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Title: AGC's journal
Post by: AGC on February 27, 2011, 09:44:08 pm
Body stats
Age: 22
Height: 181cm/5'11''(w/o shoes) 183cm/6'0'' (w/shoes)
Weight: 80kgs/~175lbs
Standing reach: 230cm/7'6.5'' (w/bball shoes)

Current Jump stats
No-step: 29''
Running two-foot: 31''
Running one-foot: 32''

Long-term goals

No-step: 33''
Running two-foot: 36-38''
Running one-foot: 38''


Background
Did a lot of athletics in my youth, mainly focus on basketball now but am going to incorporate more track work into my training. My previous 1-foot RVJ pr was about 85-7cm (~35'') and SVJ about 31'' at age 18, but back then I didn't focus on vert primarily. Over the last month I've been preparing to get back into it, basically doing a lot of jumping at the courts getting technique back and building up to 1.5x bodyweight max squat at the gym, only decided to start a journal the other day to keep me motivated (as I've read motivation can dip after the first 6 weeks of a goal-focused program, don't want that happening!)


27/2/2011 - Lower body weights

Glute ham raises - 4x10-12 @ 88lbs
Full Squat - 1x8@143lbs (warmup) 3x8 @ 231lbs --> got hips below knees, probably too deep on some, but it hurt good
Single calf raises with 55lb dumbell - 2x8 for each leg
45 degree squat machine - 3x10@a pretty low weight, i forgot exactly what but it was around 120lbs

This hurt like hell the next day, especially hamstrings strangely, I think I need to work on my P-chain muscles as compared to my quads they're probably not equally strong. Also I would love advice on whether it's wise to hit all parts of the leg in one workout - I'm really not sure if this gives the best results.

Plyo workout next in a couple of days.
 :ibjumping: oh yeah




Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on March 01, 2011, 12:15:33 am
1/3/2011

Plyometrics

Warm-up (run-thrus, dynamic drills - kick-butt, high knees etc)

Split-leg box jumps - 3x8

30m sprints - 80% effort - 4x

Depth drops from 18'' box - 4x6

Box jump-off jump-ons (I'm not really sure what the right name is, started on 20'', jumped down onto 2 feet then sprung back up on box, focusing on reactivity) - 4x6

Not an exhausting session but it was a good plyo workout (I hope) which is what I need.

Short-term goals: Need to build squat up to 130kgs! (285lbs)  :ibsquatting:
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on March 03, 2011, 03:02:58 am
3/3/2011

Gym sess

Was really pressed for time today, basically went in during a one-hour lunch break and did a quick session, but lots of squats so was ok.

GHR - 5x10@40kgs (88lbs)

Back extension - 3x10 holding 10kg plate (22lbs)

Squat - 5x7-8@105kgs (231lbs)

Feel like maybe I should be trying to add more weight to my squat for less sets...might need to focus on getting more base leg strength rather than split time between plyos and weights during the week
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on March 06, 2011, 07:48:40 pm
Gym - lower body weights

Trying to get leg strength up. Atm i'm prob gonna try and do two leg days and one plyos sess a week if I can (good time to try because uni only just started and there isn't much study to do yet!)


Back extension: 4x10 holding 22lb plate

Squat warmup: 2x5 @ 187

Squat: 3x5 @ 265 (1.5x bodyweight)

Calf raises: 2x10 each leg holding 50lb dumbbell

(Also did some upper-body stuff  :strong:, conc. curls, skull-crusher, tricep pulley, preacher)

Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: adarqui on March 07, 2011, 07:35:34 pm
Body stats
Age: 21
Height: 181cm/5'11''(w/o shoes) 183cm/6'0'' (w/shoes)
Weight: 80kgs/~175lbs
Standing reach: 230cm/7'6.5'' (w/shoes)

Current Jump stats
No-step: 29-30''
Running two-foot: 32''
Running one-foot: 32-33''

nice SVJ!


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Long-term goals

No-step: 33''
Running two-foot: 36-38''
Running one-foot: 38''


Background
Did a lot of athletics in my youth, mainly focus on basketball now but am going to incorporate more track work into my training. My previous 1-foot RVJ pr was about 85-7cm (~35'') and SVJ about 31'' at age 18, but back then I didn't focus on vert primarily. Over the last month I've been preparing to get back into it, basically doing a lot of jumping at the courts getting technique back and building up to 1.5x bodyweight max squat at the gym, only decided to start a journal the other day to keep me motivated (as I've read motivation can dip after the first 6 weeks of a goal-focused program, don't want that happening!)

what kind of training did you do when you were 35 SLRVJ and 31 SVJ @ 18? just basketball etc? or what?




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27/2/2011 - Lower body weights

Glute ham raises - 4x10-12 @ 88lbs
Full Squat - 1x8@143lbs (warmup) 3x8 @ 231lbs --> got hips below knees, probably too deep on some, but it hurt good
Single calf raises with 55lb dumbell - 2x8 for each leg
45 degree squat machine - 3x10@a pretty low weight, i forgot exactly what but it was around 120lbs

This hurt like hell the next day, especially hamstrings strangely, I think I need to work on my P-chain muscles as compared to my quads they're probably not equally strong. Also I would love advice on whether it's wise to hit all parts of the leg in one workout - I'm really not sure if this gives the best results.

Plyo workout next in a couple of days.
 :ibjumping: oh yeah

squat
lunge
ghr/reverse hyper/45deg hyper
calf raise

that's basically it imo.. if you make progress on those lifts/exercises, that'll hit every part of your legs properly and give you that power to achieve those goals.








Gym - lower body weights

Trying to get leg strength up. Atm i'm prob gonna try and do two leg days and one plyos sess a week if I can (good time to try because uni only just started and there isn't much study to do yet!)

i personally would get in some "plyo work" before each lifting session too.. it can be done in a very short period of time and really amps you up for your lifting portion of the workout.. you could do any of these prior: double leg bounds, MR halftucks, pogos, short sprints. etc.



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Back extension: 4x10 holding 22lb plate

Squat warmup: 2x5 @ 187

Squat: 3x5 @ 265 (1.5x bodyweight)

Calf raises: 2x10 each leg holding 50lb dumbbell

(Also did some upper-body stuff  :strong:, conc. curls, skull-crusher, tricep pulley, preacher)



good work man 3x5 @ 265 is already at that short term 285 lb goal, now get it for 5 in the next 4 weeks or so :)

keep it up man

pc
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on March 08, 2011, 07:56:32 pm
thanks for the advice man! there's a track right next to the gym i go to so i will try and get some sprints/hurdle jumps in before lifting from now on. yeah back in the day i was part of an aths training squad at my local club with some pretty serious athletes. i usually did two sprint sessions a week and also i would try and do long jump training on a different day. basically was just doing what i was told, i had good coaching and my vert back then was really just a byproduct of good training- my main goals back then were sub-11sec 100m and 6.50m long jump (i got the jump just but never got the 100m!  :'()

here's a typical week i used to do just as an example (would struggle to do it now...)

mon: sprints - speed session/pyramid
warmups etc
2 sets of: 2x60m, 2x80m, 2x120m, 2x80m, 2x60m (all at 100% effort)

wed: sprints - 100m/200m endurance training block
4x150m/4x300m (at least 90%)

fri: long jump
technique and run-up practice, bounding, broad jumping and arond 5-6 full effort jumps

those were the days! i also played basketball recreationally during the winter/off-season, just mucking around really
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: BMully on March 08, 2011, 11:05:01 pm
what was your best 100m? atleast you didn't have to work from running 13 seconds  :'( I am pretty sure i'm running an 11something now, freshman year i ran 13 seconds last meet. Probably would have ran even slower earlier in the year.

Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on March 09, 2011, 05:04:12 am
my  :personal-record: for 100m electronic was 11.35 sec...not elite but i'm proud of it

running 11 something from 13 seconds is pretty good! it takes a lot of work to lose a second...
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: TheSituation on March 09, 2011, 08:56:12 am
my  :personal-record: for 100m electronic was 11.35 sec...not elite but i'm proud of it

running 11 something from 13 seconds is pretty good! it takes a lot of work to lose a second...

Nice
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on March 09, 2011, 08:35:44 pm
Gym - lower body weights

GHR machine: 3x8@99lbs

Squat: 1x8@253, 1x8@275, 3x6@297  :personal-record: @176lbs

Deadlift: 3x8@210lbs

(Also did bench press: 3x8@165lbs)

Felt good today. My squat has improved heaps over the last few weeks, felt I was ready today to go heavier and the 275lb set felt too easy so I decided to just go for it. Got pretty good depth, nearly parallel on every rep. Took ages just to get a rack because there was this group of jocks being really loud, hogging all the racks doing weird stuff like pull-ups and swiss ball bench press  :uhhhfacepalm:.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on March 13, 2011, 01:32:35 am
Jumps

Did some jump tests today. The rims at the school I went to were a bit weird, it's on a hill so the court slopes up, one ring is a bit lower than 10' (prob about 9'10'') and the other is over 10' by an inch or two. So I took some videos on my phone and used the hangtime to calculate, SVJ was approx 0.79 (hard to be more exact with the video program i use, probably +/- 0.02) so 29-30'' would be a rough estimate (I'll post the video soon when I convert and rotate it...and set up a youtube account).
My RVJs were pretty crap, the surface was a bit slick cos it had been raining a bit but I was able to get a couple of inches over the high ring (so maybe 3 inches over 10').  123inches - 90.5 (standing reach)= 32.5''. Not great but not bad all things considered. Gonna try and get another jumping test done next week when I get a chance to go to an indoor court (my gym doesn't have one  :'()

Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on March 15, 2011, 10:36:59 pm
Gym/track

Dynamic warmup

Sprints: 4x50m

Depth jumps (20''ish - box came up to my knees): 3x6

Squat: 1x8@210lbs, 1x8@253lbs, 2x6@275lb

Lunge : 3 x 5/leg@143lbs

Single leg calf raise (unweighted): 2x40 each leg

Hard session! Doing some sprints/jumps before weights felt good. Think I'm gonna go for a side-goal of running a sub-12 sec 100m as well to measure my progress, haven't attempted to do so in about a year at least!

Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on March 19, 2011, 05:19:05 am
Gym/track

Dynamic warmup drills

Sprints: 6x50m

Bounding: 3x30m

Pogos: 6x6

2-step Hops, alternating leg: 3x20m

Jump squat: 3x6@143lb

Squat: 1x6@275, 3x5-6@297lbs, 1x3@308lbs  :personal-record: <----just to see if I could go over 300lbs

Lunge: 3x3/leg @143lbs

This session and the last one I've based on some of the sessions from the ARowe power block so all credit to him. I had a look at some of the vid's adarqui made featuring him and it seems to have worked for him! The man can jump.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on March 21, 2011, 03:41:18 am
Gym sess

Deadlift: 3x8@210lbs

REA Squat: 3x7-8@121lbs (~36%1RM)

Bench: 3x8@165lbs

Conc. curls: 3x6@33lbs

Single leg calf raise with weights: 4x12/leg@44lbs

Preacher: 3x6@66lbs

Tough. Did things a bit out of order cos it was so busy. The whole track was closed for some bullshit hockey training so didn't get to sprint, DAMN!
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on March 25, 2011, 02:11:18 am
Jump test
Before I started today went to a outdoor court near the gym and did 6 SVJ tests. Got a fingertip or so above rim on all six attempts: 120 - 90.5 (standing reach) = 29.5 + a bit more (~1/2 inch over) ===> prob 30'' SVJ.

Before I started this journal I was around 29'' average SVJ, could sometimes touch ring, so I've improved nearly an inch in a month. Gotta keep pushing for progress!
Didn't do RVJs as it rained a lot this morn and I didn't want to risk injury (I nearly fell on my arse just dribbling around before the jumps  :uhhhfacepalm:), planning to do some Sun.

Track

Full stretch
Dynamic warmup
20m run-thrus X3
Full effort 60m sprints x 6

Gym

GHR holding 22lb plate: 3x8

Squat: 1x8@165lbs (warmup), 1x6@275lbs, 2x8@320lbs  :personal-record:

Calf raise holding 50lb dumbbell: 2x20 each leg

Bench press: 3x7-8@185lb

Lat pulldown: 3x6-8@154lbs

Been on fire lately with my squat. Out of all my lifts since I started the journal, this has imrpoved the most. At end of January this year, was struggling to do 253lbs, now can do 8 reps of 320lbs with good form.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on March 28, 2011, 03:50:23 am
TRACK

Dynamic warmup

Tuck jumps: 3x7-8

50m Sprints (100%) x 4

Depth jumps from 20'': 4x5

GYM

Stiff-legged deadlift: 3x9-10@ 143lbs

Bench press: 3x6@176lbs

REA squat: 3x8@152lbs


Gonna bench every day and also military press every other day to keep my UB strength up

Was playing ball indoors yesterday at the local uni courts and did a few SVJs - for one was able to get a good inch or two over the ring! (could pull down on it) which is prob a PR (around 31'' from standing reach calc)  :D. All these squats are slowly paying off! Now I just need to work on improving my RVJ in a similar way
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on March 30, 2011, 01:55:15 am
Track/gym session

TRACK

Dynamic warmup focusing on hams

100% 60-70m sprints x 4

Tuck jumps: 3x8

Depth drop (38''): 4x4

GYM

Squat: 1x8@165lbs, 1x6@275lbs, 2x6@319lbs

 :personal-record: attempt! 1x5@340lbs--->failed lol, only got three out before my knee started to wobble a bit and I called it quits. Safety first!

Bench: 3x6 @187lbs

Double calf raise holding two 33lb weights: 3x15
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on April 01, 2011, 03:15:07 am
Gym

Focused on quads today, hammys were a bit too sore

Squat: 5x8@231lbs

Leg Press: 4x10@484lbs

Calf raise holding 50lb weight: 2x20

Kept squat weight lighter today cos my right knee was feeling a bit sore. Did six test SVJs before starting, was able to touch rim pretty well every time, definitely getting more consistent in that regard.  :D
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on April 04, 2011, 01:34:47 am
Ouch, injury. Got a hard knee to my left calf playing ball yesterday. woke up and it's bruised, pretty much impossible to run, jump or squat down, so postponing today's training to tomoro or Wed to avoid risking anything. Is anything more frustrating than injury stopping you improving???
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on April 05, 2011, 01:14:54 am
Gym (no track due to calf bruise)

5min stretching

glute activation - glute bridge 30sec hold x5

Bench: 4x6@187lbs

Squat: 2x8@253, 3x7-8@275lbs

Shoulder press: 3x8@33lb dumbell

Shoulder fly: 3x8@33lb dumbell

GHR: 3x6-8 holding 22lb

Lowered my squat weight a bit today to try and get form perfect. Not that it's terrible, but today I wanted to get 5 sets of 8 with feet perfect width apart, hips/knees parallel, not too low to avoid rounding back (that happens to me a lot), and really squeezing and lifting with the quads. I did this mainly because my lower back has been feeling a bit sore after squatting lately and I know it must be because there's a few flaws in my form. Gonna try and get a video up at some point so I can get a bit of critique from all the awesome squatters here  ;D
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on April 09, 2011, 02:08:07 am
Had it rough over last week, first calf bruise then I got sick! Came down with a few cold-like symptoms so had a couple of days off to recover. Was kinda good though, had a chance to read up on some stuff on the site and think about how my trainings going in terms of progress etc. Might try some new things and see how they go. Anyway:

Track

Dynamic w/u

Accel sprints: 4x60m (100%)

Single-leg bounding: 4x8/leg

Tucks: 3x8

Depth jumps from 24'': 3x4

Gym

Squat: 2x10@253, 3x8@290lbs

Romanian DL: 3x10@143lbs

EDIT: I just remembered I didn't do tucks, had it written down but didn't end up doing them
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on April 11, 2011, 02:52:11 am
Track

4x50m accelerations to 100%

4x6-8 single leg bounds

3x10 tuck jumps (trying to minimise ground time)

Gym

Pause bench press: 3x6(slow)@187lbs

Squat: 4x8@220lbs (good depth though)

Kept it light today (especially squat), still recovering a bit from a cold and my energy levels are way down...also I've got a grading game tomoro night for bball season, because my team sat out last season we have to re-qualify and it's a must-win game!!    :headbang:
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on April 13, 2011, 04:01:27 am
Well we won our grading game by 25 pts, good result as we should get back into a decent division. Been about 5 months since we were in the competition last, feels like forever. Was pretty happy with my line: 8pts, 3-4 FG, 1-2ft, 1-1 3pt, couple of boards, couple of assists, steal and a sweet block that I directly attribute to my vert training!  ;D

Gym - upper body and squat

Reverse hyper: 2x12 bw

Squat: 4x8@231lbs

Bench: 3x8@205lbs

Chest fly: 3x8@88lbs

Incline bench: 3x10-12@100lbs
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on April 15, 2011, 03:05:06 am
Track

Dynamic warm-up

4x50-60m: 100% sprints (all-out)

4x20-30m: DL bounding

Pogos: 4x10-15

Gym

Deadlift: 3x8@210lbs, 1x8@253lbs

Chin-ups (wide-grip): 4x to fatigue (15,12,12,10) drop set to assisted chinups for last set

Row: 4x10@80lbs

DL Calf raise: 3x15-17 holding 88lbs



Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on April 18, 2011, 04:09:28 am
Track

Warm-up/stretch/run-thrus

4x20-30m DL bounds

3x5 tuck jumps

5 max SVJ attempts

3x8 depth jumps from 24''

Gym

Squat: 1x8@165lbs (warm-up), 4x8@231lbs (lower weight due to lower back soreness)

Gonna be going for some PRs next week over Easter, hopefully get some proper videos, been trying to for ages but all I've got are some phone videos that I can't reformat  >:( very annoying but soon I'll finally have a decent camera to use

Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on April 19, 2011, 02:39:56 am
Gym - upper body
(lower body rest day)

Incline bench press: 4x8@121lbs

Incline dumbbell press: 4x8@66lbs

Preacher curl: 4x8-10@77lbs

Tricep pulley: 5x12@88lbs

Dips: 4x10
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on April 23, 2011, 12:38:14 pm
Jumps/sprint test

Jumps test: 6xSVJs, 2-3xDLRVJs, 4-5xSLRVJs, 1-2x2step DLVJ
(Video to come after i've got some new software)

Track: 2x100m (12.5, 12.3) <----crap but i'll get my conditioning back after a few more track sessions, felt so slow in the last 50m
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE - finally video!
Post by: AGC on April 24, 2011, 11:22:01 pm
Here's a vid of some stuff I did two days ago, the first dunk was on a rim which had been bent forward a bit, dunked on it just for fun. Second one at the end got cut off a bit but it went in. I measured the ring at 3.02m or ~9'11'', still fun to do some (very soft) dunks on it though, also I let a bit of air out of my ball to make it easier to grip, gotta work on palming it better   ;D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tjud_ROT07s

Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on April 28, 2011, 03:12:42 am
TRACK

Dynamic warm-up/stretch

5x8 tucks

4x6-7/leg single leg bounds

3x15 pogo bounces

6x40-50m accel sprints

GYM

Squat: 1x8@165lbs, 1x8@231lbs, 2x8@275lbs

Lat pull-down: 3x6@176lbs drop to 132lbsx7

Bent-over rows: 3x10@121lbs

Preacher curl: 3x7-8@50lbs

Hammer curl: 3x6@33lb (dumbbells)
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on May 03, 2011, 02:29:51 am
GYM

Back extension holding 22lb plate: 3x10-12

Single leg calf raise holding 35lb plate: 2x12

Bench press: 3x8@185lbs

Squat: 1x8@165lbs, 2x8@275lbs, 1x8@300lbs

BSS: 3x10/leg holding 22lb kettleball in each hand

(No running today because of basketball tonight, don't wanna have nothing left because I'll prob play PG)
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on May 05, 2011, 02:51:21 am
Ball game

37-35 Win, my line: ~22-23mins, 7pts, 3-5FG, 1-2FT, 3-4 rebs, 1 Lebron chase-down (off my own turnover  :uhhhfacepalm:)

Recovery day today, trying to get my protein in and stretching, fucking sore and I'm gonna train tomoro  :o could be bad
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on May 06, 2011, 04:10:12 am
Jumps test/bball training

Bball training for an hour - layups, shooting drills etc.

5 or 6 SVJs - all around 30-31'' (touching ring or a bit over maybe)

5 SLRVJs - all around 33-34'' (getting halfway up my hand, had one good one where my take-off was perfect and was around knuckles)

About as high as last jumps test, but this time I was jumping off a concrete court (I always feel I jump higher on floorboards and turf over concrete). For a reference point a week before I started this journal I could JUST graze this particular rim on a RVJ. So I think what I'm doing is working, slowly but surely getting some gains  ;D


Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on May 08, 2011, 10:37:47 pm
Ran 4km yesterday, got a massive blister on my left foot  :uhhhfacepalm: I think it was my shoes, or just me not being used to running 4km anymore. Letting it heal today cos I've got ball tomoro night, just doing bw upper body and calf raises at home

Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on May 10, 2011, 08:21:31 am
GYM (no track due to foot blister)

Bench: 4x8@185lbs

Concentration curl: 4x6-7@33lbs

Incline fly: 2x12@33lbs

BSS: 4x10-12/leg@2x36lb kettleball

DL Calf raise: 3x15@88lbs

Tricep pulley: 2x15@around 60-70lbs

Bicep pulley: 2x15@same weight

Bball

50-26W, my line: 8pts, 4-9FG, 0-2FT  (:uhhhfacepalm:) couple of steals, assts, rbds...not a bad game but I missed some easy shots, blister was annoying me. Had so much adrenaline before the game, my SVJs were huge, easy 31'', was wrapping my fingers around the rim so maybe even 32'', which would be sick. Gonna vertec test this weekend when I go home (check out home-made vertec page to see it!)
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on May 15, 2011, 02:41:52 am
Bball

About 3hrs of pick-up games, 4v4, 3v3 etc. Lots of jumping, my legs feel pretty much like jelly. Been hard to get to the gym this week, had a lot of uni work to do but it's clearing up now so hopefully can get back to two-three gym/tracks a week.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on May 17, 2011, 02:06:33 am
Track

Dynamic warmup

2x30 pogos

4x8/leg - single leg bounds (getting better at explosiveness on this one)

Gym

Bench: 1x7@165lbs, 3x8@187lbs

Squat: 1x10@165lbs, 1x8@275lbs, 1x6@319lbs

Lat pulldown: 4x8-10@132lbs

Iced knees after, nothing major but right's a bit sore from the extended bball activity as of late
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on May 19, 2011, 05:27:43 am
Track

Dynamic warmups/stretching

4x40m 100%

3x6/leg single leg bounds for dist

4x8 double leg bounds for dist

Gym

Bench: 4x8@187lbs

Squat: 1x12@165lbs, 3x8@275lbs

45deg hyper: 2x12-14@22lbs

Lat pull-down: 4x8@132lbs

Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on May 19, 2011, 08:21:18 am
Wait, you were able to squat after that volume of sprints, single leg bounds and double leg bounds?
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on May 19, 2011, 09:37:09 am
Wait, you were able to squat after that volume of sprints, single leg bounds and double leg bounds?

Yeah man, a bit crazy i know but it felt good afterwards...
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on May 22, 2011, 04:19:06 am
Track

Warm-up

2x40m sprints

...and that's all, started bucketing down with rain so I headed to the gym  >:(

Gym

Shrugs: 6x10-12@2x77lb dumbbells

Preacher curl: 4x8@80lbs

Tricep pulley: 3x10-12@143lbs

Squat: 1x10@165lbs warmup, 3x7@275lbs, 1x6@300lbs (getting it as explosive as possible)

45deg hyper: 2x10@22lbs
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: D4 on May 23, 2011, 09:13:55 pm
How many more inches you need to dunk bro?
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on May 24, 2011, 01:27:13 am
Hmm I'm currently around 34''ish on my SLRVJ with a 7'6.5'' reach. I reckon I need about 6'' over the rim to dunk it on an alley-oop or maybe off the dribble palming it. I'm about 3-4'' over the ring atm (depending on ring of course) so maybe another 2-3''? Getting close, whatever it is...just gotta keep working at it!
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on May 24, 2011, 01:38:01 am
Speaking of work...

Track

Dynamic warmup/stretch

4x50m sprints

3x20 pogos

4x8/leg single leg bounds for speed

3x10 tuck jumps

Gym

BSS: 3x10@88lbs

Unilateral calf raises: 2x25 holding 50lbs

45deg hyper: 3x10-12@35lbs

I kept it pretty easy today cos I had a flu shot earlier (I'm going overseas in about 6 weeks for a month). When I was in the doctors they asked me when I last went and I couldn't remember, it's been at least 5+ years...the benefits of staying active and not being fat and unhealthy!
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: D4 on May 24, 2011, 01:40:19 am
Hmm I'm currently around 34''ish on my SLRVJ with a 7'6.5'' reach. I reckon I need about 6'' over the rim to dunk it on an alley-oop or maybe off the dribble palming it. I'm about 3-4'' over the ring atm (depending on ring of course) so maybe another 2-3''? Getting close, whatever it is...just gotta keep working at it!

That's cool dude, we're both at the same place right now.  Two single leg jumpers, who need 2-3" more.  Let's hope we both get it sooner rather than later. 
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on May 24, 2011, 09:17:34 am
Hmm I'm currently around 34''ish on my SLRVJ with a 7'6.5'' reach. I reckon I need about 6'' over the rim to dunk it on an alley-oop or maybe off the dribble palming it. I'm about 3-4'' over the ring atm (depending on ring of course) so maybe another 2-3''? Getting close, whatever it is...just gotta keep working at it!

That's cool dude, we're both at the same place right now.  Two single leg jumpers, who need 2-3" more.  Let's hope we both get it sooner rather than later. 

Yeah for sure, good luck man.

Bball

47-23W, 3-10FG, no FT, 4assts, few boards, steals, 1 turnover (WEAK charge)

Well this was a good win but it felt like a loss, they were the bottom team and we just played like shit. I had a great first half (3-4) then I proceeded to go 0-6 in the second. We just weren't getting calls, the refs were calling weak as shit blocking fouls but not calling any shooting fouls on the wrists, arms...all six of my second half shots were missed layups in traffic, did not go to the line once  :rant:

Haha anyway a win is a win.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on May 27, 2011, 07:32:26 am
Gym

Squat: 1x10@165lbs, 2x8@275lbs, 1x10@300lbs (high reps but all pretty explosive)

Romanian DL: 4x8-10@120lbs

Unilat. calf raise: 4x25@50lbs

BIcep pulley: 3x10-12@80ish lbs
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on May 30, 2011, 05:36:54 am
3 hours of 4v4 yesterday.

Man, my hamstrings are sore from Friday and yesterday. I'm def gonna put more of a focus on strengthening them over the next few weeks, think that's gonna help a lot.
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Post by: AGC on May 31, 2011, 09:03:28 pm
Well I got a fucking corked thigh AGAIN in bball last night...i seem to have thighs that are at a perfect height for big men to drive their knees into - it's really fucking annoying!! But I got ice onto it straight away and it already feels better than usual. So I should be good to go tomoro or at the latest, two days. Very annoying because I was looking for some squat PRs this week but I don't think it's gonna happen now.

(To add insult to injury we lost last night bad...just did not play good team ball and played a zone when we should have manned up - other team dropped three or four zone busting shots in a row before we switched. I had like 3 pts 1-2FG, 1-2FT in about 8-10mins before I got hurt and sat out).
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: JPMartin5 on June 01, 2011, 12:55:23 am
Hmm I'm currently around 34''ish on my SLRVJ with a 7'6.5'' reach. I reckon I need about 6'' over the rim to dunk it on an alley-oop or maybe off the dribble palming it. I'm about 3-4'' over the ring atm (depending on ring of course) so maybe another 2-3''? Getting close, whatever it is...just gotta keep working at it!

BRO!  Keep working man.  you're really close.  inches are really hard to gain though.  it really comes down to consistency and intensity and intelligence.  I'm sure you know that by now though.

Keep it up!  as soon as you dunk, I wanna see some vids!  because that type of progress is impressive!
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 01, 2011, 07:40:12 am
Hmm I'm currently around 34''ish on my SLRVJ with a 7'6.5'' reach. I reckon I need about 6'' over the rim to dunk it on an alley-oop or maybe off the dribble palming it. I'm about 3-4'' over the ring atm (depending on ring of course) so maybe another 2-3''? Getting close, whatever it is...just gotta keep working at it!

BRO!  Keep working man.  you're really close.  inches are really hard to gain though.  it really comes down to consistency and intensity and intelligence.  I'm sure you know that by now though.

Keep it up!  as soon as you dunk, I wanna see some vids!  because that type of progress is impressive!

Thanks man.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 03, 2011, 02:12:42 am
50 posts!

Gym (no track because of thigh bruise)

Bench: 4x8 (explosive reps)@176lbs

Lat pulldown: 3x8@121lbs

Stiff-leg DL: 3x8-9@132lbs, 2x8@154lbs

Chin-ups (full, paused/no momentum): 5,5,6,5

Tri pulley: 3x10@66lbs

My leg is still kinda sore so didn't bother doing anything to aggravate it.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on June 03, 2011, 07:54:19 am
Damn, your squat is so much more better than mine :strong:
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 03, 2011, 08:40:00 am
Damn, your squat is so much more better than mine :strong:

Thanks man! I have been focusing on it pretty hard for the last few months...
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on June 03, 2011, 11:00:44 am
Mine's sucks so much right now.

After being able to consistantly squat 140 kg (308 lbs) as a close 1RM lift (could probably squat 145 or even 150), right now a 120 kg attempt is felt like a close to 1RM attempt. Basically it feels like what 140 felt like one month ago. ONE FUCKING MONTH AGO!
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 05, 2011, 07:40:47 am
About 3.5 hrs of ball today.

I had a few test jumps to see where I'm at. The rings at the YMCA I played at were def legit 10'. SVJs were pretty crap actually, only around 30'', a bit off my PR or 32''. Legs just weren't feeling it so didn't try too many. SLRVJs were hitting at my knuckles (~33-33.5''). Not bad for a quick test before ball and not really getting psyched up at all.

Decided I'm gonna start doing the Joel Smith SLRVJ peak cycle over the next few weeks and really focus on improving my SLRVJ:

http://www.adarq.org/forum/article-video-discussion/joel-smith's-one-leg-jump-peak-program/msg50251/?boardseen#new

I think it'll work well for me because I've got my bounding down pretty good over the past few weeks, and it incorporates some exercises that are pretty new for me so should see some solid results hopefully  ;D

Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on June 05, 2011, 08:49:08 am
Yeah we'll see how it goes.

You're familiar with snatches and cleans, is your form good, or will you replace these with jumpsquats?
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 05, 2011, 09:03:40 am
Yeah we'll see how it goes.

You're familiar with snatches and cleans, is your form good, or will you replace these with jumpsquats?

Yeah most of last year before I was vert training I was primarily doing upper body at the gym including heavy bench, bit of snatch, clean, push press etc. Nothing intense but I've done them before at least and didn't kill myself! The newer exercises for me are the jumpsquats and barbell step-up, haven't done much of them before.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on June 05, 2011, 12:56:19 pm
For the stepups I use 3 or 4 25 kg plates that fit the small bars (very small bar diameter). These are very stable one on top of another and I can do my stepups there since I don't have boxes.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 06, 2011, 08:33:24 am
Week 1 of Joel Smith's SRVJ program - Weights#1

Deadlift: 3x8@176lbs

Clean: 4x5@75lbs (don't lol at the weight, haven't done these in awhile so easing into it)

Barbell Box step-ups, 12'': 3x6/leg@154lbs

Dumbbell calf raise: 3x20/leg@55lbs

Jump squats: 3x15@45lbs

Bench: 3x8@176lbs

Made a few modifications including: deadlifts to start to keep up strength development of my hamstrings, more calf raise reps and extra jump squat set
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on June 06, 2011, 03:54:21 pm
Looking good man. As long as the deadlifts don't interfere with the plyos (meaning - they don't generate too much soreness that limits the plyo days) then it's all good.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 06, 2011, 08:23:27 pm
Looking good man. As long as the deadlifts don't interfere with the plyos (meaning - they don't generate too much soreness that limits the plyo days) then it's all good.
Yeah for sure, just gonna keep them light (no heavier than what I did last night) and mix it up with some 45deg hypers
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 07, 2011, 12:45:04 am
Week 1 of Joel Smith's SLRVJ program - Plyos#1

Dynamic warmup

30m Bounds: LRLRLRx1, LLRRx1, LLLRRRx1, LLLLx1, RRRRx1

50m Bounds: LRLRLRx2

Hurdle jumps: 6x4

Pogos: 2x50 (started raining hard, missed last set but no big deal)

I used a brand new soccer pitch built right near my house to do these, really soft turf...much better than riding for 15 mins to the nearest track

Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on June 07, 2011, 03:46:11 am
No single leg (LLLL and RRRR) bounding?

And you have hurdles at that field?
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 07, 2011, 03:58:26 am
Whoops :uhhhfacepalm: I forgot about the LLL/RRR ones lol. They were good, really killed (I'll modify the post). And for hurdles I used some benches they had there at the pitch. Not the right height I know, but I'll be at the track for the next session so I'll use proper hurdles then.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 07, 2011, 09:44:35 am
Bball game

52-45 L, my line: 3-5FG, 1-3 3pt, no FT, no TOs (I think I only have one or two in 5 games - PR for sure!), few assists

Lost, but a pretty good loss - they just had one big guy who absolutely killed our guy, he must have got 25pts. We were right in it til 2-3mins to go when we had to start chucking threes. Just like last week we just didn't switch defenses quick enough (we played 1/2 crt man-2-man when we should have played 3-2 zone or box+1)
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 09, 2011, 08:09:11 am
Week 1 of Joel Smith's SLRVJ program - Weights#2

Push press: 4x5-6@110lbs

Squat: 1x8@154lbs (warmup), 1x6@264lbs, 1x6@286lbs, 1x6@308lbs (focus on explosiveness)

Single leg calf raises with 55lb dumbbell:3x20

Jump squats: 3x10@44lbs

Bench press:  1x8@154lbs, 2x8@187lbs (NBA draft combine style baby!)

*Minor deviations: few more push press reps, 3x10 jump squats instead of 2x15 (slightly easier on my left knee which was a little bit sore after squats)
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 10, 2011, 02:11:04 am
Week 1 of Joel SMith's SLRVJ program - Plyos#2

Dynamic warmup

30m Bounds: LRLRLRx1, LLRRx1, LLLRRRx1, LLLLx1, RRRRx1

50m Bounds: LRLRLRx2

Hurdle jumps: 5x5

Pogos: 3x50

This session required a weight vest. I don't have one but I assumed the gym I go to would have one. They didn't  :uhhhfacepalm: so I increased the distance of the bounds to compensate. Also I used proper hurdles this time, much more challenging than low benches.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 13, 2011, 08:52:12 am
Week 2 of Joel Smith's SLRVJ program - Weights#1

Clean: 5,4,4@110lbs

Barbell box step-ups with 12'' box: 2x6/leg@176lbs

Dumbbell calf raise: 2x20@60lbs

Jump squat:2x12@65lbs

Bench: 1x8@176lbs, 2x6@187lbs

It's a public holiday here in Austraya so my usual gym was closed, had to go to the 24hr boxing gym...interesting experience doing jump squats there   :huh:  I swear every guy there was either doing bicep curl, bench or abs lol
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on June 13, 2011, 10:56:13 am
Well those were the true athletes. Oh wait... :ninja:

I had a guy today see me do broad jumps and he was like "hey, what's your best broad jump?". So I said "2.60m". And he was like "mine's 3.60m".

As far as I know, the world record is ~3.50m.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 13, 2011, 09:29:44 pm
Well those were the true athletes. Oh wait... :ninja:

I had a guy today see me do broad jumps and he was like "hey, what's your best broad jump?". So I said "2.60m". And he was like "mine's 3.60m".

As far as I know, the world record is ~3.50m.

LOL, the WR is 3.71m, so for some anonymous guy to be 10cm off it...I always ask them "what are you doing here if you're so good?"
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 14, 2011, 12:56:01 am
Week 2 of Joel Smith's SLRVJ program - Plyos#1

Dynamic warmup

30m bounds: LRLRLR, LLRR, LLLRRR, LLLL, RRRR all x1

50m bounds: LRLRLRx2

Hurdle hops: 6x4 (highest level on hurdles)

Pogos: 3x50
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 14, 2011, 08:14:26 am
Bball game

49-44W, my line: 14 pts, 5-11FG, 1-4 3pt, 3-4FT, 2TOs (charges), 2-3 steals

Interesting game, we only had five players and in the first half, I got two charges as well as two crap personal fouls to have four before halftime! One of the charges was an absolute joke, guy was shuffling his feet like crazy and I barely went into him at all. But I redeemed myself a bit in the second half, hitting a three, layup and two FTs in last three-four minutes to give us the lead for good. We needed the win bad to stay in top four of comp, lucky to get it.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 16, 2011, 08:37:49 am
Week 2 of Joel Smith's SLRVJ program - Weights#2

Push press: 5,4,4@110lbs

Dumbbell calf raises: 3x20/leg@66lbs

Squat: 1x6@154lbs (warmup), 1x6@308lbs, 1x10@308lbs  :personal-record: (1RM calc: 411lbs)

Jump squat:3x15@70lbs

Bench: 1x6@154lbs, 1x6@176lb, 2x4-6@187lbs

I'm coping with the volume of this program pretty well and I feel my body could do a few more reps and sets here and there, e.g. extra jump squat set, few more squats. Also, probably a bit silly trying to set a squat PR but the first six reps felt easy so I just went for it.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on June 16, 2011, 09:20:49 am
411? What kind of monster are you? :ninja:
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 16, 2011, 11:18:14 pm
Ha thanks man. Next cycle I'm gonna try and get 150-155kg for 6, that would be nice.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on June 17, 2011, 03:20:54 am
How much do you weigh right now?
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 17, 2011, 05:50:21 am
How much do you weigh right now?
Varies between 79-80kgs with no shoes on. I've definitely put on a bit of muscle on my lower body and maybe lost a bit of fat overall since starting more intensive training about 3.5 months ago (i.e. this journal), but overall my weight hasn't really changed, maybe half a kilo.

Week 2 of Joel Smith's SLRVJ program - Plyos#2

Dynamic warm-up

30m bounds (no weight vest again): LRLRLR, LLRR, LLLRRR, LLLL, RRRR

50m bounds: LRLRLRx2

Hurdle hops: 5x5 (lower height)

2x50 pogos (missed last set - started to rain heavy)
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 20, 2011, 01:22:41 am
Week 3 of Joel Smith's SLRVJ - Low intensity plyos

3x30m low skips

3x30m high skips

3x30m dist skips

I was pretty tired after the first two weeks, slept for about an hour or so extra every night just from fatigue I think. Good stuff though. Easy week now.

After testing on Friday I'm actually going overseas to NZ for part of my university studies for two weeks and also two weeks holiday after. This might disrupt my training a bit, or it might not. Really depends what the setup is in the area where I'm staying. I've sussed out a few gyms but not sure what they're like, also don't know if there's any track. If there is, I'll prob do another cycle of the program I've just done for a month (probably less intense as I'll be busier); if there isn't, I'll just do gym 2x a week and jump around in my hotel room or something. Kind of wish I wasn't going lol  :huh: oh well
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 21, 2011, 08:06:34 am
Bball game

We won despite me shooting a mere 2-6 with 2FTs and 3 TOs  :huh: I must admit that my mind was not focused, got a 3hr exam tomoro morning and another on Friday, then I leave Friday night, have not been practising at ALL. Interested to see how crap I get after 4 weeks of no bball...
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 22, 2011, 07:00:02 am
Week 3 of Joel Smith's SLRVJ program - weights

Bench: 1x7@165lbs, 3x7@187lbs

Clean:2x5@80lbs

Snatch: 2x4@80lbs

Squat: 2x10@220lbs

Back extension: 2x10@22lbs

Wasn't sure how light to go but this felt pretty easy I guess.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 24, 2011, 05:13:25 am
Testing after JS's SLRVJ program

Basically just found a ring with good surface and did 6 SLRVJs after warming up a bit with some run-thrus and depth jumps
Hit my peak about third-fourth jump and it felt HIGH. I definitely got to my knuckles, maybe a bit higher, which is where my PR is at the moment and overall just felt a lot springier. My leg felt much better at accepting a lot of force off the ground probably because of the high intensity bounds. Overall I think one cycle has improved my average jump over 6 or so jumps by about an inch (not 6'' like Raptor, but wasn't expecting that!) Looking forward to doing another cycle and building on it.  :headbang:

Might not be able to post for a few days(going overseas) but I'll gonna try and keep the program going.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on June 24, 2011, 06:37:03 am
I think you still might have a masked explosiveness if you have been training for long enough with strength only... you can never know.

Also, you might jump higher after 15-20 minutes of aggressive 3 on 3 basketball.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 24, 2011, 07:36:57 am
I think you still might have a masked explosiveness if you have been training for long enough with strength only... you can never know.

Also, you might jump higher after 15-20 minutes of aggressive 3 on 3 basketball.

Yeah definitely possible. Hopefully with a few more cycles I'll see larger improvements. Already I feel that my leg can just absorb a bit more force like back in my long-jumping days where I could hit the board pretty hard and still maintain speed/form.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 01, 2011, 06:01:30 pm
Well i've been super busy this week, really struggled to train, been twice:

26/6 - crappy hotel gym

Bench machine: 3x10@80kgs (highest it would go lol)

Calf raise: 3x20@15kgs

Ghr:4x10@40kgs

29/6 - better gym with squat rack/bar

Clean: 6,6,5,5@55kgs

Squat: 1x8@130kgs, 1x6@135kgs, 1x6@140kgs

SL Calf raise: 3x15@32kgs

Jump squat:3x15@55kgs

Theres no real place I can do bounds, hurdles etc so I've just been doing jump rope and low level depth jumps in my hotel room. Not great but that's the way it is for a few weeks, could be worse...

Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 11, 2011, 04:18:39 pm
F@#k it is hard to train when you're overseas! And also get access to an internet-enabled computer lol. I've moved  around cities since I last posted so have had to explore when I can to find gyms/tracks. Some of the workouts I've done:
 
Warmup
Bounds  as per a few weeks ago (lrlrlr, llrr etc)
4-5 40m sprints
3x50 jump rope
(done this twice)

Cleans, heavy
Jump squats, 3x12, mod. weight
Squat, 2-3 sets of 6-8@320 (maintaining strength)
(dione this a few times, as well as upper body)
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 24, 2011, 04:05:50 am
Well I'm finally back home and hoping to get training back to normal. Since the last post I went to the gym once and just did everything I could really, rested for a few days. I tested my SLRVJ today and luckily despite all the disruptions I haven't lost anything, still getting ~34'' (~5'' up my hand on 10ft ring). SO I think the best thing for me would be to just continue with another cycle of what I was doing post-travel, 2x weights and 2x bounding for three weeks, and ramp up the intensity now I'm more familiar with it.  :D
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 27, 2011, 06:52:18 am
Bball
2-4FG, 1-2FT, 3stl, few assists, boards.
Won by heaps, first game back after a month so I didn't go very hard as you can tell by my FG attempts :D

Next few days I'm just gonna get ready for a new cycle of my previous program after essentially four weeks rest. Prob do a weights day and plyo day, then start proper on Monday.
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Post by: AGC on July 30, 2011, 02:07:52 am
Weights (yesterday)

Clean: 5@110lbs, 4,4@132lbs

Squat: 1x8@154lbs, 2x6@264lbs

Unilat. calf raise: 2x25@55lbs

45o Hyper: 2x8@22lbs

Jump squats: 3x15@35lbs

My left quad felt a bit tight during the squats (prob because I haven't done squats as frequently over the last month), muscle felt like it was pinching a bit when I went down so didn't go too heavy.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 31, 2011, 09:08:53 am
Bounding/jumps session

30m bounds: LRLRLR, LLRR, LLLRRR, LLLL, RRRR

3x50 pogos

4x2-step DL jumps

6 SLRVJs at 10' rim trying to dunk size 5 ball - got it cleanly a couple of times!

Start new cycle tomoro  :highfive:
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 02, 2011, 03:06:12 am
Week 1 - weights#1 - yesterday

Clean: 4x5@150lbs

Barbell step-up, 18'': 2x6/leg@154lbs, 1x6/leg@200lbs (too easy even for moderate weight, gonna go up)

Dumbbell calf raise: 3x10@70lbs

Jump squats: 3x15@45lbs


Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 03, 2011, 01:56:46 am
Week 1 - plyos #1

Dynamic w/up

3x50m sprints

30m bounds: LRLRLR, LLRR, LLLRRR, LLL, RRR

50m bounds: LRLRLRx2

Hurdle hops: 4x4

Jump rope: 3x50
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 04, 2011, 09:39:27 am
Week 1 - weights#2

Push press: 5,4,4@110lbs

Squat:3x6@265lbs

Dumbell Unilat calf raise: 3x20@60lbs

Jump squat: 3x15@45lbs
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 07, 2011, 05:58:26 am
So instead of my second bounding session this week I decided to instead do a jumping technique session similar to last week:

Dynamic w/up

Few full-sprint layups from midcourt

Few low intensity depth jumps from low height

5 drop-step jumps

10 SLRVJs at 10' trying to dunk

Got a few to rattle in with rim touch, wouldn't call them dunks though. But definitely helps to get technique practice in as well as doing reactive/strength stuff.
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Post by: AGC on August 08, 2011, 07:51:18 am
Week 2 - weights#1

Clean: 5,4,4@110lbs (intended to go heavier but sore wrist)

Barbell step-up(12''): 2x6/leg@220lbs

Dumbbell calf raise: 2x20@72lbs

Jump squat: 2x12@55lbs

P.S I've also been doing upper-body stuff with these sessions, usually either two push/one pull or vice versa (e.g. bench/preacher/seated row when doing push press or bench/shoulder press/lat pull when doing cleans)

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Post by: AGC on August 09, 2011, 06:19:43 am
Week 2 - plyos#1

30m: LRLRLR, LLRR, LLLRRR, LLLL, RRRR

50m: LRLRLRx2

Hurdles: 5x4

Pogos:3x50
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Post by: AGC on August 14, 2011, 04:02:59 am
Oops been a bit slack journalling. Anyways it's been training as usual:

Week 2 - weights#2

Snatch: 4,3,2@115lbs

Squat: 1x6@275lbs, 2x6@320lbs

Single Leg Calf Raise: 2x15@72lbs

Jump Squats:2x15, 59lb

Week 2 - plyos#2

Short 30-40m sprints x4

30m bounds: LRLRLR, LLRR, LLLRRR, LLLL, RRRR

50m: LRLRLRx2

Hurdle hops: 4x6

Pogos:3x50

Sunday - 3hrs Basketball, dunk attempts in between first few games. I feel I am getting so close to getting a basic one-hander off SLRVJ, maybe 2'' before I can throw it down clean rather than rattle them in or clang them off the back off the rim, very frustrating.
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Post by: AGC on August 19, 2011, 09:34:21 pm
Sprained right ankle playing basketball on Tuesday so haven't really been able to do much last few days, gonna see what I can do today...might test tomoro if I can run alright on it today.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 20, 2011, 02:19:49 am
Ehhh...went to a ring today for some jumps but legs were just not there...ankle was a bit sore still and my left knee just keeps buckling a bit before take-off and it was really limiting my jump. Went to the gym afterwards and just did an pretty easy overall workout to get my legs sore + some upperbody.

Low-intensity DLs: 2x8@55kgs, 2x6@70kgs

Squat: 2x8@100kgs, 2x6@120kgs

SL calf raise: 2x15@32.5kgs

Bench:1x8@60kgs, 3x6@90kgs, 1x4@80kgs, 1x4@60kgs

Seated row: 1x8@45kgs, 1x8@55kgs, 1x6@70kgs

45 deg hyperextension: 3x10@16kgs
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Post by: AGC on August 22, 2011, 07:36:00 am
Week 1 - weights#1

Clean: 5,4,4@100lbs

Calf raise: 3x20@66lbs

Jump squat: 3x15@35lbs

Upper

Bench press: 3x6@200lbs

Seated row: 3x8@143lbs

Preacher: 3x6@66lbs
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Post by: AGC on August 24, 2011, 05:17:52 am
Tues - bball and a track session

I think I'm gonna adjust my training a bit - been doing a lot of bounds and I think they're doing their job but I'm worried about the stress on my knee on take-off, it's feeling sore after I jump and kind of buckling a bit whereas before I started doing a lot of bounding it didn't so much. Gonna adjust it to 1x bounding and 1x general plyos session like I used to do while keeping the weights the same.

Track

5x50m sprints

3x8 tuck jumps

Depth jumps @ ~20'' - 4x5

then game of basketball later.

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Post by: AGC on August 26, 2011, 11:42:19 pm
Gym

Stiff-leg DL: 3x8@not much, I think around 60kgs

Snatch: 5,4,4@55kgs

Calf raise:2x25/leg@32.5kgs

BSS (instead of barbell step-up which I don't think does much for me): 3x10/leg @25kgs

45 deg hyper: 3x10@16kgs

Jump squat: 2x15@25kgs
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Post by: AGC on August 29, 2011, 08:19:45 am
Sunday - jumps/plyos

30m Bounds: LRLRLR, LLRR, LLLRRR, LLLL, RRRR

6 2-step DLRVJs at 10'

5-6 SLRVJs

Monday - gym

Clean: W/U set, 5,5,5@55kgs

Squat: 1x8@70kgs, 1x6@110kgs, 2x6@130kgs (felt really easy)

SL calf raise: 2x20@37.5kgs

Jump squat: 2x15@15kgs (very light, took it easy due to right knee soreness)

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Post by: AGC on September 01, 2011, 05:59:13 am
Track/gym

warmup

4x60m sprints

1x100m (12.1)

30m Bounds: LRLRLRx2, LLRR, LLL, RRR

Hurdle hops: 5x5

45o Hyper: 3x10@16kgs

Bench: 1x8@60kgs, 3x6-7@90kgs

Conc. curl:4x8/arm@12.5kgs

Rear delt fly: 3x10@20kgs (for arm-swing)

The 100m was just for fun, I'm fast in the first 60m but my conditioning sucks over the last 40m, hence the slow time  :huh:
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Post by: AGC on September 03, 2011, 11:09:20 am
Jumps session at ring/vertec

6 SVJs (Best:31'', 1'' off best)

Then just did heaps of jumps at 9'11'' ring, got some pretty good SLRVJs in, one I think was around 34.5''!. Video to come.
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Post by: AGC on September 04, 2011, 09:10:20 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBfy2jwxPP4

Here's that video from a day ago. Didn't have anyone to shoot it for me so the camera angle is a bit crap, also the sound got messed up when I put them together.
Last jump was the best one, ring's about 3.02m, so if I got about 16-17cm up my arm, with a reach of 90.5'' I think it might have been a bit around 34.5, maybe close to 35''.

Here's the jump in better quality:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oe9-0LWal50
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 05, 2011, 02:57:22 am
Gym

Clean: 5,5,5@60kgs

Bench: 1x8@70kgs, 2x7@90kgs, 1x4@70kgs

Squat: 1x8@70kgs, 3x7-8@110kgs

Calf raise: 2x15/leg@40kgs

Seated row: 1x8@60kgs, 2x8@75kgs

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Post by: Raptor on September 05, 2011, 06:25:02 am
You had a really loooong and a bit to the side penultimate step, interesting. I think going a bit to the side is your way of lowering the center of gravity a bit more.
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Post by: AGC on September 05, 2011, 08:07:18 pm
Yeah I have been working on getting the penultimate step longer, when I do it usually gets me higher. Still need to get those arms swinging more though.
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Post by: Raptor on September 06, 2011, 01:48:24 am
What if you get your penultimate LOWER instead of longer? It might be better as there will be less breaking effect due to length, that is currently occuring.
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Post by: AGC on September 06, 2011, 02:40:54 am
What if you get your penultimate LOWER instead of longer? It might be better as there will be less breaking effect due to length, that is currently occuring.

It's a good question. I need to do some experimentation to see if it's a LOW penultimate step or a LONG penultimate step that's causing the slight knee buckling I've been having. I thought maybe it as because I was going too deep but maybe not
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Post by: Raptor on September 06, 2011, 04:33:26 am
A long penultimate usually will mean a low penultimate as well. It's in the search of "low" that you do that long step, and pretty much everybody else does IMO. If you reach out with your leg forward you will automatically lower your center of gravity as well.
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Post by: AGC on September 10, 2011, 04:55:21 am
Track

5x50m sprints

6 DSVJs

3x4 depth jumps from 20''

Gym (yesterday)

Bench: 1x10@70kgs, 2x6@100kgs (10kgs off PR for 6), 1x6@90kgs

Incline bench: 4x8@40kgs

Squat: 4x10@70kgs (focus on speed), 2x6@135kgs
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 11, 2011, 02:35:00 am
Jumps - court

Played some pick-up ball today for about 2hrs, beforehand I went to the courts early to do some stuff:

Full-court sprints

6 DSVJs

4 SVJs

6 DLRVJs

Then a few SLRVJs but they really sucked...I got a bit of knee-to-knee contact last time I played and my left knee's pretty bruised. Made it hard to max out on them cos trying to get low before take-off aggravated it a bit. Still a good work-out though.
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Post by: AGC on September 12, 2011, 08:26:09 am
Gym

Snatch: warmup low weight, 5,5,5@57.5kgs

Calf raise: 2x15@45kgs :personal-record:

Light BSS (instead of squat, knee still sore from yesterday): 3x6/leg@35kgs

45o Hyperextension: 3x10@20kgs
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Post by: AGC on September 17, 2011, 07:12:38 am
Sessions over the last few days:

Track

4x50m sprints

Bounds: LRLRLRx2, LLRRx2

Tucks: 4x6

Pogos: 2x40

Gym:

45o Hyper: 4x10@15gs

Calf raise:2x45kgs

Clean: 5,5,5,@60kgs

Upper body stuff
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 19, 2011, 02:42:21 am
Gym

Squat: 1x8@70kgs, 1x8@110kgs, 2x6-7@130kgs (getting weight back up)

Snatch: 5,5,5,5@50kgs

Calf raise:2x25@35kgs

Bench: 4x8@70kgs

Also played ball/lots of jumps on w/e
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Post by: AGC on September 21, 2011, 09:25:03 pm
Track (yesterday)

Dynamic warmup

4x8 Tuck jumps

4x50m sprints (80%)

30m Bounds: 3xLRLRLR, 2xLRLRLR, 1xLLLL, 1xRRRR

50m bounds: LRLRLRx2

Pogos: 3x20
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Post by: AGC on September 23, 2011, 09:23:56 pm
Plyos

30m bounds: LLLLx2, RRRRx2

Depth jumps from 24'': 4x6

Box jumps (24''): 3x6

Bulgarian Split jump squat (no weight): 2x8/leg
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 26, 2011, 08:06:16 am
Jumps/track -weekend

Just did heaps of drop-step jumps at 10', getting really high, prob around 33.5''. Really getting addicted to drop-step jumps.

Also tried for my sub-12 sec 100m goal, had three attempts but just missed it --> 12.2, 12.1, 12.5. Definitely need to do some more conditioning, my top-end speed is pretty good but I just fade near the end cos I don't run them regularly any more.

Gym - time-limited

Bench: 1x8@70kgs, 3x5-6@90kgs, 1x6@70kgs

Squat: 1x8@70kgs, 3x7-8@100kgs, 1x8@70kgs
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Post by: AGC on September 29, 2011, 10:28:38 pm
Gym - yesterday

Low-weight half-squat: 1x8@60kgs, 3x8@110kgs

45o Hyper: 1x10@10kgs, 3x10@16kgs

Calf raise: 2x10@45kgs

Upper body stuff
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Post by: AGC on October 08, 2011, 01:40:43 am
Well good to see the site's back up, I haven't kept an exact record of my trainings over the last 4-5 days while it's been down but they went something like:

Track#1: Usual bounding, some tuck jumps and 4x5 depth jumps from knee height box

Gym#1: 45o Hyper, calf raises, upper body, jump squats

Gym#2: Squat: w/u then 3x7@130kgs, more upper body

Plyos (today): Depth jumps from 24'': 5x5

Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on October 12, 2011, 01:48:57 am
Adam Linkenauger... :uhhhfacepalm: doesn't he realise he's messing up all of our training logs by constantly getting the site pulled down!?

Anyway:

Gym(yesterday)

45oHyper: 1x10@10kgs, 3x10@20kgs (getting real strong on this exercise)

Dumbbell bench: 3x7-8@70kgs

Jump Squats: 2x15@24kgs

Snatch: 4,3,3@55kgs

Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on October 16, 2011, 12:49:04 am
Gym:

Bench: 1x8@70kgs, 3x6@90kgs

DB Shoulder press: 3x8@15kg dbs

Squat: 1x8@70kgs, 1x6@120kgs, 2x5@135kgs

Clean: 5,4,4@40kgs
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Post by: AGC on October 19, 2011, 07:56:51 pm
Site down for the third time... :o fingers crossed this guy gets bored of knocking the site offline sometime soon...

Once again I never really write down my trainings but it's been pretty similar over last 5 days, getting my squat back up to PR level, snatches/cleans for explosiveness, general upper body weights and bounds/sprints/dj's on the track for strength expression.

Gonna be super busy with uni work over the next few weeks, hopefully won't affect my training too much...
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Post by: AGC on October 23, 2011, 03:17:22 am
Training over last few days:

Gym:

Bench: w/u, 3x6-7@90kgs

45o Hyper: 1x10@10kgs, 3x10@20kgs

REA squat: 3x10@60kgs

Jumps/plyos:

Tuck jumps 3x6

Few SVJs (easy touching 10' ring)

4 DLRVJs (Highest:34'', ring halfway up hand which is prob a PR)

6 SLRVJs (OK but not great, got one at PR level (35'') but just couldn't get my speed right)
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on December 06, 2011, 01:25:40 am
Ouch, looks like a month of my journal just disappeared...lucky it was probably my least productive month in a while due to uni work. As usual, I never write my workouts down, the last post I had was just a summary of how much I'd gained over a year of training (about 5-6'' on my SLRVJ, also ~2'' on SVJ - but not really training for SVJ though). Goals for end of Dec --> Squat back up to 145kgs x 6, 45o Hyper@30kgs for 3x10.

I had a few jumps on my homemade vertec yesterday:

4 SVJs at 31''

4 DSRVJS at 33''

3 SLRVJs at 34''

Pretty happy as it's hard to do max running jumps because of the limited space on my deck where I keep the vertec.
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Post by: AGC on December 08, 2011, 05:45:38 am
Yesterday - Jumps at 10' ring


4 SVJs - 2'' over ring -->really good, about 31-31.5'' (I was wearing lightweight runners which don't increase my reach as much as my bigger basketball shoes, but still hitting my usual levels)

6 SLRVJs - all pretty high, I was hitting mid-palm but I felt higher before hitting the ring - timing issue

I tried a few dunks with size 7 but I am still wearing a plastic splint on my right middle finger which pretty much makes it impossible to grip the ball - coming off soon though

Track

5x50m sprints

4x6 - LRLRLR bounds (trying to complete all six within 18m, which I achieved a couple of times)

Gym

Squat

1x10@55kgs, 4x8@100kgs (had to keep it light due to right knee soreness from bounds, feels good now though)

UB stuff
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on December 16, 2011, 06:38:25 am
Track

4x60m sprints

30m Bounds: LRLRLRx2, LLRRx2, LLLLx2, DL bounds x 2

Gym

Squat: 1x6@70kgs, 1x6@ 120kgs, 1x6@130kgs, 1x6@140kgs (nearly at end of Dec goal!), 1x8@70kgs

UB stuff
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Post by: AGC on December 21, 2011, 06:00:38 am
Gym (yesterday)

Chest stuff: Incline DBs: 3x8-10@35kgs, chest fly machine etc.

(Lighter) squats: 2x8@100kgs, 2x8@130kgs (didn't go for 145x6...energy not there...next time)

Vertec

6 SVJs, highest 81cm (32'')

4 DSVJs, didn't properly measure but at/above 33'' stick on vertec

Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on December 24, 2011, 01:05:49 am
Jumps (yesterday)

Did a bunch of test jumps yesterday at my testing ring. Video'd the best ones and will put up soon. Overall it wasn't a great session (no PRs) but good to at least work on form.

Athletic testing (track)

Today I decided to measure broad jump, 40yd and 7 step long jump to see if they have improved over last few months:

Warmup, run-thrus

40yds: 4.57, 4.63, 4.56  :personal-record: (hand-timed by 2nd party)

Broad Jump: 2.93m, 2.94m, 2.98m :personal-record:, 2.93m

7-s long jump: 5.01m, 4.93m, 5.00m

Last time I did a broad jump my best was ~2.70m, today: 2.98m!! Pretty happy with that, I was wearing better shoes this time around though (jumping spikes). The 40yd was not bad at all, my speed over short dists is probably as good as it's ever been.
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Post by: AGC on December 27, 2011, 09:48:42 am
Plyos/weights (yesterday)

Jump squats - 4x12@17kgs

Single-leg DLs - 2x8@10kgs

Pogos - 3x40

UB stuff

(My gym's closed for two weeks over Xmas o trying to keep strength up with jump squats and single-leg DLs with dumbbells)

Track

4x60m sprints

LRLRLRx30mx4

LLRRx20mx3

Tuck jumps - 3x6
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on January 01, 2012, 02:20:19 am
Here's a vid of some jumps I've done lately, ~3.03m broad jump and few RVJs/SVJs at 3.02m ring. Had a jumps session two days ago doing all forms and also a track session yesterday. Cannot wait for gym to re-open, I really hate not being able to go.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-L4z3xPE9U
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Post by: AGC on January 04, 2012, 10:36:02 pm
Track

Warmup

3x25 pogos

4x50m sprints

Gym

Squat: 1x8@70kgs, 3x7-8@120kgs

45o Hyper: 2x10@12kgs, 1x8@25kgs

Upper body

Took it really easy after not being to the gym in nearly two weeks, felt pretty good though.
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Post by: AGC on January 07, 2012, 12:10:06 am
Gym

Upper body

45o Hyper: 1x10@16kgs, 3x8@32kgs (nearly at 1x8@35kgs goal)

Unilat calf raise: 2x20@35kgs, 2x20@37.5kgs
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on January 09, 2012, 09:37:11 am
Outdoor session

Several SVJ attempts, highest:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IftNgovSw0g

Jump squats: 3x12@17kgs

Calf raises: 3x50@22kgs

UB stuff

When I'm wearing my runners my standing reach is about 229cm, and the first marker is 30'', third is 32''.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on January 10, 2012, 02:16:13 am
Gym

Squat: 1x6@70kgs, 1x6@120kgs, 1x6@130kgs, 2x6@140kgs, 1x8@120kgs, 1x4@70kgs

Unilat. calf raises: 3x25/leg@32kgs

UB stuff

Squats were good today. FINALLY getting weight back up to PR levels after being very inconsistent with it over last few months. My aim is just to consistently push it up week by week, hopefully get to 150kgs x 6 by end of Jan.
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Post by: AGC on January 14, 2012, 05:11:06 am
Jumps at 10' ring

4 SVJs

6 DSRVJs

10 SLRVJs

Vid of best attempts:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onjc3w9cPnE

My standing jumps sucked today, I just couldn't push off the floor properly, kept shuffling my feet before I jumped. Running jumps were average-good, getting about the same height as I have been in the past with my basketball shoes, which increase my SR by about 1cm or so. I'm still having trouble when I try to increase my run-up speed on my RVJs, which is annoying as I have actually improved my acceleration and top speed a far bit through my sprints and bounding. I want to transfer that improvement to my RVJs. Just need more practice with jump technique and just doing more pure jumps sessions I think (tempted to start long jump training again because I never had problems with this when I was doing jumps training regularly).
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on January 14, 2012, 08:56:33 am
Do you always jump with that BIG "depth jump" before the plant?
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Post by: AGC on January 14, 2012, 09:00:42 pm
Do you always jump with that BIG "depth jump" before the plant?

Not always. I did a few more conventional ones yesterday but they weren't quite as good. Sometimes I feel it gets me a bit higher than a more relaxed plant (if my knees are up to it at the time).
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on January 15, 2012, 12:18:13 am
Gym

UB stuff - free dips, bench: 2x8@70kgs, 3x7-8@80kgs, lat pull, tricep pulley

Core - med ball situps, ob twists

Squat: 1x10@70kgs, 1x8@120kgs, 1x8@130kgs, 1x6@140kgs, 1x6@120kgs, 1x4@70kgs

Same as last session with squat but felt a bit easier, got a bit deeper prob as well (calves touching hamstrings each rep)
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on January 16, 2012, 07:33:04 am
Jumps at 10' ring

4 SVJs

6 DSRVJs

10 SLRVJs

Vid of best attempts:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onjc3w9cPnE&feature=youtu.be[youtube]

My standing jumps sucked today, I just couldn't push off the floor properly, kept shuffling my feet before I jumped. Running jumps were average-good, getting about the same height as I have been in the past with my basketball shoes, which increase my SR by about 1cm or so. I'm still having trouble when I try to increase my run-up speed on my RVJs, which is annoying as I have actually improved my acceleration and top speed a far bit through my sprints and bounding. I want to transfer that improvement to my RVJs. Just need more practice with jump technique and just doing more pure jumps sessions I think (tempted to start long jump training again because I never had problems with this when I was doing jumps training regularly).

Yeh it's weird. You'd think if you progress in 1 area (in your case top speed and acceleration) another area would naturally follow (run up speed RVJs) but it isn't always the case. My SVJ has improved like 6 inches in the past couple months but i wreckon my running vert is still around the same or only increased 1 or 2 inches max. But it's probably coz i havn't done much/any sprints or plyos for months and have been mainly focussing on strength. So yeh it's probs the same in your case just run up speed specific for RVJ and just practicing on RVJ's a lot.
Are you still on holidays?
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on January 17, 2012, 04:50:50 am
Jumps at 10' ring

4 SVJs

6 DSRVJs

10 SLRVJs

Vid of best attempts:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onjc3w9cPnE&feature=youtu.be[youtube]

My standing jumps sucked today, I just couldn't push off the floor properly, kept shuffling my feet before I jumped. Running jumps were average-good, getting about the same height as I have been in the past with my basketball shoes, which increase my SR by about 1cm or so. I'm still having trouble when I try to increase my run-up speed on my RVJs, which is annoying as I have actually improved my acceleration and top speed a far bit through my sprints and bounding. I want to transfer that improvement to my RVJs. Just need more practice with jump technique and just doing more pure jumps sessions I think (tempted to start long jump training again because I never had problems with this when I was doing jumps training regularly).

Yeh it's weird. You'd think if you progress in 1 area (in your case top speed and acceleration) another area would naturally follow (run up speed RVJs) but it isn't always the case. My SVJ has improved like 6 inches in the past couple months but i wreckon my running vert is still around the same or only increased 1 or 2 inches max. But it's probably coz i havn't done much/any sprints or plyos for months and have been mainly focussing on strength. So yeh it's probs the same in your case just run up speed specific for RVJ and just practicing on RVJ's a lot.
Are you still on holidays?

Yeah I wish it did work like that! Haha but as you say it's all about specific training. My standing has improved at a much faster rate than my running as well. Yep still on hols before starting fulltime work, good to get consistent training in.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on January 18, 2012, 08:17:07 am
Jumps at 10' - yesterday

6 SVJ

Many S/DLRVJ attempts (prob 17-20) working mainly on run-up speed.

Gym

45o Hyper: 1x10@16kgs, 3x8@32kgs

UB stuff - incline bench, chinups, conc. curls






Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on January 24, 2012, 12:12:06 am
Track

60m, 80m, 60m sprints

30m bounds: 4xLRLRLR, 3xLLRR

3x6 tuck jumps

Was 35C degrees today, track felt prob about 40 so I didn't go too hard today. First training in awhile due to moving house (which is a pretty good workout anyway).
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on January 27, 2012, 04:49:23 am
Gym

Squat: 1x6@70kgs, 1x6@110kgs, 1x6@130kgs, 1x6@140kgs, 2x8@70kgs

UB stuff (Bench, chin-ups, bb curls)

Finally got back to gym after bsy week. Failed to get 150kgs x 6 though  :(. The problem was my hip flexors which felt really tight, tried one rep but just felt wrong so didn't push it. My quads felt up to it though, try it next time.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on January 27, 2012, 09:57:41 am
You'll get it next time bro. Do you follow the NBL at all? Tigers are doing terrible!
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on January 28, 2012, 11:43:50 pm
You'll get it next time bro. Do you follow the NBL at all? Tigers are doing terrible!
Thanks man. To be honest I am a bit of a Tigers fan but I stopped watching the games on One HD after Patty Mills left for China lol...

Basketball

2 Hours of fullcourt. Good to get the soreness out of my legs from the gym a couple of days ago.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on February 03, 2012, 09:47:06 pm
Training's been a bit disrupted this week because I had to have some minor surgery on my eye, and also my left foot got a bit bruised from me stupidly running in old spikes last week.

Track

Warmup

80m, 100m, 120m sprints at 100%

30m bounding: LRLRLRx3

Depth jumps: 2x6 from 24''

Gym (yesterday)


Lunge: 3x7-8/leg@50kgs

Clean: 2x5@40kgs, 2x5@50kgs

Pull-ups: 8, 7, 6

Shoulder press/flys: 3x8@30kgs
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on February 05, 2012, 10:51:55 pm
Gym

Squat: 1x6@70kgs, 1x6@110kgs, 1x6@140kgs, 1x6@150kgs, 1x6@140kgs, 1x6@110kgs

Unilateral calf raise: 3x20/leg@32kgs

UB stuff (bench, incline bench)

Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on February 07, 2012, 02:36:03 am
Track

Warmup

Pogos: 3x20

Sprints: 5x60m

SL Bounds: LLLx2, RRRx2 (15m), LRLRLRx4(30m)

DL Bounds: 2x20m for distance, 1x20m for height

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I've re-thought my training approach a bit as my running jumps have really stagnated over last few months. I'm happy my SVJ is improving but in reality I'd need a 40''+ to dunk (especially with my poor reach) , and it isn't really my goal. The plan is to do more intensive bounding sessions and at least 1-2 pure jump sessions a week. Focus is on maintaining or improving leg strength, eccentric strength and keep working on technique.

I'm thinking something like this:

Mon: GYM - Leg strength - heavy squats, heavy calf raises, light reverse hypers (+upper body maintenance)
Tues: TRACK - Sprints/bounds (+basketball game at night, with light jumping prior to game)
Wed: Rest
Thurs: GYM - Explosive strength - jump squats, cleans/snatch, lunge/step-ups (+upper body maintenance)
Fri: TRACK - Longer tempo sprints (eg. pyramid 80-120-150-120-80), depth jumps, bounds
Sat: Rest
Sun: JUMPS- several SVJ and RVJ attempts

So I'm bounding 2x per week, and working on technique 2x a week, while trying to steadily improve base leg strength. I know that there isn't much emphasis on P-chain muscles with the lack of deadlifts, but I think my P-chain gets a good workout through squats, lunges, reverse hypers, even sprints. Still fine-tuning it though at this stage so DLs might come in, love to get some advice.

In terms of other stuff:
Weight: approx 81-82 kgs, and BF% is probably around 9-10% (did a few internet BF% calculators using waist, neck, hip, height measurements and got an average of 8.5%, but they're not the most accurate test).

Diet: Between 130-150g of protein per day and enough calories to maintain muscle mass, heaps of water.

Looking to try this for a month or so and if I'm not getting gains then try a new approach (either focus purely on strength, JackM split style, or put more emphasis on plyos/bounds).
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on February 07, 2012, 07:13:55 am
That routine looks good man. I'd probs train on wednesday at the gym because i like going to the gym at least 3x a week but if you can still get stronger only going 2x than do it.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on February 09, 2012, 08:12:25 am
Gym

Lunge: 2x6/leg@60kgs, 2x6/leg@70kgs

Clean: 2x5@50kgs, 2x5@60kgs

Jump Squat: 3x10@20kgs

Chin-ups: 12, 10, 8

BW Dips: 3x8
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on February 10, 2012, 12:18:09 am
That routine looks good man. I'd probs train on wednesday at the gym because i like going to the gym at least 3x a week but if you can still get stronger only going 2x than do it.

Thanks man. Yeah I think twice a week for legs is enough to boost strength including everything else. I'm thinking maybe go Wed for core and UB maintenance or something.

Track

Warm-up

60m, 100m, 120m, 100m, 60m (100s at 12.5/12.6sec at ~85% effort)

20m Bounds: LRLRLRx4

Depth jumps: 3x6 at 24''

Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on February 12, 2012, 05:13:52 am
Jumps@10'

6 SVJs

10+ (lost count) 1-step VJs

10+ SLRVJs

5-6 DLRVJs

3x10 Single-leg low box jumps to finish

Pretty good session, I had been feeling some very mild shin splint pain in my left leg from increased bounding activity so was a bit hesitant to go all out but it feels fine now.

Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on February 13, 2012, 04:13:08 am
Gym

Squat: 1x6@90kgs, 1x6@120kg, 1x6@140kgs, 1x6@145kgs, 1x6@120kgs, 1x8@70kgs

Calf raises: 3x20/leg@32kgs, 1x20/leg@12kgs

Dumbbell press: 3x8@70kgs

Couldn't get 150kgs x 6 again, was a bit drained mentally from working all day. Will aim for 152.5kg for 6 in two weeks.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on February 14, 2012, 02:25:15 am
Track

Warmup

Sprints: 4x60m

25-30m Bounds: LRLRLRx3, LLRRx3

DL Bounds: 3x8

Pogos: 3x20
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on February 16, 2012, 06:12:11 am
Gym

Lunge: 4x8/leg@70kgs

Clean: 4x5@50kgs

Calf raises: 4x30@16kgs

Jump Squats: 2x12@16kgs, 2x12@20kgs

Pull-ups: 12,10,10
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on February 16, 2012, 11:13:32 pm
Track

Warmup

Sprints: 80,100,120,100,80

Bounds: LLLx2, RRRx2, LRLRLRx3

Depth jumps: 4x6@24''
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on February 19, 2012, 05:30:06 am
Jumps:

6 SVJs

15+ 2-step VJs

6 SLRVJs

Felt pretty good today, was able to grab ring with both hands off 2-steps. The court I jumped on was too slippery for many full speed RVJs however.

I think I need to add in a rest week (similar to the Joel Smith block I did last year), mainly to let my shins recover a bit from the bounding and to try for max jumps at end of week. I think a two week on, one week off approach will work OK, with the rest week something like:

Mon: Weights - squats (maybe try slightly lower weight, higher reps)

Wed: Track - sprints, bounds and sub-max jumps

Fri: Weights: lunges, calf raises, jump squats, oly lifts (light)

Sun: Jumps (max effort)
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on February 20, 2012, 04:29:12 am
Gym

Squat (focusing on speed): 2x10@60kgs, 3x10@80kgs, 2x10@90kgs (~50% of 1RM)

Calf raise: 3x25/leg@35kgs

UB stuff

Felt weird squatting so light  :huh:

Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: TKXII on February 21, 2012, 12:20:51 am
Looks like your' on a power phase. Kinda like me, except I might go strength again soon.

You didn't squat heavy like you said you would in your plan on Mondays. I think this is because secretly, you don't "feel" like it. As crazy as it sounds, once you start doing really fast high RFD exercises, the desire to perform slow lifting quickly vanishes. SO I'd stick with jump squats and or 1/2 squats.

However, say you do heavy slow squats Monday. I'll strongly suspect they will in some way screw up your bounding two-three days later, because they create a slow-quad dominant motor pattern, whereas bounding is just so different than lifting it needs to be trained in bulk with the absence of lifting imo. Tell me if I'm wrong though, for me it's just strikingly obvious. For standing bounds, strength training can improve them, but for 3-4 step introduction bounds, it doesn't help at all, even 1 workout can slow me down a little.

This is what I have come to over the past 5-6 months. But more research neesd to be done.

As far as the deadlifts, you can probably maintain it and do it infrequently, once every 3-4 weeks and still see strength gains. Other than that, bounding will work your glutes, but got strength, go with single leg DLs with your back toes on the ground for balance and support, but infrequently, for the RFD issue. Dumbells work fine. I think the cleans though will hit your glutes more than enough.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on February 21, 2012, 06:21:36 am
I didn't read further after I saw " your' "
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on February 21, 2012, 07:04:25 am
Looks like your' on a power phase. Kinda like me, except I might go strength again soon.

You didn't squat heavy like you said you would in your plan on Mondays. I think this is because secretly, you don't "feel" like it. As crazy as it sounds, once you start doing really fast high RFD exercises, the desire to perform slow lifting quickly vanishes. SO I'd stick with jump squats and or 1/2 squats.

However, say you do heavy slow squats Monday. I'll strongly suspect they will in some way screw up your bounding two-three days later, because they create a slow-quad dominant motor pattern, whereas bounding is just so different than lifting it needs to be trained in bulk with the absence of lifting imo. Tell me if I'm wrong though, for me it's just strikingly obvious. For standing bounds, strength training can improve them, but for 3-4 step introduction bounds, it doesn't help at all, even 1 workout can slow me down a little.

This is what I have come to over the past 5-6 months. But more research neesd to be done.

As far as the deadlifts, you can probably maintain it and do it infrequently, once every 3-4 weeks and still see strength gains. Other than that, bounding will work your glutes, but got strength, go with single leg DLs with your back toes on the ground for balance and support, but infrequently, for the RFD issue. Dumbells work fine. I think the cleans though will hit your glutes more than enough.

Heavy: yes, slow: no. When I'm doing them I try to do them as explosively as possible (in fact if I 'stall' coming up then I stop as the weight is too heavy to lift explosively). I don't think it's affected my bounding too much, and the program I based this on (Joel Smith's SLRVJ improvement) calls for bounds sessions after heavy 1/2 squats and box step-ups etc, and it's pretty solid. But I hear what you're saying. I want to get my squat to nearly 2.3-5x BW and when that happens I'll prob focus more on utilising that strength with 1/2, jump, REA squats etc. Not 100% convinced on why strength training woudn't help running bounds in the long run...interested to hear what Raptor thinks.

Good point on the DLs, might try and include SL dumbbell DLs at some point.
 
(Re not doing heavy squats this week, read above: I'm having a rest/recovery week to try and get some good high jumps in this w/e)
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on February 21, 2012, 10:35:01 pm
Track

Warmup

2x20 pogos

Few 30m acceleration sprints (80%)

3x6 tuck jumps

Few 20m LRLRLR bounds with 10m lead-in (low intensity)

1x40m 1-2-3-jumps (SL)

My legs felt like a pile of bricks hitting the ground today after basketball last night (in which I hit the deck a few times) but feel good now post-training.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: TKXII on February 22, 2012, 12:50:57 am
word, time will tell. I thought you were squatting light or something but it was only 2 planned squat workouts anyway. yeah over the summer I bounded a lot, and didn't lift much.  After lifting for a few months, then bounding again, my bounds look a lot better that's for sure. But they look even more better when that strength is transferred as it had the past 2 mos. I just think it's hard to lift heavy, while performing a lot of fast intense exercises cuz it confuses your brain. But yeah keep it up!
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on February 23, 2012, 05:01:04 am
word, time will tell. I thought you were squatting light or something but it was only 2 planned squat workouts anyway. yeah over the summer I bounded a lot, and didn't lift much.  After lifting for a few months, then bounding again, my bounds look a lot better that's for sure. But they look even more better when that strength is transferred as it had the past 2 mos. I just think it's hard to lift heavy, while performing a lot of fast intense exercises cuz it confuses your brain. But yeah keep it up!

Yep, for sure. Thanks man.

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Man I needed this recovery week. So sore today. Having cold baths and icing knees/joints every day really helps though.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on February 24, 2012, 11:05:56 pm
Gym - light weights

Clean: 2x5@55kgs

Jump squats: 4x8@8kgs

Speed lunges: 3x12-14/leg@20kgs

Chinups: 15, 10, 8

Bench: 1x8@50kgs, 3x6@80kgs

Legs feel good today, not sore at all like last weekend.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on February 26, 2012, 01:31:14 am
Jumps

5 SVJs - ~32'' (could pull on rim with one hand)

4 DLRVJs - 33''

3 SLRVJs - hit one around just above my wrist (maybe 5.5'' down hand) which is pretty good, maybe around 34.5'' which is very close to a PR. Had a few dunk attempts that rolled in with rim grab but still about 2'' from dunking more cleanly (i.e actually dunking  ;D).

Jumped in between pickup games. I read about how caffeine/energy drinks can temporarily boost jumps and since I don't drink coffee/tea/energy drinks at all normally thought I'd give it a try and downed a Red Bull before playing. It definitely helps, I hit pretty high today, felt really energised. I think I will keep going with this cycle and see how I jump in three weeks.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on February 27, 2012, 01:53:51 am
Gym

Squat: 1x7@70kgs, 1x6@110kgs, 1x6@140kgs, 1x6@150kgs, 1x8@152.5kgs  :personal-record: (1RM calc: 190kgs)

Bilateral calf raises (dumbbell): 3x25@75kgs

UB stuff

I wasn't expecting to get 152.5kgs for even one rep after my first couple of sets, I just felt really weary and my hip flexors were hurting a bit. But I sparked up after 140kgs and then just kept going after 6 reps at 152.5kgs (last few reps were pretty slow but no more than 3-4 secs each which isn't too bad, felt really good).
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on February 27, 2012, 12:25:29 pm
Wow that's crazy man... that's 8 reps with 2.5kg more than my 1RM...
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on February 27, 2012, 01:25:37 pm
Awesome squatting bro. You'd defs have a deadly max like 4 plates+
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on February 27, 2012, 07:56:58 pm
Thanks guys, I was pretty happy to get it.

Track

Didn't happen today, too much rain. I went out on the track and did some run-throughs but it was way too slippery for bounds or anything . Most of Australia is flooding at the moment though so it could be worse here. Instead of bounds I'll try and get to basketball early and get a good jumps session in.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on March 01, 2012, 05:14:39 am
Gym

Clean: 5x3@60kgs

Jump squat: 5x8-10@32kgs

KB lunges: 3x6/leg@32kg

Pull-ups: 8, 8, 8

I tried to do lunges with a barbel at about 80kgs but my form just sucked, absolutely sucked  :pissed:. I was just off balance and I couldn't consistently do the same movement pattern for 6 reps. I decided just use kettleballs and do them more explosively with better form. I think it was better, will try to improve form with barbell.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on March 01, 2012, 11:20:40 pm
Track

Warmup

3x100m sprints - all around 12.5-6sec

Bounds: LRLRLRx3 (30m), LLLLx3 (15-20m), DLx2 (20m)

Depth jumps from 24'': 2x6

Also did this exercise just for fun where I jumped to grab a high chin-up bar (around 2.80-90m), hanged there for a bit then dropped down for 6 reps

My legs feel so much better after this week compared to the last time I did this. I think proper warmups are key and also really focusing on correct form for bounds.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on March 04, 2012, 03:17:27 am
Jumps session

10 tennis ball SVJ dunks

10-12 SLRVJ dunk attempts - most rolled in with good rim grab, only a few rimmed out

Did this at a school with what seemed to be regulation height or pretty close to (maybe an inch or two lower). This was after I tried about 5 indoor courts to jump at legit 10' but couldn't find any that were open (it's really hard to shoot around indoors anywhere in Melbourne on weekends). The court was turf and soaked from rain so my running verticals weren't as fast as I would have liked but still ok.

Also, I realised lately that I might not be using the right standing reach measurement. The reach I've always listed (230cm in bball shoes, 229cm in regular running shoes) is when I'm standing with my side to the wall rather than balls-to-wall (B2W reach is about 2cm less than side-to-the-wall). Which one do people use? Guess when you jump you're more reaching in front of yourself so B2W is probably more relevant. I didn't really think they'd be different until I measured them both together.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on March 05, 2012, 03:40:25 am
Gym

Squat: 1x10@75kgs, 1x6@120kgs, 1x6@150kgs, 1x8@155kgs  :personal-record:

Barbell calf raise: 1x20@70kgs, 3x20@80kgs

UB stuff

Well once again I felt like absolute shit in the first set of squat, so I went and did a few glute activation exercises and foam rolled a bit and then tried again. Felt a lot better and was somehow able to put 2.5kgs more on than last week.  :headbang:

Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on March 06, 2012, 05:12:25 pm
Track

For the second week in a row the track was wet due to rain. So I didn't do many bounds (only short - 10m) because I was slipping around just doing warmups. I could do pogos and depth jumps OK though. I had two games of basketball later anyway which was good for pre-game jumps.

Warmup

Few short sprints

10m bounds: LRLR, LLL, RRR (all x2)

Pogos: 3x20

Depth jumps: 3x4@24''

Few submax SVJs, SLRVJs at 10'

Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on March 08, 2012, 06:04:10 pm
Gym

Lunge: 1x8/leg@50kgs, 3x6/leg@80kgs, 1x6/leg@60kgs

Jump squats: 1x10@12kgs, 3x10-12@16kgs, 1x10@12kgs

Barbell calf raise: 1x20@60kgs, 3x20@110kgs

Pull-ups: 9,8,7

(No cleans because of sore lower back - got hit playing basketball few days ago)
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on March 09, 2012, 12:07:52 am
Track:

Warmup/pogos etc.

Sprints: 4x50m, 3x100m

Bounds: LRLRLRx3 (30m), LLRRx3 (20m), LLLx3 (10m), RRRx2 (10m),

DL bounds for height: 5x6-8

Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on March 11, 2012, 04:57:28 am
Jumps:

5 SVJs

8-9 DLRVJs

8 SLRVJs

(Also 1hr basketball)

Jumps felt pretty good even though they were just submax jumps for technique and motor pattern with not much run-up speed (see vid below, turned sound off due to distortion but was snapping the rim pretty well). Rest week next week, hope to get some good jumps in by the end of it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c3RbHbkcpU
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on March 12, 2012, 06:43:54 am
Gym

Cleans (because I missed them last week): 3x5@40,50,60kgs respectively

Squat: 3x8@60kgs (speed focus)

Calf raise: 3x20@20kgs

UB stuff

Core

Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on March 13, 2012, 08:32:48 pm
Track

Warmup

4x50m sprints

Bounds: LRLRLRx2 (20m), LLRRx2 (20m), LLLLx2 (10m), RRRRx2 (10m)

Short DL bounds x2 (10m)

My legs feel so much better than last rest week, no shin splint pain or knee pain at all (compared to some minor shin splint and knee pain last rest week, which I hope is a sign that my body is adapting to the increased bounding and jumps). Felt strong and had good bounce off toes today.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on March 15, 2012, 10:46:44 pm
Gym

Dumbbell calf raises: 3x20@70kgs

Light jump squats: 3x12@20kgs

Barbell lunges: 3x6/leg@35kgs

Light single-leg box jumps : 2x5/leg

Shoulder press/flys alternating: 3 of each x 8@ 30kgs

A shitload of foam-rolling/stretching
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on March 18, 2012, 06:57:47 am
Jumps at 10'

2-3 SVJs

6 DSVJs

10+ SLRVJs

Mainly focused on SLRVJs today. They were pretty high, definitely at PR levels. My drop-step vert was nearly as big as well.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on March 19, 2012, 04:29:06 am
Gym

Warmup/foam roll hips and quads

Squat: 1x8@70kgs, 1x8@110kgs, 1x6@140kgs, 1x6@150kgs, 1x8@160kgs  :personal-record:, 1x10@70kgs

Chin-ups: 15, 12, 9

Bilateral barbell calf raise: 1x20@60kgs, 3x20@90kgs

Don't know why but this cycle is doing wonders for my squat. I'm finally breaking through the plateau I've had with it and getting closer to 2.5x BW. It's crazy: felt tired all day at work but once I got to the gym I felt good, and strangely the 160kgs for 8 almost felt easier than when I tried 155kgs for 8  :huh:. Just gonna keep riding it and try for 2.5x 1RM. Then I'll prob think about doing more strength expression stuff (i.e. bounding 2x a week and jumps 2x a week with squat maintenance).

Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on March 19, 2012, 06:01:10 am
Congrats on the squat PR. I'm hell jelly of your leg strength!
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on March 19, 2012, 10:17:56 am
Damn, 8x160?! Where did that come from? You're slowly getting kingfish status...
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on March 19, 2012, 06:39:04 pm
Haha thanks. I'm light years away from Kingfish though. He's a beast!
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on March 20, 2012, 08:57:16 pm
Track/jumping at basketball

Warmup

4x60m sprints

Light bounds (track wet from rain again): LRLRLRx2(30m), LLRRx2(20m), LLLLx2(10m)

Then some submax jumps before basketball (and some during the game as well)

3 SVJs

3 DSVJs

4 SLRVJs

My legs are absolutely toast though today after Mon/Tues...I don't usually get DOMS this bad but so long as it's muscle pain and not joint/shin pain I'm happy.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on March 22, 2012, 02:53:51 am
Gym

Jump squats: 3x8@30kgs

Clean: 1x5@50kgs, 1x5@60kg, 1x3@70kgs

18'' box step-up: 3x6/leg@60kgs (just for fun)

Calf raise: 3x25@50kgs

Lunges: 3x8/leg@40kgs (light but focus on explosiveness)

UB stuff
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on March 23, 2012, 12:09:28 am
Track

Played about 10-12 mins in a faculty futsal game beforehand which was good for short sprints, then did bounds afterwards

Warmup

Bounds: LRLRLRx4 (30m), LLRRx3 (30m), LLLx3 (15m), RRRx2 (15m)

Depth jumps: 3x6@~20''

Bounds were good today, was able to run a lot faster in my lead-in and keep the speed throughout the movement (almost like when I used to triple jump). This is good as my run-up speed-->jump carryover is an area where I could still improve a lot.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on March 23, 2012, 07:09:44 am
You should film some of your bounds and DJs.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on March 23, 2012, 08:34:28 pm
Yeah you're right,  I think I will buy my own camera (the videos I;ve taken in the past have been off borrowed ones) in the next few days and then video some more of my trainings.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on March 25, 2012, 02:28:18 am
Jumps/basketball

Today was meant to be a solid jumps session but I definitely got sucked into playing more pickup games than I should have - by the time I started jumping I had been playing for nearly 2 hrs and had no energy. I did 4 SVJs which were all ~31'' (not bad considering) and about 4 SLRVJs before I gave up. SLs were embarrassingly low (prob around 32'') because I had no speed and didn't have full power in the jump. Pretty annoyed I wasted a session. I was jumping a lot while playing but it's not exactly the same.

In other news I got my own camera finally so will try to film my bounds this week for feedback.
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Post by: Raptor on March 25, 2012, 07:06:41 am
In other news I got my own camera finally so will try to film my bounds this week for feedback.

 :highfive:
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Post by: TKXII on March 25, 2012, 10:33:50 am
nice you triple jumped too. congrats on squat. I'd say don't be as whimsical as me and try to plan it out. SO if you're doing max bounds now, make sure you drop them wisely if you want to drop them to pursue strength.

ALso when you say you did LLLL x10m, does that imply you did 4 lefts in those 10 m? SImilarly, when you say LRLRLRLR x4 30m, does that mean you did 8 total foot contacts? Important stuff to note imo to track for progress. I can't ait to go bounding next I stopped for like a week.
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Post by: AGC on March 25, 2012, 06:42:17 pm
nice you triple jumped too. congrats on squat. I'd say don't be as whimsical as me and try to plan it out. SO if you're doing max bounds now, make sure you drop them wisely if you want to drop them to pursue strength.

ALso when you say you did LLLL x10m, does that imply you did 4 lefts in those 10 m? SImilarly, when you say LRLRLRLR x4 30m, does that mean you did 8 total foot contacts? Important stuff to note imo to track for progress. I can't ait to go bounding next I stopped for like a week.

Yeah the way I do the single leg (LLLL) bounds is more for height, so I do about 8-9 bounces over the ten metres. The LLLL just denotes that it's just with left. Same with the LRLRLRLR, just a way of showing it's alternating rather than that I did 8 bounds per 30m (i.e. 3.75m per bound). I can see how it's confusing now  :huh:
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Post by: Raptor on March 25, 2012, 07:54:42 pm
I use the same nomenclature. Naming LLLL for "only left leg bounds" regardless if I did just two or ten steps. That's just because it's unusual (never used) a LLLL and then suddenly a R in the same bounding exercise. So if I do 4 L then it's all L.
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Post by: AGC on March 26, 2012, 01:24:16 am
Gym

Foam roll/squat warmup

Squat: 1x6@120kgs, 1x6@150kgs, 1x6@160kgs, 1x8@165kgs  :personal-record:

Barbell calf raise: 3x20@120kgs

UB stuff

I do not know where these squat numbers are coming from  :huh: I was pretty happy with the depth (I'm not going full ATG squat, but decently below parallel), speed wasn't amazing but I wasn't grinding them out 5 seconds at a time either.
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Post by: Mikey on March 26, 2012, 03:30:44 am
You're getting hell strong at squatting. Probably 1 of the strongest squatters on this forum now.
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Post by: AGC on March 26, 2012, 11:30:01 pm
Haha maybe, there are some beasts on this forum though.
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Post by: Raptor on March 27, 2012, 04:19:11 am
Haha maybe, there are some beasts on this forum though.

Hey thanks for the compliment!

 :ninja:
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Post by: AGC on March 27, 2012, 05:56:01 am
Track

Warmup

4x50m sprints

(Turn your sound down before watching, the trimmer program I use stuffs up the sound for some reason)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEYLDGvoLXg

Bounds: 1xLLLLx10m

Bad session today. I don't know why I started with single leg today, I really fucked the first one up as you can see below (turn sound down):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xJpGc3YLi0

I just landed awkwardly on the first bound and knee started hurting (I should have stopped after the first bound). It wasn't anything bad, just felt sore like I'd bruised the kneecap, but it was enough to stop. I'm really cautious with my knees during bounds. I'm thinking maybe because I squat heavy the previous day, my legs are a bit weaker and don't handle the single leg very well. Thinking of maybe switching so I do bounds before weights.
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Post by: Raptor on March 27, 2012, 08:49:40 am
You need to dorsiflex when you bound, which you currently don't. That's why you have knee issues (at least if you always bound like you did here). You kept the ankle extended here and landed in plantar flexion which loads the knee up like a bitch. You need to land with the foot more under you than in front of you and that will also allow you to dorsiflex better.
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Post by: AGC on March 27, 2012, 07:10:46 pm
Yep, definitely. I had a really bad posture and landing on this one. Will try again next session to correct it.
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Post by: AGC on March 29, 2012, 04:30:36 am
Gym

Jump squat: 3x12@20kgs,

Clean: 1x5@40kgs, 2x5@50kgs, 1x5@60kgs

Lunge: 3x6/leg@70kgs, 1x6/leg@50kgs

Calf raise: 3x20@50kgs

Single leg box jump (focus on dorsiflexion): 2x6/leg
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Post by: Raptor on March 29, 2012, 07:05:01 am
Hm... I have a question: how strong are your calves? Can you do something like 3x20x100 kg of calf raises?
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Post by: AGC on March 29, 2012, 07:24:51 am
Hm... I have a question: how strong are your calves? Can you do something like 3x20x100 kg of calf raises?

Yep...I did more than that the other day.

Gym

Foam roll/squat warmup

Squat: 1x6@120kgs, 1x6@150kgs, 1x6@160kgs, 1x8@165kgs  :personal-record:

Barbell calf raise: 3x20@120kgs

UB stuff

I think I could even do a lot more. I've also been alternating pointing toes in and out.
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Post by: Raptor on March 29, 2012, 08:17:35 am
Then it's probably a matter of technique (as far as bounding is concerned)
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Post by: AGC on March 29, 2012, 08:45:36 pm
Then it's probably a matter of technique (as far as bounding is concerned)

Yep, I will put up a video of (hopefully) some bounds performed better a bit later for some more critique.
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Post by: AGC on March 30, 2012, 08:35:17 am
Track

Warmup/sprints

Bounds: LRLRLRx3x30m, LLRRx2x20m, LLLLx2x10m, RRRRx2x10m

Depth jumps from ~28'': 3x4

Forgot my fucking camera today! So stupid...had to use my phone to film but it's shit quality (which is why I never really used it to film before). I took it fairly easy today on the bounds after last session just trying to get technique right (still needs work). I thought my depth jumps were OK but watching again I kept going forward too much (prob cos I didn't have anything to jump at).

Bounds:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PxgoSSVIm4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8kJpQFJwhs

Depth jumps:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mRAYiilqj8
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Post by: Raptor on March 30, 2012, 11:34:16 am
At least we know one thing ^^^

You look at the ground when you bound and depth jump. If you make an effort to look forward and rebound as soon as you hit the ground you're going to do so much better at both these exercises.
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Post by: AGC on March 31, 2012, 02:43:11 am
At least we know one thing ^^^

You look at the ground when you bound and depth jump. If you make an effort to look forward and rebound as soon as you hit the ground you're going to do so much better at both these exercises.

Yeah you're right, weird that you don't notice these things until you see them on video. Thanks for the advice!  :highfive:
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Post by: AGC on April 01, 2012, 06:59:44 am
Jump session

Several SLRVJ attempts, mostly submax

Few DLRVJs/SVJs

Game of basketball after


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Post by: AGC on April 02, 2012, 12:32:16 am
Rest week

Gym

Extensive foam rolling of quads/hips (hips are really sore, especially left)

Squat (~50% of 1RM): 1x6@50kgs, 3x8@100kgs, 1x8@50kgs (focus on speed)

Calf raise (speed): 3x20/leg@100kgs

UB stuff
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Post by: AGC on April 04, 2012, 08:13:47 pm
Track - low intensity stuff

Warmup

3x50m sprints

3 sets of single leg line hops over 20m

3 sets of double leg line hops over 20m

2x40m of 1-2-3- jumps (around 8 jumps total)
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Post by: AGC on April 06, 2012, 07:37:25 am
"Gym" (actually backyard at home, gym closed for Easter)

SL calf raises: 3x25@17kgs

Jump squats: 3x9-10@12kgs

Lunges: 3x8/leg@22kgs

Single leg consecutive box hops: 2x6/leg

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Post by: AGC on April 08, 2012, 11:03:22 am
Jump testing

Here's a video of my standing reach measurement (since it fluctuates with shoes/time of day)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQKP6ecSchk

Best SVJ - 85cm/33.5'' (hit fourth rung, 313cm - 228cm)  :personal-record::
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei2znSubjWc


Best DLRVJ - 88cm ~35'' (hit fifth rung, 316cm - 228cm)  :personal-record::
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UT5kxwtum0


I missed filming my best SLRVJ because the memory card filled up as I recorded it and it didn't save (yes I know, very Rip-like lol). It was about the same height as the DL jump (hit the fifth rung) so maybe equal with SL PR. Here's my next best but not as good (the camera slipped a bit but you can see the jump):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bY0Mk0g6Z_A

Pretty happy with the jumps overall, especially since I didn't really have much of a run-up on my deck (as seen in the DLRVJ attempt). Will try to get a proper video of some SL attempts next time.
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Post by: Raptor on April 08, 2012, 11:33:38 am
Double leg jumps look great. Man you really went ATG on that standing VJ attempt... :ninja:

In the one leg jump you pre-program yourself to push with the jumping leg... you come in with a bent leg and "push yourself up" instead of using it as a lever but... I mean, your form looks more like you're going to attempt a one-leg bound forward than actually going up.
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Post by: AGC on April 08, 2012, 10:10:07 pm
Double leg jumps look great. Man you really went ATG on that standing VJ attempt... :ninja:

In the one leg jump you pre-program yourself to push with the jumping leg... you come in with a bent leg and "push yourself up" instead of using it as a lever but... I mean, your form looks more like you're going to attempt a one-leg bound forward than actually going up.

Yeah I see what you mean. I almost think I'm naturally a double leg jumper because I've always had trouble getting SL jumping technique right...

Thinking of moving into an explosive phase now with one jumps/bounds, one pure jump and two gym a week doing less volume, really focus on getting technique down. Just want to try and maintain 1RM squat if possible by doing [low rep + heavy] one day and [high rep + speed] the other.
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Post by: AGC on April 12, 2012, 02:14:45 am
Gym

Squat: warmup, 2x4@110kgs, 2x4@150kgs, 1x4@160kgs

Barbell calf raise: 1x20@110kgs, 2x20@130kgs  :personal-record:

Given that I'm at ~2.5xBW parallel squat now, I'm gonna transition into slightly more max jumps/bounds and less volume on squats. This week's a bit messed up because my gym was closed Mon-Tues. I'll do jumps/bounds tomorrow and jumps only on Sunday. Didn't squat as heavy as past weeks but just getting my body used to doing lower volume heavy squats.
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Post by: Mikey on April 12, 2012, 09:55:08 am
Yeh i hate public holidays and shit coz the gyms always closed and than it messes up your routines coz you got to work around it and train on different days. Your SJV looks sik btw.

Also i was just wondering where abouts you buy your spikes from? If you purchase your spikes online can you hook me up with a website or something. Cheers acole.
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Post by: AGC on April 12, 2012, 11:59:36 pm
Yeh i hate public holidays and shit coz the gyms always closed and than it messes up your routines coz you got to work around it and train on different days. Your SJV looks sik btw.

Also i was just wondering where abouts you buy your spikes from? If you purchase your spikes online can you hook me up with a website or something. Cheers acole.

Thanks mate! I used to get my spikes from this place in Melb called Runner's World which had a good range and people who actually knew track sprinting and what shoes work best. But it's hard to beat places like Eastbay for price nowadays, got a cheap pair for around $50 with my last basketball shoes.

By the way, I found the perfect pair for you:

http://reviews.nike.com/9191/331037/nike-zoom-matumbo-track-shoe-reviews/reviews.htm (http://reviews.nike.com/9191/331037/nike-zoom-matumbo-track-shoe-reviews/reviews.htm)
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Post by: AGC on April 13, 2012, 08:41:57 am
Track

Warmup

4x50m sprints

LRLRLRx4x30m, LLRRx2x30m, LLLLx3x20m, DLx2x20m

Depth jumps: 2x6@24''

Alt bounds:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR19PVWEMmQ

SL bounds:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X71dXIEjPh4

I think my technique is a little better for the SL, have no pain at all from doing them compared to last time. Can still be improved though because I seem so slow off the ground!  :pissed:
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Post by: Raptor on April 13, 2012, 11:55:37 am
You remind me a lot of myself when I first started doing bounds... I still do them like you do them here when I go LRLRLR but when I do them on the same leg, I can dorsiflex well. You don't dorsiflex at all in either version... that's the thing.

Ask Lance about them... post these videos there, see what he thinks. He knows more about bounding than I am.
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Post by: Mikey on April 13, 2012, 12:28:14 pm
Yeh i hate public holidays and shit coz the gyms always closed and than it messes up your routines coz you got to work around it and train on different days. Your SJV looks sik btw.

Also i was just wondering where abouts you buy your spikes from? If you purchase your spikes online can you hook me up with a website or something. Cheers acole.

Thanks mate! I used to get my spikes from this place in Melb called Runner's World which had a good range and people who actually knew track sprinting and what shoes work best. But it's hard to beat places like Eastbay for price nowadays, got a cheap pair for around $50 with my last basketball shoes.

By the way, I found the perfect pair for you:

http://reviews.nike.com/9191/331037/nike-zoom-matumbo-track-shoe-reviews/reviews.htm (http://reviews.nike.com/9191/331037/nike-zoom-matumbo-track-shoe-reviews/reviews.htm)

Lol nice name on those spikes but I don't really like the look of them haha. I'll check out Eastbay though coz it's probs cheaper than any shoe store in Adelaide. Thanks for the help.
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Post by: Raptor on April 13, 2012, 06:24:46 pm
Compare this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUVDD4LmFOM with your form.

Check out the dorsiflexion ^^^ he obtains vs your lack of dorsiflexion. If you manage to do this ^^ and land flat footed vs reaching out with your foot you're going to bound much better.

Also check the arm swing. He does double arm swings but I do it single arm... you need to go with whatever works for you.
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Post by: AGC on April 13, 2012, 11:30:45 pm
Lol nice name on those spikes but I don't really like the look of them haha. I'll check out Eastbay though coz it's probs cheaper than any shoe store in Adelaide. Thanks for the help.

Yeah fair enough haha. Eastbay is the best for pretty much any sports shoes, hard to go past them. So long as you put a few items in your order to justify the shipping costs from US.

You remind me a lot of myself when I first started doing bounds... I still do them like you do them here when I go LRLRLR but when I do them on the same leg, I can dorsiflex well. You don't dorsiflex at all in either version... that's the thing.

Ask Lance about them... post these videos there, see what he thinks. He knows more about bounding than I am.

Yeah I'm still having trouble with dorsiflexion. I feel like I'm subconsciously stopping my toe from dorsiflexing fully to make the landing easier, as if I can't handle my full BW landing on one leg. But I'm working on it, will start doing some one-legged pogos/skipping trying to fully dorsiflex each time. Once I solve this I think it'll help my SLRVJ a lot.
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Post by: AGC on April 15, 2012, 06:52:05 am
Jumps/bball

3-4 of each jump just practising technique

Heaps of 3v3/2v2 basketball

Here's my tentative new plan for getting my reactivity up while trying to maintain strength in squat/clean/calf raise/hamstring. Focus is on more jumping and trying to get bounding technique down right.

Mon: Heavy, low vol squats (no more than 4 reps for 3 sets after warmup), calf raises, cleans/snatches (alternate)

Tues: Bounds and jumps at ring

Wed: Rest

Thurs: Lighter squats focusing on speed, lunge OR RDL (not sure yet), jump squats

Fri: Bounds, DJs and longer sprints

Sat: Rest

Sun: Jumps

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Post by: AGC on April 16, 2012, 06:05:14 am
Gym

Calf raise: 1x20@70kgs, 1x20@120kgs, 2x20@160kgs  :personal-record:

Clean: 3x5@50kgs

Squat: Warmup, 1x4@120kgs, 3x4@160kgs

Squats sucked today. I tried for an extra rep in the last set and actually failed to get the bar up for the first time ever, had to drop the bar onto the safety (it wasn't as embarrassing as I imagined it would be  :huh:). It wasn't my quads though; my hips were hurting when getting to parallel for some reason and started giving out before my quads did. They might be a weakness I have, or I might not have warmed them up enough. Calf raises and cleans were good though. I think I could even go a bit heavier on the calf raises.
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Post by: Raptor on April 16, 2012, 09:16:03 am
Do you do the calf raises on a free bar or on a smith machine?

If you do them with a barbell, how hard it is to maintain balance? I find it pretty hard... I have the tendency to "drop" forward when I do calf raises.
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Post by: Mikey on April 16, 2012, 09:20:56 am
Don't worry about failing on the squats I wreckon almost everybody who lifts with low reps has failed squats before (or at the very least came extremely close to failing). Nobody would say shit to you when you fail 160kg especially if you're a regular and they know you put in work.
That's weird about your hip. What do you think the pain was from?
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Post by: AGC on April 17, 2012, 08:24:23 pm
Don't worry about failing on the squats I wreckon almost everybody who lifts with low reps has failed squats before (or at the very least came extremely close to failing). Nobody would say shit to you when you fail 160kg especially if you're a regular and they know you put in work.
That's weird about your hip. What do you think the pain was from?

Don't know for sure, it might just be that my hips aren't up to speed with my quads so I'll try and add in some hip flexor work and foam roll them more.

Had to miss bounds yesterday, got held up at work til late, by which time the athletics club had booked the track. I made up for it by getting to basketball a bit earlier and doing about 5-6 SLRVJs, then during the game I ran and jumped at everything: all my FGs were fast break layups and I was trying to get blocks and rebounds more than usual (generally I just take it easy and pass the ball around and shoot jumpers). So a pretty good jumps workout.
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Post by: AGC on April 19, 2012, 01:44:41 am
Gym:

Foam-roll (a lot)

Explosive squat (full ATG today, aimed for <3 secs per rep): 2x8@70kgs, 2x8@90kgs, 1x8@70kgs

Jump squat: 3x10@30kgs

Ghr: 3x10@30kgs

Single leg box-hop: 2x6/leg

I did full ATG depth today to get my hip flexors more of a workout. They didn't hurt like last session which is good.
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Post by: Raptor on April 19, 2012, 04:25:55 am
3 seconds per rep is a lot
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Post by: AGC on April 19, 2012, 05:33:01 am
Lol...yeah I don't know why I put 3 secs. They were all around 1.5-2 secs.
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Post by: Raptor on April 19, 2012, 02:22:58 pm
Which is under 3 seconds per rep :D
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Post by: AGC on April 19, 2012, 06:32:47 pm
Lol...yeah it's more of a rough guideline...I think you can feel when your reps are really explosive and when they're getting grindy.
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Post by: Raptor on April 19, 2012, 07:16:54 pm
At what % of your 1RM would you say the reps are starting to get slow?
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Post by: AGC on April 21, 2012, 12:56:21 am
At what % of your 1RM would you say the reps are starting to get slow?

I guess around 70-75% (150ish kgs) it gets harder to be really explosive, more near the end of the set. I always think that perhaps a better way to train for vertical force output is to focus on doing the same % of your 1RM faster each session until you are really explosive, then moving up the weight. (I'm sure this method has probably been described and has a name, just haven't looked  :P).

Training-wise, I had a test-tube with some weak acid in it break and spill on my leg at work (I work in a tissue engineering lab) which gave me a burn a bit like road rash. Nothing serious, but hurts a bit to run, doctor said not to do much on my legs while it scabs over so no bounds or jumping for a few days. It sucks.
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Post by: AGC on April 27, 2012, 03:00:37 am
Wow it's been ages since I posted (although it's sad that my journal was only 15-20 or so from the top, not as many people journalling these days). My leg got infected which meant I had to take antibiotics and have a few extra days of no training. It's good now though. Played a soccer game today which was good for a run/warmup then a few sprints and skips on the track, nothing intense, just easing back into it. Back to normal training now  :D
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Post by: AGC on April 28, 2012, 06:08:08 am
Track:

Warmup

Bounding warm up

Bounds: LRLRLRx3x30m, LLLL/RRRRx2x10m

Sprints: 2x100m

Depth jumps: 1x6@22'', 2x6@30''

Line hops
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Post by: AGC on April 29, 2012, 04:22:37 am
Jumps (vertec):

Pogos, box jumps, depth jumps to warm up

5 SVJs (highest 32'')

5 SLRVJs (submax, working on run-up)

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Post by: AGC on May 01, 2012, 04:34:25 am
Gym

Squat: 1x6@70kgs, 1x8@110kgs, 2x6@130kgs, 1x8@70kgs

Calf raise: Same sets and weights as above but 20 reps per set

Leg curl: 3x20@30kgs

Clean: 1x5@40kgs, 1x5@50kgs, 2x5@60kgs

Pogos: 2x20@10kgs

Core then foam roll

Decided to do light volume squats to ease back into it, hip flexors were sore for a bit, didn't warm them up or foam roll enough beforehand (stupid). Cleans felt really good today, plan to push the weight up for those.
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Post by: AGC on May 01, 2012, 08:28:47 pm
Track:

Warmup

4x50m sprints

Bounds: 3x30m LRLR, 3x10m LLLL/RRRR, 1x20m LLRR

1x6 DL bounds for heights

Raining today, track was soaking wet but still able to run and jump OK. Couldn't film though, next time.
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Post by: Raptor on May 01, 2012, 08:58:17 pm
How has your dorsiflexion been improving in the bounds so far?

Have you been doing any direct glute strength exercises? Like Lance's glute iso hold, hip thrusts, KB swings, even dumbbell vertical back BSSs or straight leg deadlifts (more on the hamstring side here, but still no quad involved)?

I'm planning to do moderate to high volumes of glute dominated exercises every day and see how my quad dominance reduces.
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Post by: AGC on May 01, 2012, 09:36:49 pm
How has your dorsiflexion been improving in the bounds so far?

Have you been doing any direct glute strength exercises? Like Lance's glute iso hold, hip thrusts, KB swings, even dumbbell vertical back BSSs or straight leg deadlifts (more on the hamstring side here, but still no quad involved)?

I'm planning to do moderate to high volumes of glute dominated exercises every day and see how my quad dominance reduces.

I think they are maybe a little better. I'm making a conscious effort to focus on dorsiflexion during warmups. I'm definitely holding the bound longer by keeping my foot extended and not worrying so much about the increased force on landing. Plus I've had no pain or anything after doing them now. I'll film my next session so you can see.

I haven't been doing glute-only strength exercises as such. I sometimes do some glute bridges before squatting and get a good burn in the glutes from lunges and squats, as well as sprints. But yeah maybe I should throw a glute exercise in 1-2x a week and see how that helps.
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Post by: AGC on May 05, 2012, 04:34:14 am
Track:

Warmup

Bounds: LRLRx3x30m

DL bounds: 2x8,10

I had a game of soccer beforehand in whcih I played basically the whole game. Good for lots of sprinting but I was pretty stuffed, I took a video of my bounds but had no energy so they weren't as good as a few days ago: crap dorsiflexion and just couldn't hold them very long. Next session will be better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vt9P2zj024
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Post by: AGC on May 06, 2012, 07:05:30 am
Jumps and bball

4 SVJs

About 5 SL and a few DLRVJs (submax)

2hrs of 4v4 basketball
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Post by: AGC on May 07, 2012, 06:06:14 am
Gym:

Foam rolling warmup, light UB stuff

Squat: 2x8@70kgs, 1x@6-7@110kgs, 1x6@130kgs

GHR: 2x10@25kgs, 2x10@35kgs

Jump squats: 2x8@20kgs, 2x8@30kgs

SVJs: 2x6

Foam roll/stretch

Low volume squats today, just one heavy set, felt fresh enough to do some extra jump squats and SVJs (found a good spot in the gym to do them).
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Post by: AGC on May 08, 2012, 04:23:00 am
Track:

Warmup

3x50m sprints

Bounds: 4x30m LRLRLR

Depth jumps: 3x6@18''

Today was just to focus on my alt bounding technique. I figured that there's no point doing max LLLL/LLLRRR bounds until I can master the LRLR. I know what I need to work on which is good, just gotta get it down.
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Post by: Mikey on May 09, 2012, 12:53:52 am
Gym:

Foam rolling warmup, light UB stuff

Squat: 2x8@70kgs, 1x@6-7@110kgs, 1x6@130kgs

GHR: 2x10@25kgs, 2x10@35kgs

Jump squats: 2x8@20kgs, 2x8@30kgs

SVJs: 2x6

Foam roll/stretch

Low volume squats today, just one heavy set, felt fresh enough to do some extra jump squats and SVJs (found a good spot in the gym to do them).

Lol 130 lightweight for you man. You do sets with 160 for reps so 130 isn't heavy. I wish 130 felt light for me instead it's like close to my 1RM. How long did it take you to squat as much as you do?
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Post by: AGC on May 09, 2012, 02:49:28 am
Gym:

Foam rolling warmup, light UB stuff

Squat: 2x8@70kgs, 1x@6-7@110kgs, 1x6@130kgs

GHR: 2x10@25kgs, 2x10@35kgs

Jump squats: 2x8@20kgs, 2x8@30kgs

SVJs: 2x6

Foam roll/stretch

Low volume squats today, just one heavy set, felt fresh enough to do some extra jump squats and SVJs (found a good spot in the gym to do them).

Lol 130 lightweight for you man. You do sets with 160 for reps so 130 isn't heavy. I wish 130 felt light for me instead it's like close to my 1RM. How long did it take you to squat as much as you do?

Haha yeah I guess, it just felt heavy because I haven't squatted above that since I hurt my leg a couple of weeks ago; I've probably lost a bit of top-end strength, plus my hips are still bothering me a bit. It's taken me ages to get to that level though, I started squatting about two months or so (can't remember exactly) before I starting journaling and was pretty much at your current level, just getting around 1.5xBW. I got some beginner's gains to get me up around 140kgs for reps, then I plateaued for a few months, and only in the last few have I got it higher. I've gone up and down with it for sure, but I guess it's like that with lifts unless you fully commit to raising it, maybe by using Smolov or Texas method or some crazy program like that.

So yeah I guess what I'm saying i don't stress too much about your numbers because so long as you're consistently lifting and trying to PR (+eating right), they should go up. If you really want to boost them up think about doing Smolov jr or a similar squat-specific program. But you gotta decide whether it's a goal you want (or need) to go for.
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Post by: Mikey on May 09, 2012, 03:39:00 am
Thanks for the advice!
I'd never consider doing smolov though coz i'm defs nowhere near smolov level. Even if i was I've got rugby 3x a week so I wouldn't be able to do it. I looked up the texas method- http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_article/most_recent/the_texas_method
It seems like a good program but the trouble is I always feel shit on Mondays so I don't think I'd be able to handle that volume, and than on Friday it's probs not the best idea to max out coz I got games on Saturdays. I'll do that program in the off-season though because I like the look of it. When i was searching for Texas Method I came across this othr program called Madcows.
http://stronglifts.com/madcow-5x5-training-programs/
I'm going to incorporate Madcows into my training. I'll probs modify it a bit but I like the theory behind it of squatting 3x a week but having 1 of those days as like a recovery day and than still getting a 5lb weight increase a week. But yeh ultimately I just want to get my squat from the 1.5x region up into the 2x region.
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Post by: AGC on May 09, 2012, 06:59:45 am
Thanks for the advice!
I'd never consider doing smolov though coz i'm defs nowhere near smolov level. Even if i was I've got rugby 3x a week so I wouldn't be able to do it. I looked up the texas method- http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_article/most_recent/the_texas_method
It seems like a good program but the trouble is I always feel shit on Mondays so I don't think I'd be able to handle that volume, and than on Friday it's probs not the best idea to max out coz I got games on Saturdays. I'll do that program in the off-season though because I like the look of it. When i was searching for Texas Method I came across this othr program called Madcows.
http://stronglifts.com/madcow-5x5-training-programs/
I'm going to incorporate Madcows into my training. I'll probs modify it a bit but I like the theory behind it of squatting 3x a week but having 1 of those days as like a recovery day and than still getting a 5lb weight increase a week. But yeh ultimately I just want to get my squat from the 1.5x region up into the 2x region.

Yeah madcows is another one. I reckon that could work for you if you were to do it. I've looked at those programs and yeah they're difficult to fit into your regular sporting life (unless your sport is powerlifting lol). Smolov is just ridiculous. Any program that starts with 3 consecutive days of squats is gonna be bloody hard.

But yeah once you get to 2-2.5x I think you'll see a big increase in your SVJ because it's mostly a strength jump. From memory I was at prob 26-27'' (or less even) before starting (couldn't get close to rim standing), but then when I started squatting heavy it got to around 29'', then consistently 31'' when I got to 140kgs for reps, now ~33'' max. So if you're at around 30'' now, then you could put quite a few inches on when you get up to 2x.
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Post by: Mikey on May 09, 2012, 01:35:56 pm
Thanks for the advice!
I'd never consider doing smolov though coz i'm defs nowhere near smolov level. Even if i was I've got rugby 3x a week so I wouldn't be able to do it. I looked up the texas method- http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_article/most_recent/the_texas_method
It seems like a good program but the trouble is I always feel shit on Mondays so I don't think I'd be able to handle that volume, and than on Friday it's probs not the best idea to max out coz I got games on Saturdays. I'll do that program in the off-season though because I like the look of it. When i was searching for Texas Method I came across this othr program called Madcows.
http://stronglifts.com/madcow-5x5-training-programs/
I'm going to incorporate Madcows into my training. I'll probs modify it a bit but I like the theory behind it of squatting 3x a week but having 1 of those days as like a recovery day and than still getting a 5lb weight increase a week. But yeh ultimately I just want to get my squat from the 1.5x region up into the 2x region.

Yeah madcows is another one. I reckon that could work for you if you were to do it. I've looked at those programs and yeah they're difficult to fit into your regular sporting life (unless your sport is powerlifting lol). Smolov is just ridiculous. Any program that starts with 3 consecutive days of squats is gonna be bloody hard.

But yeah once you get to 2-2.5x I think you'll see a big increase in your SVJ because it's mostly a strength jump. From memory I was at prob 26-27'' (or less even) before starting (couldn't get close to rim standing), but then when I started squatting heavy it got to around 29'', then consistently 31'' when I got to 140kgs for reps, now ~33'' max. So if you're at around 30'' now, then you could put quite a few inches on when you get up to 2x.

Yeh with smolov I don't see the point of anybody doing it unless their weightlifters or powerlifters. Well I guess also if somebody is an experienced lifter who's facing a massive plateau haha. With madcows I'd follow it exactly how it's templated except instead of working up to max set I'd work down from a max set after warming up but still keep the same amount of volume if that makes sense. I also wouldn't follow any of the assistance stuff coz i don't really need it atm since all I'm focussing on is bench and squat and my bench is actually going fairly well.
I'm not even at 30" SVJ yet lol I'm still only at around 28" but I can grab rim off SVJ coz I got 7'10 standing reach at 5'11. To increase my SVJ up 5 inches to like 33" I think i'd probably need at least another 50lbs on my squat while staying at the same bodyweight. Only 1 way to find out though :P
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Post by: AGC on May 10, 2012, 03:16:41 am
Thanks for the advice!
I'd never consider doing smolov though coz i'm defs nowhere near smolov level. Even if i was I've got rugby 3x a week so I wouldn't be able to do it. I looked up the texas method- http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_article/most_recent/the_texas_method
It seems like a good program but the trouble is I always feel shit on Mondays so I don't think I'd be able to handle that volume, and than on Friday it's probs not the best idea to max out coz I got games on Saturdays. I'll do that program in the off-season though because I like the look of it. When i was searching for Texas Method I came across this othr program called Madcows.
http://stronglifts.com/madcow-5x5-training-programs/
I'm going to incorporate Madcows into my training. I'll probs modify it a bit but I like the theory behind it of squatting 3x a week but having 1 of those days as like a recovery day and than still getting a 5lb weight increase a week. But yeh ultimately I just want to get my squat from the 1.5x region up into the 2x region.

Yeah madcows is another one. I reckon that could work for you if you were to do it. I've looked at those programs and yeah they're difficult to fit into your regular sporting life (unless your sport is powerlifting lol). Smolov is just ridiculous. Any program that starts with 3 consecutive days of squats is gonna be bloody hard.

But yeah once you get to 2-2.5x I think you'll see a big increase in your SVJ because it's mostly a strength jump. From memory I was at prob 26-27'' (or less even) before starting (couldn't get close to rim standing), but then when I started squatting heavy it got to around 29'', then consistently 31'' when I got to 140kgs for reps, now ~33'' max. So if you're at around 30'' now, then you could put quite a few inches on when you get up to 2x.

Yeh with smolov I don't see the point of anybody doing it unless their weightlifters or powerlifters. Well I guess also if somebody is an experienced lifter who's facing a massive plateau haha. With madcows I'd follow it exactly how it's templated except instead of working up to max set I'd work down from a max set after warming up but still keep the same amount of volume if that makes sense. I also wouldn't follow any of the assistance stuff coz i don't really need it atm since all I'm focussing on is bench and squat and my bench is actually going fairly well.
I'm not even at 30" SVJ yet lol I'm still only at around 28" but I can grab rim off SVJ coz I got 7'10 standing reach at 5'11. To increase my SVJ up 5 inches to like 33" I think i'd probably need at least another 50lbs on my squat while staying at the same bodyweight. Only 1 way to find out though :P

Sounds good mate, get after it!

Gym

Calf raise: 1x20@70kgs, 1x20@110kgs, 1x20@140kgs, 1x20@150kgs  :personal-record:

Clean:1x5@50kgs, 1x6@60kgs, 1x6@70kgs  :personal-record: (even though it's still pretty crap)

Max SVJs: 2x6

Pull-ups: 3x10

DB shoulder press: 3x10-12@30kgs

Core (planks, leg raises with med ball), foam roll, stretch

Edit: Oh and when I've been writing clean I mean power clean (start on ground then catch above parallel, maybe 1/4-1/2 squat max)
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Post by: AGC on May 14, 2012, 01:17:00 am
Training of last few days:

Track:

Warmup

Few short sprints

1-leg bounds: 4x20-30m LRLR

2-leg bounds: 2x5-6 for height

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMNMRdsqvjw

1x5 for distance (with bit of height)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s50zeeT3bZs

Depth jumps: 2x6@~22'' (mem card filled up at 4th rep)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMyq-TArWZw

My single leg bounds aren't worth showing, but from watching the vid I realised my dorsiflexion is OK on the left but way worse on my right leg (which makes sense) so gonna try and focus on that. On the other hand, given I still suck so much I might dump single-leg altogether and just focus on double leg for awhile  :P

Next day I foolishly did a 4km charity run - OK except it was on asphalt so it gave me some mild shin splint pain. Felt good enough to jump after I iced them a bit so got some jumps in that afternoon. Feel pretty good today considering but decided to take a rest day to let my legs heal a bit.
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Post by: Raptor on May 14, 2012, 04:18:43 am
You should try to keep your head looking forward on the depth jumps (instead of looking at the ground), you'll do them better.
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Post by: AGC on May 17, 2012, 12:41:36 am
You should try to keep your head looking forward on the depth jumps (instead of looking at the ground), you'll do them better.

Yep for sure. It's funny, whenever I video something I always forget to do something right like keeping my head up more.

I took a few days off because my shins were still sore after the weekend, as well as my right heel, which was a bit bruised. But they're good now.

Gym:

I tried some squats today but my hips are still bothering me. I got up to 130kgs for a few reps but my hips would start hurt once I got below parallel. It's annoying because the weight feels like nothing (i.e. no problem for quads) but the hip pain is making me stop. I talked to the PT at the gym and he reckons I just have been going too heavy and my hip flexors haven't kept up. He suggested doing some hip cable extensions and hip thrusts every workout to strengthen them before going back up to 130kgs+. So that sucks but at least I've identified a weak point I can work on.

Hip cable extensions: 3x8-10/leg@18kgs

SVJs: 2x6

Core - planks, leg raises w/5kg med ball
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Post by: Mikey on May 17, 2012, 08:05:27 am
That hip injury sounds fuked up. Hope it gets better soon!
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Post by: AGC on May 20, 2012, 06:37:53 am
That hip injury sounds fuked up. Hope it gets better soon!

Thanks mate. It's more of a niggle than an injury so hopefully it clears up soon. I've read online of other people who've had the same problem and just tried to squat through it and it got worse so playing it safe. It's basically a combo of:
- (relatively) weak hip flexors
- posture while squatting (I may not have been sitting fully back when I squat recently)
- more foam rolling and stretching needed

Jumps:

6 SVJs - highest around 32''

8-10 DLRVJs - highest 34''

2 hrs of bball

I was pretty happy with my jumping today, not too far off my best despite a disrupted training schedule over last few weeks. I didn't try any SLRVJs though because I my shins were slightly sore from playing bball, but I think they're good to go now.
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Post by: AGC on May 21, 2012, 12:11:00 am
Gym:
Calf raise: 1x20@110kgs, 1x20@150kgs, 1x20@160kgs  :personal-record:

BSS: 1x8/leg@20kgs, 2x8/leg@25kgs

Hip cable extension: 3x10/leg@20kgs

Core, UB stuff

For squats I kept the weight low (70kgs) and just focused on blasting it up really fast and getting form exactly right. Next session I will get a video (my old gym didn't allow videos but this new one does). I did some BSSs in lieu of heavy squats and they owned me. I forgot how tough these can be.

My training plan atm is pretty much the same as the one I've been doing with a few important changes:

MON: Gym - heavy legs (mainly quads, glutes)
- Squats (will be heavy once I get back into them, low rep e.g. 3x3 heavy weight)
- BSS (this is a great assistance exercise, don't know why I stopped doing them)
- Calf raise
- Hip isolation exercise (either hip thrusts or cable)
- Core, UB (pull-ups or dumbbell shoulder press)

TUES: Track
- short sprints (e.g. 3x50m 100%)
- longer sprints (100m, 120m, 100m etc.)
- bounds (probably focus more on DL bounds for the time being)

WED: Rest
- foam roll and stretch

THURS: Gym (explosive exercises/hamstrings)
- Cleans/snatches
- RDL
- Jump squats
- Depth jumps

FRI: Jumps
- 6+ of each jump (SLRVJ. DLRVJ, SVJ)

SAT: Rest
-foam roll and stretch

SUN: Jumps
- 6+ of each jump (more effort than Thurs)

So it's not radically different (which is a good thing), but just a few changes. The main difference is less bounds volume (because I suck at them and it's just hurting my legs) and more jumps. I think I've never been jumping enough through the week, I've always just concentrated it on one day. Also swapped lunges for BSS and added in RDL for hamstrings (which I'd been neglecting) and some hip/glute work to target weaknesses in those areas.

2 weeks of this then a rest week where I might try and incorporate some STIM methods, but only if I'm not limited by my hip. Then go for some PRs later in the week
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Post by: AGC on May 21, 2012, 10:22:20 pm
Track:

Warmup

4x50m sprints

DL bounds: Height (2x6), Distance (2x6), Alt height and distance (1x6)

Tuck jumps: 2x6

SL bounds: LRLRx3x20m

Pogos: 3x20

Didn't do the longer sprints today because I'm sick and felt like passing out after the 50m sprints  :huh:
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Post by: AGC on May 24, 2012, 05:00:56 am
Jumps/track

4DLRVJs

Few SVJs

3x50m sprints

3x6 tuck jumps

3x20 pogos

Few SL bounds and line hops

I used a court at my uni I've avoided because it's on asphalt, and now I remember why. I just cannot jump on asphalt. It's like my knees know if I'm jumping on it and get sore after only a few jumps. I stopped and went to the track and did some light stuff and it just disappeared, no pain whatsoever. It's weird, but luckily the sports centre at uni (which normally charges $55+ to hire courts for an hour) are finally letting people do casual shooting at lunchtimes on Friday. So I will prob switch Thurs and Fri around so i can jump on hardwood.
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Post by: AGC on May 25, 2012, 04:33:45 am
Gym:

Cleans: 2x5@60kgs, 2x5@72.5kgs  :personal-record:

Jump squats: 3x8-9@17.5kgs

Depth jumps: 4x8@18'' (the only box at the gym)

RDL: 1x8@50kgs, 2x8@80kgs, 1x8@100kgs, 1x8@50kgs

Hip cable extension: 1x10/leg@13kgs, 2x10/leg@18kg, 1x10/leg@22kgs

Upper body (DB shoulder press, chins), core (leg raises w/ med ball, side planks), foam roll stretch
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Post by: Raptor on May 25, 2012, 07:30:23 am
17.5 kg for the jumpsquats?

Not using a barbell huh?
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Post by: AGC on May 25, 2012, 08:48:48 pm
17.5 kg for the jumpsquats?

Not using a barbell huh?

Nope, used one of those premade barbells that have set weights. It's good because I can go hide somewhere with it while I do them, everyone looks at you like you're a freak if you do jump squats in the rack  :huh:. I have never seen anyone else at my gym do the stuff I do so I get some funny looks sometimes.
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Post by: Raptor on May 26, 2012, 02:20:18 am
Yeah I know, I do them in the squat rack and get pretty much the same thing. But people here don't even squat so...
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Post by: AGC on May 28, 2012, 01:01:37 am
Jumps (yesterday):

4 SVJs

4 SLRVJs

6-7 DLRVJs (all submax, hamstrings were toast after RDLs on Friday)

Gym:

Squats (depth between parallel/half): warmup, 1x4@140kgs, 2x4@160kgs

Calf raises: 1x20@140kgs, 2x20@160kgs

BSS: 3x7-8/leg@12.5kgs

Core: Leg raises for 3x10@10kgs, front and side planks for 1min/30sec

Foam roll/stretch

It felt good to go heavy again on squats, I found that if I stop just above my usual parallel depth (nearly half-squat depth), then I can do them with no pain at all in hips. They felt pretty easy (I could have grinded out 8-10 reps) so I don't think my max strength has slipped too much.
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Post by: AGC on May 29, 2012, 11:30:06 pm
Track:

Warmup

3x50m sprints

3x20 pogos

DL Bounds: Distance: 2x6, Height: 3x6

SL bounds: LRLRLRx2x20m

Some line hops and skipping as well
 
In-game jumps later that night
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Post by: AGC on May 31, 2012, 05:52:32 am
Gym:

Cleans: 1x5@50kgs, 1x5@60kgs, 1x5@70kgs, 1@75kgs

Jump squats: 4x8@ 25kgs

Depth jumps (30''): 3x5

RDLs: 2x8@90kgs, 1x8@105kgs, 1x8@50kgs

Hip cable extension: 2x10/leg@18kgs

Core: Weighted sit-ups, leg raises w/10kgs

Wide-grip chins: 5,6,8,6,5
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Post by: AGC on June 01, 2012, 12:40:55 am
Jumps:

5 SVJs

5x2 DSVJs (warming up for the RVJs)

4 DLRVJs (30 secs rest b/w)

4 SLRVJs (30secs rest b/w)

Good session today. I had played a full game of soccer prior (wasn't planning on doing that but this team at work needed players so I helped out), I wasn't nearly at 100% but I was still getting up pretty well. So happy to have found an indoor court I can use at work now.
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Post by: AGC on June 03, 2012, 08:11:13 pm
Jumps 2:

4 SVJs

8 DSVJs

5 DLRVJs

4 SLRVJs

Jumps were good today, better than a few days ago. I was hanging off the ring from a drop-step, which I've never done before.  Hoping after resting up this week I can go for some PRs.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 05, 2012, 06:22:22 am
Gym (yesterday):

30 mins of just foam rolling and stretch -  legs felt amazing afterwards

Track:

Warmup

Pogos: 4x10

DL bounds for height: 3x6 (low-intensity)

SL bounds: 2x20m LRLRLR (low-intensity)

Few sprints (70%)

Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 07, 2012, 02:29:04 am
Gym

Depth jumps@20'': 3x4

Half-squat (explosive): Warmup set@70kgs, 1x4@120kgs, 1x4@160kgs, 1x3@170kgs

Wide-grip chins: 6, 6, 6, 6, 6
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on June 07, 2012, 03:57:31 am
How hard are half squats vs full squats?
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Post by: AGC on June 07, 2012, 09:13:05 pm
How hard are half squats vs full squats?

Well compared to my usual parallel depth squats they're pretty easy, feels like as soon as you go down a bit, you're already coming back up. The reps were fairly intense individually but I didn't feel tired or anything afterwards. Made my legs feel really ready for jumping though.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on June 08, 2012, 02:59:26 am
For me, half squats are terribly hard. I find it very difficult to reverse the movement at that depth. No wonder my two footed jumps suck.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 08, 2012, 05:00:11 am
For me, half squats are terribly hard. I find it very difficult to reverse the movement at that depth. No wonder my two footed jumps suck.

Yeah I think if I had done an extra 10kgs they would have been a lot harder. I find that going full ATG is sometimes a little easier than a parallel depth with the same weight because you can use the momentum going down to rebound back up a bit. Obviously a paused full squat would be super hard but I've never really done them before.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on June 08, 2012, 05:05:52 am
I did paused full squats before but 120 kg is challenging (vs my usual 130-140 range I use for normal full squats). You also need to pay attention to not relax when you pause... I have this tendency to relax when I stop there at the bottom and it's very dangerous.
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Post by: AGC on June 10, 2012, 07:56:27 am
Jump test at 10':

5 SVJs, highest:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfIqUfEiEJw

(http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l601/acole14/HighestSVJ-1.jpg)

6 DSVJs, highest:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHd0ZPxlYMY

5 DLRVJs, highest:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNplcUv0qgY

6 SLRVJs - highest:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgVY5poFLC8

(http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l601/acole14/HighestSLRVJ.jpg)

Pretty happy with the jumps today, I think my best SVJ was around 34'' and SLRVJ around 37'' which would both be  :personal-record: s. My reach in those shoes is 228cm and the ring was 10', so hitting wrist at the rim for me is 7'' which works out to be 323cm - 228cm = 95cm or 37''. My DLRVJs weren't as good, couldn't get my run-up right but still OK height-wise, maybe around 34-5''. I think this block I've been doing has been working for me so I'm gonna try another cycle or two and see how it goes.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 12, 2012, 12:22:07 am
Quote
Looking great ^^^

In the one leg jump, if you could use more speed you'd get much higher. You got a lot of hip involvement there.

In the SVJ try to get your arms behind you and use a double arm swing. You're just opening the chest now IMO.

Thanks man, yeah looking at the videos again my SVJ form wasn't actually that good. I think I jumped well because I had good rest, rather than good technique. And my SLRVJ is still a work in progress, but at least I've got room to improve on 37''.

Week 1 - ON/volume

Gym

Squat (full today): 2x6@60kgs (warmup), 2x6@120kgs, 2x5@140kgs

Calf raise: 1x20@110kgs, 2x20@160kgs

BSS: 3x7-8/leg@25kgs

Dumbbell shoulder press: 3x12-14@12.5kgs*2

I went easy-ish on the squat weight because my legs are still pretty fatigued from a few days ago but decided to increase volume this week and also test my hips out and go full depth. Had a little bit of hip pain at first but it went away pretty quick and I had no problems finishing.

This is what this 3wk block will look like (based it on Joel Smith's old SLRVJ jump cycle):

Week 1 - ON\Volume
Week 2 - ON\Power (less rep/more weight/intensity than week 1)
Week 3 - OFF\Rest/peaking
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on June 12, 2012, 01:31:02 am
Damn you'll be jumping 40 inches soon! Nice progress.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Rix on June 12, 2012, 09:30:44 am
Nice jumps, looking really good.

I think your screenshot for the SLRVJ is not your highest point. Looks like you're coming down a bit as you touch the rim...anyone else see it?
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 12, 2012, 09:56:11 pm
Damn you'll be jumping 40 inches soon! Nice progress.

Cheers man! Yeah I hope so. 40'' is like breaking the 4 minute mile for jumpers I reckon.

Nice jumps, looking really good.

I think your screenshot for the SLRVJ is not your highest point. Looks like you're coming down a bit as you touch the rim...anyone else see it?

Thanks Rix! Yeah I might not have got the best frame there, will check the original again. I always struggle timing the jump so I hit the rim at my highest point.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 13, 2012, 07:39:23 am
Track (yesterday):

4x50m sprints

DL bounds: 3x7-8 height, 2x8 distance

SL bounds: LRLRx3x20m

Pogos: 3x20

Recovery session (today):

30 mins in the gym foam rolling, stretching and bit of core (sit-ups and weighted leg raise).
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 14, 2012, 12:42:14 am
Gym

Power clean: 1x5@60kgs, 1x5@70kgs, 1x5@72.5kgs, 1x3@75kgs

Jump squat: 4x8@25kgs

Depth jump@20'': 3x6 (jumping at 10' ceiling)

RDL: 1x10@70kgs, 2x8@100kgs, 1x10@70kgs

Chins: 6,6,6,5

Leg raises: 3x10@10kgs

Foam roll, stretch
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 15, 2012, 01:23:07 am
Jumps:

5 SVJs

6 DSVJs

6 DLRVJs

6 SLRVJs

All submax efforts as my legs are completely dead, just working on increasing speed of last few strides before jump.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 17, 2012, 11:27:40 pm
Jumps 2:

5 SVJs

8 DSVJs

4 DLRVJs

4 SLRVJs
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 18, 2012, 01:42:06 am
Week 2 - more speed/intensity, less volume

Squat (parallel): Warmup, 1x5@110kgs, 2x4@150kgs, 1x5@110kgs (really focusing on bar speed, as explosive as possible)

Calf raise: 1x15@150kgs, 2x10@160kgs (same as above)

Bss: 3x8/leg@40kgs

DB shoulder press: 3x6@40kgs

15 mins foam roll/stretch post-training

Speed was the focus today. Once my squat reps at 150kgs were greater than ~2secs I stopped.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 19, 2012, 05:38:12 am
Track:

Warmup

3x50m sprints @100%

DL bounds for height: 2x6

DL bounds for distance: 2x6

SL bounds: LRLRx3x30m

Pogos: 3x15 (high intensity though)
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Harvey on June 20, 2012, 02:14:17 am
Have you got any recent vids/YT channel?
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 20, 2012, 03:25:33 am
Have you got any recent vids/YT channel?

Yeah a few, check one page back.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 21, 2012, 03:43:22 am
Gym

Jump squats: 1x6@16kgs, 3x6@32kgs

Power clean: 5@40kgs, 3@72.5kgs, 2@77.5kgs (basically my 1RM), 30sec between reps

Depth jumps@25'': 2x5

RDL(focus on speed with good form): 2x6@80kgs, 2x6@105kgs
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on June 21, 2012, 05:35:06 am
Why do you have a lower 1RM in the power clean than me? wtf...
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 22, 2012, 12:29:24 am
Why do you have a lower 1RM in the power clean than me? wtf...

Well it could be a bit higher but I don't wanna sacrifice form too much. I'm happy building it up in small amounts with good form because it's a lot more technical than say a back squat. I see lots of guys in the gym cleaning 80-90kgs with shit form, I'm sure I could I could heave up 85-90kgs with my back but don't know how effective that would be. So ~75-80kgs is good for singles atm, will definitely try and keep pushing up the weight though.

Jumps:

Few SVJs

8-10 DSVJs - getting high on these, felt really fast, def around 34''

4 DLRVJs

8 SLRVJs - highest prob 34.5-35''

Tried playing around with my technique for SLs today. It's tough though because I jump a lot lower by straightening my take-off leg too much. It's a pretty fine balance between straight enough to act as a lever, and too straight where my stablisers are completely shutting down the jump. But I think I'm holding my run-up speed better. I feel I could get a few inches more if I can just get my technique down right.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on June 22, 2012, 02:26:28 am
Can you drop the bar in the gym you're training in? (when you clean etc)

I can't so when I "drop down" my bar to my thigs from the catch position it really loads the spine and the back... kinda sucks
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 24, 2012, 08:52:49 pm
Can you drop the bar in the gym you're training in? (when you clean etc)

I can't so when I "drop down" my bar to my thigs from the catch position it really loads the spine and the back... kinda sucks
Not really. There's no setup for Oly lifts in my gym so I do them in/in front of squat racks. It's a uni gym so it's not very hardcore. So yeah I do the same thing, try and quickly drop it to my thighs then put it down w/o loading the back too much but it's not ideal. I think I'd be less cautious about adding more weight if there was a proper set-up.

Jumps 2:

4 SVJs

10+ DSVJs

5 DLRVJs

4 SLRVJs

Felt really good today, was able to jump with a lot of intensity for the DSVJs and DLRVJs. I was gonna do a lot more SLRVJs (the 4 I did were really just warming up) but I kind of tweaked my lower back a little on the last one. Nothing that bad (feels OK today), but didn't want to push it.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 28, 2012, 06:09:05 am
OFF week

Track (two days ago):

Few sprints

30m skips (height, distance)

Light bounds

Pogos

Played basketball game later and jumped a bit (didn't play 100%)

Gym - Stim session for Sunday (today):

Foam roll warmup

Depth jumps@20'': 2x6

Half-squat: Warmup (2x3@110kgs), 1x3@160kgs, 2x3@170kgs

Feeling good for Sunday, just hoping to jump as well as last time. The hardest bit is always finding an indoor court that isn't packed.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on June 28, 2012, 09:29:46 am
The hardest bit is always finding an indoor court that isn't packed.

amen.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on June 28, 2012, 11:21:42 am
Why indoor? I haven't played indoors in years.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 30, 2012, 03:27:06 am
Why indoor? I haven't played indoors in years.

I just hate jumping on asphalt or concrete, floorboards are so much better.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 01, 2012, 06:19:20 am
Jumps test:

3 SVJs, highest 33.5'' (looks about 8-9cm/3'' up hand from looking at vid):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF36eLzPrw4

6 DSVJs, highest 34.5'' (definitely a little bit higher than last time):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCoiIeLijSA

6 DLRVJs, highest ~36-37'' (not sure, either way =  :personal-record: ):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STzCMsXaq9E

7-8 SLRVJs, highest 37'':

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN4KNUeKrY4

(http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l601/acole14/BestSLRVJ.jpg)

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Happy with the jumps today, definitely PR'd DL. I think my speed is getting better for both SL and DL. My technique is still average though I think (DL is definitely not ideal looking at the videos again).

Didn't want to spend heaps of time/energy trying to get 34''+ on SVJs but the few I did were OK. At the moment it's more of a gauge of my leg strength rather than something I am actively working on to get better. Considering I've only been squatting heavy 1x per week I'm glad it's still around PR levels.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 02, 2012, 03:59:19 am
Back to work

Week 1/3 - ON: Volume

Gym

Foam roll warmup

Squat (parallel depth): 1x8@120kgs, 2x6@140kgs, 1x6@150kgs

Calf raise: 1x25@120kgs, 3x25@160kgs

BSS: 3x6/leg@2x22.5 DBs

Wide-grip chins: 6,6,6,5
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on July 02, 2012, 11:17:43 am
yeah man your jump stop on the DLRVJ is worse than mine. drives me nuts that you still jump significantly higher than i do.  :uhhhfacepalm:

my guess is that if you improved your plant on the DLRVJ you'd get a lot higher.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on July 02, 2012, 11:47:30 am
I'm not sure why acole doesn't try a step-throurgh rotational plant... he'd have more time to apply more force.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on July 02, 2012, 01:01:16 pm
I'm not sure why acole doesn't try a step-throurgh rotational plant... he'd have more time to apply more force.

if he's anything like me, it's because jump-stopping is what his body wants to do. have to learn how to do step-through plants. hell, i've been trying for years and i still barely one-two my plant.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 02, 2012, 08:22:49 pm
Haha yeah my DL is still fairly shit. I'm happy I can even get over 35'' with such bad technique. It's just not as natural for me with my athletics background, I've always been heaps better off one leg. Long jump, triple jump and I think even doing the shorter sprints predisposes you to 1-legged jumping to a certain degree . You should have seen my DL when I first started...it was probably one of the ugliest things I've ever seen. There's a reason I never put it up previously in my journal  :huh:

I'm not sure why acole doesn't try a step-throurgh rotational plant... he'd have more time to apply more force.

The simple answer is I haven't really looked into it at all. I guess I'm of the Adarq school of thought that technique gets better automatically through increased strength (and practice). But I'm definitely open to new techniques if it'll help me get higher off either leg. Is it like your DL plant I've seen you do lately?
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 03, 2012, 01:55:48 am
Track

Warmup

Sprints: 3x60m, 80m 100m

SL bounds: LRLRLRx3x30m, LRLRLRx1x50m, LLLx10m, RRRx10m

DL bounds: 2x7 height, 2x5 distance

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________

I might as well describe what I do for warmups for track sessions seeing as how i never do so:

- 2-300m of jogging mixed in with skips, zorbas, running backwards, pogos

- 2x10-15m of backside kicks, high knees, fast steps, DL line hops and hammer heels (kick your leg out in front and pull down, really stretches the hamstrings well)

- few run-throughs (30m max, 50%)

- sometimes I stretch my hip flexors out if they're tight but usually no static stretching at all
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on July 03, 2012, 06:33:24 am
Yeah it's basically a plant on one leg and then you pivot around that leg (rotate) and plant the other and jump. More rotation at the hips, longer amortization phase, longer time to apply more force into the jump. It will be less quick but you'll have more time to use force.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: entropy on July 03, 2012, 07:16:46 am
What's the reasoning behind sprinting 3x60, 1x80, 1x100?
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 03, 2012, 08:29:28 pm
What's the reasoning behind sprinting 3x60, 1x80, 1x100?

I'm trying to do more volume sprints in the first week of this cycle I'm doing, and I'm also trying to get my sprinting fitness up so I can eventually do longer tempo sprints (e.g. 2x(5x100m) with 30sec rest between, 5 min between sets). I read this article which talks about the benefits of doing longer tempo sprints for SL jumping:

http://justflyperformance.blogspot.com.au/2011/10/long-sprints-for-one-leg-jumpers.html

Just experimental at this stage though. It's good for the hamstrings if nothing else.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on July 03, 2012, 08:50:17 pm
Yeah, there are some studies that attribute longer distance running (say, 400m runs) to lactate accumulation and tendon stiffening due to collagen synthesis under conditions of extreme lactate accumulation.

So basically, longer distance sprints have the tendency to help build up stiffer tendons.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 04, 2012, 11:52:14 pm
Gym:

Clean: 5@60kgs, 5@70kgs, 4@80kg (felt pretty good, will push the weight up next week)

Depth jumps (20''): 3x6

Jump squats: 2x8@17.5kgs, 2x8@20kgs

RDLs: 2x8@80kgs, 2x8@115kgs, 1x8@60kgs
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on July 05, 2012, 09:30:32 am
Why are the 17.5 jump squats with red?
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Post by: vag on July 05, 2012, 09:40:27 am
Why are the 17.5 jump squats with red?

Because it is [blablabla@herp.derp] format , the forum text editor thinks it is an e-mail adress so gives a hyperlink to mail directly.
I use @ for my logs too, i have to use comma(,) instead of dot(.) as demical separator to avoid that.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on July 05, 2012, 11:10:01 am
What's the reasoning behind sprinting 3x60, 1x80, 1x100?

I'm trying to do more volume sprints in the first week of this cycle I'm doing, and I'm also trying to get my sprinting fitness up so I can eventually do longer tempo sprints (e.g. 2x(5x100m) with 30sec rest between, 5 min between sets). I read this article which talks about the benefits of doing longer tempo sprints for SL jumping:

http://justflyperformance.blogspot.com.au/2011/10/long-sprints-for-one-leg-jumpers.html

Just experimental at this stage though. It's good for the hamstrings if nothing else.

T0DDDAY, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on July 05, 2012, 12:13:43 pm
Why are the 17.5 jump squats with red?

Because it is [blablabla@herp.derp] format , the forum text editor thinks it is an e-mail adress so gives a hyperlink to mail directly.
I use @ for my logs too, i have to use comma(,) instead of dot(.) as demical separator to avoid that.


Oh yeah, I see now. I was like "hey why isn't this happening to the other numbers as well, but the "." is only at 17.5"
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on July 05, 2012, 03:30:25 pm
just like if you end a parenthetical remark with the number 8, it thinks you want to make a cool face. the things on the right are set off by colons now (e.g., : highfive:) but the faces aren't.

8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8 )
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on July 05, 2012, 04:11:21 pm
Emoticons are nonsensical they have nothing to do with this bullshit.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 05, 2012, 08:12:09 pm
Why are the 17.5 jump squats with red?

Because it is [blablabla@herp.derp] format , the forum text editor thinks it is an e-mail adress so gives a hyperlink to mail directly.
I use @ for my logs too, i have to use comma(,) instead of dot(.) as demical separator to avoid that.


Yeah I noticed it was doing that awhile ago but only after I posted, couldn't be bothered editing.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 06, 2012, 12:26:41 am
Jumps:

6 SVJs

6 DSVJs

5 DLRVJs (also tried a few rotational plants, I didn't do them very well of course but I can see how if I practised the form they could get better)

6-7 SLRVJs

I realised I had lost my form on SVJs. I used to utilise my armswing a lot better. Today my first few were prob around 31'', then I really focused on timing the jump with the momentum of my arms and unsurprisingly I got a good 1.5-2'' higher. I guess I hadn't really been focusing on SVJ for awhile now.

Other jumps were pretty good as well, I'm going max effort on these now every week because I think it's probably pointless to do 2x jump sessions a week if they're not max effort.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 06, 2012, 08:46:03 pm
What's the reasoning behind sprinting 3x60, 1x80, 1x100?

I'm trying to do more volume sprints in the first week of this cycle I'm doing, and I'm also trying to get my sprinting fitness up so I can eventually do longer tempo sprints (e.g. 2x(5x100m) with 30sec rest between, 5 min between sets). I read this article which talks about the benefits of doing longer tempo sprints for SL jumping:

http://justflyperformance.blogspot.com.au/2011/10/long-sprints-for-one-leg-jumpers.html

Just experimental at this stage though. It's good for the hamstrings if nothing else.

T0DDDAY, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS.

Bump
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 08, 2012, 07:31:53 am
Jumps 2 (at vertec):

6 SVJs (highest 33'')

8 DSVJs (highest 34'')

6 DLRVJs (highest 35'')

6 SLRVJs (highest 35.5'')

I did these on my deck (no indoor courts open near my house) so the running jumps were more like 3-4 step jumps, so not quite as high as I would have liked.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 09, 2012, 03:50:45 am
Week 2 - ON/power

Gym:

Squat (parallel, focus on concentric speed): 1x6@60kgs (warmup), 1x5@110kgs, 1x5@140kgs, 1x5@160kgs

Calf raise (unilateral): 1x15/leg@60kgs, 2x15/leg@110kgs

BSS: 3x5/leg@25kgs DBs

Chin-ups: 8,9,9

Dips: 10,10,10

Squats were good today, the speed was really good. Felt pretty explosive. Also, no hip pain anymore = win  :headbang:

I decided to stop doing calf raises double-legged because the tonnage was getting a bit ridiculous. Was planning on doing 180kgs today, but I would have really struggled to hold the barbell on my back for the length of time it takes to do 15-20 good reps. Last time I did 165kgs for 20 reps I nearly dropped the bloody thing because my traps/forearms were giving out. So I did them single-legged with a box in front for my other foot to balance with. It's probably something I should have been doing anyway to simulate the one-legged jump better.

Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 10, 2012, 04:55:39 am
Track

Warmup

Pogos/tuck jumps

SL bounds: LRLRLRx20mx3, LLL/RRRx2x10m

DL bounds: 3x5 for height (aimed for max height each jump)

Sprints: 3x50m 100%
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 12, 2012, 04:11:44 am
Gym::

Power clean: 5x40kgs (warmup), 5x70kgs, 3x80kgs, 2x85kgs  :personal-record: (finally >1xBW)

Jump squats: 1x6@16kgs, 3x6@32kgs

Depth jumps: 2x6@30''

RDLs: 1x6@60kgs (warmup), 1x6@100kgs, 1x5@125kgs (these felt much easier than last few weeks and fairly explosive)

Core, foam roll, stretch after
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 12, 2012, 10:36:30 pm
Jumps:

6 SVJs

6 DSVJs (mixed up RL and LR plants, I don't think I jump significantly higher either way)

6 SLRVJs

4 DLRVJs
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 15, 2012, 12:20:58 am
Jumps 2:

8 SVJs - ranged from 31''- 33''

8 DSVJs - highest around 34'' (these felt really good today)

5 DLRVJs - highest prob 36''

5 SLRVJs - same as DL

I'm learning a lot about how I jump best through these back-to-back jumping sessions. I find that I jump better when I don't think about the jump much at all and just walk up, pause, then go for it. The longer I spend readying the jump or thinking about technique, the less likely it is I'll do it well. Today my SVJs started out low because I was taking too long before the jump. When I reduced the 'pre-jump' time and just did it without hesitating at all, it was way higher. Same thing for the other types of jumps. Gotta focus on being more relaxed and reflexive.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Harvey on July 15, 2012, 01:36:22 am
Jumps 2:

8 SVJs - ranged from 31''- 33''

8 DSVJs - highest around 34'' (these felt really good today)

5 DLRVJs - highest prob 36''

5 SLRVJs - same as DL

I'm learning a lot about how I jump best through these back-to-back jumping sessions. I find that I jump better when I don't think about the jump much at all and just walk up, pause, then go for it. The longer I spend readying the jump or thinking about technique, the less likely it is I'll do it well. Today my SVJs started out low because I was taking too long before the jump. When I reduced the 'pre-jump' time and just did it without hesitating at all, it was way higher. Same thing for the other types of jumps. Gotta focus on being more relaxed and reflexive.

Great post. I just did a jumping session too and noticed that if I seemingly didn't put a lot of thought into activating every muscle fibre, I'd get 1-2 inches higher as well. I think I slowed my amortisation phase a little and it felt as though I wasn't even going to jump and then I was 2h dunking with all kinds of bent elbows. Quite surreal.

This last page has taught me a fair bit about jumping and the importance of shit like timing your arm swing with your SVJ. I'm always looking to whore that extra centimeter, so thanks for that.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 15, 2012, 08:08:01 pm
Jumps 2:

8 SVJs - ranged from 31''- 33''

8 DSVJs - highest around 34'' (these felt really good today)

5 DLRVJs - highest prob 36''

5 SLRVJs - same as DL

I'm learning a lot about how I jump best through these back-to-back jumping sessions. I find that I jump better when I don't think about the jump much at all and just walk up, pause, then go for it. The longer I spend readying the jump or thinking about technique, the less likely it is I'll do it well. Today my SVJs started out low because I was taking too long before the jump. When I reduced the 'pre-jump' time and just did it without hesitating at all, it was way higher. Same thing for the other types of jumps. Gotta focus on being more relaxed and reflexive.

Great post. I just did a jumping session too and noticed that if I seemingly didn't put a lot of thought into activating every muscle fibre, I'd get 1-2 inches higher as well. I think I slowed my amortisation phase a little and it felt as though I wasn't even going to jump and then I was 2h dunking with all kinds of bent elbows. Quite surreal.

This last page has taught me a fair bit about jumping and the importance of shit like timing your arm swing with your SVJ. I'm always looking to whore that extra centimeter, so thanks for that.

Hey no worries, glad it's useful to you. I mean, it's all stuff that seems REALLY obvious, but I think you only learn these things about yourself through continuous practice and repetition. After 1.5 years of training for vert I'm only just noticing these small but important aspects (probably because I never did enough pure jumps sessions in the past).
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 18, 2012, 11:46:51 pm
OFF week

Just been foam rolling and stretching 2x a day. Had a game of basketball Tues night which was good for some activity (had five fast-break layups, definitely a PR).

Gym - Stim session:

Foam roll warmup

Depth jumps: 10 jumps total@24'', with 30sec rest b/w, tried to make each as explosive as possible

Half-squat: warmup, 1x3@160kgs, 1x3@170kgs, 1x3@175kgs

Squats were really easy and explosive. Felt weirdly strong. I probably could have gone for a squat PR but I had done enough to give my legs a boost so I didn't want to add any more volume. Just have to eat well, rest, have a few hot/cold baths and try to jump really well on Sunday.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 22, 2012, 06:53:40 am
Jumps test at 10':

5 SVJs, best ~35'' (about 5'' up hand)  :personal-record: :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j-gAa5gu3I

(http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l601/acole14/BestSVJ.jpg)

5-6 DSVJs, best prob 35-35.5'':

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnQ-xbKTC3Q

3 DLRVJs - all shit but one prob nearly 36'' (I had my hand clenched in this vid so it looks lower):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-boRXDIuRo

1 SLRVJ, ~37'':

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gzv2V-A6jw4

Here's a shot of my highest point:

(http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l601/acole14/Highestpoint.jpg)

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________

I felt my DL technique had improved during last few jumps practice but it just sucked today  :uhhhfacepalm: Kept mincing my steps and losing all my momentum. They were just failing so I moved onto single-legs. I did a few warmups, then did a relaxed and it felt pretty good, at least as high as last few tests, but I  tweaked my knee a bit on the landing. It was sort of a dull pain in the patella tendon. It wasn't really painful or anything but it was sore enough to make me think about stopping. Could have maybe had 1-2 more and try for 38'' but I'd rather err on the side of caution with my knees. I've never really had trouble with them except when I jump on concrete for extended periods so I think it was pretty minor. I iced it for 10 mins afterwards and it felt fine. So overall disappointing but still pretty happy with PRing SVJ.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 23, 2012, 01:21:52 am
Week 1/3 - ON/volume

Gym

Foam roll warmup + glute bridges

Squat (full depth ATG): warmup 1x8@70kgs, 1x5@120kgs, 4x4@140kgs, 1x20@80kgs (MEBM)

Unilat calf raise: 1x20/leg@70kgs, 2x15/leg@100kgs,

BSS: 2x10/leg@40kgs

Military press: 3x8@40kgs

Decided it's probably best to spead the volume over an extra set because I felt the reps were getting too grindy doing 3x6 last time. Still did 16 reps at 140kgs but they were all much faster. I'd been reading about MEBM and it sounded like the perfect thing to do for volume squats. It was hard as hell. Legs were jelly afterwards. And I don't even think I went heavy enough! I think my 10RM max is probably more like 90-100kgs. But I can see how it could be really effective for power output provided all the reps are explosive enough.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on July 23, 2012, 08:13:57 am
35" SVJ is boss.  :highfive:
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 23, 2012, 11:48:14 pm
35" SVJ is boss.  :highfive:

Thanks man. Hopefully it will keep going up.

Track

Warmup (200-300m jog, dynamic drills, tucks)

SL bounds: 4xLRLRLRx30m

DL bounds: 2x8-10 (height), 2x6 (distance)

Pogos: 3x20

3x50m (timed last one at 6.3 sec)

2x100m (timed last one at 12.6 sec)

I thought I'd time my 50m/100m just out of interest (rough times because I was self-timing with a stop-watch, although I'm usually pretty good at getting it close). My speed is OK (given I'm doing these in flat shoes/runners), I just have terrible conditioning at the moment. I'll keep pushing up the distances until I'm able to do something like 2x(50, 100, 120, 100, 50), all close to ME.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 26, 2012, 01:53:27 am
Gym

Power clean: 1x5@50kgs, 1x5@70kgs, 2x4@75kgs

Depth jumps: 3x6@22''

Jump squats: 1x8@16kgs, 3x8@32kgs, 1x8@16kgs

RDLs: 1x8@60kgs, 1x8@100kgs, 1x6@120kgs, 1x8@100kgs, 1x8@60kgs

Also did a few KB swings with 16kgs. Might add them into this session, they're pretty good at getting good hip extension power.

Foam roll stretch after

Overall pretty good. I'm definitely extending a lot more powerfully with my hips for the RDLs compared to when I started them, which is good. Really feel it in the hams.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 27, 2012, 02:11:18 am
Jumps:

6 SVJs

6 DSVJs

6 DLRVJs

8 SLRVJs

Tried really hard to reduce jump stop height and duration today for DL. SL just worked on acceleration in last few steps.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 30, 2012, 12:39:40 am
Jumps 2:

4 SVJs

6 DSVJs

6 DLRVJs

6 SLRVJs

An annoying session because the only indoor court I could get was crowded, it's so hard to get a rhythm up when you have to keep waiting for people to shoot. I find my SL jump really suffers with lack of rest. I can jump DL 35'' all day but I need a good few days of rest to max out my SLRVJ.

Week 2/3 - ON/power

Gym

Squat (full): warmup, 1x3@120kgs, 1x3@140kgs, 2x3@150kgs

Unilateral calf raise: 1x10/leg@85kgs, 3x10/leg@120kgs

BSS: 3x6/leg@27,5kg DBs

Really focused on overloading eccentric today. I probably could have gone a bit heavier in the full squat but the speed was good. Full squatting hits my hams so much better than parallel.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 30, 2012, 08:24:25 pm
Track

Warmup

Pogos/tuck-jumps

2x7-8 DL bounds for height (w/Power Jumper, 1 band)

2x30m LRLRLR (w/ PJ)

2x7-8 DL bounds (w/o PJ)

2x20m LRLRLR (w/o PJ)

3x50m sprints (timed last one at 6.4 secs)

3x30m heel walks + 3x30m toe walks

I bought a Power Jumper the other day because I'd read good things about it from JackW. I was really impressed, it seemed gimmicky as hell but it really overspeeds your jump. It's more effective with the DL bounds than the SL bounds I think. I'll keep using it in power weeks to increase the intensity of the bounds. I did a set of bounds without it afterwards as recommended by JackW.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on July 31, 2012, 10:56:07 am
Yeah in the single leg bounds you lengthen the bands with one leg and you shorten the bands with the other leg... so the bands pretty much stay at the same length => no tension and possible balance issues.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 31, 2012, 09:33:45 pm
Yeah in the single leg bounds you lengthen the bands with one leg and you shorten the bands with the other leg... so the bands pretty much stay at the same length => no tension and possible balance issues.

Yeah that's pretty much what I felt. I thought I'd give it a go but I'll ditch it for SL bounds next time.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on August 01, 2012, 07:18:26 am
I assume you also got a small "book" when you bought it, showing a few exercises, right?
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 01, 2012, 09:12:35 pm
I assume you also got a small "book" when you bought it, showing a few exercises, right?

Yep, and a pretty funny training DVD as well. They try REALLY hard to make it seem gimmicky though, that's why I was hesitant to get it. I'd always have more respect for a product if the inventors just said: "Hey, this is what our product can help you with; it should help increase your vertical if used correctly but don't expect 12 inches in a month or anything". I guess that wouldn't appeal to all the gullible vert newbies who want instant inches though.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 02, 2012, 01:53:27 am
Gym

Power clean: 2x40kg, 2x70kgs, 1x75kgs, 1x80kgs, 1x85kgs, 1x87.5kgs  :personal-record: (catch was a bit dodgy but otherwise not bad)

Depth jump: 2x5@24''

KB swing: 3x8@16kgs (the heaviest KB at the gym, tried doing it with two KBs but couldn't control them properly, next time will try with a DB)

Jump squat: 1x6@16kgs, 1x6@32kgs, 2x6@40kgs

RDL: 1x6@60kgs, 1x6@100kgs, 2x3-4@130kgs, 1x6@100kgs

Wide-grip chins: 6,6,6,6

Foam roll/stretch after
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on August 02, 2012, 02:03:56 am
Nice Powerclean!
What are the Kettle Bells for?
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 02, 2012, 07:49:45 am
Thanks mate. They're to simulate overloading of the eccentric part of the DL jump, read some good stuff on them by Joel Smith/Raptor here: http://www.adarq.org/forum/article-video-discussion/kettlebell-swing-science/msg73641/?boardseen#new

They're pretty good, will start doing them more often.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on August 02, 2012, 10:27:31 am
man your gym has some girly kettlebells. i think ours go up to at least 50kg.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 02, 2012, 08:25:22 pm
man your gym has some girly kettlebells. i think ours go up to at least 50kg.

Yeah it's a uni gym full of average bros wanting to get huge but never getting anywhere doing bench, heavy DLs with shit form and bicep curls to failure. The KBs aren't used often lol. It can be pretty annoying for vert training exercises. No spot to do oly lifts properly and doing depth jumps is always an eternal struggle.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 02, 2012, 11:39:42 pm
Jumps (all max effort):

4 SVJs - 32-33''ish

6 DSVJs - bit higher than SVJs

4 DLRVJs - 35''ish

3 SLRVJs - 35''ish

Usually on Fridays the courts I go to at lunch are completely empty. Today they were packed before I even got there. So I had to play pick-up between jumps unfortunately which drained me a bit, but still got some good ones in after that.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 05, 2012, 03:10:25 am
Jumps 2:

I tried to find an indoor court that isn't packed today, get to the place and they say some soccer club has just booked all the courts 5 mins before I walked in so that's that. I really hate the club-dominated aspect of local sports in Melboure/Australia sometimes. If you're not in a club (forking out hundreds of dollars a year) you can almost forget about using any good facilities without paying serious $$ to book courts (the place I went to today is ~$75-100/hour to book). Sometimes you can get lucky (like I have been with my jumps test sessions lately), but they really hate you playing casually and not booking. Most places are getting rid of casual shooting and you have to book if you want to use the courts. It's the same with the track I run at as well, after 3pm it's taken over by the athletics club there even if they have just a few runners going around. Sport shouldn't be so prohibitively expensive. It's probably why we're doing so badly at the Olympics at the moment haha.
:rant:  --> rant over

It was raining most of the day but I didn't want to skip a session, so I found this piece of crap ring in a park somewhere and did about 10 SVJs and 6-8 DSVJs (way too wet for RVJs). I also went for a 15 mintue jog so it wasn't completely wasted.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on August 06, 2012, 05:05:56 am
Completely agree with your rant. It's bullshit how stadiums try and make you pay for using their facilities. Most basketball stadiums around where I live you can get in for free though and find a spare court (I live 2 mins drive from Sturt stadium it's my local high school). But yeh I know of several other stadiums where you need to pay to play so I always just play outdoors.
With tracks in Adelaide they are extremely hard to find. The only times I've ever run on a proper track was at Santos back in high school every year for state days in little athletics and high school athletic days/state school athletic days. I did little athletics with this club called Flinders and every week we'd just train on an oval coz we didn't even have a track.


Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 06, 2012, 11:23:25 pm
Completely agree with your rant. It's bullshit how stadiums try and make you pay for using their facilities. Most basketball stadiums around where I live you can get in for free though and find a spare court (I live 2 mins drive from Sturt stadium it's my local high school). But yeh I know of several other stadiums where you need to pay to play so I always just play outdoors.
With tracks in Adelaide they are extremely hard to find. The only times I've ever run on a proper track was at Santos back in high school every year for state days in little athletics and high school athletic days/state school athletic days. I did little athletics with this club called Flinders and every week we'd just train on an oval coz we didn't even have a track.




Yep it sucks. I know the obvious answer to my problems is "Why don't you just join a club?" but the simple reason is it's not worth the time and money it'd take to get what I want out of it (increased access to indoor rings or track) at the moment. Most of the time I find a way, would just be nice if it were simpler.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 09, 2012, 01:24:48 am
Week 3/3 - OFF week

Been foam rolling/stretching 2x a day, played game of basketball few days ago but not intense or anything.

Gym - STIM session:

Depth jumps@24'': 2x5

REA squat: 3x4@60kgs

Half-squat: 1x4@110kgs (warmup), 2x3@170kgs, 1x3@175kgs

I added in some REA squats for a change just to see how it felt, not enough volume to really fatigue me though. Got that good feeling in my legs :)
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 12, 2012, 01:54:34 am
Jumps at 10'

5 SVJs - best about 34.5''

5 DSVJs - best ~35''

4 DLRVJs - best 37''

4 SLRVJs - best 37''

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wq0trNgJvKQ

Highest SL point:

(http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l601/acole14/SLRVJ2.jpg)

Reach standing directly under ring (looks pretty legit to me):

(http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l601/acole14/REACH.jpg)

I got about the same for SVJ and DSVJ as last time, maybe 1cm or two higher on DS but not much. I still jump-stopped too much on DL but I think my speed improved and I got wrist on rim for 37''. SLs were average, I got 37ish all four times but just couldn't get my run-up right, then I was losing explosiveness and my knees were getting a bit sore so I stopped.

Overall not bad, but not great either. It's good that I'm consistently getting what was a PR jump a few months ago, but need to be still increasing height a bit more before I can start throwing down (prob need another 1-2'').  I think I might be reaching a plateau with my current strength level. I might need to get more strength to start getting higher. Not sure. Also, I'm a bit worried that the slight pain I get in my knees after a heavy jumps session might indicate that I have weak hamstrings. Or I could be completely wrong and I just need more practice on technique. I'm still such a noob at this lol, help me someone!  :D

Bonus: Probably going to embarrass myself with this. If you think my DL is bad now, check this attempt from end of last year. The ring is just over 3m. It was after a track session but still pretty horrible lol!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJQ2irnr3ro
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LoopieMclooperson on August 12, 2012, 02:53:02 am
Super impressed with your 8/12 video! :highfive:

Getting up their equally well off single and double leg. Is either easier for you naturally?

Keep it up! :headbang:
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 12, 2012, 06:12:56 am
Super impressed with your 8/12 video! :highfive:

Getting up their equally well off single and double leg. Is either easier for you naturally?

Keep it up! :headbang:

Thanks man. I guess I'm more of a natural 1-legged jumper with my athletics background but I have improved a lot in 2-legged jumping since I started practising it more often. I like  being able to jump off either so I'll probably try and keep improving both simultaneously.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 12, 2012, 11:18:51 pm
Week 1/3 - ON/Volume

Gym:

Full squat: warmup, 1x6@70kgs, 3x5@140kgs, 1x20@90kgs (MEBM)

Unilateral calf raises: 3x20/leg@110kgs

GHR: 1x10@12kgs, 1x10@16kgs, 1x10@24kgs, 1x10@8kgs

This was fucking hard after yesterday. I actually felt like throwing up after the MEBM squats. But the good thing is that I have no real pain in my hips any more doing full squats. I really think the key to getting rid of that for me was increasing hip/groin flexibility. I thought I had good hip/groin flexibility but I was wrong. Stretching them 2x a day (doing front hip flexor lunges and squat stretches) has really helped.

I subbed GHRs for BSS today because I want to get more hamstring work in. I would have been too fatigued for them anyway after squats + a MEBM set. I'll find a spot for them though somewhere

Edit: got some of the KB weights wrong.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on August 13, 2012, 06:31:05 am
high bar?
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on August 13, 2012, 07:53:28 am
MEBM is good. It sucks at the time but you feel like you accomplished something at the end when your legs are tingling and you're sucking up air haha.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on August 13, 2012, 08:01:23 am
MEBM makes me pass out. Unless I'm doing half squats instead of full squats with it.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 13, 2012, 08:55:52 pm
high bar?

I squat high bar. I think it's better for me personally compared to low bar. I have no real reasoning for that apart from that I think the HB position simulates the jumping action better than low bar (could be wrong about that). I'd consider trying it though and see if it helps.

MEBM is good. It sucks at the time but you feel like you accomplished something at the end when your legs are tingling and you're sucking up air haha.
MEBM makes me pass out. Unless I'm doing half squats instead of full squats with it.

Yeah I agree with both of you lol. It's tough but it feels great once you're done.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 14, 2012, 07:38:49 am
Track

Warmup

3x20 pogos

3x10 tuck jumps

4x7-8 DL bounds for height

3x30m LRLRLR SL bounds (tried double armswing on the last two - it's hard  :huh: )

80m, 100m, 150m, 100m, 60m (all 95%)
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 16, 2012, 03:43:42 am
Gym:

Depth jumps@22'': 3x6

KB/DB swings: 2x8@12kgs, 2x8@20kgs

Jump squats: 2x8@16kgs, 2x8@32kgs

Power clean: 5@40kgs, 5@60kgs, 3@80kgs (felt really easy compared to first time at this weight)

RDLs: 1x8@80kgs, 2x6@120kgs, 1x8@90kgs
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 17, 2012, 01:13:32 am
Jumps:

5 SVJs

8 DSVJs

2 DLRVJs

2 SLRVJs

I knew this would happen but the courts that are open at Friday lunch are packed now. When I first started coming there was maybe 1-2 other people across two courts, now there's 4v4, 5v5 games at every ring. So it's much harder now to get running jumps in.

It was funny as well, there were some fairly tall guys (6'2''+) trying to dunk after their games but they kept missing and just slamming the ball off the back of the rim. They strutted around though like they were freaking TFB or something though (probably because you don't see many people dunking here).
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on August 17, 2012, 10:35:57 am
my youngest brother is 6'3 with an 8'2 reach. all else being equal, if i was that tall i could dunk with two hands and hit the middle of my forearm on the rim.

fuck tall people.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: vag on August 18, 2012, 04:20:11 pm
my youngest brother is 6'3 with an 8'2 reach. all else being equal, if i was that tall i could dunk with two hands and hit the middle of my forearm on the rim.

fuck tall people.

OR, your taller younger brother that may be weak and skinny would be able to dunk awesomely if he had your superior squating leverages to build strength.
:-*
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 18, 2012, 09:46:48 pm
my youngest brother is 6'3 with an 8'2 reach. all else being equal, if i was that tall i could dunk with two hands and hit the middle of my forearm on the rim.

fuck tall people.

OR, your taller younger brother that may be weak and skinny would be able to dunk awesomely if he had your superior squating leverages to build strength.
:-*


I always used to think, "Damn I wish I was maybe 1-2'' taller, that'd be 1-2'' less to gain". I'd also presumably have longer arms as well so maybe 1-2'' extra there as well. But after thinking about it, if I had longer leverages I might not have gained as many inches as I have through squatting, so I might be exactly where I am now anyway.

Hypothetical situation (because I know how much everyone here loves Athlete A vs Athlete B comparisons :) ). Would you rather be:

A) My reach (~7'6'', approximately 38-40'' to dunk clean depending on hand size), with shorter limbs, and (ostensibly) greater potential to make strength gains, or:

B) 8' standing reach, longer limbs, bigger hands, but might have a harder time gaining strength in the vert lifts.

I guess if your goal is to dunk a basketball into a regulation hoop, then taller is probably better. But if gaining vertical is your goal (with no desire to perform some physical feat that is confined by a certain parameter i.e. dunking at 10'), then maybe shorter limbs is more ideal.

