Adarq.org

For some reason, i saw a TAP on my chrome with a big A symbol.
This reminded me of Adarq.org....  so i come here to check this site.

Exactly 1 year... ago... was my last update and LBSS responded.  So kind of him.

i am no longer 200lbs.. but i am still 19xlbs.
in NOV and Dec of 2025... i gave myself a challenge to run 30min per day ... so about 5km or so.. 
i did it for 2 months and i did not lose any lbs.   So the motivation died in JAN of 2026....

I joint a Duathlon race.. and i placed last. in JAN

I ran a little more... but still not serious or motivated...
I joint the 2nd race of the series.. and.. i got better... placed like 2nd last but with like 5 others did not complete.
but state dont lie,   i am faster in both first 2km run and the finaly 4km run ... (mean while the 20km bike is more or less the same)

Anyway... i am not so motiviated still.. but.. I am resuming. the weight lose get fit..... mission.

Actually... in the beginning of 2026.. i told myself may be i will try to learn how to do a Side Split this year.. may be i try to stretch to 10 min everyday.. and hope to do a split in March...

now is already March... and... i stopped stretching everyday... after the first 2 month....  all this... mission goal are... just talk and give up too too early.
may be i should use a journal again.. this should keep me going.

who know...

231127  officially43 
And for the first time in many many years..
I did not test jump in the court.

(i think i did not jump last year, due to covid lock down.. and court was close)

but today... i did not go...
it sort of mark down.... that.. I had officially... stopped training for vert.

this is sad.

at least.. i went to do some sit up, arm curl and benchpress with my adjustable dumbbell.. during lunch..

still said.

Hey are you still around? I’m headed to hk again and wondering where the low rims are at again lol

Crap.. I completely missed your message.
You can probably find many people dunking in low rim on IG now..

221007 Still at 193 lbs and not jumping or lifting

Sorry i did not check on the forum and disappeared.
from my last Log at 193lbs
I was doing cardio every day for more than half a month, until i got a wound that would not heal.  so i stopped. exercise for 2 weeks.

and Bang, before you know it... is already Oct 7 2022.
and my weight remain at 193lbs

i stopped all exercise.. include both cardio and weight training...
I am in the worse shape of my life i feel,
my shoulder neck and back is hip and leg is stiff.. i feel like an old man some time..

to be honest... i know i should start doing stretch and mobility exercise since the start of 2022 ... i even followed so many IG page and had a note book ready so i can draw/write all the exercise i should do.. 

but none of that happened.. and now is already Oct 7 with less than 3 months left.


for some reason.. i decide to log on here... and... what do u know..
i see some frd  posted in my journal log.

(in fact i do see Andrew Adarq updating on his IG / FB often about his Partner and his love of truck....  seeing him.. reminded me.. of wanting to dunk... )

i may never be able to dunk on 10... but i should not had stopped lifting or doing plyometric....

btw... winter is around the corner, that is a good enough reason for me to resume Lunch training from work.

(however the ball court seems to turn in to Covid Testing center... last time i visit....  and yes..  in Hong Kong or CHINA... the gov are still very caution about covid...we still wear mask everyday... because the law said so..)

anyway.
thanks for leaving message in my log.
it mean much to me.

My knee no longer hurt any more.. lol... I wonder why.... no jumping or squating at all.. thats why.

 

I got a comment on youtube:

OH MY GOD YOU'RE STILL HERE! Something randomly reminded me of you and I decided to search for you on YouTube. You look like you're doing great man — you've gotten much stronger! And you look really cool with your new hair and muscles!

I always read your journals in the vertical jump forums 10+ years ago. We've never met or interacted so this is a weird parasocial relationship, but just know that I'm a fan of yours, and thank you for sharing your journey with us. As you always say, Believe in yourself!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9yNPSJxcjI

First of all, Thanks LBSS and VAG for the support.
Some time.. I mixed up the 2 of you... both are experienced hardcore vert trainer that always give me direct and to the point training advice.  I wish everyone here Happy  New Year.

Oh yes, I missed Adarq question.  My girl is still running with me weekly 30min long run or 6 x 500m sprint.
as for my update:



201231 The Final Jump for 2020

Every year... i have to Jump on my Bday and on Dec 31..
this year is no different.
there only different is all the Court is Closed.  I mean.. Court with Gate is locked.  Court with no gate is all Fenced off by rope or warning label.  Some court is open but the rim is Blocked or even removed. 

I went to many court around my work place only to found them all locked or fenced off.  Very disappointing.  One day, i decided to take my Med ball and just go Toss it in a court 15 min away.  During my trip toward the, i head some playing ball in a private court (with in a estate).   Which is illegal, i guess the private estate did not Lock or taken removed the rim.    Anyway.. so i walk toward my destination... and  this is what happen...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQuq76AzE7c
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQuq76AzE7c" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQuq76AzE7c</a>

Basically is... i found out the NO Gate lock court is fenced off like an CIS crime scene.   And i also found out that private court baller is actually that young Girl that i see every day during my training.  (i talked about her in chinese in the video)  THis girl is extremely hardworking.. like me.. she is constantly looking for court to practice.  and she is ahead of me finding this court.
The next few days.. i went to this court to jump and meet up with her dad and talked to him about how impressed i am with his daughter.  The dad told me, if u see police coming ur way, run away from that other exit.  They have experienced this last sunday morning when more people is playing here.

