now?
« on: June 04, 2015, 04:55:55 pm »
my brother (artist name Alastor) made this track with gareth emery, a pretty famous DJ

https://soundcloud.com/garethemery/gehands

might get a million views or so on youtube when the video for it is shot.



its very commercial, but thats fine. alastor has a bunch of more underground stuff in the works.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: June 04, 2015, 09:30:56 am »
Week 62
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Tuesday - 06/04/14
189lbs

-= Workout Log =-

Pendlay Row
45 x 10                      >> 2min rests.
95 x 5
135 x 3
195 x 2
245 x 1
245 x 6
245 x 6
245 x 6

Lateral Raises
30's x 3                      >> 60sec rests.
35's x 2
40's x 1
35's x 12
35's x 10
35's x 8

Seated Cable Rows
170 x 12                      >> 60sec rests.
170 x 12

Pull Ups
BW x 5                         >> 60sec rests.
+25lbs x 3
+50lbs x 2
+75lbs x 1
BW x 10
BW x 10
BW x 8
BW x 5 PR
BW x 5 PR

Cable Crunches
125 x 12                >> 60sec rests.
125 x 12 PR
125 x 12 PR

Hitting PR's in pull ups... soon to be matching my PR's in pendlay rows, cable rows, and lateral raises... its been a long time since I was in PR territory.

This workout was the day of the tomahawk vid I posted, i just forgot to update. I lifted first and then did the tomahawk.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: June 03, 2015, 10:13:45 am »
I could probably get 38" at my best.

I really think I could close in on 40" by September if I stay healthy and I dont regress on my squats like I do every now and then. For God's sake, I squatting that 405 back in JANUARY and then stalled and got sick twice. At the time I was doing 360x3, did the 405 1RM, and then 365x3. Right now I'm doing 355x3 still... could get 360x3 though. I'm STILLLLL not back at my JANUARY strength levels. I honestly cannot believe how many times over my training career I've stalled and regressed and taken forever to get back to where I was.

I'll try to measure the height of the backboard cushion this weekend. The rim too; it's a side rim and feels a little bit low tbh.
Also going to measure my height in my two pairs of bball sneakers.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: June 03, 2015, 08:27:32 am »
I just really hope that i get just as high this saturday. I hope yesterday wasnt just some supercompensated explosiveness. The fact that i squatted heavy the day before it makes me think it wasnt.

Ahhhhh i cant wait!

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: June 03, 2015, 12:49:19 am »
I squatted yesterday. But today i was flying.... Holy shit guys...

Perhaps its because i missed a leg day last week (which means i havent done legs since last tuesday) and im deloaded. Yesterday i squatted but didnt deadlift or do back extensions. Hmm... I still did squat heavy though, so am i really that deloaded?

Heres a tomahawk from today. Cannot believe how easily i hammered this shit. Sorry for the crap angle, not sure why the retard didnt back up.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnwF0JsZYU0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnwF0JsZYU0</a>


Thursday i do legs again. Friday upper. I want to jump out the gym Saturday and get some awesome footage. Cant wait...

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Chris' training journal
« on: June 02, 2015, 04:09:03 pm »
+1 for do-wins. been squatting in them for years and they do make a difference.

http://www.roguefitness.com/rogue-weightlifting-shoes?151=126&gclid=CjwKEAjwqLWrBRC-_OaG-IfL0kASJAAbzKsVyZ0IRcygNVr1Md22hjy7Q2DrVImn-P6OMDRpNq72yhoCTzLw_wcB

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: June 02, 2015, 02:11:11 pm »
I can't wait to squat again and again. This is good. Whenever I'm really excited and looking forward to my next workouts, I make decent gains. I'm more excited to increase the weight on the bar rather than jumping higher right now lol.

I also want to start recording my squats for the hell of it. Mainly my Monday top set of 3.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: June 02, 2015, 10:54:52 am »
Week 62
Quote
Monday - 05/01/14
192lbs

-= Workout Log =-

ATG Squat
135 x 8                      >> 2min rests.
135 x 5                      >> The triple felt great. If I screamed I could have gotten 5 reps should I chose to!
185 x 5
185 x 3
225 x 3
275 x 1
315 x 1
355 x 3
280 x 8
280 x 8
280 x 5

Bench Press
45 x 15                      >> 2min rests.
95 x 8                        >> Just lazy and also weaker than last week.
135 x 5
185 x 3
225 x 1
195 x 10
195 x 5
195 x 5

I missed two workouts last week. Legs felt stronger, but bench suffered as usual.
Was too lazy to do the rest.