I realise there are a million other factors to consider for strength gains (diet, genetics etc). As an Athlete A type, I think it's  psychologically more challenging when you begin, and the journey is probably longer, but I think it'd be more rewarding in the end if you make it. Most of my team laughed at me when I said I was trying to dunk, so there's always that motivation as well, to do something people think you can't do.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: vag on August 19, 2012, 05:25:57 am
^As a typical (B) athlete example i think you nailed it with this paragraph.
But anyways i was just playing devil's advocate here. As you said there are so many other parameters. For example, LBSS is not short, he has way too short arms. I am less than 1'' taller than him and my standing reach is 5'' higher. If he had just normal hands he would be dunking now. Or if i had just normal hands, just 2'' shorter than now, i would have never dunked 10'.
Take home point is forget your height, your reach, your limbs length, just train smart and work your ass off to improve whatever you can towards your goals. Which you are already doing exceptionally well btw!  :highfive:
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 19, 2012, 10:31:02 pm
^As a typical (B) athlete example i think you nailed it with this paragraph.
But anyways i was just playing devil's advocate here. As you said there are so many other parameters. For example, LBSS is not short, he has way too short arms. I am less than 1'' taller than him and my standing reach is 5'' higher. If he had just normal hands he would be dunking now. Or if i had just normal hands, just 2'' shorter than now, i would have never dunked 10'.
Take home point is forget your height, your reach, your limbs length, just train smart and work your ass off to improve whatever you can towards your goals. Which you are already doing exceptionally well btw!  :highfive:


Yep wise words indeed. Thanks man!

Jumps:

6 SVJs --> mostly 32, one pretty good maybe 33''

6 DSVJs --> mostly 34''

3 DLRVJs --> around 34'' as well (not putting too much speed into it as there were a bunch of people on the court again  :pissed:)

4 SLRVJs --> same as DLRVJs, focusing on leaning back and really squeezing the glutes and hamstrings as I lever off the ground. I'm pretty sure my left knee gets sore after about 6-7 SLs because I don't use my P-chain enough and I load up my knee with too much quad. I don't want it to develop into any sort of tendinitis so I won't go full effort on SLRVJs this week, just focus on the above (+ icing 2x a day and foam rolling and stretching a ton).
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 20, 2012, 12:00:31 am
Gym:

ATG squat: Warmup, 1x3@120kgs, 1x3@140kgs, 2x3@150kgs , 1x20@100kgs (MEBM)

Unilat calf raise: 1x12-15/leg@100kgs, 2x10/leg@120kgs

BSS: 2x6/leg@25kgs

GHR: 1x10@12kgs, 1x10@16kgs, 1x8@28kgs, 1x10@12kgs

Same weight as last time for the ATG squats but they felt a bit easier and faster. I thought about not doing the MEBM set because of the fatigue but it felt good to do it. Bloody hard but I'm steadily improving on the weight I can do for 20 reps which is progress. You really fell like a badass once you've done it too  :ninja:
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 21, 2012, 02:05:31 am
Track:

Warmup

3x20 pogos

3x10 tuck jumps

2x8 DL bounds for height w/PJ

3x7-8 DL bounds for height w/o PJ

3x30m LRLRLR bounds

3x50m
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on August 21, 2012, 02:20:27 am
Nice squatting and MEBM set.
Are you going to run track this summer?
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 21, 2012, 06:13:16 am
Nice squatting and MEBM set.
Are you going to run track this summer?

Thanks mate. I think I will run track this summer, I'm interested to see what I can do now I have a whole lot more strength than when I was 17-18. Back then I was basically jumping a little less than I am now (around 35'') with just a lot of track running and horizontal jumps, and playing basketball casually. I doubt I could have done much more than 1x BW squat for a few reps back then.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on August 21, 2012, 07:44:58 am
Yeh I bet you're heaps faster now especially if you are the same bodyweight now as you were back than.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 21, 2012, 08:56:50 pm
Yeh I bet you're heaps faster now especially if you are the same bodyweight now as you were back than.

Yeah, it's just a matter of getting back my speed endurance. I've lost a lot of it just through lack of training for it. I doubt I could break 12 seconds atm, but I know I'm faster up to 50m than I was before. Looking forward to it.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 22, 2012, 11:22:05 pm
Gym:

Track warmup

Depth jumps@24'': 2x6

Power clean: Warmup, 1x60kgs, 2x80kgs, 2x85kgs, 90kgs fail x 2, 1x85kgs

Jump squats: 1x6@16kgs, 1x6@32kgs, 1x5@48kgs, 1x6@16kgs

DB swing: 1x8@16kgs, 3x6@27.5kgs, 1x8@16kgs

RDL: 1x6@60kgs, 1x6@100kgs, 1x4@140kgs  :personal-record: , 1x5@100kgs

Chin-ups, core etc., foam roll

Failed at 90kgs power clean today. Just didn't have the timing down right. Annoyed because 85kgs felt fairly easy. Might need to work on my technique a bit more before I can increase the weight.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 23, 2012, 11:45:01 pm
Jumps:

5-6 SVJs

8 DSVJs

5 DLRVJs

5 SLRVJs

Good jumps today, the place was packed as usual but I went with a friend and we just shot around on one of the rings off to the side and I was able to get heaps of good jumps in. No left knee pain after several SVJs, leaning back and engaging the P-chain more is helping I think. Had a few alley-oop attempts but my passer just couldn't get the timing right lol.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 26, 2012, 07:42:59 pm
Jumps 2:

4 SVJs

5 DSVJs

3 DLRVJs

4 SLRVJs

I had to go to crowed courts to jump today but damn, the extra height I get from the adrenaline of playing semi-intense half-court games is huge. I think I got nearly 36'' on one drop-step with the only real warmup being 10mins of 4v4. Running and standing verts were all near PR levels as well. It'd be great to be able to recreate the exact effect when I go for PRs.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on August 26, 2012, 08:03:29 pm
I get PR level jumps after playing aggressive defense 3 on 3 basketball. I get so hot and "fluid" that I'm at the top level of athleticism at that point. It makes a HUGE difference, I never get this warmed up during my regular warmups.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on August 27, 2012, 02:58:56 pm
I get PR level jumps after playing aggressive defense 3 on 3 basketball. I get so hot and "fluid" that I'm at the top level of athleticism at that point. It makes a HUGE difference, I never get this warmed up during my regular warmups.

i don't play basketball, but when i can play something competitive -- or race someone -- before jumping, it's always better. unfortunately my gym is too small and too rife with crossfitters and boot campers for that to be viable day in and day out.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 27, 2012, 07:12:09 pm
I get PR level jumps after playing aggressive defense 3 on 3 basketball. I get so hot and "fluid" that I'm at the top level of athleticism at that point. It makes a HUGE difference, I never get this warmed up during my regular warmups.

Yeah I never get that feeling after a normal warmup. My body feels good and ready to run or jump or whatever, but I don't have the same feeling of having every muscle fibre in my legs activated and energised. I might play some aggressive 1v1 against my friend next time I shoot some videos.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on August 27, 2012, 07:52:51 pm
Exactly^^^

1 on 1 with aggressive defense works best, but you gotta go at it for 2 games up to 11 or so in order to really be warmed up.

I wonder if playing aggressive D, besides getting you warmed up, also improves lower ab activation for a short while, since you're staying in that hip hinge position when you defend, and you need to keep your low abs contracted well in order not to fall backwards (obviously you will let your chest down a bit as well but still)
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 30, 2012, 02:03:26 am
OFF week

Just light activity over last few days, stretching/foam rolling, Epsom baths etc. Played basketball few nights ago as well.

Gym:

REA squat: 1x4@50kgs, 3x4@60kgs

Half-squat (focus on concentric speed): 1xs4@110kgs, 1x4@170kgs, 1x4@175kgs

KB swings: 3x4-5@24kgs
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on August 30, 2012, 05:20:33 am
Just light activity over last few days, stretching/foam rolling, Epsom baths etc. Played basketball few nights ago as well.

You're on Epsom bath salts? Have you ate anybody's face off yet?

But seriously, since when did you start doing KB swings?
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 30, 2012, 06:03:23 am
Just light activity over last few days, stretching/foam rolling, Epsom baths etc. Played basketball few nights ago as well.

You're on Epsom bath salts? Have you ate anybody's face off yet?

But seriously, since when did you start doing KB swings?

Ha! Yeah I like Epsom baths, they're one of those things that's probably more placebo than anything significant but my legs feel good after one.

Started doing some KB swings a couple of weeks ago, they're a nice exercise to change things up a bit. I try to do them like Joel Smith's instructional vid which no doubt you've seen, but for the benefit of others:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lzigB2S7h0
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 02, 2012, 07:52:39 am
Jumps at 10':

4 SVJs, best 35'', equal  :personal-record: :

(http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l601/acole14/BestSVJheight.jpg)

5 DSVJs, best 36'',  :personal-record:

(http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l601/acole14/BestDSheight.jpg)

4 DLRVJs, best was shit, ~36''

No SLRVJs (except few practice ones not worth posting)

Video of SVJ, DSVJ and DL:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MvNmV2txcY

Pretty happy with 35'' SVJ and 36'' DSVJ today. Running verts were no good though. I felt a bit of patellofemoral pain while doing them, and subconsciously my body was just completely shutting down my run-up in order to protect itself. So I decided to not push the running jumps. It's annoying because it's only a mild discomfort rather than persisting pain, it goes away completely after I stop so I don't think it's acute or severe tendinitis. Right now I've got full ROM, no swelling, no pain walking or anything like that so I don't think it's too bad.

Having said that, I don't want this getting worse to the point where it develops into more severe jumper's knee so I'm going to change up my training plan I've been doing over the last few months. It's been getting me gains but I don't want to risk contracting any chronic knee problems because of the high jumping volume.

Since it's only running jumps that seems to give me the discomfort, I think it'd be wise to cut ME jumping out for at least 4 weeks. Sprinting and squatting do not give me any problems so I'll continue doing those (although I am wary that just because an activity doesn't give you pain doesn't mean that it's not aggravating the problem). I'm fairly sure it isn't but I'll be very cautious in the meantime and monitor any pain or swelling during/after squats/sprints (usually there isn't any).

I think I might have changed course a bit anyway as I probably need more raw strength in all muscle groups; this might be a good time to rest my knees from jumping while focusing on building more strength. Mainly through squat but also hamstring exercises like GHR and RDL.

However, I don't want to lose all the explosive strength I have built up so I'll continue to do explosive work that doesn't give me any pain (i.e. anything but jumps). Basically sprints, low level plyos like pogos, tucks, depth drops, KB swings and light cleans (to work on form and reduce load on knees).

Working on putting together a program, will post it up later. It'll probably revolve around Lance's recent post (http://www.adarq.org/forum/lancests-performance-blog/training-posts/) with 3x squat a week (heavy triple, heavy 1x6, volume) with hamstring and explosive exercises thrown in.

TL;DR: Knee is hurting a bit during ME jumps so going into a strength phase and taking out jumps
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on September 02, 2012, 02:17:11 pm
sucks about your knee. it shows in the video, basically looks like a slow trot followed by what amounts to a DSVJ. no sense pushing against a knee injury, though.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 02, 2012, 07:20:32 pm
Yeah they were pretty pathetic. It is frustrating, the only time it flares up is right when I go for a max DL or SL jump.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: TKXII on September 04, 2012, 12:47:15 am
interesting RL plant in your second jump in the video. From the angle of the camera, it looks like you planted right, but with the right foot in front of the left foot, which i cannot imagine doing. My plant leg is always behind the toe-off foot. nice vid man.

hope the knee gets better I tried going back to see what happened to it but I couldn't see it. I started taking cod liver oil and my knees noticeably feel better everyday. I usd to have to foam roll rigorously before because my knees would hurt from standing up all day and walking around during my shift, but I'm not experiencing that anymore at all. Highly recommended regardless. I'm a weston a price foundation bot lol.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 04, 2012, 04:54:52 am
interesting RL plant in your second jump in the video. From the angle of the camera, it looks like you planted right, but with the right foot in front of the left foot, which i cannot imagine doing. My plant leg is always behind the toe-off foot. nice vid man.

hope the knee gets better I tried going back to see what happened to it but I couldn't see it. I started taking cod liver oil and my knees noticeably feel better everyday. I usd to have to foam roll rigorously before because my knees would hurt from standing up all day and walking around during my shift, but I'm not experiencing that anymore at all. Highly recommended regardless. I'm a weston a price foundation bot lol.

Thanks for the read man, yeah I plant fairly evenly rather than one foot leading the other, probably should experiment more with putting one foot forward like you do. I might get some cod liver oil, it's fairly cheap and worth a shot. I was just reading stuff on the Weston A. Price site yesterday, weird.

I got some glycine to try for my knees as it's dirt cheap as well, theoretically it could help push the glycine concentration in my body to excess and ensure it's not a limiting factor in collagen synthesis. Collagen is actually 33% glycine residues which is way out of proportion given there are 20 amino acids used by humans, and I noticed that the WPI I take is very low on glycine. I'm always slightly skeptical about this stuff but again it's worth a try.

Gym:

TKEs on leg extension: 4x10-12@light weight (5 or 7 kgs)

GHRs: 1x10@BW, 1x10@15kgs, 2x8@32kg

Dips: 3x10@BW

Squat: 1x10@BW, 1x6@bar, 2x6@50kgs

Unilat calf raise: 3x20-30@16kg KB

Today was just an experiment to see if anything is bothering my knees. Nothing really gave me any trouble, so I'm gonna just build the weight up on squats over two more sessions this week, with no running, jumps, and no basketball tonight. Hard to sit out when I feel I could play no problems but I'm being super-cautious. I'd rather just let this heal up over 3-4 weeks than continue to push on and possibly lose longer if it got to the point where it started hurting all the time and not just when going for max effort jumps.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on September 04, 2012, 06:29:41 am
How do you do your TKEs at the leg extension?

I do them with the feet a bit external rotated and I put the fingers of my palm on the VMO and push into it slightly to increase the awareness of that muscle - usually gives better contractions. I also think "hyperextend" when I get at the top and that really squeezes the VMO.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 05, 2012, 12:40:20 am
How do you do your TKEs at the leg extension?

I do them with the feet a bit external rotated and I put the fingers of my palm on the VMO and push into it slightly to increase the awareness of that muscle - usually gives better contractions. I also think "hyperextend" when I get at the top and that really squeezes the VMO.

Yeah I try and hyperextend at the top and squeeze the VMO hard, keep the toes pointed up as well.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on September 05, 2012, 08:30:33 am
Sorry to hear about your knees bro. Knee issues suck! It seems to be a pretty common occurance with people throughout the vert community :(
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on September 05, 2012, 10:05:03 am
I always jump having to worry about my right knee pain when jumping off two feet. No wonder I suck off two feet.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 05, 2012, 10:23:46 pm
Sorry to hear about your knees bro. Knee issues suck! It seems to be a pretty common occurance with people throughout the vert community :(


Thanks mate, so long as I treat it right it should be minor blip in the scheme of things. It could be a lot worse considering I've been doing 2x jumps and a track session a week for nearly 4 months straight. Luckily I can squat fine so it's a good time to work on leg strength. I'm actually looking forward to squatting a bit more than 1x a week and getting the poundages up, as well as working on my (relatively) weak hamstrings.

Once I've done that for about a month I can then ease back into more explosive work, hopefully won't have lost any inches. I reckon everyone training for vert for nearly two years would have some knee wear and tear, it's just managing it well so it's able to repair sufficiently and doesn't become chronic.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 06, 2012, 07:01:02 am
Gym:

Foam roll/stretch

TKEs (with band this time, pretty thick): 3x25/leg

Leg curl: 2x8-10@25kgs, 2x8-10@45kgs

Squat (ATG) 1x6@40kgs, 1x6@80kgs, 1x6@110kgs, 1x6@40kgs (really easy, no knee troubles)

Unilat DB Calf raises: 1x15/leg@25kgs, 1x15/leg@30kgs, 1x15/leg@32.5kgs, 1x15/leg@15kgs

Ab pulldown: 2x8-10@50kgs, 2x8@70kgs

Do this one more time this week and then start new plan for 4 weeks:

MON: Squat 3x3, calf raise variation, GHR
TUES: rest --> basketball later (try to take it easy, my team is good enough without me playing 100%)
WED: Squat (work up to 1x6), Cleans (lighter, volume), KB swings
THURS: rest
FRI: Track - Sprints, depth drops (relatively low box to start), Gym - Squat (4x8-10), UB stuff + core
SAT: rest
SUN: Cleans (heavier), RDL (work up to 1x6 heavy), BSS

The only thing I'm thinking about is which squat session is best to throw in an MEBM set (20 rep, heavy weight).. they might be too intense for the volume session...
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on September 06, 2012, 08:58:53 am
i don't mean to be ruffling any feathers here, but you could just, you know, not do a MEBM set.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 08, 2012, 08:45:02 pm
i don't mean to be ruffling any feathers here, but you could just, you know, not do a MEBM set.

Consider my feathers ruffled bro >:(.
...
...
Nah but seriously you're probably right. I think I'll just do it when I feel I'm up to it, or just leave it until I start jumping again.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 09, 2012, 06:39:01 am
Gym:

Foam roll/stretch warmup

GHR: 1x10@BW, 1x10@15kgs, 1x8@25kgs

Ab wheel rollouts - 3x5-6 rolls (these are damn hard)

DB unilat calf raise: 1x20/leg@15kgs, 1x20/leg@20kgs, 1x20/leg@25kgs

Squat: warmup, 1x6@60kgs, 1x6@110kgs, 2x4@140kgs, 1x20@100kgs

1x4@140kgs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF-4ZnhS27Y

Today I thought that if I'm gonna be squatting more often I should (finally) put up a squat vid. So I went to another gym that is OK with people shooting vids (the gym I normally go to doesn't allow you to and they're really gay about it) and shot a few. I think my form is OK, there might be a few technical issues though that I haven't noticed. Thought I'd throw in an MEBM set just to see if it bothered my knees but they were OK.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on September 09, 2012, 09:48:04 am
Did you do kneeling or standing ab wheel rollouts?

By the way, that squat weight was a joke for you.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 09, 2012, 10:42:58 pm
Did you do kneeling or standing ab wheel rollouts?

By the way, that squat weight was a joke for you.

I did them standing but not very well. I didn't get fully extended, my body was sort of bent 110-120deg max. But I might keep trying to progress on it, really feel it in my lower abs.

Thanks, felt pretty good. So no major issues with my form you can see? I probably should have got a 45deg angle vid as well, will try to do that next time.

Gym:

Foam roll/stretch

Squat: warmup, 1x4@110kgs, 2x3@140kgs

Unilat DB calf raise: 1x25/leg@16kgs, 2x20/leg@25kgs

GHR: BWx10, 2x10@12kgs

Dips: 2x20-25@BW

Will start logging BW changes - 82kgs w/clothes+shoes --> prob about 81

Felt a bit weak from yesterday but this session will be heavier next week. I think I will just cycle through different calf raise variations (unilat DB, unilat BB, bilateral BB) over the next month. Since I haven't done unilat DB raises in awhile they're giving me a good burn.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 12, 2012, 06:28:42 am
Gym:

KB swings: 1x6@8kgs, 2x6@12kgs, 2x8@20kgs

Power clean: 1x5@50kgs, 2x3@60kgs, 1x3@70kgs

Squat: warmup, 1x6@60kgs, 1x6@110kgs, 1x6@120kgs

BW: 83.3 (after lunch so probably not much difference from last time)

Edit: this was wearing different shoes, approx 0.7 kilos
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 13, 2012, 11:59:27 pm
Gym:

Foam roll/stretch warmup:

Squat: 3x60kgs, 4x10@100kgs

Unilat DB Calf raise: 5xF/leg@20kgs (averaged about 30 reps in first few sets, 10-15 in last one)

Bench: 1x8@40kgs, 1x8@60kgs, 1x8@80kgs, 1x8@85kgs

Core stuff

Decided to see where my bench strength is at. Don't think I've lost much despite not doing it for ~2 months lol. Doing chinups and dips probably helps.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on September 14, 2012, 06:17:43 am
How hard was 4x10x100?
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 14, 2012, 10:55:22 pm
How hard was 4x10x100?

Not too bad, just long. Pretty sore from them today though.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 16, 2012, 07:34:08 pm
Gym:

Foam roll warmup

BSS: 1x8/leg@14kgs, 1x8/leg@20kgs, 1x8/leg@30kgs, 1x8/leg@12kgs

GHR: 3x10@BW

RDLs: 1x8@50kgs, 3x6@100kgs

Power clean: 3@50kgs, 2@70kgs, 1@80kgs, 1@70kgs

Ab wheel rollout (standing): 4x5-6 (still pretty hard)
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 17, 2012, 03:53:59 am
Gym:

Foam roll/stretch warmup

Squat: warmup, 1x4@110kgs, 1x4@130kgs, 1x4@140kgs, 1x3@145kgs

GHR: 1x10@BW, 1x10@10kgs, 1x10@20kgs, 1x8@32kgs, 1x8@40kgs

Unilat DB calf raise: 2xF/leg@25kgs, 1xF/leg@15kgs (25-30 for 25kgs, 15-20 for 15kgs)

Squat was pretty easy today, I probably should have just jumped straight to 150kgs x 3. Will go for that next time hopefully. The GHR is getting kind of difficult to load now. Holding 2x20kg plates for the 40kg set. But I'm getting stronger at it which is the main thing.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on September 17, 2012, 05:06:23 am
I guess you do the GHR using a machine, right?

Natural GHRs using 40 additional kg would be kinda beast.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 17, 2012, 09:16:45 pm
I guess you do the GHR using a machine, right?

Natural GHRs using 40 additional kg would be kinda beast.

Hah, no way, that would be hard as hell. I use something that looks like this (not exactly the same but near enough):

(http://www.verticaldunk.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/ghr-machine-e1295109880699.jpg)
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on September 18, 2012, 07:02:01 am
Never EVER seen a GHR machine in Romania.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 19, 2012, 08:03:12 pm
Well playing basketball two nights ago I think I got a little knock to the medial side of my knee, and after the game I noticed I had a bit of pain in the lateral side when straightening my leg fully. So I didn't squat yesterday and just iced it every 3-4 hours. It was pretty stiff but not that sore.

Today it's pretty much back to normal (prob 90%), I won't squat until the weekend though just to make sure it's 100%. I think it's just a minor LCL strain. It was annoying though because I'd just gotten into a rhythm with 3x/week squatting and felt like I was making some improvement. I think I just have to stop playing basketball! I was trying not to play too aggressive and just take it easy, but still, you can't control other people's movements unfortunately.

On the plus side, I allowed myself to have one DSVJ during warmups and I got quite high, definitely at PR level. I had that great adrenaline boost because it was a finals game and we warmed up for 20 mins or so, I really wish I could harness that more often!

If anything, it's good to have a little reminder that I'm not invincible and to really focus on strengthening all parts of the leg, especially the hamstrings at both ends. I think I'll add in a knee flexion exercise like leg curls 2x a week to make sure the bottom end of the hamstrings is getting well developed.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 20, 2012, 12:34:05 am
Gym:

TKEs on leg extension: 3x20/leg@light weight

Leg curls: 3x20/leg@light weight

Calf raise machine (DL so as to not put weight on left knee): 1x40@40kgs, 2x30-35@50kgs, 1x20@30kgs

Light squats: 3x6@bar weight

Core, massive foam roll/stretch

Very light session just to get some blood flow going around the legs. Knee felt fine throughout, prob could have done squats but there's no need to rush it. I'll see how it feels on the weekend, write this week off and hopefully just start again next week.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on September 20, 2012, 09:44:05 am
Gym:

TKEs on leg extension: 3x20/leg@light weight

Leg curls: 3x20/leg@light weight

Calf raise machine (DL so as to not put weight on left knee): 1x40@40kgs, 2x30-35@50kgs, 1x20@30kgs

Light squats: 3x6@bar weight

Core, massive foam roll/stretch

Very light session just to get some blood flow going around the legs. Knee felt fine throughout, prob could have done squats but there's no need to rush it. I'll see how it feels on the weekend, write this week off and hopefully just start again next week.

CORRECT. somebody get hyperdunk in here to read that.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 20, 2012, 09:17:09 pm
Gym:

TKEs on leg extension: 3x20/leg@light weight

Leg curls: 3x20/leg@light weight

Calf raise machine (DL so as to not put weight on left knee): 1x40@40kgs, 2x30-35@50kgs, 1x20@30kgs

Light squats: 3x6@bar weight

Core, massive foam roll/stretch

Very light session just to get some blood flow going around the legs. Knee felt fine throughout, prob could have done squats but there's no need to rush it. I'll see how it feels on the weekend, write this week off and hopefully just start again next week.

CORRECT. somebody get hyperdunk in here to read that.

LOL, he needs all the help he can get.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 21, 2012, 02:45:24 am
Gym:

Foam roll/stretch warmup

TKEs on leg ext: 3x25/leg@light weight

Leg curls: 3x25-30@ light weight

DB DL Calf raise: 1x20@40kgs, 1x20@50kgs, 1x20@60kgs, 1x20@80kgs

Bench: 1x6@60kgs, 1x8@90kgs like a BOSS  :headbang:, 1x5@90kgs

Light RDLs: 3x6-8@40kgs

I do not know how my bench has stayed around 115kgs 1RM. My upper body has definitely got a bit smaller over this year because I've done less UB work. Not complaining though.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: seifullaah73 on September 21, 2012, 05:25:42 am
we can continue on your journal,  :highfive:.

so to my question:

Quote
sorry adarq last time, unless they reply then i have to .... erm .. reply back.

So T0DDDAy
i contacted the local track and they have training tuesday and thursdays 6:30 pm to 7:00 pm

my routine is the following:

day 1 & 3: upper body
day 2 & 4: lower body
day 7: speed work

any way i can combine the training meets with my hypertrophy workout so i don't over train.

thanks
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: vag on September 21, 2012, 05:50:18 am

DB DL Calf raise: 1x20@40kgs, 1x20@50kgs, 1x20@60kgs, 1x20@80kgs


I am trying to imagine a way to do bilateral calf raises with dumbells and i can't, please elaborate! :D



we can continue on your journal,  :highfive:.

Hey , i had this wild idea, you could take the discussion about your personal training to...

here it comes...

wait for it...

to YOUR journal!!!
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 21, 2012, 09:26:57 am

DB DL Calf raise: 1x20@40kgs, 1x20@50kgs, 1x20@60kgs, 1x20@80kgs

I am trying to imagine a way to do bilateral calf raises with dumbells and i can't, please elaborate! :D


Ha, I thought maybe someone would ask that. Dumbbell in both hands (so for 40kgs 2x20kgs), I do them with a step to get full ROM, and to balance I put a small size swiss ball between me and the wall facing me. It was awkward as shit, the calf raise machine was out of order but didn't want to do them unilat because of my left knee, so I improvised.

we can continue on your journal,  :highfive:.

so to my question:

Quote
sorry adarq last time, unless they reply then i have to .... erm .. reply back.

So T0DDDAy
i contacted the local track and they have training tuesday and thursdays 6:30 pm to 7:00 pm

my routine is the following:

day 1 & 3: upper body
day 2 & 4: lower body
day 7: speed work

any way i can combine the training meets with my hypertrophy workout so i don't over train.

thanks

I don't think you have to worry too much about overtraining. I think a lot of people don't even really know what it is to be overtrained (I've never felt like I was overtrained, even when doing 4-5x sessions a week).

I've said this before somewhere but I really think you fall into the "overanalyser" category. It's great to be well-read and thinking about the technical side of sprinting but in practice you just need to start simple, and move onto different training exercises and intensities as you develop. 

By trying to do too much too soon, you'll be missing out on those easy beginner gains. Also, you probably won't get anything out of the advanced stuff anyway because you won't be ready for it both physically and mentally (this is what I've been told by Australian national level sprint coaches when I was a junior).

For instance, when I started properly training for sprints, the first thing my coach got me to do was to warm up, then do 3x100m, aiming to try and get a faster time in each one. Then he told me to cool down, stretch, and go home! What I'm saying is, he didn't make me do weighted sled drags, depth jumps from 30'' and top it off with a few Olympic lifts. He just let me try and figure out for myself how to make my body move faster without overcomplicating things.

Contacting the local track club is probably the smartest thing you've done since starting training (assuming it's a quality club with decent coaches). You should really benefit from good coaching. Again, I wouldn't worry too much about overtraining, but I'd just cut down your weights days and plan around the track club meets. They should be the priority for you over any hypertrophy work for the short-term (2-3 months). Then when you start competing for awhile and getting reliable times, you can evaluate where you need to improve.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: seifullaah73 on September 21, 2012, 02:17:18 pm

we can continue on your journal,  :highfive:.

Hey , i had this wild idea, you could take the discussion about your personal training to...

here it comes...

wait for it...

to YOUR journal!!!


I was getting excited as if you were going to tell me something useful.. but disappointed.  :uhhhfacepalm:

My journal is like a desert, 1% population no visitors.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: seifullaah73 on September 21, 2012, 02:30:16 pm

DB DL Calf raise: 1x20@40kgs, 1x20@50kgs, 1x20@60kgs, 1x20@80kgs

I am trying to imagine a way to do bilateral calf raises with dumbells and i can't, please elaborate! :D


Ha, I thought maybe someone would ask that. Dumbbell in both hands (so for 40kgs 2x20kgs), I do them with a step to get full ROM, and to balance I put a small size swiss ball between me and the wall facing me. It was awkward as shit, the calf raise machine was out of order but didn't want to do them unilat because of my left knee, so I improvised.

we can continue on your journal,  :highfive:.

so to my question:

Quote
sorry adarq last time, unless they reply then i have to .... erm .. reply back.

So T0DDDAy
i contacted the local track and they have training tuesday and thursdays 6:30 pm to 7:00 pm

my routine is the following:

day 1 & 3: upper body
day 2 & 4: lower body
day 7: speed work

any way i can combine the training meets with my hypertrophy workout so i don't over train.

thanks

I don't think you have to worry too much about overtraining. I think a lot of people don't even really know what it is to be overtrained (I've never felt like I was overtrained, even when doing 4-5x sessions a week).

I've said this before somewhere but I really think you fall into the "overanalyser" category. It's great to be well-read and thinking about the technical side of sprinting but in practice you just need to start simple, and move onto different training exercises and intensities as you develop.  

By trying to do too much too soon, you'll be missing out on those easy beginner gains. Also, you probably won't get anything out of the advanced stuff anyway because you won't be ready for it both physically and mentally (this is what I've been told by Australian national level sprint coaches when I was a junior).

For instance, when I started properly training for sprints, the first thing my coach got me to do was to warm up, then do 3x100m, aiming to try and get a faster time in each one. Then he told me to cool down, stretch, and go home! What I'm saying is, he didn't make me do weighted sled drags, depth jumps from 30'' and top it off with a few Olympic lifts. He just let me try and figure out for myself how to make my body move faster without overcomplicating things.

Contacting the local track club is probably the smartest thing you've done since starting training (assuming it's a quality club with decent coaches). You should really benefit from good coaching. Again, I wouldn't worry too much about overtraining, but I'd just cut down your weights days and plan around the track club meets. They should be the priority for you over any hypertrophy work for the short-term (2-3 months). Then when you start competing for awhile and getting reliable times, you can evaluate where you need to improve.

I understand what you are saying but i wanted to concentrate on adding muscle mass increase my squat. I will definitely take the most out of the sprint training and make it a priority but i don't know if i will be able to cut down the weight days as i need them but will adjust accord to how i feel, i think my body will tell me if i am over training or not through signs of fatigue or something like that.

Thanks for the tip

Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 24, 2012, 02:07:10 am
Knee feels 100% again so back to it.

Gym:

Squat (full): warmup, 1x3@120kgs, 2x3@140kgs, 1x4@147.5kgs

Again I probably should have just put 150kgs on the bar, 3 reps was easy enough so I did another. But happy that I'm slowly building up my full squat weight.

Unilat DB calf raise: 1x20/leg@20kgs, 2x20/leg@25kgs // Seated calf raise: 1x20@20kgs, 2x20@45kgs

GHR: 1x10@BW, 2x8-10@20kgs

Even though I was doing weight more last time, on reflection I think my form is a lot better with lighter weight. I felt the knee flexion bit a lot better as I was getting more of the ROM.
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Post by: LBSS on September 24, 2012, 09:56:38 am

 1x4@147.5kgs


lol, this looked like a link to me so i clicked on it expecting to see video, but it was just firefox thinking "xxx@x.x" is an email address.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 27, 2012, 01:59:02 am
I played basketball two nights ago against better judgement (it was an elimination game to put us in the grand final, which we won easily anyway) but luckily I pulled up mostly fine this time.

Gym:

Foam roll warmup

Glute/quad activation (glute bridges/TKEs w/ light weight 3x20)

Squat (full): warmup, 1x4@70kgs, 1x6@120kgs, 1x6@125kgs, 1x6@120kgs (+5kgs up from last time)

GHR: 1x10@BW, 2x6@20kgs, 1x10@BW

Unilat calf raise: 2x20/leg@20kgs // Seated calf raise: 1x20ish@25kgs, 2x20@50kgs

Military press: 1x8@25kgs, 1x8@15kgs, 1x8@25kgs, 1x8@15kgs

BW: 82.7kgs

Full squat is getting better in each session so far even with the dud week last week. Also, I feel the best approach for getting calves sore the next day at the moment is to just murder them two ways each session until I basically can't move them any more.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 29, 2012, 08:56:29 am
Gym:

Foam roll warmup

Glute-ham/VMO Activation: Glute bridges and TKEs 3x20 light weight) --> gonna do these before squatting from now on

Squat: Warmup, 4x10@105kgs (+5kgs on last time), about 1m-1m30s rest between sets, made it a lot harder

BB DL calf raise: 3x20@60kgs // Seated calf raise: 1x25@20kgs, 1x20@45kgs, 2x20@55kgs

Core, stretch, that's all I had time to do

BW: 83.4kgs
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 30, 2012, 10:32:56 pm
Really sore still in hams, glutes, VMO, basically all leg muscles from squatting. I guess I'm targeting the right areas though. My lower back was a bit sore as well, which isn't good - I think it's from too much GHR. I might cut down on it or just sub in reverse hypers + leg curls again. I've been getting little bruises on my kneecaps from the padding anyway (I saw that others have that problem as well).

Gym:

Foam roll warmup

Activation exercises: 3x10/leg SL glute briges (10s hold each), front and side planks for 30s, TKEs 3x20/leg@LW

Squat (full ATG): Warmup, 1x3@100kgs, 1x3@150kgs, 1x3@100kgs

Leg curls: 1x20@20kgs, 2x25@32kgs, 1x20@20kgs

Bench: 1x8@60kgs, 2x4-5@100kgs

Leg extension: 1x10@50kgs, 1x10@70kgs, 1x10@80kgs, 1x10@100kgs (that's as high as it goes lol)

BW: 83.7kgs

Even though I got 1x3@150kgs it felt pretty weak, hams and glutes weren't fully recovered from two days ago. I thought I would try the leg extension properly because when I came in last there was this group of bros making a big deal about doing 80kgs on the leg extension and getting all macho about it. It wasn't that hard lol.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: entropy on September 30, 2012, 10:40:31 pm
Nice lifts, dunno why I never saw your log before. Keep up the good work.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on October 01, 2012, 10:58:55 pm
Nice lifts, dunno why I never saw your log before. Keep up the good work.

Thanks mate! Keep up your good work.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: seifullaah73 on October 02, 2012, 03:28:43 am
Hey

Nice work, i just need some help.

I finally managed to workout a routine what you and lbss said, then t0ddday suggested that it would be better to not do much weightlifting i.e. hypertrophy, this is what he recommended.

monday: tempo work
tuesay: rest/recovery
wednesday: speed work  + weight training (hi intensity low body + moderate upper body)
thursday:  speed endurance
friday:  tempo work + weight training ( lower intensity )
saturday: rest/recovery
sunday: speed work + weight training ( moderate intensity )

tempo work: 3 x 3 x 150m/ 90sec rest between & 5 minutes rest between (my understanding is that you want me to run 3 reps of 150m 90sec rest between, which is 1 set.

Q. what intensity should i be running at for the tempo?


Q. what days do i do the hill run?

Lower body = Squats and RDL
Upper = Pull ups and Dips

Speed endurance: timed 200m, 300m, 400m
400m is far i will probably get so tired at 300m, so this is what it feels like to do speed endurance training.

Q what is weight training mentioned for sunday friday, is that upper and lower combined, if so are they both lower intensity on friday and high intensity on thursday?

Q. what does it mean when it says low, moderate, high intensity, example please in terms of reps and sets? i understand LBSS's high volume low intensity an vice versa but not sure with this?

what do you think of the program as a whole.

thanks
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on October 02, 2012, 07:47:47 am
I swear you're the most overanalyzing guy on this forum at this point.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: vag on October 02, 2012, 08:11:02 am
I swear you're the most overanalyzing guy on this forum at this point.

That would be entropy, he is the king and he knows it.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on October 02, 2012, 09:30:50 am
I swear you're the most overanalyzing guy on this forum at this point.

That would be entropy, he is the king and he knows it.

yeah but he does it for himself.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on October 02, 2012, 10:18:53 am
I swear you're the most overanalyzing guy on this forum at this point.

That would be entropy, he is the king and he knows it.

yeah but he does it for himself.

They both need to take it from me: the "former" king of overanalysis - it doesn't worth it, especially at our level. Yes of course you need to think about stuff, you need to be smarter than the naturally genetic freak since programming is going to be a bit more important, but still... don't lose the big picture.

You're going to come back after some time and end up with a very simple routine and think "what it took me so long to come up with this?!" like the JackM split for example.

But if you're passionate about it then it's cool being a bit of a overanalyser.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: seifullaah73 on October 02, 2012, 10:47:06 am
Can't help it, i want to make sure i am doing it right.
what if i did something wrong and then .... i gain nothing  :o
a habit i hope to get rid of once i understand how you guys can create a workout without thinking too much into it
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on October 03, 2012, 01:03:01 am
Hey

Nice work, i just need some help.

I finally managed to workout a routine what you and lbss said, then t0ddday suggested that it would be better to not do much weightlifting i.e. hypertrophy, this is what he recommended.

Yes, as I also said: hypertrophy work is not necessary for you right now, you'll build the muscles you need to run faster for now by doing intensive sprint training. Plus it takes a dedicated block of training with proper diet (typically you'd do it in the off-season) to actually achieve any hypertrophy.

monday: tempo work
tuesay: rest/recovery
wednesday: speed work  + weight training (hi intensity low body + moderate upper body)
thursday:  speed endurance
friday:  tempo work + weight training ( lower intensity )
saturday: rest/recovery
sunday: speed work + weight training ( moderate intensity )

tempo work: 3 x 3 x 150m/ 90sec rest between & 5 minutes rest between (my understanding is that you want me to run 3 reps of 150m 90sec rest between, which is 1 set.

Q. what intensity should i be running at for the tempo?

Propbably 70-75%, the higher the better whilst still able to complete the session with the allotted rest time.


Q. what days do i do the hill run?


I think Todday was just using that as an example of what you can do without having access to the track. You don't need to fit everything into your program - that isn't his intention. You would probably do hill runs for tempo maybe, given you're already doing 2x speed sessions with your track club. Speed endurance would be hard unless it's a huge hill.


Lower body = Squats and RDL
Upper = Pull ups and Dips

Speed endurance: timed 200m, 300m, 400m
400m is far i will probably get so tired at 300m, so this is what it feels like to do speed endurance training.

I would add in a calf raise exercise for lower body, either single leg dumbbell calf raises on a step or double leg calf raises while doing squats, they're both good for beginner level. Upper body is fine with just pullups and dips for you right now.

Q what is weight training mentioned for sunday friday, is that upper and lower combined, if so are they both lower intensity on friday and high intensity on thursday?

That's more a question for T0dday but I think the answer is yes. But then again, if you're just doing pullups and dips I would just do 3 sets of each, try and get 6-8 pullups each set and 10-12 dips, then build from there.


Q. what does it mean when it says low, moderate, high intensity, example please in terms of reps and sets? i understand LBSS's high volume low intensity an vice versa but not sure with this?

My understanding for "intensity" for given exercise is that [low: <50% of 1RM], [moderate: 50-80%1RM], [high: 80%+1RM]. Following from that, the closer you are to your 1RM the less reps you will be able to do at a given intensity, so for back squat for example:

Low intensity day: 5x8@50% of 1RM; Mod intensity day: warmup then 2x5@75%; High intensity day: 3x2@90%.

But remember, that is just an example, it doesn't HAVE to be exactly what you do. Also, form/technique is very important for you at this stage so don't neglect that either.

what do you think of the program as a whole.

thanks

It is solid and you should not waste any more time trying to perfect it. As I've said before, you really need to just start training consistently, and you will learn as you go. Start simple and don't worry too much about categorising each track session into speed endurance tempo, speed etc. As Todday said, at your level you just need to run fast and run often, 3x a week at least.

My strongest advice is again, something I've already said (I've been saying that a lot to you lately): get properly timed for your 30m, 60m, 100m at one of your early track sessions and then aim to make improvements in those times over the next few months. No stupid flying starts or anything either, just do a regular crouch start and have a coach reliably hand-time you.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on October 03, 2012, 05:12:14 am
Played in the grand final for our division last night...and 5 mins into the second half I drove, got fouled and the ball bounced and hit my middle finger and malleted it AGAIN. Couldn't believe it. I was trying hard to play under control to avoid hurting myself...and I get another freak mallet finger injury.

 :pissed: :pissed: :pissed:   FUCK  :pissed: :pissed: :pissed:

Anyway I grabbed it and straightened it immediately, subbed out for the game and got it splinted and taped. It hasn't been bent since it happened which is key to the tendon healing fast. I'm pretty expert in dealing with this from last time so hopefully it won't affect me too much. It won't stop me squatting which is the most important thing, and I still have the splint I used last time which is really easy to use.

It might be a blessing in disguise because I really needed to sit out basketball for a few weeks to get my patellar tendonitis under control, and now I'm forced to sit out for at least 4wks, which is good. Knees haven't been bothering me since I stopped ME jumps and bounds, except the morning after ball where they might be a bit stiff, but mostly they've been good. Hopefully this little break will see it in the rear view mirror.

Some exercises I won't be able to do though, which sucks. RDLs, some upper body exercises like bench, some core exercises, and all O-lifts are going to be out for awhile. I can still do squats, calf raises, leg curls and hyperextensions/GHRs if I decide to keep doing them, so I will be really pushing those for about a month I guess. I could maybe do light cleans and KB swings...

Gym:

Foam roll warmup

Glute activation: glute bridges same as usual

Squat (Full ATG): warmup, 1x4@70kgs, 1x3@110kgs, 1x6@130kgs, 1x6@110kgs

BB Calf raise: 2x20@110kgs \\ Seated calf: 1x20@35kgs, 1x20@45kgs, 2x20@55kgs

1x6 Squat felt really easy today, the bar was flying up and getting good depth. I've done more weight on my squat but I'm getting deeper on these, probably from increased flexibility. Before when I did what I considered "full" squats I was just dipping below parallel, now I'm really getting the calves to fully touch the hamstrings and then bouncing out of the hole.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: seifullaah73 on October 03, 2012, 05:25:42 am
Hey

Nice work, i just need some help.

I finally managed to workout a routine what you and lbss said, then t0ddday suggested that it would be better to not do much weightlifting i.e. hypertrophy, this is what he recommended.

Yes, as I also said: hypertrophy work is not necessary for you right now, you'll build the muscles you need to run faster for now by doing intensive sprint training. Plus it takes a dedicated block of training with proper diet (typically you'd do it in the off-season) to actually achieve any hypertrophy.

monday: tempo work
tuesay: rest/recovery
wednesday: speed work  + weight training (hi intensity low body + moderate upper body)
thursday:  speed endurance
friday:  tempo work + weight training ( lower intensity )
saturday: rest/recovery
sunday: speed work + weight training ( moderate intensity )

tempo work: 3 x 3 x 150m/ 90sec rest between & 5 minutes rest between (my understanding is that you want me to run 3 reps of 150m 90sec rest between, which is 1 set.

Q. what intensity should i be running at for the tempo?

Propbably 70-75%, the higher the better whilst still able to complete the session with the allotted rest time.


Q. what days do i do the hill run?


I think Todday was just using that as an example of what you can do without having access to the track. You don't need to fit everything into your program - that isn't his intention. You would probably do hill runs for tempo maybe, given you're already doing 2x speed sessions with your track club. Speed endurance would be hard unless it's a huge hill.


Lower body = Squats and RDL
Upper = Pull ups and Dips

Speed endurance: timed 200m, 300m, 400m
400m is far i will probably get so tired at 300m, so this is what it feels like to do speed endurance training.

I would add in a calf raise exercise for lower body, either single leg dumbbell calf raises on a step or double leg calf raises while doing squats, they're both good for beginner level. Upper body is fine with just pullups and dips for you right now.

Q what is weight training mentioned for sunday friday, is that upper and lower combined, if so are they both lower intensity on friday and high intensity on thursday?

That's more a question for T0dday but I think the answer is yes. But then again, if you're just doing pullups and dips I would just do 3 sets of each, try and get 6-8 pullups each set and 10-12 dips, then build from there.


Q. what does it mean when it says low, moderate, high intensity, example please in terms of reps and sets? i understand LBSS's high volume low intensity an vice versa but not sure with this?

My understanding for "intensity" for given exercise is that [low: <50% of 1RM], [moderate: 50-80%1RM], [high: 80%+1RM]. Following from that, the closer you are to your 1RM the less reps you will be able to do at a given intensity, so for back squat for example:

Low intensity day: 5x8@50% of 1RM; Mod intensity day: warmup then 2x5@75%; High intensity day: 3x2@90%.

But remember, that is just an example, it doesn't HAVE to be exactly what you do. Also, form/technique is very important for you at this stage so don't neglect that either.

what do you think of the program as a whole.

thanks

It is solid and you should not waste any more time trying to perfect it. As I've said before, you really need to just start training consistently, and you will learn as you go. Start simple and don't worry too much about categorising each track session into speed endurance tempo, speed etc. As Todday said, at your level you just need to run fast and run often, 3x a week at least.

My strongest advice is again, something I've already said (I've been saying that a lot to you lately): get properly timed for your 30m, 60m, 100m at one of your early track sessions and then aim to make improvements in those times over the next few months. No stupid flying starts or anything either, just do a regular crouch start and have a coach reliably hand-time you.

First of all, thank you soo much for your help as well t0ddday.

That's an interesting one, calf raises while doing squats, its really helpful and am understanding what you wrote.

i have track today so will get 30m, 60m and 100m timed. then work on that

since i am doing it during uni, is it ok if i did weight training i.e. morning then speed workout in afternoon or is it more efficient the way it is mentioned speed then weight. If i do miss the speed training a few weeks from now there will be a clash with my lecture, so i will miss the speed training, do i do hill sprints then?

should i take protein shake after speed workout or can i wait until i have finished all the speed and weight then take a protein shake 2 scoops as a post workout shake.

would basketball hinder my performance, if i chose to join a basketball team
thanks again
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on October 03, 2012, 06:50:38 am
First of all, thank you soo much for your help as well t0ddday.

That's an interesting one, calf raises while doing squats, its really helpful and am understanding what you wrote.

i have track today so will get 30m, 60m and 100m timed. then work on that

since i am doing it during uni, is it ok if i did weight training i.e. morning then speed workout in afternoon or is it more efficient the way it is mentioned speed then weight. If i do miss the speed training a few weeks from now there will be a clash with my lecture, so i will miss the speed training, do i do hill sprints then?

should i take protein shake after speed workout or can i wait until i have finished all the speed and weight then take a protein shake 2 scoops as a post workout shake.

would basketball hinder my performance, if i chose to join a basketball team
thanks again

I meant to say calf raises straight after squats using the bar with the same or increased weight, but you could superset them with squats if you wanted. Doesn't really matter so long as it isn't hindering your squat form.

It is probably better to do weights after your speed track workout - try and do this but if it isn't possible, make sure you go early to the gym and eat well after it. You could do hill sprints instead of a speed workout - something like 3 sets of 3x30m hill sprints at max effort (provided the hill is steep enough, you'd want about a 15-20% gradient).

You can take protein after the speed workout, after the weights, or take a scoop after each - this is where you have to experiment and see what works best for you in terms of getting the session done effectively and not feeling tired or drained. Make sure you have some carbs between each though obviously.

Yes, basketball will most likely hinder your performance.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: seifullaah73 on October 03, 2012, 07:12:02 am
First of all, thank you soo much for your help as well t0ddday.

That's an interesting one, calf raises while doing squats, its really helpful and am understanding what you wrote.

i have track today so will get 30m, 60m and 100m timed. then work on that

since i am doing it during uni, is it ok if i did weight training i.e. morning then speed workout in afternoon or is it more efficient the way it is mentioned speed then weight. If i do miss the speed training a few weeks from now there will be a clash with my lecture, so i will miss the speed training, do i do hill sprints then?

should i take protein shake after speed workout or can i wait until i have finished all the speed and weight then take a protein shake 2 scoops as a post workout shake.

would basketball hinder my performance, if i chose to join a basketball team
thanks again

I meant to say calf raises straight after squats using the bar with the same or increased weight, but you could superset them with squats if you wanted. Doesn't really matter so long as it isn't hindering your squat form.

It is probably better to do weights after your speed track workout - try and do this but if it isn't possible, make sure you go early to the gym and eat well after it. You could do hill sprints instead of a speed workout - something like 3 sets of 3x30m hill sprints at max effort (provided the hill is steep enough, you'd want about a 15-20% gradient).

You can take protein after the speed workout, after the weights, or take a scoop after each - this is where you have to experiment and see what works best for you in terms of getting the session done effectively and not feeling tired or drained. Make sure you have some carbs between each though obviously.

Yes, basketball will most likely hinder your performance.

i was thinking it would be wierd to do it with squats, i like to do it after the squats using barbells. nice.

ok better after else do it early, i will eat breakfast after or lunch and some fruits and in the late afternoon at 2-3 speed workout starts.

so if i miss speed workout i can do hill sprints, thanks

ok i will try 1 scoop after each i was thinking that but needed approval and if i feel tired/drained during the next workout i should just take 2 scoops after the last session as that is the most important part i need it for.

take carbs you mean eat things like either fruits, bread, rice, chocolate
i.e. toast with chocolate spread and some fruits.

would a fruit smoothie be considered a carb i.e. egg, banana, milk, etc smoothie

the high, low, moderate intensity would not apply to pull ups and dips as i have to try and get a total of 50 reps unless you want me to add weights and hold it between my legs.

also i forgot to mention after speed workout, only 10-15 minutes before starting weights is a good idea or would i need a log rest.
as the gym is 30 min from where i live i don't want to go there for speed training, come back then go back for weight time will run out a lot quicker.
thanks, can't wait to get started.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on October 03, 2012, 10:21:44 am
Did your team end up winning the grand final?
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: seifullaah73 on October 03, 2012, 01:39:33 pm
There is a big problem i am so stressed. I went to join a gym, but i had to be a member, so i did then they said you have to go to an induction gym speech, i wanted to do it as soon as possible but didn't have a timetable with me so i chose 9:30 am, also booked a arena to practice bball for a trial coming up at 9:30am. I come home and check my timetable i see that i have a lecture at 10:00 am.

this means gym induction thingy = 9:30am 20 min, 9:50, it takes 20 min to jog and walk back to the uni, which is going to be tough with only 10 mins.
so i can't use bball court for practice  :pissed:.

No gym today so i drank protein shake at home.
ate a banana.

that's about it.

now about the speed workout. the coach was not a proper coach just someone who is good at the short distances.

The track was 40m, 1 lane, not flat so we had to do it on grass.

we did warm up big jog around a big field with obstacles at some point.

we did, high knee skip drills, butt kicks, straight leg pulls down or paw down i don't know what its called its like marching but in a slow moving way pushing the ground back. then 3 cones placed on the floor, run to first, run back, run to second, back and then to third and back, we did step overs, i call them karaoke, no raptor its not singing.

then we had to slow jog to first cone, accelerate to second cone and then sprint to the last we did this 4 times.
That's about it.

they didn't do training at the track, which is somewhere else. Also they don't do actuall specific training just a lot of drills and thats it we're done. but they sometimes go to the local track don't know when.

now the second part of the bad news, the uni club trains only on wednesdays and i will have to join the athletics club, which the uni will pay the fees for. they have top quality sprint coaching, well that's what they said, its on tuesdays and thursdays 6PM!  :o. the clubs training is separate from the uni's training, well its not really training just speed drills.

So how can i change the routine below with what i mentioned above.

monday: tempo work
tuesay: rest/recovery
wednesday: speed work  + weight training (hi intensity low body + moderate upper body)
thursday:  speed endurance
friday:  tempo work + weight training ( lower intensity )
saturday: rest/recovery
sunday: speed work + weight training ( moderate intensity ) - not really training just a long distance run, not for me.

any help please?
 :huh:

Thanks
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on October 03, 2012, 06:39:41 pm
Did your team end up winning the grand final?

Haha no, to add insult to injury we lost by 6 points (which is generally what I'd score in an average game off the bench). So that sucked as well.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on October 03, 2012, 10:39:22 pm
take carbs you mean eat things like either fruits, bread, rice, chocolate
i.e. toast with chocolate spread and some fruits.

would a fruit smoothie be considered a carb i.e. egg, banana, milk, etc smoothie


Lol...you need to read up on basic nutrition.


the high, low, moderate intensity would not apply to pull ups and dips as i have to try and get a total of 50 reps unless you want me to add weights and hold it between my legs.


Do whatever you want, but intensity certainly applies to pullups and dips as it does to any exercise.


also i forgot to mention after speed workout, only 10-15 minutes before starting weights is a good idea or would i need a log rest.
as the gym is 30 min from where i live i don't want to go there for speed training, come back then go back for weight time will run out a lot quicker.
thanks, can't wait to get started.


30 minutes would be OK, wouldn't want to take too much longer between track and weights if you're going to do them together.

There is a big problem i am so stressed. I went to join a gym, but i had to be a member, so i did then they said you have to go to an induction gym speech, i wanted to do it as soon as possible but didn't have a timetable with me so i chose 9:30 am, also booked a arena to practice bball for a trial coming up at 9:30am. I come home and check my timetable i see that i have a lecture at 10:00 am.

this means gym induction thingy = 9:30am 20 min, 9:50, it takes 20 min to jog and walk back to the uni, which is going to be tough with only 10 mins.
so i can't use bball court for practice  :pissed:.

No gym today so i drank protein shake at home.
ate a banana.

that's about it.


Yeah...I'm happy to answer your many questions but I don't care about every little detail in your life, save them for your journal.


now about the speed workout. the coach was not a proper coach just someone who is good at the short distances.

The track was 40m, 1 lane, not flat so we had to do it on grass.

we did warm up big jog around a big field with obstacles at some point.

we did, high knee skip drills, butt kicks, straight leg pulls down or paw down i don't know what its called its like marching but in a slow moving way pushing the ground back. then 3 cones placed on the floor, run to first, run back, run to second, back and then to third and back, we did step overs, i call them karaoke, no raptor its not singing.

then we had to slow jog to first cone, accelerate to second cone and then sprint to the last we did this 4 times.
That's about it.

they didn't do training at the track, which is somewhere else. Also they don't do actuall specific training just a lot of drills and thats it we're done. but they sometimes go to the local track don't know when.

now the second part of the bad news, the uni club trains only on wednesdays and i will have to join the athletics club, which the uni will pay the fees for. they have top quality sprint coaching, well that's what they said, its on tuesdays and thursdays 6PM!  :o. the clubs training is separate from the uni's training, well its not really training just speed drills.

So how can i change the routine below with what i mentioned above.

monday: tempo work
tuesay: rest/recovery
wednesday: speed work  + weight training (hi intensity low body + moderate upper body)
thursday:  speed endurance
friday:  tempo work + weight training ( lower intensity )
saturday: rest/recovery
sunday: speed work + weight training ( moderate intensity ) - not really training just a long distance run, not for me.

any help please?
 :huh:

Thanks


So training's on Tuesday and Thursday? Well here's an idea...train on Tuesday and Thursday! Then fit the other things around those as they will be your most important sessions. Rest the day before (Mon and Wed) or you could do light UB weights if you have to do something.

monday: rest
tuesay: club training
wednesday: rest
thursday:  club training
friday:  weight training ( lower intensity )
saturday: rest
sunday: tempo work + weight training ( moderate intensity )

I know what you are gonna say: "There's not enough speed work/speed endurance work/sled dragging sessions etc.". Trust me, this is PLENTY for you right now. I'm sure you will do a mix of stuff in your track sessions which you can really go hard in if you rest up the day before.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on October 04, 2012, 12:52:18 am
Did your team end up winning the grand final?

Haha no, to add insult to injury we lost by 6 points (which is generally what I'd score in an average game off the bench). So that sucked as well.

Damn that sucks. Losing grand finals is hell disappointing. Hope your finger gets better soon!
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on October 04, 2012, 01:26:46 am
Did your team end up winning the grand final?

Haha no, to add insult to injury we lost by 6 points (which is generally what I'd score in an average game off the bench). So that sucked as well.

Damn that sucks. Losing grand finals is hell disappointing. Hope your finger gets better soon!

Thanks mate,yeah it was disappointing alright. We've lost to this team 4 straight times by only 16 points total (last few were 3,4 and 3), we thought we had them this time.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: seifullaah73 on October 04, 2012, 07:26:52 am
Quote
take carbs you mean eat things like either fruits, bread, rice, chocolate
i.e. toast with chocolate spread and some fruits.

would a fruit smoothie be considered a carb i.e. egg, banana, milk, etc smoothie


Lol...you need to read up on basic nutrition.

never mind... about that question.

Quote

also i forgot to mention after speed workout, only 10-15 minutes before starting weights is a good idea or would i need a log rest.
as the gym is 30 min from where i live i don't want to go there for speed training, come back then go back for weight time will run out a lot quicker.
thanks, can't wait to get started.


30 minutes would be OK, wouldn't want to take too much longer between track and weights if you're going to do them together.

So it would be better to try and not take too long between track and weights.

Quote
There is a big problem i am so stressed. I went to join a gym, but i had to be a member, so i did then they said you have to go to an induction gym speech, i wanted to do it as soon as possible but didn't have a timetable with me so i chose 9:30 am, also booked a arena to practice bball for a trial coming up at 9:30am. I come home and check my timetable i see that i have a lecture at 10:00 am.

this means gym induction thingy = 9:30am 20 min, 9:50, it takes 20 min to jog and walk back to the uni, which is going to be tough with only 10 mins.
so i can't use bball court for practice  :pissed:.

No gym today so i drank protein shake at home.
ate a banana.

that's about it.


Yeah...I'm happy to answer your many questions but I don't care about every little detail in your life, save them for your journal.

My bad, i forgot i was supposed to be asking questions, i mistook it for my journal. sorry about that. it was stress for nothing got time to practice...
i will continue on my journal.

Quote

now about the speed workout. the coach was not a proper coach just someone who is good at the short distances.

The track was 40m, 1 lane, not flat so we had to do it on grass.

we did warm up big jog around a big field with obstacles at some point.

we did, high knee skip drills, butt kicks, straight leg pulls down or paw down i don't know what its called its like marching but in a slow moving way pushing the ground back. then 3 cones placed on the floor, run to first, run back, run to second, back and then to third and back, we did step overs, i call them karaoke, no raptor its not singing.

then we had to slow jog to first cone, accelerate to second cone and then sprint to the last we did this 4 times.
That's about it.

they didn't do training at the track, which is somewhere else. Also they don't do actuall specific training just a lot of drills and thats it we're done. but they sometimes go to the local track don't know when.

now the second part of the bad news, the uni club trains only on wednesdays and i will have to join the athletics club, which the uni will pay the fees for. they have top quality sprint coaching, well that's what they said, its on tuesdays and thursdays 6PM!  :o. the clubs training is separate from the uni's training, well its not really training just speed drills.

So how can i change the routine below with what i mentioned above.

monday: tempo work
tuesay: rest/recovery
wednesday: speed work  + weight training (hi intensity low body + moderate upper body)
thursday:  speed endurance
friday:  tempo work + weight training ( lower intensity )
saturday: rest/recovery
sunday: speed work + weight training ( moderate intensity ) - not really training just a long distance run, not for me.

any help please?
 :huh:

Thanks


So training's on Tuesday and Thursday? Well here's an idea...train on Tuesday and Thursday! Then fit the other things around those as they will be your most important sessions. Rest the day before (Mon and Wed) or you could do light UB weights if you have to do something.

monday: rest
tuesay: club training
wednesday: rest
thursday:  club training
friday:  weight training ( lower intensity )
saturday: rest
sunday: tempo work + weight training ( moderate intensity )

Nice plan, thanks
its ok, better to take rest days, don't want to spend too much time in gym
i like the joint of both sunday i can do, tempo early, weight after.
 :headbang:

Quote
I know what you are gonna say: "There's not enough speed work/speed endurance work/sled dragging sessions etc.". Trust me, this is PLENTY for you right now. I'm sure you will do a mix of stuff in your track sessions which you can really go hard in if you rest up the day before.

 :-X Took it right out of my mouth. Don't worry i will stick to it. Wednesday is still training but i am not going to go just attend if they are going to show me how to get to the spectrum (local track). I would need to rest.

OK, version 2 ready.
Lets hope this is the last change we have to make.

Thanks
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: seifullaah73 on October 04, 2012, 08:38:10 am
can you give me an example how pull ups in terms of reps and sets would differ from low intensity and moderate intensity and high intensity.

thanks
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on October 04, 2012, 08:49:12 am
can you give me an example how pull ups in terms of reps and sets would differ from low intensity and moderate intensity and high intensity.

thanks

Example- You can do 15 pullups.
Low intensity would be doing 5 pullups in 1 set and than resting for a a minute before doing another couple of sets of 5.
Medium intensity would be doing around 8-10 and than resting for a minute before doing another couple sets of 8-10.
High intensity would be doing 15/failure and than resting for a minute before attempting to do another 15.

This applies to other exercises. You can increase intensity by increasing the weight or reducing the resting periods. Likewise you can decrease the intensity by dropping the weight or taking much longer breaks between sets.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on October 04, 2012, 09:51:20 am
can you give me an example how pull ups in terms of reps and sets would differ from low intensity and moderate intensity and high intensity.

thanks

NO. FUCKING NO. JUST DO SOME FUCKING PULL UPS.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on October 04, 2012, 10:24:41 am
can you give me an example how pull ups in terms of reps and sets would differ from low intensity and moderate intensity and high intensity.

thanks

NO. FUCKING NO. JUST DO SOME FUCKING PULL UPS.

LMFAO! True that.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: seifullaah73 on October 04, 2012, 01:43:29 pm
can you give me an example how pull ups in terms of reps and sets would differ from low intensity and moderate intensity and high intensity.

thanks

Example- You can do 15 pullups.
Low intensity would be doing 5 pullups in 1 set and than resting for a a minute before doing another couple of sets of 5.
Medium intensity would be doing around 8-10 and than resting for a minute before doing another couple sets of 8-10.
High intensity would be doing 15/failure and than resting for a minute before attempting to do another 15.

This applies to other exercises. You can increase intensity by increasing the weight or reducing the resting periods. Likewise you can decrease the intensity by dropping the weight or taking much longer breaks between sets.

I have to achieve total 50 reps, low intensity would be like high sets low reps and so on with moderate and high.
Thanks.

Quote
NO. FUCKING NO. JUST DO SOME FUCKING PULL UPS.

LMFAO, I think you accidentally left your caps lock on, why  ::)
can you help me how do i make pull ups easier i heard something about lifting from the elbows, how do you do that?
 :P
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on October 04, 2012, 03:28:44 pm
successful troll. i'm done.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on October 05, 2012, 12:19:19 am
Gym:

Foam roll warmup/stretch

Activation: glute bridges, TKEs

Squat: warmup, 4x10@110kgs (+5kgs from last time)

Seated calf raise: 1x20@25kgs, 1x25@50kgs, 1x20@70kgs, 1x20@50kgs, 1x20@25kgs

Leg curl: 1x15@25kgs, 2x12-14@32kgs

This was really hard today, but felt good to get the squats done. Squatting with high bar and wide stance really kills the hams and glutes after 4 sets of 10, my legs are toast right now.

I think the best cue for me to get the proper depth on these squats is to focus on getting the calves and hamstrings to touch. I find when I try to achieve that position without thinking too much, my form is automatically better than when I'm actively thinking "break at hips, knees out, back straight, squeeze glutes" etc.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: seifullaah73 on October 05, 2012, 12:03:04 pm
Hi

Thanks for your help.

I'm going to have to change the schedule you outlined for me. Because on friday i am packed till 6pm so will have to make that rest day.

This is what i have. Lower intensity before track training.

monday: weight training ( lower intensity )
tuesay: club training
wednesday: rest
thursday:  club training
friday:  rest
saturday: tempo work + weight training ( moderate intensity )
sunday: speed endurance + tempo (hill sprints, large reps of short distance sprints) only if i am not sore from yesterday

don't want too much rest days.
what do you think?

thanks
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on October 08, 2012, 06:04:10 am
Hi

Thanks for your help.

I'm going to have to change the schedule you outlined for me. Because on friday i am packed till 6pm so will have to make that rest day.

This is what i have. Lower intensity before track training.

monday: weight training ( lower intensity )
tuesay: club training
wednesday: rest
thursday:  club training
friday:  rest
saturday: tempo work + weight training ( moderate intensity )
sunday: speed endurance + tempo (hill sprints, large reps of short distance sprints) only if i am not sore from yesterday

Couldn't even last a week without changing it could you lol. Seriously though, you can't just go to the gym after 6PM? Seems crazy to change your whole schedule just because you're busy on one day.

If you have to change it just do it on Saturday, and leave the rest as it was. You want to be fresh for your Tuesday track session, you don't want to have three straight days of exercise beforehand.

Another thing on intensity, I should have noted that you want to eventually have some high intensity lifting sessions. As a sprinter, you need to move a lot of weight quickly, so weight training should be more low rep heavier weight range eventually. Eventually though, not now - once you've been doing weights for a few months and your times are starting to plateau, then you could throw in a few weeks of high intensity stuff.


don't want too much rest days.
what do you think?

thanks

Yes you do. One thing you need to drill into your head is that right now you are still a beginner/novice level sprinter. If you do the track sessions, get stronger in the key lifts (squat, DL, calf raise variant, chins, dips, bench etc), rest and recover well, and eat right, you can make a lot of gains right now. You don't need to do much more at the moment.

But above all else, please stop the over-analysing of every training plan you make. Have you actually done much over the last few months apart from constantly making and changing training plans? It's more important to just get out there and train, and adapt as you go. Don't obsess over all the fine details.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on October 08, 2012, 06:16:17 am
Gym:

Foam roll/stretch

Activation exercises: glute bridges, TKEs

Squat: warmup, 1x6@70kgs, 3x1@120kgs, 1x3@152.5kgs (+2.5kgs on last time), 1x1@120kgs

BB Calf raise: 2x20@120kgs \\ Seated calf: 1x20@15kgs, 1x20@40kgs, 1x20@65kgs, 1x20@75kgs

Back extension: 1x20@BW, 2x10@10kgs \\ Leg curls: 3x20@random weight

BW (gotta remember to check!): 83.1kgs

Heavy squat felt a bit better than last time with less weight.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: seifullaah73 on October 08, 2012, 07:47:45 am
Hi

Thanks for your help.

I'm going to have to change the schedule you outlined for me. Because on friday i am packed till 6pm so will have to make that rest day.

This is what i have. Lower intensity before track training.

monday: weight training ( lower intensity )
tuesay: club training
wednesday: rest
thursday:  club training
friday:  rest
saturday: tempo work + weight training ( moderate intensity )
sunday: speed endurance + tempo (hill sprints, large reps of short distance sprints) only if i am not sore from yesterday

Couldn't even last a week without changing it could you lol. Seriously though, you can't just go to the gym after 6PM? Seems crazy to change your whole schedule just because you're busy on one day.

If you have to change it just do it on Saturday, and leave the rest as it was. You want to be fresh for your Tuesday track session, you don't want to have three straight days of exercise beforehand.

Another thing on intensity, I should have noted that you want to eventually have some high intensity lifting sessions. As a sprinter, you need to move a lot of weight quickly, so weight training should be more low rep heavier weight range eventually. Eventually though, not now - once you've been doing weights for a few months and your times are starting to plateau, then you could throw in a few weeks of high intensity stuff.


don't want too much rest days.
what do you think?

thanks

Yes you do. One thing you need to drill into your head is that right now you are still a beginner/novice level sprinter. If you do the track sessions, get stronger in the key lifts (squat, DL, calf raise variant, chins, dips, bench etc), rest and recover well, and eat right, you can make a lot of gains right now. You don't need to do much more at the moment.

But above all else, please stop the over-analysing of every training plan you make. Have you actually done much over the last few months apart from constantly making and changing training plans? It's more important to just get out there and train, and adapt as you go. Don't obsess over all the fine details.

Hi

Thanks for the tip, i was wondering when i was going to get in the high intensity stuff, but now you have told me.

Yes, i just went to the gym testing my max rep and i am sore as hell, so i am def going to remove the monday workout. i thought since it is low intensity, it shouldn't be sore.

no i can't do gym after 6pm, it will be too late. Also i have to walk 20 min to gym and 20 min back.

I will try and do this

monday: rest
tuesay: club training
wednesday: rest
thursday:  club training
friday:  weight training ( lower intensity )
saturday: rest
sunday: tempo work + weight training ( moderate intensity )

ok i can't start this week as i am sore, but i can do the friday you posted, if i wake up at 6:30, get ready, leave at 7:30, get to gym at 8 am, do my workout until 9:40 go to uni start my lecture at 10am and uni finishes at 6pm, if it was summer i would have been able to do it at 6pm.

i am currently doing pull ups, which is difficult for me as they utilize wide grip, i was able to only reach at 6 reps, which is bad, should i do chin ups as well.
or is pull ups and dips enough.

thanks
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on October 09, 2012, 12:41:50 am
Hi

Thanks for the tip, i was wondering when i was going to get in the high intensity stuff, but now you have told me.

Yes, i just went to the gym testing my max rep and i am sore as hell, so i am def going to remove the monday workout. i thought since it is low intensity, it shouldn't be sore.

no i can't do gym after 6pm, it will be too late. Also i have to walk 20 min to gym and 20 min back.

I will try and do this

monday: rest
tuesay: club training
wednesday: rest
thursday:  club training
friday:  weight training ( lower intensity )
saturday: rest
sunday: tempo work + weight training ( moderate intensity )

ok i can't start this week as i am sore, but i can do the friday you posted, if i wake up at 6:30, get ready, leave at 7:30, get to gym at 8 am, do my workout until 9:40 go to uni start my lecture at 10am and uni finishes at 6pm, if it was summer i would have been able to do it at 6pm.

What do you mean, you can't start this week because you are sore? Like an actual joint or muscle injury, or just delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS), i.e. regular fucking soreness from weights? If it's the latter, you really just have to man up and push through it, it's actually better for getting rid of it that way. If you're getting DOMS from regular sessions (i.e. not massive volume sessions), then you need to eat more and drink more water, stretch, foam roll etc.


i am currently doing pull ups, which is difficult for me as they utilize wide grip, i was able to only reach at 6 reps, which is bad, should i do chin ups as well.
or is pull ups and dips enough.

thanks

Again, you really don't have to worry, you can alternate between them, superset them (do a set of chins then a set of pulls), or just focus on one. 6 reps is good to start, just try and steadily improve week-by-week.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on October 09, 2012, 01:02:00 am
Yeh fkn hell seifullaah stop being a fkn pussy/troll and actually do some work instead of just making a million posts talking about it :pissed:

*sorry for the hijack acole
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: seifullaah73 on October 09, 2012, 08:35:40 am
Hi

Thanks for the tip, i was wondering when i was going to get in the high intensity stuff, but now you have told me.

Yes, i just went to the gym testing my max rep and i am sore as hell, so i am def going to remove the monday workout. i thought since it is low intensity, it shouldn't be sore.

no i can't do gym after 6pm, it will be too late. Also i have to walk 20 min to gym and 20 min back.

I will try and do this

monday: rest
tuesay: club training
wednesday: rest
thursday:  club training
friday:  weight training ( lower intensity )
saturday: rest
sunday: tempo work + weight training ( moderate intensity )

ok i can't start this week as i am sore, but i can do the friday you posted, if i wake up at 6:30, get ready, leave at 7:30, get to gym at 8 am, do my workout until 9:40 go to uni start my lecture at 10am and uni finishes at 6pm, if it was summer i would have been able to do it at 6pm.

What do you mean, you can't start this week because you are sore? Like an actual joint or muscle injury, or just delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS), i.e. regular fucking soreness from weights? If it's the latter, you really just have to man up and push through it, it's actually better for getting rid of it that way. If you're getting DOMS from regular sessions (i.e. not massive volume sessions), then you need to eat more and drink more water, stretch, foam roll etc.

When i was testing my max rep i got to 40kg, i didn't get chance to try 50kg, but after the 40kg, just straight after my hammies were super sore as well as my quads so i don't think it is DOMS, is it. I got to train today, which was quite good.

Quote

i am currently doing pull ups, which is difficult for me as they utilize wide grip, i was able to only reach at 6 reps, which is bad, should i do chin ups as well.
or is pull ups and dips enough.

thanks

Again, you really don't have to worry, you can alternate between them, superset them (do a set of chins then a set of pulls), or just focus on one. 6 reps is good to start, just try and steadily improve week-by-week.

Ok, thanks i will probably just stick to pull ups and try improve week by week even if it is 1.
thanks

Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: vag on October 09, 2012, 08:45:32 am
Man , take this discussion to your journal or to a new thread!
No offence, but you are destroying one of the most interesting/hardworking/beasty journals on the forum.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on October 09, 2012, 07:05:11 pm
Yeh fkn hell seifullaah stop being a fkn pussy/troll and actually do some work instead of just making a million posts talking about it :pissed:

*sorry for the hijack acole

Lol not at all mate, it probably needed to be said.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on October 09, 2012, 07:15:32 pm
When i was testing my max rep i got to 40kg, i didn't get chance to try 50kg, but after the 40kg, just straight after my hammies were super sore as well as my quads so i don't think it is DOMS, is it. I got to train today, which was quite good.

Right, DOMS is when you feel sore 24-48hrs after. You're probably not used to the rush of lactic acid that accumulates when you do a very heavy max rep. Now don't take this the wrong way, but I know 55kg girls who could squat 40kgs, so atm you are VERY weak for a sprinter. But that is a good thing! You have lots of room to improve, and you can improve quickly if you train consistently and eat enough protein/clean carbs/fats.

But yes, as vag has said, post your questions in your own journal and I'll keep an eye on it. I don't mind helping but these huge posts should be in your journal for your own reference.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on October 09, 2012, 07:45:51 pm
and yet you still respond...you're forgetting the first step of the debug system:

(http://cdn.indulgy.com/P2/qA/W4/57420963968474440jnBvJtmAc.jpg)
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on October 09, 2012, 10:12:27 pm
Man , take this discussion to your journal or to a new thread!
No offence, but you are destroying one of the most interesting/hardworking/beasty journals on the forum.


Haha thanks vag, appreciate the kind words (even though I don't think my journal is that interesting compared to some others).


and yet you still respond...you're forgetting the first step of the debug system:

(http://cdn.indulgy.com/P2/qA/W4/57420963968474440jnBvJtmAc.jpg)

Yeah I know...I just think he's in need of some serious guidance atm, but hopefully he's on the way now.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: vag on October 10, 2012, 05:36:12 am
Yeah I know...I just think he's in need of some serious guidance atm, but hopefully he's on the way now.

No doubt, i wasn't suggesting you or anyone to not help him, on the contrary. I was just irritated by his persistance to post in adarq's journal and then in here.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: seifullaah73 on October 10, 2012, 06:53:25 am
Man , take this discussion to your journal or to a new thread!
No offence, but you are destroying one of the most interesting/hardworking/beasty journals on the forum.


Haha thanks vag, appreciate the kind words (even though I don't think my journal is that interesting compared to some others).


and yet you still respond...you're forgetting the first step of the debug system:

(http://cdn.indulgy.com/P2/qA/W4/57420963968474440jnBvJtmAc.jpg)

Yeah I know...I just think he's in need of some serious guidance atm, but hopefully he's on the way now.

Hi

Appreciate you are willing to help me, its true i need serious guidance, i am getting the hang of it. Since i am a beginner i want to be doing bodyweight upper body work until i proceed to a point, then i can start moving on to weights maybe, will just have to exercise and evaluate, where i am.

thanks
 :highfive:
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: seifullaah73 on October 10, 2012, 07:07:28 am
When i was testing my max rep i got to 40kg, i didn't get chance to try 50kg, but after the 40kg, just straight after my hammies were super sore as well as my quads so i don't think it is DOMS, is it. I got to train today, which was quite good.

Right, DOMS is when you feel sore 24-48hrs after. You're probably not used to the rush of lactic acid that accumulates when you do a very heavy max rep. Now don't take this the wrong way, but I know 55kg girls who could squat 40kgs, so atm you are VERY weak for a sprinter. But that is a good thing! You have lots of room to improve, and you can improve quickly if you train consistently and eat enough protein/clean carbs/fats.

Right, i will get on to training and sticking to eating clean.
Thanks

Quote

But yes, as vag has said, post your questions in your own journal and I'll keep an eye on it. I don't mind helping but these huge posts should be in your journal for your own reference.

Sure thing,
This will be the last time i post here.

Thanks for the help
 :highfive:
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on October 10, 2012, 07:51:39 am
Yeah I know...I just think he's in need of some serious guidance atm, but hopefully he's on the way now.

No doubt, i wasn't suggesting you or anyone to not help him, on the contrary. I was just irritated by his persistance to post in adarq's journal and then in here.

Yet you are the one who is bothered not adarq, not acole14
why? you jealous?

Irritated by my persistence to learn? shows who actually want others to progress and who don't
 :uhhhfacepalm:


Last bit of advice for seifullaah: re-read what vag said and consider changing your post...

Gym:

Foam roll warmup

Activation: TKEs, glute activation by doing some bar reps and really squeezing them hard at the top

Squat: warmup, 1x6@110kgs, 1x6@135kgs (+5kgs on last time), 1x5@110kgs

RDL: 3x10@60kgs

Leg curl: 1x10@30kg, 1x10@50kgs, 1x10@60kgs

Squats were really good today, got some good depth and the prior glute activation really had the bar flying up. Seems like my strength on full squats has improved a bit, which is going to plan...haven't decided exactly where I should be aiming for 3x3, 1x6 weights, but I'll see where I'm at in a couple of weeks.

RDLs were piss-weak but it's all I can grip at the moment with my finger (I couldn't find any grips either). But I got a good burn anyway from them + leg curls.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: seifullaah73 on October 10, 2012, 09:01:23 am
Yeah I know...I just think he's in need of some serious guidance atm, but hopefully he's on the way now.

No doubt, i wasn't suggesting you or anyone to not help him, on the contrary. I was just irritated by his persistance to post in adarq's journal and then in here.

Yet you are the one who is bothered not adarq, not acole14
why? you jealous?

Irritated by my persistence to learn? shows who actually want others to progress and who don't
 :uhhhfacepalm:


Last bit of advice for seifullaah: re-read what vag said and consider changing your post...

Gym:

Foam roll warmup

Activation: TKEs, glute activation by doing some bar reps and really squeezing them hard at the top

Squat: warmup, 1x6@110kgs, 1x6@135kgs (+5kgs on last time), 1x5@110kgs

RDL: 3x10@60kgs

Leg curl: 1x10@30kg, 1x10@50kgs, 1x10@60kgs

Squats were really good today, got some good depth and the prior glute activation really had the bar flying up. Seems like my strength on full squats has improved a bit, which is going to plan...haven't decided exactly where I should be aiming for 3x3, 1x6 weights, but I'll see where I'm at in a couple of weeks.

RDLs were piss-weak but it's all I can grip at the moment with my finger (I couldn't find any grips either). But I got a good burn anyway from them + leg curls.

That guy just irritates me, for complaining, come on give me break.
sorry, last hijack.

Thanks
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on October 11, 2012, 10:13:38 pm
Gym:

Foam roll/stretch

Activation: Glute bridges, TKEs

Squat: Warmup, 4x10@115kgs (+5kgs up on last time)

SL DB Calf raises: 4x20/leg@20kgs (most I can really hold atm), 3x20/leg@15kgs

BW: 84.2 (first time above 84kgs)

That's all I had time for today, but going deep on squats for 40 reps really kills the glutes/hams/quads anyway. The weight is really getting hard now, I think 117.5kgs+ will be pretty difficult. I've gained about a kilo or two, my waist is still about the same (probably wouldn't expect much change anyway).
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on October 11, 2012, 11:55:03 pm
84kg you're starting to get big ;D
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on October 12, 2012, 12:31:22 am
84kg you're starting to get big ;D

Yep gonna go get some new pants today, my thighs are YOKED! lol
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on October 12, 2012, 06:40:12 am
Yeah when I go for volume I also go with lower weights and those lower weights allow me to get really really deep and the whole leg is sore after that.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on October 15, 2012, 08:05:18 pm
Yeah when I go for volume I also go with lower weights and those lower weights allow me to get really really deep and the whole leg is sore after that.

Gym:

Foam roll warmup

Activation: SL glute briges, TKEs, core

Squat: warmup, 2x3@120kgs, 1x2.5@155kgs (the last rep was a half, fucked it up)

SL DB calf raise: 2x20@25kgs \\ Seated calf: 1x20@20kgs, 1x20@45kgs, 1x20@70kgs, 1x10@80kgs

Back extension: 1x10@BW, 2x10@20kgs

Leg curl: 1x10@20kgs, 2x10@40kgs, 1x8@45kgs (or whatever the unit is, doesn't actually say on the machine, could be lbs)

BW: 83.7kgs (with clothes on, I think my fully dry weight would be around 83kgs atm)

Annoyed with squat, the first two reps were good, but I just knew I was gonna fail the last one as I started going down. It was mainly because I probably didn't eat enough beforehand, I remember feeling a bit hungry before I started. Also, the gym was fucking packed out today and sometimes that can distract me when I'm trying to go for a max lift and there's lots of people around, makes you tentative about going for it in case you fail and drop the bar. I'd much prefer to be in an empty gym when going for heavy squats.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on October 16, 2012, 01:02:23 am
1x8@45kg?

Intentionally going light or what?
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on October 16, 2012, 01:14:52 am
1x8@45kg?

Intentionally going light or what?

Yeah I don't go really heavy on these (I can do the max on the machine for reps which is only around 80kgs), just to do a bit of light volume work on the hamstrings. Maybe I should now I'm doing leg curls + back ext instead of GHR.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on October 16, 2012, 03:27:57 am
I usually go with the same amount in the leg curls that I use in the RDLs...

So I superset RDLs with leg curls and if I do RDLs with 75 kg I use 72 kg on the leg curls and do 12 reps of those. The max amount the leg curl machine has in my gym is 120 kg though... and I can rep about 8 reps I think with 120 kg, probably more.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on October 17, 2012, 03:22:04 am
I usually go with the same amount in the leg curls that I use in the RDLs...

So I superset RDLs with leg curls and if I do RDLs with 75 kg I use 72 kg on the leg curls and do 12 reps of those. The max amount the leg curl machine has in my gym is 120 kg though... and I can rep about 8 reps I think with 120 kg, probably more.

Hmm interesting, I might try it out once I can go heavy on RDLs again.

Gym:

Foam roll warmup/stretch

Activation: glute bridges, TKEs, core

Squat: warmup, 1x6@100kgs, 1x5@130kgs, 1x6@137.5kgs (+2.5kgs on last time)

KB swings: 1x8@10kgs, 3x8@16kgs

Leg curls: 1x8@20kgs, 1x8@60kgs, 1x6@81kgs (max), 1x6@60kgs

Back ext: 3x10@BW

BW: 85.0kgs ( :huh: I had a big lunch beforehand so might be a bit on the heavy side)

Felt better after getting the 1x6 squat today. I think I will try and get 155kgs for 1x3, 140 for 1x6 and 120 for 4x10 next week (seeing how I go with 117.5kgs on Friday). If I hit those I will probably have an easy week, then slowly start the transition back into more explosive work while trying to maintain strength.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on October 17, 2012, 03:23:47 am
You'll get those numbers. You're a beast at squatting!
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on October 18, 2012, 10:03:35 pm
You'll get those numbers. You're a beast at squatting!

Thanks bro! Will be tough but I'll give it a go.

Gym:

Foam roll warmup/stretch

Activation: glute bridges, TKEs, core

Squat: warmup, 4x10@117.5kgs, 1x8@70kgs

SL DB Calf raise: 3x20/leg@25kgs

Nothing else because I was absolutely fucked from the squats.

Happy to get the 4x10 today. It was pretty daunting but I felt really elated afterwards. I've been going through some annoying shit lately (had my PhD offer rescinded because my supevisor mismanaged grant money this year and doesn't have enough in the budget to support my work, have to finish up my job early this year due to the same reason, struggling to organise something else at another lab because it's so late in the year now), so it was good to go to the gym and put all that negative energy into just lifting that motherfucking weight up and down 40 times!
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on October 18, 2012, 10:48:58 pm
oh man that is shitty about your phd funding.  :(
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on October 22, 2012, 12:38:08 am
oh man that is shitty about your phd funding.  :(

Yep it is, thanks mate. Hopefully I should be able to work out something before the scholarship deadlines.

Gym:

Foam roll warmup/stretch

Activation: glute bridges, TKEs, core

Squat: warmup, 2x3@120kgs, 1x3@140kgs, 1x3@155kgs (+1 rep on last week), 1x3@120kgs

BB calf raise: 1x20@70kgs, 2x20@120kgs \\ Seated calf: 1x20@50kgs, 1x20@75kgs, 1x10@85kgs

Back extension: 1x10@BW, 2x10@20kgs, 1x10@30kgs

BW: 84.9kgs

Got the 3x155kgs today after having a bit more food than last week. Gonna do some very light sprints/jumps at the footy oval near my house tonight to start easing back into more explosive stuff (really light though at this stage).
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on October 25, 2012, 12:34:03 am
I was going to go to the gym yesterday to do the 140kgx6 but was just too busy and stressed about next year. Just didn't have the mental energy to even think about attempting it. So I held off until today. I had a few good meetings with people but in the end they told me their labs are full already, so it was kind of a waste of time. Doesn't look like I'll be able to apply for start of next year, probably have to work for another six months then apply mid-year. Not ideal, but it could be worse. I know I will be able to get one with my grades at least, it's just timing and finding the right situation more than anything.

Gym:

Foam roll warmup/stretch

Activation: glute bridges, TKEs, core

Squat: warmup, 2x8@70kgs, 1x6@90kgs, 1x3@130kgs, 1x6@140kgs (+2.5kgs on last week)

KB swings: 4x10@16kgs

Back ext: 2x10@BW, 1x10@12kgs, 1x10@25kgs

Foam roll/stretch after

BW: 85.3kgs

Two out of three done, one more to go for this week. Today felt really easy as well, I was driving up really well with my glutes, could really feel them pushing up the last half of the concentric. You know it's a good rep when the weight plates shake at the top.

I haven't really decided if I will keep going with 3x/week squats for another week. It's worked well so far, I've probably put ~15kgs on my 1RM full squat with a BW gain of about 3-3.5kgs, so that's pretty good (full credit to LanceSTS whose post I derived this little setup from). Plus my hams, glutes and calves have gotten stronger as well from the full squatting and hopefully that will help with avoiding any patellar tendonitis recurrence, which is the main reason I wanted to build those muscles. I don't want to get caught in the trap of focusing on my squat numbers over my vert numbers though, so I'm thinking something like this:

Next 3-4 weeks (while finger heals):

Mon: General sprint workout

Tues: MSEM style squat (do fairly heavy x 6), calves, leg curls+GHR (light)

Thurs: General plyos workout (some bounds and DSVJ/SVJs, no running jumps yet)

Fri: Either the 1x6 or the 4x8-10 (leaning towards the 4x10 for this bit), jump squats, power cleans and RDLs when I can hold the bar properly again

Then when I've done that with no setbacks, do my [2weeksON/1weekOFF] block again with some variations, or maybe the program Raptor made for Nightfly which I liked the look of a lot.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on October 27, 2012, 09:31:02 pm
Gym:

Foam roll warmup/stretch

Activation: glute bridges, TKEs, core

Squat: Warmup, 4x10@120kgs

DB Calf raise: 2x20@75kgs \\ SL cal raise: 2x20/leg@20kgs

Leg extension: 3xF@32kgs

This was really hard. I have the same thing as Raptor where 120kgs+ just seems like it's crossing into the "heavy" territory and the thought of doing 40reps was kind of crazy. But after the first two the last two felt a bit easier. These really make you feel like a beast afterwards  :headbang:
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on October 28, 2012, 03:31:27 am
LOL pretty weird... I mean, for your level, I guess 120 kg is like what 100 kg is for me. I'd still be very hard pressed to do 100x4x10 though.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on October 29, 2012, 01:16:50 am
LOL pretty weird... I mean, for your level, I guess 120 kg is like what 100 kg is for me. I'd still be very hard pressed to do 100x4x10 though.