I told her dad,  Ur girl remind me of Kobe. the desire to practice and train in a consistent manner.  Lebron once said... when he want to be lazy and take a break... he think of Kobe.. because he know.. some where.. kobe is Training hard. and when u take a break... he is pulling away.     This girl remind me of the same thing.... She is practicing somewhere... everyday... when it rain.. she is dribbling the ball in some hallway.   (her dad confirmed this with me)

A week later... even this private court.. is no more... the management decided to remove the rim.  So i no longer see this girl.
However, I continue to go there, at least here, I have a space to Jump and some thing to Reach for. 

And here I am.. last week and last day of 2020.  I am Still jumping.
Nothing good... but at least.. i am still doing it.
https://youtu.be/bVh7O6E8hHg
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVh7O6E8hHg" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVh7O6E8hHg</a>

AS for 2021.... I had some insight today... in this 40min jump session. 
I will make some changes... to my routine.
Won't give up... just yet.

BTW,  i made a new frd on IG recently, A vertical Training lawyer which is 10 yrs younger than me .
I see myself in him, may be not as strong, not as handsome, not as skillful,  but we have many thing in common in jumping, especially when I was in my Prime/peak.
And he seems to be popular on IG too.. some lifting page feature his fail funny lift once.



peace out. and lets hope 2021 will be better.

Quote from: scoobychau on October 11, 2020, 11:16:20 pm

201012  I will go jump
Thanks everyone for their reply.
Yesterday (sunday). I got smarter and did not do anything intensive.
while my kid do her Run and swim. I just walk/jog on the side... hiked for 30 min to explore some hill beside the swimming pool.
and did about 80 launches walk exercise over the cause of 1 hrs (during those 5 lap walk/jog).

Today is Monday, and i guess My soreness if any, wont appear untill Tuesday (48 hrs later),  I will go jump at lunch.
I no longer remember the last time i went jumping....
i remember i wore mask to court..   may be in March? who know.. anyway... enough of suspension...

btw.. i watched NBA final this morning. and.... sucks to see  the underdog failed... and... LB James did it again....

nice.

how's your daughter doing? still enjoying running?

This convid 19 pretty much destroyed 2020. We have not enter any running event. but continue to run once a week.
Got her a road bike and learning how to bike with some skill here and there in class ( i have no road bike nor skill myself...)

the pool just reopened this month also.  Before that.. she swim 400m in open sea before bike and run.
nothing serious.    Winter is coming our way... so open water or outdoor swim will be closed soon...  which left with running and bike.

while she bike or run.. i usually Jog myself.. for 1 hrs....  this might be bad for my vert.
i had decided to.... preform some Bounding variation in the track.. while she is in running class... this weekend
Single leg, Double leg, 2 step jump etc..

my vert decreased. but it is not as bad as I expected...
I mean i continue to squat,deadlift, bench, and hang clean for the pass 8 month without jumping....  So i expect to lost my jumping approach...

I went out to jump like 3 times this week! 
for the record.
https://youtu.be/C-cRqhocOy8
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-cRqhocOy8" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-cRqhocOy8</a>

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my left knee is fucked.... all of the sudden over the long weekend.
biked on Thursday 2 hrs
Hiked on Friday for 3hrs
Ran 10km on Saturday  1.25 hrs
And Sunday did some house work... and for some reason my left knee got from sore to really sore....

 

I know what u mean LBSS....    Seem like i have my priority messed up doing all those cardio related stuff.  What i was saying is.. those are Low impact exercise..... how can my knee give out on such low impact movement.   (compare to doing 30 max effort Rim jump in a day, or squating 300lbs 3 set of 5).  I expect to have sore muscle from long cardio... but I never expect painful knee.... is not what I expect.


Beside, this is all for my kids and is long weekend family activity.   And she made it in the triathlon team... so I would to anything I can to exercise with her while she are still willing to exercise with me together.
They grow up so fast.. and before u know it, they are on their own.

201009 Court Open at last, But I rested a week
So court really opened, but my knee is fucked.  Took a week off, doing Quad Stretch on wall almost everyday.  Load up on Glucosammine MSM Pill.  And did not Squat for a week.   I did Bench Press, Stiff Leg Dead lift, Hang Clean, and Core exercise over the week.     When the bar bump my knee during hang clean, there is some soreness, but beside that.. I am getting much better. 
Also Canceled my weekly family run on Wednesday.

Not sure what I will do on the weekend when my kid go to their Triathlon training.  May be I will walk for 2 hours instead of jog... who knows...

Knee is sore, but at least is not painful when i walk around.    I hope i can really GO grab some rim next week.