I'm happy about the squat though. I should be back to 365x3 in a month or so; not rushing it.

I coulda been jumping high as a motherfuck today if i practiced more last week plus decided to jump today.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: May 30, 2015, 01:27:05 am »
Quote from: Raptor on May 29, 2015, 05:59:09 pm
I'm liking that site much better the way it is now!

I didn't get terminal vertical, but I was on the vertical summit.

The vertical summit. THATS the one.
TheJump101 was before TVS. My log with low bar squats wouldve been on there if TVS was still up.



Ummm... Www.theverticalsummit.com

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: May 29, 2015, 03:39:03 pm »
Quote from: Raptor on May 29, 2015, 02:28:15 pm
What if you low bar squat, just for the heck of it? What happens?

I squat heavier. I used to low bar squat a while back for like a year. My squat went up by around 30lbs i think. Increased my squat for a while. Switched back and it dropped by 30lbs. Both times I was squatting to parallel.

This was way back early high school i think. My journal where i was low bar squatting was on TheJump101. Remember that place? I found out about adarq.org from there.

Edit: ummm.... http://www.terminalvertical.com/ (NSFW, WTF?)

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: May 29, 2015, 01:18:11 pm »
Quote from: Raptor on May 29, 2015, 12:32:28 pm
Well I can barely squat 105x5 in the high bar squat while weighing 90 kg. Squatted 150x1 a week ago in the low bar squat. People say I shouldn't worry about a few cm position of the bar on the back. Maybe they'd like to explain this difference then.

It seems that the same mobility and lack of foot dorsiflexion issues that prevent me from bending my knees well and stable in a one leg jump also prevent me from squatting well in a high bar squat, even with Olympic lifting shoes on.

Also, in the high bar squat I break at the knees first whereas in the low bar squat I initiate the descent going back with the hips. So it's not just the bar position, it's a whole different movement.

Funny thing is that when I did low bar squats a week ago I got pretty severe VMO soreness. So weird.

By the way - how difficult are half squats for you? For me they're maybe more difficult than full squats. That reversal point for me is hell and I feel a huge knee overload.

yea break at the knees in a high bar squat. its definitely a different movement... for us at least.
half squats are easier for me. i haven't tried them in ages so if i were to try repping 355lb half squats i would probably have trouble, but im sure if i switched over for a month i could rep 385 half squats once my CNS gets used to em.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: May 29, 2015, 09:31:15 am »
^^ Well I definitely have strong quads. Particularly VMO's too, thanks to ATG squats. Aren't the VMO's are activated mostly at near full flexion and near full extension of the knees?

Now that I think about it, when I was a one legged jumper, I went through a period of one or two years where whenever I would drive hard to the basket, my knees would collapse as well! Back then I was only squatting to parallel. There could be some connection here.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: May 28, 2015, 04:49:33 pm »
Quote from: ChrisM on May 28, 2015, 04:06:19 pm
Awesome!!! You've definitely got a tomahawk in you easy. For some reason thats one dunk I struggle to bit consistently. :/

i landed two very clean and thunderous ones two weeks ago. i find that tomahawks are pretty hard to make at times... even though you can get high enough to do em, its a little hard timing the cockback and actual slam itself.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: May 28, 2015, 03:29:19 pm »
Quote from: Raptor on May 28, 2015, 03:22:53 pm
I was expecting a one-leg jump judging by the speed of your approach. I'll never understand how people can deal with such high speeds when going off two without getting completely overloaded in the plant. My knees and quad tendons would blow out after such a tremendous "stop" off two.

could it have something to do with the fact that i used to be a one legged jumper? i switched 5 years ago, at around the same time that i was able to tomahawk for the first time.

i wonder how high i would get off of one leg actually. maybe i'll try it out sometime. I bet it'll feel really awkward at first though.

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