So why is it weird then? Lol. You should give it a go, I've really liked doing them and it might help your endurance problem.

Track:

Dynamic warmup

5x30m timed (4.1,4.1, 4.0, 4.1, 4.0)

I didn't really have any plan for this session but when I got to the track there was this guy I knew in the track club with some other guys and a coach and they were timing their 30m sprint, so I joined in. Could not get under 4s! Very annoying, but given I was in runners and haven't sprinted in awhile I think I could get under next time.

Foam roll/stretch after

BW: 86.5kg  :motherofgod: <-- my reaction upon weighing

Gonna do some BF% measurements when I get home just to make sure I'm not putting on too much fat atm. My waist is the same and I still have a six-pack so I don't think I've gained too much , hopefully just LBM on my legs/glutes.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on October 29, 2012, 03:59:54 am
Those 30's were still pretty fast and like you said you weren't wearing spikes so if you were that would've made the difference.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on October 29, 2012, 11:35:44 am
nice job on the 30's.

also, gaining weight = gaining some fat. if the mirror test is still okay and you can still fit in your pants then don't worry about it. you haven't gained THAT much weight, anyway.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: entropy on October 29, 2012, 11:44:11 am
How does the mirror test work? If you can see your abs poking thru the fat does that mean you're not fat? If a barbell falls in an empty gym does it make a sound??
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on October 29, 2012, 04:20:43 pm
if you look in the mirror and like what you see given your circumstances (trying to bulk/cut, what stage you are in that process), you've passed the mirror test.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on October 29, 2012, 07:02:33 pm
nice job on the 30's.

also, gaining weight = gaining some fat. if the mirror test is still okay and you can still fit in your pants then don't worry about it. you haven't gained THAT much weight, anyway.

Yeah true, only ~4kgs, it's more that it's been fairly rapid (for me anyway). I did some measurements this morning when I woke up:

Weight: ~86kg
Waist (navel): 79cm (still the same)
Neck: 41cm
Hips: 81cm

Est. BF%:

8% - http://tinyurl.com/8ppcppl

8.5% - http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/library/blbodyfatcalculator.htm

8.5% - http://www.scientificpsychic.com/fitness/diet.html

Add on 1-2% because they're online estimates and it's prob 9-10%. So I think I was worrying about nothing. Good to keep track of it though as I start doing more explosive stuff.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on November 01, 2012, 09:29:20 pm
I probably went a bit hard the other day sprinting, the last two days my knee was a bit sore in that same spot I felt it last time (left side of left knee), some slight discomfort when fully straightening it and flexing. It feels fine now.I decided this week would be a deload week anyway with mostly rest as A) it's my last week at work for the year and I've have shitloads to do and B) want to let body heal up a bit from 8 weeks of 3x/week squats before starting more plyos

Gym (low vol/intensity session):

Usual foam roll warmup, activation etc.

Squat: 3x6@60kgs

KB swings: 1x10@10kgs, 2x10@16kgs, 1x8@26kgs (held 10 and 16kg KB in two hands, bit awkward)

Leg curl: 3x20@light \\ Back ext: 2x10@ BW

Seated calf: 1x20@25kgs, 2x20@50kgs

BW: 86.5kgs
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on November 07, 2012, 07:13:02 am
Haven't posted in awhile, I did another gym sessions a few days ago (basically same as last time), and took a 5k walk the next day. Woke up and my knee felt sore again, kind of like the first time I felt it when I got a knock playing basketball a few months ago. Figured I might as well get it checked out by the doctor just in case it's something worse. He did the valgus test and a few other tests moving my knee around and, given the lack of pain, he diagnosed a mild sprain (basically what I thought), and that there was no need for surgery or MRI or anything like that (which I figured as well). I told him that I had been doing a lot of full squatting lately but he said it was pretty unlikely that the ligament was being aggravated by squats (he said it's more likely that muscle groups would give out before any damage would be done to ligaments). It was more likely going for a walk, which I don't do very often, stupid to go so far.

He said I could probably just go straight back to sport now but I'm going to be conservative and give it more time. I've still got this stupid mallet finger injury stuffing up my gym sessions atm anyway so I'm just gonna put training on hold until both that and the knee are 100% (prob two weeks max). In the meantime I will try and do what UB and core stuff I can and slowly bring in some assistance exercises when my knee is 100%. Frustrating, but you've gotta be holistic with vert training, otherwise you'll go insane.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on November 17, 2012, 01:33:27 am
Update on my weird leg pain: It feels about 90% recovered in terms of the discomfort and effect on activity. It doesn't give me any pain or anything when I'm just doing low-intensity work like walking, jogging. It just gets a bit stiff now and then.

I went to the doctor again for a follow-up and he did the knee ligament tests again. He said my ligaments are actually very stable and that it was more likely to be some small stress fractures in the area where the fibula and tibia join. He poked around my knee and found a spot where it was kind of tender compared to the surrounding areas. Makes a lot more sense. I think the bump I got to the medial side of my knee during basketball a few months ago was a bit of a red herring, made me think I'd sprained the LCL on the other side due to buckling of the knee. Either way the result is irrelevant as the treatment would have been the same: ~3-4 weeks rest from heavy and moderate weight-bearing activities like jumping, sprinting etc (I've been resting for nearly three weeks).

I'm gonna start lifting again in a few days when I feel I'm good to go. Thinking of doing more low-impact strength work again while I build up to doing plyometrics and sprinting. Focus on getting back to the strength levels I had a few weeks ago (as I will have lost a bit), and strengthening hams, glutes and calves more.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: vag on November 17, 2012, 08:19:58 am
Heal that leg man , be patient and do everything right , don't rush it back! ( Says someone who is unable to do that and pays the price!  :uhhhfacepalm: )
It might be a good idea to open a relevant thread in Lance&adarq Q&A section to have it for future reference/updates...
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on November 19, 2012, 04:27:08 am
Heal that leg man , be patient and do everything right , don't rush it back! ( Says someone who is unable to do that and pays the price!  :uhhhfacepalm: )
It might be a good idea to open a relevant thread in Lance&adarq Q&A section to have it for future reference/updates...

Thanks man, yeah I tend to be fairly conservative when it comes to injury. Back when I was about 14-15 I got a stress fracture in the ball of my foot and I just never let it heal properly. The thing was that it was so minor that I could train and compete on it but because I didn't let it rest it didn't heal for ages and it really stalled my progress. So I don't make the same mistake nowadays. Like with the patellar tendonitis I had a while back: it was only hurting during ME plants, could have kept training on it but the main thing is I have no rush to dunk. It'll happen eventually. Just gotta be patient. Good idea about a thread in A&L's Q&A, I'm unsure of what exercises I should do after the pain has fully gone.

Today the spot feels pretty much normal. It's only very slightly stiff when I really straighten my leg hard. I've been wearing knee sleeves for the last few days to keep it warm and I think that's helped a bit, plus getting in extra calcium and Vit D (not that they really help that much). I think I could probably start lifting again, just unsure which lifts to avoid while it's still in the final stages of healing.

To be honest I have kind of enjoyed having a few weeks off training. I think it's good to do it every 1-2 years.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on November 25, 2012, 08:16:17 pm
Damn it feels weird not posting as often. My leg is kind of the same since last time, it got stiff again a few days ago, no idea why but it's normal again now. Basically just trying to limit my walking each day, no running yet, having hot/cold baths to keep the blood flowing, and compression. I could probably start doing squats/RDLs etc but I thought I would wait until it feels completely normal again. I've just been doing upper body lifts and core every two days in the meantime. My sessions are usually like:

3x10-12 weighted situps@3kgs
Front and side planks, 3x1min/30s respectively
Weighted crunch machine or ab pulldowns
Random iso swiss ball stuff like glute bridges etc
Military press 3x8 (gone from 35kgs to 45kgs in about a week)
Chin-ups: 3-4x6
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on December 08, 2012, 12:51:58 am
Been so slack updating since I've just been doing boring upper body/core workouts for last week or so. My leg felt strong and pain-free enough to play a casual game of netball with some moderate jumping/landing/cutting, with no ill effects then next day. The only real issue I have now is that it's become stiff when I try and flex my quad/VMO hard to fully straighten the leg. I can run and jump but I couldn't jump maximally off my left leg yet.

I went back to the doctor for a check-up and after re-examining me and going through my symptoms he said that I possibly could have had a partial tear of my lateral meniscus rather than a stress fracture. He initally dismissed anything like that in my first visit because he said that the tests he did didn't indicate any large tear (as there was no pain or any significant shifting of the knee joint). The only way to definitively diagnose one or the other would be to have an MRI. However, since it seems to have healed pretty well on my month off, regardless of what it actually was, I don't think I'll bother paying a large amount of money (could be between $200-400, which I just don't have atm). Apparently lateral tears can heal pretty effectively because there's blood flow to that side of the meniscus. If it's on the medial then the prognosis isn't as good.

If it was still hurting and there was popping or clicking I'd definitely have it done. But at this stage he said it's probably not worth it, just take the rest of Dec off, lots of compression and heat treatment and some exercises to get rid of the stiffness from not extending it fully for a few weeks. Then see how it responds as I build back into more active exercise again.

This has to be the most annoying/weird injury I've had in a long time but TBH I don't think training would have been going too great anyway. Over the last month it's been very hectic trying to get work and sort out my options for next year, so a bit of time off was probably warranted anyway. I've just been using the time to get my UB/core stronger and to give me something easy to do. I've been reading a lot of training stuff and I've got some good ideas when I get back to vert training, but definitely worth being conservative with this so it heals 100%.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on December 11, 2012, 07:59:06 am
Decided to just start logging each session from now on to keep track of progress. My aims for Dec are:

- Full mobility of left knee, able to hyperextend/tense VMO without discomfort. Do rehab exercises everyday (foam rolling of entire leg and knee, gentle straightening and flexing of left knee to point of discomfort, stretching). Heat packs 3x/day and Epsom bath 1x/day.

- Core: Able to do 2x(2min front plank + 1min30s side planks) --> kellyb's core strength tests (this should be easy, will increase if I reach it too fast)

- Maintain good UB strength (Push: 90kg bench x 6, 50kg military press x 6 \\ Pull: 5x6 pull-ups, 30kg preacher curl x 6)

- Work LB muscles (doing what I can) - using cable machine/leg curl atm

Gym:

Foam roll warmup

TKEs: 3x20/leg@5kgs

Core: 3x(1 min front plank, 45 sec side planks) \\ Roman chair crunches: 3x25 (legs down)

LB: 4-point hip/glute raises using cable machine (2 sets per leg@20-30kgs) --> I really like doing this as I don't have to bend my leg

UB (pull): Lat pulldown: 4x8@55kgs \\ Concentration curls: 3x6-8/arm@15kgs
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on December 14, 2012, 03:41:42 am
Gym:

Foam roll/glute activation

TKEs: 3x20-25@20kgs

Leg curl: 1x20@low weight, 1x8@32kgs

Hip flexor/abduction/adduction leg raises w/cable: 2x12-14/leg@20-30kgs

Core: 2min front plank, 1min side planks (the problem I'm having with this is that my arms/shoulders are giving out before my abs)

Bench: 2x8@60kgs, 1x8@70kgs, 1x10@60kgs

Shoulder DB flys: 3x8@12,5kgs \\ Shrugs: 2x10@32,5kgs

Leg is feeling great today. See how it goes for next week.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on December 14, 2012, 10:19:13 am
yeah that's why i think extended planks are silly. you can make it harder in other ways. lift one leg and one arm or put a weight on your back or wear a vest.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on December 17, 2012, 04:35:59 am
yeah that's why i think extended planks are silly. you can make it harder in other ways. lift one leg and one arm or put a weight on your back or wear a vest.

Yep i agree. It's more the side-planks than the fronts, but I can see I'll run into the same problem eventually with fronts. I'll probably switch to one leg/one arm style.

Gym:

Foam roll/dynamic warmup/stretch

Glute activation: bridges, isometric back ext holds (new one I'd thought I'd try, seems to work)

Leg curl: 1x8@20kgs, 2x12-14@32kgs

Pull-ups - Strict form (WWII test style): 13, 5, 4, 4 (I'm a fair way off 20  :huh:)

Lat pulldown: 50 reps of 40kgs over 6 sets (first few were 10, then 7, 6, 7)

Preacher curls: 50 reps of 20kgs (12, 13, 9, 6, 10)

I also did some light vert-oriented exercises to see how my knee would hold up

Squat: 3x8@40kgs

3 SVJs

3x10 pogos

2x10 SL hops on rubber springboard

It felt fine during and it didn't seem to actually affect my performance in any way. It feels normal today. I could probably ramp up the intensity a bit but I'm still gonna stick to resting it for remaining weeks of Dec, just to be safe. I've got crazy DOMS today from the squats/leg curls.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on December 23, 2012, 02:50:17 am
Gym:

Planks: 3x1min (front), 3x45 secs (sides)

Ab pulldown: 4x8-10@50kgs

UB: DB shoulder press: 1x8@12kgs (warmup), 40 reps @ 18kgs (12,10, 6, 6, 6) // DB chest flys: 4x10@12kgs

LB: Leg curls: warmup, 3x10@32kgs \\ Leg ext: 3x25@25kgs

Foam roll/stretch

BW: 87.5kgs (gaining some UB mass, and a bit of fat as well due to no cardio for awhile, waist has gone up about an inch)

My knee is slowly improving, it's just taking a lot longer than I thought to get rid of the stiffness. It's progressed to the point where it's just stiff to flex the quad/VMO hard, usually in the morning. Can fully straighten it without any assistance (no locking) and walking/running is no issue. During gym workouts and after heat treatment it becomes fully mobile and no real stiffness (due to the blood flow I guess). Now I'm at home for Xmas with no gym and absolutely nothing to do except read a whole bunch of stuff for Uni next year, so I'll try and be very consistent with the heat treatment as it seems to be helping.

Also, since I have no gym for about a week, thought I might try and train for some of the fitness tests in that WWII GI test that LBSS posted. I can do the pushups, pullups and situps at home, will leave the running and jumping for awhile longer.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on December 27, 2012, 03:50:01 am
"Gym":

UB warmup

Push-ups (elbows in): 5x20

Conc. curls: 5x6/arm@12kgs

Pullups: 4x5

Shoulder revolutions: 3x10@12kgs
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on December 27, 2012, 04:00:16 am
"Gym":

Pull-ups (WWII fitness test form): 40 reps (7, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 3)

Situps (WWII fitness test form): 56 in 2 mins (I really do suck at these it turns out, I am just so slow at them. I don't know how you do the full ROM consistently in 1.5 sec to get 79 reps in 2 mins. I feel it burns my hip flexors out before my abdominals).

Dips: 40 reps (10x4)

Also did a few SVJs on my vertec, was hitting 30-31'', which is great considering I've been out for nearly two months. I feel that ~30'' is my "baseline" vertical when I'm not training specifically for it but am staying relatively active and not getting fat.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on December 28, 2012, 06:54:05 pm
+1 on the ww2 sit ups. the timing would be insane to finish them all. hip flexors killed afterward, abs were not limiting. kind of a dumb exercise.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on January 03, 2013, 02:38:22 am
+1 on the ww2 sit ups. the timing would be insane to finish them all. hip flexors killed afterward, abs were not limiting. kind of a dumb exercise.

Yeah I'm a little disappointed because I was looking forward to training for this as part of a GPP block once I start fully training again. But I can't really be bothered training the situps because they're stupid to do and don't seem to hit the abs like they should. I might do the rest though.

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Been slack updating over xmas, basically have done two sessions similar to the last two. Also did an insane 50km bike ride up and down these giant climbs near my home with my dad and brother who are both into road cycling. Good for some cardio though. Got back to the gym yesterday and just did some really basic agility drills (line hops, single leg hops and some SVJs), 7x6 chinups and 3x10 GHR at BW.

My knee is feeling pretty good, I think whatever was wrong with it has healed, it just gets a bit stiff in the morning when I've just woken up but it gets better after a shower. I can squeeze my quad as hard as I can with either minor or no pain. I'm really hoping it responds OK when I start running/jumping again.

I'm considering sitting out basketball for a season because I think that's how I first got this little tear or nick in my meniscus.  Never really got injured when I was doing athletics year-round (except for some stress fractures in my left toe which was definitely an overuse/coach training me too hard for speed endurance injury), but I don't jump in the same controlled way when playing ball as I do when training or jumping. Not too mention all the little bumps and bruises and mallet fingers I get playing an average game, definitely adds up. My desire to dunk has never been stronger and if it means I need to sit out that one game a week to help it then that's what I'll do.

When I restart I'm gonna use a more long-term periodisation set-up. Start with a bit of GPP and drop my BW a bit before I start building strength again. Then do short power -> speed blocks to minimise the wear and tear on my body. Haven't got the exact plan yet but it's gonna be simple, just try and improve a few keys lifts, then bring in plyos when I'm strong and light enough.

Also gonna focus more on diet/nutrition than I have been in the past. Not that my diet is bad atm, I get enough protein , don't eat any sweet stuff and don't drink much at all. Just fine-tuning really. Probably will be doing what Mutumbo is doing atm, high protein, fruit/veg, moderate carbs (only around training/before bed). at around 86.5 kgs atm with around 11-12% BF (32'' waist), I think 80kgs at 7-8% with a 2x squat would be ideal for me. Just dying to get back to training!
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on January 12, 2013, 06:10:15 am
Training over last week:

Gym (2x):

Good foam roll and stretch (20mins)

Light LB machine weights: leg curl, knee ext, back extension

UB: Doing a 6x6 of pullups, DB shoulder press, dips

Cardio: 2 beach sessions out in the surf for 30mins (quite tiring)

Stretching/foam rolling and hot/cold baths everyday. I think the baths have been key in increasing the blood flow and actually getting this meniscus soreness healed.

I've been tracking my diet this week using some fitness diet tracker app thing. I've been trying to be as accurate as possible without obsessing over counting every calorie. One week has given me a good idea of how much I'll be eating on an average day. I've been trying for about 150g of carbs a day, keeping protein at around 150-60g (just under 2g/kg BW) and keeping fats around 30% of total calories (40-30-30 p/f/c atm). Carbs have been all fruit and vegetables, fats mainly from nuts, milk, few eggs and some cheese. I have NO idea if this is a start way to drop a bit of bf (very much a novice in regards to sports nutrition) so suggestions welcomed.

It's just experimental at this stage but I've lost a bit of weight already (about 2kgs) since the start of the year. Aiming to get around 80kgs because I'm more conscious of the added weight on my joints etc. I think my 'natural' (untrained) BW is around 78kgs so if I'm around that number by the time I'm jumping again and getting good squat numbers I think that would be more beneficial than having more kilos on the squat but at a heavier BW (i.e. 86-87kgs).
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on January 12, 2013, 06:22:32 am
2013 plan

Goals:
- Stay injury-free
- 36-37'' SVJ
- 40'' RVJ (don't care which ut of SL/DL)
- Get a good squat (~2xBW) at ~80kgs, low BF (whatever is achievable without compromising strength etc.)

I think a 40'' RVJ is achievable this year. Got 37'' last year so adding 3'' on that will be challenging, but looking back my setup was not great by any means. Been reading some stuff from Joel Smith and Jack Woodrup (my two favourite vertical jump authors) and got some good tips. Will be following a proper periodisation setup:

Phase I (Preparatory phase)- Core stability/flexibility/reducing BW
Mon, Wed, Fri
- Core: Front planks, ab pulldowns, Roman chair crunches \\ Side planks, Roman chair side crunches \\ Back ext
- Flexibility: Foam roll/stretch everyday

UB:    - Push: Dips, DB shoulder press
   - Pull: Pullups, Conc. curls

LB: Leg curl, calf raise, squats (parallel), hip flexor/abduction/adduction cable extension - all low intensity/volume

Light cardio work occasionally

Checkpoint: ~81-82 kgs, 8% body fat

Phase II: Strength (6 weeks)
3x/week - gym
   - Squat: Day 1 & 3 (1x6, 4x10)
   - RDL: Day 2 (3x5) (Might do back ext (3x10) as well)
   - Calf raise: Day 1 & 3 (High volume Day 1, Low vol, heavy Day 3)

UB: Alternate push/pull on gym days, low volume.
Injury prevention: Proper warmup/activation exercises before workout. Do planks/stretch/foam roll at home every night.

Checkpoint/s:  1x6@140kgs/ 4x10@120kgs (Squat), 120kgs 3x5 (RDL)
              Ideal: 2x BW Squat @80kgs
 
Phase III: Power/explosiveness (4 weeks max)
2x/week - gym
   - Squat/half-squat (90-95 % for singles)
   - KB swings
   - Step-ups
   - Maintain calf work (less volume)

1x/week - Low level track work:
   - Short sprints
   - SVJs*
   - Consecutive broad jumps*
   - Box jumps (may replace with depth jumps after first cycle)

UB: Alternate push/pull on gym days, low volume.
Injury prevention: Proper warmup/activation exercises before workout. Do planks/stretch/foam roll at home every night.

* Will record and monitor for progress

Phase IV: Speed/reactivity(2-3 weeks)
1x/week - Gym
   - Squat (90% singles, low volume)
   - REA squats
   - KB swings (lighter, focus on speed)

1x/week - Track
   - Sprints: Pyramid of longer tempo sprints (e.g. 80m-120m-80m)
   - SL/DL bounds

2x/week - Jumps
   - Mix of SVJ/DSVJ/RVJs*
   - One low volume/high intensity session (2-3 jumps per style after warmup) // One higher volume (15-20 jumps total), submax efforts

* Will record and monitor for progress

UB: Alternate push/pull on gym days, low volume.
Injury prevention: Proper warmup/activation exercises before workout. Do planks/stretch/foam roll at home every night.

After 2-3 weeks, deload week, then test. Alternate between Power and Speed blocks.

Feedback welcome! Definitely expect some of it to change over time as I adjust to it.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: vag on January 12, 2013, 12:51:30 pm
FWIW, I like it. If i had to correct something , i would say that the purely explosive phase III is too long, 4 weeks without any heavy strength training doesn't seem like a good idea imho. You could throw in some heavy singles like in phase IV or you could make the phase III shorter and IV longer. Just a couple of cents :D

Also, since you are into periodization , there was this awesome template that kellyb posted, i would have done it but was already in the middle my own periodization thing at the time it was posted. LBSS was also very tempted from it if i remember well. Take a look if you like , it's in the end of this article:
http://www.higher-faster-sports.com/trainingweaknesses.html
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on January 13, 2013, 06:29:09 am
FWIW, I like it. If i had to correct something , i would say that the purely explosive phase III is too long, 4 weeks without any heavy strength training doesn't seem like a good idea imho. You could throw in some heavy singles like in phase IV or you could make the phase III shorter and IV longer. Just a couple of cents :D

Also, since you are into periodization , there was this awesome template that kellyb posted, i would have done it but was already in the middle my own periodization thing at the time it was posted. LBSS was also very tempted from it if i remember well. Take a look if you like , it's in the end of this article:
http://www.higher-faster-sports.com/trainingweaknesses.html


Yep fair point vag. I think it will end up being more like 2-3 weeks (what I meant by 4 weeks max). I will be doing heavy singles though in Phase III so hopefully my strength won't suffer too much.

I did have a look at that article a few weeks ago - it's good stuff and I got a few ideas from it. The reason I didn't just go with that template is because there was a lot of depth stuff from the start and I want to avoid that for awhile, at least until I'm 100% confident in my knee again. I thought I would just modify my last effort at periodisaiton (not really periodisation but a noob attempt at it) because it did give me some decent gains. But it will definitely evolve over time as all good plans should. Thanks for the advice, appreciate it as usual.

Gym - GPP phase Week 0 (warmup session/test out legs)

Foam roll warmup \ Gute activation (bridges and iso back ext holds)

Squat: Warmup, 2x8@70kgs, 1x5@90kgs, 1x8@40kgs --> strength felt fine, but will work back up slowly to give body a chance to adapt again

Back ext: 3x10@10kgs

SL leg press: 2x12-14/leg@40kgs --> because I have a bit of disparity between my legs now, will do this for a few weeks, just repping each leg til they feel about the same

UB: 3x6 pullups \\ 3x12 dips

Core: Med ball side crunches - 3x10/side@5kg

Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on January 17, 2013, 08:00:32 pm
Gym - GPP phase:

Calves: BB raise: 3x20@60kgs // DB SL calf: 2x15-20/leg@15kgs

Hip ad/abduction cable extension: 2 per ad/ab x 15-20@15kgs

Core: Roman chair (3x20 - full leg raise) // Ab pulldown (3x8-10@heavy) // Side planks: 2x30s/side\

Foam roll/stretch (15 mins)

BW: 84.5

Lost ~2.5 kgs since start of year after cutting carbs down to <150g per day and having a ~200 cal deficit per day (training days a bit less, ~100).
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on January 17, 2013, 10:59:29 pm
Gym - GPP phase:

Foam roll warmup // Activation: Leg curl hold (2x10@15kgs), Back ext holds

RDL: 1x8@40kgs, 3x8@70kgs

Back ext: 3x10@5kgs

Core: Standing side crunches (2x10-12/side@28kgs) // Ab pulldown (4x8-12@65kgs) // Roman Chair Side lifts (lift legs from left to right in a V-shape)

TKEs: 3x20-25@lightweight // SL Leg press: 1x8-10/leg@70kgs

Dips: 3x12@BW

My evolving GPP plan is to separate squat, RDL and calves into one day a week for each with some random assistance work. Once I've done that for a few weeks and my knee is feeling good (which it is), will start to do a very low number of non-gym exercises like hill sprints, light pogos, box jumps and maybe some HIIT cardio stuff. Nothing too intense.

Basketball starts back next week and I haven't decided if I will sit out yet  :huh: . It's hard because I really like playing and even just watching gets me excited and wanting to play. But I know I should probably skip this season (about 10-12 games depending on finals) for the sake of my body.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on January 20, 2013, 08:51:41 pm
Gym - GPP phase:

Foam roll warmup/glute activation

TKEs: 2x20@lightweight

Squat: 1x10@50kgs, 3x10@70kgs --> I did these parallel with a more narrow stance to try and hit the quads more, also to see if my knee feels better doing it this way. The good thing is this weight feels like a toy so I won't be working back up from absolute zero hopefully.

BSS: 3x7-8/leg@28kgs

Pullups: 5x6

Core: Ab pulldown (5x10-12@heavy - machine doesn't have weight listed but the heaviest one) // Side planks 2x45s/side

Also did some box jumps and pogos

BW: ~84kgs (83.7 in morning, 84.3 after gym)

Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on January 22, 2013, 10:22:08 pm
Gym:

Foam roll warmup // usual activation stuff

BB calf raise: 3x20ish@70kgs // Seated calf: 2x20@25kgs // SL DB calf: 2x20/leg@20kgs --> Didn't really feel anything from this, probably need to go a bit heavier.

Incline sit-ups: 3x12-14 // Hanging leg raise: 3x10

Also did a bench strength test to see how my weight loss (see below) is affecting strength. Did 8 reps at 90kgs and 5 reps at 100kgs with pretty good form so my UB strength hasn't dropped too much.

Body recomp: Dieting is going well. Bodyweight is now low 83 kgs (morning weigh), and I've lost ~2'' off my waist since cutting carbs down to <150g per day and ~200/day calorie deficit. I got some Accu-measure BF calipers two weeks ago and have been practising with them a lot. I've got the technique down pretty well now in terms of getting consistent measurements. Two weeks ago I was around 9-10mm at the suprailiac and now I'm at 8mm so I've lost a bit of body fat. I've probably lost a bit of muscle along the way because losing ~4kgs in about a month is pretty fast (maybe some water weight as well but I have been drinking the same as usual, ~4L/day) but I don't feel my strength hasn't dropped too much.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on January 23, 2013, 07:23:17 am
cutting carbs causes water weight loss, so that you've been drinking the same amount doesn't really matter. 4L seems like a lot, btw.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on January 23, 2013, 06:35:57 pm
cutting carbs causes water weight loss, so that you've been drinking the same amount doesn't really matter. 4L seems like a lot, btw.

Right, so I've definitely lost some water weight. I am an absolute rookie when it comes to this stuff as I've never really had to worry about it.

The ~4L includes food as well. I think it's OK as I just drink when I'm thirsty, plus lately it's been around 30-31C (86F) every day here and I sweat like a pig in a nightclub.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on January 29, 2013, 12:22:08 am
Gym:

Foam roll warmup/activation exercise

TKEs: 3x25@light weight

Pullups: 5x5 (weak)

RDL: 1x8@60kgs, 3x8@80kgs

Core: Weighted front/side situps (2xF/direction) // Side planks (2x30s/side)

BW: ~83kgs
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on January 29, 2013, 12:24:36 am
Gym:

Foam roll warmup/activation exercise (is back ext holds, glute bridges)

SL leg press (3x20/leg@unloaded)

Squat (parallel): 3x10@40kgs

Core: Roman chair leg raises (full leg): 3x15-16

Dips: 3x12

BW:~82.5kgs
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on January 29, 2013, 03:51:16 am
Nice work on the body comp. You seem to be a meso.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on January 29, 2013, 05:49:33 am
Um... does the "roman chair" mean the same thing to everybody?

(http://www.fitness-equipment.com/acatalog/511m.jpg)
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on January 29, 2013, 09:10:37 pm
Um... does the "roman chair" mean the same thing to everybody?

(http://www.fitness-equipment.com/acatalog/511m.jpg)

Nah I use one that looks like the one the girl is using in this article:

http://www.6packworkout.me/tag/roman-chair-exercises/

Nice work on the body comp. You seem to be a meso.

Thanks man, yeah I guess I am pretty lucky that I have a fast metabolism and it doesn't take me months to lose a few kilos.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on January 30, 2013, 09:13:54 am
Um... that's not a roman chair. I have no idea how it's called but it's not.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on January 30, 2013, 09:37:49 am
nah, it is. that's what a roman chair is in my mind, too.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on January 30, 2013, 09:15:25 pm
Gym - GPP phase:

Foam roll warmup/activation stuff

SL TKEs: 3x20-25/leg@5kgs

Calves: BB calf (1x20@70kgs, 2x20@110kgs) // SL DB calf (1x20/eg@20kgs, 1x10/leg@32kgs)

Core: Decline situps (2x10-12) // Roman chair leg raises (2x12)

Pullups: 3x8-9

Dips: 3x8

BW: 82.4kgs
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on February 03, 2013, 07:19:34 pm
Gym - GPP phase (few days ago):

Foam roll warmup/activation stuff

RDL: 1x8@50kgs, 3x8@70kgs

Leg curl: 3x8-10@heavy

Core: V-swings on roman chair (3x20,18,16) // Decline situps (2x10)

Dips: 3x10

BW:~82kgs

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Gym - GPP phase:

Foam roll warmup/activation stuff

Pogos: 3x20

20'' box jumps: 3x5 (2 min rest between sets)

Squat: 1x8@60kgs, 3x5@80kgs

TKEs: 2x25@12kgs

Pullups: 5x6

Core: 3kg med ball crunches (2xF)

BW: ~81.5kgs

Weighed myself this morning and I'm a bit under 81kgs dry, which is good. My suprailiac caliper measurement has gone down to ~6-7mm. I think I'd like to get to around 79-80kgs before I move onto strength work.

My knee is feeling pretty great. There's no discomfort anymore when flexing the quad hard with a straight leg. I'm tempted to say it's fully recovered but I need to wait and see how it responds to more dynamic movements. Box jumps and pogos have been OK.

I'll also put up a squat form check video next time I squat. I'm 95% sure my squatting form wasn't the reason I got this problem (most likely basketball on top of track/jumping) but I want to be 100% confident in my technique before embarking on any 2x-a-week squat phase.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on February 04, 2013, 09:40:51 am
we are the same weight now. will be interesting to see where you're at with squats and jumps once you get back on the wagon.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on February 04, 2013, 09:18:28 pm
we are the same weight now. will be interesting to see where you're at with squats and jumps once you get back on the wagon.

Well I had a little mini jump session today while shooting around and I can tell you that my SVJ is about 30'' (barely grazing 10'), and DSVJ is about 31'' (touching the ring). So I have definitely lost height but not as much as I thought. Plus this time around it's less daunting because I know I've improved on it in the past. Squat has probably dropped a fair bit but again, I know I will get it up eventually. I'd love to be at your level with the same weight, I think that would give me enough strength to get up pretty good.

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As noted above, had a few jumps today. Just a few SVJs and DSVJs, no running jumps yet. My knee feels fine atm. I'm going to play a game tonight just to give it a final test, taking it real easy though. Limiting my minutes and also really gonna adjust my playing style to basically ground-bound defender, forget about rebounding and pass or take open jumpshot on offense, won't drive too much. I don't care if this pisses off my team.  :trolldance:
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on February 04, 2013, 10:09:21 pm
we are the same weight now. will be interesting to see where you're at with squats and jumps once you get back on the wagon.

Well I had a little mini jump session today while shooting around and I can tell you that my SVJ is about 30'' (barely grazing 10'), and DSVJ is about 31'' (touching the ring). So I have definitely lost height but not as much as I thought. Plus this time around it's less daunting because I know I've improved on it in the past. Squat has probably dropped a fair bit but again, I know I will get it up eventually. I'd love to be at your level with the same weight, I think that would give me enough strength to get up pretty good.

yeah for sure. i would piss my pants if i hit 30" on a SVJ, so at least you know the baseline is still pretty darn good.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on February 08, 2013, 06:45:08 pm
Well I played basketball a few nights ago, good news is my knee didn't give out or anything and felt fine the next day. But I am seriously deconditioned for ball atm. I nearly rolled my ankle twice and the next day I just felt really sore. I'm not going to play again for awhile I think. Need to get strength up and get my body used to the shock of jumping/landing again.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - check my squat form!
Post by: AGC on February 10, 2013, 05:26:44 am
I had a rest the last few days to recover from ball.

Gym:

Foam roll/glute activation

Squat: Warmup, 3x5@100kgs (video below)

Calf raise (Smith machine): 1x20@60kgs, 2x30@110kgs

UB: Dips (3x10)//Preacher (2x10@30kgs)//Military press(3x8-10@30kgs)

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Would love a form check from the squat bros. I wanna make sure it's OK before I start squatting heavy again. I tried to get a front angle for the angle of the feet and a side angle for everything else:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKo06_NVuYY
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on February 10, 2013, 06:30:26 am
You're intentionally not locking the knees up at the top?
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Post by: AGC on February 10, 2013, 08:02:39 pm
You're intentionally not locking the knees up at the top?

Is it a bad thing? I didn't even really notice I was doing it but I guess I'm not 100% confident in locking out with heavy weight yet.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on February 11, 2013, 02:53:45 am
I was wondering if you do it on purpose. Some people have this idea of "not locking up at the top". I'm pretty much the other way around, I put emphasis on locking up since that's what really creates the maximum amount of muscle contraction and "finish", like in a jump. Plus the VMO seems to be better activated.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on February 11, 2013, 12:27:38 pm
looks okay, although the bar comes forward a little and you end up with your weight on your toes. if you look you can see your heels coming off the ground a bit. try to keep weight evenly spread on the foot. best cue for me for that is good old "spread the floor".
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on February 12, 2013, 03:22:35 am
looks okay, although the bar comes forward a little and you end up with your weight on your toes. if you look you can see your heels coming off the ground a bit. try to keep weight evenly spread on the foot. best cue for me for that is good old "spread the floor".

Cool, thanks for the feedback. Haven't really noticed that while I'm doing it so glad I took a vid. Will work on it.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: T0ddday on February 13, 2013, 08:48:46 pm
Looks fine.  Some ankle flexibility or oly shoes would probably make it perfect and give you a bit more depth.
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Post by: AGC on February 14, 2013, 12:21:23 am
Looks fine.  Some ankle flexibility or oly shoes would probably make it perfect and give you a bit more depth.

Thanks man, and yes, oly shoes are definitely on the to-buy list.

Gym:

Foam roll warmup/activation etc.

RDLs: 1x8@40kgs, 3x8@70kgs (easy)

Core: Roman chair (Unweighted - 2x20//9kg med ball - 2x10)//Side planks 2/side@30sec

Pullups: 5x6

BW: ~80.5kgs

Weight loss is slowing down now but that's OK. High protein + cutting down carbs to 150g has worked well without being too onerous. I'm not tracking my diet any more (too much work), but now I've done it I kind of know how much to eat and what to eat to stay around the same level (of course when I start doing heavy strength work I will raise my carbs again).
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on February 18, 2013, 09:14:21 pm
Random track session (yesterday) -

Warmup

5x50m run-throughs (last few near 90%, speed was pretty good, no noticeable drop-off)

3x10 Dips // 3x6 chinups

Decided to go for a run instead of 3rd gym session last week, wanted to see how my body would hold up after some short near-max sprints. Feel pretty good today, knee is fine but pretty sore in left glute-ham. But overall, happy I can still run!

Will prob take some of this week off to rest weird glute-ham soreness before starting to do more strength next week.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on February 20, 2013, 08:07:00 pm
Gym - final GPP week:

Foam roll warmup/activation exercises

SL TKEs: 3x15-20/leg@10kgs

Cable adductor/abductor raises: 2x10-15/leg for both ad/ab@15kgs

Squat: 3x6-7@60kgs (just working on keeping heels down)

Bench: 3x6@60kgs

BW: 79.5kgs

Feeling good about ramping up the strength work now. Body feels overall pretty good and under 80kgs with low bf%. Perfect time to start building some steel springs for legs!  :D
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on February 22, 2013, 04:18:47 am
Gym - final GPP phase:

Foam roll/activation exercises

RDL: 1x6@60kgs, 2x6@80kgs, 1x6@90kgs

SL TKEs: 3x15-20/leg@10kgs

Core: Roman chair leg raises//Ab pulldown//Incline oblique situps (can't remember all the sets but did enough)

Pullups: 3x10 (3 set  :personal-record: although they are way easier now I'm <80kgs)

Military press: 3x10 with random challenging weight

BW: 79.5kgs
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on February 25, 2013, 10:47:47 pm
Gym session a few days ago:

Was going to test my 3RM for squat but my body just didn;t feel right. Was still a bit sore from the RDLs from the last session so decided to wait until next time when I'm fresh. Instead I thought I would test my bench just to see where my UB strength is at now I'm sub-80kgs.

Foam roll/activation usual

Dynamic warmup

Box jumps: 3x4@24''

BSS: 1x8-10/leg@BW, 2x6/leg@24kgs

Bench: warmup, 1x5@80kgs, 1x4@100kgs ---> this was pretty hard, surprised that I can still rep 100kgs though, thought it would be less.

Core: Ab wheel rollouts standing (3x6)//Lying leg raises

Next session will try and do a 3RM squat test so I know where I'm at strength-wise.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on February 26, 2013, 11:23:19 pm
Gym:

Long foam roll warmup/glute/VMO activation

Felt very fresh so decided to do a 1RM rather than 3RM squat.

Squat: Warmup, 60kgs, 90kgs, 110kgs, 130kgs, 140kgs, failed at 145kgs (half-squatted it).

Pullups: 6x6

BW: 78.7kgs (morning)

Well I've lost a bit of strength for sure but not a great deal. It's about where I thought I'd be after not regularly squatting for ~3-4 months. The aim in this block is to do 2x squat sessions a week (probably work up to 1x6 and maybe a 4x8) with ~3 days rest between, one day of RDL/calves+core and a separate 30 min core session. I'm not going to schedule them on a particular day during the week because I did that last time and it probably didn't help my recovery as sometimes I was squatting just to keep up with the schedule, rather than making sure I was 100% ready to go. Will eat more carbs now on workout days but won't pursue a large calorie surplus as I want to keep my weight around 80kgs and shoot for 160kg 1RM.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on March 03, 2013, 09:56:23 pm
You'll probs have that 160kg squat within a month or 2 at most.
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Post by: AGC on March 03, 2013, 10:21:33 pm
You'll probs have that 160kg squat within a month or 2 at most.

Haha thanks mate, hopefully. The only thing I'm worried about is my body holding up!

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A few days ago I once again got the urge to sprint rather than lift. Went down to the track and did 80,100,120m with the intention of going back down 100,80m but I decided to take it easy rather than do too much too soon. Also did some light pogos and tuck jumps.

I've definitely lost a lot of endurance and my body was pretty sore the next day. Gotta get some better shoes as well, ran in my old spikes and my right heel was fairly sore the next day (old plantar fasciitis flaring up). Spot where hamstring and glute joins on left leg was pretty sore as well. Really worked on those two areas the next day using rubber ball and roller + contrast baths. 15min as hot as I can handle with Epsom salts, then 15mins ice cold, really gets the blood flowing. Feel a lot better today but decided not to squat today just because of this ham/glute spot. I'm a little worried it could be sciatic pain, never had that before so will monitor it closely. I may have been overstretching my hamstrings (I stretch them a lot) so will just rest it from stretching and see how it feels after squatting.

Core session:

This was a 30min group fitness class, never really done these but this was worthwhile. We basically just did continuous planking variations and situp variations for 20 mins with a few rest breaks. Quite tough, I was struggling to keep up! Glad though because core strength is something I can always work on and if I commit a 30min session a week + assistance work in the gym it should help a lot.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on March 03, 2013, 10:36:48 pm
i messed up my hip flexors a while back with overenthusiastic stretching. be careful.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on March 04, 2013, 12:16:22 am
i messed up my hip flexors a while back with overenthusiastic stretching. be careful.

Yep for sure, I was in the mindset of "more is better" for flexibility work, but too much of anything will create problems. Will tone it down for a bit.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Biglittleme on March 04, 2013, 04:25:26 am
What's your training result so far? Can you dunk?
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on March 04, 2013, 07:59:14 pm
What's your training result so far? Can you dunk?

No I can't dunk yet. Here's a summary of my results/progress (probably should have this on the first page):

Started jumping beginning of 2011 (starting squatting/leg work Dec 2010): <30'' RVJ (never actually tested this initally, but wasn't close to touching 10' rim, could have been lower)

March 2011 (started logging here around then): ~32'' SLRVJ, 29'' SVJ

Sept 2011: ~34'' SLRVJ, 31'' SVJ

Jan 2012: About the same as Sept, getting better at the DSVJ though (~33'')

March 2012:
SLRVJ 34-35'', DLRVJ 34'' (big improvement on this over last few months), SVJ 32''

July 2012: SLRVJ/DLRVJ: 37'', DSVJ: 35'', SVJ: 34''

September 2012: SLRVJ/DLRVJ: 37-37.5'', DSVJ: 36'', SVJ 35'' (current PRs)

Overall, gained about ~8-9'' on RVJ, prob 7-8'' on SVJ over 1.75 years, not bad.

Around this time I was jumping quite a lot and I was getting a bit of patellar tendonitis from that and all the squats (and not focusing enough on recovery). So I stopped for a bit and went back to building strength. Squatted heavy 3x/week and put about 15kgs or so on my full squat (can't remember exactly). But the downside to this was I gained a bit of weight (82kgs-->87kgs because I was trying to eat more to keep up with the squat routine) so didn't really gain much relative strength anyway.

Following this, I injured my left knee meniscus probably when playing basketball. Being heavier and probably not being fully recovered from squatting mostly likely contributed looking back on it. Luckily it wasn't that bad, I didn't need surgery or anything, just rested it for a month to be on the safe side, rehabbed it properly and it's seemingly OK now (knock on wood). I've gradually restarted over the last two months, not rushing back (very busy atm as it is with study).

Now I'm going to start squatting more frequently, and eventually get back to jump training with the aim this year of getting back to where I was late last year, then continuing to improve. I think that, to dunk, I was pretty close last year but I never actually was actively trying to dunk at that stage. I thought I would try to continue to build up inches to a consistent 38'', then move into active dunk attempts, but injuries occurred and I always take a very conservative approach in dealing with injuries. I don't mind taking a little longer to do it because I'm not being pressured by time, I've still got a few good years left hopefully, so long as I take care of my body!
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Biglittleme on March 04, 2013, 10:55:28 pm
Wow, great improvements! Keep up the good work! :)
man, but i bet you are getting really close to dunking haha 38' vj... that's so high !
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on March 05, 2013, 12:38:37 pm
man i'd forgotten just how much improvement you made in that first year or so. makes me think i've been doing everything wrong...
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on March 06, 2013, 04:53:24 am
Wow, great improvements! Keep up the good work! :)
man, but i bet you are getting really close to dunking haha 38' vj... that's so high !

Thanks man...I was pretty close for sure (if you look back around pg 30 I think there's some stills of my best jumps, if I had a ball in my hand I could probably have thrown it down...but that's easier said than done  :huh: ).

Were you somewhat fit/active prior to 2011?  Because to have an 29" SVJ at march 2011, is quite incredible, and i'm guessing that prior to 2011 you had some decent strength.

It's not that incredible I think. Athletically I've always been "above average", not elite but competitive, and also played ball a lot around 15-16y.o....I think you'd find most people in that category would have acceptable SVJs without much specific training for it.

man i'd forgotten just how much improvement you made in that first year or so. makes me think i've been doing everything wrong...

Thanks bud, your effort and perseverance is solid, you just need to find the right balance like I did mid-last year and it'll happen for you as well.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: T0ddday on March 06, 2013, 10:27:25 am

Were you somewhat fit/active prior to 2011?  Because to have an 29" SVJ at march 2011, is quite incredible, and i'm guessing that prior to 2011 you had some decent strength.

It's not that incredible I think. Athletically I've always been "above average", not elite but competitive, and also played ball a lot around 15-16y.o....I think you'd find most people in that category would have acceptable SVJs without much specific training for it.


Not incredible but not half bad either.  At Vert gym I was able to test some graduating high school kids; they were decent track athletes (the best were low 11 100m, ~38 300m hurdles), football players, but none were extensively weight trained.   What was surprising was how divided the jumping was by height.  None of the taller kids (6''2 + ) jumped higher than 26 inches, none of the kids over 6 feet went over 28, and a couple of the shorter guys got into the low 30's.   RVJ they all went much higher and the division on height was much less.   Anyhow, a fit athletic kid jumping 30 inches suggests pretty good potential. 
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on March 06, 2013, 08:53:38 pm

Were you somewhat fit/active prior to 2011?  Because to have an 29" SVJ at march 2011, is quite incredible, and i'm guessing that prior to 2011 you had some decent strength.

It's not that incredible I think. Athletically I've always been "above average", not elite but competitive, and also played ball a lot around 15-16y.o....I think you'd find most people in that category would have acceptable SVJs without much specific training for it.


Not incredible but not half bad either.  At Vert gym I was able to test some graduating high school kids; they were decent track athletes (the best were low 11 100m, ~38 300m hurdles), football players, but none were extensively weight trained.   What was surprising was how divided the jumping was by height.  None of the taller kids (6''2 + ) jumped higher than 26 inches, none of the kids over 6 feet went over 28, and a couple of the shorter guys got into the low 30's.   RVJ they all went much higher and the division on height was much less.   Anyhow, a fit athletic kid jumping 30 inches suggests pretty good potential.

Thanks man, interesting observations. I'd love to see a study on femur/tibia lengths, height and SVJ in trained individuals and see if there's any correlation.

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Gym - Strength block week 1 (yesterday):

Full warmup, foam roll, mobility, glute/VMO activation

Squat: warmup, 2x6@60kgs, 2x6@100kgs --> starting nice and easy, will obviously ramp this up. Was sitting back on my heels a lot better today.

SL TKEs: 2x20/leg@15, 2x20/leg@20kgs

UB: Bicep, BW dips (3x8)

My rough plan for this block was 2x/week squatting (1x6 and maybe a 4x8 depending on how my body handles that volume) + calves, 1x/week RDL+assistance+core and 1x/week 30min core session. I might hold off the RDL for this week because I'm a little worried about this minor twinge in my glute, could be piriformis/sciatica nerve pain coming on. It feels normal today after squatting yesterday, will see how it holds up. I cannot be bothered dealing with another thing right when I'm trying to build my strength up again.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on March 07, 2013, 05:28:20 am
high bar or low bar?
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Post by: AGC on March 07, 2013, 05:57:44 pm
high bar or low bar?

High bar.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on March 10, 2013, 07:30:59 am
Gym:

Usual warmup

Squat: Warmup, 2x8@80kgs, 2x8@90kgs --> Easy. I'm back on my heels a little better now, cue is to just look up slightly at something just above my eyeline

Calf raise - DL Smith: 1x20@70kgs, 1x20@110kgs, 2x20@120kgs

Pullups: 3x8

Shoulder DB press/flys/raises: 2x8 per exercise (superset)@14kgs

BW: ~78kgs

I looked at getting some AdiPowers because if I'm going to get any WL shoes then I want decent ones that'll last. But can't find them for under $200 though...bit expensive for me. Need to do some more research, Do-wins don't look too bad.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on March 10, 2013, 08:03:33 am
I paid 210$ for my AdiPowers with shipment included. But I was like "hey, if I'm going to invest into this, then these money will be good invested" so I just did it and didn't worry about anything else.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: entropy on March 10, 2013, 08:19:18 am
If I were getting oly shoes right now in Australia, i'd buy these (http://www.maxbarbell.com/collections/weightlifting-shoes/products/warrior-wei-rui-weightlifting-shoes).
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on March 11, 2013, 09:28:20 pm
They look pretty good. I will get something like that or the AdiPowers eventually, just need to save a bit! If they make as big a difference as everyone says then they're probably worth it.

Core session:

Same as last week, 30 mins, pretty tough, we also did some abductor and lower back work with those pull-apart band things. I think adding this in will help my squats/jumps in the long run if I can get to it every week. Really generating a lot of ab/oblique soreness.

(DISCLAIMER: I am not saying core work is the key to big vert gainz/instant inches. :wowthatwasnutswtf: :wowthatwasnutswtf: )
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: vag on March 12, 2013, 05:23:20 am
I got my Adidas Power Perfect II's for 110 euros. Didn't have other lifting shoes so i can't really compare but i am VERY happy with them in terms of performance/quality. They get very good reviews too.
Take a look at them if you like, just make sure you don't confuse them with the powerlift trainers, they look almost identical but the latter have lower and deformable heel.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on March 12, 2013, 07:00:28 am
Yeah $200 is pretty pricey for gym shoes. On the other hand it's a 1 off investment that'll last for a long time and will defs help with squats. Let us know when you get em :)
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Post by: Raptor on March 12, 2013, 08:22:24 am
Definitely. These shoes will probably last more than I will in terms of injury/deterioration due to squatting.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on March 13, 2013, 04:33:59 am
Thanks all for the advice, I had a more extensive look around and there's no decent pairs under $200 online or in-stores, those Wei Rui ones look good but they're sold out in every size except 36-37 so looks like I'm just gonna have to save up!

Gym - Strength phase Week 2:

Foam roll warmup/activation (glute bridges, TKEs)

Squat: warmup, 1x6@110kgs, 1x6@115kgs --> pretty good, form felt really good on the last set.

TKEs: 2x20/leg@15kgs

Dips: 3x8

Bicep stuff

BW: 78.0kgs
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on March 17, 2013, 02:04:31 am
Gym (two days ago):

Foam roll warmup/activation

RDL: 3x6@60kgs (light just to test it out with my glute/hip twinge)

Some random core/upper body stuff (bit rushed for time)

Gym:

Foam roll warmup/glute/TKE activation

Squat: warmup, 4x8@100kgs (felt good)

Calf raise smith: 1x20@75kgs, 2x20@120kgs

Pullups: 8,8,10

BW: ~78kgs
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on March 20, 2013, 05:01:50 am
Did the 30min core session two days ago, it was intense as usual.

Gym:

Usual warmup/activation (glutes, TKEs)

Squat: warmup, 1x6@60kgs, 2x6@120kgs

TKE afterwards, 2x20@15kgs

Dips: 3x12

Random bicep, seated rows

BW: ~78kgs


Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: T0ddday on March 23, 2013, 01:37:55 pm

Thanks man, interesting observations. I'd love to see a study on femur/tibia lengths, height and SVJ in trained individuals and see if there's any correlation.

The study has been done in recreational athletes.  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16503672

Only foot length had any correlation to vertical jump.   I don't think you are going to find a significant difference in trained athletes as far as tib/femur and SVJ goes.   In general the advantages somewhat balance out.  Lankier longer femur guys will have an obvious leverage advantage IF they have equal strength levels through the range of motion... which they usually don't because they have to do a lot more work.   
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on March 23, 2013, 08:44:21 pm

Thanks man, interesting observations. I'd love to see a study on femur/tibia lengths, height and SVJ in trained individuals and see if there's any correlation.

The study has been done in recreational athletes.  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16503672

Only foot length had any correlation to vertical jump.   I don't think you are going to find a significant difference in trained athletes as far as tib/femur and SVJ goes.   In general the advantages somewhat balance out.  Lankier longer femur guys will have an obvious leverage advantage IF they have equal strength levels through the range of motion... which they usually don't because they have to do a lot more work.

Cool, thanks for the link. Interesting stuff.

Gym:

Activation/warmup

SL TKEs: 2x20/leg@15kgs

RDLs: 2x8-10@30kgs (warmup), was going to do heavier but I went at a bad time, Friday afternoon so all the racks were taken, got sick of waiting so I just did some weighted back extensions instead.

Back ext: 2x10@6kgs, 1x10@16kgs

Close-grip pullups: 2x8

Crap workout, probably worst in awhile but it's just an assistance session so that's OK. I really hate my crowded gym sometimes, wish I had the space/time/money to set up a low-key home gym like entropy or adarq, just a rack w/pullup handles, barbell, weights, maybe few kettleballs. That's my dream anyway :derp:
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on March 23, 2013, 09:20:49 pm

Thanks man, interesting observations. I'd love to see a study on femur/tibia lengths, height and SVJ in trained individuals and see if there's any correlation.

The study has been done in recreational athletes.  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16503672

Only foot length had any correlation to vertical jump.   I don't think you are going to find a significant difference in trained athletes as far as tib/femur and SVJ goes.   In general the advantages somewhat balance out.  Lankier longer femur guys will have an obvious leverage advantage IF they have equal strength levels through the range of motion... which they usually don't because they have to do a lot more work.

Cool, thanks for the link. Interesting stuff.

Gym:

Activation/warmup

SL TKEs: 2x20/leg@15kgs

RDLs: 2x8-10@30kgs (warmup), was going to do heavier but I went at a bad time, Friday afternoon so all the racks were taken, got sick of waiting so I just did some weighted back extensions instead.

Back ext: 2x10@6kgs, 1x10@16kgs

Close-grip pullups: 2x8

Crap workout, probably worst in awhile but it's just an assistance session so that's OK. I really hate my crowded gym sometimes, wish I had the space/time/money to set up a low-key home gym like entropy or adarq, just a rack w/pullup handles, barbell, weights, maybe few kettleballs. That's my dream anyway :derp:

X2!
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on March 25, 2013, 04:47:39 am
Gym (yesterday):

Usual warmup/activation

Squat: Warmup, 4x8@100kgs --> I decided do do the same weight as last week but REALLY slow down the eccentric and accelerate the concentric fast enough the bar shakes a bit up the top. I figured that if I could do that with all reps then I'm ready to make a 5-10kg jump next time. Form felt really good, I need to video again to compare to last time.

Calf: Smith (1x15@60kgs, 2x15@130kgs, 1x15@100kgs) // SL DB calf: 1x20/leg@20kgs

Close-grip pulls: 8,10,8

Random shoulder/bicep work

BW: ~78kgs
_________________

30 min core session today. Not feeling as hard as first few times which is good.
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Post by: AGC on March 27, 2013, 08:28:00 pm
Gym:

foam roll warmup/activation

Squat: Warmup, 1x6@70kgs, 1x6@125kgs, 1x5@125kgs --> felt good, slowed the eccentric a lot and really tried to explode up. They weren't as powerful concentrically as I would have liked but they still went up pretty well, no grinding.

BSS: 2x7-8/leg@20kgs

Leg ext: 2xF@20kgs

Random chest, arms

BW: 77.5kgs (morning weigh)

My bodyweight hasn't gone up while I've been squatting because I've just stuck to my relatively low-carb diet with enough protein, moderate fats. My squat today puts me at about 1.85xBW so I'm nearly at my arbitrary strength goal of 2xBW. To get 2x BW at current weight of ~78kgs I need to hit a 135kgs x 6 set. Definitely doable within a few weeks if I'm just patient. I prob could have punched out a 125kgs x 8 today if I'd just gone for broke but then again I don't really trust anything over 5-6 reps for 1RM. Looking forward to getting it so I can start moving onto more explosive stuff and get my vert up again!
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Post by: AGC on March 31, 2013, 08:47:19 pm
Track/jumps:

My gym was closed over Easter so I just did some random exercises at the track, wanted to sprint to see if this annoying glute/hamstring spot flares up again.

Dynamic warmup

50m x 2, 100m x 1

Then went to a 10' ring to test my SVJ just to see where my strength is at. First proper jump after a warmup was ~32'' (half a finger above the rim)  :huh: , pretty happy with that given I haven't been training explosively for it or anything, just squats + staying low BW. Really shows how much my SVJ is dependent on squat strength. I didn't do any more, got enough from that.

Jump rope: 4x30s fast

Pullups: 3x8

Annoyingly though I got this tightness in my left glute/hamstring again, very weird muscular tight spot. It goes away after a day or so with some tennis ball rolling, might be just weakness from not sprinting for so long. It's not a major issue, just flagging it.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on April 03, 2013, 12:27:53 am
Well my weird pain goes away pretty quick...strangely it feels better after doing a deep glute stretch for a bit. Will just continue to monitor it as I start sprinting more often. In other news I caught a pretty bad flu, first time in years. I feel like shit so haven't worked out in a few days...will have take a few more days off I guess. Annoying  :pissed:
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on April 03, 2013, 01:20:17 am
It could be the piriformis muscle.
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Post by: AGC on April 03, 2013, 01:39:59 am
It could be the piriformis muscle.

I think that's most likely what it is...I tend to get these little niggles on my left side (knee last time, hip tightness before that), my theory being that it's because I SLRVJ exclusively off my left.
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Post by: entropy on April 03, 2013, 03:17:54 am
Annoyingly though I got this tightness in my left glute/hamstring again, very weird muscular tight spot. It goes away after a day or so with some tennis ball rolling, might be just weakness from not sprinting for so long. It's not a major issue, just flagging it.

Sounds about right. Every time I started jumping/basketball/sprinting after a long time off, I get stuff like that too, I think it's an imbalance or something, but it goes away after regular training.
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Post by: AGC on April 05, 2013, 08:00:36 pm
Bleh well turns out this flu was pretty bad...could barely work let alone train this week. I'm out of the woods now though, might be able to train Monday...I will have had effectively 1.5 weeks off because of Easter/flu...grrrr. Anyway nothing I can do about it! Hopefully my small strength gains I've made haven't gone anywhere.

I seriously get itchy feet though when I can't train for whatever reason...can't stop watching old adarq/brozknows/my old videos and getting all motivated! Haha.
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Post by: AGC on April 10, 2013, 03:46:39 am
Finally back in the gym haha...the flu took a bit longer to recover from than I thought...still not 100% but good enough to train and stop the strength loss. BW is about 76kgs  :huh: lightest I've been since HS.

Gym:

Good warmup/activation (TKEs, med ball swings)

Squat: warmup, 1x6@60kgs, 2x6@110kgs --> not bad, a bit slow but happy to get this really, form was good

Pullups: 2x6 wide, 2x6 closegrip

Random UB stuff

BW: ~76kgs
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on April 14, 2013, 04:55:37 am
Gym:

Foam roll/activation

Squat: Warmup, 3x8@100kgs, 1x8@80kgs --> was redlining in the 3rd set so dropped it down to play it safe. This is OK though, will take another couple of weeks to get back to where I was pre-flu.

Calf raise: 1x25@60kgs, 2x20@110kgs

Random UB stuff

BW: ~76kgs

Aim to get a 130kgs x 6 in a few weeks at around this BW to get a 2x squat. Then it will be into more explosive work (explosive squats, SVJs, some track work - piriformis pain dependent) and get my vert back up! The timing of these phases will work well, I've been getting snowed under on the weekends with study so going to the gym a few times a week working on strength is all I can really manage. But in a few weeks I won't be as busy so will be able to fit more training in.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on April 18, 2013, 04:40:30 am
Gym:

Warmup/activation

Squat: warmup, 1x5@105kgs, 2x6@115kgs --> felt way stronger than last time, helps not being sick.

Wide-grip pullups: 8,8,7

Close-grip: 1x8

Barbell bicep curls

BW: ~76.5

I've been doing all sorts of glute stretches for my piriformis pain and I think it's helped a lot. Just gotta be consistent and do it every night for a good 15-20mins.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on April 21, 2013, 06:40:38 am
Gym:

Foam roll warmup/activation

4 SVJs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ot618922oxA

(http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l601/acole14/BestSVJ-22242013.png)

Squat: 2x8@100kgs, 1x7@100kgs (miscounted last set's reps) - this is the last set so might not be best form:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8l83nhHUtW0

Calf raise: 3x20@100kgs

Random UB

BW: ~77kgs

Decided to vid a few SVJs after warming up, surprised how high they were. Seems to be fairly high, it has slightly more frames than my best SVJ from last year so could be a PR, not really sure exactly though because there's no rim to measure it against. Will try and measure the roof next week. Also, looking at the slow-mo, I didn't realise how extreme my torso angle is before I take off, nearly horizontal  :huh: :

(http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l601/acole14/torsoangle.png)


So yeah, good session. Pretty cool my SVJ is nearly at PR levels given I've really just been squatting and keeping BW down.

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P.S. To the childish member who decided to (lol) neg exactly enough of my old posts in my journal so I now have a respect score of zero: GOOD JOB BRO!! Takes a lot of effort to read through all those pages of progress and results. But if you think I could give two fucks, you're sadly mistaken. Now I know I'm doing something right! Cheers!

(http://matthershberger.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/god-haters-gonna-hate-eagle.jpg)
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on April 21, 2013, 08:26:13 am
Yeah you have that torso almost parallel to the ground... you remind me a lot of myself because that's how I jump as well... "back jumper", I pretty much throw my upperbody up instead of actually maximally pushing with the quads and legs... which sucks.

I think this type of SVJ is more preponderent to one-leg jumpers.

And wtf is up with the respect number... I saw that yesterday...
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Post by: adarqui on April 21, 2013, 09:22:04 am
(http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l601/acole14/BestSVJ-22242013.png)

 :wowthatwasnutswtf:
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: seifullaah73 on April 21, 2013, 02:43:16 pm
sick jump man.
good job bro
 :goodjobbro:

peace
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Post by: Mikey on April 21, 2013, 07:19:28 pm
Awesome jump.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on April 21, 2013, 08:51:59 pm
Yeah you have that torso almost parallel to the ground... you remind me a lot of myself because that's how I jump as well... "back jumper", I pretty much throw my upperbody up instead of actually maximally pushing with the quads and legs... which sucks.

I think this type of SVJ is more preponderent to one-leg jumpers.

And wtf is up with the respect number... I saw that yesterday...

Yeah it's just something that feels natural to me, the way I jump when I don't think about it too much. Maybe I should experiment more with it.

And yeah, some dickhead randomly decided to go back into my journal (starting on page 8 ) and just neg every post. LOL. No idea why, maybe I pissed someone off about something.
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Post by: AGC on April 21, 2013, 08:53:31 pm
:wowthatwasnutswtf:

sick jump man.
good job bro
 :goodjobbro:

peace
Awesome jump.

Thanks guys, appreciate it. And thanks adarq for voting some of my posts up again! Haha.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on April 22, 2013, 07:56:24 am
jesus man careful you don't hit your head.

also on your squats, not even a criticism but just something i noticed: you really hyperextend your neck, especially on the concentric portion. it's helped in in the past few months to consciously NOT extend my neck. watch KF's vids to see what i mean.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: T0ddday on April 22, 2013, 09:11:02 am
(http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l601/acole14/BestSVJ-22242013.png)

 :wowthatwasnutswtf:

If you pause it a frame earlier you look even higher and totally out of control.  Like you are dropped out of a airplane.  Sweet jesus.  Nice jump.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on April 22, 2013, 06:51:38 pm
jesus man careful you don't hit your head.

also on your squats, not even a criticism but just something i noticed: you really hyperextend your neck, especially on the concentric portion. it's helped in in the past few months to consciously NOT extend my neck. watch KF's vids to see what i mean.

Yeah I noticed that too, I think it happens when I get tired and I'm kind of straining against the bar. Will try and avoid that, thanks for the lookout.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on April 23, 2013, 01:09:14 am
If you pause it a frame earlier you look even higher and totally out of control.  Like you are dropped out of a airplane.  Sweet jesus.  Nice jump.

Haha thanks man. It was a pretty out of control jump (I botched the landing hard).
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on April 26, 2013, 02:05:50 am
Gym:

Dynamic warmup/foam roll

Squat: warmup, 1x6@60kgs, 1x8@120kgs

Pullups: 8,7,7

Random UB

BW: 76kgs

Today I felt like doing a 1x8 rather than the usual 2x6 just as a measure of current strength. I guess 8 reps isn't the best way to gauge your 1RM but it roughly puts me around 145-150kgs atm, not bad. Need to hurry up and get this around 155kgs though, taking too long with all these disruptions.

I went back to the other gym where I did my SVJs the other day and measured the roof. It was ~9' (274cm). I also measured my height in those shoes standing on the rubber mat at 180cm. Given I was probably ~1'' off touching the roof with my head: 271.5cm - 180cm = 91.5cm or ~36''  :personal-record: ! Still trying to figure out how I managed that.
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Post by: Raptor on April 26, 2013, 05:35:39 am
I think you were more than 1 inch away. Probably 3 or 4. 1 inch is EXTREMELY close.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on April 26, 2013, 06:39:22 am
I think you were more than 1 inch away. Probably 3 or 4. 1 inch is EXTREMELY close.

Well I felt it was closer than 4''...that would be around 32-33'', and the jump has a few more frames than other 33'' jumps I've done. But yes, point taken, I won't call it an official PR because it's hard to determine accurately where my highest point was (i.e. compared to 10' rim jumps and measuring hand length over rim). It doesn't really matter at the moment anyway, it's just good to know I'm still able to jump.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on April 26, 2013, 07:34:13 am
Definitely. It wasn't a hate message by the way... it's just the way I see it. I've had moments where parallax makes it look like you're head on rim when in reality you're like 6 inches away or so. The difference in between angles is HUGE.

Anyway, keep up the good work, you're my favorite guy in terms of training on this forum for some weird reason.

Damn I really need to take out those pictures in the bathroom...
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on April 26, 2013, 08:46:02 am
Definitely. It wasn't a hate message by the way... it's just the way I see it. I've had moments where parallax makes it look like you're head on rim when in reality you're like 6 inches away or so. The difference in between angles is HUGE.

Anyway, keep up the good work, you're my favorite guy in terms of training on this forum for some weird reason.

Damn I really need to take out those pictures in the bathroom...

Sure no worries, I didn't interpret it as such. Next time I'm gonna stack up some steps and put the camera higher so it gets a better shot - or just go back to my tried and true vertec/10' rim measure. Thanks man, I appreciate getting feedback about any part of my training, helps me improve and learn.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on April 29, 2013, 02:08:22 am
Gym:

Foam roll warmup/activation

Squat: Warmup, 3x5@100kgs (1-2 sec pause, then explode up)

BSS: 3x7-8/leg@40kgs

BW: 76kgs

Mentally I just didn't feel like lifting heavy for 8+ reps. So I just took a weight I was comfortable with and did some paused explosive squats. Then an old gym buddy rocked up and he wanted to do BSS, sounded good to me because I really should do them more. Heavier than what I've done in the past but they felt great, they really hit my quads and VMO hard, as well as glutes. Trouble is we spent so long talking between sets I ran out of time to do anything else lol. Still, good quad building session.

Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on May 03, 2013, 05:40:22 am
Gym:

Warmup/activation stuff

Squat: warmup, 1x6@60kgs, 1x1@100kgs, 1x1@120kgs, 1x6@125kgs

Calves: BB raise (2x20@60kgs) // SL DB raise (1x20/leg@20kgs, 2x15@25kgs)

Dips: 3x12

BW:~76kgs

Good squats today. Next week's 1x6 goal will be 127.5kgs, then if that feels good and everything else goes well keep going up 2.5kgs until I get to 132.5kgs for 6.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on May 03, 2013, 05:48:26 am
Why until you get 132.5x6?
Title: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on May 03, 2013, 07:05:26 am
Why until you get 132.5x6?

Cos it'll be a slightly over 2xBW squat at ~76kgs, a totally meaningless and artibrary ratio but it's something I want to achieve just to say I have done it and have decent strength levels. Once I've got it I'll start doing more vert-targeted stuff like in the good old days. Given I seem to be jumping pretty well atm anyway, no need to rush and do too much too soon.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on May 03, 2013, 10:33:31 pm
132.5x6 would be slightly over 2x bodyweight if you were 66kg ;D
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on May 04, 2013, 12:07:59 am
132.5x6 would be slightly over 2x bodyweight if you were 66kg ;D

Haha yep, doing 2xBW for 6 reps would be rutgersdunker/Kingfish status.

Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on May 05, 2013, 09:09:19 pm
Gym:

Foam roll warmup/activation

4 max SVJs, highest was probably a little lower than last time, didn't hit the roof  :(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3y89V95oIl0

Squat: Warmup, 2x8@105kgs, 2x8@100kgs --> average weight 102.5kgs, increased on last time

Chinups/pullups: 2x8 for each

BW: 76kgs

So I think short-term goals before moving onto an explosive/speed block will be 2x BW squat (132.5x6 @ 76kgs) and maybe try and get SVJ at confirmed 36'' (either via vertec or rim). That would mean I'd have a great base to try and get my RVJ around 40''.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on May 09, 2013, 02:41:04 am
Gym (quick session):

30 min foam roll/stretch

Calves: Standing calf machine (3x20-25@30kgs) // SL DB calf (2x20@25kgs)

BW: 76kgs

I felt guilty I hadn't been doing more calves. They're nice and sore today.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on May 10, 2013, 06:42:26 am
Gym:

Foam roll warmup/activation

Squat: Warmup, 1x8@75kgs, 1x6-7@127.5kgs, 1x5@75kgs

Bit of hyperextension and GHR (the old GHR had been missing for ages but the gym finally got a nice new one)

Random UB

BW: 76kgs

Felt good today. Had that annoying moment when you're halfway through your top set and realise you should have made the weight heavier cos it's slightly too easy  :huh: . I might have done 7 reps here, someone talked to me midway through the set and distracted me (fucking hate when that happens) so I did an extra rep in case I hadn't made 6

I think I might incorporate GHR again now the gym has a better one (easier on the knees). It's such a damn good exercise for hamstrings.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: entropy on May 10, 2013, 06:52:12 am
Tantalising close to that 150kg/2bw mark. Nice work!
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Post by: AGC on May 11, 2013, 03:58:33 am
Tantalising close to that 150kg/2bw mark. Nice work!

Thanks mate! Race you to 2.5x BW?  :D
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: entropy on May 12, 2013, 04:34:49 am
You're on! I think my ceiling is probably much lower than 2.5x but if I can catch up and stay with you while you get there i'll end up much stronger indeed.
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Post by: AGC on May 12, 2013, 10:07:39 pm
You're on! I think my ceiling is probably much lower than 2.5x but if I can catch up and stay with you while you get there i'll end up much stronger indeed.

Haha yeah I don't think my ceiling is quite that high either - it would take a lot more commitment than what I'm giving now to reach it. But it's worth striving for something like that even if you don't reach it - keeps you motivated.

________________

Didn't squat/SVJ yesterday because I did this 4km fun-run thing, I didn't go very hard but it's been ages since I've run even half that distance so I didn't want to stress my already stressed legs further. Did my core class today and might squat tomorrow depending on how I feel.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on May 13, 2013, 08:04:36 pm
Gym:

Foam roll warmup/activation

Squat: Warmup, 4x8@80kgs --> still a bit fatigued from the 4km run the other day, kept it light but tried to speed up concentric

SL calf raise: 2x20/leg@25kgs, 1x20/leg@15kgs

Random UB/core stuff

BW: 76.5kgs
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on May 15, 2013, 04:11:19 am
Gym:

Foam roll warmup/activation

Squat: Warmup, 1x6@70kgs, 1x1@120kgs, 1x6@130kgs

Back ext: 3x8@BW

Pullups: 3x6

Chinups: 2x6

BW (morning): 76.3kgs

This gives me a 1.98xBW full squat, pretty happy with that.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on May 15, 2013, 04:19:27 am
The back extensions are hyperextensions?

I think they should really be named "hip extensions" because that's what they are.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on May 19, 2013, 07:21:28 am
Gym:

Foam roll warmup/activation

4 SVJs, highest:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vM9D3wAjUeM

Squat: Warmup, 1x6@70kgs, 3x8@110kgs --> this was gonna be 4x8 but I was redlining on the last rep, nearly lost it. I think ME SVJs take it out of me a bit. 3x8@110kgs is still OK.

Calf: BB calf raise (2x10@70kgs) // SL DB calf: 1x15@/leg20kgs, 1x15/leg@10kgs

Random UB

BW: 75.7 (morning weigh)



Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on May 19, 2013, 08:53:30 am
I think you could go higher right now if you'd overemphasize your armswing. It's not the best armswing in the world IMO right now. Try to REALLY REALLY extend these arms when you jump. Granted, you might hit the ceiling.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on May 20, 2013, 12:49:29 am
I think you could go higher right now if you'd overemphasize your armswing. It's not the best armswing in the world IMO right now. Try to REALLY REALLY extend these arms when you jump. Granted, you might hit the ceiling.

Thanks man, I'll focus on it more next time.  I'm pretty happy that I'm jumping this high at all atm, given I haven't really been doing anything special training-wise.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on May 23, 2013, 01:28:33 am
Gym:

Foam roll warmup/activation

Squat: Warmup, 1x6@70kgs, 1x3@120kgs, 1x6@132.5kgs  :personal-record: (for full squat, 2.01xBW)

GHR: 3x5@BW --> easy, just getting back into it. The new GHR is better but harder as there's more of a downward angle.

Ran out of time for UB/core

Happy to get this today, was really not feeling it mentally after a shit day at work but whatever.

BW: 76.5kgs (morning)
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on May 23, 2013, 02:30:25 am
Good shit
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on May 28, 2013, 05:59:08 am
Well I was planning on doing some more SVJs this past weekend but on Thursday night I got a fucking exertion headache doing some stretching. Really hurt for about 15mins, then just kind of lingered over the next few days. I actually think I got a mini-exertion headache on the last rep of the last set of squats on Thursday but wasn't anything too bad. Then of course later I pushed it a bit too far and it struck me hard. I'm almost certain it was a combination of:
- holding my breath on the last rep (stupid)
- craning my neck on the last rep (even more stupid because LBSS already pointed it out)
- tight shoulder/neck muscles

So I took a few days off, did a light session today and feel a little better, although kind of felt it a bit later. Might look into getting a really good sports massage (probably long overdue) or maybe even chiro neck adjustment (read that it can help with exertion headaches).
 
Gym:

Foam roll warmup/activation

Squat: Warmup, 1x8@90kgs, 2x5@110kgs (easy, focusing on keeping head neutral and inhale-exhale on eccentric/concentric)

Random light UB

Calves

BW: 76.5kgs
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on May 28, 2013, 09:19:11 am
be REALLY REALLY CAREFUL letting chiros near your neck.
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Post by: ChrisM on May 28, 2013, 10:19:09 am
Agreed. Chiros scare the shit out of me. My little sister went as part of some rehab therapy for an injury and now she can't go without it. If she doesn't go every few weeks it starts to be sore then eventually it progresses to pain until she goes back and gets 'adjusted'. Not cool.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on May 28, 2013, 10:53:16 pm
be REALLY REALLY CAREFUL letting chiros near your neck.

Agreed. Chiros scare the shit out of me. My little sister went as part of some rehab therapy for an injury and now she can't go without it. If she doesn't go every few weeks it starts to be sore then eventually it progresses to pain until she goes back and gets 'adjusted'. Not cool.

Sure, I have heard my fair share of chiro horror stories too so it's not like I'm sprinting down to my local chiro or anything. It just kept popping up in different resources on exertion headaches that a chiro neck adjustment can help. But I think I'll invest the money in a good sports massage (will also be good for my piriformis pain that comes and goes) and work out the tension that I've got in my shoulder/neck.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on May 29, 2013, 12:21:03 am
trigger point release/dry needling are worth a look. probably a significant amount of woo, as with chiropractic, but without the risk of them herniating a disc in your neck.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on May 29, 2013, 07:24:39 am
trigger point release/dry needling are worth a look. probably a significant amount of woo, as with chiropractic, but without the risk of them herniating a disc in your neck.

Definitely. I'm gonna book in with a deep tissue therapist guy who does all that stuff next week and just get him to work the living hell out of me. Can't get freaking headaches every time I squat. Also, what's woo? Lol.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on May 29, 2013, 07:41:29 am
How do you know it's not a blood pressure issue or something else?
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on May 29, 2013, 10:30:02 am
trigger point release/dry needling are worth a look. probably a significant amount of woo, as with chiropractic, but without the risk of them herniating a disc in your neck.

Definitely. I'm gonna book in with a deep tissue therapist guy who does all that stuff next week and just get him to work the living hell out of me. Can't get freaking headaches every time I squat. Also, what's woo? Lol.

voodoo magic stuff, phenomena believed in far beyond the reach of actual scientific evidence.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on May 29, 2013, 10:22:05 pm
How do you know it's not a blood pressure issue or something else?

Well I did go to the doctor after it happened and my bp was 131/80...he didn't think it was high enough to cause an exertion headache, systolic a little high but not too bad. He also sent me for a CT scan which came back normal. He said it was most likely a musculoskeletal thing which I figured it was anyway, combined with the poor breathing and neck posture.

voodoo magic stuff, phenomena believed in far beyond the reach of actual scientific evidence.

Ah right, makes sense.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 03, 2013, 05:38:40 am
Been taking it easy since last week, did a 5km fun run yesterday, pulled up pretty good, although my piriformis pain is still there. It doesn't really affect me when I'm running, just kind of bothers me a bit afterwards, goes away after a good stretch session. Gonna get it sorted out when I go to get some deep tissue therapy tomorrow.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 08, 2013, 06:46:50 am
Well this exertion headache issue has disrupted my training a bit obviously. I decided to take most of last week pretty easy. I got an hour-long deep tissue massage and it was like torture. The therapist was good, had done a lot of years at AFL footy clubs. He said my traps and lower back were basically like concrete, had so much tension built up in them from training the last few years. He really worked out the trigger points and also did some dry needling in my glutes. He also said the annoying pain in my glute/ham was probably just tight lower back/glute medius muscles pulling on it. When he pushed hard on my left glute medius I could feel it radiating down my leg where the pain was so he's probably right. It was absolute hell though, getting all the sore spots worked on, but felt good afterwards, especially glute/ham pain.

Anyway I felt pretty good, so once I'd recovered from the beatdown he gave me I decided to try out a light track/gym session. Unfortunately I started to feel the headache come on after a few sets of pogos so I'm not ready yet. It went away very quickly but it seems at the moment any strong exertion effort will bring it on again so I need to rest more. I've read a lot of different BB forums and it seems like a very common thing: it's usually a squat/bench press movement that does it. These threads in particular have some good discussion:

http://board.crossfit.com/showthread.php?t=58659

http://community.myprotein.com/bodybuilding/34668-exertion-headache-squatting.html

Given I know I'm all-clear in terms of nasty brain stuff (thanks to a $350 CT scan that lasted 30secs), I'm pretty sure it's a combo of tight neck muscles and increased blood pressure from all the maximal squatting I've done over last 2-3 months that eventually leads to slight blood vessel damage in the neck/occipital muscles, which causes a headache. I've just got to take time off and let it heal like any other injury. Maybe 2-3 weeks, which sucks, but I just can't do anything at the moment, it's really annoying. Once I'm past it though it shouldn't be a problem, gonna make sure to keep a check on not just the tight muscle groups in my legs but also all over, and also proper breathing and not going near failure every time I squat. I might also finally incorporate some front squatting to give my shoulder/neck muscles a break from the bar. Frustrating to have to rest as I'm in a really interesting phase of my training (low BW, good relative strength, high jumps atm without much explosive plyos yet). But I don't want to have to take paracetamol before every gym session either so...
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on June 08, 2013, 08:46:12 am
Why don't you go with low bar squats? It's a big difference in terms of blood restriction in that area in the high bar vs low bar variation for ME.

Try it out!
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 13, 2013, 07:54:17 pm
Why don't you go with low bar squats? It's a big difference in terms of blood restriction in that area in the high bar vs low bar variation for ME.

Try it out!

Sure, I definitely will look to mix things upalittle in terms of legwork so LBBS and FS (as well as more BSS/GHR etc.) will probably come into play.

_______

Haven't trained this week, except for stretching/foam rolling at night. Also been practising pistol squats just for fun. I can do them all day on my left but I really struggle on my right. Either I lose balance and fall backwards, or just can't get low enough. Not surprising though really.

I feel pretty much normal but I won't know if this headache thing is gone until I do a good session. Will probably try on Monday and see how it goes.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on June 13, 2013, 07:57:23 pm
I was like how does LBSS equate into all this? How can he come into "play"
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on June 14, 2013, 01:08:52 am
i really should change my sn.  :uhhhfacepalm:
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 14, 2013, 02:00:07 am
The funny thing is I checked the spelling of LBBS several times in that post to make sure I didn't start this exact conversation!
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 16, 2013, 07:12:33 am
Decided I felt OK enough to try and do a track session yesterday. I made sure I fully stretched every neck and shoulder muscle properly beforehand and hydrated and fueled up properly.  Overall it went well, no real issues with headaches this time. I've been stretching and rolling the tight parts in my neck and back every night and I think it's helping.

Track:

Warmup (400m jog, dynamic warmup exercises, stretch)

Pogos: 3x10

DL height bounds (Powerjumper): 2x4

DL height bounds (normal): 2x4

3x50m, 3x120m

Couple of submax RVJs

The only issues I got was the usual piriformis pain on my left side, but it was much less than I expected given what I did and the layoff I've had. I know what's causing it now and working on that should see it decrease over time as I raise my sprint training volume.

Will try and do a light gym session this week but nothing crazy. I'm not gonna just assume I'm good for lifting again because it could trigger more headaches if I'm still susceptible. Gonna start working on front squats and BSS in lieu of back squat for two weeks. I'm thinking that I could do something like:

Tues: front squat, BSS, UB, core

Thurs: GHR, calves, UB, core

Sat: track, similar stuff to yesterday

All very light/low intensity, like a GPP phase again. My front squat technique is gonna suck so that'll take a bit of work. See how that goes, then phase back squat back in. Try and get to 2x BW again (no head explosion this time) and then go from there. Keep testing SVJ to see where I'm at.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on June 16, 2013, 10:54:20 am
another thing for reducing tension in your neck/back that's really worked for me, at least acutely, is feldenkrais.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 20, 2013, 05:12:08 am
Gym (yesterday):

Foam roll warmup/activation

TKEs

Squat: messed around with empty bar and 60kgs in different styles, HB, LB, FS. I find LB fairly straightforward and not too much harder than HB. But I can barely get 60kgs off the rack with FS. Need more practice with holding the bar properly. My wrists just aren't flexible enough atm. On the plus side I didn't get any headaches.

Back ext

Random UB

BW: 76kgs
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: seifullaah73 on June 20, 2013, 07:11:41 am
Hi

the month of fasting is approaching and would like to know can i still do my track training session's, which would be 6:30 to 8:00 pm and the time to break fast would be at 9:25. Same with gym work, which i do at 10:30am to 12:30pm. As in morning to evening i am not as busy as compared to after sunset it gets hectic.

pc
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on June 20, 2013, 08:08:25 am
absolutely, you might just be able to operate at the same level of intensity or volume as normal. just make sure you get plenty of protein and some complex carbohydrates during the break fast. and lots of fluids.

there's actually a good amount of research on athletes fasting for ramadan. lots of papers here: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=ramadan+exercise+training.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: T0ddday on June 20, 2013, 09:18:38 am
Hi

the month of fasting is approaching and would like to know can i still do my track training session's, which would be 6:30 to 8:00 pm and the time to break fast would be at 9:25. Same with gym work, which i do at 10:30am to 12:30pm. As in morning to evening i am not as busy as compared to after sunset it gets hectic.

pc

Have you ran a meet yet?  The only bad thing (training-wise) about Islamic fasting is the prohibition on water.   Ideally you can make a compromise with god and drink water but fast an extra hour without food or something.... If so you can train pretty close to peak performance and might even improve body composition.   If not then the one thing you really have to cut back on is training outdoors in the heat of the day.    This is downright dangerous without water and you just shouldn't try.    It seems your plan makes sense because you can do a lower intensity gym session in the morning and time your outdoor track workout so you can drink soon after.... Maybe move your track workout back a bit so you can drink right after.   
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: seifullaah73 on June 21, 2013, 07:30:37 am
absolutely, you might just be able to operate at the same level of intensity or volume as normal. just make sure you get plenty of protein and some complex carbohydrates during the break fast. and lots of fluids.

there's actually a good amount of research on athletes fasting for ramadan. lots of papers here: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=ramadan+exercise+training.

Thanks for the advice.
 :highfive:

Hi

the month of fasting is approaching and would like to know can i still do my track training session's, which would be 6:30 to 8:00 pm and the time to break fast would be at 9:25. Same with gym work, which i do at 10:30am to 12:30pm. As in morning to evening i am not as busy as compared to after sunset it gets hectic.

pc

Have you ran a meet yet?  The only bad thing (training-wise) about Islamic fasting is the prohibition on water.   Ideally you can make a compromise with god and drink water but fast an extra hour without food or something.... If so you can train pretty close to peak performance and might even improve body composition.   If not then the one thing you really have to cut back on is training outdoors in the heat of the day.    This is downright dangerous without water and you just shouldn't try.    It seems your plan makes sense because you can do a lower intensity gym session in the morning and time your outdoor track workout so you can drink soon after.... Maybe move your track workout back a bit so you can drink right after.

my gym and outdoor session are on different days, gym is on fridays and sunday and track workout is on tuesday and thursday.
I haven't run a meet yet, they ran during the easter holiday when i was back home.
The track session is a club track session which they have fixed 6:30 to 8:00pm maybe i should continue to do some sprint workout's till 8:30 so walking home 30mins i will arrive at 9:00 then have a 1 hour window to consume some fluids, some monohydrate, complex carbo hydrates, milk and so on.
as for gym i can do it normally then after do what lbss suggested.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 23, 2013, 06:09:41 am
another thing for reducing tension in your neck/back that's really worked for me, at least acutely, is feldenkrais.

Cool, will look into it. Hadn't heard much about it before.

____________

Track (yesterday):

Dynamic warmup, 400m jog

3 max broad jumps (~3m, not bad)

3x20 pogos

3x80m, 3x120m (100%)

Felt good doing a hard track session again. Piriformis flared up a little during warmups but it went away after a few glute stretches and doing the max sets.

___________

Gym:

Foam roll warmup/activation

4 max SVJs, not quite as high as last time but was pretty fatigued from track yesterday so not bad, maybe 33''

BSS: 2x8-10@28kgs

Squat: 1x10@bar, 1x10@25kgs, 1x10@60kgs (also practised LB and FS with empty bar)

TKEs: 3x20@12kgs

BW: 76.5kgs

Piriformis feels good today, doesn't hurt when touching toes, which usually causes a bit of pain the day after sprinting. I think a combination of deep tissue work on lower back/glute medius and increased sprint work with sufficient recovery will help get rid of it for awhile. Oh and no headaches at all.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 28, 2013, 01:05:26 am
Gym:

Foam roll warmup/activation

GHR: 2x8-10@BW --> not good, this thing has been getting a workout and the knee rests are all loose, really uncomfortable on my knees

Back ext: 1x8@BW, 1x8@10kgs, 1x8@16kgs

SL DB Calf raises: 1x20/leg@15kgs,1x20/leg@20kgs

Dips: 3x6

Other UB stuff

BW: 76kgs

Kept it light and easy today cos I wanna be fresh for Saturday's track. Gonna try and measure a few things (max broad jump, SVJ, maybe 40yd).
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 30, 2013, 04:50:55 am
Track:

Warmup

4 broad jumps, all around 2.8m (crap)

60m, 90m, 120m 90m, 60m pyramid (100%)

BW: 76kgs

Didn't end up measuring any sprint times because my camera died! I'm the new Rip lol. But it was probably way too cold and wet at the track for fast times anyway. I think my power is a little off from a couple of months ago when my SVJ was good, as evidenced by my broad jumps (although I was jumping better last week in non-wet conditions and spikes, didn't have spikes this time). Need to start lifting heavy again. But my speed is definitely getting better overall.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on July 02, 2013, 06:47:28 am
yeah there is no way your broad jumps should be the same as mine. well the same as mine were three weeks ago. i shudder to think what they're at now.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 04, 2013, 01:47:48 am
Gym:

Foam roll warmup/activation

Squat: warmup, 1x6@60kgs, 2x6@100kgs --> not hard

BSS: 2x6-8/leg@24kgs

SL TKEs: 3x12-15/leg@10kgs

UB: close-grip chins (3x5), DB shoulder press (2x8@24kgs)

BW: 76.5kgs

Feel pretty good under the bar, will slowly rebuild again (for what feels like the third or fourth time this year!).

In other news, I've been reading Kelly Starrett's Supple Leopard book, really good stuff. It's one of those books (along with VJB) that I wish I'd read twice before I even started athletic type training.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 07, 2013, 07:37:52 am
Track:

Dynamic warmup, 400m jog, KB swings, glute stretches etc

3x30m, 3x60m

2x20m LRLR bounds

2x4 L bounds // 2x4 R bounds

2x5 DL bounds

Few SVJs (weak by this stage, ~30'')

BW: 76.5kgs

These workouts aren't really planned obviously. Just kind of doing what I feel like at the time, Avishek style, felt like short and fast today along with bounds so just did it. Felt weird bounding again but weren't too horrible. My right knee was feeling a little weird at certain times during this, doesn't feel like anything is structurally wrong, probably just a little inflammation (I'm much more aware of the inflammation sensation now). No big deal though atm, will keep an eye on it.

_____________

Lately I've been taking extra time to recover during the week so it's been more like 1x gym and 1x track a week rather than 2x gym, 1x track, but as I get more adapted to this training again I should be able to do it as planned:

Gym (quads): 1' - Squat, 2'- BSS, other - TKEs, UB (one push, one pull per workout - push: dips, DB shoulder // pull: pullups, bicep curls)

Gym (P-chain): 1'- RDL, 2' - weighted back ext (decided not GHR - new one has become too irritating on knee), other - calf raises, UB (as above)

Track: what I've been doing, short sprints, tempo sprints, bounds

Mobility work every night (doing that already).

All subject to change of course. Will think up some arbitrary checkpoints for the main lifts (thinking get back to 2x BW squat, 1x5@100kgs with good form RDL, 1xBW front squat- yes I am that shit at it atm!) and then move into explosive phase (w/ more jumps) like I wrote up a while ago. I find this more relaxed approach less stressful and allows me to recover better. Just gotta stop getting stupid, avoidable injuries like tension headaches that set me back weeks!
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 09, 2013, 04:17:45 am
Gym:

Foam roll warmup/activation

Squat (high bar): 1x6@60kgs, 1x6@100kgs, 1x7@120kgs (also messed around with front squat form)

BSS: 2x8/leg@25kgs

TKEs: 3x10/leg@10kgs

UB: (DB shoulder, seated row)

BW: 76.5kgs

Getting strength back up, 1x7@120kgs felt manageable today.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 12, 2013, 01:34:42 am
Gym:

Foam roll warmup/activation

RDL: 1x5@40kgs, 1x5@60kgs, 2x5@80kgs

SL DB Calf raise: 1x20/leg@20kgs, 1x20/leg@25kgs

Back ext: 1x10@BW, 2x10@10kgs

UB/core: Seated bench machine, pullups, v-leg raises, ab pulldown (see tracker)

I think I've turned a corner with what seemed to be a piriformis issue (knock on wood). After a week or so of using some different SMR techniques and deep stretches, I've narrowed it down to a sore/inflamed muscle under my gluteus and feels like it's under my piriformis muscle. I think it could be the quadratus femoris (see below). Just feels really sore and tight compared to the right side. After working on it for a few days I've definitely got less/no pain in the area. Today was the first P-chain workout where it really didn't bother me too much.

(http://lucy.stanford.edu/img/ImageCA665.jpg)

I shamelessly ripped off LBSS's google docs progress tracker, will use that to really keep track of progress on the different lifts. I've been lazy in the past in terms of being consistent with exact weights and sets for accessory exercises like calf raises, RDL, pullups etc. Now I can keep track and make sure I'm consistently pushing up or maintaining a certain level on every exercise.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on July 12, 2013, 09:59:19 am
 :highfive:

not gonna share the progress tracker?
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 12, 2013, 07:47:07 pm
:highfive:

not gonna share the progress tracker?

Haha, sorry. Fixed.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: seifullaah73 on July 13, 2013, 01:43:54 pm
Nice
I'm liking the progress tracker.

Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 14, 2013, 08:32:18 pm
Nice
I'm liking the progress tracker.

Thanks seifullaah, I recommend making one.

__________

Track:

Warmup

30m,60m,90m,120m, 90m, 60m (filmed, ~7.75sec), 30m

DL bounds: 3x5

SL bounds: 2xLRLRLR@30m

BW:76.5kgs

Not a bad session, I was feeling a little under the weather but decided just to push through, felt good afterwards. I'll put up the 60m vid later, my form is really breaking down when I get a bit tired, my endurance is pretty poor at the moment but doesn't really matter at this stage.

I'm tempted to say my glute pain issue is gone but I'm worried it'll come back with a vengeance if I do. No real problem with it today, could feel it there slightly during warmups but a few quick stretches seem to put it to sleep.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: seifullaah73 on July 15, 2013, 08:26:04 am
That's a great idea.

EDIT: Never mind, I can find out.

EDIT2: Done!  :headbang:
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on July 15, 2013, 09:41:21 am
That's a great idea.
Can you show me how to make one like the way you did one for gym and one for track.

lol.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: seifullaah73 on July 15, 2013, 01:12:03 pm
That's a great idea.
Can you show me how to make one like the way you did one for gym and one for track.

lol.

I meant for it to be funny
 :lololol:
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 16, 2013, 06:05:05 am
I knew you could do it seifullaah!

___________

Gym:

Foam roll warmup/activation

Squat: Warmup, 1x6@70kgs, 1x3@120kgs, 1x7@125kgs, 1x6@70kgs

BSS: 2x8/leg@30kgs

DB shoulder press: 2x8@30kgs

Seated row: 1x8@20kgs, 1x8@35kgs, 1x8@50kgs

TKEs: 3x10/leg@10kgs

BW: 76.5kgs

Still a bit weak from a little cold I've got, but 125kgs was OK for 7 reps.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 20, 2013, 07:31:49 am
Gym:

Foam roll warmup/activation

RDL: 1x5@60kgs, 1x5@80kgs, 1x5@90kgs

SL DB calf: 2x20/leg@25kgs

Back ext: 1x10@BW, 2x10@16kgs

UB, core

BW: 76.5kgs

Good.

________________________

Today I got a shitload of tax back so I went on a bit of a shopping spree. Got some proper compression tights, new spikes and rumble roller (hurts like hell). Also picked up some of these bad boys:

(http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l601/acole14/5209daec-b7b3-4541-898b-4775c79a237d.jpg)

 :D Despite my whinging before about how expensive the name brand shoes are, given the relatively long life of the shoe, thought I might as well get the best. Not that most expensive always equals best, but I tried on a few including the Do-wins and Innov8s, and the Romaleos fitted well and felt good. The place even had squat racks set up so I could give them a test drive.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 21, 2013, 10:01:51 pm
Track:

Warmup

2x30m (4.0, 4.2), 1x60m (7.4), 2x100m (missed the first, 12.3)

DL bounds: 3x5

SL bounds: LRLRLR - 2x30m

BW: 76.2kgs (lost a bit of weight recently)

I hand-timed all of these with a stopwatch so they're probably a bit out. Really annoyed I missed the first 100m, it felt way faster and stronger than the second one. I was struggling to the line in the second one but still ran an OK time.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on July 22, 2013, 05:24:43 am
7.4 60m is pretty fast. U gonna compete in any races later this year?
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 22, 2013, 09:13:09 pm
7.4 60m is pretty fast. U gonna compete in any races later this year?

Definitely. I was all set to join the Uni athletics club last year but in September/October I wasn't even sure I'd be around due to work/study changing. Then when I sorted something out I had that weird knee injury that took about 2 months to resolve completely. So by the time I was healthy the season was nearly done anyway. But all going well this year I'll be running some comps in November! Probably nothing longer than 200m and maybe long jump. Staying away from triple jump this time around.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on July 22, 2013, 11:09:49 pm
Yeah it's good that the whole uni thing worked out. It's tough for young people in Australia atm. I got no idea what I'm gonna do work wise. I can easily get jobs for labouring but the whole point of me going to uni was to get an office job, which is what I want to do (hopefully generalist HR/consulting).
I'm planning on running again as well starting around November the same time as you so it'll be good. I'm just gonna run the 60, 100 and 200. I'm way 2 lazy to try 400m or any middle distance events and long jump isn't my thing. Triple jump is pretty hard on the joints ay.

Edit- I miss the summer! I took it for granted earlier this year how easy it was to train since it was always warm and dry. Apart from my injury and rugby the reason I havn't done any running so far since April is because of the weather. It's raining almost every day and when it's not raining it's like 10 degrees. Way 2 cold. I feel sorry for European people that have to contend with snow and cold temperatures year round. At least we're lucky that we only got this shit weather for a few months.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 23, 2013, 08:41:11 pm
Yeah it's good that the whole uni thing worked out. It's tough for young people in Australia atm. I got no idea what I'm gonna do work wise. I can easily get jobs for labouring but the whole point of me going to uni was to get an office job, which is what I want to do (hopefully generalist HR/consulting).
I'm planning on running again as well starting around November the same time as you so it'll be good. I'm just gonna run the 60, 100 and 200. I'm way 2 lazy to try 400m or any middle distance events and long jump isn't my thing. Triple jump is pretty hard on the joints ay.

Edit- I miss the summer! I took it for granted earlier this year how easy it was to train since it was always warm and dry. Apart from my injury and rugby the reason I havn't done any running so far since April is because of the weather. It's raining almost every day and when it's not raining it's like 10 degrees. Way 2 cold. I feel sorry for European people that have to contend with snow and cold temperatures year round. At least we're lucky that we only got this shit weather for a few months.

Yeah it is tough alright...way too many people getting degrees for a handful of jobs, most of which require experience,  etc. Grad programs are the same mass application lottery system so it's hard to get experience. I've wormed my way into my 'job' through a bit of networking but mostly sheer luck. I say 'job' because I get paid very little and am mostly just doing pre-PhD research until November when I can start finally.

Yeah winter always sucks for track because Australia isn't quite cold enough/athletics not popular enough to justify having indoor tracks. In Europe/US, there's a lot more indoor facilities that people use when it's snowing, but we just have to put up with wet tracks/not run track during winter. I've been lucky so far, haven;t had any track sessions wash out but it'll happen at some point.

__________________________

Gym:

Foam roll warmup/activation

Squat: Warmup, 1x8@50kgs, 1x5@50kgs (front), 3x5@100kgs

BSS: 2x8/leg@35kgs, 1x8/leg@20kgs

UB

BW: 76.5kgs

Common sense decreed that because I was wearing shoes that were changing my form, I should not lift heavy this session until I get used to them. I like common sense! The shoes felt great though, really solid and definitely feels like it's easier to get good depth. Looking forward to getting back past 2xBW with better form. Next time I'm in a quiet gym I'll do some videos with and without.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on July 24, 2013, 12:59:49 am
Yeah it's really hard to get Graduate positions. I got through to the interview stage for a Graduate position at Fair Work Australia last year. Just to get through to the interview you need to compete against hundreds of other applications. On the day there was 6 people being interviewed and all of them had law degrees except for me. They were giving 3 positions throughout Australia. However, there was 6 people being interviewed in Adelaide. Than they also had another 6 being interviewed in Melbourne, Perth, Sydney and Brisbane. So it ended up being 3/30 chance of gaining a position. Needless to say I didn't get it.

I've managed to get through to the interview stage with the ABS as well for a graduate position. This time the interview is in Canberra next week so hopefully I have more chance of gaining this graduate position than the Fair Work one. I've had like 8 interviews this year for office jobs but so far I've had no job offers from them. The feedback I get back is always that 'we employed somebody with more experience'. But it's impossible to gain experience if nobody gives you a chance. In the past I've done volunteering for 6 months in an office but they just take advantage of you. I was driving 30km 1 way to volunteer and I wasn't getting paid anything. Than they didn't even use my skills or anything all day everyday they just had me doing mundane tasks like photocopying and scanning so I wasn't even gaining worthwhile experience anyway. Even with the 6 months volunteering the majority of companies all look for 2-3 years experience minimum for graduates anyway so regardless of the work experience quality it's fuked.

It's pretty disheartening. I've done hundreds of applications and haven't got shit so a lot of the time I just think university was pointless. It seems like the only jobs for young males in Australia are labouring or trades. I cringe every time I hear the Government talking about their 'education revolutions' and all that bullshit. What's the point of getting educated when there are no jobs available for you when you do graduate. Instead of dumbing down the schools and trying to get every kid to pass year 12 they should make school harder so you actually got to be smart to go to uni. But even than it doesn't matter if you fail year 12 here you can just go to TAFE or do some online pathway course and get into uni anyway. That's why you got soo many people at uni because half of them don't even deserve to be there. Of course the uni's and Government don't care though because it's in their benefit to enrol more students. The unis make more money and the Government doesn't need to worry about adding these people to the unemployment statistics.

Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 25, 2013, 09:57:17 pm
Yeah it's really hard to get Graduate positions. I got through to the interview stage for a Graduate position at Fair Work Australia last year. Just to get through to the interview you need to compete against hundreds of other applications. On the day there was 6 people being interviewed and all of them had law degrees except for me. They were giving 3 positions throughout Australia. However, there was 6 people being interviewed in Adelaide. Than they also had another 6 being interviewed in Melbourne, Perth, Sydney and Brisbane. So it ended up being 3/30 chance of gaining a position. Needless to say I didn't get it.

I've managed to get through to the interview stage with the ABS as well for a graduate position. This time the interview is in Canberra next week so hopefully I have more chance of gaining this graduate position than the Fair Work one. I've had like 8 interviews this year for office jobs but so far I've had no job offers from them. The feedback I get back is always that 'we employed somebody with more experience'. But it's impossible to gain experience if nobody gives you a chance. In the past I've done volunteering for 6 months in an office but they just take advantage of you. I was driving 30km 1 way to volunteer and I wasn't getting paid anything. Than they didn't even use my skills or anything all day everyday they just had me doing mundane tasks like photocopying and scanning so I wasn't even gaining worthwhile experience anyway. Even with the 6 months volunteering the majority of companies all look for 2-3 years experience minimum for graduates anyway so regardless of the work experience quality it's fuked.

It's pretty disheartening. I've done hundreds of applications and haven't got shit so a lot of the time I just think university was pointless. It seems like the only jobs for young males in Australia are labouring or trades. I cringe every time I hear the Government talking about their 'education revolutions' and all that bullshit. What's the point of getting educated when there are no jobs available for you when you do graduate. Instead of dumbing down the schools and trying to get every kid to pass year 12 they should make school harder so you actually got to be smart to go to uni. But even than it doesn't matter if you fail year 12 here you can just go to TAFE or do some online pathway course and get into uni anyway. That's why you got soo many people at uni because half of them don't even deserve to be there. Of course the uni's and Government don't care though because it's in their benefit to enrol more students. The unis make more money and the Government doesn't need to worry about adding these people to the unemployment statistics.

100% agree with everything you said. Even in a 'good' uni like Melbourne Uni, there are still so many dropkicks just taking up space. And don't get me started on that education reform bullshit. Holy shit. The funny thing about that is, they want to improve student outcomes by raising the quality of teaching...but where do they think teachers are getting trained? Anyway, I could go on for hours about our piss-poor government and how little gets achieved.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on July 25, 2013, 11:27:40 pm
Yeah it's really hard to get Graduate positions. I got through to the interview stage for a Graduate position at Fair Work Australia last year. Just to get through to the interview you need to compete against hundreds of other applications. On the day there was 6 people being interviewed and all of them had law degrees except for me. They were giving 3 positions throughout Australia. However, there was 6 people being interviewed in Adelaide. Than they also had another 6 being interviewed in Melbourne, Perth, Sydney and Brisbane. So it ended up being 3/30 chance of gaining a position. Needless to say I didn't get it.

I've managed to get through to the interview stage with the ABS as well for a graduate position. This time the interview is in Canberra next week so hopefully I have more chance of gaining this graduate position than the Fair Work one. I've had like 8 interviews this year for office jobs but so far I've had no job offers from them. The feedback I get back is always that 'we employed somebody with more experience'. But it's impossible to gain experience if nobody gives you a chance. In the past I've done volunteering for 6 months in an office but they just take advantage of you. I was driving 30km 1 way to volunteer and I wasn't getting paid anything. Than they didn't even use my skills or anything all day everyday they just had me doing mundane tasks like photocopying and scanning so I wasn't even gaining worthwhile experience anyway. Even with the 6 months volunteering the majority of companies all look for 2-3 years experience minimum for graduates anyway so regardless of the work experience quality it's fuked.

It's pretty disheartening. I've done hundreds of applications and haven't got shit so a lot of the time I just think university was pointless. It seems like the only jobs for young males in Australia are labouring or trades. I cringe every time I hear the Government talking about their 'education revolutions' and all that bullshit. What's the point of getting educated when there are no jobs available for you when you do graduate. Instead of dumbing down the schools and trying to get every kid to pass year 12 they should make school harder so you actually got to be smart to go to uni. But even than it doesn't matter if you fail year 12 here you can just go to TAFE or do some online pathway course and get into uni anyway. That's why you got soo many people at uni because half of them don't even deserve to be there. Of course the uni's and Government don't care though because it's in their benefit to enrol more students. The unis make more money and the Government doesn't need to worry about adding these people to the unemployment statistics.

100% agree with everything you said. Even in a 'good' uni like Melbourne Uni, there are still so many dropkicks just taking up space. And don't get me started on that education reform bullshit. Holy shit. The funny thing about that is, they want to improve student outcomes by raising the quality of teaching...but where do they think teachers are getting trained? Anyway, I could go on for hours about our piss-poor government and how little gets achieved.

Amen
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on July 26, 2013, 09:49:00 am
USA #1!!!!!!!!!

shit, wait. just kidding.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: T0ddday on July 27, 2013, 02:54:29 am
USA #1!!!!!!!!!

shit, wait. just kidding.

Lol.  One of the first posts that actually had me laughing hard.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 28, 2013, 07:03:54 am
Gym (Friday):

RDL: warmup, 1x5@60kgs, 1x5@80kgs, 2x5@100kgs

SL calf raise: 2x20/leg@27.5kgs

Back ext: 1x10@BW, 2x10@20kgs

SL ham curl machine: 2x20/leg@10kgs

UB, core (see prog tracker)

RDL felt pretty good. I feel my form is acceptable and didn't get major soreness in lower back. Lots of calf soreness, I think this was because I really slowed down the eccentric. Heavy eccentric makes my calves hurt good. Good ham soreness as well the next day and even Sunday.

_____________

Gym (today):

I was planning on sprinting but the track was taken up by some kids soccer thing. Probably good to have a rest. I'm not in full-blown power/speed phase yet and still need to get stronger. So went to the gym to get used to my shoes some more.

Weighted box jumps, 4 SVJs (not bad, still a bit off a few months ago)

Squat: 1x6@40kgs x 2 (back and front), 1x6@60kgs (1x3@60kgs for front), 3x6@100kgs

Other random stuff (see prog tracker)

No real shock but the Romaleos have been great. I'm really noticing the increased stability and depth they provide.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 30, 2013, 07:39:34 am
Gym:

Foam roll warmup/activation

Squat: Warmup, 1x6@60kgs, 1x6@80kgs, 1x6@120kgs, 1x6@80kgs

BSS: 2x8/leg@40kgs

TKEs: 2x10/leg@10kgs

UB (see prog tracker)

BW: 76.5kgs

Squat was easy today. I think I'm used to the shoes now. BSS was hard though.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on July 30, 2013, 08:30:45 am
In the BSS did you use 40 kg dumbbells or 40 kg is the overall weight?
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 30, 2013, 08:44:01 am
In the BSS did you use 40 kg dumbbells or 40 kg is the overall weight?

Yeah overall weight (2x20kgs)...might have to move to barbell eventually.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on July 30, 2013, 09:43:27 am
Well... the most I ever used was 40 kg dumbbells but could only do 5 reps because my hand would just unfold and drop the dumbbell... I even used 45 kg ones for 3 reps.

It's never been a leg strength issue for me with dumbbells. But I kinda like to use them because I also challenge my grip strength so...
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 30, 2013, 10:20:15 pm
Well... the most I ever used was 40 kg dumbbells but could only do 5 reps because my hand would just unfold and drop the dumbbell... I even used 45 kg ones for 3 reps.

It's never been a leg strength issue for me with dumbbells. But I kinda like to use them because I also challenge my grip strength so...

Yeah I imagine I'll be the same when I get there. I really like the exercise though, I definitely have some strength imbalances between my right and left leg atm and I think these will help iron them out. Last time I did these my right felt a lot more fatigued at the end, but yesterday the difference wasn't nearly as bad.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on July 31, 2013, 06:44:49 am
Plus I get the most glute soreness ever from dumbbell BSSs.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 01, 2013, 07:57:08 am
Gym:

Foam roll warmup/activation

RDL: 1x5@60kgs, 1x5@90kgs, 1x5@110kgs

Back ext: 1x10@BW, 2x10@20kgs

SL KB calf: 1x20/leg@28kgs, 1x18(L),15(R)@28kgs --> right leg weakness showing up again

SL ham machine: 2x10/leg@15kgs

UB, core (see prog tracker)

BW: 76.5kgs

Felt a little bit of back contribution in the 110kg RDLs. Might keep the weight the same next week. I'm keeping the reps low on this and the back ext to minimise lower back fatigue.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 04, 2013, 01:29:22 am
Once again my track session was disrupted by this kids soccer program taking up the track. It should be free next week though, nbd. Decided to hit the gym again.

Gym:

Foam roll warmup/activation stuff (leg swings, KB swings, low box jumps)

5 SVJs, best:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UsFR_nt1Nw

Squat: warmup, 1x6@60kgs, 1x6@80kgs, 1x7@120kgs, 1x8@60kgs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulAe0tVppmc

Hip abductor machine: 2x15/leg@setting "4"

BW; 76.5kgs

I think my armswing on SVJ was a little better today. Felt pretty high.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: entropy on August 04, 2013, 01:36:44 am
Those are some beautiful squats man. The only tiny defect I can see is, and it's nitpicking, is that for a highbar squat you want your elbows under the bar. Not that it affects your form in any way but that's kinda incongruous to have the elbows pointed back. Perhaps you're using a thumbs behind grip as per lowbar?  Great work.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 04, 2013, 03:32:50 am
Those are some beautiful squats man. The only tiny defect I can see is, and it's nitpicking, is that for a highbar squat you want your elbows under the bar. Not that it affects your form in any way but that's kinda incongruous to have the elbows pointed back. Perhaps you're using a thumbs behind grip as per lowbar?  Great work.

Thanks mate! Haha I knew someone would point that out. I didn't even realise I was holding them that high. It's scary what you don't know you're doing until you film. Kelly Starrett says that the elbows high fault is either poor shoulder/thoracic mobility, or just mistakenly holding them high to increase upper back tension. I'd hope that I'd be the latter but I'll keep an eye on it.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on August 05, 2013, 07:50:38 am
Nice squats!
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: seifullaah73 on August 06, 2013, 09:43:23 pm
Nice squats, especially at 120kg, you make it look easy.
 :highfive:
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 08, 2013, 02:16:23 am
Nice squats!
Nice squats, especially at 120kg, you make it look easy.
 :highfive:

Thanks guys!

________

Gym:

Foam roll warmup/activation exercises

Squat: warmup, 1x6@60kgs, 1x6@100kgs, 1x6@130kgs (not convincing though)

BSS: 2x8/leg@45kgs, 1x4/leg@25kgs

SL TKEs: 2x15/leg@15kgs

UB (see prog tracker)

BW: 76.2kgs

The 1x6@130kgs wasn't that good. I could tell as I unracked it I probably wouldn't power them up. Last rep was a real crappy grind. Will keep the same next week.  The BSS was really easy though. Definitely gained strength on it since I started a few weeks ago.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 09, 2013, 07:14:05 am
Gym:

Foam roll warmup/activation

RDL: 1x5@50kgs, 1x5@80kgs, 1x2@110kgs (grip fail), 1x5@110kgs

Back ext: 1x10@BW, 2x10@20kgs

SL KB calf: 2x20/leg@28kgs

SL ham curl: 2x15/leg@15kgs

UB, core (see prog tracker)

BW: 76.2kgs

Good workout, RDLs felt more hip-driven with better form this week.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on August 09, 2013, 07:26:57 am
I have to say I switched back to high bar squats because I saw your squats and got that "lust" of high bar squatting again :D
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 10, 2013, 06:33:57 am
I have to say I switched back to high bar squats because I saw your squats and got that "lust" of high bar squatting again :D

Haha nice. High bar ftw!
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 11, 2013, 06:20:49 am
Gym:

Foam roll warmup/activation

3 SVJs

Squat: 1x6@60kgs, 1x5@100kgs, 120kgs x 1, 130kgs x 1, 2x2@130kgs, 1x6@100kgs, 1x6@60kgs

BW: 76.5kgs

Very random session. Decided against track because I had major DOMS in all of p-chain from Friday still, plus it was wet. Went to the gym but it was a lot busier than normal, the spot I usually do SVJs was being used so just did a few submax ones in the stretching area. THen just played around with squats doing some singles and doubles of the weight I struggled with last week.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: entropy on August 11, 2013, 07:34:17 am
Did you get Romaleos 1 or 2? How are they? I'm looking at a review of the 2 and they say the midfoot strap is a bit long and it can drag under the foot.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 11, 2013, 08:52:35 am
Did you get Romaleos 1 or 2? How are they? I'm looking at a review of the 2 and they say the midfoot strap is a bit long and it can drag under the foot.

The 2's. I've got nothing to really compare to except normal runners but they have met all my expectations so far. The midfoot strap does run long but I haven't had a problem with it.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 13, 2013, 06:36:08 am
Gym:

Foam roll warmup/activation

Squat: warmup, 1x6@60kgs, 1x3@60kgs (front), 1x6@100kgs, 1x5@130kgs, 1x6@100kgs

BSS: 1x8/leg@50kgs, 1x8@45kgs

SL TKEs: 1x15/leg@20, 1x15/leg@25, 1x10/leg@30

UB (see prog tracker)

BW: 76.2kgs

Looks like I'm getting stuck at 130kgs x 6. Stopped at 5 reps today rather than force a dodgy 6th, but the form was better compared to last week. Couldn't do two sets of BSS at 50kgs but it's still an increase over last week so that's OK.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 17, 2013, 08:54:45 am
Gym:

Foam roll warmup/activation

RDL: warmup, 1x5@60, 1x5@80kgs, 1x5@110kgs

DB SL calf raise: 1x20/leg@30kgs, 1x15/leg@30kgs (dammit)

Back ext: 1x10@BW, 2x10@20kgs

SL Ham curl machine: 2x15/leg@15kgs

UB, core

BW: 76.5kgs

Not bad, the 110kgs is getting much smoother and no DOMS today. Had a free work health check yesterday as well and got some tests done. Blood pressure 120/70, HDL cholesterol 1.3 mmol/L, total cholesterol 3.55 mmol/L, waist 77cm, bf 7.5% (calipers).
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 18, 2013, 06:56:07 am
Track:

Warmup

3x50m

That's all, got rained out.

Gym:

Foam roll warmup/activation

Squat: 1x6@60, 1x3@110kgs, 1x2@120kgs, 1x2@130kgs, 1x1@140kgs

Hip complex: 2x15/leg@moderate weight for adduction, abduction, flexion, extension setting

Core

BW: 76.5kgs
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 21, 2013, 06:20:05 am
Gym:

Foam roll warmup/activation

Squat: warmup, 1x6@50kgs 1x3@50kgs (front practice), 1x6@90kgs, 1x3@110kgs, 1x4 (failed 5th)@130kgs, 1x6@110kgs

BSS: 2x8/leg@50kgs, 1x6/leg@25kgs

SL TKEs: 3x10/leg@15kgs

UB

BW: 76.8kgs

So I'm going backwards now with my squat. Just felt really weak today and totally failed the 5th rep - had to drop on the safety. Don't know where my strength has gone - but then I immediately went and PR'd the upper body lifts and BSS  :huh: . Might need to add in more volume for my squat for a bit to break this plateau. I did well last year doing 1x3, 1x6 and 4x10, but then again I did gain weight too fast and hurt my knee so...maybe not that setup exactly. A day of 4x8 instead of submax singles might help. Suggestions welcome IYCBB.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 24, 2013, 03:49:44 am
Gym:

Foam roll warmup/activation

RDL: 1x5@40kgs, 1x5@60kgs, 1x5@80kgs, 1x5@110kgs, 1x5@80kgs

KB SL Calf raise: 2x20/leg@32kgs (nice)

Weighted back ext: 1x10@BW, 2x10@20kgs

SL Ham curl machine: 2x15/leg@15kgs

UB, core

BW: 76.8kgs

RDLs felt great today. A bunch of crossfit brahs were in the next rack over making a big deal about DLing singles of 120kgs, dropping it really loud each time and war cry-ing every rep. Then I did the 110kgs RDL style with good form, calm as Buddha. They piped down a little after that  :trollface: . Good ham soreness today, no lower back.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 27, 2013, 08:02:29 am
Didn't lift or run on the weekend but played a basketball game. Had one near-max DSVJ at the rim at halftime of around 35'' (middle of hand).

Gym:

Foam roll warmup/activation

Squat: Warmup, 1x6@60kgs, 1x6@60kgs (front - getting better), 1x6@110kgs, 1x3@130kgs, 1x6@60kgs

BSS: 2x8/leg@55kgs

UB

BW: 76.0kgs

Kept the squats light today because I played some pickup ball afterwards.

Think I'm gonna give myself 1-2 more weeks for strength work til end of August. If I lift 2xBW again in squat, great - if not, nbd. If I can get to [120kgs x 5] for RDL, [60 kgs x 8/leg] with BSS and [35 kgs x 20/leg] for SL calf at 76.5kgs BW then that'd be good enough for this first cycle. The weather's getting better and I'm itching to do some RFD work. Sick of heavy slow lifting. My vert is pretty good atm with no real RFD work except occasional track.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 31, 2013, 03:18:51 am
Gym:

Foam roll warmup/activation

RDL: 1x5@50kgs, 1x5@90kgs, 1x5@110kgs, 1x5@115kgs, 1x5@90kgs

SL calf raise: 1x20/leg@32,5kgs, 1x20/leg(L),15(R)@32,5kgs, 1x10/leg@32,5kgs

UB, core

BW: 76.5kgs

Good RDLs today.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 02, 2013, 06:50:59 am
Jumps:

I had major P-chain/lower back DOMS the day after RDLs so I didn't run. Just did a bunch of SVJs on my vertec.

8 SVJs - best at 33''

Couple of DSVJs - mostly 34''

Mostly shit, but I was pretty destroyed from the higher volume of RDLs.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on September 02, 2013, 07:02:27 am
You're SVJ is like the same as my RVJ :( My SVJ is like 25 lol.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on September 02, 2013, 08:17:05 am
Your =/= You're

Your SVJ is great.
You're a funny guy. You're = you are.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 02, 2013, 08:47:15 am
You're SVJ is like the same as my RVJ :( My SVJ is like 25 lol.

Haha yeah I shouldn't complain. I had it set at 34'' and I just kept skimming the edge of the slat, so annoying when you feel you can easily get it but your legs won't co-operate.

Your =/= You're

Your SVJ is great.
You're a funny guy. You're = you are.

Hey Raptor guess what? You're an annoying grammar nazi!  :D
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on September 02, 2013, 10:09:44 am
Your right
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: ChrisM on September 02, 2013, 10:17:08 am
Lol!

Nice SVJ! Especially on sub optimum legs!
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 04, 2013, 08:56:40 am
Gym:

Foam roll warmup/activation

Squat: warmup, 1x6@60kgs, 1x5@60kgs (front), 1x6@100kgs, 1x7@130kgs, 1x6@100kgs

BSS: 1x8/leg@60kgs, 1x8/leg@54kgs

SL TKEs: 2x20/leg@15kgs

UB

BW: 77.0kgs

Finally got a good squat session in - 6 reps felt great, really strong, and could manage a 7th. >2xBW squat although I don't like using the 1rm calc for more than 5 reps.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 08, 2013, 09:32:33 am
Lol!

Nice SVJ! Especially on sub optimum legs!

Thanks man!
__________

Started getting sick the day after last session (of course). Every time I squat at 2xBW something bad happens! Got over it fairly quickly but the DOMS from the last session was intense as a result. Body couldn't heal and recover from bug at the same time.

Gym:

Foam roll warmup/activation

RDL: 1x5@50kgs, 2x5@90kgs, 1x5@115kgs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0ubt3DGjUY

SL calf raise: 1x10/leg@20kgs, 2x20/leg@32kgs

UB

BW: 77.0kgs

Didn't do much today but RDLs felt really easy, like I could have done an extra 10kgs no worries. Probably due to the shitload of carbs I've been eating while I've been sick.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 11, 2013, 12:35:45 am
Gym:

Foam roll warmup/activation

Squat: warmup, 1x6@60kgs, 1x5@60kgs (front), 1x6@100kgs, 1x3@120kgs, 1x4@130kgs

UB

BW: 77.5kgs

Bleh...probably shouldn't have bothered with this session. Still not 100% from cold I guess. Just didn't have strength for 6-7 reps of 130kgs.

In other news, I've joined up properly with the gym that all my lifting/SVJ videos have been shot and quit my other membership at the uni. It's something I should have done ages ago but didn't get around to it. The main reason is that I was sick of doing a session at uni then travelling 40mins standing on the tram/train home. This new gym is only 10 mins from my house and I can jump in an ice bath straight afterwards rather than fuck around getting home. There's only one squat rack which was primarily why I hadn't joined, as my old gym had nine, but I realised that the uni gym had become so full of crossfit/rippetoe dickheads that it wasn't any better with more racks anyway. Plus, I can film all I want at the new gym whereas they didn't allow video at the old one. So, except a LOT more lifting footage from now on!
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 11, 2013, 07:52:29 am
Here's my front squat from yesterday. Not the best angle but you can see I'm still having trouble racking it comfortably (see how quickly I have to get my arm out of there). I'm sure once I solve that, my FS will start to become respectable as I don't have any trouble actually moving the weight in the more upright position, it's just the inability to hold it for more than 5 reps.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJVPrRbN9no
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on September 11, 2013, 08:18:03 am
That's good that you moved to a closer gym. My gym only has 1 squat rack as well but as long as I don't go to the gym during peak hour I usually don't have to wait very long, if at all to use it. As far as front squats go it's pretty hard to do more than 5 reps because after 5 reps it starts taxing your back moreso than your legs.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: entropy on September 11, 2013, 08:47:08 am
Those look really nice. I'd say it's ok train with higher reps 5-8 while you're learning the movement. You'll get more benefit that way than doing low reps with light weight. Later when your FS catches up with your BS you can switch to low reps for strength. In the mean time you'll gain more by strengthening your rack (via longer reps). FWIW Danny Green trains exclusively with higher reps on FS, he says it does more for his leg strength. I think that's probably true when your FS is heavy enough that high reps are sufficiently heavy to work your legs hard but the rest of us get more out of lower reps for building leg strength.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Joe on September 11, 2013, 09:28:15 am
Those look really nice. I'd say it's ok train with higher reps 5-8 while you're learning the movement. You'll get more benefit that way than doing low reps with light weight. Later when your FS catches up with your BS you can switch to low reps for strength. In the mean time you'll gain more by strengthening your rack (via longer reps). FWIW Danny Green trains exclusively with higher reps on FS, he says it does more for his leg strength. I think that's probably true when your FS is heavy enough that high reps are sufficiently heavy to work your legs hard but the rest of us get more out of lower reps for building leg strength.

He's not above the occasional triple.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM-YgRN2OLc
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: entropy on September 11, 2013, 11:05:44 am
^testing vs training!

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I also had success with an approach to front squatting that had been recommended to me by world record holding squatter Sam Byrd. It was basically training for weekly PRs but with an emphasis on volume and reps and not missing reps. I adapted his regimen a little bit and had tremendous success!

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Monday: Front Squats 3 sets x 5-8 reps, 1 set x 1-4 reps

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Front squats were the workhorse and back squats heavy every week turned the strength into results. It was a very simple program, but was very demanding. For the front squats I never missed a single rep. For the back squats I missed many.

http://www.jtsstrength.com/articles/2013/01/25/the-greatest-squat-article-ever/

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The best exercise for improving my squat has been the front squat. I learned them during my Olympic lifting years, but reinstated them in my powerlifting regimen after speaking with Mr. Sam Byrd.

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Of course the most important way to improve the squat is to just squat and squat heavy! But for me the front squat has been huge. This is because of the nature of the exercise. Because the front squat forces you to not lean forward, you are forced not to allow your lower back strength to take over the lift. It forces you to squat with the knees forward loading up the quads. This is key for me because I have fairly long legs and had always had trouble not letting my back take over during heavy back squats. Front squats force the quads to do the work. Also holding a barbell racked across your chest and shoulders will provide enormous work for the upper back–erectors and traps. I like to use the front squat in the 5-8 rep range to really build the quads with high volume. Maxes are ok too but I feel reps carry over to the back squat best.

http://www.jtsstrength.com/articles/2013/01/22/how-i-built-my-best-squat-ever-front-squats/

At the risk of belaboring the point, when you start FS, esp when you've been backsquatting and have strong legs from an athletic background, your legs are much stronger than your rack. But you need a very strong rack to use a heavy weight to challenge your legs. So you do higher reps to build your rack strength. Since initially you can progress the FS as easily for 8 reps as 3, it's more beneficial since it train an essential part of the FS. Eventually your FS weights will get heavy in which case they'll be challenging enough for legs. At that point heavy low rep sets is the way to go imho. Although I agree with Green that higher rep sets build strength better --- if  -- they're heavy enough to challenge your legs. No point doing doing 8s with 80kg to build strength as I see some guys do online when your legs are strong enough to backsquat 180kg.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 11, 2013, 08:14:10 pm
Yep good points. I think I'll continue to increase the reps as you say until my rack is strong enough to use a challenging weight for my legs. I've been holding back on them for awhile but it's time to get serious, aiming to have my FS around 100kgs by the end of the year.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 15, 2013, 01:03:34 am
Gym:

Foam roll warmup/activation

RDL: warmup, 2x5@60kgs, 1x5@110kgs, 1x5@120kgs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsR_X-41nkY

DB SL calf raise: 2x20/leg@35kgs (very easy)

Weighted back ext: 1x10@BW, 2x10@20kgs

SL ham curl machine: 2x15/leg@15kgs

BW: 77.0kgs

Easy RDLs again today. I think I'd be good for maybe another 5-10kgs. Either way I've hit my goals for this strength phase so time to deload and move onto a new phase. Been playing around with some programs for RFD/speed. I was thinking about incorporating cleans/snatches again but I'm wary that my form is probably shit atm, given my difficulties with the FS. So I might just stick with jump squats/depth jumps. Plenty of time to learn the O lifts properly later on.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 16, 2013, 08:35:57 am
I put up my plan for RFD/power block in my progress tracker. There's not much RVJs yet, my focus will be on short-range stuff like SVJs, broad jumps and some DSVJs. I based it on the stuff I was doing last year but more focused and better rest periods after things like depth jumps. I think I got p.tendonitis last year because I had too many sessions per week with not enough rest. I got a meniscus problem later in the year but that was from playing competitive ball during 3x/week squat sessions and being too heavy (~86kgs). That won't happen this time around. Comments, criticisms welcomed as always.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 17, 2013, 06:15:18 am
Gym - deload:

Foam roll warmup/activation

Box jumps: 1x5@30'', 1x5@40''

Squat: Warmup, 1x6@60kgs, 1x6@80kgs, 1x6@110kgs, 2x6-7@60kgs (front)

BSS: 1x8/leg@24kgs, 1x8/leg@40kgs

UB

BW: 77.2kgs
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on September 19, 2013, 03:00:11 pm
alastair is such an awesome name.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 19, 2013, 11:46:51 pm
alastair is such an awesome name.

Thanks man! It's actually Alistair with an 'i' though. It's probably one of the more misspelled  names going around.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 19, 2013, 11:57:56 pm
Gym (deload):

Foam roll warmup/activation

Box jumps: 1x5@24'', 1x5@32''

RDL: Warmup, 1x5@60kgs, 1x5@80kgs, 1x4@100kgs

Usual UB and core stuff

BW: 77.3kgs
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on September 20, 2013, 11:16:02 am
alastair is such an awesome name.

Thanks man! It's actually Alistair with an 'i' though. It's probably one of the more misspelled  names going around.

FUCK. i hate misspelling stuff.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 22, 2013, 03:39:46 am
Track (deload):

Dynamic warmup, 400m jog etc.

60m, 70m, 80m, 70m, 60m (~80% effort)

3x10 tucks

2x5-6/leg SL tucks

3x10 pogos

Then went to the gym straight after:

Gym:

Foam roll warmup/activation

Front squat practice (just lots of reps with 40kgs)

Pullups: 6x5

Core stuff, really good foam roll and stretch

BW: 77.5kgs

Damn it feels good to work out for ~3hrs. Feel great afterwards. Ready to get into this next block. My bodyweight has been creeping up fractionally over the last month but my waist measurements and caliper measurements are pretty much the same so no worries.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 23, 2013, 12:46:17 am
Hmm..right knee is feeling a bit weird today. Kind of achy on the right lateral side. I don't think it's anything structural as I can fully extend with no pain, no pops, clicking etc and no swelling. Just feels sore when I'm going through about 45-90 degrees of flexion, doesn't hurt to fully flex or extend. I tested out my IT bands with a cricket ball and the right side was way tighter. Might be my tight IT band pulling on the knee joint. Right calf is also a lot tighter, especially around the achilles. Also found a tender spot behind the knee, possibly the popliteus muscle. Booked in for a deep tissue massage again tomorrow to sort this out. As such I'll delay the start of this week for day or two. I think it'll be fine with a bit of rest but don't want to fuck this year's training up again. I'm having flashbacks to last year with my left knee  :huh: .

Joined the uni athletics club last night  :D First round is on the 19th of October, which coincidentally is when I'll be testing the first round of power block. Unfortunately they alternate the 100m and the 200m as is the usual case, with the 200m first. I may or may not run every 200m this season. I'll be very slow at them to start. My goals are still to throw down off one and two but competing will take the training up a notch. I won't be training with the club, just competing on the weekends as a progress tracker. Prior to starting vert training, my best vertical jump height by far was (unsurpirsingly) when I was training and competing heavily for sprints + long jump.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on September 23, 2013, 03:18:49 am
Nice :highfive:
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 23, 2013, 06:55:02 am
Nice :highfive:

I hope you're talking about joining the club and not my knee haha!

Seriously though, now that there's a decent number of guys here competing (you me avishek todday seifuullaah, maybe LBSS if he's interested in branching out a bit), we should start a times thread to keep track of where everyone is. The site's great obviously but one thing it's lacking is a bit of competitive spirit. Having a bit of incentive to improve on the leader's board would be fun. Everyone could use some extra motivation to keep improving!

Edit: Actually I don't see why we can't bring back something like this for the new generation of adarq.org'ers: 

http://www.adarq.org/strength-power-reactivity-speed-discussion/rankings-ii/

Would be cool to have all measurables on there, SVJ, RVJ, broad jump, 30m/40y/60m/100m/200m/400m, as well as the big three (squat, DL, bench). If enough people are interested then it would be good to have something like that going again. Maybe have it stickied in the progress journals section so people can access it easier.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on September 23, 2013, 07:08:47 am
Nice :highfive:

I hope you're talking about joining the club and not my knee haha!

Seriously though, now that there's a decent number of guys here competing (you me avishek todday seifuullaah, maybe LBSS if he's interested in branching out a bit), we should start a times thread to keep track of where everyone is. The site's great obviously but one thing it's lacking is a bit of competitive spirit. Having a bit of incentive to improve on the leader's board would be fun. Everyone could use some extra motivation to keep improving!

Yeah I was talking about you competing in track :P

That's a great idea with the times thread. We could have a couple of categories, such as an electronic one that consists of 60, 100, and 200. Than have a hand time one of 30, 60, 100, 200, 400 or whatever. We could also include times of season bests and personal bests. Than people just update their results generally and the page gets updated once people break their PBs or SBs etc. Than have the names ranked by fastest times or something. 
E.g Layout

                           ELECTRONIC
                          Distance- 60m
Name     Personal Best       Season Best
ranked by times

                         Distance- 100m
Name     Personal Best       Season Best
ranked by times


                         Distance- 200m
Name     Personal Best       Season Best
ranked by times

Edit- Just seen you updated the post. The Nightfly style layout is cool as well. If you start a thread I'm keen!

Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 23, 2013, 07:29:54 am
Nice :highfive:

I hope you're talking about joining the club and not my knee haha!

Seriously though, now that there's a decent number of guys here competing (you me avishek todday seifuullaah, maybe LBSS if he's interested in branching out a bit), we should start a times thread to keep track of where everyone is. The site's great obviously but one thing it's lacking is a bit of competitive spirit. Having a bit of incentive to improve on the leader's board would be fun. Everyone could use some extra motivation to keep improving!

Yeah I was talking about you competing in track :P

That's a great idea with the times thread. We could have a couple of categories, such as an electronic one that consists of 60, 100, and 200. Than have a hand time one of 30, 60, 100, 200, 400 or whatever. We could also include times of season bests and personal bests. Than people just update their results generally and the page gets updated once people break their PBs or SBs etc. Than have the names ranked by fastest times or something. 
E.g Layout

                           ELECTRONIC
                          Distance- 60m
Name     Personal Best       Season Best
ranked by times

                         Distance- 100m
Name     Personal Best       Season Best
ranked by times


                         Distance- 200m
Name     Personal Best       Season Best
ranked by times

Edit- Just seen you updated the post. The Nightfly style layout is cool as well. If you start a thread I'm keen!

Sweet, let's do it. I'll make a thread now. Hopefully  people will actually use it! Haha.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 25, 2013, 03:12:40 am
Had a good session yesterday with the deep tissue guy. Apparently my left leg is slightly longer than my right and that could explain a lot of the shit that's happened to me. I had really tight hip flexors on my right side, a definite abductor and VMO discrepancy between left and right, and some pretty bad knots in my lower back, glutes and right vastus muscles. Even though I foam roll and stretch every night (plus during gym sessions), this stuff just builds up I guess. Therapist gave me some new stuff to do, I think I just need to go more often than once every 6 months lol. My knee feels fine today though. It improved a lot over yesterday so I think it was just sore from other muscles pulling on it. Pretty sore today overall though from the session.

Gym:

Foam roll warmup/activation

Jump squats: 5x2@15kgs (20 sec rest between reps, 2 mins between sets)

Squat: warmup, 1x6@60kgs, 3x3@120kgs (was supposed to be 140kgs but decided to take off 20kgs today because of knee, it felt heavy enough anyway)

5 SVJs - all around ~33-34''

Quick UB and core

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6ahjmft6EQ

My squats looked not so good today. A bit more buttwink than usual and I definitely fell forward a bit on the second rep. I think that's due to a bit of overall muscular fatigue in back and legs from yesterday. SVJs weren't too bad. I did a quick frame count for the hangtime calc and freaked out a bit because I was only getting 16 frames, which gave me a 13'' jump  :huh: . But then I realised my phone only shoots 19fps  :uhhhfacepalm:

BW: 77.5kgs
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 28, 2013, 06:43:19 am
Track:

Warmup

4x50m

2x150m

1x100m (12.4ht)

2x5-6 DL bounds

Then went to the gym and just did some random UB and core

BW: 78kgs (getting fat  :huh: )
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 30, 2013, 11:18:36 pm
Gym:

Foam roll warmup/activation

Depth jumps: 8x1 (1 min rest between sets)

Plate swing: 1x8@5kgs, 1x8@10kgs, 1x9@15kgs

RDL (focus on fast bar speed): warmup, 1x3@100kgs, 3x3@120kgs

UB, core

BW: 77.7kgs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uqVRz6wyY8

Pretty good session right here. RDLs felt pretty fast. I'm being very cautious with depth jumps this time around. Doing what Joel Smith suggests and just doing a large set with decent rest between reps. I think they look OK, could definitely work on them though.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on September 30, 2013, 11:28:05 pm
good lord what are you doing on the plate swings? why are you bending over so far? swings are generally meant to be a hip exercise as far as i know.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on October 01, 2013, 12:17:50 am
good lord what are you doing on the plate swings? why are you bending over so far? swings are generally meant to be a hip exercise as far as i know.

It is pretty extreme  :) . The heavier weight was kind of pulling me forward a bit more than usual. But I still got a great hip extension and glute drive so I don't think it's a big deal. I generally try and do them like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lzigB2S7h0
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on October 01, 2013, 08:00:06 am
Why do you get the plate all the way over the head... you're losing a lot of hip tension doing that.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on October 02, 2013, 12:42:00 am
Why do you get the plate all the way over the head... you're losing a lot of hip tension doing that.

I'm not lifting the plate high like that. That the natural arc it follows from the power of the hip extension. Why is hip tension that important in this circumstance?
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on October 02, 2013, 07:09:56 am
I don't get what you say.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on October 02, 2013, 08:55:00 am
two further thoughts about swinging the plate that high:

1. i know you say you're getting good hip snap but it looks very much like you're loading your low back at the expense of loading your hamstrings. you're doing A instead of B below

      _____O                     O
     |                               /
     |                             /
     |_                            \
                                     \
           A                         /_
                                                             
                                    B

god those are awful diagrams. i'll try to do a better version later.

2. my n=1 with swings is that when i make an active effort to arrest the weight at about eye height the whole exercise is crisper and more explosive.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Joe on October 02, 2013, 08:56:37 am
^^^ Dan John and Pavel, who know a thing or two about swings, are pretty adamant that actively pulling the bell/plate down when it reaches head height is necessary for correct form.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on October 03, 2013, 09:39:25 am
OK thanks everyone, message received and understood. I should state again that I generally don't do them exactly like that. I try to do them as in the JS vid above usually. As I mentioned to LBSS, it was an awkward setup with a plate instead of a KB. I didn't think such a big deal if it goes overhead (I read the article below on american vs russian swing differences) but if Pavel says head level is optimal, then head level is probably optimal!

http://www.crossfitinvictus.com/must-read-posts/the-great-kettlebell-swing-debate/
 (http://www.crossfitinvictus.com/must-read-posts/the-great-kettlebell-swing-debate/)

Gym:

Foam roll warmup/activation/dynamic warmup

Squat jump: 5x2@15kgs

5 SVJs, best ~33-34''

Squat: warmup, 1x3@100kgs, 2x3@130kgs, 2x3@100kgs (CAT)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUceMFqqWf4

The squats felt way stronger this week but my knee twinged just a little bit coming up on the last rep of the second set. I decided to to 2x3@100kgs explosively instead of last set of 130kgs. It feels fine now.

UB, core

BW:77.7kgs

Cool SVJ pic. I put the camera almost at roof level but it's still hard to tell where I am. Need to jump at a ring!

(http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l601/acole14/SVJpic.png)
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on October 06, 2013, 06:54:11 am
Track:

800m jog, dynamic warmup

5x50m

3x120m

2x10 pogos and tucks

2x5-6 DL bounds for height

Core stuff, pushups

BW: 78kgs

Pretty good run, felt pretty fast for the 120s, didn't time though.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on October 09, 2013, 08:07:20 am
So after running on Sunday the lateral knee "pain" was back. I say "pain" because it didn't really hurt much, just a discomfort more than anything. It was most noticeable at around 45-90deg of weight bearing knee flexion (i.e. didn't hurt when extending and flexing the leg w/o load). Not quite as bad as previously but still there. I could pinpoint the exact tenderness to a spot where the tibia and fibula join. Just decided to bite the bullet and get it checked properly by a physio, found one nearby that wasn't too expensive. He did all the structural knee tests on both knees and said I was fine, no obvious cartilage or ligament damage. After a few more tests he decided it was proximal tibiofibular joint pain, which apparently is a pretty rare and often missed cause of lateral knee pain. Turns out the tender popliteus muscle I discovered a few weeks ago was an indicator. He did some pretty intense trigger point work around the joint and it feels a lot better now. I'm gonna see him a few more times to get it ironed out but I think it will be a minor thing now I know what it is and I can keep working at it.

Physio said I should keep doing what I'm doing but cut out depth jumps and jump squats for this week until I see him again. So I'll just add an extra week onto this block (provided this goes away quickly of course).

Gym:

Foam roll warmup/activation

Plate swing: warmup, 1x8@5kgs, 2x8@10kgs, 1x8@15kgs

RDL: Warmup, 3x3@120kgs

TKEs: 2x20/leg@15kgs

UB, core

BW: 78kgs

Following on from the plate swing discussion, I tried using the smaller 10kg plate which I can hold horizontally and control better at the top. Not surprisingly it felt a hell of a lot better and more like a true KB swing. The 15kg plate is just too awkward to hold comfortably and I have to take a stance that is too wide so I don't smash my legs on the downswing. Maybe I should buy my own 15kg KBs...
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: entropy on October 09, 2013, 08:12:25 am
One thing i've recently been doing when my knees feel wonky is doing a compression around the muscles near the knee. I just wrap some rubber bands fairly tight around my calves and hams/quads for about 1 min, do a bit of a stretch to fill the area with blood, then move my way down the leg. Makes my knees feel good. Something to try perhaps, it's pretty amazing how good it feels in an instant. People use rubber tubing from bicycle tyres, i just use my bands.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on October 09, 2013, 09:29:35 am
One thing i've recently been doing when my knees feel wonky is doing a compression around the muscles near the knee. I just wrap some rubber bands fairly tight around my calves and hams/quads for about 1 min, do a bit of a stretch to fill the area with blood, then move my way down the leg. Makes my knees feel good. Something to try perhaps, it's pretty amazing how good it feels in an instant. People use rubber tubing from bicycle tyres, i just use my bands.

Yeah sure sounds good. It sounds like something I read in Supple Leopard. I just need to get some decent bands already! I should have them already because I know they'll be really helpful, but just haven't got them yet out of sheer laziness.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on October 09, 2013, 10:07:07 am
One thing i've recently been doing when my knees feel wonky is doing a compression around the muscles near the knee. I just wrap some rubber bands fairly tight around my calves and hams/quads for about 1 min, do a bit of a stretch to fill the area with blood, then move my way down the leg. Makes my knees feel good. Something to try perhaps, it's pretty amazing how good it feels in an instant. People use rubber tubing from bicycle tyres, i just use my bands.

huh, cool.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Joe on October 09, 2013, 11:23:21 am
One thing i've recently been doing when my knees feel wonky is doing a compression around the muscles near the knee. I just wrap some rubber bands fairly tight around my calves and hams/quads for about 1 min, do a bit of a stretch to fill the area with blood, then move my way down the leg. Makes my knees feel good. Something to try perhaps, it's pretty amazing how good it feels in an instant. People use rubber tubing from bicycle tyres, i just use my bands.

huh, cool.

replacement for voodoo from supple leopard
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on October 09, 2013, 11:52:26 am
One thing i've recently been doing when my knees feel wonky is doing a compression around the muscles near the knee. I just wrap some rubber bands fairly tight around my calves and hams/quads for about 1 min, do a bit of a stretch to fill the area with blood, then move my way down the leg. Makes my knees feel good. Something to try perhaps, it's pretty amazing how good it feels in an instant. People use rubber tubing from bicycle tyres, i just use my bands.

huh, cool.

replacement for voodoo from supple leopard

yeah exactly.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on October 12, 2013, 08:59:29 am
Gym (two days ago):

Really weird thing happened here. My knee was still feeling a little sore but overall pretty good. I'd been working the back of my knee a bit with a softball and it felt better than in previous weeks. Got to the gym and was doing warmups when my right hip started seizing up, kind of like what I imagine sciatica feels like. Quite painful, it got to the point where I couldn't really do anything without it shocking me so just did some quick pullups, DB shoulder press and some core and left. Was pretty pissed off. But weirdly, the next morning it was basically gone, no pain whatsoever  :huh: . First training session where something like that has happened.

Track:

Felt OK from the bizarre incident couple days before. I felt pretty good today.

Warmup, jog etc.

3x50m

1x100m

1x150m

2x10 pogos/tuck jumps

2x5 DL bounds for height

BW: 77.8kgs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfpl2BNBrGk

I got the 100m filmed and timed it at 12.1 (head starts moving at 2.2 sec and cross the line at 14.3 sec). Not bad. Now I can put something on the rankings thread! I slowed down a lot across the line and my technique got a bit sloppy. Speed endurance still needs a lot of work obviously. Hopefully should improve a lot once I finally start 2x/week track. My DL bounds still need work. I really lose height after the first jump.I want to throw the power jumper in there but not sure I should do it with average form.

My knee feels a little bit sore at times right now but it's much reduced. Hoping with continued treatment it goes away for good.
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Post by: AGC on October 13, 2013, 03:44:29 am
Got the news today that the gym I'd just joined recently is closing down! Was devastated when I heard, it's been such a good gym over the time I've used it for all the reasons I've detailed in the past (quiet, easy to do vids, good space for vert stuff), but the gym industry is a struggle I guess. It's not a commerical chain gym, just one guy running it and they just couldn't keep up any more without jacking up memberships by 30-40% so that's that.

On the plus side, I went today just after the owner emailed everyone about the closure and I was able to talk to him about buying some of the equipment. In the end I was able to grab:

- The squat rack
- 20kg Bar
- 180kgs of plates (2x25, 4x20, 2x15, 2x10)
- Incline adjustable bench
- Back extension bench
- Spin bike (gf wanted one but I'll prob use it as well)

All that for $1200AUD! Might also get some other cheap stuff like the ab wheel and one of the smaller bodypump barbells with 2x5/2x2.5kg plates. Pretty good deal really. It's all quality equipment, no cheap crap and it's stuff that'll last me awhile. I really have almost everything I use regularly, and enough weight plates to keep me occupied for a few years at least. Eventually I'd get a few dumbbells  and maybe some bands and something for pullups but you can do so much with just a good squat rack and a barbell obviously. At the moment I can't set it all up where I live in Melbourne but I'll keep the squat rack/weights etc. at my parents' place in Geelong (about an hour away from Melbourne). So whenever I go home there'll be stuff I can use, and when I get a place with a bit of room I'll have the foundations of a good home gym.  :personal-record:  :headbang:

Gym:

Just messed around with UB and core stuff, legs pretty dead from yesterday. Pullups, DB bench press, DB shoulder press, dips, front squat rack holds with 70kgs.

BW: 78kgs
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Post by: Raptor on October 13, 2013, 05:36:16 am
Wow... that's awesome
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Post by: entropy on October 13, 2013, 05:38:11 am
Nice! Would love to see pics of the equipment when you set it up.
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Post by: Mikey on October 13, 2013, 07:53:25 am
Bittersweet with the gym closing but it's great that you got your own equipment.
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Post by: Mikey on October 15, 2013, 09:19:11 am
Which athletics club are you training with?
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Post by: AGC on October 15, 2013, 09:04:47 pm
Which athletics club are you training with?

Melbourne Uni, but I don't think I'll actually train with them very much. I'd prefer to just do my own sessions because they train fairly late during the week. I go there for work and usually finish by 4:30pm, they start training at 6pm but I like to head home before peak hour (live about 40 mins away on PT at the moment). So I'm happy enough just doing my own thing at the track near my house, if I move closer next year then I might think about training with them, it is better in the long-run to have a group and have that competitive feeling during training.
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Post by: Mikey on October 16, 2013, 06:50:28 am
Which athletics club are you training with?

Melbourne Uni, but I don't think I'll actually train with them very much. I'd prefer to just do my own sessions because they train fairly late during the week. I go there for work and usually finish by 4:30pm, they start training at 6pm but I like to head home before peak hour (live about 40 mins away on PT at the moment). So I'm happy enough just doing my own thing at the track near my house, if I move closer next year then I might think about training with them, it is better in the long-run to have a group and have that competitive feeling during training.

Yeah definitely. You'll probably improve pretty quickly just training by yourself and getting yourself back into sprinting shape. Let me know if you start training with them because I'd be interested in knowing what they do and the times of the other athletes running with the club.
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Post by: AGC on October 16, 2013, 10:27:18 pm
Which athletics club are you training with?

Melbourne Uni, but I don't think I'll actually train with them very much. I'd prefer to just do my own sessions because they train fairly late during the week. I go there for work and usually finish by 4:30pm, they start training at 6pm but I like to head home before peak hour (live about 40 mins away on PT at the moment). So I'm happy enough just doing my own thing at the track near my house, if I move closer next year then I might think about training with them, it is better in the long-run to have a group and have that competitive feeling during training.

Yeah definitely. You'll probably improve pretty quickly just training by yourself and getting yourself back into sprinting shape. Let me know if you start training with them because I'd be interested in knowing what they do and the times of the other athletes running with the club.

Yeah I looked at the results from last season and there's some pretty fast guys there. No sub-11 or sub-22 but quite a few low 11/22sec runners.

http://www.muac.org.au/

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Haven't trained since Saturday on advice from the physio. I went Monday and last night and he says my joint is getting a lot looser and the pain is certainly reduced. We thought it would be a good idea to avoid heavy loading (i.e. heavy squats, depth jumps, squat jumps) for this week until I compete on Saturday (btw, I'm competing on Saturday :) ) but he said I could do a light session tonight and see how it feels. Might just do some speed squats and a few SVJs+UB/core.
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Post by: Mikey on October 17, 2013, 01:01:37 am
Which athletics club are you training with?

Melbourne Uni, but I don't think I'll actually train with them very much. I'd prefer to just do my own sessions because they train fairly late during the week. I go there for work and usually finish by 4:30pm, they start training at 6pm but I like to head home before peak hour (live about 40 mins away on PT at the moment). So I'm happy enough just doing my own thing at the track near my house, if I move closer next year then I might think about training with them, it is better in the long-run to have a group and have that competitive feeling during training.

Yeah definitely. You'll probably improve pretty quickly just training by yourself and getting yourself back into sprinting shape. Let me know if you start training with them because I'd be interested in knowing what they do and the times of the other athletes running with the club.

Yeah I looked at the results from last season and there's some pretty fast guys there. No sub-11 or sub-22 but quite a few low 11/22sec runners.

http://www.muac.org.au/

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Haven't trained since Saturday on advice from the physio. I went Monday and last night and he says my joint is getting a lot looser and the pain is certainly reduced. We thought it would be a good idea to avoid heavy loading (i.e. heavy squats, depth jumps, squat jumps) for this week until I compete on Saturday (btw, I'm competing on Saturday :) ) but he said I could do a light session tonight and see how it feels. Might just do some speed squats and a few SVJs+UB/core.

That's cool thanks for posting that link. Goodluck for the 100m on Saturday!
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Post by: AGC on October 19, 2013, 10:02:30 am
Gym (yesterday):

Jut did some light stuff, KB swings 2x10@10kgs, CAT squats 3x3@100kgs, bit of UB and core. Just testing out my tib-fib joint issue (gonna stop calling it a knee issue  because it's not really the knee). I found a great way to treat it is to get the end of a broom handle and just dig into it while kneeling, really work out the stiffness. It definitely feels better.

In a bit of a turnaround, my gym ISN'T closing after all. They found a buyer (some sucker or they got it 50c on the dollar because it was definitely losing money) so it's gonna keep running for the foreseeable future. I had mixed feelings when I found out, as it meant I couldn't get any of the equipment any more. Damn! Oh well. I do like the gym so I guess it's probably better in the short-term.

Track (comp):

Ran the 100m and also had a few jumps today. I got put in the first heat because everyone else was holding back trying to get into the later heats. They were stuffing around with a new electronic gun and we were standing at the blocks in 30deg heat for 10 minutes! Not ideal. When we finally started I got the absolute worst start: the gun made a ridiculous fake firing noise that was barely audible and I completely missed it. Ended up running a 12.52 (LOL). I went back to do another run but they didn't let me do another one. So yeah, very slow but I can definitely improve a lot. I really need to start hammering out 250m repeats - sure, the start was bad but I really dropped away at the end. There's no other reason for that but complete lack of fitness and the only way to improve that is to start hitting the tempo sprint sessions!

I just did the long jump for fun. My technique and run-up were an absolute uncoordinated mess but I guess that's what happens if you don't compete in an event for 5 years! Jumped 5.60m.

Edit: Results page

http://www.athsvic.org.au/images/uploads/results/yellow-mm4-round1-19oct13-2030.pdf
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Post by: AGC on October 25, 2013, 01:40:34 am
Thank fuck the site's back up. I was getting withdrawal symptoms. I am absolutely hopeless at keeping track of training without it.

Sunday after race:felt OK, tib-fib pain still kind of there but not as intense as in previous weeks.

Monday: Went to the physio again. He wasn't happy that it was still hurting so he tried more intense deep tissue massaging around the area to see what happens. I had a really tight/sore peroneus muscle (running down the lateral side of lower leg).

Tuesday - gym: Did some SVJs (about usual height), squats working up to 130kgs for a single (pretty easy) and some general UB/core. I really felt the peroneus muscle here. The pain is progressing from general lateral knee to localised pain to this muscle/tendon. I found that really working at it between sets helped a lot in staying pain-free during the workout.

Thursday - gym: light session. Did a few submax SVJs, general UB/core as usual. Also practiced SL squat or both legs. I can do the left very easily, and my right, while still not as good, is a lot better than a few months ago. The physio really drilled into me the importance of the SL squat as a diagnostic of ankle, knee, hip issues, and being able to do full SL squats with both legs easily is a good indicator of reduced injury risk.

Today - track:

800m jog, dynamic warmup

2x10 pogos/tuck jumps

2x5 DL bounds

2x20m LRLRL bounds

100 (12.5), 200m (25.x, missed timer), 200m,100m

Stuffed after this workout. Definitely unfit. Tib-fib feels much better though. I think if I keep working on the right areas it'll go away similar to my L piriformis pain earlier in the year. Once I hit the right muscles it dissipated pretty quick.

BW: 78kgs
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Post by: AGC on October 27, 2013, 09:25:46 pm
Gym:

Foam roll/dynamic warmup/activation

Squat: warmup, 1x3@100kgs, 1x3@120kgs, 1x3@130kgs, 1x3@120kgs,1x3@100kgs

SL DB calf: 2x20/leg@28kgs

SL squats: 2x3-4/leg

Lots of UB and core stuff

BW: 78kgs

My tib-fib pain is definitely going away. I think what I'm doing is working. Squats felt fine today. I think I could have punched out 1 or maybe 2 more reps at 130kgs so my strength is not too bad. The plan is to restart the power block I was doing this week from scratch. Unfortunately it got disrupted with this tib-fib issue but I'm satisfied that it's not going to hold me back any more. I won't be able to race until 14th of Nov because of the schedule of the meets which sucks, but it means I can fit in three weeks of power stuff + longer sprints like last track session and see how I go.
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Post by: AGC on October 29, 2013, 09:03:44 am
Gym - Week 1 of Power/RFD block restart

Foam roll/dynamic warmup/activation

SL squats: 3-4 each leg

Squat jumps: 5x2@15kgs

5 SVJs

Squat: warmup, 1x3@100kgs, 2x3@130kgs, 1x3@100kgs

UB, core

BW: 78kgs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpCfiQ7_aCA

Good session overall. Only noticed tib-fib a couple of times. I filmed the first set of squats but the second was a lot faster/better form, should have filmed it as well. I experimented with doing a fast eccentric SVJ and a slower eccentric. Didn't really see a difference in height, kind of what I expected though.

Also, filmed my SL squat form. Still a bit shaky on the right but overall it's a lot better than even two weeks ago:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1XNj4aOZbw
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Post by: LBSS on October 29, 2013, 10:01:25 am
pistol squats looking good. wish i had dorsiflexion that good.
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Post by: Raptor on October 29, 2013, 01:50:53 pm
Actually, the LACK of dorsiflexion is what I see. He bends his lowerback quite a bit and that's a sign of the lack of dorsiflexion.

I have better form:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIrS7MsHqw4

:D
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Post by: LBSS on October 29, 2013, 02:43:54 pm
you seem to have missed that i was comparing his dorsiflexion to mine, not making a general statement about it. i can barely do a pistol in sneakers and not at all barefoot. oly shoes or some other heel elevation? no problem.

also, using plates is cheating.  :P
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Post by: Raptor on October 29, 2013, 03:45:40 pm
Haha yeah, at least he can do it on both feet. The dorsiflexion difference between my left and right foot is incredible... it's impossible to do pistol squats on the right leg.
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Post by: AGC on October 31, 2013, 09:22:21 pm
Thanks for your helpful comments as usual Raptor  :trollface:

I went to the physio for the second-last time (he keeps roping me in for more sessions!) and he worked my right peroneus pretty good. Haven't had any real pain lately. I'm tempted to say this issue is resolved but will wait to do a few more track sessions as that's what seems to aggravate it.

I also showed him my SL squat and squat vids. He did some dorsifelxion tests on me and my left is not too bad, but the right is lagging a bit as you'd expect. I've had a pretty bad sprain on my R ankle when I was 16-17 so he reckons that's probably the cause. All I can do to fix it is just make sure I roll and stretch my calf musculature well and keep doing the SL squat until I increase range of motion.
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Post by: AGC on November 01, 2013, 08:33:59 am
Gym:

Foam roll/dynamic warmup/activation

Plate swings: 1x10@5kgs, 1x8@10kgs, 3x8@15kgs

Depth jumps from 18'': 6x1

RDL: warmup, 2x5@70kgs, 1x3@110kgs, 2x3@120kgs

UB (benched 100kgs x 2!)

BW: 77.5kgs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avY1KQZ4ukg

I used two smaller plates today for the plate swings, much easier to stop the weight at head height with overhand grip. Felt better. I promise I was the only one in the gym when I did that last set of RDLs. Would never make that much noise normally. Last set was really damn hard!

P.S. @Raptor, SL squats with 2x5kgs plates are ridiculously easy compared to free SL squats.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlKbirL3viw
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Post by: Raptor on November 01, 2013, 09:00:37 am
At least I like the song in the background of the pistols.

But yeah, obviously, that additional weight keeps you on balance.

I think in the RDLs, instead, there was some back unlocking going on at 0:28-0:29
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Post by: AGC on November 01, 2013, 06:33:21 pm
At least I like the song in the background of the pistols.

But yeah, obviously, that additional weight keeps you on balance.

I think in the RDLs, instead, there was some back unlocking going on at 0:28-0:29

Nah, I know when I've had poor lower back tension in that lift, just rounding my back a little at any time during the lift with that weight gives me crazy lower back soreness the next day. All in the hamstrings this morning.
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Post by: AGC on November 04, 2013, 07:01:15 am
Went down to the coast over the weekend so didn't get to run. Sucks the comp is only every two weeks. Did some sprinting at the beach.

Dynamic warmup

2x10 pogos/tucks

2x6 DL bounds

2x20-30m LRLR bounds

6x100-120m sprints

4x30m sprints

Just ran between two spots that seemed to be around 100-120m. Running in sand is hard. On the plus side, felt great the next day after all that bounding and sprinting. The sand really cushions the impact well. But I guess there's some trade-off with regards to reactivity as the movements were a lot slower than when performed on the track.
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Post by: Mikey on November 04, 2013, 07:48:21 am
Yeah I think you also use more quads when you run on sand.
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Post by: Raptor on November 04, 2013, 08:23:53 am
I also read on a sprinting site that training (sprinting) on a stiff surface tends to make the tendons compliant, whereas training on a compliant surface tends to stiffen up the tendons... who knows if this is true.
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Post by: Mikey on November 04, 2013, 08:28:11 am
I also read on a sprinting site that training (sprinting) on a stiff surface tends to make the tendons compliant, whereas training on a compliant surface tends to stiffen up the tendons... who knows if this is true.

Yeah I've read stuff like that as well. Sprinting on grass is better for tendon elasticity etc.
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Post by: AGC on November 05, 2013, 07:23:25 am
Gym:

Foam roll/dynamic warmup/activation

Squat jumps: 4x3@15kgs

7 SVJs

Squat: warmup, 1x6@60kgs, 1x3@100kgs, 1x3@120kgs, 1x2@140kgs, 1x1@145kgs, 1x1@150kgs, 1x1@155kgs (1RM  :personal-record: at 78kgs)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BknoBzx3pxU

BW (with gym clothes on):

(http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l601/acole14/2ad0a48f-69c5-4caa-84a2-b2837a4e60b8.jpg)

1.98xBW, not far off from 6RM estimate.
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Post by: Mikey on November 05, 2013, 08:28:38 am
Nice work acole!
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Post by: Raptor on November 05, 2013, 08:37:44 am
Good stuff... by the way, do you always stay a bit unlocked at the knee at the top position?
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Post by: LBSS on November 05, 2013, 08:47:10 am
wuss. 2.5 more kg and you would have had 2 x bw flat.  :P
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Post by: T0ddday on November 05, 2013, 12:57:14 pm
I also read on a sprinting site that training (sprinting) on a stiff surface tends to make the tendons compliant, whereas training on a compliant surface tends to stiffen up the tendons... who knows if this is true.

Yeah I've read stuff like that as well. Sprinting on grass is better for tendon elasticity etc.

If your strong enough to sprint right on grass.  Nobody is really strong enough to sprint on soft sand, you going to collapse to some extent and load the hell out of the achilles on sand no matter what.  Maybe useful as a strength workout but will not carryover to sprinting.  Basically, if your a beginner you want to sprint on the hardest surface possible given that you can handle the pounding.  Get your nervous system used to short ground contacts first.  As you get more advanced you can start to play with soft surfaces like grass (but make sure the grass is REALLY even or better yet use field turf) but there is a learning curve switching back and force between surfaces. 
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Post by: AGC on November 05, 2013, 07:50:18 pm
Good stuff... by the way, do you always stay a bit unlocked at the knee at the top position?

Thanks man, yeah we've discussed this before, I don't usually lock out before the lift but I lock out just a bit at the top. I don't think it matters too much. I guess I just subconsciously do it.

wuss. 2.5 more kg and you would have had 2 x bw flat.  :P

Haha, well I weighed myself dry this morning and was 77.5kgs...so pretty much 2xBW. Which, as we've established many times over, is just an stupid arbitrary number which doesn't really mean anything more than what it says!
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Post by: AGC on November 05, 2013, 07:53:31 pm
I also read on a sprinting site that training (sprinting) on a stiff surface tends to make the tendons compliant, whereas training on a compliant surface tends to stiffen up the tendons... who knows if this is true.

Yeah I've read stuff like that as well. Sprinting on grass is better for tendon elasticity etc.

If your strong enough to sprint right on grass.  Nobody is really strong enough to sprint on soft sand, you going to collapse to some extent and load the hell out of the achilles on sand no matter what.  Maybe useful as a strength workout but will not carryover to sprinting.  Basically, if your a beginner you want to sprint on the hardest surface possible given that you can handle the pounding.  Get your nervous system used to short ground contacts first.  As you get more advanced you can start to play with soft surfaces like grass (but make sure the grass is REALLY even or better yet use field turf) but there is a learning curve switching back and force between surfaces.

Yeah I agree, I wouldn't do it very often, just happened to be the only way I could do some exercise in the tiny little coastal town I was at. It was good training for general fitness as that's definitely what I'm lacking right now.
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Post by: AGC on November 07, 2013, 07:21:05 pm
Gym:

Foam roll/dynamic warmup/activation

Plate swing: 1x8@10kgs, 3x8@20kgs

3 1-step RVJs onto box

Depth jumps: 8x1@18''

RDL: warmup, 1x3@100kgs, 3x3@120kgs

BW: 78kgs

I took some vids, they're all the same as last week except depth jumps. I've been trying to more actively dorsiflex my feet during the DJs and I am starting to 'feel' like I'm dorsiflexing more upon landing. There might be some marginal improvement over previous weeks possibly (Raptor, I'm sure you'll see something here):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dax5si_92Ys

I guess I'm not jumping quite as high or as quick in the first one (not by much). Might take a bit of getting used to.
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Post by: Raptor on November 07, 2013, 07:50:06 pm
Are you sure you're not losing power landing on that mat? You bend quite a bit at the knee... and you're not really dorsiflexing too much (you're still pointing your toes down) but to be honest, I have no idea how much is enough and how much is not.

I'll try to film my depth jumps the next time I do them and compare them. I'll do it from 2 boxes as well.
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Post by: AGC on November 07, 2013, 08:13:45 pm
Are you sure you're not losing power landing on that mat? You bend quite a bit at the knee... and you're not really dorsiflexing too much (you're still pointing your toes down) but to be honest, I have no idea how much is enough and how much is not.

I'll try to film my depth jumps the next time I do them and compare them. I'll do it from 2 boxes as well.

I don't know about the mat dampening the power, maybe. I just like having something there to absorb the force rather than the concrete floor. Yeah dorsiflexion is a big problem of mine obviously, but I don't know if it's a problem here or not. I do feel like I have very active proprioceptors and I subconsciously plantar flex a lot when I should be dorsiflexing. I also have actual dorsiflexion limitations as observed in my unaided SL squat. This article talks dorsiflexion prior to jumping (pretension):

http://aaronschwenzfeier.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/dorsiflex-or-not.html (http://aaronschwenzfeier.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/dorsiflex-or-not.html)

 
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Post by: T0ddday on November 07, 2013, 08:44:31 pm
Are you sure you're not losing power landing on that mat? You bend quite a bit at the knee... and you're not really dorsiflexing too much (you're still pointing your toes down) but to be honest, I have no idea how much is enough and how much is not.

I'll try to film my depth jumps the next time I do them and compare them. I'll do it from 2 boxes as well.

I don't really get depth jumps, what is the advantage over consecutive jumps? 

Also, is the point to go as high as possible?  If so don't you want a higher box?  I tried these one time and it seems like the higher the box the higher you can jump right until the box height is a bit higher than you can jump....  is that generally true?
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Post by: AGC on November 07, 2013, 09:05:58 pm
Are you sure you're not losing power landing on that mat? You bend quite a bit at the knee... and you're not really dorsiflexing too much (you're still pointing your toes down) but to be honest, I have no idea how much is enough and how much is not.

I'll try to film my depth jumps the next time I do them and compare them. I'll do it from 2 boxes as well.

I don't really get depth jumps, what is the advantage over consecutive jumps? 

Also, is the point to go as high as possible?  If so don't you want a higher box?  I tried these one time and it seems like the higher the box the higher you can jump right until the box height is a bit higher than you can jump....  is that generally true?

Hmm, they're not so different really. I guess with a depth jump, it's a single max explosive effort, whereas when I perform consecutive jumps I lose a bit of height and speed as I progress. Depth jumps are just more controlled in terms of having a set drop height each rep. I do consecutive jumps on the track.

I tried 24'' boxes before I started but I could get higher off 18''...so I'm using that for now. Next week I'll try the 24'' box again and if I feel I'm jumping higher I'll move up. 
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Post by: Raptor on November 08, 2013, 04:57:33 am
It's easier to focus all your might into one overloaded jump (1 depth jump) than in consecutive jumps (I'm thinking jumps on the spot, vertically, that's what you mean, right? Like jumps to a backboard or something).

And like acole said, you know you always drop off from the same exact height so you can properly manage the load everytime.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: vag on November 08, 2013, 06:33:24 am
I guess that toddday has a case for people that get their best depth jumps out of low boxes. When box height is around the same with the bouncing height, it is more or less the same thing. I mean if you can get 20''-25'' on your consecutive jumps and the box you use for depth jumps is ~18'', then there shouldn't be much difference. But if your best depth jumps come from boxes in the 30'' area ( :o ) , then it would be rather hard to match those with consecutive jumps. Unless you can also get 30'' on consecutive jumps too. Even then, the whole absorb-the-landing-fast-and-jump sequence gets harder when droping from higher, so the focus raptor mentions above becomes more important. That is illustrated by the typical volume recommendations too. When using low boxes, volumes are high like in the consecutive jumps. When the box heights go up, the ground contacts are limited.

If this paragraph overdosed you with broscience, read this to get even: http://www.higher-faster-sports.com/shockmethods.html
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on November 09, 2013, 08:12:33 am
Track:

Dynamic warmup/jog

5x40-50m sprints

5 broad jumps (all around 2.8-2.9m)

2x10 pogos/tucks

BW: 78kgs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdh2MCVwvGE

My hams were really sore from DLs the other day. I didn't do longer sprints like I was planning but that's OK. I didn't film the sprints but they felt pretty good. Broad jumps came after the sprints so they weren't great, about 15cm off my best.

One negative is that I definitely felt my tib-fib joint hurting a bit during the sprints. I don;t think it's affecting my performance, it's just comes and goes. Sprinting definitely seems to be the activity which brings in on. It's miles better than a few weeks ago but it's just lingering longer than I thought it would. It's almost certainly linked to my weaker R ankle dorsiflexion from what I've been reading on it.

I guess I could cut out sprinting for a few weeks until it goes away but that would really suck right now. Long sprints are what I really want to do to improve my RVJ/100m in the next phase (as well as plenty of RVJing, of course), but I don't want this joint issue fucking everything up. I'm going to the physio again in a couple of days so will see what he says.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on November 11, 2013, 08:28:26 pm
Got a bit of a surprise when I went to the gym the day after last track session: it's closing again! Turns out the two guys who took it over got cold feet just before the handover was signed and legal. Really strange as they'd put up all these signs explaining all the new changes they were going to make and how awesome it was going to be. I guess someone gave them some good business advice: don't buy a failing gym in a competitive market! On the plus side, I was able to buy all the equipment I wanted. Too bad I can't set it up here but as soon as I have the space I'm gonna use it.

So, I have no gym now (they closed immediately), so kind of a bit lost atm. There's a few other gyms nearby but they suck: they're either Fitness First-style with joining fees, minimum 3 month direct debit contract bullshit, or they're just subpar gyms with no heavy equipment. There's one gym that's a straight-up bodybuilding/figure gym that I tried once but I could forget about doing SVJs and depth jumps there. I'd probably get kicked out lol. Or there's my old gym at Uni, but I hate that place. Arrghh. Need to have a think.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on November 14, 2013, 09:09:16 pm
Gym:

Foam roll warmup/activation

Squat: warmup, 1x3@65kgs, 1x3@95kgs, 1x3@115kgs (slow eccentric, pause, fast concentric)

RDL: warmup, 1x5@40kgs, 1x3@75kgs, 1x3@115kgs (same as squats)

UB (bench with similar reps/speed as squats/RDL, pullups, DB shoulder), core

BW: 77.5kgs

I caved and went to the bodybuilding gym down the road. Forgotten how out of place I am in those sort of gyms. Luckily I'm pretty ripped at the moment and biceps are looking good, otherwise I would have felt really uncomfortable there. The first thing I heard when I walked into the change room was two roid monkeys talking and one of them said: "These motherfuckers nowadays will do all sorts of drugs. No fucking brains." Umm..OK nothing to see here.

I just did some activation/potentiation for tomorrow's comp. Gonna do the 100m/LJ again, and also thinking about doing the high jump. It's kind of something I've thought about training for for awhile now. I know actually improving at it is much more about technique that developing an awesome RVJ but that's certainly part of it. It would obviously help me get better at translating run-up speed into height off SL. Might talk to the coach and see what the training schedule is. Haven't done it in years but there's a separate <1.6m event for people who suck, so will give it a shot. I would do the shotput as well but it's not on this week.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on November 14, 2013, 10:26:51 pm
Another note-worthy thing to log: finally moving closer to Uni in a few weeks, and the area I've landed in looks a lot more promising training-wise. I'm really close to the Uni track, and I found out that being in the athletics club means you can join the uni gym (where I used to go) for a much cheaper rate. Given I'm 10 mins walk away now as opposed to 40mins tram/train, I'll swallow my general dislike of the place and go there again to train normally.

Also, there is a Crossfit gym about 15mins away as well. STOP! I know what you're thinking, I'm not retarded: they have a separate olympic lifting club there where you can join for a month or two to get trained in the o-lifts. It looks pretty solid and they stress technique over lifting heavy for the sake of it. Might be interesting to join for a short time to get properly coached in the lifts. It's definitely something I should eventually progress in to continue the evolution of my training. It could be complete garbage but I'll just have to try it out. For $50 a month you can do 2-3 coached session a week:

http://crossfitunreal.typepad.com/crossfit-unreal/unreal-weightlifting-club.html (http://crossfitunreal.typepad.com/crossfit-unreal/unreal-weightlifting-club.html)

Lastly, I'm about 5 mins walk from this gym:

(http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l601/acole14/BestSVJheight.jpg)

The gym itself sucks (no heavy weights, just cardio/machines) but it means I can find out when the court is generally free and do more proper jumping sessions again. So next year I could look something like:

Jan - April: sprinting/jumping/explosive gym stuff during season, more RVJs, try and get vert back to 2012 levels by end of season (37'')

Offseason: Deload, get trained in o-lift technique over 1-3 months (however long it takes), and continue training them myself once I've got them down, get really strong and boost standing vert to beast-like levels

Oct-Dec: back to sprints and jumps, become t-dub
 
Just potential ideas...could be a good year if everything works out.  :headbang:
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: T0ddday on November 15, 2013, 08:09:22 pm


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdh2MCVwvGE


Maybe just me but that looks like the lowest broad jump I have seen.  I don't go that much farther than you but I jump much higher; you might try that I imagine there is quick diminishing returns to skidding across the ground like that.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: TKXII on November 16, 2013, 10:53:03 am
The point of depth jumps is to shock the muscles/tendons into absorbing forces greater than that would be achieved in regular jumping. This can only be achieved if you are dropping from a height greater than your rebound height, or your vertical jump. On page 20 of this document, the link to which can be found in a thread on the "Article & Video Discussion" section, a 2.5 foot drop was recommended in order to improve explosive capabilities of the muscle, and a 3.5 foot drop was recommended for improving maximal strength characteristics of the muscle. I haven't finished reading the whole thing yet, but the idea is that in one study they found that depth jumps increased maximal strength of the muscle, isometric and explosive strength.
http://www.verkhoshansky.com/Portals/0/Presentations/Shock%20Method%20Plyometrics.pdf

I'd also stop depth jumping on the mat. The mat is absorbing forces that your muscles and tendons are supposed to absorb in the exercise. The exercise is supposed to make you more elastic, meaning, you are training the restitution of energy in your muscle-tendon units. By having the mat absorb forces, you are training the muscles' contractile abilities in producing force more than you would without jumping on the mat. Similar to training in sand I'd bet.

Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on November 16, 2013, 11:16:45 am
Back in the day it was believed that depth jumps do indeed do the stuff you're talking about. But recent research on the REAL plyometric ability and what that means refutes these claims.

There's nothing magical about depth jumps and the height of the jump. They're just a variation of a jump squat, except the fact that you're loaded on the excentric portion and unloaded on the concentric portion of the jump.

I can bring up these reasons as they're stated in VJB 2.0 if you want.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: TKXII on November 16, 2013, 02:23:22 pm
Yea I can believe that, could you bring up that evidence then?

One error I saw in the document I posted is the experiment they did with loaded depth jumps. They concluded that since athletes did not jump as high with a loaded depth jump it wasn't an effective exercise. Well we know that he ground reaction force will equal the mass of the athlete times gravity. The grf produced from a 3.5 drop landing can be matched with a loaded landing from a lesser drop in an infinite number of ways.

However on the concentric portion the question arises how the muscle-tendon unit differs in restitution the energy absorbed. Compare even further to a squat, I haven't seen research (haven't really looked though) examining how the energy restitution in the tendons differs from shock plyos, weighted plyos, and lifting
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: T0ddday on November 16, 2013, 05:23:37 pm

One error I saw in the document I posted is the experiment they did with loaded depth jumps. They concluded that since athletes did not jump as high with a loaded depth jump it wasn't an effective exercise. Well we know that he ground reaction force will equal the mass of the athlete times gravity. The grf produced from a 3.5 drop landing can be matched with a loaded landing from a lesser drop in an infinite number of ways.


You are confusing absolute force with relative ground reaction force.   Read what you wrote.  If GRF = mass * gravity.... Then ground reaction force is the same no matter what because mass and gravity are constants....   When you are standing still (or on a scale) the normal force (GRF) is indeed mass * gravity, or your weight in pounds.   

The GRF we are interested in is the relative force during the landing (ie when you decelerate from x m/s to 0 m/s - after which GRF = ma again).   A force plate can approximate the instantaneous relative force during the landing but this of course depends on the manner of landing.   To calculate the average GRF during the landing you can use:    averageGRF = (mass * v )/ t  +  f  where v is landing speed and t is landing time.   

Now I'm rusty in physics but we do know that  distance = (1/2) * g * (t^2)   [ one half  A T squared ]  and that velocity = gt, so we can rearrange and get this formula :   V = sqrt ( 2 * d * g ) 

So take a 100 kg person and have them drop from 0.5 meters.    The velocity is 3.1 m/s.  If they drop from 1 meter it is 4.4 m/s.

So, the ground reaction force for the first and second case is 310/ t  + 980   and 440 / t + 980. 

Let's assume our athlete is quick and can jump up again in 0.3 seconds so and about half of that time is spent decelerating to zero, so a landing time of 0.15 seconds.

So our average GRF for each height is:  310/0.15 + 980 and 440/0.15 + 980 or 3046 N and 4109 N.   So the average ground reaction force is about 3 times bodyweight or 4 times bodyweight from the two heights if ground contact time is unchanged.

Now assume you only have a 0.5 meter box and you want to get the same GRF as the 1 meter box, so you strap weight onto your subject.

How much mass do we need to add?

I won't bore you solving it but rather say that:    ((100+35kg) * 3.1) / 0.15  + 135*9.8 = 4113 Newtons. 

So we have to add approximately 35 kilograms to our athlete to recreate the average GRF of a 1 meter drop with a 0.5 meter drop.   This is problematic because it might be hard to find a place to sufficiently load an athlete with 77 pounds where he can still have freedom of his limbs and movement AND because the athlete will almost surely not be able to jump up again in 0.15 seconds with 77 pounds of added weight. 

Now of course you can add more weight to compensate for the longer ground contacts but I believe the author is making the point that if ground contacts are much much longer the muscle will not be trained in the same weight.  Certainly could be so truth to that.   One interesting thing to do with these equations is play with force (gravity).  If you assume a nice band setup where you can manipulate force so you actually have gravity + bands you can probably maximize the training of the athlete to absorb force while maintaining small GCT.   







Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: TKXII on November 16, 2013, 06:41:12 pm
wow great response, my physics knowledge is elementary here.

So that's my question, how are the forces involved in  a loaded depth jump different than an unloaded depth jump when the GRFs are the same?

GRF 100kg athlete dropping from 1m GRF who takes 0.15s to decelerate from 4.4m/s =
440/0.15 + 981 = 3914N

So the exact mass the athlete would need to add to produce the same GRF from only a 0.5m drop:
v = 3.1m/s

rearranging grf= mv/t +ma
grf/(v/t +a) = m

you get 27.5kg the athlete would have to add. But my question is, would the time it takes for the athlete to decelerate be the same?

Then furthermore as you mentioned, the time it takes to produce force by the athlete would certainly be less, increasing ground contact time, but not necessarily deceleration time, the time used to measure the GRF.

edit: then another question is, is the GRF produced even important to consider in training for jumps?
How do quick depth jumps versus maximal height depth jumps differ in their GRFs?
I would think that quick depth jumps that emphasize minimal ground contact time would produce greater GRFs upon landing than depth jumps form the same height involving jumping as high as possible, but then how would the muscle-tendon unit be trained differently form those two types of jumps? Would there be any benefit to using a speed depth jump when it results in shorter jump height?


Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on November 16, 2013, 07:43:49 pm
Yea I can believe that, could you bring up that evidence then?

One error I saw in the document I posted is the experiment they did with loaded depth jumps. They concluded that since athletes did not jump as high with a loaded depth jump it wasn't an effective exercise. Well we know that he ground reaction force will equal the mass of the athlete times gravity. The grf produced from a 3.5 drop landing can be matched with a loaded landing from a lesser drop in an infinite number of ways.

However on the concentric portion the question arises how the muscle-tendon unit differs in restitution the energy absorbed. Compare even further to a squat, I haven't seen research (haven't really looked though) examining how the energy restitution in the tendons differs from shock plyos, weighted plyos, and lifting

http://www.higher-faster-sports.com/plyomyths.html
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on November 16, 2013, 08:35:43 pm


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdh2MCVwvGE


Maybe just me but that looks like the lowest broad jump I have seen.  I don't go that much farther than you but I jump much higher; you might try that I imagine there is quick diminishing returns to skidding across the ground like that.

I love it when you haven't checked your journal in a couple of days and you find it's exploded with posts haha. Hmm, I've always been told to try and keep an even lower angle than mine, around thirty degrees. But I've also read other sources that say 45deg. I've found in the past from experimenting that I jump further with a lower angle, but maybe I should try practising more with more height and see what happens.

This paper breaks down the broad jump pretty well, it advocates a take-off angle of 19-27deg, with a forward lean angle (not the take-off angle, which is angle of the midpoint/velocity angle...I think) at around 45deg:

(http://ars.els-cdn.com.ezp.lib.unimelb.edu.au/content/image/1-s2.0-S0167945704001186-gr5.jpg)

The test subjects weren't exactly elite athletes (avg broad jump of ~2.2m), but it's still an interesting read.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: TKXII on November 16, 2013, 08:44:12 pm
Yea I can believe that, could you bring up that evidence then?

One error I saw in the document I posted is the experiment they did with loaded depth jumps. They concluded that since athletes did not jump as high with a loaded depth jump it wasn't an effective exercise. Well we know that he ground reaction force will equal the mass of the athlete times gravity. The grf produced from a 3.5 drop landing can be matched with a loaded landing from a lesser drop in an infinite number of ways.

However on the concentric portion the question arises how the muscle-tendon unit differs in restitution the energy absorbed. Compare even further to a squat, I haven't seen research (haven't really looked though) examining how the energy restitution in the tendons differs from shock plyos, weighted plyos, and lifting

http://www.higher-faster-sports.com/plyomyths.html

haha yea I also like it when I get more posts on my journal.

anyway raptor, I think horsepower is also a myth. I haven't trained anyone consistently for vertical jump so I can't say what works for most people, but I'm willing to accept that for most people building horsepower works, but from my experience that is too simple to be close to the truth on the matter.

I'll move the physics stuff to another thread.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on November 16, 2013, 09:18:53 pm
It doesn't need to be more complicated than movement efficiency + horsepower + structure as far as vertical jump goes.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: TKXII on November 16, 2013, 09:39:50 pm
It doesn't need to be more complicated than movement efficiency + horsepower + structure as far as vertical jump goes.

defining horsepower is what is complicated. Can horsepower specific to vertical jump through consistently be improved? Can jumping with weights consistently improve horsepower or does heavy strength training need to be performed to increase jumping with weights? It would be cool to compile a list of vertical jump success stories and see how many improved through a lot of strength training and how many did more plyos. Cuz I'm starting to doubt the efficacy of maximal strength training.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on November 16, 2013, 09:54:36 pm
You must define the type of jump first though... and this should be a whole other thread.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: T0ddday on November 17, 2013, 03:16:08 pm

This paper breaks down the broad jump pretty well, it advocates a take-off angle of 19-27deg, with a forward lean angle (not the take-off angle, which is angle of the midpoint/velocity angle...I think) at around 45deg:

(http://ars.els-cdn.com.ezp.lib.unimelb.edu.au/content/image/1-s2.0-S0167945704001186-gr5.jpg)

The test subjects weren't exactly elite athletes (avg broad jump of ~2.2m), but it's still an interesting read.

I can't see the link to the paper.  Obviously the optimal angle for horizontal travel is 45 deg but in the long jump the sacrifice to speed required to create such a steep vertical impulse makes the effective optimal angle a lot lower.   I won't bore you with the physics but the optimal angle can be calculated and is approximately 30-35 degrees and goes up with takeoff speed.   However, in practice the angles are usually lower due to biomechanical constraints; in a paper I published (http://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/1a1fb8416c5786efc27006990f22c102a?lang=en) our collaborators found that the take off angle for high-level long jumpers increases from about 25 degrees (Carl Lewis, Jessie Owens) as you shorten the runway (ie the slower they go the closer they are able to jump to optimal angle).

The standing broad jump isn't as well studied but jumping without any approach should allow a much steeper angle than the long jump.  I would bet that any athlete broad jumping 3+ meters takes off with a steeper angle.  I imagine that using low-level test subjects probably is the problem (although I can't see the paper -- the model could be great), because athletes incapable of jumping high will actually perform best with low angles simply with hip swing.   If you assume an athlete is capable of vertical jumping 14 inches and then calculate his expected broad jump modeling him as a point at his COM you will come up with a broad jump much worse than he can actually attain simply because he can lean forward moving his COM past his feet and then jump/swing his hips forward and land with his COM behind his feet.   Measuring foot to foot will be farther than the model predicts.  In fact I have trained really low level athletes and they attain their best standing broad jump by bringing one foot off the ground first and stretching it out and then bringing the next off the ground to jump and match it.   Kinda long winded but the point is standing jump is really different than vertical jump as far as the mechanics for low-level and high-level performers.  At your level I would imagine you will hit diminishing gains at your standing jump with that low of an angle.  You are jumping into a sand pit so that might explain part of it though.... 
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: T0ddday on November 17, 2013, 04:03:55 pm
wow great response, my physics knowledge is elementary here.

So that's my question, how are the forces involved in  a loaded depth jump different than an unloaded depth jump when the GRFs are the same?

GRF 100kg athlete dropping from 1m GRF who takes 0.15s to decelerate from 4.4m/s =
440/0.15 + 981 = 3914N

So the exact mass the athlete would need to add to produce the same GRF from only a 0.5m drop:
v = 3.1m/s

rearranging grf= mv/t +ma
grf/(v/t +a) = m

you get 27.5kg the athlete would have to add. But my question is, would the time it takes for the athlete to decelerate be the same?

Then furthermore as you mentioned, the time it takes to produce force by the athlete would certainly be less, increasing ground contact time, but not necessarily deceleration time, the time used to measure the GRF.


Good question.  First I need to remind you of one caveat.  We are calculating average GRF.  During the deceleration than instantaneous GRF increases and peaks and decreases.  You can measure the maximum amplitude using a force plate (and maximum might be most important for injuries).  You can imagine cases where you have the same GRF but different curves (eg you fall with almost straight knees and then bend vs a smoother landing where you bend nicely on impact) BUT I would bet for the most part athletes land in the same manner most of the time and average GRF is a pretty good substitute for our cases (could be wrong though - especially when you considering loaded landings may change peak force even if deceleration time is the same). 

So that partially answers your first question... even if the time to decelerate is the same MAYBE peak GRF is higher.  However... is time for athlete to decelerate the same?   Good question.  I don't really know.  For a depth drop maybe; you could make the case that altitude landings could be substituted with lower weighted landings (this might not be true but I haven't seen proof to contrary).   However, for a depth jump I would would argue that the time for athlete to decelerate would not be the same.   I would argue that you should think about two extremes - one is the ultimate reactive athlete who has springs (those perfect undamped springs you learn about in engineering courses) on his shoes and the other is the athlete who is completely inelastic.   The completely inelastic athlete lands and does not store any of landing force then initiates a jump.  His jump is the same as his standing vertical jump.  His deceleration time will be the same whether you add weight or height but his acceleration time will be longer (and less) if he is wearing load.   Essentially his deceleration and acceleration time are independent.   The athlete with springs is exactly the opposite; his landing is a completely elastic collision.   His deceleration time will equal his acceleration time.   He lands and his springs compress and store the force of his landing and then they decompress and return the force so he goes right up to the height he fell from (remember - frictionless).

Now, obviously you are not either of those examples.  You are somewhere in the middle.  You don't just want to be able to return energy; you want to be able to create it.  But you also want to use elasticity as much as possible so your jump is forceCreated + forceReturned = great jump.    If you have ever been trampolining you should know the feeling.  If you try to jump really high on the trampoline the experts will laugh at you are tell you not to "muscle it".  But in reality they are muscling it... The trampoline doesn't create energy it just returns it.  So when they go much higher than you they are using muscle to create force.... they skill is just to maximize the forceReturned part of the equation while also adding some of your own...

Given that I think you can see that if the goal of depth jumps is to practice at improving the forceReturned part of the equation we don't want a heavy load added.  To maximize force returned deceleration == acceleration because it is a return of force.  In reality we are using tendons to store force AND muscle to add force (because we aren't truly elastic) but we want to train ourselves to be elastic as much as possible; so any addition of weight which makes our acceleration longer would not be beneficial.  Now.... You could argue that weight is fine as long as you spend equal time decelerating and acceleration you are still training an elastic return and the elastic structures will improve and you will get better as using them...... However, I would imagine the elastic structures of a human have a pretty short time that they can store force and if you are too far outside of this you won't get much training benefit. 



edit: then another question is, is the GRF produced even important to consider in training for jumps?
How do quick depth jumps versus maximal height depth jumps differ in their GRFs?
I would think that quick depth jumps that emphasize minimal ground contact time would produce greater GRFs upon landing than depth jumps form the same height involving jumping as high as possible, but then how would the muscle-tendon unit be trained differently form those two types of jumps? Would there be any benefit to using a speed depth jump when it results in shorter jump height?

This is really the million dollar question isn't it?  The answer is I don't really know.  Physics is rock solid.  I can tell you what's right and what's wrong.  But physiology really isn't.  Human vary and what works and why it works isn't always so obvious.  That's why broscience creeps into training methodology so often.    We do know that humans are elastic.   On a basic level the GRF produced is VERY important to consider in training because GRF is what causes injury!  But as far as whether or not it causes the muscle/tendon to adapt and make one jump higher?  I don't really know. 

The difference with quick depth jumps vs. maximal height depth jumps (assuming the drop is the same) is that quick depth jumps may have greater GRF than maximal height but max-height never have greater GRF than quick depth jumps.

I would argue that if we believe depth jumps are important than the is certainly a benefit to using a minimal GCT depth jump even if it results in shorter height.   Consider that shortest GCT depth jump you can imagine.  Drop off the box, keep the knees straight and land and jump.  GRF will be high (a lot will be absorbed by your knees - hopefully you don't get injured) but some force will be stored in the muscle/tendon of your ankle.  The elasticity of your tendon will be trained.   Think of it as isolation for your ankle elasticity.  If this is a weakness of an athlete then this is beneficial.   In general the goal is to get the athlete to LEARN to be reactive so his total jump height will be better when he adds reactivity and power.   To force the athlete to do this we give him a goal (jump high) but keep GCT short so he he has to rely more on reactivity than on creating power.   Now, whether this LEARNING is just neural coordination or actual adaptation to the tendon or not... I don't know.   Whether this can actually be learned to much of a degree (would that athlete not have already figured out how to do it from just trying to jump high without a depth drop?)... I don't know....  But the training of short GCT does isolate the elastic ability of the athlete. 


Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on November 17, 2013, 04:09:21 pm
Yeah I do that - I move my center of gravity in front of me and land with my feet forward:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCuNTVXNI48
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on November 17, 2013, 05:34:56 pm
I think an important difference in between a short GCT (like a low box depth jump over a hurdle) vs. a maximal jump depth jump (like a low box depth jump with an overhead target) is the fact that the mechanics are utterly different from a point on.

The landing mechanics are the same so you might think that eccentrically you're loading the muscles and tendons in the same way in both of these scenarios.

But starting with the amortization phase there will be differences, and the MOST differences will be at the point of full body extension.

In the obstacle depth jump you will get your knees towards your chest in order to pass the hurdle in front of you so the actual hip extension might not fully occur. You might short-cut it in order to have enough time to hip flex your knees towards your chest.

In the overhead target depth jump you can truly focus on maximal triple extension.

Also, since one has a length parameter involved (jumping forward over an obstacle) and the other is 100% vertical (in a perfect world), then even the landings will differ and the body's position at landing will as well...

So it's more than just a philosophical difference that needs to be resolved.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on November 17, 2013, 06:57:16 pm

This paper breaks down the broad jump pretty well, it advocates a take-off angle of 19-27deg, with a forward lean angle (not the take-off angle, which is angle of the midpoint/velocity angle...I think) at around 45deg:

(http://ars.els-cdn.com.ezp.lib.unimelb.edu.au/content/image/1-s2.0-S0167945704001186-gr5.jpg)

The test subjects weren't exactly elite athletes (avg broad jump of ~2.2m), but it's still an interesting read.

I can't see the link to the paper.  Obviously the optimal angle for horizontal travel is 45 deg but in the long jump the sacrifice to speed required to create such a steep vertical impulse makes the effective optimal angle a lot lower.   I won't bore you with the physics but the optimal angle can be calculated and is approximately 30-35 degrees and goes up with takeoff speed.   However, in practice the angles are usually lower due to biomechanical constraints; in a paper I published (http://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/1a1fb8416c5786efc27006990f22c102a?lang=en) our collaborators found that the take off angle for high-level long jumpers increases from about 25 degrees (Carl Lewis, Jessie Owens) as you shorten the runway (ie the slower they go the closer they are able to jump to optimal angle).

The standing broad jump isn't as well studied but jumping without any approach should allow a much steeper angle than the long jump.  I would bet that any athlete broad jumping 3+ meters takes off with a steeper angle.  I imagine that using low-level test subjects probably is the problem (although I can't see the paper -- the model could be great), because athletes incapable of jumping high will actually perform best with low angles simply with hip swing.   If you assume an athlete is capable of vertical jumping 14 inches and then calculate his expected broad jump modeling him as a point at his COM you will come up with a broad jump much worse than he can actually attain simply because he can lean forward moving his COM past his feet and then jump/swing his hips forward and land with his COM behind his feet.   Measuring foot to foot will be farther than the model predicts.  In fact I have trained really low level athletes and they attain their best standing broad jump by bringing one foot off the ground first and stretching it out and then bringing the next off the ground to jump and match it.   Kinda long winded but the point is standing jump is really different than vertical jump as far as the mechanics for low-level and high-level performers.  At your level I would imagine you will hit diminishing gains at your standing jump with that low of an angle.  You are jumping into a sand pit so that might explain part of it though....

Sorry, forgot to attach. Here it is:

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167945704001186 (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167945704001186)

All sounds pretty convincing. I'll give it a try for sure.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on November 21, 2013, 07:16:02 pm
Wow haven't updated in awhile. Just being lazy really, been a bit demotivated with no gym!

Ran last Saturday. Did the 100m, high jump and long jump. It was a bit of a mess. The high jump started about 40mins before the 100m. I scissored 1.31m pretty easily and was looking forward to getting up to 1.50-1.60m, but they called the 100m so I went over. The electric timing was stuffing up though so we ended up waiting about 40mins (!!) before we ran. I was in heat 4 and by the time we got on the blocks I was just not in a good state to run. Ended up running a crappy 12.3ht, and annoyingly I missed the rest of the high jump because the 100m took so long. Did one long jump but it was rubbish. So overall a pretty crap day. My tib-fib pain had been improving though, only hurt a bit during warmups.

Because I don't have a gym at the moment I did two sessions at home. In a bit of a weird spot with no regular gym for a little bit. My plan was to repeat the power block that got disrupted initially for 3 weeks then test but that's kind of gone out the window unfortunately. Oh well. Time to transition into more jumps and less gym anyway.

Gym x 2:

Dynamic warmup/foam roll etc.

SL squats: 2x5/leg@~5kgs, 2x5/leg@~15kgs

UB, core

15 minutes of HIIT on spin bike (this felt pretty hard, really got a good lactic burn going. Might be a good way to get overall fitness up).

Track:

Dynamic warmup

4x15m falling starts

100, 200, 300, 150, 100 (80-90%)

Pullups: 3x8

This was pretty good way to get my special endurance work going. I also talked to the club coaches who rocked up as I was finishing and they train Mondays and Thursdays. I think I will start training with them as soon as I move closer (two weeks). Probably do one sprint session and one jumps session (long jump and high jump). So next block will look something like:

Monday: track

Tues: gym

Wed: rest

Thurs:  track

Fri: rest

Sat/Sun: either compete or maybe do gym/jumps

I also went to the physio to follow up my tib-fib pain. Basically, it had stopped pinching at the side of my knee during sprints, but the joint itself still felt quite sore. He thought maybe it was just residual inflammation that wasn't clearing properly and put me on 25mg Voltaren for about 4 days. Seems to have done the trick, sprinted last night with no real issues and feel good today.

Here's me running on Sat (in tights). Decent start but I faded bad...

(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5498/10883194186_83d26be60a_h.jpg)
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on November 24, 2013, 04:22:21 am
Track:

Dynamic warmup

60, 100, 150, 100, 60 (all 95-100%)

Broad jump x 6 (best 2.98m)

3x10 pogos

3x10 tuck jumps

1x5 DL bounds for height

2x4 DL bounds for distance (furthest about 36')

SL bounds: 2x~20m LRLRLR

Core

BW: 77.5kgs

I tried the first few broad jumps with less of a lean and trying to jump a bit higher - but they sucked hard (best about 2.60m). Then tried my usual lean forward while launching and got a lot further. It seems I just jump better that way atm. The sprints felt fast.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on November 24, 2013, 08:56:34 am
2.98m? That's insane

You should film them
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on November 24, 2013, 08:28:10 pm
2.98m? That's insane

You should film them

Yeah I wish I had got them yesterday. Didn't have anyone to film; I need a phone tripod thing that someone posted awhile ago so I can just film whenever. My best is 3.05m a couple of years ago (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-L4z3xPE9U (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-L4z3xPE9U)).
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: T0ddday on November 25, 2013, 05:20:52 pm
Yeah that's crazy far.  I don't get the double leg bounds though... 36 feet??  If you can jump three meters on a broad jump, that close to 10 feet...  I usually jump closer to 9'6 but I always go well past 40 feet in four jumps; the bound should help you go farther and farther and you should also benefit from the fact that when you do consecutive jumps you jump from where you land rather than go back and put your toes where you heels land (as you would if you were summing single jumps).

Maybe your on to something with the low jumping:

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

In this video I do a standing jump at 30 seconds and three consecutive jumps at 35 seconds.  You can see from the yard markers that I barely clear 9 feet (maybe 9'3) on the broad jump; but on the multi-jumps I start four feet behind the line and land between the 9 and 10 yard marker (so about 32 feet with each jump going a bit farther).   I think I go a bit higher than you; maybe I do that because it is easier for bounding to jump higher but a low jump might help for standing jump??
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on November 25, 2013, 07:34:01 pm
Yeah that's crazy far.  I don't get the double leg bounds though... 36 feet??  If you can jump three meters on a broad jump, that close to 10 feet...  I usually jump closer to 9'6 but I always go well past 40 feet in four jumps; the bound should help you go farther and farther and you should also benefit from the fact that when you do consecutive jumps you jump from where you land rather than go back and put your toes where you heels land (as you would if you were summing single jumps).

Maybe your on to something with the low jumping:

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

In this video I do a standing jump at 30 seconds and three consecutive jumps at 35 seconds.  You can see from the yard markers that I barely clear 9 feet (maybe 9'3) on the broad jump; but on the multi-jumps I start four feet behind the line and land between the 9 and 10 yard marker (so about 32 feet with each jump going a bit farther).   I think I go a bit higher than you; maybe I do that because it is easier for bounding to jump higher but a low jump might help for standing jump??

Yeah that's certainly possible. N=1 but I'm sure now that a lower forward lean is better for me during the single broad jump. I could definitely experiment with adding height during multiple horizontal jumps though. I should add that the 36' was a bit of an estimate (being about ~1-1.5m over the 10m line) were I was doing them. I'll get them on film next time. I wasn't exactly going 100% either so I'm sure I could go a couple of feet further on a max attempt. But my reactivity at the moment is pretty low so I'm not surprised the reactive jumps are less than what you'd expect with my broad jump, haven't been doing much running jumps or bounds with any consistency over the last few months, just trying to get speed and power up.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on November 25, 2013, 07:41:49 pm
not to detract from the ~3m jumps but he's doing them into a sandpit, which is lower (a bit more airtime) and softer than jumping onto turf or grass. still far for sure but not directly comparable with a turf-turf jump.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on November 28, 2013, 06:57:36 am
Did a weak gym session two days ago doing SL squats with bags of textbooks as weights (lol), also did some KB swings and TKEs with a 4kg KB. Also 15 min HIIT training on the bike.

Track:

Dynamic warmup

4x15m falling start accelerations

100, 200, 300, 150, 100 at 80%

BW: 77.5kgs

Soaking wet on the track so kept it pretty easy. I talked to the head sprints coach and it sounds like the group train pretty hard. Track Mon and Thurs, pool recovery sessions Tues and Fri, and gym Wed. Sounds pretty good. Apparently they were doing jump testing on a vertec on Monday which was music to my ears obviously. Can't wait to move in a week so I can start getting involved.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on December 03, 2013, 07:04:18 pm
Ran last Saturday. Results:

200m: 25.80  :o

High Jump: 1.40m (didn't attempt any more after this because of event clashes)

Shotput (7.26kg): 7.8m

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qfhqyyjc5uhkfgi/aJXYzubF8i/Round04/Yellow-rnd4-SM-individual-3dec13-330pm.pdf (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qfhqyyjc5uhkfgi/aJXYzubF8i/Round04/Yellow-rnd4-SM-individual-3dec13-330pm.pdf)

I wasn't expecting to go very fast in the 200m...but still, so slow. Just lacking fitness still, I was almost walking across the line. High jump is fun but I don't think I'll get much higher than this without technique training. I'm basically scissoring until about 1.35m, but my flop looks ridiculous. I had one go at the shot put with basically no technique, just standing and throwing from the spot. I'm too uncoordinated to do the full runup throw yet so didn't try.

It's interesting to actually apply the strength you develop in the gym in actual athletic events to see where you're really at. I think a lot of gym-goers think they're pretty strong and athletic but it's not until you actually run a 200 or throw a shot put for distance that you really see your true athletic ability. I encourage all members training for speed and power to get to a meet and do some of the speed and power events. You might be surprised.

Track (Monday):

I went to the track and trained with the club sprinters. It was actually really fun and enjoyable. I found out the coach was an Olympic and World Championship coach  :o so he definitely knows his stuff. He also trains his guys in power exercises like the broad jump, shot put, SVJ, RVJ etc. Sounds like it'll fit right in with what I want to achieve.

Dynamic warmup/800m jog/3x broad jumps/3x standing triple jumps

Run-throughs

Block starts to 40m x 5

100m re-accelerations (in-and-outs) x 4

400m at 75% to finish

BW:77.5kgs

My starting was quite fast, I was getting out and hanging with the fastest guys to 40m. I suffered a bit in the longer stuff but I will definitely benefit fitness-wise from these sessions. I'll plan to do the Monday/Thursday sessions (Thursday is speed endurance) and do jumps on the weekend if I'm not competing. Haven't been to the gym in ages but I'm not missing it at the moment. I'l need the extra recovery time doing more intense track work.

The track sessions are free to attend as a club member, but this guy also offers full-time training for $80/month. The schedule is something like:

Mon: Speed work

Tues: Gym

Wed: Pool recovery

Thurs: Speed endurance

Fri: Pool

Weekends: either competition or gym

Off-season is more gym work and GPP stuff. He gets access to the Uni gym I used to go to and the pool/spas there. It's a pretty interesting idea. I was going to get a gym membership there anyway, but that by itself is ~$65/month. For an extra $15 I get pool recovery sessions and a coach who can do all the planning/periodisation stuff that I try and (probably) fail to do correctly.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on December 04, 2013, 02:11:13 am
Interesting^^^

You should give it a go
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on December 04, 2013, 03:13:22 am
Interesting^^^

You should give it a go

I think I will. I would be more hesitant because the number one goal is still to increase RVJ to dunk. But I think that because there's emphasis on power and jumping as well as sprinting it could actually be very effective.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on December 04, 2013, 04:56:22 am
Bad luck with the 200m but I know you'll improve it quickly because it's just a matter of speed endurance. If I remember correctly you used to have a 100m pb of 11.35w so you've obviously got the speed to go significantly faster in the 200.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on December 04, 2013, 07:07:55 am
Bad luck with the 200m but I know you'll improve it quickly because it's just a matter of speed endurance. If I remember correctly you used to have a 100m pb of 11.35w so you've obviously got the speed to go significantly faster in the 200.

Yep I remember that's when I was running around 11.5-11.6 consistently. But even then I never broke 24 sec I don't think. My coach was always saying "you should be running sub-24!" all the time. He made me do so much special endurance work I got sick of training. Hated it. But I think I could handle that type of training better nowadays.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on December 05, 2013, 05:18:38 am
Track:

Dynamic warmup, 800m jog

4x220m followed by 100m with 10m flying start (2 minutes rest between reps, 10 minutes rest between sets)

Some random cool-down UB weights

BW: 77.5kgs

This was pretty hard but I got through it. The coach timed us for each run so you couldn't sandbag much. I averaged about 29 sec for 220m and 12.3-12.6 for the 100m.

Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on December 08, 2013, 06:28:02 pm
Weekend:

30-40 couch deadlifts/squats

About 100 weighted stair climbs/descends

BW: 76.5kgs (losing a bit of weight)

Had to move over the weekend from a second floor apartment. Moving sucks! But it's a good workout I guess.

My dad helped me move all the furniture etc, and he was doing just as much work as me and not getting as tired...I didn't know how he was doing it. He's an automotive engineer and he's worked on cars all his life, plus he built our first house and did most of our second, so he has these giant labourers hands and really strong grip. He does zero weights or anything like that but I can't beat him in an arm wrestle. I wouldn't be surprised if he could bench his BW with no training. Old man strength!
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on December 09, 2013, 08:26:20 am
you should see the old dudes in afghanistan, man. fingers like sausages. they don't really do "firm" handshakes there, it's more of a light touch and then hand to your heart, thank god. i have decent-sized, square hands (dad's side were farmers going way back), but they look like a little kid's in comparison. there's no replacement for just spending all day working with your hands.

this has inspired me to finally get grip trainers. something else to do while watching TV.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on December 09, 2013, 11:07:35 pm
Yeah, I have one of those near the TV...barely ever use it though haha. Should start doing it.

Track:

Dynamic warmup, 1200m jog

Speed harness work (hard), falling starts

4x40m with block start

3x110m with reaccelerations at 80m

400m at 75% to finish

BW: 76.5kgs

I was a bit off with my starts yesterday. I think I was still a bit drained from moving. Going to the gym tonight  :D
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on December 10, 2013, 07:22:25 pm
Jumps/gym:

Track:

Dynamic warmup

Broad jumps x 3

Standing triple jumps x 3/leg

3x10 consecutive broad jumps

2x5-6/leg SL bounds

3x40m (yes, 40m) LRLRLR bounds

Gym:


I just followed another guy and did what he did. The group does pyramid sets of squats, with a set of 5 hurdle hops after each squat set, and one of five assistance exercises:

Reverse single leg press to warm up: 1x15/leg@25kgs

Squat: 1x5@105kgs, 1x3@110kgs, 1x2@112.5kgs, 1x1@115kgs, 1x3@110kgs, 1x5@105kgs

24'' Hurdle hops: 5x5 (after each squat set)

Window washers: 30 total (not consecutive)

Incline situps: 60 total

Standing ham curl machine: 1x15/leg

Elbow-to-knee crunches: 60 total

Lying ham curl (SL eccentric)

--------

Powerclean: 8x1@60kgs

Bench: 1x5@80kgs, 1x3@85kgs, 1x2@87.5kgs, 1x1@92.5kgs 1x3@85kgs, 1x5@80kgs

Lat pull: 1x10@75kgs, 1x10@60kgs

BW: 76.5kgs

This was obviously a very intense session for me. I've done all of these types of exercises before but doing them all together was pretty crazy. High intensity bounds followed by squats with decently high hurdle hops, powercleans and a shitload of core stuff. Probably the hardest session I've done this year. Luckily the guys are relatively weak in their squats and they were pretty easy for me even after not having squatted in ~1 month. Everything else was tough. Great fun, If I can keep this type of training up without getting hurt I'm going to be jumping VERY high hopefully. I really have to be careful with it though, very easy to get hurt doing this stuff without proper rest and recovery. I'm at a very low bodyweight at the moment with good relative strength so hopefully I'll be OK.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on December 12, 2013, 06:11:26 am
Track:

1200m jog, dynamic warmup, run-throughs

Relay practice (passing and receiving a few times)

2x220m/100m fly, 2 mins recovery between reps, 15 mins between sets.

BW: 78kgs

I had HUGE DOMs from the previous session. Luckily we only ran two sets because I was dying by the end.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on December 15, 2013, 09:31:35 pm
Track - comp:

Ran the 100m and the 4x100m relay. Came last in my heat  :huh: it was the first heat though. Ran 12.30, so a slight improvement over last few weeks. My start was good but faded as usual. Still building up speed endurance. My coach was pretty optimistic though that I can drop under 12sec in a few weeks with consistent training given my lack of fitness. Unfortuntely I'm going overseas over Xmas to Belgium for a month on Dec 22nd so that might disrupt things a bit! Haha. Luckily there's an indoor aths stadium close to where I'll be so I will get some training in hopefully.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qfhqyyjc5uhkfgi/7e0Ch8Cx8I/Round05/Yellow-Round5-sm-individual-15dec13-830pm.pdf (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qfhqyyjc5uhkfgi/7e0Ch8Cx8I/Round05/Yellow-Round5-sm-individual-15dec13-830pm.pdf)
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on December 16, 2013, 12:55:18 am
Yeah I've got no doubt you'll be back under 12s pretty quick.

We had state relays on the weekend as well but because Wallace was injured and the rest of my training partners run pros exclusively the only event I got to compete in was the Medley (200,200,400, 800). I ran the 1st 200 leg and my friend Damian ran the second 200 leg and by the end of the first lap we were coming 2nd. Than our 400m runner on the day is actually a middle distance runner so we dropped from 2nd to 4th on his lap and than the guy running the 800m is another long distance runner who usually runs distances between 5km-20k so we ended up coming 4th because he didn't have the speed to catch the runners in front.

Men Distance Medley OPEN
================================================================================
Team Seed Finals Points
================================================================================
1 SAINTS 'A' 3:34.91
1) 67 Frankie Schinella 18 2) 139 Michael Brusnahan 20
3) 195 Angus Brock 22 4) 282 Michael Heron 23
2 WESTERN DISTRICT 'A' 3:36.47
1) 387 Misha Lizoguboff 27 2) 367 Christopher Innes-Wong 27
3) 203 deng bulabek 19 4) 428 Chan Mayol 17
3 PEMBROKE 'A' 3:39.18
1) 229 Jack Doney 16 2) 507 Peter Clayer 20
3) 87 Robert Broadhead 17 4) 359 Matt Rowe 23
4 FLINDERS 'A' 3:41.18
1) 107 Michael Lutz 23 2) 529 Damian Tohl 28
3) 521 Robert Killmier 28 4) 32 Jacob Cocks 19
5 SALISBURY 'A'
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on December 16, 2013, 07:44:09 am
Yeah relays are great fun. It's probably the thing I used to enjoy most about athletics.

Track:

Dynamic warmup, 1200m jog, run-throughs

Harness work, falling starts etc.

4x40m block starts

Cool-down UB/LB weights

BW: 78kgs

I felt pretty good tonight. I'm not as sore as previous weeks from the training which is good. Finally adapting. We had an easy night because tomorrow there's a 120m handicap club race, also Wednesday is a jumps test/bench test day. We test the broad jump, standing triple, 5xSL bound, DL bound etc. I might also test my SVJ if we don't do it ourselves.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on December 17, 2013, 05:12:43 am
Track:

Dynamic warmup, 1200m jog

Jumps test

2x broad jump: 2.60, 2.65m ---> did these in flats and had trouble getting good traction. We do it a bit differently to how I've done it in the past with less forward lean emphasis. Best in the group was 2.88m.

Standing triple jump: 8.30m (L), 7.50m (R) ---> got two attempts with my left, only one with right. Very awkward on these.

5x DL bounds for distance: 14.34m --> not bad.

No vertical jumps unfortunately. I did play a bit of outdoor basketball earlier in the day and was skimming the rim on SVJ but obviously wasn't ideal conditions.

Did a 120m handicap race later. Came second in my heat off 10m (110m) and ran 13.0ht, which is actually pretty good for me. Got destoryed in the final, just ran out of gas and the girl who won it was probably 2-3m in front. For some reason she was off 21m despite being a low 13 sec 100m.

Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on December 19, 2013, 10:45:40 pm
Track:

Dynamic warmup, 800m jog, run-throughs

3x220m/100m fly double (2 mins rest between reps, 25mins between sets) - times: 30.0/13.0, 28.7/11.95, 28.9/12.24

Cool-down UB weights

BW: 77.5kgs

All I need to say about this session is that it was 40oC  today.  :huh:
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on December 26, 2013, 04:01:03 pm
In Ghent, Belgium at the moment. The flight was pretty horrible - one 14 hour leg and an 8 hour leg with 2 hour stopover. My joint pain had completely cleared but it came screaming back during the flight. It must have been the altitude and my swollen legs. Shitty sleep as well. It's OK now. I haven't really done much except pushups and SL squats holding the hotel room fire extinguisher lol. There's an indoor track/gym that's very cheap for students (2.2 euro/session) but it doesn't open until 2nd Jan. In the meantime I'll just go to some crappy gym down the road.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on December 29, 2013, 12:16:17 pm
what are you doing in belgium? i just learned that that country, which is the size of my home state, which is to say the 43rd-largest state in the US, has nearly 400 breweries.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on December 30, 2013, 11:55:18 am
what are you doing in belgium? i just learned that that country, which is the size of my home state, which is to say the 43rd-largest state in the US, has nearly 400 breweries.

My family has friends here. My parents, brother and gf are living in a really nice apartment in the historic part of Ghent for a month. Beer is huge in Belgium. I don't think it's an exaggeration to say it's amongst the best beer nations in the world. So many amazing brews and alcohol is probably half the price compared with Australian prices.

_______________

Been to the gym twice, have just done total body workouts, BSSs with 20kgs on the first day and bench, RDLs on the other day (no squat racks, just Smith machines). Worked up to a 100kg single on bench. Warmed up with a 1200m treadmill run with stretches like at training. Just trying to burn as many calories as possible to offset all the food I've been forced to eat!

I went to the indoor track today to check it out. It's awesome, a proper international indoor track. The actual track looks open to the public and the gym is what you pay for, but it's cheap. There's a basketball court as well but don't know if it's accessible. Should be fun to do some short-distance sprints and jumps over the next 3 weeks.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on December 30, 2013, 11:06:46 pm
oh man, a whole month. sounds nice. enjoy, don't get too fat off all those suds!  :D
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on January 03, 2014, 01:31:10 pm
oh man, a whole month. sounds nice. enjoy, don't get too fat off all those suds!  :D

Thanks man! I'm not a big drinker at all any more but it's hard because I really like Belgian/Trappist beers.  :huh:

_______________________________

Got to the track. It was awesome!

Track:

1200m jog, dynamic warmup

3-4 SVJs/RVJs

4x40m block starts

3x60m (timed the video below at ~7.5sec).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEZNCYPHt3g

Cool-down weights (there's a sweet weight room as well).

BW: 78kgs

Good session, very rusty after having ~1.5 weeks off. Should be able to do a couple more sessions here. My gf/family think I'm crazy to want to train during vacation but tbh, training overseas and using gyms, tracks etc. is just as fun and interesting to me as looking at all the tourist spots. I do enjoy that as well but there's only so many churches and castles to look at!
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on January 04, 2014, 03:08:56 pm
Went to the track again but there was a kids competition on. I forgot that it's not the long school holiday period like in Australia atm. I found an outdoor basketball ring that seemed about 10' and did some jumps. Had about 3 SVJs and 4 DSVJs. SVJs maybe 32'' and DS not much higher. I haven't really been vertically jumping much at all lately so it's basically shit atm. Feel completely uncoordinated and slow! Haha.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on January 06, 2014, 03:24:57 pm
Track/gym:

Dynamic warmup, 800m jog

4 broad jumps

2xL/R standing triple jumps

2x5 consecutive broad jumps

2x30m LRLRLR bounds

2x6-7 DL bounds for height with power jumper

2x6-7 DL bounds for distance with power jumper

10 min rest

Jumps@~2.65m target (bit crap after all the bounds)

2 SVJs

3 DSVJs

3 DLRVJs

4 SLRVJs

10 min rest

Squat: 1x5@90kgs, 1x3@110kgs, 1x2@130kgs, 1x1@140kgs, 1x3@110kgs, 1x5@90kgs

Bench: 1x5@80kgs, 1x1@90kgs, 1x5@80kgs

Core stuff, TKEs, SL eccentric leg curls, other UB stuff

BW: 78kgs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0_S02Ru0zI

Stuffed after this. My SL bounding is a bit crap atm, I stumbled near the end of one and nearly turned my ankle. I jumped at a high jump post with markings up to 2.50m, and about 15cm between the end of the tape and the top of the post. Been a LONG time since I[ve properly attempted running VJs. My form is pretty shit for the DL but not too terrible for SL. I am a natural SL jumper after all. Squat was good but I stuffed up the descent of the 140kgs, didn't quite go deep enough. Didn't feel like a 1rm, not bad given I've done one good squat session in the last few months.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: T0ddday on January 06, 2014, 05:14:40 pm
The trick to reclaiming good form on pretty much all single leg bounds is fixing what the foot does in recovery.   In single leg cycles it's a bit easier to remember to cycle the jumping leg up high but what your doing with your L-R-L-R bounding is common.   Your trailing leg is barely off the ground and not at all tucked near your butt like it should be. 

This causes you to bound from left foot - to right foot and back and forth with decreasing height.   Especially when you use a single arm swing you have to let your levers bring you up so that you can get air time will still getting horizontal travel.   Really focus on holding the pose in the air with your back knee flexed and your back foot high (at about the level of your front knee) in the air and float until the ground comes to you.... Then swing through and drive the quad up and foot back and hold your pose again...  If you focus on that cue you will eventually start to be able to bound high... remember when you are bounding correctly... you should still be elevating while your arm swing is resetting!
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Post by: Raptor on January 06, 2014, 06:58:18 pm
Yeah the LRLR bounding is sooooooooo difficult for me to understand. Instead, a LLLL bound is easier form-wise.

I am much worse than acole is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ho3JljB4d2Y

Granted these are from years ago, but I will do them the same if I try to do them now. Just horrible.
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Post by: T0ddday on January 07, 2014, 12:53:08 am
Yeah the LRLR bounding is sooooooooo difficult for me to understand. Instead, a LLLL bound is easier form-wise.

I am much worse than acole is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ho3JljB4d2Y

Granted these are from years ago, but I will do them the same if I try to do them now. Just horrible.

Wow.  I don't know what I just saw.  Sorry, but that really is a strange dance.  A good unilateral jumper like you should be able to do much better if you actually challenged your self as far as distance or height.
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Post by: Raptor on January 07, 2014, 01:05:06 am
I know... that's so terrible it's just crazy. But I just can't understand the movement. And because I've always jumped off my left leg 32059358958 times in always the same pattern, and never off my right... I just can't understand the movement. I don't know what to do with the arms either. If I use the double arm swing I overload my knee every single time (same in a one-leg vert to the rim). It's like a dance, basically, for me. I just don't get the movement itself.

Remember the specialization thing we talked about? This ^^^ displays it perfectly.
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Post by: AGC on January 07, 2014, 03:23:28 am
The trick to reclaiming good form on pretty much all single leg bounds is fixing what the foot does in recovery.   In single leg cycles it's a bit easier to remember to cycle the jumping leg up high but what your doing with your L-R-L-R bounding is common.   Your trailing leg is barely off the ground and not at all tucked near your butt like it should be. 

This causes you to bound from left foot - to right foot and back and forth with decreasing height.   Especially when you use a single arm swing you have to let your levers bring you up so that you can get air time will still getting horizontal travel.   Really focus on holding the pose in the air with your back knee flexed and your back foot high (at about the level of your front knee) in the air and float until the ground comes to you.... Then swing through and drive the quad up and foot back and hold your pose again...  If you focus on that cue you will eventually start to be able to bound high... remember when you are bounding correctly... you should still be elevating while your arm swing is resetting!

Thanks, good advice there. My coach was yelling at me when I did them a couple of weeks ago to keep cycling the leg, I can do it better on LLL bounds but LRLRLR bounds I'll have to keep working on.
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Post by: Raptor on January 07, 2014, 04:21:14 am
Same here ^^^

I wonder from a strength standpoint, what is the limiting factor? Calf strength, quad strength, glute strenght? Just overall leg strength?

I guess the calves load a ton on these.
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Post by: T0ddday on January 08, 2014, 02:21:54 am
Same here ^^^

I wonder from a strength standpoint, what is the limiting factor? Calf strength, quad strength, glute strenght? Just overall leg strength?

I guess the calves load a ton on these.

If I had to put a muscle group I would choose hips.  But it is really activation more than strength.

In general while the calves may be used isometrically cueing calves for bounding is about the worst thing you can do.   If you have heard of "hammer and nail" sprinting mechanics this applies 100x for bounding.  If you imagine swinging a hammer you put a lot of force into it when it is far from nail because thats when the moment arm is longest and you can make a bunch of torque... You don't wait till the hammer is touching the nail and then drive the hammer against the nail....

The force has to begin at the hip when you are bounding (sprinting too but it's a lot more subtle) so while you are in the air with the quad parallel to the ground is where you drive down to the ground hardest...  You smash down to the ground there and pop back up after which you have time to hold your pose (or cycle through in sprinting)... What acole is doing (and what you are doing.... sorta) is landing on the front foot THEN applying force at toe off which drives the foot back behind you and doesn't let you reset...  It's subtle difference but it's pretty big.   
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Post by: Raptor on January 08, 2014, 02:40:42 pm
Yeah I don't know why people "naturally" do that... maybe it's a sign of quad dominance of some sort and when exposed to a hip dominant movement we look like idiots or something?

I've also wondered on the reason why we need to keep the foot dorsiflexed when doing plyo movements (say in high hurdle consecutive jumps).

Basically keeping the foot dorsiflexed takes away the calf's ability to really absorb force excentrically because you don't have that excentric range of motion through which the calf can act to decelerate (help in that particular landing motion). Instead, with a dorsiflexed foot I guess maybe it's more the Achilles and quads that load up?

That's one thing I'd really like to understand.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on January 08, 2014, 05:37:52 pm
Same here ^^^

I wonder from a strength standpoint, what is the limiting factor? Calf strength, quad strength, glute strenght? Just overall leg strength?

I guess the calves load a ton on these.

If I had to put a muscle group I would choose hips.  But it is really activation more than strength.

In general while the calves may be used isometrically cueing calves for bounding is about the worst thing you can do.   If you have heard of "hammer and nail" sprinting mechanics this applies 100x for bounding.  If you imagine swinging a hammer you put a lot of force into it when it is far from nail because thats when the moment arm is longest and you can make a bunch of torque... You don't wait till the hammer is touching the nail and then drive the hammer against the nail....

The force has to begin at the hip when you are bounding (sprinting too but it's a lot more subtle) so while you are in the air with the quad parallel to the ground is where you drive down to the ground hardest...  You smash down to the ground there and pop back up after which you have time to hold your pose (or cycle through in sprinting)... What acole is doing (and what you are doing.... sorta) is landing on the front foot THEN applying force at toe off which drives the foot back behind you and doesn't let you reset...  It's subtle difference but it's pretty big.

Right, I'm understanding that better now. Thanks, will try and get the next attempts on film.

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Track (yesterday):

Dynamic warmup, 800m jog

6x100@70% (all around 15 sec)

6x60m@80% (~8.5sec)

I felt like doing some tempo work to recover from the fairly intensive session the day before. I haven't really done tempo sprints yet. The group doesn't do them unless you're injured or something. But I read in Charlie Francis' book that tempo should be done 1x/week. Hmmm. Anyway, tomorrow I'm gonna try and do some speed endurance and maybe low-intensity jumps. Gonna be a bit tricky to do the usual speed endurance session I was doing at home because of the smaller track. Might do a 200m/60m set rather than 220m/100m.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on January 09, 2014, 11:48:03 am
Track:

Dynamic warmup, 600m jog

2x200m/60m (2min between reps, 10mins between sets) - 26.4, 8.0, 26.9, 8.0

3 DSVJs, 3 SLRVJs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWw9QnQd_Zs

BW: 78kgs

First time running bends indoors. It's quite tricky actually. I definitely slowed down a bit because the 200s were pretty slow. It is pretty cool though.

I don't know exactly how high the roof was that I was jumping at. Looked around 9.5' maybe? Hard to tell. Someone had put tape up to jump at presumably, nearly hit the top marker.
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Post by: T0ddday on January 10, 2014, 10:14:07 am
Yeah I don't know why people "naturally" do that... maybe it's a sign of quad dominance of some sort and when exposed to a hip dominant movement we look like idiots or something?

I've also wondered on the reason why we need to keep the foot dorsiflexed when doing plyo movements (say in high hurdle consecutive jumps).

Basically keeping the foot dorsiflexed takes away the calf's ability to really absorb force excentrically because you don't have that excentric range of motion through which the calf can act to decelerate (help in that particular landing motion). Instead, with a dorsiflexed foot I guess maybe it's more the Achilles and quads that load up?

That's one thing I'd really like to understand.

I don't really follow totally your reasoning... nor necessarily agree with the need to keep feet dorsiflexed throughout the movement.  Your feet are going to go between dorsi and plantar flexion throughout the movement (only exception might be ankling but thats low intensity plyo or warmup)... I don't know why you would try to avoid plantar flexion when your will jump higher farther with toe-off at the end of your ground contacts.

The only point of a dorsi-flexion cue IMO is to try to engrain a whole foot landing rather than a toe first landing and I believe you are correct there but I don't think it's a matter of switching force absorbtion from calves to achilles/quads.  It's more just to allow maximum time for acceleration of the foot and to minimize ground contact IMO.   Landing in plantar flexion requires you to either shorten your stride cycle or land in front of your center of gravity when sprinting; additionally if you land on a plantar flexed foot and go through a whole foot plant and then toe off you are spending more time on the ground and thus absorbing more force and returning less force... Avishek and I got into this the other day about the return forces from landings of different heights and how calculating ground reaction force was not extremely simple; what is true though is the longer time you are on the ground the smaller the amount of force transferred from the landing to the next jump/bound/stride.   Accelerating the whole foot into the ground and rapidly reversing will be best here (the toe off is sort of "free" because the center of mass has already accelerated at this point - it's like a booster and also why vertical jump mats don't make sense), of course some of the landing force will be absorbed and not returned which is why when you teach an athlete proper dorsi-flexed bounding technique the first thing that happens to terrible shin splits.   They get over that though. 
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Post by: T0ddday on January 10, 2014, 10:15:50 am
Track:

Dynamic warmup, 600m jog

2x200m/60m (2min between reps, 10mins between sets) - 26.4, 8.0, 26.9, 8.0

3 DSVJs, 3 SLRVJs


Awesome that you found a indoor facility... Is it a 200m banked track or flat?  Flat 200m tracks are crazy hard to run on.  On a flat indoor 200m, the race is over so fast... but your time is always so slow!
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Post by: LBSS on January 10, 2014, 10:49:37 am
after we ran those 200s on the flat track at georgetown my left ankle was sore for days.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on January 10, 2014, 02:03:25 pm
Well yeah but how do you translate the need for someone to plantar flex everytime they jump?

For example when I try to do consecutive vertical jumps of any kind (to the rim, backboard, over hurdles), I suck so bad at them because I ALWAYS land in a plantar flexed foot position after my first jump and I NEVER recover back. So I basically jump, land in a plantar flexed position, have to stop and reset, jump, land in a plantar flexed position, reset etc.

And it's terrible.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: T0ddday on January 10, 2014, 06:17:10 pm
Well yeah but how do you translate the need for someone to plantar flex everytime they jump?

For example when I try to do consecutive vertical jumps of any kind (to the rim, backboard, over hurdles), I suck so bad at them because I ALWAYS land in a plantar flexed foot position after my first jump and I NEVER recover back. So I basically jump, land in a plantar flexed position, have to stop and reset, jump, land in a plantar flexed position, reset etc.

And it's terrible.

Can you post a video?

You are talking about a bunch of things that are pretty different.   I was referring to single leg bounds, triple-jump second phase, etc.   In all of these you have both horizontal speed and the other half of your body to propel you up and must learn with practice to attack the ground with the landing foot which itself will result in dorsi flexion.  Because horizontal speed is so great you it will essentially suck otherwise.  You can learn simply by practicing standing still.  Stand on your left foot and jump up, kick your butt and accelerate the left leg to the ground.  Repeat.  Now start chaining them together.   It might take awhile but I have seen pretty uncoordinated people pick it up this way eventually. 

Now, double leg bounding (over hurdles or not) is a bit different because you have much less horizontal speed.  It's also a little foreign for some people to accelerate their legs down together in a double leg bound.  But again it's a learned skill.  You plantar flex when you land because you jump too far.   You can initially start with double legged bounding with your knees locked... all power comes from ankles, arms, a little hip pop.  Should be easy to plantar flex throughout the duration of the rep.    You can then move to bounds where you keep the distance short so that you can get your dorsi-flexion before landing.  It really starts with the whole body... Which is why I hate the emphasis on plantar vs dorsi flexion.   If you watch my double legs bounds at 35 seconds in the video ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImXLBmzCRXg&list=TLmaiQP-GpCJLcMA1CmMXJ9B3X8cX2GQ62 ) you will notice that in slow motion when I am descending I load my arms and legs up completely....  Focus on preparing for the next jump while you are still falling, not whether your toes are flexed or pointed... If you prepare for the jump in the air you will naturally flex your toes....   

Finally... Consecutive vertical jumps are a very different beast all together.  Consecutive vertical jumps don't have any horizontal speed to attack the ground with!   Additionally if you are jumping just vertically you can't really attack the ground because your feet are already below your hips.  Remember "attacking the ground" isn't really getting your foot to the ground faster...   That is impossible, once you are airborne you are pulled down by gravity and can't get down any faster, what you can do is move one or both legs in front of your body and accelerate at the hip to swing it under the center of mass....

Thus, If you are trying to achieve short ground contacts on consecutive vertical jumps you will actually land on your toes and your heels will never hit the ground.   If you try to accelerate the hips downward and dorsi-flex you will then fly forward instead of just up on the next jump.  I could be wrong (would LOVE to see a counter-example) but I don't think there exists anybody who is actually so reactive that they can build up height with multiple full effort vertical jumps on a hard surface....  The ground forces from that height that you have to absorb are just too brutal... IMO if you could absorb the force you would be strong enough that you could have jumped higher than that!  This is my experience with depth jumps for sure... I can get higher than my vertical with small boxes 12'', 24'', etc.  But once I try to use boxes that approach my max jump it get's pretty difficult.  Of course a depth drop to jump is much different from a max jump because you don't have to cycle through from extension back to flexion...
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on January 13, 2014, 06:35:13 pm
Track:

Dynamic warmup, 600m jog

2x200m/60m (2min between reps, 10mins between sets) - 26.4, 8.0, 26.9, 8.0

3 DSVJs, 3 SLRVJs


Awesome that you found a indoor facility... Is it a 200m banked track or flat?  Flat 200m tracks are crazy hard to run on.  On a flat indoor 200m, the race is over so fast... but your time is always so slow!

It's banked. I found it really awkward at first and had to slow up a bit over them. I think I would go crazy after awhile though just running 60s and 200s with two bends haha.

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I've been in Germany the last few days. Didn't train while in Munich but here in Berlin there are so many athletics tracks it's crazy. Unfortunately the closest one was also a football club and fairly restricted to the public. I talked to a janitor there and he said most of the football clubs have tracks as well but because the club trains there you can't really use them as running tracks! Weird. Anyway there was an unused pitch about 100m long so I ran there.

600m jog, dynamic warmup

4x100m (two falling starts, two crouch) at 95%, 5 mins rest between

6 SVJs, 3 DSVJs

UB, core SL squats

BW: ??kgs (hopefully still 78)

Freezing cold, probably about 0degC. It's still warm though for the time of year apparently. I wanted to do some starts/speed stuff but in the end just decided to do some 100m repeats to iron out my technique a bit. Video'd some but I'm kind of just a blur anyway so not that helpful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWEKUFYHgmg
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on January 16, 2014, 01:59:13 pm
Track:

Dynamic warmup/800m jog

Starting drills etc.

3x40m block starts

2x60m block starts

UB/core stuff

BW: ??kgs

Pretty good workout. 60s felt decently fast today. I reckon I can get in about 3 more sessions before I fly back. Not looking forward to the flight...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ_WgaBqeDM
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on January 16, 2014, 03:20:09 pm
I don't get how people fly... I couldn't stay in that flying cage a few minutes, let alone hours over the ocean...

Does it go into turbulences etc? I'd freak out at these and at the take off were it accelerates. Just thinking about it makes me freak out.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: ian459 on January 16, 2014, 04:28:55 pm
Flying's been proven to be extremely safe. No need for excess worrying.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on January 17, 2014, 05:59:37 am
This is not about being rational, it's about not being able to cope with all that.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on January 17, 2014, 06:17:12 am
Flying's been proven to be extremely safe. No need for excess worrying.

no shit, blu. like raptor said, fear of flying has nothing to do with reason. it's like arachnophobia or claustrophobia or any other phobia.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on January 18, 2014, 07:10:24 pm
Lol. For me I'm not worried at all about the actual flight. I just can't stand the conditions, impossible to sleep, terrible food, cramped, legs start swelling up. Horrible. I'm with a decent airline as well! Just gotta suck it up. It's funny though because I did used to be fairly anxious about flying before I had to do it a couple of times for various things. Then it was like my mind couldn't be bothered with expending the energy to be worried about it any more. Same with public speaking, I was always terrified of that until I had to do it so many times in a year that subconsciously my brain just turned off the anxiety after awhile. So my advice to any members with irrational phobias is to just continually expose yourself to them until your brain gives up trying to be worried about it.  :huh:

_________________________

Track:

Dynamic warmup/800m jog

Broad jumps x 2/standing triple jumps x 2/leg

2x consecutive broad jumps x 5

2x30m LRLRLR

2 SVJs/2 DSVJs/2 SLRVJs at 2.90m target

Squat: 1x5@100kgs, 1x3@110kgs, 1x2@120kgs, 1x1@130kgs, 1x3@110kgs, 1x5@100kgs

Hurdle hops: 5x5

Bench: 1x5@80kgs, 1x3@85kgs, 1x2@90kgs, 1x10@60kgs

UB, core

BW: ??kgs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUxPtEUMFG8

Felt a bit shit today. Didn't sleep so well. SL bounds felt blah. No change really. Hard to get the cycling motion going at full speed.

Because I hate not knowing how high I'm jumping, I bought a cheap 5m tape measure and measured the roof with the tape. It's 2.90m/9'6'' at the roof, with the tape going up another ~25cm. SVJs were about 3.1m touch for 82cm, best SLRVJ (first one in the video) was a little bit higher, maybe around 3.12-3.13m touch for 84-85cm. Not bad I guess, idk. I've been finding training here at the same intensity and frequency very difficult with all the other travel stuff I've been doing + weird food/eating patterns. Looking forward to going home. I don't know how you do it LBSS!
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on January 21, 2014, 04:13:00 pm
Track:

Dynamic warmup/800m jog

2x220m/flying 60m (no times)

Cool-down UB/core

BW:??kgs

This was pretty crap. I meant to do three sets but I felt pretty nauseous after the second. I've never thrown up during a track session and I didn't want to start in a foreign country in front of a bunch of strangers!
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on January 22, 2014, 07:16:48 pm
Track:

Dynamic warmup/800m jog

Speed drills using PJ (quite a good tool for overspeed drills)

3x40m block starts

2x60m block starts

Few DSVJs

Random UB/core weights

BW: ??

The trip's been great but fuck, am I ready to get back home. Five weeks overseas, out of routine, no foam rolling, no vitamin places to get fish oil or anything like that (been out for two weeks) and just ran out of protein today...
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: vag on January 23, 2014, 04:00:58 am
Your squat form, i envy it!
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on January 23, 2014, 11:09:52 am
Your squat form, i envy it!

Why thank you sir. I wish I had my Romaleos though. Feels a lot different in regular shoes.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on January 29, 2014, 06:33:56 pm
Got through the flight OK. Tib-fib flared up a little again (weird), but not nearly as much as last time. I might take voltaren again if it starts getting bad during training.

Track:

800m, dynamic warmup

Few starting drills, 2x40m starts

3x100m run-throughs around 85%

Pullups - 10,8,8

BW: 77kgs

Did not do much here as I was still pretty jetlagged and it was also around 40oC (around 35o higher than what I was experiencing in Belgium  :huh: ).

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Track:

400m jog, dynamic warmup

8x70m ramping up to 100%

Cool-down UB weights. I haven't recorded these individually but for me they consist of: 20 window washers w/10kg dumbbell, 10/arm hammer curls w/15kg DBs, tricep kickbacks w/10kgs, 10-15 RDLs with 20kg bar, 20 walking lunges with 10kg bar side twist at the bottom, stair climbs with 15kg plate overhead, 12-15 supine SL cable extensions.

BW: 77kgs

The coach has changed the schedule slightly as the season is past the halfway point. I'll do speed Tues, spd endurance Thursday, compete or light track session Sat and gym Sunday. Now I''m back I can also start fitting in jump sessions during the week at the court near my place. Gotta get my vert back up!

Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on January 29, 2014, 06:58:16 pm
feet and legs always get fucked up during long-haul flights. don't worry about it.
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Post by: AGC on January 29, 2014, 07:39:04 pm
feet and legs always get fucked up during long-haul flights. don't worry about it.

Yeah I guess you're the expert on that! It must suck for professional athletes who have to travel a lot but I suppose if they fly business then it would be a bit better.

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I've been meaning for awhile to post some nutrition/diet stuff. My weight and body fat has stayed fairly consistent since I cut a bit of weight (~87kgs to 76kgs) from Jan 2013-Feb 2013. I don't think I need to add any weight over the next few years to achieve what I need to do. Extra weight probably gave me a meniscus injury and I'm not expert enough on nutrition/not taking any PEDs to maintain enough strength to make a heavy bulk/cut worth it. For the next few years I'm only interested in increasing relative strength with maybe a little weight gain (no more than 2-3 kgs).

My diet has become fairly consistent day-to-day so it's easy to throw a bunch of stuff into myfitnesspal and work out an average day:

MealsCalsCarbsFatProteinNa+Sugar
B'fast5077773130040
Lunch4606711245004
Dinner5327284421312
Before bed57764223439146
Other snacks523451196586
Totals2600325591422094108

This is for a training day but off-days are probably the same with maybe a few less carbs/protein from before/after training. I usually hit 2-3 fruit and 4-5 veg, not too much sugar/sat fat and enough fibre, calcium etc. I never really feel hungry during the day and I don't fast at all. Sugars may be a little high for breakfast/before bed maybe. Eating before bed is just something I've always done because I hated being hungry trying to get to sleep. It may or may not be the smartest strategy but I don't think I am suffering too much body-fat wise at the moment.

Supplements include: ~2000mg of DHA/EPA (sometimes less) and 1500mg glucosamine/chondroitin sulphate (not 100% sold on this but because of my previous meniscus issue I take it just in case it helps  - efficacy is definitely overexaggerated but no health risks so nothing to lose really). I think I might take in more carbs than what's listed here because it seems a little low. Not sure. I try and follow the standard carb/fat/protein ratio, I think it pops out to be around 60/10/30. Again, this is just an approximation of the diet but it paints a pretty general picture of what I'm eating.

Other nutrition news: Finally got around to buying some creatine. I've never tried it before but I've always had it in my head as a possible secret weapon to try when I need more inches. I know I'm pretty late to the party here because most members seem to be using it in some way. Got a 1kg of creatine monohydrate for $20 and figured it was time to try it already. From reading journals/bodybuilding sites, the current preferred loading method is just to take 5g a day consistently throughout the year after training or at any time during non-training days, rather than the traditional 20g for 5 days/3-5g for 8 weeks/4 weeks off cycle.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: entropy on January 29, 2014, 10:55:15 pm
Other nutrition news: Finally got around to buying some creatine. I've never tried it before but I've always had it in my head as a possible secret weapon to try when I need more inches. I know I'm pretty late to the party here because most members seem to be using it in some way. Got a 1kg of creatine monohydrate for $20 and figured it was time to try it already. From reading journals/bodybuilding sites, the current preferred loading method is just to take 5g a day consistently throughout the year after training or at any time during non-training days, rather than the traditional 20g for 5 days/3-5g for 8 weeks/4 weeks off cycle.

It boggles my mind that guys here like LBSS and acole aren't using creatines. Everyone gains instantly on it. And I agree i like the idea of saving things to push further when you reach your natural limit. I hope you're also using caffeine? It helps a lot in all facets, from performance to recovery. It's a must. For a while i was dabbling in dosing caffeine depending on the intensity of the workout, but now i realise that to be a mistake, because if you take less caffeine on a light day, it means you made that workout a lot harder than it should have been, and what's more, made it much harder to recover from! So now i think caffeine is just necessary. Get a bottle of caffeine pills from bodybuilding.com, it costs like $5 and lasts months. And yeah, creatine daily soungs good. I don't take 5g though, like 1-2g a day, we're just not that muscular (as in kilos of lean mass), but then i take about 1g preworkout and postworkout on workout days. Helps with workout performance, and postworkout for recovery too, taken this way.

Eating carbs before bed isn't bad, it's good! Helps sleep deeper better, so it's not something you should be guilty about. I'd cut out the sugar from breakfast though, just because i like psychologically to know i started off 100% clean, and it's easy to stick to the plan thru the day compared to if breakfast was dirty, just my 2c.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on January 30, 2014, 12:07:06 am
Other nutrition news: Finally got around to buying some creatine. I've never tried it before but I've always had it in my head as a possible secret weapon to try when I need more inches. I know I'm pretty late to the party here because most members seem to be using it in some way. Got a 1kg of creatine monohydrate for $20 and figured it was time to try it already. From reading journals/bodybuilding sites, the current preferred loading method is just to take 5g a day consistently throughout the year after training or at any time during non-training days, rather than the traditional 20g for 5 days/3-5g for 8 weeks/4 weeks off cycle.

It boggles my mind that guys here like LBSS and acole aren't using creatines. Everyone gains instantly on it. And I agree i like the idea of saving things to push further when you reach your natural limit. I hope you're also using caffeine? It helps a lot in all facets, from performance to recovery. It's a must. For a while i was dabbling in dosing caffeine depending on the intensity of the workout, but now i realise that to be a mistake, because if you take less caffeine on a light day, it means you made that workout a lot harder than it should have been, and what's more, made it much harder to recover from! So now i think caffeine is just necessary. Get a bottle of caffeine pills from bodybuilding.com, it costs like $5 and lasts months. And yeah, creatine daily soungs good. I don't take 5g though, like 1-2g a day, we're just not that muscular (as in kilos of lean mass), but then i take about 1g preworkout and postworkout on workout days. Helps with workout performance, and postworkout for recovery too, taken this way.

Eating carbs before bed isn't bad, it's good! Helps sleep deeper better, so it's not something you should be guilty about. I'd cut out the sugar from breakfast though, just because i like psychologically to know i started off 100% clean, and it's easy to stick to the plan thru the day compared to if breakfast was dirty, just my 2c.

Well you're not gonna like reading this...I haven't had any significant dose of caffeine (i.e.>50mgs) for probably close to 2 years. Again, it's something I've been 'saving' for when I really need it. As Kelly Baggett recommends, I was using it sparingly when I was jumping well in 2012. Since I got injured shortly after that, I haven't really used it at all. All my performances since then have been without any stimulants. I have never drunk coffee (which is considered very weird by my scientist colleagues) and don't drink coke or any other caffeine-containing substances so it's not really a big deal to not have any.

What you're saying about having caffeine to make workouts easier and thus easier to recover from makes a bit of sense. I felt having ~200mg of caffeine did help me jump a little bit higher during 2012 jump training. But because I train later in the day I feel it would fuck up my sleep patterns too much. Throw in the other side-effects from long-term caffeine use and it just doesn't appeal to me personally as a regular training aid. Each to their own though of course.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on January 30, 2014, 08:45:12 am
I personally never felt any effects from creatine. And I used ON Creapure.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on January 30, 2014, 08:46:09 am
By the way - I never drank coffee either.

I've seen my mom how dependent she is on coffee and I was like "thanks, I want no part of that".
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on January 30, 2014, 09:03:47 am
i have been using creatine in my PWO shakes.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on February 02, 2014, 02:04:07 am
I personally never felt any effects from creatine. And I used ON Creapure.

I have a weird feeling that I'll be a non-responder. No evidence for this, just a hunch. Given it's so cheap there's no harm in trying, but if it was any more expensive I'd prob just lump it in with most other sports/bodybuilding supps that might have some effect but just aren't worth the price.

________________

Track:

800m jog, warmup, run-throughs

5 sets of 120m/80m double, 2 mins between reps, 8 mins between sets

Cool-down UB

BW: 78kgs

This was pretty damn hard. Times were all over the place as it was super-hot. Lots of drop-outs. Quite a few in the group regularly throw up during these workouts. I'm lucky in that regard. I do wonder though if it does more harm than good. Sure, you can finish the workout, but the times drop off and I swear some of these guys are becoming conditioned to spew when they do these sessions. 

Comp:

200m - 25.63

Shotput - 8.11m

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qfhqyyjc5uhkfgi/pf1690TKl_/Round08/Yellow-round8-individual-1feb14-645pm.pdf (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qfhqyyjc5uhkfgi/pf1690TKl_/Round08/Yellow-round8-individual-1feb14-645pm.pdf)

BW: 77.5kgs

Raced yesterday but it was a bit of a disaster as usual. It was around 38oC and they nearly called the meet off. The actual run felt fine, just slow still. Even though I was never a great 200m runner I should be closer to <25 sec. Taking forever to build up fitness! Very demoralising getting destroyed by HS kids that I beat in the 100m  :huh: .

Track/gym:

Dynamic warmup (+5kg weight vest)

2x5 consecutive broad jumps (+5kg weight vest)

2x5 LLL/RRR bounds (+5kg weight vest)

800m time trial - 2m50s --> did not know we were doing this. It is fucking hot again in Melbourne so I suffered like a bitch.

Power cleans: 6x5 (no reset)@60kgs

In between sets: random BW core, hamstring exercises

Squat: 1x10@90kgs (v. easy)

Bench: 1x10@75kgs (v. hard!)

Good to get back in the gym. The bad news is I'm unfit and weak! The other guy training with me was doing 90kg PCs with ease. My technique is already a lot better though. It's good having a coach who knows correct form. I'm shuddering thinking about how bad my form must have been in the past.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: T0ddday on February 03, 2014, 04:09:19 pm

It boggles my mind that guys here like LBSS and acole aren't using creatines. Everyone gains instantly on it.

Lol.  Yeah that's true.  Except for the people that don't. 

Creatine works.  I contribute to and trust the literature.  But even the best studies of creatine don't show an instant gain for everyone.  When N==1 nothing is guaranteed.  Myself personally I notice nothing from creatine.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on February 03, 2014, 04:52:32 pm
Me neither. Maybe it's for the types of people that have muscles with too low of a fluid content and creatine improves on that and adds better "leverage" if you will for the muscle fibers to push against?
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: T0ddday on February 03, 2014, 07:52:07 pm
Me neither. Maybe it's for the types of people that have muscles with too low of a fluid content and creatine improves on that and adds better "leverage" if you will for the muscle fibers to push against?

Ehhh...  It probably works by the mechanism supported by all the evidence (more creatine phosphate in the muscle = more alactic ATP).   I doubt the reason some of us don't respond is not because creatine actually works by some until now undiscovered mechanism...

For what it's worth I have multiple anecdotal cases of creatine not working for track athletes speed endurance.  A 200m/400m athlete should benefit most from a longer alactic energy system... but creatine seems to work best in the untrained and those who do little training as far as these energy systems go (powerlifters, etc.)  The only reason I can think is that maybe it's possible that through training one can acquire an efficient enough alactic energy system (and transition to anerobic respiration) that additional creatine does not help, perhaps because the body is beginning respiration after a few seconds anyway, so either you get enough free atp and muscle efficiency to produce the maximum power you body can produce before anerobic respiration through training OR you supplement with creatine to provide the ATP.   As far as training recovery I am not convinced by any study that creatine increases recovery.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on February 03, 2014, 08:30:27 pm
Me neither. Maybe it's for the types of people that have muscles with too low of a fluid content and creatine improves on that and adds better "leverage" if you will for the muscle fibers to push against?

upvoted for sheer creativity.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on February 05, 2014, 08:35:14 pm
Well I got my creatine today so we'll see how I'm performing in a month or so. Took 5g after training and another 1-2g before bed. Will take 5g daily for the next week and maybe drop it down to 3g from then.

Track (tues):

1200m jog, dynamic warmup

Starting drills (falling starts, crouch starts)

2x30m block starts

3x50m block starts

Some overspeed work with cable (4 tows, 4 getting towed approx 50m)

Cool-down UB weights

BW: 78kgs

Track/gym (yesterday):

Dynamic warmup (+5kg weight vest)

2x5 consec broad jumps (+5kg weight vest)

2x4-5/leg SL bounds (+5kg weight vest)

Few broad jumps (+5kg weight vest)

8 shotput throws (did some DSVJs at a nearby ring between throws)

Speed squat: 4x15@40kgs in 15 seconds (aim was to do at least 15 reps in 15 secs)

Core/hamstring exercises in-between sets

Speed split jerk: 4x8-14@40kgs in 15 sec (struggled with this)

Power cleans: 1x7@50kgs

Bench: 1x10@65kgs

BW: 78kgs

Very hard training session. I really struggle with the rhythm for the split jerks. Need to practice. Also just very weak at it atm. I was already pretty cooked by the time we were doing shotput throws, only hitting ~31'' for my DSVJs.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on February 06, 2014, 05:48:08 am
So you're not loading up on creatine the first 4-5 days? I took 20-25g the first few days and then maintained at 5g.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on February 06, 2014, 08:01:26 pm
So you're not loading up on creatine the first 4-5 days? I took 20-25g the first few days and then maintained at 5g.

I'm not doing that this time. From what I've read, you can just take a 5g dose from the start and maintain that for about a month to fill up the stores. It takes a bit longer than doing a 20g/day load for a week, but A) I'm not in a rush to fill up, and B) although it's generally been shown to be safe, higher doses could possibly have some side effects which I'd rather avoid. I can't remember if I logged this but last year when I got a really bad tension headache and went to ER, my urine sample had creatinine levels just outside the normal range and there was microscopic traces of blood in there as well. Granted, this was about 36h after I repped 135kgs for 6 at 78kgs, which might have caused a high level of creatine-->creatinine in my urine. The blood traces were there up until about 3-4 days later. The doc said elevated creatinine levels can impair kidney function and cause some microscopic bleeding.

At that time, it appeared to be a short-term symptom from the headache. I don't have a family history of kidney dysfunction but just to be on the safe side, I'm just going to stick at 5g a day for awhile then drop to 3g as entropy suggested. It should be just as effective over a long-term period. Would love to hear opinions from the creatine users on this.

______________

Track:

800m jog, dynamic warmup

5x120m/80m fly (20m lead-in): 2 mins rest between reps, 15 mins between sets (35oC). 120m: 14.5sec avg, 80m: 9.2 sec avg

Cool-down UB weights

BW:77.5 kgs

I'm not going to overreact to two days of creatine but I did feel very 'powerful' tonight in the 80m sprints. I could maintain effort for about 10-20m longer than usual. I based this on a training partner who usually gets a slow start but catches me by the 50-60m mark; tonight he was only passing me in the last 10m of the 80m. Making some good progress. Training three nights in a row has left me pretty wrecked though, I've really had to push the recovery hard at nights to keep up.

 
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on February 06, 2014, 08:42:36 pm
Maybe you were overdosing on protein back then?
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on February 06, 2014, 09:19:13 pm
Maybe you were overdosing on protein back then?

Possibly, I was taking more at that time when I was doing a lot more gym work. Probably not more than 2g/kg BW. At the moment I take about 140g per day. Again, it was a short-term symptom - a few days later it was clean. Either way, I'm happy with a low dose per day just in case.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: ChrisM on February 07, 2014, 10:19:15 pm
I've been meaning to start a 5g a day creatine supplement (I'm with you on the 20+ loading phase :/ ) but Ive been lazy/un-dedicated/etc. Very curious to see your results!
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on February 08, 2014, 08:49:57 am
I've been meaning to start a 5g a day creatine supplement (I'm with you on the 20+ loading phase :/ ) but Ive been lazy/un-dedicated/etc. Very curious to see your results!

Yep! We'll see.

__________________

Competition was cancelled today because it was so hot goddamit. So we did a morning training session instead:

Track:

800m jog, dynamic warmup

Starting drills on the bend

4x40m block starts on bend

4x130m re-accelerations (had my last 40m timed twice - 5.0 and 5.1  :huh: )

Cool-down weights

BW: 78kgs


Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on February 09, 2014, 07:50:52 pm
Track/gym:

Dynamic warmup

2x5 consecutive broad jumps

2x5/leg SL bounds

600m run - 2:00.2

Gym:

6x5 power cleans @60kgs

Accessory core, hamstring exercises between sets

Squat: 1x10@95kgs (still easy)

Bench: 1x10@75kgs (a few failed reps though)

3 SVJs afterwards...felt OK.

BW: 78kgs

Well I've trained 5 times in the last week, definitely more than I'm used to. But I'm holding up OK. The only thing that might be an issue is that my old shin splints on medial L leg flare up a little during the bounds. They usually disappear after that and hurt a bit after training. But nothing too bad, especially given the volume of jumps/bounds/sprints. I was expecting much worse. I've been massaging calves every night and doing some KStar exercises for them as well. No other real injury issues, tib-fib has mostly disappeared.

No competition this week so heading home - plan to do some vertical tests on 10' ring and finally use my home gym! Then there's competition on the next two weeks with the State Championships on the second weekend - hoping to run <12.2 in the 100m.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on February 09, 2014, 08:10:17 pm
How fast are the 60 kg power cleans?
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on February 09, 2014, 08:41:05 pm
How fast are the 60 kg power cleans?

At first they were fairly slow. They're getting better apparently but I'm still kind of just reverse curling the weight rather than driving it up with hips. The weight isn't really heavy (I'm sure I could do 10-20kg more with crappy form) so there's a bit of a tendency to pull with the arms still rather than do it properly. But it'll take time, I'm fully confident in the coach's instruction so I'll just keep practising under his guidance.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on February 10, 2014, 03:04:26 am
Yeah, for me, the hardest part is the full (hyper)extension at the hips... I still "shortmove" it.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on February 12, 2014, 06:40:42 am
Track (yesterday):

800m jog, dynamic warmup

Starting drills (falling starts, crouch starts)

4x50m block starts

Cable work: 4x50m puller/4x50m pullee

400m - 58-59 sec

Cool-down UB/core weights

BW: 78kgs

Gym:

Dynamic warmup (+5kg weight vest)

2x5 consec broad jumps  (+5kg weight vest)

2x5/leg SL bounds  (+5kg weight vest)

Speed squat: 1x15@42.5kgs, 2x15@45kgs, 1x15@47.5kgs (all in 15 seconds)

Core/hamstring exercises between sets

Split jerk: 1x10@25kgs, 3x15-18@40kgs (all in 15 seconds)

Power cleans: 7@60kgs

3 SVJs (very low at this stage)

BW: 78kgs

Well I haven't noticed a BW change since starting creatine. My arms do look slightly bigger though. I got a bit of piriformis pain in R glute after all the cable stuff. Wasn't too bad the next day, took a bit of voltaren to get ready for the next training and it was OK. I might not be activating the glutes well enough at the moment, will incorporate more glute bridges during warmups.

Something 'clicked' today doing PCs. I felt the momentum from the second pull elevate the weight more so than usual, and it wasn't difficult to get good rack position in the catch. Starting to put it together.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on February 12, 2014, 06:42:06 am
So you don't to hang cleans?

Anyway, can you film the cable stuff that you're doing?
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on February 14, 2014, 03:19:11 am
So you don't to hang cleans?

Anyway, can you film the cable stuff that you're doing?

No hang cleans. All we do is power cleans apparently. I haven't attempted to film anything yet. Haven't seen anyone really do it, but I'm planning on bringing up the idea soon. It's tricky because there's a lot of high-school age kids in the group and the Uni gets a bit funny about filming minors.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on February 14, 2014, 08:47:20 am
Track:

800m jog, dynamic warmup

4x120m/80m w/20m rolling start - average times: 14.5sec/9.2sec --> about the same

Coll-down UB

BW:78.5kgs
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on February 18, 2014, 07:10:35 pm
Weekend:

I wanted to jump this past weekend but the court I planned to use was booked when I got there (despite me calling earlier). Went to the track around 5PM:

800m jog, dynamic warmup

Starting drills

3x40m block starts

3x120m re-accels

Cool-down UB/core stuff

BW: 78.5kgs

Next day around 10AM I did some SVJs on my vertec. It was a bit wet so I didn't do any RVJs. SVJs were nothing special, around 32''. Probably not fully recovered from the track session earlier. Also used my squat rack, just did some light bench, and some front squats. I think my rack position/strength has improved from doing power cleans. Did 75kgs x 8, which is an improvement already despite not doing them for months. Will post video later.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on February 18, 2014, 07:13:13 pm
Track (yesterday):

400m jog, dynamic warmup

Starting drills (falling starts, crouch starts)

4x50m block starts

Cable work: 4x50m puller/4x50m pullee

300m - no idea what time

Cool-down UB/core weights

BW: 78.5kgs

Competing in the 200m this weekend and then there's State Championships the week after. There's no qualifying standards to enter (which is crazy) so it means I get an extra 100m in this season despite being shit. Not expecting to make it past the heats  :huh:.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on February 20, 2014, 10:50:34 pm
Track/gym (yesterday):

Dynamic warmup (+5kg weight vest)

2x5 consecutive broad jumps

2x5/leg SL bounds

5-6 shot put throws

Gym:

Speed squats: 3x15@45kgs/15 seconds

3 assistance core/ham exercises

Push press w/split jerk: 3x20@40kgs/15 seconds (getting better)

3 more assistance core/ham stuff

Bench: 1x11@72.5kgs

Power clean: 3x3@60kgs

BW: 78.5kgs

_____________

Track:

1200m jog, dynamic warmup

2x120m/flying 80m ---> had to pull out because of shin splint pain

Cool-down weights

BW: 78.5kgs

Shin splints on left leg flared up during warmups. My times were a bit slow compared to previous weeks so I decided to pull the pin. It's not too bad, definitely had worse and I'm self-massaging and icing atm. Also starting to take NSAIDs for them (just aspirin as recommended by several guys in the group who've had them before, better than diclofenac or ibuprofen apparently). The training load has been pretty big for the past 3 weeks so I'm not surprised I'm starting to feel it a bit.

P.S. 75kgs x 8 FS from the other day:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnL9tTvS-Gw
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on February 23, 2014, 04:43:19 am
Comp:

200m - 25.36 (-0.3sec on last round)

Shot put - 8.82m (+70cm on last round)

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qfhqyyjc5uhkfgi/BcpLTcMqJS/Round10/Yellow-Round-10-Individual-22feb14-700pm.pdf (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qfhqyyjc5uhkfgi/BcpLTcMqJS/Round10/Yellow-Round-10-Individual-22feb14-700pm.pdf)

My L leg shin splint was a bit sore at start of warmups but faded away. Took 1000mg aspirin before warming up and it seemed to help. Marginal improvement in the 200, still pathetically slow though in the last 70-80m. I ran in heat 2 and I was right up with everyone until about the 120m mark. That's OK, it's just a bit of fun at the moment. If I could get back to my old times I'd be fine with that. The more important stuff is the 100m, vertical obviously, and measures of power like the bounds and shot put throws. Shot put was good at least.

__________

Track/gym:

Dynamic warmup

2x5 consec broads

2x5/leg SL bounds

800m time trial - 2:39sec (big improvement in fitness here)

Gym:

Squat: 4x5@120kgs

In between sets - usual ham/core stuff (window washers x 30, incline situps x 30, elbow-to-knee crunches x 50, standing ham curl machine: 2x15/leg@20kgs, lying ham curl (DL conc, SL ecc): 1x10@25kgs)

Power cleans: 4x70kgs (failed BADLY at this. It was just not working today)

Seated rows, lat pull

Bench: 1x10@75kgs (getting easier)

BW: 78.5kgs

1000mg aspirin beforehand. I wasn't planning on doing the bounds/800m but I felt fine during warmups. I think if I can get through the training with no pain, and treat them at night, hopefully they will fade away. Haven't had any more aspirin since and they feel OK right now. Obviously taking aspirin every session is not feasible, so if it doesn't go away soon I'll stop training for a bit. Pretty decent session, except the power cleans. I don't know why but I just could not pull the damn weight up! I think I was just tired.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on February 23, 2014, 11:03:01 am
wait so if 100 is more important, why didn't you run the 100 in the comp? was there not a race? sorry if you've already answered that and i just can't remember.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on February 23, 2014, 08:41:40 pm
wait so if 100 is more important, why didn't you run the 100 in the comp? was there not a race? sorry if you've already answered that and i just can't remember.

Yeah there's two programs that they run - 100/400/1500/LJ/javelin and 200/800/3000/TJ/discus programs (all other events run both times). The comp is every two weeks so you basically get to run a 100m once a month unless you qualify for a different competition held sporadically on other weekends. Because the last 100m round was cancelled I'm only gonna get to run two or three more 100s max before the season ends. And yes, this does suck!
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on February 24, 2014, 12:29:48 am
What are you aiming for with 100m by the end of the season?

Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on February 24, 2014, 10:02:33 am
god i need to move to a place where track clubs that involve sprinting and field events are a thing.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on February 25, 2014, 05:01:24 am
What are you aiming for with 100m by the end of the season?

I'd be happy with anything sub-12 sec. Might not happen but it'd feel like I'd accomplished something to go from mid-12sec to sub-12 sec.

god i need to move to a place where track clubs that involve sprinting and field events are a thing.

Yeah man. I've enjoyed getting back into it for several reasons:

A) Competitive boost like I used to get playing basketball but less risk of acute injury (i.e. getting hurt by uncoordinated idiots playing pickup)

B) Very compatible with athletic goals (obviously)

C) Get to talk to people about all the cool stuff we discuss on the forum...in REAL LIFE! Lol.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on February 25, 2014, 09:18:26 am
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Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on February 25, 2014, 08:42:45 pm
Haha, anyway I think I remember you saying you'd run a meet sometime soon? I reckon your 60m and 100m would be pretty good.


_______________

Track:

1200m jog, dynamic warmup

A few DSVJs into the sand pit

Starting drills

2x30m block start, 2x50m block start (VERY slow tonight)

3x120m re-accels

Cool-down UB/core weights

BW: 78.5kgs

Got the next two nights off before competing on Friday night (100m) and Saturday afternoon (200m). I'm not expecting to make it through the heats so gotta give it everything for that one race.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: vag on February 26, 2014, 03:02:38 am
Has your main focus switched to sprinting or is it just a phase, like reaching a sub-12 100, going well at those meets etc then re-think things? How is the dunk fever going these days?
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on February 26, 2014, 10:19:48 pm
Has your main focus switched to sprinting or is it just a phase, like reaching a sub-12 100, going well at those meets etc then re-think things? How is the dunk fever going these days?

Haha. I was thinking someone might ask me this soon. The simple answer is: yes, I want to still want to throw down bad, really bad. I have been thinking a lot though about the best long-term approach to achieve this, however. As I've learned more about myself as an athlete and training principles in general, my thought process has changed a bit. The relevant facts:

- Reach: 229cm/7'6.5'' reach

- Vertical touch required to dunk a perfectly timed oop w/one hand: 323-325cm/10'7-8''

- Vertical jump required to dunk an oop w/one hand: ~94cm/37''

- Vertical jump required to dunk off the dribble w/ one hand: 100cm/39-40''

- Previous best RVJ: 94cm/37'' (SL/DL) - mid-2012

- Previous best SVJ: ~89cm/35'' -mid-2012 + early-mid 2013

- Training years: ~3 (started this log about three years ago)

*vag might have different opinion on numbers, just rough estimates

For a start, based on my previous results, dunking in any way other than with a full run-up is probably unrealistic. I don't doubt I could get upwards of 40'' SVJ IF I committed a large amount of time (1-2 years) building up my squat KF style. I'm not a freak natural 400lb guy, but I have pretty good natural strength levels and can get to 2xBW squat without much long-term training or weight change (sorry entropy  ;D). That's my main advantage in regard to this 'project' (I'm calling it a project now rather than a quest. Sounds more efficient and less fantasy-like, as if it's just a dream). Dunking off SVJ would be awesome, but to get the dunk I need to be training my running SL or DL RVJ efficiently.

Ideally, I'd like to be able to dunk off one and two. Not fussed about style really. Two hands would be sweet but would require a few extra inches most likely. In the past I've gotten good success with getting my vertical up to around 37'', or just under the threshold for dunking off the dribble. I believe I can get back to those levels and beyond within the next year or so if I can stay injury-free. My training during 2012 revolved around more frequent jump sessions and explosive weights, but the actual structure was not ideal. I probably trained too much for my capabilities at that time, and I didn't know as much about recovery and nutrition as I do now. I ended up getting patellar tendonitis and had to slow down. Then I hit a strength phase for a few months but fucked it up by not programming well, continued to play basketball fatigued and ended up getting injured again.

Last year was a bit scattered, lost the first part of it just getting healthy again, then just worked on strength and SVJ, getting to 2x BW squat. Mid part of the year started to do some running and transitioning into power/RFD stuff and more running jumps, but then found out about the training group and wanted to start doing a bit of track comps as well. Figured it would be a good way to get the good adrenaline rush you get from playing ball but with less injury risk. In hindsight, I probably focused too much on arbitrary numbers last year and probably should have done more jumping. But I don't regret joining the group near the end of the year for many reasons, some of them I already detailed above. They train for speed, power, explosiveness, and there's also a focus on injury prevention. Of course, I know that it's not completely specific to vertical: the emphasis is on horizontal force production over distance rather than vertical force production for height, but there's obviously a fairly strong transfer to vertical force production. Another good outcome from the training is that I'm more confident in my work capacity: the training has been big volume and intensity lately and (aside from some minor shin splints which are manageable), haven't gotten hurt.

Now, last time I checked, my vertical is probably at what I like to call 'baseline', around 32'' for SVJ and not much higher for RVJ (maybe 33''). I plan to do a more thorough test of vertical at a 10' ring soon. I'm not 100% on the off-season plan for the group but I know it involves probably 3-4x gym sessions a week getting diesel strong. I'm talking like 2.5xBW strong in squat etc (there's some real weight-room beasts in the group). That could be cool, and I'll also try and build in a period where jump sessions are the focus (I think T0dday did something similar in his off-season recently). I live very close to a basketball court where I can practice jumps on springboarded floors (better for my knees) and really try and get the vert up.

So, to answer your first question, yes, this is a phase where I'm just trying to become a fast, strong athlete with good power numbers, and then when there's no competitions, start utilising those characteristics in vertical jump improvement again. It's probably the long way around, but there's also part of me that wants to compete in something to keep the juices flowing. Also, it'd be nice to have something else to focus on after I complete the dunk project, rather than just training in isolation.

TL;DR: Still going strong! Dunk coming soon.
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Post by: vag on February 27, 2014, 05:43:52 am
Yup, that's what i thought. With much less words of course :D Agree with the whole thing, you are still very young anyway, you have room to experiment with whatever (even vert irrelevant ), even for a couple years and then go back to dunking. And of course, sprinting is anything but irrelevant with jumping, also adds weapons in your arsenal that you would never find in 'traditional' dedicated vert training. Keep it up, see where it gets you!
As for the numbers, i agree. One thing you may keep in mind setting it up in your mind is that, imho if you can palm the ball, you can dunk without lobs while being at 'base of palm at rim' level. It is not exactly off the dribble but it is a runup with the ball in your hands. But then again, having the ball in your hands during plant/jump compromises the armswing so you lose 1-2''. At least that happens to me. So again you need to be able to touch 1-2'' higher without the ball. But yeah, 38-39'' would have you dunking without lobs if you could palm the ball fairly well. Dunking off the dribble is so much more difficult for me. I have experimented and tried to improve that on lower (9'8'') rim. But because i can't palm the ball off the dribble, i had to go to for either cuffed 1-handed or 2-handed dunks. Aka, at least 2-3 more inches needed. I could barely land cuffed 1-handers while being able to SVJ dunk or touch mid forearm off dropstep at the same rim. 2 handers are actually easier off the dribble for me. FML.

Damn, i miss dunking! Soon...
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Post by: LBSS on February 27, 2014, 09:55:25 am
my RVJ are very, very dependent on the groove that i've greased over the past few months. adding a ball to the mix that i can't palm, so i either have to dribble or hold with two hands, would fuck with me completely. even if i could jump 40" with a full "normal" armswing, i doubt i'd be able to get even my knuckles over the rim with a different groove. that's okay for me because, unlike entropy and others, i don't care about dunking in any situation other than perfect conditions, but it's something for acole to keep in mind as he sets targets. we're pretty similar, after all.
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Post by: Raptor on February 27, 2014, 11:27:05 am
To me, it sounds awesome!

That eccentric control that you're going to gain doing sprints and all the other stuff you're not really accustomed to will give you an "extra dimension" if you will. You might be surprised.
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Post by: AGC on March 02, 2014, 08:36:37 pm
Thanks all, it's still gonna be a real challenge but hopefully I'm doing the right thing.

___________

Comp (Fri, Sat):

Well I had just about the worst two runs I've had in my entire life on the weekend. Had the 100m heats Friday night and completely missed my start, came dead last and just did not have any power throughout the race. Ran a craptastic 12.37 FAT with a small headwind. I felt physically OK beforehand but mentally I got a bit psyched out with the high level of competition, definitely a bit out of my league. As a result I was really tentative with my start and just completely blew it. Oh well.

Next day for the 200m during warmups I got a little pinch in my right glute. It felt like the piriformis pain I got in my L leg awhile ago. Massaged it a bit with a rubber ball but it was bothering me a little. I was supposed to be in the last heat out of about 6, but the officials must have stuffed something up because when the first heat went up on the board, my name was on it! So I was sitting in the room waiting, completely unready, and they came in and grabbed me and a couple of other guys and basically said: "You're running now!" Lol. I was a bit flustered but got a much better start. My coach timed me at 11.9 for the first 100m, but from about 120m I just died really bad. Might have been the piriformis pain, but I didn't feel it during the race. I don't remember the exact time but it was high 25s, a complete throwaway race.

I'm still laughing about how badly both races went! But it doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things. Would have been nice to run the 100m as well as I ran the first 100m of the 200m, but that's OK. Still got one more 100m this season.

In need of anything to make me forget about the comp, the next morning around 8AM I went down to the courts for the first time this year and did a whole bunch of jumps. 5-6 per style, got a few on video (memory card filled up before the SLs but they were basically the same as the DLRVJs).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhxkzOnmJ_c

Best SVJ looks maybe about ~32-33'' (approx half hand above rim), DSVJs and RVJs were maybe a little higher. Didn't have the best vid angle. Probably not very recovered or best time of day to jump for me either but it was fun. Much work needed on RVJ technique and getting back in the jumping groove again.
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Post by: LBSS on March 03, 2014, 03:01:34 pm
vid is private.
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Post by: AGC on March 03, 2014, 06:13:44 pm
vid is private.

Goddammit youtube. Fixed.
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Post by: LBSS on March 03, 2014, 10:07:40 pm
strongly recommend the t0ddday method: don't let yourself add steps to the approach until you're getting more height of the extra step. start with DSVJ, move to one-step, then two-step, etc. you're wasting most of those steps during the run-up.
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Post by: AGC on March 03, 2014, 11:43:30 pm
strongly recommend the t0ddday method: don't let yourself add steps to the approach until you're getting more height of the extra step. start with DSVJ, move to one-step, then two-step, etc. you're wasting most of those steps during the run-up.

Yeah it was just to see where I'm at. I don't accelerate until the last few steps so that's where I'll set the limit for subsequent practices.
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Post by: AGC on March 05, 2014, 06:32:41 am
Track (yesterday):

1200m jog, dynamic warmup

Starting drills

2x30m block starts, 2x50m block starts

4x120m re-accels

300m sprint

Cool-down UB/core weights

BW: 78.5kgs

Good session but I felt the R leg piriformis strike in the 300m. Not too bad but definitely there. I hadn't been feeling the shin splints at at but I forgot that my body has a rule that there must be at least one nagging injury present at all times! So annoying.

Gym:

Dynamic warmup

2x5 consec broads

2x5/leg SL bounds

Power cleans: 1x7@60kgs, 1x5@65kgs, 1x3@70kgs, 1x3@75kgs, 1x5@70kgs, 1x7@67.5kgs

In between: ham/core exercises

Squat: 1x10@100kgs (felt strong)

Bench: 1x10@72.5kgs, 1x5@82.5kgs

Lat pulldown, chinups

BW: 79kgs

Piriformis was sore this morning. Couldn't touch right leg with right hand and straight back without some pain. Rolled the shit out of it during warmups and it was OK. Hopefully be OK for longer sprints tomorrow.

Competing this Sat, gonna do the 100m and LJ. Hopefully the 100m goes better this time!
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Post by: AGC on March 06, 2014, 08:27:43 pm
Track:

1200m jog, dynamic warmup

6x150m - range: 17.4 sec (4th rep) - 18.4 sec (last rep), best 100m split was 11.5ht, not bad at all!

Cool-down UB/core weights

BW: 79kgs (+.5kgs over last week or so)

Felt piriformis a bit during first two reps, but wasn't affecting time. Just gotta run through it. Bit sore today but hopefully will be OK by tomorrow.
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Post by: AGC on March 09, 2014, 10:37:13 pm
Comp:

100m - 12.10

LJ - 5.25m (just had the one jump, didn't get run-up right)

400m - 60.50

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qfhqyyjc5uhkfgi/yZ58t849Im/Round11/Yellow-rnd11-individual-10Mar14-930AM.pdf (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qfhqyyjc5uhkfgi/yZ58t849Im/Round11/Yellow-rnd11-individual-10Mar14-930AM.pdf)

Ran a lot better this week, didn't break 12 sec but did make marginal improvements. I wanted to do more jumping but my coach made me run a 4. I pushed hard but I just have no fitness for 400s atm.

I've been training with the group for about two full months now and have shaved off 0.42 sec from my initial time of 12.52. I still think I could improve it quite a bit though. I've still got a lot of technique and fitness weaknesses. Out of the 10 or so guys who are in the group, I am definitely the most "un-fit" right now in terms of 400m/800m speed, but I'm probably about the 5th or 6th fastest over 100m despite that.  Would be cool to get back to 11.5 sec by end of next season.

_________

Gym:

Dynamic warmup, 6min rowing machine

Squat: Warmup, 1x7@115kgs, 1x5@120kgs, 2x3@125kgs, 1x5@120kgs,1x7@115kgs

In-between:core/ham supplementary exercises

Bench: 1x10@70kgs,1x5@80kgs

Power cleans: 7@65kgs

In between: UB supp exercises

BW: 78.5kgs

I have a few weeks before any comps so I did more volume in the squat. Felt pretty good, like I could do a few more kilos each set.

One thing I don't agree with though is that we do these sessions with less than 24h rest after competing. Some of the other guys were doing sets of triples, doubles and singles at close to their 1RM. I just do what I'm told atm but it seems counter-intuitive to me. Maybe for amateurs it's not so important. I feel OK today, not sore (except piriformis which is improving).
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Post by: AGC on March 12, 2014, 01:02:54 am
Track:

1200m jog, dynamic warmup

Starting drills

2x30m block starts, 3x50m block starts

4x120m reaccels

300m - 41.5 sec

BW: 79kgs
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Post by: AGC on March 13, 2014, 09:49:29 pm
Gym:

Active warmup

Few shot put throws

Power cleans: 1x7@65kgs, 1x5@70kgs, 1x3@75kgs,1x3@77kgs, 1x5@70kgs, 1x7@65kgs

In-between sets: ham/core supp exercises

Squat: 1x10@105kgs

Bench: 1x10@75kgs, 1x5@82.5kgs

DB rows, lat pull

BW: 79kgs

I'm slowly getting more confident with power cleans. Atm it's not really landing on my chest hard and I'm not getting the elbows out and under the bar. I'm more just catching it at my chest and stabilising it with elbows pointed down. It's not a bad thing apparently, the weight isn't too heavy, just have to get more confident with it and work on the rack position.
___________

Track:

1200m jog, active warmup

5x150m, 12mins rest between - 100m/150m split: 11.5/17.5, 11.7/17.8, 11.7/17.9, 12.3/18.6 (had 20mins rest before, tightened up), 11.6/17.6 (all ht by coach)

Cool-down UB/core weights

BW: 79kgs

This was pretty good. I was running by myself but I don't think it slowed me too much.

One more 200m/shotput round in two weeks, and there's also a 100m event next week which I've entered but it has qualifying standards. I don't know if 12.10 is good enough atm, we'll see. Would be good to get another run in. The season finishes with a final state round with all the regional winners. We're definitely in the final but the events are limited to top-3 runners from each club, so I might only be doing the shot put lol.
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Post by: Raptor on March 13, 2014, 11:26:40 pm
How are you doing your power cleans? From hang or from the ground? Since you didn't say "hang power cleans" I assume from the ground.

If you do them from the hanging position, then I found out that it's best to do singles instead of more reps. For me, whenever I do even two reps the amount of fatigue I get in my hands becomes a very limiting factor in actual power expression in the clean itself. The bar starts to feel heavier and heavier every second I stay with it in my hands and the arms start to wander around in bad, weird positions.

So today I did singles (3x1 instead of 1x3) with like 20 seconds or so breaks in between, and all my reps were explosive and powerful. Just something to think about.
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Post by: AGC on March 16, 2014, 07:10:58 pm
How are you doing your power cleans? From hang or from the ground? Since you didn't say "hang power cleans" I assume from the ground.

If you do them from the hanging position, then I found out that it's best to do singles instead of more reps. For me, whenever I do even two reps the amount of fatigue I get in my hands becomes a very limiting factor in actual power expression in the clean itself. The bar starts to feel heavier and heavier every second I stay with it in my hands and the arms start to wander around in bad, weird positions.

So today I did singles (3x1 instead of 1x3) with like 20 seconds or so breaks in between, and all my reps were explosive and powerful. Just something to think about.

Yeah they're from the ground. Usually we do them without much rest in between but if you have to reset then that's better than failing the lift.

__________

Gym:

Dynamic warmup

3x5 consec broads

2x5/leg SL bounds

Squat: 1x7@115kgs, 1x5@120kgs, 2x3@125kgs, 1x5@120kgs, 1x7@115kgs

In-between: ham/core supp exercises

Power clean: 7@65kgs

Bench: 1x10@75kgs, 1x5@85kgs

In-between: DB rows, lat pull

BW: 79kgs

Everything felt pretty easy today, probably because I had a day off from running yesterday. Injury-wise, shin splints are pretty much gone but if I'm not careful they will definitely come back. Have to watch the bounding and jumping work. Piriformis is still kind of there in the mornings, it loosens up during warmups and doesn't bother me too much. I suspect it's linked to my lower back, which is probably tight but just don't feel it. Definitely improving, but slow. Need to stop being slack and get a proper DT massage.
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Post by: AGC on March 18, 2014, 08:28:22 pm
Track:

1200m jog, dynamic warmup

Starting drills

1x40m block start, 2x50m block start

Cool-down UB/core weights

BW: 79kgs

I got an easy session tonight because I got into the race tomorrow night. Looking forward to it, it's at the same track as the State Champs were held at so I can make up for my crappy run there.
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Post by: AGC on March 19, 2014, 08:43:01 am
Well I had a shit run again goddammit. Ran a 12.34 with +0.2m tail. I got a video of it and my form is just really terrible. I've been working on driving my right arm more in training but in a race situation it just all goes out the window. No power coming from the arms and I just look sluggish. Also, because the attendance was low, I got jumped up to the second heat, which definitely psyched me out a little. I still feel very 'inexperienced' in big meets like this and even though I'm running faster in training, mentally I'm only able to achieve maybe 85-90% of my best performance rather than 95-100% in a proper race. Oh well. Looking forward to the season being over so I can focus more on jumps and getting fit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkl6Nn8n_Ow
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Post by: Raptor on March 19, 2014, 09:02:52 am
You can just look at this as a learning experience, no need to stress too much about it.
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Post by: AGC on March 19, 2014, 08:10:45 pm
You can just look at this as a learning experience, no need to stress too much about it.

Haha yeah of course, I always get annoyed when I'm not running a better time or jumping consistently higher. I know it doesn't work like that but it still pisses me off. Overall I'm pretty happy I've been able to jump into fairly tough mid-season athletic training and not get hurt, as well as run some decently acceptable times, not too far off my all-time bests. And of course, as I've stated before, I'm hoping the increased power/speed base that I'm developing will eventually carry over to a new level of running vertical jump power. We'll see soon.
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Post by: Raptor on March 20, 2014, 05:03:10 am
In my opinion, it definitely will. Doing all that running will make you reactive, meaning - you'll be better at controlling your bodyweight and you'll have better eccentric control and return.
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Post by: AGC on March 20, 2014, 08:56:48 pm
Track:

1200m jog, dynamic warmup

6x150m, 12 mins rest - 100m/150m split was slower this week, avg of around 12.2/18.3sec

Cool-down UB/core weights

BW: 79kgs

This was pretty brutal. I was really tired from the previous night for some reason. Just felt like a pile of bricks hitting the track.

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Post by: AGC on March 24, 2014, 11:00:33 pm
Gym (Sunday):

Dynamic warmup, stretching, 6min rowing machine

Squat: 1x3@130kgs, 1x2@130kgs, 1x1@135kgs, 1x2@135kgs, 1x1@140kgs

In-between: supp ham/core exercises

Bench: 1x10@75kgs, 1x5@85kgs, 1x3@90kgs

In-between: DB row, lat pull

BW: 79kgs

Today I did what the coach calls 'confused' lifts for squats, 3,2,1,2,1 with a weird weight progression. The 140kg single felt really fast and easy. Maybe could do another 10-15kgs, which would be around PR levels.
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Post by: AGC on March 26, 2014, 10:26:16 pm
Had my usual training Tuesday and did some block starts on the bend. My left foot felt a bit sore prior to this and I think these aggravated it a little. Then did some 120m re-accels and it definitely hurt a bit afterwards. Walked home and iced it but the next day it was fairly sore. Luckily I could work from home and just RICEd it all day and stayed off it. Today it's still a bit sore but I can limp around OK. I think I should have got new spikes awhile ago because I've been using the cheap pair I got last year for training and comps, and they don't have a heel. Apparently sprinters should train in middle distance spikes with heels to prevent this from happening  :huh: well, I know now.

I'm 99% sure it's just a plantar fascia strain, should be OK in a week with just icing and then massage when the swelling's gone, but can't run until then. I did have a 200m on tonight but will just go and do the shotput or hammer just to qualify for the final in 2 weeks.
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Post by: AGC on March 30, 2014, 04:33:32 am
My foot has improved a lot in a few days. I'm pretty sure it's just a strain and will be OK in a few more days. Yesterday I did a HIIT bike session with supp UB/LB exercises in-between. Bike was 5 sets of 10 on/30 off with resistance, pretty tough.

Gym:

6 min row, 15 min stretch

Squat: warmup, 1x3@130kgs, 1x2@135kgs, 1x1@140kgs, 1x2@140kgs, 1x1@145kgs, 1x2@140kgs, 1x1@145kgs, 1x3@130kgs

Usual supp exercises in-between

Bench: 1x10@75kgs, 1x5@85kgs, 1x3@90kgs, 1x1@100kgs ( :personal-record: for wide grip bench)
 
DB row, lat pull

BW: 78.5kgs

Foot didn't bother me during lifting. Squat felt good again. 145kgs felt really easy. I wish I could have done some SVJs but will be patient.
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Post by: T0ddday on April 01, 2014, 01:20:43 pm
Well I had a shit run again goddammit. Ran a 12.34 with +0.2m tail. I got a video of it and my form is just really terrible. I've been working on driving my right arm more in training but in a race situation it just all goes out the window. No power coming from the arms and I just look sluggish. Also, because the attendance was low, I got jumped up to the second heat, which definitely psyched me out a little. I still feel very 'inexperienced' in big meets like this and even though I'm running faster in training, mentally I'm only able to achieve maybe 85-90% of my best performance rather than 95-100% in a proper race. Oh well. Looking forward to the season being over so I can focus more on jumps and getting fit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkl6Nn8n_Ow

Which one are you? 
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Post by: Mikey on April 01, 2014, 06:24:55 pm
Bad luck with the race but it's good that you're out competing again and props for getting a video.
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Post by: AGC on April 01, 2014, 07:21:47 pm
Well I had a shit run again goddammit. Ran a 12.34 with +0.2m tail. I got a video of it and my form is just really terrible. I've been working on driving my right arm more in training but in a race situation it just all goes out the window. No power coming from the arms and I just look sluggish. Also, because the attendance was low, I got jumped up to the second heat, which definitely psyched me out a little. I still feel very 'inexperienced' in big meets like this and even though I'm running faster in training, mentally I'm only able to achieve maybe 85-90% of my best performance rather than 95-100% in a proper race. Oh well. Looking forward to the season being over so I can focus more on jumps and getting fit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkl6Nn8n_Ow

Which one are you?

Good to see you back man! Lane 9, closest to cam (thanks for making me watch it again lol).

Bad luck with the race but it's good that you're out competing again and props for getting a video.

Thanks mate, hopefully with a good winter off-season I can drop down under the 12s finally.
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Post by: AGC on April 03, 2014, 11:00:58 pm
Tuesday: just did bike again (HIIT - 6 secs on, 25 off x 4, 6 sets) and supp exercises

Wed - gym:

Shot put throws

Warmup exercises

Power clean: 1x7@65kgs, 1x5@70kgs, 1x3@75kgs, 1x3@77kgs, 1x5@70kgs, 1x7@65kgs

In between: ham/core supp exercises

Squat: 1x10@110kgs

Bench: 1x10@75kgs, 1x5@85kgs, 1x3@90kgs

In between: DB row, lat pull

BW: 78.5kgs

Thurs: More bike (15sec on, 30 off x 3, 5 sets) and supp exercises

My foot is feeling pretty normal. I'd say it's 90-95% there. I could jog and run if I had to, but because there's only the competition final on next week and I'm only doing shotput, the coach said to just let it heal fully and don't bother sprinting again for another week or so. If it's fine next week then I may do a 200m in the final but no big deal if I don't.
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Post by: vag on April 04, 2014, 05:32:56 am
Tuesday: just did bike again (HIIT - 6 secs on, 25 off x 4, 6 sets) and supp exercises

Bike intervals!!! Why did i never think of that? Was it stationary or real biking? That would be extremely useful for winters (when i have nowhere to run).  :highfive:
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Post by: T0ddday on April 04, 2014, 11:55:26 am
What was the time of the winner of the heat?  The Internet has done some crazy things to sprinting!  I swear that race looks to me like a bunch of guys running in slow motion.... but with AWESOME front side mechanics!
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on April 04, 2014, 10:05:26 pm
Tuesday: just did bike again (HIIT - 6 secs on, 25 off x 4, 6 sets) and supp exercises

Bike intervals!!! Why did i never think of that? Was it stationary or real biking? That would be extremely useful for winters (when i have nowhere to run).  :highfive:

Stationary with resistance around the top level for the efforts. I really recommend them. They really fatigue your anaerobic system without training the aerobic too much. We prob don't 'ride' over 2km total.

What was the time of the winner of the heat?  The Internet has done some crazy things to sprinting!  I swear that race looks to me like a bunch of guys running in slow motion.... but with AWESOME front side mechanics!

11.31 I think. I does kind of look funny from that angle I guess!
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: T0ddday on April 05, 2014, 02:56:51 am

11.31 I think. I does kind of look funny from that angle I guess!

Wow.  If that's the case then you should be able to drop under 12 seconds in less than a month by just getting in a tiny bit of shape!  Is the angle of the video funny.... because it looks like you are losing by at most 5 meters....  Losing by more than a second and only being 5 meters behind means you are extremely gassed!  That's how the end of a 400m might be... not a 100m!   Your running over 12.3 but coming in at closer to a ~20s pace which means you are no where near your potential.  Guys who run 10.0 always come through in an 8.x pace... Your fitness might not be that good but you should certainly finish at a pace faster than your total time.  Get your coaches to make you throw up a few times and you will be at 11.6. 
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on April 06, 2014, 04:01:22 am

11.31 I think. I does kind of look funny from that angle I guess!

Wow.  If that's the case then you should be able to drop under 12 seconds in less than a month by just getting in a tiny bit of shape!  Is the angle of the video funny.... because it looks like you are losing by at most 5 meters....  Losing by more than a second and only being 5 meters behind means you are extremely gassed!  That's how the end of a 400m might be... not a 100m!   Your running over 12.3 but coming in at closer to a ~20s pace which means you are no where near your potential.  Guys who run 10.0 always come through in an 8.x pace... Your fitness might not be that good but you should certainly finish at a pace faster than your total time.  Get your coaches to make you throw up a few times and you will be at 11.6.

Yeah gauging on how close I seemed to be to the leaders I thought I had run a decent time...but then I saw I'd lost by over a second! Well, great minds alike because the plan for me over the winter to do exactly what you said...hopefully next season I can start running some competitive times. I don't expect to suddenly become a nationals qualifier but just to run at a semi-high level race and not get pumped would be nice. Thanks for the encouragement.

________________

Sat: more bike, slightly longer intervals (15,10,5sec efforts/20-30sec rest x 3 for 5 sets), supp exercises in-between

Sun: No gym training so jumped at the courts. Just kept it at SVJs and few DSVJs. Best SVJ was a slight improvement on last time out, around 33.5''. I'm not surpised as my squat strength has gone up recently. If I could be bothered, I'd go back and compare all my SVJs with approx. 1RM full squat. I reckon it'd line up pretty linearly.

~15 SVJs

5-6 DSVJs

Other low level jumping drills (pogos, few box jumps)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKFAexUElzM

BONUS CHALLENGE REQUEST: I'm talking to the basketball bros here (entropy, CHrisM, Raptor etc). See if you can beat my best FT stretch from today (11/12):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfHEexP4PUg

I'm guessing this will go down pretty easily, not bad though given I haven't shot a basketball consistently for nearly 12 months.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on April 06, 2014, 09:19:56 am
Google (66.249.64.243)   04:02:05 PM   Viewing acole14's profile.

On my site, haha :P
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on April 06, 2014, 11:37:24 pm
Google (66.249.64.243)   04:02:05 PM   Viewing acole14's profile.

On my site, haha :P

Sorry man, I have no idea what you're talking about!
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on April 07, 2014, 08:33:40 am
Nothing, some google bot was viewing your profile on my forum :D

See, you're a very important member of it!
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on April 08, 2014, 10:16:20 am
Nothing, some google bot was viewing your profile on my forum :D

See, you're a very important member of it!

Haha, weird. How's the site going btw? You doing anything to promote it on yt or anything?
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on April 08, 2014, 02:11:12 pm
I'm currently working on writing some more articles about the one leg jump. The only advertising I'm doing is to comment using "insane-athletics" on youtube on dunk videos, and to post my articles on several dunk-related groups, and on my page.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on April 08, 2014, 10:03:09 pm
I'm currently working on writing some more articles about the one leg jump. The only advertising I'm doing is to comment using "insane-athletics" on youtube on dunk videos, and to post my articles on several dunk-related groups, and on my page.

Yeah that sounds like the best way to do it. I'm interested to see how it goes. You've got some solid articles there btw  :goodjobbro:
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on April 09, 2014, 04:53:57 am
Thanks man. The thing with my articles is that they aren't "backed up" by science in the traditional sense. They're just what I learned over time from experience and what I extrapolate through (my) logic. I don't have references to point to etc after I write an article.

So it's more like broscience, but hopefully they do make at least some sense. I think at least they're a different "kind" of writing... I tend to write about stuff that you can't really find anywhere else, about small details that aren't usually discussed etc. That's the way I approach it.

And being an overanalyser, that's easy for me to do.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on April 13, 2014, 05:07:01 am
I got a double whammy eye infection+cold/flu-like symptoms at the start of this week so training was pretty weak. But my foot is still being rather slow to get to 100% and I've been shut down for the season anyway (was only this week left so no big deal). If I have one weakness it's that I'm always getting eye infections. Before 2011 I had never got one, but since then I have probably got 1-2/year. Also, my immune system goes a bit overboard when I get them and they're usually accompanied with a cold. Really fun stuff  :wowthatwasnutswtf:

And yeah, my foot is still pissing me off. I trained Thursday and tried a warmup lap but it was bugging me still when I tried to stride out/forefoot strike. Inflammation is taking a while to clear. But it is progressing. Have to be patient with it. It's just annoying to go from limping the day after to walking fine the next day after, but then two weeks where it just slowly improves. I haven't taken any NSAIDs for it yet, am going to the physio tomorrow and will see what he recommends. I can jog lightly, do SVJs, DSVJs, shoot around, and lift without issue. Can do drills but it hurts a bit before going away once I'm warm. Haven't bothered trying sprinting yet.

Jumps/gym:

Dynamic warmup

6 SVJs

6 DSVJs

2hrs later

Gym warmup

Squat: 1x3@120kgs, 1x2@120kgs, 1x1@125kgs, 1x2@125kgs, 1x1@130kgs, 1x2@130kgs, 1x3@125kgs

In-between: ham/core supp exercises

Bench: 1x5@85kgs, 1x3@90kgs, 1x2@92.5kgs, 1x1@97.5kgs, 1x1@100kgs, 1x3@80kgs

In-between: ham/UB supp exercises

I probably did a bit much today but there's a slot Sunday 8AM-10AM where the court is free and it's always empty. I have gym afterwards so recently I have just done one or the other, but given we've just been lifting only on Sundays lately, thought I would double up. Felt OK, I hadn't squatted in a little while and was still feeling a little sick so just did what another guy did. I tried all the reps full paused to make up for it, pretty tough.

The jumps: ~33'' for my best SVJ, and I swear I had one really good DSVJ where I could wrap all fingers around rim (~34'').....but of course I missed filming it! Oh well. The rest were around SVJ level. No running jumps obv.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H0ZRN2W4BY

The next three weeks are very light (gym stuff only I think), then we start doing the winter program. Will have to wait for the details to see how I can fit in jumps. There are a lot of jumping drills apparently so that could be good. Wait and see.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on April 17, 2014, 10:28:59 am
Gym:

6 min row warmup, warmup exercises

Power clean: 1x3@75kgs, 1x1@77kgs, 1x2@77kgs, 1x1@80kgs, 1x2@80kgs, 1x1@85kgs, 1x3@70kgs

In between: supp core/ham exercises

Bench: 4x5@75kgs

In between: lat pull, calf raises

Vid of 85kg PC (sorry for the shitty quality):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qakQyfkmQI

Not the best form still but the weight did not feel challenging, Need to dip down a bit more under the bar, and more elbow/shoulder flexibility to catch it on the chest better.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on April 17, 2014, 11:42:35 am
It looks like your arms are bent at the elbow... maybe you could improve onto that and keep them straight up until the time is right to really explode into the rep.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on April 20, 2014, 06:08:29 am
It looks like your arms are bent at the elbow... maybe you could improve onto that and keep them straight up until the time is right to really explode into the rep.

Yeah I noticed that. I really am just bicep curling the weight up atm. I thought the coach would be more strict on me but he's happy if the weight is going up in a non-dangerous way (i.e. no rounded back) whilst I'm slowly putting it together. I know what I should be doing, just a matter of repetition.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on April 20, 2014, 03:06:38 pm
Yes ^^^
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on April 25, 2014, 07:50:05 am
We had the week off over Easter. Went for a jog with some sprints mixed in on a grass oval on Sunday. Foot felt a bit sore initally but got better. Felt OK afterwards. Diclofenac didn't do much, but it's getting there anyway. I went to the physio again and he did more work on my calves. I think a lot of the nagging problems I've had lately are linked to tight calves. I work on them every night but just self-massaging them, haven't been foam rolling because it's awkward and I felt it wasn't doing anything. But I have been foam rolling them hard the last week or so and I think they actually respond better to that than self-massage. Will keep it up. For the record, my problem areas that pop up during high-intensity sprinting/jumping work (e.g. last few months) are:

- Tight lower back --> piriformis --> work with hockey ball and rumble roller every night

- Tight calves --> shin splints, plantar fasciitis --> roll calves hard with rumble roller, feet with softball

- Knee issues --> haven't been bothering me lately (knock on wood) but make sure hams/glutes are firing and not too much jumping in short periods.

Gym:

5 min row

Power cleans: 10@50kgs, 5@70kgs (just practicing form)

Squat: 1x6@60kgs, 1x5@80kgs, 1x5@100kgs, 1x5@120kgs

In between: usual supp ham/core exercises

Bench: 4x10@70kgs (failed last rep of last set, burned out)

In between: back/shoulder

BW: 78.5kgs

Just a do-whatever-you-want session. There's gym on Sunday then we have the whole week off until the following Sunday. That's when we start the Winter program. I only know what's happening for the first month or so:

Monday: Off

Tuesday: Track - drills and tempo

Wed: BW weights (lots of pushups, situps, chinups, pullups  :huh: - might struggle here initially)

Thursday: Same as Tuesday

Fri: Pool or Off

Sat morn: Hill sprints

Sun morn: Basketball court - med ball throws and JUMPS !!!  :ibjumping:

It'll change to gym work and track stuff after this. There's also 4 weeks of plyos in there somewhere. The cool thing is we book out the indoor basketball court on Sunday for an hour to do medicine ball work and low level jumping drills. I will plan to do some rim jumps before the session as well. There's a lot of low-intesity running so I have to make sure I'm healthy going in. Will be paying attention to all my issues as listed above. I'll also be interested to see how I go with little gym work for awhile.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on April 26, 2014, 09:06:34 am
Did a bunch of jumps today at 10'. Had a small improvement on SVJ, touched around 4'' up hand for ~34'', not bad, only an inch or so off PR levels. I wish I could say the same for other jumps. Tried one SLRVJ at full speed but foot said no.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x4ndgE__FE
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on April 30, 2014, 10:50:47 pm
Went to the gym Sunday and last night (Wed) during this rest week. Did 4x10@85kgs Sun and 4x10@90kgs Wed for squat, both fairly easy. Foot is nearly there, I did the active warmup and stride-throughs last night and while it did hurt a bit near the end, it feels better today. I've noticed when I bend the toes back and rub along the medial arch it feels like bubble wrap. Heaps of adhesions there I guess. Getting a massage tomorrow then Sunday is the start of the winter training program.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on May 04, 2014, 04:59:10 am
Basketball court:

Warmup shootaround

5-6 DSVJ dunks on a bent ring (estimating around 9'8''-9'9'' range)

Court session:

Warmup jogs, skips

Dynamic warmup drills

Skipping: 5x20sec skips - regular, high knees, alternating single leg, straight leg bounds

Med ball throws: Overhead x 6, forward x 6, 2x25 crunch throws, 2x15 twists

2x5 DL bounds for height, 2x5 for dist, 2x20m LRLR bounds

Stretches, static holds etc.

Few more dunks afterwards

BW: 78kgs

This was a fun session. There's lots of good stuff in it. Eventually we also work in more hurdle hops and other jumps. There was a ring that's obviously been jammed on a bit and was able to throw down a two-hander off drop step pretty well. I don't know how high I was getting but damn it felt good just to dunk something. Even though the ring was a bit lower it was still cool. If I could get whatever the difference is between the ring and a 10' ring on my DSVJ I could get a (weak) two hander - fuck that would be sweet!

Got jealous of the taller guys as usual jamming off the bounce on 10'. There's one guy in particular who's such a 'weird' athlete. He has barely any muscle on his legs but he is just a freak power athlete. He can jump effortlessly off one and two legs. Always wins the jumps testing and jumped >13m in his first triple jump comp a few weeks ago. He's fast too, runs awkwardly but the coach says he's got the second fastest 0>30m of anyone he's ever coached (30+ years of coaching).
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on May 04, 2014, 09:44:15 pm
that guy can go jump in a lake.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on May 07, 2014, 10:32:36 pm
that guy can go jump in a lake.

Yeah he sucks.Damn these naturally gifted athletes with their awesome genes and optimal biomechanical leverages!

__________

Tues:

1200m jog, dynamic warmup

100m marching drills with ankle weights x 5

4x60m 80-85%

Cool-down UB weights

Wed:

Warmup

1200m time trial - 4m50s (last  :huh: )

Circuit work:

Pullups: max

Situps: 25-30

BSS: 1x15/leg@15kgs

Dips: max

Leg overs with side twist: 15

Clawing drill: 15/leg

SL quarter squats: 15/leg@15kgs

Ring pullups: max

DB squats: 15@15kgs

Pushups: max

V-situps: 10

Fartleg:100 sprint-100 jog-100s-100j-200s-200j

Then do the whole circuit again. We eventually build up to 4 sets and 3 fartlegs  :huh:

BW: 78kgs

Two good sessions to test out my foot. It felt a bit sore during the sprints on Tues but not too bad. A bit of swelling the next morning but overall OK. The Wed session is for fitness and I really struggled during the runs. Foot wasn't too bad again, but fitness is severely lacking. Interested to see how I'll go over the full winter program getting fit. I don't think it will interfere with jumps because we still do a lot of explosive work (jumps/medball throws/sprints), and the fitness stuff isn't super long, slow stuff. Hopefully it'll also help me stop picking up these little nagging injuries as well.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on May 15, 2014, 09:42:49 am
Whoa I've been slack updating. Last week:

Thurs - same marching drills as Tues w/ankle weights and 4x150m at 80-85%

Sat - 5 sets of sled dragging drills (16kgs) then 220m sprint

Sun - same indoor circuit, skipping, med ball throws, jumps, core, dunks on lower ring

Tues - marching drills with ankle weights, 4x60m 80-85%

Wed - 1200m time trial (4m30s - big improvement), fitness circuit x 2, 2 laps sprint-jog

Thurs -  marching drills and 5x150m@80-85%

BW: ~78-79kgs

These sessions have been really good. Getting fit. Running jumps are getting better as well. I just need to stay on top of all the niggles though. Shins are a bit sore with all the running volume.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on May 15, 2014, 10:40:23 am
how do you feel like sprinting has carried over into running jumps?
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on May 18, 2014, 02:25:09 am
how do you feel like sprinting has carried over into running jumps?

Tbh I haven't really tried running jumps lately just to be safe with my foot. I talked to my coach about it and he said he's generally seen increases in running vertical jumps corresponding with increased performances in acceleration and top speed in the 100m. Most of his top guys will naturally attempt SLRVJs when we dunk in the gym (well they dunk and I watch), and they get up. So hopefully it'll help me as well. As I've mentioned before, when I was 16-17 I was jumping ~35'' and nearly dunking off SLRVJ with just my 100/200m training, probably weak as a kitten back then.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on May 18, 2014, 06:15:44 am
That's why it annoys me as hell when I see Usain Bolt always trying to dunk off two feet... I would LOVE to see him jump off one leg to the rim... imagine Bolt, at his incredible length and strength and power, jumping off one. He should be dunking like crazy from beyond the free throw line, assuming he could stabilize the jump at very high speeds (which he should).

I mean think about it - even with Bolt running at what, 80%? he would still be faster than any dunker ever... imagine him jumping at that speed off one
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on May 18, 2014, 09:11:49 pm
Yeah that would be crazy. He looks uncoordinated in that windmill dunk video in MSG but I imagine that's only because he never practices dunking. With a few weeks practice he'd be flying.

_________

Saturday: sled work (5 sets dragging 16kg sled ~60m, high knee drill for 50m then high knee pump fast for last 10m) followed by 5x50m sprints, then 220m run. Cool-down UB after. Felt shins a bit jogging in flats, spikes actually felt better.

Sun: Some dunks on the <10ft ring, the the circuit work as usual. Definitely felt shins here  :huh:

BW:78kgs

Gotta be careful with my shins. Dorsiflexion is something I've always struggled with and need to make a conscious effort to dorsiflex more on landing to absorb the forces better. Doing calf raises a lot as well to strengthen the anterior tib muscles.




Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on May 22, 2014, 07:23:55 am
Tues: marching drills x 6, 6x60m@85-90%, 200m sprint, cooldown UB weights

Wed: 1200m time trial (4:25, -5sec), fitness circuit x 2, fartleg (100s-100j-100s-100j-200s-100j-100s), then another 1/2 set of the circuit (highlights: did 30 total pullup reps)

Thurs: missed training (work)

BW: 78kgs

My shin splints were a bit bad after Wed, I was going to take Thursday off anyway. They're mostly left leg medial but also right leg a bit. I have really weak and tight anterior tib muscles, they're on fire after the 1200m time trials. It's linked to my age-old struggle with proper dorsiflexion for sure. Now I need to calm down the pain a bit and get onto the toes in calf raises.

I have been meaning to get some secret stealth training footage, but luckily a new guy has joined the group and he's really into youtube fitness. He videoed the Tuesday session (I'm in the black doing the broad jumps at the start, chasing him down in the sprints and doing some overhead squats that I don't even remember doing at ~1:03 :wowthatwasnutswtf: ). The guy at ~42s in the yellow that the youtube guy is chasing is the guy I was talking about a few posts ago, very fast guy (11.5/22.9/50.0/1:56.0 splits).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPLIYTkWKnU
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on May 27, 2014, 10:50:39 pm
Sunday:

Basketball warmup then 8-10 dunk attempts on 9'9-10ish ring.

Skips, med ball throws, med ball core, DL/SL bounding work

Mobility stuff

BW: 78kgs

Tuesday:

6 sets marching drills w/ 1.5kg ankle weights (as in above video)

6x60m at 85%

200m sprint

Cooldown UB/core

BW: 78kgs

Feeling pretty good lately, foot is still a bit stiff during warmups but goes away, and shin splints are sort of there, don't really affect me atm but need to keep them under control.

I'm noticing I'm finally getting higher on my SLRVJs than DSVJ/SVJs. It's a bit hard to gauge how high on the bent ring. It gets a little more bent every week! When I have another chance I'll go down to the courts near my house and just do a bunch of SLRVJs.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 01, 2014, 05:09:42 am
Wed:

Dynamic warmup/stretch

Mile time trial - 6:20 something, can't remember (wasn't good  :huh: )

Three sets of fitness circuit (pullups, crunches, BSS@15kgs/dips, SL glute bridge raises, SL quarter squats@15kgs/ring chinups, leg over crunches, clawing drill/pushups, hip thrusts, squats@15kgs)

Fartleg: 100s-100j-100s-100j-200s-100j-100s-100j-100s-100j-100s-100j (s-sprint, j-jog)

Really hard, didn't run the mile very well and my anterior tibs were really struggling. Maybe a bit sore/inflamed from the high running volume? Been doing toes-in calf raises and heel walks on off days.

Thurs:

Warmup, 1200m jog

Marching drills x 6 w/1.5kg ankle weights

6x150m@85%

Cool-down UB/core weights

Sat:

Warmup, jog around oval

Hill sprints (seifullah style!) - 6x60m uphill, 2x120m uphill

Cool-down

First time doing hill sprints in ages, good stuff. Really feel it in the quads more.

This week is for testing. Had BW stuff today (Sun) in the gym, Tuesday is distance run in 30sec and jumps. I had a 5km fun run for MS (which is where my research is based) earlier in the morning, so was not at my best for the testing, but wasn't too bad.

Pullups: 16 (weak)

Dips: 26

50 situps with 4kg med ball throw: passed

20 straight-leg deadlifts@30kgs (legs must be straight/bar close to ground): passed

My shin splints have been good lately, same with foot. I guess if I can struggle through the training and stay on top of them they'll both become manageable over time. Particularly need to do more heel walks and strengthen the anterior tibs for shin splints.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: seifullaah73 on June 01, 2014, 05:37:48 am

Sat:

Warmup, jog around oval

Hill sprints (seifullah style!) - 6x60m uphill, 2x120m uphill

Cool-down

First time doing hill sprints in ages, good stuff. Really feel it in the quads more.


Hill sprint ftw  :headbang:

Small incline and 100+ distance gives best of hill sprint plus top speed and acceleration and endurance gains.

Shin splints can be a pain and heel walks really help.

Good job keep up the good work.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 04, 2014, 12:07:44 am
Track - testing

30 sec run for distance - 229m

Ring chinups - 16

60 bent knee situps - passed

I thought we had jumps tonight but they're tomorrow. The run went disastrously bad. Started out well but I started getting the staggers by about 180m. Very much like the flat spin in Top Gun that killed Goose, once you get the staggers it's almost impossible to pull out and it killed my run. Annoyed because I felt really good today. No issues. Best in the group was around 250m. There was also a 60sec and 90sec run for other people, one guy ran 460m in 60sec, another got to 600m in 90sec, not bad.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 04, 2014, 04:57:54 am
Track - jumps test:

Dynamic warmup

Broad jump: 2.86m

Five consecutive DL bounds: 14.78m

Standing triple: 7.78m (R), 7.66m (L) --> slipped on the left

Pushups: 31

20 leg over crunches: passed

BW: 78.5kgs

Good jumps today. Unfortunately it started pouring down during the triples, slipped bad on the left and was way off. We abandoned the 10xLRLRLR bounds. I got best in the group for the broad and DL bounds x 5, but only because some of the best guys weren't there. Still, not bad broad jump in flats and with slippery take-off. Reckon I could get 3m+ with spikes and a few more goes (we only get two attempts).
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 07, 2014, 02:42:00 am
Track - test:

800m, dynamic warmup

LRLR x 10: 26.78m, 27.1m something

800m time trial: 2m35s (dead last again  :huh: only by a second this time though)

Cool-down UB/core weights

Bit disappointed with the bounds, I think if I could have done them the previous night when we were planning on doing them I might have done better. The 800m was damn hard, but it is a lifetime PR (lol). If I could get it under 2:30 I'd be happy.

Interesting point on fitness for power/jump athletes. Even though for most of us, cardiovascular power isn't a priority (or done at all), my coach really forces his athletes to reach high fitness standards in the winter; obviously for the performance benefits but more importantly the increased rate of oxygen circulation and transport when resting. He says the guys who are lazy and don't get to at least a 6 min mile level of cardio fitness are also usually the ones who get injured more and take longer to heal over summer.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: ChrisM on June 07, 2014, 05:16:16 pm
I tend to agree. I know when I ran track in high school it translated to better recovery during basketball season between games/practices. My freshman year I got wore out halfway through the season, after running with the track team that spring I returned not only In better shape but my body didn't need 'off' days to recover. Which means I should start running again lol
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 15, 2014, 09:59:34 pm
Whoa I've gotta update more often...I started my Ph.D in Feb and it's been pretty busy lately with talks etc., and if I'm not working I'm at training! Still, things are going well in both so I guess that's OK.

Into phase two of winter training:

Sat - hills (approx 5% gradient, not sure)

3x30m timed

4x60m timed

2x150m

Sun - courts

1.5hrs of jumps, med ball throws, situps, heaps of skipping, DL/SL bounding work and mobility exercises

Tues - track work

6 sets of weighted (2kg ankle weights) sprint drills (200m/set)

6x80m@90%

Cool-down weights

Wed - fitness circuit

1200m time trial - 6m12s --> big improvement, plus I didn't feel like throwing up afterwards = WIN

3 sets of fitness circuits (60 total pullups)

100s-100j-100s-100j-200s-100j-100s-100j-100s-100j-100s

Thurs - speed endurance

6 sets of ankle weight drills over 200m

6x180m@90%

Cool down weights

I was WRECKED after these three days of training. But in a good way. I really feel I'm getting so much stronger and fitter overall than I ever have been, but haven't been neglecting speed and explosiveness work. My vert is still really good on Sundays.

Sat - hills

3x30m timed, ~4.1sec

6x60m timed, ~8.2sec

2x150m timed, ~21sec

THese are VERY hard to do without grass spikes (12mm). I've been using my old spikes with tiny little stubs and you barely get any traction.

Sun - same as above except didn't do any VJs beforehand.

Training's been hard but really good. Shin splints seem to come and go, they're still very manageable but I guess with so much running and jumping it's hard for them to fully recover. The good thing is you can eat however much you want after training, huge caloric deficit.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on June 16, 2014, 12:02:07 am
Congrats on the PhD.
What are you studying it on?
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on June 16, 2014, 05:14:00 am
Ankle weights? Why not a weight vest?
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 16, 2014, 05:48:11 am
Congrats on the PhD.
What are you studying it on?

Thanks mate, I started it ages ago now but I realised I hadn't even mentioned it. I'm in MS research.

Ankle weights? Why not a weight vest?

They eventually use them. I think the lightest the coach has is 3kg.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on June 16, 2014, 10:24:13 am
multiple sclerosis?
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on June 16, 2014, 07:53:28 pm
Congrats on the PhD.
What are you studying it on?

Thanks mate, I started it ages ago now but I realised I hadn't even mentioned it. I'm in MS research.

Ankle weights? Why not a weight vest?

They eventually use them. I think the lightest the coach has is 3kg.

Nice. You're going to be busy for the next 4 years haha.
They're building this massive medical research and science centre in Adelaide so there's definitely going to be a lot of work in the future for your field.

Your clubs started pre-season fairly early. We start mid-July.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 17, 2014, 12:09:17 am
multiple sclerosis?

Yep.

Congrats on the PhD.
What are you studying it on?

Thanks mate, I started it ages ago now but I realised I hadn't even mentioned it. I'm in MS research.

Ankle weights? Why not a weight vest?

They eventually use them. I think the lightest the coach has is 3kg.

Nice. You're going to be busy for the next 4 years haha.
They're building this massive medical research and science centre in Adelaide so there's definitely going to be a lot of work in the future for your field.

Your clubs started pre-season fairly early. We start mid-July.

Thanks, I'm hoping to get it done in 3 years. I have a bit of a head start because it's all stuff I was doing last year as a research asst. Hopefully some of that new $20b fund comes my way at some point in the future!

Yeah we basically had a week break between summer ending and winter beginning. It's mostly because the coach is retired and basically his whole life is athletics. He doesn't have a wife or kids so he just throws everything into training us. He used to coach the Australian team and even though we're just amateurs he just does the same training he did with them, so its pretty much around the clock all year. For me the winter stuff has been harder than summer training for sure.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on June 17, 2014, 01:02:54 am
multiple sclerosis?

Yep.

Congrats on the PhD.
What are you studying it on?

Thanks mate, I started it ages ago now but I realised I hadn't even mentioned it. I'm in MS research.

Ankle weights? Why not a weight vest?

They eventually use them. I think the lightest the coach has is 3kg.

Nice. You're going to be busy for the next 4 years haha.
They're building this massive medical research and science centre in Adelaide so there's definitely going to be a lot of work in the future for your field.

Your clubs started pre-season fairly early. We start mid-July.

Thanks, I'm hoping to get it done in 3 years. I have a bit of a head start because it's all stuff I was doing last year as a research asst. Hopefully some of that new $20b fund comes my way at some point in the future!

Yeah we basically had a week break between summer ending and winter beginning. It's mostly because the coach is retired and basically his whole life is athletics. He doesn't have a wife or kids so he just throws everything into training us. He used to coach the Australian team and even though we're just amateurs he just does the same training he did with them, so its pretty much around the clock all year. For me the winter stuff has been harder than summer training for sure.

Your coach sounds awesome.
My coach is kind of like that but he's really dedicated to the 'professional' scene since he won the Bay Sheffield. Basically his son sprints (and also won the Bay Sheff) so he's there to coach his son. But because he's soo into the 'professional' scene he wanted to start a squad so he's happy to train pretty much anyone as long as they train at the same time as his son.
I didn't really appreciate the coaching until I went to Sydney. Training with a group and with having a coach that knows their stuff is heaps motivational. Since your coach used to train the Australian team I'd say he'd definitely know his stuff better than most.

Oh yeah I forgot you were already doing post grad study ages ago. Have you got your masters now?

Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on June 17, 2014, 09:40:58 am
rad man, that's good work. godspeed with the PhD.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 17, 2014, 09:22:00 pm
Your coach sounds awesome.
My coach is kind of like that but he's really dedicated to the 'professional' scene since he won the Bay Sheffield. Basically his son sprints (and also won the Bay Sheff) so he's there to coach his son. But because he's soo into the 'professional' scene he wanted to start a squad so he's happy to train pretty much anyone as long as they train at the same time as his son.
I didn't really appreciate the coaching until I went to Sydney. Training with a group and with having a coach that knows their stuff is heaps motivational. Since your coach used to train the Australian team I'd say he'd definitely know his stuff better than most.

Oh yeah I forgot you were already doing post grad study ages ago. Have you got your masters now?

Yeah I got my Masters a few years ago now, got a job out of it as a research asst in another lab with the intent of doing a PhD there, but they realised in October when grants were handed out that they didn't have money and didn't really give me enough time to organise anything. But luckily I scrambled my way into another lab with a shitload of money, worked there last year and was finally able to start this year. So my main motivator to get it done and not let it drag on is to make up for the time/earnings I've lost.

rad man, that's good work. godspeed with the PhD.

Thanks mate, gives me something to do when I'm not thinking about/doing training! Haha.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 29, 2014, 02:09:40 am
Well I lost the last two weeks of training. It was pretty good. Anyway, this week is another test week. I'll keep updating this post with results:

SUN - SVJ, pullups, dips, pass/fail core tests

I did some SVJs beforehand on 10', but nothing really to report, all around 32-33''. So no improvement really but I wasn't expecting much with nearly 2 months out of the gym. I didn't do RVJs because I got booted out early but I doubt they would be much atm.

Pullups -  previous: 16; today: 18 (+2)  these are all lifetime bests so pulling out the :personal-record: icon for the first time in awhile

Dips - previous: 26; today: 30 (+4)  :personal-record:

Passed all the core tests (50 situps with 6kg ball and a few other easy ones)

TUES: run for distance and ring chinups

30 sec run for distance - previous: 229m; today: 236m (+7m)  :personal-record:

Ring chinups - previous: 16; today: 17 (+1)  :personal-record:

LRLRL x 10 - previous: 26.78m; today: 27.80m (+1.02m)  :personal-record:

Bounds felt really good today. The coach said my hangtime was way better and looked smoother.

WED: horizontal jumps and pushups

Broad jump: previous: 2.86m; today: 2.88-2.90m (+2-4cm)

Five consecutive DL bounds: previous: 14.78m; today: 13.78m (-1m)

Standing triple: previous: 7.78 (L), 7.66 (R); today: 8.08(L) (+30cm), 8.04(R) (+38cm)  :personal-record:

Parallel bar pushups: previous: 31; today: 41 (+10)

Mixed results. I got a bit further in the broad jump (measured at 2.88m but the girl measuring the tape was new and she definitely cheated me a few cm with her marker placement) and standing triple. But OMFG I messed up the 5 DL bounds bad. I had two attempts and both times I started over-rotating forward and completely lost it. I was trying way too hard to be quick off the ground and my legs just couldn't stay under me. Really crap. Oh well.

THURS - 800m time trial

800m - previous: 2m35s; today: 2m31s (-4s)  :personal-record:

Surprise test: 5xSL bounds - 12.85m (L), 12.95m(R)

Pretty happy with the run as there was only two of us at training, the other was a girl who was a fair way back so I was running by myself. The jumps were pretty good I guess, I can't believe how much better I've got at this stuff compared to a couple of years ago. I remember I could barely do right leg SL bounds at all, now I'm getting as far as my stronger leg.

Overall a pretty good test week, made some good gains. Of course, I'm not expecting massive improvement every time but if I can stay consistent and injury-free I'll definitely be in a better place athletically to get my vertical up again.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on July 02, 2014, 02:44:36 pm
are the SL bounds with a run-up or from a standing start/false step?
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 03, 2014, 12:51:59 am
are the SL bounds with a run-up or from a standing start/false step?

Standing start. Give it a go!
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on July 03, 2014, 01:25:10 am
PR Nation!

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Post by: AGC on July 03, 2014, 10:51:04 pm
PR Nation!

Haha well I'm getting some nice newbie gains on a lot of things, BW rep stuff especially. So I'll enjoy it while it lasts.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 06, 2014, 09:54:52 pm
Sat - sled dragging

1200m jog, dynamic warmup, submax broad jumps and standing TJ

7 sets of 80m sled drag@26kgs with 10m fast high knees at end

7x50m accelerations

250m sprint

Cooldown weights

Sun - gym

Jumps, skipping, core, med ball throws, SL/DL bounds, more core, mobility stuff

BW: 78kgs (losing a bit of weight over last few weeks)

We alternate between the hills sessions and sled dragging each block. The next block looks like this:

Mon: technical track work (using hoops for stride frequency/length stuff)

Tues: long-distance run (4 laps increasing to 5), then fitness circuit and fartleg

Wed: speed endurance supersetted with hoops

Thurs: same as Tues

Fri: rest

Sat: sled dragging

Sun: jumps/med ball/core etc.

This is getting into the peak of fitness and strength building for the off-season. After this we start heading back to the gym and doing front squats and power cleans/full clean and jerk  :D . It's quite a high frequency of training obviously. As I've mentioned probably too often, the coach is an old Olympic coach for Australia and he just does the same sessions he used to do with his elite athletes for our group. A lot of new people joined at the start of Winter but the numbers really dropped off after a few weeks because they just found it too hard or got hurt. It's a real battle of attrition. I may not do every session (particularly thinking of skipping Tues) just because I'm already red-lining in terms of recovery and I think 6 sessions/week would push me a bit far. See how it goes.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on July 07, 2014, 12:17:22 am
what's the fitness circuit on tuesdays?
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 07, 2014, 02:03:51 am
what's the fitness circuit on tuesdays?

We do twelve exercises total for a few sets. Lately it's something like this:

Max pullups//crunch situps x 30/40/50 (whatever you can do)//step-up with knee drive x 20/leg

Max dips//SL glute bridge raise x 25//Skip step-ups (continuous step-ups with a jump) x 40

Max ring chinups//leg over situps x 25//DL bounds x 5

Max pushups//bent knee situps x 30/40/50//LRLR bounds x 10

Do 2.5 or 3 sets total, with the fartleg after the first two sets (usually about 700m of sprinting distance). It's pretty tough. The bounds are just submax, working on technique. It's just all the running that really gets you tired.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on July 07, 2014, 09:42:38 am
jesus, sounds like a lot. all of those exercises in sequence are one set? or each group of three is one set? your training seems to have mostly focused on fitness, above everything else. how do you think that's working out? do you think you'd be better off doing lower volume and higher intensity? i've been doing much lower volume but higher intensity stuff (every sprint i do is 100% effort) and i'm not convinced it's making me faster or able to jump higher or anything. i'm torn between thinking that i'm being a pansy and should kill myself with workouts like that, and thinking that i'm so close to my goal as-is that if i start to kill myself to "get in shape" it'll detract from the main purpose of my training, much as squatting did for so long.

i can't wait to dunk so i can shift focus to something else.

i think it's "fartlek," fwiw.
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Post by: seifullaah73 on July 07, 2014, 06:55:21 pm
It seems I am doing b skips wrong when I do it I skip by bringing knees high and then extending and bring down and pawing back in one motion, but all other videos I have seen them skip on to high knee than a second skip on same leg for extend and paw back motion, which it gets messy for me. Do you have to do it like the latter to gain most benefit from b skip.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 08, 2014, 11:00:03 am
jesus, sounds like a lot. all of those exercises in sequence are one set? or each group of three is one set? your training seems to have mostly focused on fitness, above everything else. how do you think that's working out? do you think you'd be better off doing lower volume and higher intensity? i've been doing much lower volume but higher intensity stuff (every sprint i do is 100% effort) and i'm not convinced it's making me faster or able to jump higher or anything. i'm torn between thinking that i'm being a pansy and should kill myself with workouts like that, and thinking that i'm so close to my goal as-is that if i start to kill myself to "get in shape" it'll detract from the main purpose of my training, much as squatting did for so long.

Yep, that's one set. It's a beast that's for sure. I definitely hear what you're saying, I have been thinking A LOT about whether this approach is the best. I guess I have essentially bought into the idea of year-round periodisation, rather than the half-assed shit I was doing previously. SO right now I'm in probably the least specific phase of the year as it relates to my own goals, but I think it also adds an element that was lacking in my previous training. And in a couple of months it becomes more in-line with everything again when we hit the gym and start 100% efforts with less running distance during the week etc.

Sometimes I do think it would be better to do more high intensity stuff and max effort jumping/lifting all the time, but I'm starting to think that even amateurs like us training 'individually', so to speak, really need a more well-rounded approach, which incorporates practising the main activity (jumping) and strengthening the right muscle groups, but also a significant level of 'other' stuff like fitness and conditioning. Realistically, we're not genetically or structurally gifted enough where we can just keep practising jumps at pickup games until we can dunk any day of the year with not much other training (it would have happened by now obviously). We need to have a strong periodisation approach like most modern athletic programs where we might be lucky enough to peak at the right time during the year and be able to throw down.

So to answer your question, I would think about building in more fitness stuff, even if practically it just means that you are able to practice max effort jumps slightly longer and have a less chance of injury. BUT to ensure it doesn't become the focus, draw out the plan for the short-term and long-term and be satisfied that it fits in with the overarching aims. I'm sure T0ddday and Coach Robert Ruxandrescu could help you devise a really nice plan for the next year and make the whole training component become more focused (I'm sure everything else you do is completely fine e.g. nutrition, recovery, sleep etc). I really can't emphasise how much less stressful it is to know that someone else has all your training planned out and will have you peaking at the right time.

i can't wait to dunk so i can shift focus to something else.

x1000, I'm definitely becoming more comfortable with the idea that dunking (if it happens) will be something I do a few times during the year rather than becoming a permanent ability that I keep working at. Another interesting part of sprinting is that I could potentially actually win a bit of $$ running as a 70m specialist at pro meets, wherease I don't think I'll be winning any dunk comps in the future.

i think it's "fartlek," fwiw.

Lol, I was actually having a mini-argument with a guy at training saying it was spelt "fartlek". Then I realised I've been writing fartleg in all my posts!  :uhhhfacepalm:
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on July 08, 2014, 12:09:17 pm
thanks for the response and you're absolutely right: long-term planning is ideal. my problem with it has always been work travel, which interrupts whatever i'm doing. when i get back from a trip, even if i've been consistent about exercising while in dushanbe (relatively easy) or kabul (less easy) or wherever, there's always a reentry period. and work doesn't care if i was close to peaking or having a great few weeks in training.

whine whine, cry cry, my job is cool and sends me to crazy places. i'm not complaining. it would help if travel were predictable, though. also, i'm thinking seriously now about moving overseas, starting to reach out to some contacts and apply for a few jobs just to see what's out there and where i might fit in. depending on where i go, that'll obviously have a huge impact on what training i can do. if i end up in afghanistan, i'll basically have to import a squat rack and some weights and get strong and jump a lot of rope as there's basically nowhere to work out outside. other places (santiago, for example) might be more flexible.

/hijack, future thoughts will go in my own journal.  :lololol:
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Post by: Mikey on July 08, 2014, 09:29:52 pm
"When you want something bad enough and love it just as much, you would do anything to keep going. Keep your motivations simple so you don't lose focus. When I first started out all I wanted to do was to get faster, and then I did research and realized that I had to get strong in order to achieve those goals. At the end of the day, you will realize that if you focus on one goal at a time, other pieces will fall in place and you will gain a lot of "by products" along the way. I wanted to get faster, which lead me to get stronger, more explosive, nicer physique, a better vertical jump etc. And all of that of course, led to pussies."

-Frank Yang
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Post by: AGC on July 08, 2014, 11:03:10 pm
It seems I am doing b skips wrong when I do it I skip by bringing knees high and then extending and bring down and pawing back in one motion, but all other videos I have seen them skip on to high knee than a second skip on same leg for extend and paw back motion, which it gets messy for me. Do you have to do it like the latter to gain most benefit from b skip.

Yes do it like the latter. But again, splitting hairs, its not a binary thing where if you don't do it exactly right you get no benefit.

Here's two good demonstrations:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXeH8nb2aak

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcWsOM144xo

So long as you dynamically drive the heel up to the glute in either the march or the drill, you'll be fine. In our group we haven't been doing skips at all, just marches with weights:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPLIYTkWKnU
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Post by: AGC on July 08, 2014, 11:07:29 pm
thanks for the response and you're absolutely right: long-term planning is ideal. my problem with it has always been work travel, which interrupts whatever i'm doing. when i get back from a trip, even if i've been consistent about exercising while in dushanbe (relatively easy) or kabul (less easy) or wherever, there's always a reentry period. and work doesn't care if i was close to peaking or having a great few weeks in training.

whine whine, cry cry, my job is cool and sends me to crazy places. i'm not complaining. it would help if travel were predictable, though. also, i'm thinking seriously now about moving overseas, starting to reach out to some contacts and apply for a few jobs just to see what's out there and where i might fit in. depending on where i go, that'll obviously have a huge impact on what training i can do. if i end up in afghanistan, i'll basically have to import a squat rack and some weights and get strong and jump a lot of rope as there's basically nowhere to work out outside. other places (santiago, for example) might be more flexible.

/hijack, future thoughts will go in my own journal.  :lololol:

Nah I never mind when it's relevant discussion. Come to Melbourne! Haha.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 14, 2014, 02:02:13 am
Last week of training:

Tues - fitness circuit, very windy and ran about 10sec slower in the 1600m run, but so did everyone else.

Wed - didn't do the proper session, I stupidly cut the side of my foot earlier in the day and took a bit of skin off. It doesn't hurt much but I can't really run on it in shoes. The shoe presses right against it and it needs to heal over before I can really run on it. So annoying. So I just did the HIIT bike session for basically the rest of the week whenever there was running to do.

Thurs - bike + fitness circuit

Sat - bike/upper body/core weights

Sun - same as above

It's not so bad though, you really work hard on the bike and it definitely helps your fitness. Just sucks with no jumping.
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Post by: Mikey on July 18, 2014, 02:54:09 am
What times are you aiming for this year?
How many pro meets are you gonna compete in?
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 18, 2014, 06:27:40 am
What times are you aiming for this year?
How many pro meets are you gonna compete in?

I think a realistic goal for the 100 would be around 11.60+/-0.1sec. I ran 12.10 last year but already I feel a lot better than that. We'll see. Would be happy with a 24.5sec 200m but not too fussed. The pro circuit will be all new to me so I'm just aiming to do as many as I can to get more experienced.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on July 20, 2014, 11:28:20 pm
What times are you aiming for this year?
How many pro meets are you gonna compete in?

I think a realistic goal for the 100 would be around 11.60+/-0.1sec. I ran 12.10 last year but already I feel a lot better than that. We'll see. Would be happy with a 24.5sec 200m but not too fussed. The pro circuit will be all new to me so I'm just aiming to do as many as I can to get more experienced.

Yeah I think you could get to mid 11s this season especially since you're doing a pre-season this year.
The VAL rewards athletes that run more frequently so by the end of the season you could have a sash for the 70m or at least some money from making 70m finals.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 21, 2014, 11:13:06 pm
What times are you aiming for this year?
How many pro meets are you gonna compete in?

I think a realistic goal for the 100 would be around 11.60+/-0.1sec. I ran 12.10 last year but already I feel a lot better than that. We'll see. Would be happy with a 24.5sec 200m but not too fussed. The pro circuit will be all new to me so I'm just aiming to do as many as I can to get more experienced.

Yeah I think you could get to mid 11s this season especially since you're doing a pre-season this year.
The VAL rewards athletes that run more frequently so by the end of the season you could have a sash for the 70m or at least some money from making 70m finals.


Yeah definitely looking forward to the 70s. Last time I ran a 70m I came second in the state! Well it was under-12s Little Aths. But whatever, I'm sure it'll carry through.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on July 21, 2014, 11:23:27 pm
What times are you aiming for this year?
How many pro meets are you gonna compete in?

I think a realistic goal for the 100 would be around 11.60+/-0.1sec. I ran 12.10 last year but already I feel a lot better than that. We'll see. Would be happy with a 24.5sec 200m but not too fussed. The pro circuit will be all new to me so I'm just aiming to do as many as I can to get more experienced.

Yeah I think you could get to mid 11s this season especially since you're doing a pre-season this year.
The VAL rewards athletes that run more frequently so by the end of the season you could have a sash for the 70m or at least some money from making 70m finals.


Yeah definitely looking forward to the 70s. Last time I ran a 70m I came second in the state! Well it was under-12s Little Aths. But whatever, I'm sure it'll carry through.

haha good old little athletics.
If my body holds up I might run in a couple of pro meets as well but I'll be doing the opposite of you and sticking to the 200s and 300s.
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Post by: AGC on July 26, 2014, 01:01:56 am
Last couple of weeks of training:

Monday:

Foot was OK to run on finally.

6x100m with 20m lead-in coupled with 6 sets of A/B marching drills with 2.5kg ankle weights

Cool-down weights

Tues: missed due to work

Wed: 6x220m coupled w/ 6 sets marching w/ 2.5kg

Cool-down weights

Thurs: fitness circuit

5 lap jog (not timed, just fairly quick)

3 sets of the new circuit with DL and SL bounds in place of some exercises

Hard!

Sat: Sled drags

6 sets 80m sled drags w/ 30% BW, 20m fast high knee sprint coupled with 6x50m sprints

250m sprint

BUT I didn't do all the sets, only 3. The coach wasn't happy with how I was moving, I had a lot of calf soreness from THursday's session and at this stage (mid-Winter), if an athlete is looking a bit run-down they get a reduction in workload for a few days. I needed it! He's a good coach like that.

Cool-down weights

Sun: Courts, I took it fairly easy but still did most things

Skips, med ball throws, med ball core work

We also started working in some plyos finally. 5x5 hurdle jumps, 5x5 hurdle jumps with hold at parallel in between

SL/DL bounds,stretching and mobility work

Mon:

2x100m with 2 sets of weighted drills, then I got to just do the remaining five sets unweighted with HIIT bike in-between

Tues: Just did the old fitness circuit (no jumps) for 3 sets

Wed: Like Monday, HIIT bike (15 sec on - 30 off x 3) with the unweighted drills

Thurs: As per Tues, with a 6 minitue rowing machine warmup

Sat (today): Sled drags, back to full workload

7 sets @ 30% BW, high knees over 80m then high knee sprint 20m, coupled with 7x50m sprints

250m timed sprint (33.3sec, dead!)

Cool-down weights

BW: Has stayed pretty consistently at 79kgs

Training almost every day is pretty tough. My calves have been taking a beating but got a good massage yesterday and feel better. No real injury concerns, my old right knee lateral soreness flares up when I do the 50m sprints but that's linked to tight peroneals, shin splints have faded a lot, hopefully they stay away. Foot still hurts a little. The consensus opinion is that plantar fasciopathies take ages to fully resolve, especially when you keep running on it. But it's manageable. We're over halfway through the winter and we've finished the fitness circuit stuff, back into the gym! Starting with front squats and learning the clean and press  :headbang:
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Post by: seifullaah73 on July 26, 2014, 06:27:47 am
You're still in your winter session in July, over here they start season around April start of may. Isn't it too hot to do that.
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Post by: Raptor on July 26, 2014, 07:19:51 am
Why do you do ankle weighted runs? The only benefits I can see from that is hip flexor strengthening, with a ton of downsides.
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Post by: AGC on July 26, 2014, 10:42:29 am
You're still in your winter session in July, over here they start season around April start of may. Isn't it too hot to do that.

Um, I live in the Southern Hemisphere in case you hadn't noticed. So are you already in season? Why the hell aren't you competing?

Why do you do ankle weighted runs? The only benefits I can see from that is hip flexor strengthening, with a ton of downsides.

Nah we just do ankle weighted drills, not the runs.
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Post by: seifullaah73 on July 26, 2014, 11:10:39 am
You're still in your winter session in July, over here they start season around April start of may. Isn't it too hot to do that.

Um, I live in the Southern Hemisphere in case you hadn't noticed. So are you already in season? Why the hell aren't you competing?


Oh, I see, I hadn't realized. I was stating in terms of the standard in UK. I am going to look around later see if there is any meets going to happen, but now I am currently fasting, the track which is about an hours journey from hold meets, so I can def go there.

Will see the scheduling.
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Post by: Mikey on July 26, 2014, 11:30:41 pm
What pace do you think the 6x200m session you did last week was? and how long were the recoveries?
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 27, 2014, 01:38:18 am
You're still in your winter session in July, over here they start season around April start of may. Isn't it too hot to do that.

Um, I live in the Southern Hemisphere in case you hadn't noticed. So are you already in season? Why the hell aren't you competing?


Oh, I see, I hadn't realized. I was stating in terms of the standard in UK. I am going to look around later see if there is any meets going to happen, but now I am currently fasting, the track which is about an hours journey from hold meets, so I can def go there.

Will see the scheduling.

So the season's started and you haven't even looked at when races are on? Sorry if I seem like I'm on your case about competing but that's just mind-boggling.
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Post by: AGC on July 27, 2014, 01:39:38 am
What pace do you think the 6x200m session you did last week was? and how long were the recoveries?

220m, probably about 30sec, not flat out but around 85-90%.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on July 27, 2014, 02:26:53 am
What pace do you think the 6x200m session you did last week was? and how long were the recoveries?

220m, probably about 30sec, not flat out but around 85-90%.

You must be in pretty good shape atm minus the calves soreness.
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Post by: AGC on July 27, 2014, 09:50:41 pm
What pace do you think the 6x200m session you did last week was? and how long were the recoveries?

220m, probably about 30sec, not flat out but around 85-90%.

You must be in pretty good shape atm minus the calves soreness.

Probably the best shape of my life! Haha...actually I don't know. We'll see when the summer comes around
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Post by: AGC on July 29, 2014, 07:46:23 am
Sunday:

Drills, skipping, hurdle hops, med ball throws, core stuff with med ball, mobility ---> also had a few SVJs at 10' in-between skips, they were pretty high, maybe around 33''

Rest/transition week

We're moving into hybrid winter/summer training now, into the gym and less emphasis on BW high rep stuff, but still some fitness runs (we do a fartlek before the gym and a 3km run in the next phase). This week is a transition and also a few tests, but just the easy ones I think.

Mon:

Rowing machine/cross-trainer warmup

Max pullup test - previous:18, today: 20 (+2)  :personal-record:

Max dips - previous: 30, today: 28 (-2) ---> fatigued from pullups

Tues - gym:

Active warmup

Fartlek: 100s-100j-100s-100j-200s-100j-100s-100j-100s-100j-200s-100j-100s

Gym warmup

Front squat: 2x10@80kgs, 60kgs (too heavy for my wrists still)

Hang power clean and press: 2x10@40kgs (just practising the movement really, not heavy)

8x5 high hurdle hops (2x after each set of FS/HPC&P)

Core/hamstring stuff in-between

BW: 79kgs

Well my inflexible wrists unfortunately haven't resolved themselves, struggling to hold onto the weight while in the meantime my legs are asleep. It just takes repetition to try and find a comfortable spot, apparently my wrist and triceps aren't that inflexible but I'm just not used to it. Pretty happy to get 20 pullups, definitely a lifetime best.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on August 02, 2014, 05:14:57 am
How are your calves feeling atm?
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Post by: AGC on August 02, 2014, 11:39:37 pm
How are your calves feeling atm?

Yeah pretty good, the backoff has helped. Foot is probably the thing that's bothering me the most, whenever we do bend running it flares up a little next day. But overall I'm in pretty good nick.
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Wed:

Really easy warmup on rowing machine/cross-trainer

Max ring chinup test - previous:17, today: 22 (+5)  :personal-record:

Max pushups- previous: 40, today: 39 (-1) ---> fatigued from pullups again! I had a few more but I just lost my position and slipped off. We do these on bars so they're a bit more challenging than floor pushups.

Thurs:

Gym - exactly the same as Tues (front squats, hang clean and press), but with 12 split/lunge jumps after front squat/hang clean and press sets.

Went home over the weekend so missed the Sat/Sun sessions, but I went down to the courts and had a jump:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIpCtP9W3z8

Sorry for the shitty phone quality. It's usually better, I don't know why it was so bad. It's hard to see my fingers but SVJ was really high today. I actually had a few that I missed that were nice, around the 34-35'' range, DSVJs about the same. The SLRVJs were probably in the area of 35''. I was just messing around with the RVJs, I actually could get a bit of speed in the SLRVJ in the last few steps, which is good but obviously the runup is a bit far atm. Still need more practice but good to see the training isn't destroying my vertical. The other positive thing is that a session like this is so easy now I've gotten fitter and have adapted to the workout frequencies. I don't get worried about getting hurt and can get more good jumps in.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on August 03, 2014, 12:34:19 pm
oh wow man, killing it with those jumps. i'm now officially striving to match you. except the DSVJ, that was ugly as hell. but the SVJ and SLRVJ were nice.
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Post by: AGC on August 03, 2014, 10:03:49 pm
oh wow man, killing it with those jumps. i'm now officially striving to match you. except the DSVJ, that was ugly as hell. but the SVJ and SLRVJ were nice.

Thanks man, I know I can always count on you for a great backhanded compliment!  :highfive:  :trolldance:
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Post by: LBSS on August 04, 2014, 09:41:17 am
not meant to be backhanded, if you clean it up you should be able to dunk off a drop-step, which is awesome.
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Post by: AGC on August 04, 2014, 06:11:01 pm
not meant to be backhanded, if you clean it up you should be able to dunk off a drop-step, which is awesome.

Haha I'm totally kidding mate. Thanks for the support. That would be badass. I jump so much worse though dribbling or holding the ball. Not unique to me of course, but I've still got quite a ways to go to on top of what I'm jumping now for the cool stuff.
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Post by: AGC on August 09, 2014, 12:27:40 am
Training this week:

Mon - technique work

1200m jog, dynamic warmup

5 sets of harness drills

5x25m starts over ladder (stride length work)

5x60m sprint over hoops (stride length)

200m sprint

Cool-down weights

Tues - gym

Active warmup, 5 lap time trial (6:15ish I think)

Gym warmups

Front squat: 2x10@70kgs

Hang power clean and press: 3x10@45kgs (just practising the movement still, not heavy)

10x5 high hurdle hops (2x after each set of FS/HPC&P)

Core/hamstring stuff in-between

Wed - speed endurance

1200m jog, dynamic warmup

4x250m (averaged around 34.5sec) on 12min rest

2x150m (19.3, 18.9sec) on 8min rest

Cool-down weights

VERY hard!

Thurs - gym

Fartlek: 100s-100j-100s-100j-200s-100j-100s-100j-100s-100j-200s-100j-100s-100j-100s-100j-200s (very hard!)

Gym warmup

Front squat: 2x10@75kgs

Hang power clean and press: 3x10@45kgs

5x12 repeated split lunge jumps (2x after each set of FS/HPC&P)

Core/hamstring stuff in-between (reverse leg press, concentric DL/eccentric SL ham curl, calbe hamstring pulldown, SL deadlifts etc.)

Fri - a much needed rest day

Sat - Hills

~800m jog

Dynamic warmup

3x5 DL bounds, 3x10 SL bounds (submax)

2x30m (~4sec)

6x60m (all around 8.0sec)

2x150m (21.6 (slipped), 20.6sec)

BW: 79kgs

Training has been brutal! My calves are pretty sore but otherwise feeling OK. Over the last few weeks I've been wearing Nike Free 5.0s for the running and this week I got a pair of Nike Free 3.0s. My foot still has been sore occasionally so thought I would try more barefoot running style to see what would happen, and they actually feel really good. My feet/arches feel good-tired afterwards and I've pulled up well.
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Post by: LBSS on August 10, 2014, 08:23:51 pm
we have enough guys on here sprinting that i think we need an :ibsprinting: animation.
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Post by: AGC on August 10, 2014, 11:56:40 pm
we have enough guys on here sprinting that i think we need an :ibsprinting: animation.

Haha for sure. Actually made me think about the makeup of the forum atm. Here's a rough breakdown of all the active posters (~1 month) lately in terms of 'focus' (almost everyone lifts obviously but the actual application of their training):

All sprinting: T0ddday, seifuulaah, Mutumbo

Sprinting/jumping: LBSS, me, Raptor, adistarhj

Jumping/bball: entropy, vag, Coges, ChrisM, scooby, Kingfish, gukl, Nightfly

Pure lifting/gym: J_McKinney, Eric, Dreyth, Loopie, Flander

Running (and getting back into jumping?  :) ): adarq

Apologies if I missed anyone. You can see that there's nearly as many sprinter or sprinters/jumpers as there are bball jumpers now (depending on how you classify people). Pretty cool.
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Post by: Raptor on August 11, 2014, 01:38:16 am
This is nazi ideology!

You're defining classes of people!

Nah... but it's really interesting. More people would benefit from sprinting in a series of ways IMO. Sprinting is underrated.
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Post by: vag on August 11, 2014, 09:30:01 am
And i got pretty much into sprinting the previous month too. Was even considering joining a track&field freshly opened class from September in a part of a 'functional athlete' focus shift, not sure if the hours fit me yet though, but the track does drag me more and more.
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Post by: seifullaah73 on August 18, 2014, 02:37:19 pm
during some of my runs I sometimes stumble and yesterday I stumbled so badly, this is where my right leg tangled up somehow and I think the way it occurs is when I run, I run to fast for my leg to catch up, that my lower body is trying to catchup with the upperbody and If it doesn't It would cause me to fall forward; hasn't happened yet, slowed down to control everytime or my legs cycle too fast it probably strikes behind centre of mass or nearly misses striking the ground by striking ground behind and causes stumbling, wondering if you ever experience something similiar and how you changed your form to counter it, I was thinking of maybe consciously bring my knees high when I run as well as my arm swings.
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Post by: ChrisM 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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Post by: AGC on August 18, 2014, 10:08:23 pm
during some of my runs I sometimes stumble and yesterday I stumbled so badly, this is where my right leg tangled up somehow and I think the way it occurs is when I run, I run to fast for my leg to catch up, that my lower body is trying to catchup with the upperbody and If it doesn't It would cause me to fall forward; hasn't happened yet, slowed down to control everytime or my legs cycle too fast it probably strikes behind centre of mass or nearly misses striking the ground by striking ground behind and causes stumbling, wondering if you ever experience something similiar and how you changed your form to counter it, I was thinking of maybe consciously bring my knees high when I run as well as my arm swings.

Maybe you're leaning too far forward? You want to be nice and upright so you can maintain a good balance of high knee action and pulling through with good extension behind. Videos would be helpful.
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Post by: AGC on August 18, 2014, 10:09:15 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!

Thanks man, you should definitely give it a go, I reckon you'd be a very good sprinter. Lots of fast twitch muscles playing to your advantage.
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Post by: ChrisM 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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Post by: AGC on August 22, 2014, 10:05:01 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

Yep definitely start out at 1 day. Interesting, I would think that most DL guys with big squats and good reactive ability would fly out the blocks. I reckon you probably would with a bit of training. How high were you jumping back in HS?
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Post by: AGC on August 22, 2014, 10:33:26 pm
Training from 10/8/14 - 16/8/14

Sun - courts

Fast laps around court, mobility, stair sprints, drills, hurdle hops, then a whole bunch of med ball stuff (one-armed pushups, V-situps, wall bounces etc.)

Mon - technique work

1200m jog, dynamic warmup

5 sets of harness drills

5x25m starts over ladder (stride length work)

5x60m sprint over hoops (stride length)

200m sprint

Cool-down weights

Tues - gym

Active warmup, 6 lap time trial (just over 10min)

Gym warmups

Front squat: 3x10@75kgs

Hang power clean and press: 3x10@50kgs

12x5 high hurdle hops (2x after each set of FS/HPC&P)

Core/hamstring stuff in-between

Wed - speed endurance

1200m jog, dynamic warmup

Submax SL bounds

2x250m (slow) ---> my calves/shin splints started flaring up a bit and the times were saying I should stop, so I did. I hate dropping out of training though .

Cool-down weights

Thurs - gym

No fartlek, rest calves

Gym warmup

Front squat: 2x10@80kgs

Hang power clean and press: 3x10@45kgs

Core/hamstring stuff in-between (reverse leg press, concentric DL/eccentric SL ham curl, calbe hamstring pulldown, SL deadlifts etc.)

Fri - rest

Sat - also rest (I got an extra day to sort out my calves).

BW: 79.5kgs (gained a bit of weight maybe)

My calves had been bothering me again. It's just the accumulated fatigue from all this training. Everyone is nursing either soreness or are out with different injuries. Track is a flat out battle of attrition. I think they're fine, I haven't been having any other problems above the lower leg otherwise. Haven't heard a peep from quads, hamstrings, back, hips etc. That'll change once we get into summer again.

Training from 17/8/14 - 23/8/14

Sun - courts

Same as week before. Fast laps around court, mobility, stair sprints, drills, hurdle hops, then a whole bunch of med ball stuff (one-armed pushups, V-situps, wall bounces etc.)

Mon - technique work

1200m jog, dynamic warmup

5 sets of harness drills

5x25m starts over ladder (stride length work)

5x60m sprint over hoops (stride length)

200m sprint

Cool-down weights

Calves were feeling a little dead but got through OK.

Tues - gym

No run for me, warmed up on cardio machines instead.

Gym warmups

Front squat: 2x10@80kgs, 1x10@85kgs (PR of course, but I'm doing it bodybuilder style, not properly).

I just realised I haven't been logging bench in these sessions! I've been doing a set after the squats at 75kgs x 10. So Add in 3x10@75kgs for all the previous gym sessions.  :uhhhfacepalm:

Hang power clean and press: 3x10@55kgs

Core/hamstring stuff in-between

Wed - speed endurance

800m jog, dynamic warmup

5x150m (all around 18.5-19.0sec, not bad given I'm not at 100%)

Cool-down weights

Thurs - gym

No fartlek, rest calves

Gym warmup

Front squat: 3x10@80kgs

Hang power clean and press: 3x10@55kgs

Core/hamstring stuff in-between (reverse leg press, concentric DL/eccentric SL ham curl, calbe hamstring pulldown, SL deadlifts etc.)

Fri - rest

Sat - also rest

BW: 79.5kgs (gained a little weight from return of lifting)

I can't wait for summer so this brutal winter season can be over with. It's been good though training hard and in the cold/wet. It really builds you up for summer. If I can just sort out these nagging calves I'll be set. I can do jumping activities OK but extended running has been harder. My foot also plays up a bit still. If I were to draw a graph over time the discomfort would be trending down with a few little jumps along the way. I'm sure it'll sort itself out when we cut out the longer runs.

Rest/test week coming up, there's a max bench test and a few of the previous tests but I might be taking advantage of the rest component and sitting out a few sessions. Need to get a proper deep tissue rub soon. The structure of the blocks has been [3 weeks ON/1 week REST/TEST], basically covering the calender month. So September will be the last winter block and will start to incorporate summer stuff, should look something like:

Sun - last phase of the court work

Mon - track/technique

Tues - gym

Wed - speed endurance (i.e. the hardest session of the week)

Thurs - gym

Fri - rest

Sat - sleds (over 30m instead of 100m)
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Post by: ChrisM on August 22, 2014, 10:45:50 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

Yep definitely start out at 1 day. Interesting, I would think that most DL guys with big squats and good reactive ability would fly out the blocks. I reckon you probably would with a bit of training. How high were you jumping back in HS?

Oh, I'd bet I'm a billion times better now. I was a SL jumper until a knee injury junior year but I only weighed 155lbs when I graduated.  I jumped mid 30s (I could consistently get 36/37" RSLVJ) until my knee injury, when I came back off it I couldn't control my takeoff speed so I just naturally transitioned to a DL jumper. :/ Its one of the reasons I think if I get my weight down to a happy medium and train my SLVJ will take off.
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Post by: AGC on August 25, 2014, 10:25:33 pm
This week is another test week. I'll keep updating this post with results:

SUN: Bench press

Bench - 105kgs

Felt good today, strong. This isn't a lifetime bench press best but for wide-grip bench it definitely is. I was so weak in the wide-grip when I first started.

MON: Standing triple jump, run for distance

Standing triple: previous: 8.08m(L) , 8.04m(R); today: 8.24m(L) (+16cm) , 8.55m(R) (+51cm) :personal-record:

30 sec run for distance - previous: 236m; today: 234m (-2m)

Big PRs in the standing triple jump, the run sucked though. I went out too slow.

TUES: horizontal jumps

Broad jump: previous: 2.88-90m; today: 2.90m (+0-2cm

Five consecutive DL bounds: previous: 14.78m; today: 13.90m (-88cm)

Broad jump was only marginally better (or no change, depending on what I actually got last time). Once again I just got the technique on the jumps completely wrong. Oh well, I know what I was doing wrong so will try and fix it next time.

WED: 60sec run ---> but I'm going to miss this, speaking at a conference for the first time  :o  :huh:

Update: the conference talk went well  :personal-record:

THURS: 800m time trial

800m - previous: 2m31s, today:
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on August 26, 2014, 12:20:25 am
0.5m is a big PR, nice job!
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Post by: Raptor on August 26, 2014, 05:11:39 am
How do you know with such precision that you ran 236m and stuff like that?

Also, the standing triple jumps are done all 3 on the same leg?
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Post by: AGC on August 26, 2014, 05:45:19 am
How do you know with such precision that you ran 236m and stuff like that?

Cones and spotters.


Also, the standing triple jumps are done all 3 on the same leg?

No, it's done like a regular hop, step, jump. The R/L designation is just which leg we start on.

0.5m is a big PR, nice job!

Why thank you sir. Yeah it was just one of those jumps you absolutely nail and then you can't remember how you did it.
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Post by: seifullaah73 on August 26, 2014, 05:48:34 am
what would you do if you had to a running session like 100-200m and it was on grass but the grass is slippery, because it is raining.

you can't give 100% as that will result in major slipping
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Post by: AGC on August 26, 2014, 06:55:08 am
what would you do if you had to a running session like 100-200m and it was on grass but the grass is slippery, because it is raining.

you can't give 100% as that will result in major slipping

Well mate, isn't it obvious? You need to find a better place to run. How about the track you keep mentioning that's an hour away on the train? You can make it time well spent by buying a few Charlie Francis textbooks and learning a few things. But in all seriousness, you can't just run on a slippery grass hill from May til April next year, something has got to give.
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Post by: seifullaah73 on August 26, 2014, 07:43:31 am
what would you do if you had to a running session like 100-200m and it was on grass but the grass is slippery, because it is raining.

you can't give 100% as that will result in major slipping

Well mate, isn't it obvious? You need to find a better place to run. How about the track you keep mentioning that's an hour away on the train? You can make it time well spent by buying a few Charlie Francis textbooks and learning a few things. But in all seriousness, you can't just run on a slippery grass hill from May til April next year, something has got to give.

The main reason I do training on the grass nearby than on a track, is I don't have money I can spend when need arises, the track is an hours bus journey, but with train, its about 5-10 minute to central town and from there a 30 min walk maybe. The hill is not slippery all the time, it is dry a lot of the time, only when it rains, which is less frequently, in the summer probably about 10% was on a rainy day.
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Post by: AGC on August 27, 2014, 10:48:31 pm
what would you do if you had to a running session like 100-200m and it was on grass but the grass is slippery, because it is raining.

you can't give 100% as that will result in major slipping

Well mate, isn't it obvious? You need to find a better place to run. How about the track you keep mentioning that's an hour away on the train? You can make it time well spent by buying a few Charlie Francis textbooks and learning a few things. But in all seriousness, you can't just run on a slippery grass hill from May til April next year, something has got to give.

The main reason I do training on the grass nearby than on a track, is I don't have money I can spend when need arises, the track is an hours bus journey, but with train, its about 5-10 minute to central town and from there a 30 min walk maybe. The hill is not slippery all the time, it is dry a lot of the time, only when it rains, which is less frequently, in the summer probably about 10% was on a rainy day.

Well, I don't know your financial situation so I won't comment on it. But it doesn't change the fact that you need to get to the track occasionally if you want to run fast on a track. If you really want it bad enough you'll make it happen. A lot of what I've been getting from you is that you probably haven't grown up with a sporting background and you don't really understand what it takes to not only consistently train in a sport but get yourself in the right environment to succeed. You have to be honest with yourself and think very hard if you really want to do what you're doing. Don't waste your time if your heart's not in it.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: seifullaah73 on August 28, 2014, 07:28:40 am
what would you do if you had to a running session like 100-200m and it was on grass but the grass is slippery, because it is raining.

you can't give 100% as that will result in major slipping

Well mate, isn't it obvious? You need to find a better place to run. How about the track you keep mentioning that's an hour away on the train? You can make it time well spent by buying a few Charlie Francis textbooks and learning a few things. But in all seriousness, you can't just run on a slippery grass hill from May til April next year, something has got to give.

The main reason I do training on the grass nearby than on a track, is I don't have money I can spend when need arises, the track is an hours bus journey, but with train, its about 5-10 minute to central town and from there a 30 min walk maybe. The hill is not slippery all the time, it is dry a lot of the time, only when it rains, which is less frequently, in the summer probably about 10% was on a rainy day.

Well, I don't know your financial situation so I won't comment on it. But it doesn't change the fact that you need to get to the track occasionally if you want to run fast on a track. If you really want it bad enough you'll make it happen. A lot of what I've been getting from you is that you probably haven't grown up with a sporting background and you don't really understand what it takes to not only consistently train in a sport but get yourself in the right environment to succeed. You have to be honest with yourself and think very hard if you really want to do what you're doing. Don't waste your time if your heart's not in it.

Of course I will try to get on a track like I was able to when I was in University, free training at the nearby track just by joining the athletics club at university for 10.00 pounds. It is also correct I did grow up in non sporting background, the sports I did was during physical education at high school and my fastest time at that time was barefoot on grass 17-18s with shoes 20s. So you can tell how bad I was at that time. I really do want to do what I am doing and am willing to train hard but need the encouragement of a coach to push me, which can be done at a track, so will need to find a way to get on a track.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 29, 2014, 12:01:39 am
This week is another test week. I'll keep updating this post with results:

SUN: Bench press

Bench - 105kgs

Felt good today, strong. This isn't a lifetime bench press best but for wide-grip bench it definitely is. I was so weak in the wide-grip when I first started.

MON: Standing triple jump, run for distance

Standing triple: previous: 8.08m(L) , 8.04m(R); today: 8.24m(L) (+16cm) , 8.55m(R) (+51cm) :personal-record:

30 sec run for distance - previous: 236m; today: 234m (-2m)

Big PRs in the standing triple jump, the run sucked though. I went out too slow.

TUES: horizontal jumps

Broad jump: previous: 2.88-90m; today: 2.90m (+0-2cm)

Five consecutive DL bounds: previous: 14.78m; today: 13.90m (-88cm)

Broad jump was only marginally better (or no change, depending on what I actually got last time). Once again I just got the technique on the jumps completely wrong. Oh well, I know what I was doing wrong so will try and fix it next time.

WED: 60sec run ---> but I'm going to miss this, speaking at a conference for the first time  :o  :huh:

Update: the conference talk went well  :personal-record:

THURS: 800m time trial

800m - previous: 2m31s, today:  2m31s

I should have run better, one of the soccer players kicked a ball onto the final bend as I was coming around to the final straight, and I had to completely slow down as he just casually walked right in front of me. We get this all the time but it was the first time it had actually disrupted me.  :pissed: The run felt good, I definitely felt fitter and faster, just a shame it wasn't reflected in the time.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 29, 2014, 12:10:15 am
what would you do if you had to a running session like 100-200m and it was on grass but the grass is slippery, because it is raining.

you can't give 100% as that will result in major slipping

Well mate, isn't it obvious? You need to find a better place to run. How about the track you keep mentioning that's an hour away on the train? You can make it time well spent by buying a few Charlie Francis textbooks and learning a few things. But in all seriousness, you can't just run on a slippery grass hill from May til April next year, something has got to give.

The main reason I do training on the grass nearby than on a track, is I don't have money I can spend when need arises, the track is an hours bus journey, but with train, its about 5-10 minute to central town and from there a 30 min walk maybe. The hill is not slippery all the time, it is dry a lot of the time, only when it rains, which is less frequently, in the summer probably about 10% was on a rainy day.

Well, I don't know your financial situation so I won't comment on it. But it doesn't change the fact that you need to get to the track occasionally if you want to run fast on a track. If you really want it bad enough you'll make it happen. A lot of what I've been getting from you is that you probably haven't grown up with a sporting background and you don't really understand what it takes to not only consistently train in a sport but get yourself in the right environment to succeed. You have to be honest with yourself and think very hard if you really want to do what you're doing. Don't waste your time if your heart's not in it.

Of course I will try to get on a track like I was able to when I was in University, free training at the nearby track just by joining the athletics club at university for 10.00 pounds. It is also correct I did grow up in non sporting background, the sports I did was during physical education at high school and my fastest time at that time was barefoot on grass 17-18s with shoes 20s. So you can tell how bad I was at that time. I really do want to do what I am doing and am willing to train hard but need the encouragement of a coach to push me, which can be done at a track, so will need to find a way to get on a track.

Great, so long as you realise that and are actually trying to make it happen. Sprinting training should be built around constant measured progress, and atm your current setup makes that hard. Getting to a standard track and being in a group is what you need IMO.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on August 29, 2014, 08:31:30 am
fuck rude people, you know? fuck 'em.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 04, 2014, 12:33:23 am
Training:

Sat - sleds

Warmup, 1200m jog

6x30m sled pull starts@sled+5kgs (light)

6x50m accelerations

350m sprint

Cool-down exercises

Sun - courts

Fast run around court, mobility, stair sprints, hurdle jumps, med ball stuff (wall bounces, one-armed pushups, jump and throws) more mobility

Mon - technique work

1200m jog, active warmup

5x30m start with 10m of ladder at beginning

5x30harness drills

1x60m over hoops --> had to cut this short as it was bucketing down and getting dangerous

Tues - gym

10-15min cardio warmup (rowing, cross-trainer)

Gym warmup exercises

Squat: 1x10@105kgs, 1x7@110kgs, 1x5@120kgs, 1x5@125kgs, 1x7@115kgs, 1x10@110kgs (felt great!)

In-between: complementary ham/core exercises x 6

Bench: 1x10@80kgs, 1x7@85kgs, 1x5@90kgs, 1x5@92kgs, 1x7@85kgs (hard!)

In between: back/bicep exercises (lat pull and bicep curls)

Wed - bike recovery session (got held out of speed endurance due to calf soreness - but not bad)

5 sets of [15 on-30 off -15 on - 30 off - 15 on]

In-between: easy cool-down exercises and marching drills

BW: 79.5-80.0kgs (gained a little bit of weight over last few weeks)

Calves have again been a bit sore with some shin splint pain. It's just residual inflammation that I haven't let heal properly, my calf muscles are feeling good, no tightness any more but the inflammation sticks around. I don't want to take oral NSAIDs but I'm giving NSAID gel (ibuprofen) a try. I've heard anecdotally that, while they are next to useless for deep muscle stuff, they are really good for skin-deep things like plantar fasciitis and shin splints. The argument then is whether there's actually any inflammation occurring in these injuries anyway but...I feel it's worth a go in this particular case.

My squat strength is feeling really good. It's not even summer yet where we start peaking and I feel like I'm already close to 2xBW. My coach wants me to hit 170kg soon @80kgs  :o. Would be very interested to see where my SVJ is at that level. We're also bringing in power pulls and squat hold jumps as well, which should help.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 18, 2014, 11:23:02 pm
Training last few weeks (so slack!):

Sept 4th - gym

10-15min cardio warmup (rowing, cross-trainer)

Gym warmup exercises

NEW: superset of power pull (like a clean but no dip at all)@60kgs with squat hold jumps x 10

Squat: 1x10@105kgs, 1x7@110kgs, 1x5@120kgs, 1x5@125kgs, 1x7@115kgs, 1x10@110kgs

In-between: complementary ham/core exercises x 6

Bench: 1x10@80kgs, 1x7@85kgs, 1x5@90kgs, 1x5@92kgs, 1x7@85kgs

In between: back/bicep exercises (lat p
ull and bicep curls)

Sept 6th - track, sled pulls

Warmup, 1200m jog

6x30m sled pull starts@sled+5kgs (light)

6x50m accelerations

350m sprint

Cool-down exercises

Sept 7th - courts

Fast run around court, mobility, stair sprints, hurdle jumps, med ball stuff (wall bounces, one-armed pushups, jump and throws) more mobility

Sept 8th - track, technique and stride length

1200m jog, active warmup

6x30m start with 10m of ladder at beginning

6x30m harness drills

6x60m over hoops

200m sprint

Cool-down weights

Sept 9th - gym

10-15min cardio warmup (rowing, cross-trainer)

Gym warmup exercises

Superset of power pull@60kgs with squat hold jumps x 10

Squat: 1x10@110kgs, 1x7@115kgs, 1x5@120kgs, 1x5@125kgs, 1x7@115kgs, 1x10@110kgs

In-between: complementary ham/core exercises x 6

Bench: 1x10@80kgs, 1x7@85kgs, 1x5@90kgs, 1x5@92kgs, 1x7@85kgs

In between: back/bicep exercises (lat pull and bicep curls)

Sept 10th - speed endurance

800m jog, dynamic warmup

2x100m+10m fly (11.5, 11.5), 3x150m (all around 18.5sec), 2x100m+10m fly (11 high)

Cool-down weights

Sept 11th - gym

10-15min cardio warmup (rowing, cross-trainer)

Gym warmup exercises

Superset of power pull@60kgs with squat hold jumps x 10

Squat: 1x10@110kgs, 1x7@115kgs, 1x5@120kgs, 1x5@125kgs, 1x7@115kgs, 1x10@110kgs

In-between: complementary ham/core exercises x 6

Bench: 1x10@80kgs, 1x7@85kgs, 1x5@90kgs, 1x5@92kgs, 1x7@85kgs

In between: back/bicep exercises (lat pull and bicep curls)

Sept 13th - track, sleds

Warmup, 800m jog

6x30m sled pull starts@sled+5kgs

6x50m accelerations

Timed 350m sprint - 49sec (not bad!)

Cool-down exercises

Sept 14th - gym (no more court sessions  :( )

10-15min cardio warmup (rowing, cross-trainer)

Gym warmup exercises

Superset of power pull@60kgs with squat hold jumps x 10

Bench: 1x10@80kgs, 1x7@85kgs, 1x5@90kgs, 1x5@92kgs, 1x7@85kgs

In between: back/bicep exercises (lat pull and bicep curls)

Squat: 1x10@110kgs, one set of SL eccentric ham curls

Sept 15th - track, technique and stride length

1200m jog, active warmup

6x30m start with 10m of ladder at beginning

6x30m harness drills

6x60m over hoops

200m sprint

Cool-down weights

Sept 16th - gym

10-15min cardio warmup (rowing, cross-trainer)

Gym warmup exercises

Superset of power pull@60kgs with squat hold jumps x 10

Squat: 1x10@110kgs, 1x7@120kgs, 1x5@125kgs, 1x5@125kgs, 1x7@120kgs, 1x10@110kgs

In-between: complementary ham/core exercises x 6

Bench: 1x10@82kgs, 1x7@87kgs, 1x5@92kgs, 1x5@95kgs, 1x7@87kgs

In between: back/bicep exercises (lat pull and bicep curls)

Sept 17th - speed endurance

800m jog, dynamic warmup

2x100m+10m fly (11.8 (missed start), 11.3), 3x150m (18.1, 18.0, 18.5sec), 2x100m+10m fly (12.0, 12.0 - dead!)

Cool-down weights

Sept 18th - gym

10-15min cardio warmup (rowing, cross-trainer)

Gym warmup exercises

Superset of power pull@60kgs with squat hold jumps x 10

Squat: 1x10@110kgs, 1x7@120kgs, 1x5@125kgs, 1x5@125kgs, 1x7@120kgs, 1x10@110kgs

In-between: complementary ham/core exercises x 6

Bench: 1x10@82kgs, 1x7@87kgs, 1x5@92kgs, 1x5@95kgs, 1x7@87kgs

In between: back/bicep exercises (lat pull and bicep curls)

BW: 80.0kgs

Lots of training and lifting lately. I've trained 12 times in 14 days! But luckily I'm holding up well, my lower leg issues are subsiding as I've done less long runs. Some of the other guys are still doing 4 lap runs before gym, I don't know if I'd still be healthy if I were doing that as well. One more sled session on Saturday then we are testing again, this time we have electronic timed 30m/60m from block and flys  :wowthatwasnutswtf: should be fun. I will also do some SVJs and RVJs as well.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 21, 2014, 11:07:14 pm
Sat - track/sleds

800m jog, dynamic warmup

6x30m starts with sled+4kgs

6x50m accelerations

350m sprint (48 something, slight improvement)

Sun - easy gym

10min cardio

Gym warmup exercises (dips, chins, light clean and press, reverse leg press)

Power pull+squat hold jumps x 15 @ 60kgs

1x10@110kg squat + ham exercise

1x10@82kg bench +ab exercise

Lots of trigger point and stretching

BW: 80kgs

Start of another testing week. I was absolutely flying on these squat hold jumps today. I wish I could have measured it properly. The power pull beforehand gives you a nice potentiation effect.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 21, 2014, 11:08:53 pm
This week is another test week. I'll keep updating this post with results:

MON: Timed sprints and jumps

Broad jump: previous: 2.90m; today: 2.90m (no change)

Standing triple: previous: 8.24m(L) , 8.55m(R); today: 8.05m(L) (-19cm) , 8.21m(R) (-34cm)

3x60m fly, 20m lead-in: nt, nt, 6.70sec (3.30sec 30m fly)

2x60m standing (no blocks): 7.50sec (4.13sec for 30m), 7.51sec (4.14sec for 30m)

Jumps: Not bad, I was definitely a bit tired from the 15 power pulls and jumps the day before.

Sprints: This was a bit of a waste of a test. The timing gates weren't working properly for the first two reps. My first one felt really fast. But it didn't get timed. It eventually started working so we ran an extra 60m+20m, which for me was probably a mistake as I was cooked. So my standing 60s weren't very good either. We do this again and the coach knows what went wrong with the gates so hopefully next time will be better.

TUES: Bench and bf%

Previous: 105kgs; today: 112.5kgs (+7.5kgs)  :personal-record:

Nothing too unexpected here, been benching so much I'd be worried if it hadn't gone up at least 5kgs.

Also had the coach do an 8-point skin fold test on us. For eight sites (tricep, bicep, suprailiac (hip), axilla (near pec), subscapular (back near shoulder blade), abdomen, thigh, calf) I got a total measurement of 34.2mm (average of ~4.25mm), which works out to be somewhere between 6-8% bf depending on what equation you use.

WED: 180m sprint

180m - 21.6sec, 17.8sec at 150m --> ran the last 30m in 3.8sec

This was pretty good. My approximate 200m time from this would be low 24 seconds, which would be a big PR.

THURS: 800m time trial

800m - previous: 2m31s; today: 2m33s (-2s)

Dammit, just haven't been running enough lately. I went out too hard with a 68-69sec first lap. Still, this has been a big improvement over winter to drop ~10s off my 800m time.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 27, 2014, 09:08:24 am
We had the Saturday session off so I was keen to jump, but the court I have been using was bloody booked! On grand final day no less. So I had to settle with going down to the local primary school and using a concrete court. The crazy thing is, when I got there I found out they have a single indoor court with 9' rings! If only I could get in there, SVJ dunks aplenty.

I just did some SVJs, no running. These felt pretty flat at the time but they weren't too bad. I brought my tape measure and was glad I did because the rings were short - the back iron was 9'9'' and the top of the rim (those horrible anti-dunk rings with a really sharp extra rim on top) was maybe a cm or two higher than that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KjCb7c3cZE

(http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l601/acole14/SVJpic-1.png)

Best was around 34.5'' I'd say. I had a better one than in the video but missed it. Not too bad after a big week of max effort stuff. I wish I could have done running VJs. I'll be interested to see where this is at when I get my squat back to PR levels and start moving onto heavy triples (instead of 80+ reps/week >100kgs!).

Winter is over now and we move into summer stuff.

Mon: Pool

Tues: Track - technique/blocks

Wed: Gym - less volume

Thurs: Speed endurance

Fri: Pool

Sat: Hills (for October only) or competing

Sun: Gym - less volume

Really looking forward to less running distance and more impact-free sessions in the pool. Hopefully the nagging issues will go away and I can just concentrate on bringing up the numbers in the gym and getting the times down on the track.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: ChrisM on September 28, 2014, 07:39:45 pm
Man for not feeling 'it' and the type of training you've been doing lately that isn't bad at all!!!!
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on September 28, 2014, 11:33:38 pm
looks like all that speed work is paying off, man! 34.5 is awesome! i'm happy if i can get that off RVJ. we were pretty close for a while on the jumping but you've passed me way by...
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: vag on September 29, 2014, 04:27:56 am
I am more interested to see what will happen to RVJ.
IIRC, SVJ was around 34'' again in the past, it was the RVJ that was not much higher, like around 37''.
That plyometric deficit thing or whatever it's called, that is where i expect to see huge gains from all them sprints.
Also, 37-38 was wrist at rim, so any kind of gains on RVJ would mean... DUNK!
Let's see...
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on October 02, 2014, 01:39:23 am
Thanks for the support guys. Yeah the training has been worth it I think. It's been very tough and somehow I'm relatively healthy, but the results have been pretty good.

I am more interested to see what will happen to RVJ.
IIRC, SVJ was around 34'' again in the past, it was the RVJ that was not much higher, like around 37''.
That plyometric deficit thing or whatever it's called, that is where i expect to see huge gains from all them sprints.
Also, 37-38 was wrist at rim, so any kind of gains on RVJ would mean... DUNK!
Let's see...

Hopefully  :D. My best SVJ was 35'' in 2012 (two years ago! Where does the time go...) so I'm not far off. I reckon I could get that if I was fresh. Haven't properly tested my RVJ in awhile. It's something I definitely need to do more often. Been hard with training over winter but now summer is coming around and the volume isn't as heavy I reckon I should be able to start trying a few. Fingers crossed.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on October 21, 2014, 08:50:49 pm
Man I have been bad at updating. Won't bother trying to document every session over the last few weeks, but training has been good. The schedule has stayed pretty similar to the last block. Highlights:

Squat: max of 5@130kgs for two sets, pretty easy, will be moving up

Bench: max of 5@95kgs for two sets, feeling good

Speed endurance: we've been running the 2x100m, 3x150m, 2x100m session the last three weeks, haven't missed one and the average times are trending down. The key is getting the last two 100m ~11.5-11.6 for me,that indicates an increase in speed endurance and lactic tolerance.

Had my first run this past weekend in the 200m. It was an absolute shocker! All I had in my head before the race was 'relax, relax', which is the main thing I've focused on during winter. Unfortunately, I relaxed so much that I forgot to run fast! Left way too much on the bend and then in the straight I was way off the pace. The time is irrelevant at this stage, just completely messed it up. But the first race always sucks. Now into another testing week:

TUES: Timed sprints and jumps

Broad jump: previous: 2.90m; today: 2.91m (+1cm)

Standing triple: previous: 8.24m(L) , 8.55m(R); today: 8.44m(L) (+20cm) , 8.25m(R) (-30cm)

2x60m fly, 20m lead-in: best - 6.66sec (-0.04sec), (3.33sec 30m fly) ---> ran faster even though the 20m-50m fly section was slower

2x60m standing (no blocks): 7.35sec (-0.15sec) (4.05sec for 30m), 7.51sec (4.16sec for 30m)--> slight headwind developed between runs

Jumps: These were tricky just because we literally haven't done them since the last test. It took me until the last jump on myleft leg to get a good triple jump in. The broad jump just lacks technique, the power is definitely there.

Sprints: This was pretty good. Definitely faster than last time. The 4.05sec FAT 30m would put me at 11.0 FAT 100m time according to the Frank Dick chart. So it's obvious I really lack fitness still  :(

WED: Bench and jumps

Five consecutive DL bounds - previous best: 14.78m; today: 15.10m (+32cm)  :personal-record:

Five SL bounds - previous best: 12.85m (L), 12.95m (R); today: 13.75m (+90cm), 13.04m (+9cm)  :personal-record:

Bench - Previous: 112.5kgs; today: 115kgs (+2.5kgs)  :personal-record:

My bench was weak. Didn't feel very strong during the warmups but I eked out a 2.5kg increase.

I finally got a good set of DL bounds in and broke the 15m mark. Should have done it ages ago. My SL bounding was also nice. I can't believe how much I've improved at this compared to a few years ago when SL bounding just felt so difficult.

THURS: 180m test

180m sprint - previous: 21.6sec; today: 21.4sec (-~0.2sec), 17.8 again at the 150m but ran the last 30m quicker --> slowly getting better speed endurance.

SAT: Comp (100m)

BW: 80.0kgs
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on October 24, 2014, 11:17:17 am
killing it. not sure how i missed this the other day.  :highfive:  :lololol: :goodjobbro:
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on November 02, 2014, 09:55:27 pm
Thanks LB!

______________

Had a 100m last Saturday (25th Oct). Overall it went well but it was a bit blustery. Not a strong headwind but certainly some cross-wind. Ended up running a 12.36sec FAT...not over the moon but not too bad. Was hoping for a bit better. But I did beat a few in the group except for one 11.5sec guy, two guys in particular who are generally equal or faster than me at training...so there's something.

Training this week:

Mon - 25m pool runs x 12 (slowly will build up these to about 20-24) and general aquacise

Tues - Blocks and re-accels

1200m warmup, dynamic

3 individual block starts without gun over 30m

4 40m block starts with gun

4 100m re-accelerations (slow down between 50-70m, pick up again til 100m)

200m sprint

Wed - plyos/gym

Active warmup

5x5 hurdle hops

4kg weight vest on:

4x7 DL bounds

2x7/leg SL bounds

4x40m LRLRLR

Squat: 1x7@125kgs, 1x5@130kgs,1x3@135kgs, 1x2@135kgs,1x3@130kgs, 1x5@125kgs

In-between: hamstring/core exercises

Bench: 1x7@92.5kgs, 1x5@100kgs, 1x3@105kgs, 1x3@105kgs,1x7@92.5kgs

In-between: back/bicep/tricep stuff

Thurs - speed endurance

1200m jog, dynamic warmup

180m followed by 80m+20m fly (2 mins between, then 20mins rest): average times were around 22.5 sec for the 180m and 9.4ish for the 80s)

Cool-down weights

Fri - 6x25m pool runs

Sat - comp

Conditions were appalling. 6-7m/s headwinds were reported. I had the 200m but it was such a waste of time. Got a bad start and then the wind was just ridiculous. Three average-to-bad runs to start the season!

Sun - first handicapped race

I entered the 70m. Because it was my first race I got a novice mark of 4m so I was basically at the back. The race felt fine, decent start but I was too far back to do any damage to the runners 2-5m ahead. As I do more of these the handicap will improve apparently, so I might have a shot later in the season. I'll do these occasionally, mostly will focus on 70m and maybe do a few 100/120m's just for fun.

Didn't get a chance to do any jumping this week due to having two comps on. But I think the plyos and increasing squats should be helping a lot. I just need to squeeze in some running jump practice each week if I can. The ideal days are on the pool recovery days, so will try and get more consistent with it. Also doing some long jump and high jump in the comps, just haven't bothered reporting them yet.

Other notes: I never really updated my creatine experiment. I stopped taking it over winter and just reloaded again over last week. This time I did the 20g over 5 days then drop to 3-4g, rather than 5g consistently. Will see if there's any noticeable change in squats or times.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on November 03, 2014, 12:22:04 am
fwiw, with jumping practice, i've found that even just doing some drop-steps or one-step approaches (as i did last night) can be an okay substitute for real running jumps at the rim. helps to groove the pattern at least, and it's not like you're going to be able to do real max/PR-attempt jumps with all the other volume you're doing.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on November 04, 2014, 09:59:02 pm
fwiw, with jumping practice, i've found that even just doing some drop-steps or one-step approaches (as i did last night) can be an okay substitute for real running jumps at the rim. helps to groove the pattern at least, and it's not like you're going to be able to do real max/PR-attempt jumps with all the other volume you're doing.

Yeah for sure. It has been hard to realistically fit in a ME jumps session every week. Will do it when the opportunity presents itself. But I'm happy that what I'm doing is OK, a lot of bounding, short/long sprints, squats etc.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on November 30, 2014, 07:53:08 pm
Still training! Been so busy with run-up to end of year. Going well overall. The sessions have looked like this:

Mon: pool runs+recovery

Tues: re-accelerations over 100m (usually between 4-6) + 200m sprint at the end

Wed: plyos + gym
- weighted plyos (SL and DL bounds x 5-7, LRLR x 40m with 4kg weight vest)
- gym (power pull: 65kgs x 10//squat: 1x7@1130kgs,1x5@140kgs, 1x3@145kgs,1x2@145kgs, 1x5@135kgs//bench: working up to 107.5 kgs x 3)

Thurs: speed endurance

- 3x100m/2x150m/2x100m with 8-12mins between
- [4x220m--2 mins rest--80m+20m fly] with 20mins rest between

Fri: pool runs+recovery

Sat: either competition or block start work + harness pulls

Sun: comp or gym (same as Wednesday but with SVJs after each power pull)

The training has been really hard. I've been pretty durable overall, haven't missed a session in ages now (since my calves were sore awhile ago). I still have a few nagging lower legs issues. Shin splints are still kind of 'there', not really bothering me but during the plyos they get more noticeable. The plyo load is mega intense though so not surprising. My foot is also still there, some weeks don't even notice it, but it definitely is more noticeable after bend sprinting. My feet and arches are really tight. Need to get a proper massage soon, been a long time since I've had a good one. But I'm holding up really well, all the big cylinders (hips, hams, quads, back) are more or less fine. I guess once you start adapting to the training load and do loads of rehab work at night +sleep/nutrition you can get to that nice place where you can train every day and be OK.

I missed updating the last test week. The highlights were:

- improved broad jump by ~2-3cm
- 8.40m+ in both R and L standing triples
- chopped a huge chunk of time off my flying 30m and 60m (0.13 and 0.2 respectively)
- improved my 1200m run by 11 seconds (No idea how this happened as I've barely been doing fitness work. Maybe the pool runs).

Had a few runs at comps:

100m - ran 12.12sec, not bad but was hpoing for better. Good start but faded at the 80-90m, tightened up. Need moar fitness.
200m- 24.78sec (finally into the 24s)...but again, fading dismally. See video (in the white):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1qPHYmQGjQ

I was ahead at the 100m, if I could have just strided out and stayed in touch with the winner I'd be running 24.0...easier said than done of course, but it's slowly improving. Not that I'm that fussed about the 200m anyway.

Yesterday I ran a 70m handicap again. I got a little bump to 6m, had a great heat run and ended up making the final. Unfortunately they moved the final up 15mins but I missed the announcement. Had to rush there and didn't run as well, but still got 6th out of 8 and won $10!!!!! I'm rich biatch!! And can now say I'm a professional money-winning athlete  :lololol:  :derp:
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: seifullaah73 on December 01, 2014, 08:52:42 am
Had to rush there and didn't run as well, but still got 6th out of 8 and won $10!!!!! I'm rich biatch!! And can now say I'm a professional money-winning athlete  :lololol:  :derp:

lol, nice one man.
 :goodjobbro:
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on January 13, 2015, 07:18:14 pm
Have been training as per usual. We had an awesome training camp between 26th-31st of December. Basically twice-a-day training with recovery in-between. I missed the first two sessions but managed to get the last four days in. It was crazy. Ice baths really helped, but the pain during the baths was intense. Being an elite athlete must just be a constant battle with pain.

We're having a mid-season break from gym work as it was closed over training camp, so we've been doing the fitness circuit again instead. Will do that up until end of January, then back to weights. The rest of the schedule is pretty much the same. I got up to 135kgs for 7 and 150kgs for 3 for squat, which works out to be above 2xBW. But this time around it's something I can do twice a week with plyos beforehand etc., rather than a single rested max of 2xBW like last year. Which is cool.

Racing has been really annoying. The people running the amateur competition are absolutely hopeless. I ran a 100m in mid-Dec that felt very fast, probably between 11.8-11.9ish, but the timing malfunctioned! I went back and ran a 12.3 five mins after but I was cooked. The next 100m wasn't until this weekend past. Had a really nice run, again, felt like a mid/high 11s but they fucked up the times again! They gave me a 12.19 later, but apparently when they mix up the times they have been looking back at athletes' previous times and just adjusting for the wind. So I have no idea what I ran. Really disappointing, I only have three 100m left and still haven't officially broke 12sec yet!

I've been doing some SVJs and RVJs when I can. SVJ is around the 34 mark as usual, hasn't improved much lately with no squatting. I was away over Xmas and went down to a school and just messed around. Broad jump is ~2.90m and SVJ is ~34'', did some strating drills as well for fun on the oval. I wanted to do more RVJs but didn't want to jump on concrete too much.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cOnz6ILhbM
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on January 13, 2015, 07:29:58 pm
sounds great, still blown that you've moved so far past me in your training, i am wheel-spinning and need direction, that video is private.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on January 13, 2015, 08:59:16 pm
Youtube is weird, my default setting for new vids is unlisted...but every time I link it here it changes. Fixed now.

I wouldn't say I'm miles ahead of you or anything. You been jumping really well lately (have been following despite lack of posts), and because you're allocating more training time to court jumps, you'll probably still beat me there. Just haven't been able to fit in much actual RVJ technique work apart from some long jump drills we do occasionally.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on January 13, 2015, 09:22:50 pm
That sucks about the timing issues. The other annoying thing is when they have no wind indicated (NWI) so the time doesn't count officially either.
Have you raced any more pro races recently?
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on January 14, 2015, 06:56:19 pm
Oh yeah I forgot about the pro races. I've done about four now, just doing the 70m (although my handicap seems to have settled on 6m, so I'm actually running 64m). I just missed out on a final at the last one I went in by a few hundreds. I'm running about ~7.9-8.0sec, and realistically to win a 70m event you'd need around ~7.7 or lower (last years Stawell 70m was won in ~7.3 I think). So to win I'll need to drop down a bit more or get a boost to maybe 7m. But yeah it is fun, good for working on explosiveness/power.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on February 16, 2015, 09:47:03 pm
Monthly update. Training attendance and adherence has been good. I got sick a few weeks ago and that completely destroyed a weekend's worth of running, but I hadn't been sick in 15 months so I guess I was due. The training schedule has mostly stayed the same: Tues is re-accels over 120m, Wed is gym (power pulls/squats/bench), Thurs is speed endurance (either combination 180-220m/80m runs or 150s) then Sat is block starts or competing, and Sun gym again.

My times have sucked though. Mostly disappointing:

Jan 17 (pro): 64m in 7.92 (not bad)

Jan 23/24 (sick weekend): 100m - 12.01 (+3m/s); 200m - 26 low, dead last (shouldn't have bothered)

Jan 31: 100m - 12.22 (-2.0m/s, fucking wind!)

Feb 14/15 (pro): two runs, ~8.05-8.1 (bad!)

The 12.01 really hurt. I just want to see the time being 11.xx, even with a wind and even though I know I probably would have got it if I wasn't sick (and almost definitely ran it in the no-time races). Feel like I've been putting in more training than ever for no real improvement. The pro races are also becoming more frustrating than fun. My mark (6m) hasn't increased for 6 straight races where I've finished between 2nd and 4th in my heats. At this stage I'm just throwing money away while the same guys keep making finals and winning with the same handicap. The handicapping is just not as dynamic as it should be IMO, but I'll stick with it until the end of season and see what happens.

I also think I might be really fatigued. I don't have any major injury issues at the moment, but last week the bottom just fell out, especially in the gym and during speed endurance. Was running so slow! 18.5sec for 150m when I was running 17 low the week before. Also just feel really shit each morning. I'll keep training but I'm really testing the coach now to see how he'll manage me. I've got one more chance to run <12sec...at the state championships. So no pressure or anything.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on February 16, 2015, 11:00:37 pm
sucks about stalling, man. i know the frustration. believe me.

also, somehow only just now saw your vid from january. why does your SVJ clip look like someone was spying on you?  :P
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on February 17, 2015, 09:14:41 am
sucks about stalling, man. i know the frustration. believe me.

also, somehow only just now saw your vid from january. why does your SVJ clip look like someone was spying on you?  :P

Ha, it was the only good spot to put the camera!

Yeah it's partly bad luck at races, but I feel I should be running better at this stage in the season, not dramatically worse. Like, tonight we did six 120m re-accels and I just could not move. Guys were blowing past me that I usually beat or keep up with. It's more frustration at my coach - he's good but I can't see why he'd let me keep struggling. It's his call atm but we'll see how the results pan out.

Ultimately I don't really care that much though. It's more because I've put a lot of effort into this whole running fast thing, so I wouldn't mind actually being competitive or at least as fast as when I was 17-18. I'm not that old, a lot fitter and stronger with only a gain of 1-2kgs (with less fat as well) compared to back then. Preparation is a lot better, diet, everything really. Feel I should be running better. But the goal is still vertical. To that end the training's been really good. Over winter I'm thinking of just doing three sessions a week and focus much more on running SLRVJs. Instead of running 5-6 days a week, just do the track sessions and my own fitness stuff (less weight-bearing, more mixed cross-training stuff - bike, row etc). I didn't log this but I've also been doing some long jump with improvements in run-up speed and distance (out to nearly 40m). I think that should carry over to running SLRVJ, mostly just having confidence to work up to full-speed SLRVJs. I look back at vids like this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgVY5poFLC8

Such speed! Not. I must be a lot better movement-efficiency wise now than that, after a bit of SLRVJ-specific work. Better technique, better fitness, better core strength, better leg strength, lower BW =  :ibjumping: right? Anyway, we'll see.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on April 17, 2015, 01:11:12 am
Bi-monthly update lol. I should update more often, just been fairly busy with life and training. Didn't end up running anything amazing unfortunately. 12.15s at the State Champs into a -1.4w...but still not very good. Also ran at Stawell in the 70m but nothing remarkable, someone false started, and then I was a bit tentative in the restart and didn't get away that well.

It's frustrating because I really haven't missed major time with injuries. My training attendance was probably 95% over the full year of training but...didn't improve as much as I'd like in the actual comps. I always ran a better time in training than in comp, so maybe it's still a mental thing. The other possibility is that I trained too much and wasn't fresh but...I don't know. I felt well enough, didn't seem to have any major issues. Hard to say. It takes awhile to fully get back into it, I guess a years worth of training ins't much when you haven't been active in a sport for 5-6 years.

Having a little break until April 27th. Haven't done much, just played some basketball with some of the guys in the group last week. I really miss playing. I forgot how much fun it is just playing 4v4 half-court. Then I remembered why I stopped doing it after we played some rough dudes and I nearly got my knee taken out a few times!  I got a bit of hayfever though a couple of days before so my vertical wasn't much. I don't really know where it's at. I need to focus on it more. I'm still thinking along the lines of the previous post. Train about 4 days per week with a dedicated RVJ session for awhile, while the training is light. I want to get this dunking thing DONE. Can't be the last out of me, LBSS and scooby to jam! Hehe.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on April 17, 2015, 11:27:56 am
given how much harder and more consistently you've been training over the past year, i'd be surprised if you didn't get to dunking height faster than i do. i'm strictly in one step forward, one or two steps back mode, and i feel like i have been for a long time. and yet, one of these days that step forward is going to be a 37" jump. god willing.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 29, 2015, 09:14:39 am
MEGA UPDATE!

No I haven't been falsely accused of murder, still alive, still running and jumping. Pretty much doing the same training as last winter, but no basketball court session, and the club hasn't been able to get into the gym due to various financial issues - but we only got delayed a month or so.

May - Two track, one hills session and one fitness circuit/long run (1200m) day

June - Two track, one sleds session and two fitness circuit/longer run (1600m) session

July - Two track, one sleds session and two fitness circuit/longer run (2000m) session

August - Two track, one hills session, one fitness circuit/longer run (2400m) and one gym session

September - Two track, one hills session, one or two gym (not sure), pool session

(Probably made >90% of sessions).

Testing results of note

30sec run - 247m (big improvement on last years 236 or something) --> a 250m/30sec is ~23.5sec 200m (approx because some people die faster over the last 50m than others).

60sec run (only done it once) - 415m

Broad jump - a shitty 2.80m with no pop (I blame this on lack of gym/squatting!)

LRLRLRLRLR bounding - PRed, but can't remember what and can't be bothered looking it up, something like 28m --> probably lighter BW has helped

1200m run - 4m11s - PR (I think)

Pullups and ring chinups - both 23

It has mostly been pretty cold and wet and uninteresting! Which is why I haven't journalled much. But I have gotten fitter I guess. My power has probably dipped a bit because I have slowly dropped down to about 75-76kgs from ~78-79 at season's end. Mostly UB mass, hams/glutes/calves are still there but may have just lost a bit of quad muscle/power. My best broad jump was when I was squatting a lot, quad-dominant AF and was around ~81kgs. It's been pretty easy to just cut out some carbs here and there in lunch and dinner and eat most cals just before bed. Seems to work, but then I've always had good genes for BF% so who knows. Some stupid $1500+ digital bf% scales in the Uni gym measured me at 3.8%! But I'm not that low (probably around 5%). I think this has helped me stay mostly injury-free all winter to date (jinx alert). The previous issues I've had (foot, shin splints) have gone. Right tib-fib joint still flares up a bit ---> I'm sure a lot of people would get this and it's probably differences in ankle mobility (R is less mobile than L)......but it's never quite severe enough for me to do much about it.

My thinking is to continue with the training all the way through to the end of summer (~end of March) this season and then re-evaluate. If I'm making minimal progress then I'm gonna go back to solo training and do my own thing. As much as I've enjoyed the group training thing and have learnt a lot, starting to tire of the inflexibility and being (in the nicest way possible) bossed around by adults like freaking high school. Also, rigid training times make doing a science PhD a bitch sometimes. The thing that could swing this is the professional running for $$. If I win $$ this season I might stick with it longer. But if not, I can't be bothered throwing entry fees away for whole seasons to improve my handicap (which is all politics/who-you-know bullshit). CBFed with that shit. Must be getting older!

Based on testing and timed hill sprints, good goals are probably 11.6sec (again lol), <24sec for 200m. Last season I felt I probably peaked in January. I don't know if I handled the volume well despite not really getting 'hurt'. Possibly overtrained. For better or worse, the coach is hardcore old-school so I will try and monitor it myself better and not feel compelled to kill myself every day. But if that happens again or I'm hitting 12.0-11.9 again with no massive improvement in RVJ then I think it's time to move on, join a crossfit gym (I know, but they're the best gyms here) that I can do OLs in/bits and pieces of sprint training and try to dunk on or before March 2017 or commit athletic harakiri.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on August 29, 2015, 12:15:14 pm
A++ strong update. get back to journaling, i'm tryna see you hit 11.5.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 30, 2015, 10:54:57 pm
A++ strong update. get back to journaling, i'm tryna see you hit 11.5.

Thanks man, I have been feeling very guilty about not journalling, just been busy with the actual training on top of everything else. But I have been following everyone's training and commenting when I can.

Yeah 11.5 would be nice...everything would have to go right but it's not completely crazy. My real weakness last year (and the year before) was speed endurance. I think that has gotten better this off-season through being able to train in a healthy state more consistently. Last winter I had shin splints for the first bit and a bit of residual plantar fasciitis, so even though I was training at the same volume as now, I probably wasn't getting the same training effect because the intensity couldn't be as high as possible. Being healthy is underrated lol.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on October 26, 2015, 02:28:52 am
Are you mainly going to run pros this season or a mixture of pros and amateur?
How's your training coming along now? Same old or is it different now that it's almost race time.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on October 30, 2015, 02:35:42 am
Are you mainly going to run pros this season or a mixture of pros and amateur?
How's your training coming along now? Same old or is it different now that it's almost race time.

Good to see you back man! Yeah I will do a bit of both again. Ill do a bigger update when I get a chance but yeah it hasn't changed drastically.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on October 30, 2015, 09:29:15 am
Are you mainly going to run pros this season or a mixture of pros and amateur?
How's your training coming along now? Same old or is it different now that it's almost race time.

Good to see you back man! Yeah I will do a bit of both again. Ill do a bigger update when I get a chance but yeah it hasn't changed drastically.

Thanks man it's good to be back :)

By the sounds of it your body is coping better with training this year and you've built up a better base.
Good luck for your season!!!
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on January 26, 2016, 08:52:14 am
Been meaning to write an update for ages. I have been reading everyone's training and it's great to see most people smashing it, but also hard because my season has been a complete disaster!

Around the time of the last post my testing results started going bad. Went from 247m to 240m in the last 30 seconds test, jumps weren’t very good etc. I did get ‘fitter’ running a 4min 1200m and 13min 3km run – but who cares about that and it sucks anyway. Also lost 20kgs on my bench and about the same on squat once we moved to back squats, probably due to not getting into the gym for 6 months!

September/Oct training:

   Sun: a 3.2km run around a park before heavy power pulls, squats with hurdle jumps and bench. Yep.

   Tues: block starts, multiple re-accelerations, 300m sprint. Not a bad session by itself.

   Wed: same as Sun but with a 2400m run instead, so not much different. By this time last year we had dropped the long runs but the coach was experimenting. He’s sort of lost a bit of enthusiasm this season as a lot of people left and it was really just me and a few other girls training consistently.

   Thurs: Speed endurance. Each month we do a session on three consecutive Thursdays. The first month was [120m, 150m, 180m] x 3 with 6-8 minutes rest. Most people dropped out of this one by set two. The next month was [120m, 150m, 180m] x 3 with same rest. By this stage in the week I was fucked and not running very good times.

   Sat: sled drags - 6 sets of [2x40m] with gun, then 400m.
 
First run was in late Oct, 200m running a 25.17sec…which is not terrible but not anything close to what I was hoping. And in context, completely shit and not competitive in any sense. 100m in mid-November…12.92 (!!!)…I eased off a bit at the end because I could tell it was a pathetic run and just gave up. Start has gotten worse due to lack of power, got beat off the line and just died as usual from 60m to the line. I was pretty furious as I ran a 12.52 off one easy session a week for 3 months two years ago, and I thought that was bad at the time! Next run I ran all the way hard and had a bit of a tail. But I still only ran a measly 12.72. WTF. It’s like I hadn’t been training at all! Incredibly frustrating.

The pro (handicapped) runs haven’t been much better, not running near my best times obviously. It also seems like because they know I’ve run faster, the chance of me getting any handicap boost is miniscule. So that’s another waste of time really.  Finally in the last month or so I’ve been given a reprieve and am doing wimp weights and lightening the load a bit with track work. My latest 100m was 12.58sec with +1.4m/s, so there has been very slight improvement, but given last year I ran 12.01 at the same race with a cold, I’ve gone backwards majorly.

In hindsight I definitely hit an overtraining phase. I was running well in June/July but then the wheels fell off. Was doing every session consistently but it just became too much to recover from. I remember being fairly tired each training and demotivated, especially when the shit results started pouring in. I haven’t agreed with how the coach has been training everyone this season at all. Too much time committed to long runs and fitness circuits at the expense of speed and strength. Part of it was we got into the gym a month later and the season started earlier. So I just got weaker and have fallen into a ditch speed-wise. I should have just done my own gym from the start. I had planned to do it but because I’m incredibly stubborn and won’t quit things I decided to just do the training as written until the end of the season before making any decisions.

Injury-wise…I really haven’t had anything major. I had a bit of patellofemoral pain in my R knee for s bit which affected my SL bounds. My L Achilles also has been sore, but only for about 5 mins during warmups. It’s probably low-grade Achilles tendinopathy but again, nothing that has stopped me. We never do any calf strengthening, which probably has something to do with it.

Anyway I hope this isn’t an incredibly depressing post but that’s how it’s been. Just feel like a complete hack…very demoralising given that I felt I could (and should have) run well this season. The coach has been open to change but I also feel he doesn’t really care that much – he’s getting older and his heart isn’t always in it. He hasn’t been charging me which is nice, but I don’t care about getting free training if it’s not worth the time/effort. It’s just caused me a ton of anxiety that I really don’t need!

I think from here I’ll do my own gym, start building my squat and bench back up and just run the track sessions…maybe. Nothing much to run for the rest of the season, won’t be entering state champs. I’d still like to do another season despite all of that but on my own terms, definitely will do my own off-season. I’ve learnt enough and definitely have become more knowledgeable, if not any better of an athlete. Plus now Toddday is posting again I might be able to get some input on my training plans  :D
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on January 26, 2016, 01:27:10 pm
your journal,

(http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view1/3113422/jim-carey-its-alive-o.gif)

welcome back, sorry to hear you had what sounds like kind of a lost season.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on January 28, 2016, 06:16:33 am
Been meaning to write an update for ages. I have been reading everyone's training and it's great to see most people smashing it, but also hard because my season has been a complete disaster!

Around the time of the last post my testing results started going bad. Went from 247m to 240m in the last 30 seconds test, jumps weren’t very good etc. I did get ‘fitter’ running a 4min 1200m and 13min 3km run – but who cares about that and it sucks anyway. Also lost 20kgs on my bench and about the same on squat once we moved to back squats, probably due to not getting into the gym for 6 months!

September/Oct training:

   Sun: a 3.2km run around a park before heavy power pulls, squats with hurdle jumps and bench. Yep.

   Tues: block starts, multiple re-accelerations, 300m sprint. Not a bad session by itself.

   Wed: same as Sun but with a 2400m run instead, so not much different. By this time last year we had dropped the long runs but the coach was experimenting. He’s sort of lost a bit of enthusiasm this season as a lot of people left and it was really just me and a few other girls training consistently.

   Thurs: Speed endurance. Each month we do a session on three consecutive Thursdays. The first month was [120m, 150m, 180m] x 3 with 6-8 minutes rest. Most people dropped out of this one by set two. The next month was [120m, 150m, 180m] x 3 with same rest. By this stage in the week I was fucked and not running very good times.

   Sat: sled drags - 6 sets of [2x40m] with gun, then 400m.
 
First run was in late Oct, 200m running a 25.17sec…which is not terrible but not anything close to what I was hoping. And in context, completely shit and not competitive in any sense. 100m in mid-November…12.92 (!!!)…I eased off a bit at the end because I could tell it was a pathetic run and just gave up. Start has gotten worse due to lack of power, got beat off the line and just died as usual from 60m to the line. I was pretty furious as I ran a 12.52 off one easy session a week for 3 months two years ago, and I thought that was bad at the time! Next run I ran all the way hard and had a bit of a tail. But I still only ran a measly 12.72. WTF. It’s like I hadn’t been training at all! Incredibly frustrating.

The pro (handicapped) runs haven’t been much better, not running near my best times obviously. It also seems like because they know I’ve run faster, the chance of me getting any handicap boost is miniscule. So that’s another waste of time really.  Finally in the last month or so I’ve been given a reprieve and am doing wimp weights and lightening the load a bit with track work. My latest 100m was 12.58sec with +1.4m/s, so there has been very slight improvement, but given last year I ran 12.01 at the same race with a cold, I’ve gone backwards majorly.

In hindsight I definitely hit an overtraining phase. I was running well in June/July but then the wheels fell off. Was doing every session consistently but it just became too much to recover from. I remember being fairly tired each training and demotivated, especially when the shit results started pouring in. I haven’t agreed with how the coach has been training everyone this season at all. Too much time committed to long runs and fitness circuits at the expense of speed and strength. Part of it was we got into the gym a month later and the season started earlier. So I just got weaker and have fallen into a ditch speed-wise. I should have just done my own gym from the start. I had planned to do it but because I’m incredibly stubborn and won’t quit things I decided to just do the training as written until the end of the season before making any decisions.

Injury-wise…I really haven’t had anything major. I had a bit of patellofemoral pain in my R knee for s bit which affected my SL bounds. My L Achilles also has been sore, but only for about 5 mins during warmups. It’s probably low-grade Achilles tendinopathy but again, nothing that has stopped me. We never do any calf strengthening, which probably has something to do with it.

Anyway I hope this isn’t an incredibly depressing post but that’s how it’s been. Just feel like a complete hack…very demoralising given that I felt I could (and should have) run well this season. The coach has been open to change but I also feel he doesn’t really care that much – he’s getting older and his heart isn’t always in it. He hasn’t been charging me which is nice, but I don’t care about getting free training if it’s not worth the time/effort. It’s just caused me a ton of anxiety that I really don’t need!

I think from here I’ll do my own gym, start building my squat and bench back up and just run the track sessions…maybe. Nothing much to run for the rest of the season, won’t be entering state champs. I’d still like to do another season despite all of that but on my own terms, definitely will do my own off-season. I’ve learnt enough and definitely have become more knowledgeable, if not any better of an athlete. Plus now Toddday is posting again I might be able to get some input on my training plans  :D

That sucks man. If it's any consolation you're faster than me atm, and I have one friend (10.94 100 & 21.69 200) who hasn't improved since he was 17- he's now 22 and he's been training with a coach similar to yours the whole time.

You definitely need to ditch that coach. 3.2km runs on Sundays and 2.4km runs on Wednesdays??? As for the speed endurance I"m not surprised that people would drop off by the 2nd set. Speed endurance is usually 90-95% so if you're exerting that kind of effort you really need to have about 15-20 minutes rest at least- 6-8 minutes is just ridiculous.

The Tuesday session sounds decent, as does the speed endurance; however, like I said you'd definitely want to incorporate more rest if it's true speed endurance. Same as the sled drags once again it just seems like a complete overkill on volume. Than to top it off he has you guys running a 400m to finish off the session :o

How did the rest of the squad go? Juniors might be able to handle that sort of volume and make improvements- but that wouldn't be due to good coaching it would be due to going through puberty. The reason you didn't get injured was probably because your body knew it couldn't handle the volume so instead of ceasing the volume it lowered the intensity as a natural defence mechanism. Hence, your times deteriorating and lack of power.

It seems clear where all the mistakes were this season. Sometimes less is more, which sounds completely counter intuitive (it's probably different if you're juiced to the grills or have built up the volume over many years though) but it all depends on what your body responds to. The high volume approach doesn't work for you, and I don't think it would work for most people either. Anyway I wouldn't dwell on it bro it's just an unfortunate learning experience.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: seifullaah73 on January 28, 2016, 06:29:41 am
I had the same problem with my coach when I was uni.

It was only long distance runs. Very rarely would they do power or strength training I only saw 60m runs, flying 40m but besides that it was 120m, 200m, 300m, 400m, 500m.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: T0ddday on January 28, 2016, 10:10:25 am
Acole - glad to see you back.  Thanks for the mention - what are you current goals and are you not gonna run with a team anymore?  Also, what are those handicapped runs?  I know there is one on grass thats like 120yds that Josh Ross won a few times where they handicap each person differently - pretty cool that they have them in Australia - is this a common thing?

I had the same problem with my coach when I was uni.

It was only long distance runs. Very rarely would they do power or strength training I only saw 60m runs, flying 40m but besides that it was 120m, 200m, 300m, 400m, 500m.

Lol....  Those are not very long distance runs!  So you saw 40m, 60m, 120m, 200m, 300m, 400m, 500m...  That's about every sprint distance right there...  You can't blame a coach for giving you a variety of runs to find out your ability.  Track is a TEAM sport.

Remember - it's not so much that longer runs are bad than it is that NOT doing shorter runs is bad.   The idea that your such a finely tuned engine that a single 800m time trial is going to make you lose all your power is a compete myth (especially if your not running sub 11).   It's not the 800m that's the problem - it's the idea of replacing speed work with 800m - as an adjunct it's fine.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on January 30, 2016, 07:11:57 am
your journal,

(http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view1/3113422/jim-carey-its-alive-o.gif)

welcome back, sorry to hear you had what sounds like kind of a lost season.

Thanks mate! I have been following your training lately and it looks like you're hitting new heights, keep it up.  :lololol:

That sucks man. If it's any consolation you're faster than me atm, and I have one friend (10.94 100 & 21.69 200) who hasn't improved since he was 17- he's now 22 and he's been training with a coach similar to yours the whole time.

You definitely need to ditch that coach. 3.2km runs on Sundays and 2.4km runs on Wednesdays??? As for the speed endurance I"m not surprised that people would drop off by the 2nd set. Speed endurance is usually 90-95% so if you're exerting that kind of effort you really need to have about 15-20 minutes rest at least- 6-8 minutes is just ridiculous.

The Tuesday session sounds decent, as does the speed endurance; however, like I said you'd definitely want to incorporate more rest if it's true speed endurance. Same as the sled drags once again it just seems like a complete overkill on volume. Than to top it off he has you guys running a 400m to finish off the session :o

How did the rest of the squad go? Juniors might be able to handle that sort of volume and make improvements- but that wouldn't be due to good coaching it would be due to going through puberty. The reason you didn't get injured was probably because your body knew it couldn't handle the volume so instead of ceasing the volume it lowered the intensity as a natural defence mechanism. Hence, your times deteriorating and lack of power.

It seems clear where all the mistakes were this season. Sometimes less is more, which sounds completely counter intuitive (it's probably different if you're juiced to the grills or have built up the volume over many years though) but it all depends on what your body responds to. The high volume approach doesn't work for you, and I don't think it would work for most people either. Anyway I wouldn't dwell on it bro it's just an unfortunate learning experience.

Thanks mate, the squat has dropped in numbers over the last year so it's hard to make many conclusions but one thing I've noticed is that the girls tend to do better, and historically females have been more successful with this coach. Weird, but again small sample size. There's only been a couple of other guys training and they are flaky at best.

I feel that I generally have escaped acute injuries because I have stayed on top of doing soft tissue work/voodoo banding/stretching every night and eat and sleep fine. Knock on wood as today my insertional achilles tendon is flaring up. But I haven't actually been 'hurt' since I did my foot nearly 2 years ago, maybe what you described is at play, hard to say.

Acole - glad to see you back.  Thanks for the mention - what are you current goals and are you not gonna run with a team anymore?  Also, what are those handicapped runs?  I know there is one on grass thats like 120yds that Josh Ross won a few times where they handicap each person differently - pretty cool that they have them in Australia - is this a common thing?

Thanks mate, really cool to see you back dropping knowledge bombs everywhere again. Goals-wise I don't know. Since that last post I've joined the gym down the road and have just gone back to doing a few 'easy' sessions based on what I used to do. I still like the social aspect of being in a running squad, and I'll still compete in both the amateur and pro seasons again next year. But I'm definitely gonna do the off-season a little differently because physically and work-wise it's just hard to train 3-4 days during the week at 5PM over the meaty part of the year (March-Oct) and then lose half the weekend training as well. Especially if it's for a negative result.

Part of me just wants to drop running and just go back to the good old days: squat, do athletic exercises and try to dunk from SVJ at the gym court. That'd be pretty fun. I might do that from April to say August, then start getting ready to run from August-ish to November. Not really sure. Even though obviously big weight room numbers aren't the sole indicator of short sprint (60m-100m) times, I feel that for me with my shorter legs/body ratio, being strong in the squat/power clean is much more important for me than your average sprinter. It's just a shame the gym work this year has been mediocre. I think I just need to  get the (explosive) strength levels back up again. I like this exchange from Rocky VI:

To beat this guy, you need speed.
You don't have it.
And your knees can't take the
pounding, so hard running is out.
And you got arthritis in your neck.
And you've got calcium deposits...
...on most of your joints,
so sparring is out.
I had that problem.
So what we'll be calling on is good
old-fashioned blunt-force trauma.
Horsepower. Heavy-duty,
cast-iron, pile-driving punches...
...that will have to hurt so much
they'll rattle his ancestors.
Every time you hit him with a shot...
...it's gotta feel like he tried kissing
the express train.
Yeah! Let's start building
some hurting bombs.

A bit out of context but I like the idea behind it. I'm not arthritic yet but I don't know how much more 'fit' I need to be as a short sprinter than what I achieved before the season and am still 90-95% of right now. I can complete any speed endurance session without giving up and run laps on laps. I will do it until I drop if that's the program and it works, but you have to be smart enough to adapt in the face of bad results. I just think sprinting in a straight line is fairly simple...the person with the best power/weight ratio with sufficient technique and body levers will win 99% of the time.

Still thinking about it though. There's a myotherapist/athletic trainer who used to train with us and is a boss (6'6'', 100kgs, sub-22 200m) and he has some really good ideas and approaches, and is big on developing explosive strength. Might train a bit more with him maybe. Given I will never be a 200m+ guy and am solely focusing on short sprints and power (i.e. vertical jump, broad jump, horizontal jumps), in terms of emphasis I think it should be something like [speed>strength>anaerobic endurance>>aerobic endurance]. Interested to hear yours and Mutumbo's thoughts being the other two sprint guys on the forum! And anyone else's of course. I can give more details if needed.

Yeah, handicap running has a big history here in Victoria (my state). The race you're talking about is the Stawell Gift, the major event of this otherwise nondescript town called Stawell in rural Vic. The main race is 120m actually, and Josh Ross won it off a ridiculous 7m mark the first time and then off scratch (0m) mark a couple of years later. But there are heaps of other races before that and also in other states, and there are some big guns who race. Here's the site:

www.val.org.au (http://www.val.org.au)

Theoretically 'everyone has a chance of winning' but it's kind of BS, the coach has told me some ridiculous stories about how corrupt it's been in terms of certain athletes from certain clubs/stables getting generous marks, shady stuff. But it is fun and it's miles better than the woeful amateur comp we have here.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: T0ddday on January 30, 2016, 02:49:33 pm

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I just think sprinting in a straight line is fairly simple...the person with the best power/weight ratio with sufficient technique and body levers will win 99% of the time.

This is very far from the truth at the level your running.  I dont know what the standards are in Australia but if your on the pro circuit and people are running near 10.0 it has very little to do with power/weight ratios. 

That statement is very true for slower athletes, power to weight ratio is the main reason why one guy runs 13.0 and the other 12.0.  But it has essentially zero to do with why one guy runs 10.5 and the other 10.0.  Theres a litany of research proving this and my anecdotal experience backs it up. 

Additionally the straight line run actually makes your statement more false!  Power to weight ratios are going to be more important* in the 200m and 400m then the 100m!

*still not of primary importance at high levels, but if you wanted a race where power/weight is least important it would probably be the 150m straight...
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on January 31, 2016, 06:09:06 pm

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I just think sprinting in a straight line is fairly simple...the person with the best power/weight ratio with sufficient technique and body levers will win 99% of the time.

This is very far from the truth at the level your running.  I dont know what the standards are in Australia but if your on the pro circuit and people are running near 10.0 it has very little to do with power/weight ratios. 

That statement is very true for slower athletes, power to weight ratio is the main reason why one guy runs 13.0 and the other 12.0.  But it has essentially zero to do with why one guy runs 10.5 and the other 10.0.  Theres a litany of research proving this and my anecdotal experience backs it up. 

Additionally the straight line run actually makes your statement more false!  Power to weight ratios are going to be more important* in the 200m and 400m then the 100m!

*still not of primary importance at high levels, but if you wanted a race where power/weight is least important it would probably be the 150m straight...

Well I mean, yeah, that's exactly where I am unfortunately. I know that at the higher end it becomes a different game altogether. And I didn't say that power/weight becomes less important in the longer sprints. In fact, it becomes more important as you say. I was just talking about it in my context, apologies for the generalisation.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on February 01, 2016, 10:25:03 pm
Anyway........after a couple of easy weeks just doing my own thing (which hasn't been much), I ran a handicapped 100m on the weekend. I was off 7.5m (92.5m) and ran a wind-adjusted 11.22sec. Might equate to about a ~12.1-12.2sec. Finally might be freshening up a bit.

I may run a couple more times this season, but I also think I probably should get some nagging issues under control. I might have a bit of bursitis around my achilles which flares up when I do a warmup lap. The achilles itself doesn't feel bad...there's just a sharp pain right around the tendon/calcaneal bone that feels similar to the type of pain I'd get with my foot (same foot) last year when I stood up after sitting for awhile. I think it's manageable like the foot was, but at the same time if I'm not running for anything I probably should just rest it.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on February 08, 2016, 11:28:14 pm
I went to run on the Tuesday after the latest race, but my achilles and L knee issue (which I've described in the past, basically feels like a weird pulling sensation around the medial patellar tendon) were still 'there'. So I stopped running and booked in to see a doctor to get some scans. I really just wanted to rule out it being a medial meniscus tear, which is probably my worst nightmare given that I may have hurt my meniscus about 4 years ago and stupidly didn't get it scanned. I got into a free staff doctor for my university (even though technically I'm not staff) and it meant I could get an MRI done within a couple of days for free!  :almostascoolasnyancat:

Anyway it came back like this:

(http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l601/acole14/20160209_145308.jpeg)

It was a big relief to see no structural damage. Glad I've kept my knee in (relatively) good shape. There are two issues that it could be:

1) Ganglion cyst - at some point in my life I have developed a medium-ish (3.5cm) cyst around the back of my PCL near the tibia. It may be causing the weird sensation but it's not harmful and it will probably drain itself over time.

2) Grade 2 chondromalacia - this is much more manageable than a cartilage defect in the medial meniscus as it regenerates better. It should recover if I refrain from running for a bit. But it's weird as the location doesn't really match the sensation I've been feeling. Grade two is not so severe, but it's notable.

So I don't think I need to stop lifting or cross-training on a rower and I can at least go to the gym and stop worrying about it as much. Gonna see a myotherapist in my group and get his opinion on how I can sort it out.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on February 23, 2016, 06:53:13 am
So yeah since then I took three weeks off sprinting and just hit the gym doing my own stuff 1-2x a week. Also been doing yoga for fun. It's actually not too dissimilar to what I do every night.

Sessions have been like:

*Row warmup - row a kilometre in under 5 mins (best is 4m15s)

*Activation (shoulders, glutes, back, core), hip flexor stretch

*Squats: just messing around for the first week (5x5@80kgs), most recently did 130kg x 3, so my strength isn't too bad.

*Bench: again just messing around, 5x5@50kgs as fast as possible.

*Core: all sorts of things

*Rehab: SL squats, TKEs, lateral lunges with med ball, slow eccentric SL calf raises

Have not done many explosive jumps yet. I had a good session with a myo and got rid of some gunk around my tib anterior and hips/IT band. My knee has definitely improved and achilles also. It's still there when I warm up but not as bad.

I ran in a professional comp this past weekend and overall went well. My speed hasn't dropped so much, it's always hard to gauge improvements in the pro runs as the surface is always different, but I certainly haven't lost anything major. Decided I will run at Stawell in the 70m and 100m. So I have about a month to get my strength back and get the max speed up as much as realistically possible.

I ran tonight in spikes up to ~98%, 4x120m buildups and overall it went well. Knee still feels a little unstable, especially decelerating but it's not hurting.

The focus over the next three weeks before having a rest week before the comp will be: building up to max speed work and getting power/strength up again. If I could hit a 150kg single and run a 120m in about ~13.5 seconds that'd be sweet.

Mon: nothing

Tues: block work hopefully (60m)

Wed: gym, just easy volume strength and rehab/core stuff

Thurs: 5/4/3 120m runs (weekly progression)

Fri
: yoga

Sat or Sun: gym again, SVJs, DSVJs and explosive squats, power cleans, KB swings etc.

I think I'll have to punt major speed endurance and fitness work at this stage. 120m will be pretty good for my needs right now I hope.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on March 11, 2016, 07:36:07 am
Training this week (Week 1/3 before Stawell):

Mon: -

Tues: full warmup then 4x60m out of blocks (these felt good, first time running ~100%) for awhile

Wed: gym (3x6 RDLs@90kgs/3x10-12 hip thrusts@90kgs, 3x10 KB swings@18kgs, rehab and core stuff)

Thurs: 3x120m@97%

Fri: yoga

Sat/Sun: will do some jumps then heavy squats 5/3/2/1

Been running pretty well given the short-term rust. My knee isn't bothering me now, finally healed I think. My L achilles on the other hand, is definitely flaring up after sprints. It's very similar to how my foot was. I never stopped running on it as it never got bad enough to stop, but just took ages to heal. Eventually it did though. I hope that the achilles will follow a similar course, especially since I won't run for awhile after Easter. I'm not worried about my shoes or getting orthotics or any of that crap, I went through all that with my foot but it's all useless. Strengthening and mobility is the key to all these things. I've really cooled on icing (pun intended), I really just don't feel much from regular icing anymore.

One thing I did pick up though was the glyceryl trinitrate patches that Toddday has mentioned. The only trouble is that most of the studies using glyceryl trinitrate for achilles tendinopathy used a 25mg patch that they cut into quarters. Unfortunately I got some that you can't cut because the liquid will drain out of them! So I just stuck a full one on before going to bed. Woke up a few hours later with a headache on par with the worst one I've ever had a few years ago when my head exploded after squats. So I haven't tried them since...I feel sorry for angina patients who have to take them and just suffer through the headaches, I couldn't be bothered with it. Wouldn't recommend at 25mg/patch.

I added in some hip-dominant work with moderate weight on Wednesdays the day before running my longer sprints. I really feel it the next day in terms of hip drive power. Really wish I'd been doing more of that!
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on March 13, 2016, 12:10:57 am
Will try and log a bit more consistently!

Week 1 of 3: Gym#2

Row warmup - 500m in 2:30

Stretching, activation, unweighted BSSs, pullups, light KB swings etc.

3 x squat hold jumps

3x SVJs

Squat: warmup, 100kgx5, 120x5, 130x3, 140x1, 100x5 // in-between: hanging leg raises x 10
--> the 140 was a bit shaky. It felt really slow during but the video looks OK. It's probably pretty much where I'm at atm  :uhhhfacepalm:

2x[side squats@10kgs, 8/side;hamstring cable pulldown@16kgs, 10/side]

Bench: warmup, 1x5@50kgs, 3x5@80kgs

A whole bunch of ab stuff [woodchoppers w/cable, med ball twists etc.] and calf raises/toe raises

BW: 77kgs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxGuEXG204Q

Can't really tell how high my SVJ is as the rings were up. I'm not getting much more from the eccentric than a squat hold jump so that's something to work on.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on March 15, 2016, 10:32:22 pm
Week 2 of 3: Track#1

Full track warmup (400m jog, dynamic stretching, activation)

5x60m from blocks with gun, 6-8 between

Cool down

BW: 77.5kgs

Pretty good session, achilles again just hurting during the initial jog but then gone. Actually feels good today.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on March 17, 2016, 07:36:01 am
Week 2 of 3: Gym#1

Got the hell beaten out of me at myotherapist earlier, so kept it lighter. It was a good session, I don't think I'll bore anyone with injury stuff any more though.

Row warmup - 500m in 2:30

Stretching, activation, unweighted BSSs, pullups, light KB swings etc.

RDLs: 3x6@60kgs // Hip thrusts: 3x10@60kgs

Bench: 1x5@50kgs, 2x10@70kgs, 1x5@70kgs (fast concentric)

All the usual rehab stuff

BW: 77kgs

__________________________

Week 2 of 3: Track#2


Full track warmup (400m jog, dynamic stretching, drills, activation)

3x120m @98%

Cool-down weights/exercises

These felt really good tonight. Achilles was definitely better so I pushed it a bit harder. I think I'm as fast as I can be right now.

My handicaps for Stawell are bizarre. In the 70m I got a lift to 7m (running 63m). In the 100m I got.....6m.  :pokerface: . Whatever, I can approximate a time from it at least.


Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on March 20, 2016, 01:23:19 am
Week 2 of 3: Gym#2

Row warmup (500m in 2:20)

Stretching, activation, unweighted BSSs, pullups, light KB swings etc.

Squat hold jump x 3 (~30'')

SVJx5 (best ~31.5'')

Squat: warmup, 120x5, 130x3, 140x2 (parallel)
-->I had to wait about 10-15mins for the squat rack after jumps for some guy to do 3 sets at 40kgs  :uhcomeon: I probably did a few too many jumps anyway, so the 140kg felt heavy. I just did two parallel/half depth ones instead of risking a full.

1 set, 8-10 reps of: banded hip thrusts w/20kgs, hanging leg raises, woodchoppers, side squats w/10kgs, banded shoulder stuff

1 set, 20-30 reps of: med ball twists, window washers, some more core stuff that I can't remember

BW: 77kgs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTQUh91qLWU

I had rings down this time so was able to roughly measure. My reach in my super-flat running shoes is pretty low compared to bball shoes (around 227cm), I couldn't have been getting more than 1-2cm over the ring, so 306.8-227=79.8-->~31-31.5'' approx. Not great but I haven't really been doing these at all in the last few months so not a bad place to start back.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on March 22, 2016, 08:50:03 pm
Week 3 of 3: Track#1

Full track warmup (400m jog, dynamic stretching, drills, activation)

6 broad jumps: best 2.90m

Starts with blocks/gun: 1x35m, 1x50m 1x65m, 1x80m @ 98%

Cool-down weights/exercises

BW: 77kgs

Pretty good.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on April 01, 2016, 04:54:32 am
Unsurprisingly I didn't run very well at Stawell. I had no chance anyway but I still under-performed time-wise. Nothing really went wrong with prep or warmup, I just wasn't very fast.

In a bit of a slump atm and not really sure how to plan the next phase. I just am flat out not good enough to consider plowing away doing the club training so will be doing my own thing. LBSS's dunk has inspired me though. I think I will spend the off-season getting strong and trying to dunk at the gym. Because that will be fun and training has to be fun above all else. The rest of my life is difficult atm so training has to be some form of enjoyment. I think I'd like to still run next summer but it'll be a more focused on just short sprints as I have no business wasting time trying to run 100m+.

I've been trying to write something up but I'm struggling direction-wise. I'm not really sure what physical state I'm in to move forward with RVJ training. Do I bother with GPP? Volume squats? etc. Should I do Joel Smith's SLRVJ program(http://jumpcoach.blogspot.com.au/2008/12/merry-christmas.html (http://jumpcoach.blogspot.com.au/2008/12/merry-christmas.html))? SVJ only? Adapt something from this thread (http://www.adarq.org/strength-power-reactivity-speed-discussion/stole-acole14's-program-and-adapted-it-for-myself-thoughts/15/ (http://www.adarq.org/strength-power-reactivity-speed-discussion/stole-acole14's-program-and-adapted-it-for-myself-thoughts/15/))?

Firstly I just have to kick this achilles bursitis, as it'll really fuck up any SL jumping aspirations. I know once I stop running on it it'll improve, so not planning on doing a single stride for awhile.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on April 01, 2016, 12:11:12 pm
man whatever happened to steven-miller? that guy was a dick. in retrospect that program is too all-over-the-place to be good for jump training. need much more volume of jumps, much less other crap. i don't like joel's program either, again because it's too GPP. he calls it an SLRVJ program but there's no actual SLRVJ! plus if you're worried about your achilles you have no business doing lots and lots of bounds.

i dunno, maybe try to get a 500kg PL total?
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on April 01, 2016, 08:43:51 pm
man whatever happened to steven-miller? that guy was a dick. in retrospect that program is too all-over-the-place to be good for jump training. need much more volume of jumps, much less other crap. i don't like joel's program either, again because it's too GPP. he calls it an SLRVJ program but there's no actual SLRVJ! plus if you're worried about your achilles you have no business doing lots and lots of bounds.

i dunno, maybe try to get a 500kg PL total?

Funny reading those old threads isn't it? Yeah it was cool having a big German powerlifter on the forum but he was a bit too strength-biased. I probably need to focus on getting strong again but the core of the program needs to be the actual jump movement obviously. I think that holds from dunking right down to lawn bowls.

I was looking more at the workout T0ddday posted at the bottom of page 2. Looks pretty good. I did do Joel Smith's SLRVJ program ages ago and it didn't do much for me at the time but I didn't follow it to a tee from memory. It looks exactly like the type of training the jumpers at our club do, except for the fact that they also, you know, do the actual jump being trained on top of all that!

Here's T0ddday's workout he made for you awhile ago:

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*** Track Workout ***

1) Dynamic Warmup, Leg swings, Fast leg, Skips, Strides
2) 10 Measured overhead backward shot tosses (16lbs, aim to get better at these every workout, do these on a field where you can measure your throw, more than 13 yards is required, getting close to 15 yards is good, close to 17 is very very good).

- Bounding/ Jumping ( choose about 3 of them and also include the running SL vertical jump and REALLY focus on improvement) -

1) 3-6 standing broad jumps
2) 3-6 Depth broad jumps (should go a lot farther on these)
3) 2-3 4 double leg bounds, 8 DL leg bounds (again measure these, hopefully you 4 DL bound is better than 4X standing broad jump)
4) Measured Single leg bounds** (ie LLLL or RRRR)
5) Measured Standing Triple jumps**
6) Running SL vertical jump (3 step, 6 step)
 
- Running -

1) 3-4 Full effort measured 60m sprints (Hand time will suffice as long as you have a buddy who can provide somewhat repeatable times)
2) Tempo Work (If necessary for fat loss, skip if you do weights following track work)

** Either do these full intensity and try to progress OR if you don't feel like you have the hang of it (ie you go less than 10 yards, or you don't get a full cycle in each leg or can't coordinate the arm swing... Then include them as part of the warmup and drill the form until you have it)

**** Weights/Gym Workout ****

1) Warmup
2) Powerclean or Powersnatch -> work up to a challenging weight for a couple triples
3) Squat.   Work up to a challenging but not max single.  Do 2-3 sets of 3-5 with 80% of this.
4) Standing Push Press
5) Deadlifts (Optional)
6) Circuit (Here is where you can do RDLs, Calves, Pullups, etc.  This stuff is important but your mindset when you come into the gym should be in order of preference:  Squat more, Snatch\clean more, push press more/deadlift more.  Thinking about much more than this will cause you to lose focus. )
7) Standing vertical jumps/Running vertical jumps [10 each]
____________________________________

That's really all you need.  Try to do the track/bound workout 2x per week and then weights 2x week.  If you have more time then you can add another day of weights or add 1-2 more days of track tempo (ie 6-8 x 150 or 200m at 75%) if you need it for fat loss. You can arrange it however you want such as Monday: Track Workout, Tues: Weights, W: Track tempo, R: Track workout (AM), Weights (PM).  Friday rest, Sat: Weights (AM) Track Tempo (PM).
 

I could get behind that. The only thing I'm confused about is why he put SVJ/RVJ at the very end of the weights workout. I could understand it being directly after squats (I do that sometimes), but not after every other exercise...but otherwise it looks OK. Maybe take a couple of weeks just getting prepared to O-lift again, and heal up my bursitis, then do it. The only tricky bit is I don't have access to a shotput, or a weight vest at the track if I go myself. There's a vest at the gym and they have med balls that would suffice (even though the shot tosses are better because it's smaller and easier to palm). Anyway, they're minor logistical issues I could sort out. It would also double as a good off-season track training program anyway!
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on April 03, 2016, 04:16:29 pm
oh yeah that was a good routine. didn't help me jump higher, though. might it be worth getting away from the track for a while, because it's been the site of some discouragement for you? like focus on weights and SVJ for a bit, go full kingfish?

t0ddday put RVJ last for me, as well, and after trying it that way a few times i just ignored the instruction and put it after warm up and skater hops or MB OH throws. it helps to have one or two exercises to get firing but then RVJ should be done un-fatigued.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: T0ddday on April 03, 2016, 06:07:08 pm
rvj is last half for convenience, half because athletes jump higher last.  it all depends on your work capacity and muscle mass.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on April 03, 2016, 09:16:03 pm
jump higher last.

not in my case, maybe because my work capacity sucks.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on April 03, 2016, 10:23:03 pm
oh yeah that was a good routine. didn't help me jump higher, though. might it be worth getting away from the track for a while, because it's been the site of some discouragement for you? like focus on weights and SVJ for a bit, go full kingfish?

t0ddday put RVJ last for me, as well, and after trying it that way a few times i just ignored the instruction and put it after warm up and skater hops or MB OH throws. it helps to have one or two exercises to get firing but then RVJ should be done un-fatigued.

As much as going full kingfish is tempting I'll try to do it as written initially. Despite the crap season, I really like running and training at the track and it would keep me in touch as least.

rvj is last half for convenience, half because athletes jump higher last.  it all depends on your work capacity and muscle mass.

OK I'll give it a try. When's your site going up btw? Very keen to check it out.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on April 04, 2016, 02:59:01 am
Back in high school I would jump the highest after doing "warm up and gymnastics" stuff for 50 minutes. I would be extraordinarily tired yet jump like crazy (but I was light, at 67 kg).

Now I probably jump the highest after 1 or 2 aggressive games of 3 on 3 (I rarely if ever play 5 on 5, I have no place/nobody to play with). Whenever I play 5 on 5 I feel so reactive, so much blood in my legs - I bet if I would play 5 on 5 consistently I wouldn't even need too much plyo work, except for actual jumps.

But I think the heavier you are, the more the jumps need to come "first" - or else by the time you get to jumping you'll be tired, your legs will be filled with blood and you'll be "muscle-bound", not reactive.

At least this is my experience with this so far.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: T0ddday on April 05, 2016, 12:38:30 pm
Back in high school I would jump the highest after doing "warm up and gymnastics" stuff for 50 minutes. I would be extraordinarily tired yet jump like crazy (but I was light, at 67 kg).

Now I probably jump the highest after 1 or 2 aggressive games of 3 on 3 (I rarely if ever play 5 on 5, I have no place/nobody to play with). Whenever I play 5 on 5 I feel so reactive, so much blood in my legs - I bet if I would play 5 on 5 consistently I wouldn't even need too much plyo work, except for actual jumps.

But I think the heavier you are, the more the jumps need to come "first" - or else by the time you get to jumping you'll be tired, your legs will be filled with blood and you'll be "muscle-bound", not reactive.

At least this is my experience with this so far.

Well, I am heavier than you and I need just as much damn warmup...  I actually jump best after about 3 games of 5v5 or 1 full league game when I am covered in sweat.   I did do an experiment the other day and weighed before and after playing about 3-5 games and went from 218 to 207...  so maybe it's not the warmup but the massive loss in water?  I will give the sauna a try and see if I can get the weight loss without the fatigue and jump even higher...
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: T0ddday on April 05, 2016, 12:42:30 pm
oh yeah that was a good routine. didn't help me jump higher, though. might it be worth getting away from the track for a while, because it's been the site of some discouragement for you? like focus on weights and SVJ for a bit, go full kingfish?

t0ddday put RVJ last for me, as well, and after trying it that way a few times i just ignored the instruction and put it after warm up and skater hops or MB OH throws. it helps to have one or two exercises to get firing but then RVJ should be done un-fatigued.

As much as going full kingfish is tempting I'll try to do it as written initially. Despite the crap season, I really like running and training at the track and it would keep me in touch as least.

rvj is last half for convenience, half because athletes jump higher last.  it all depends on your work capacity and muscle mass.

OK I'll give it a try. When's your site going up btw? Very keen to check it out.

We have a site in testing. You can check out our instagram: 
 

Don't worry about when you do the jumps.  LBSS does them earlier because he jumps higher that way.  That's the only rule.  Do the jumps when you jump highest.   The reason I like them last and a lot of athletes jump best when very very warm and sweaty (see raptor and my posts) and a easy weight circuit and hip activation takes care of this AND I trained a lot of athletes to jump where the gym and bball court were separated - so we would do gym THEN court.  It was a pain to do gym, court, gym.   I prefer gym then court (with jumps) because I think squatting after bball conditioning is worse.   If you don't have this need for convenience you need to get a lot of volume of very high jumps however you can...

So what program are you going to be copying exactly?   And how bad are the achilles? 
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on April 05, 2016, 11:22:46 pm
oh yeah that was a good routine. didn't help me jump higher, though. might it be worth getting away from the track for a while, because it's been the site of some discouragement for you? like focus on weights and SVJ for a bit, go full kingfish?

t0ddday put RVJ last for me, as well, and after trying it that way a few times i just ignored the instruction and put it after warm up and skater hops or MB OH throws. it helps to have one or two exercises to get firing but then RVJ should be done un-fatigued.

As much as going full kingfish is tempting I'll try to do it as written initially. Despite the crap season, I really like running and training at the track and it would keep me in touch as least.

rvj is last half for convenience, half because athletes jump higher last.  it all depends on your work capacity and muscle mass.

OK I'll give it a try. When's your site going up btw? Very keen to check it out.

We have a site in testing. You can check out our instagram: 
 

Don't worry about when you do the jumps.  LBSS does them earlier because he jumps higher that way.  That's the only rule.  Do the jumps when you jump highest.   The reason I like them last and a lot of athletes jump best when very very warm and sweaty (see raptor and my posts) and a easy weight circuit and hip activation takes care of this AND I trained a lot of athletes to jump where the gym and bball court were separated - so we would do gym THEN court.  It was a pain to do gym, court, gym.   I prefer gym then court (with jumps) because I think squatting after bball conditioning is worse.   If you don't have this need for convenience you need to get a lot of volume of very high jumps however you can...

So what program are you going to be copying exactly?   And how bad are the achilles?

This one:

(http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l601/acole14/Screen%20Shot%202016-04-06%20at%2012.48.41%20pm.png)

I'll update the weights when I get a feel for where I'm at over the next few weeks. I decided to lighten the second gym session a bit weights-wise because it'll be on the weekend and I may be able to do more jumps then. But I'll see how it goes. There's a spot where I can do SVJ/DSVJ reliably though I think. I also might be able to get shed access at the track to get a shotput and tape measure. That'd be sweet.

Schedule would be [MON: rest // TUE: Track#1 // WED: Gym#1 // THURS: Track#2 // FRI: Yoga // SAT/SUN: Gym#2]

One thing that could change things a little is that some of my aths mates want to play in a bball comp at my gym, which would be pretty fun. The standard is not anything near what I used to play at, just hacks messing around mostly. If they get in it'd be on Mondays, so in that case I'd maybe attenuate the track session the next day (just shot tosses/tempo, less jumps). Would be good to get some pre-game jumps/dunk attempts in. I couldn't care less how I play though lol, just in it for the hops!

The achilles bursitis is feeling OK atm. I'm really wondering if my shoes were giving me issues over the last 6 months. I got some Nike Zoom waffle racers (cross country flats) to train in around August/September to replace my trusty Nike Free 3.0's that had holes in them. I seemed to get this issue roughly around then. The other day I played some pickup ball in some Nike Free 5.0's that I have, and the next day was expecting to wake up in pain, but weirdly it was fine. Hm, something to note. But overall, better.

P.S. Site looks awesome btw! Pretty cool to be training NBA players.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on April 06, 2016, 09:18:03 am
Back in high school I would jump the highest after doing "warm up and gymnastics" stuff for 50 minutes. I would be extraordinarily tired yet jump like crazy (but I was light, at 67 kg).

Now I probably jump the highest after 1 or 2 aggressive games of 3 on 3 (I rarely if ever play 5 on 5, I have no place/nobody to play with). Whenever I play 5 on 5 I feel so reactive, so much blood in my legs - I bet if I would play 5 on 5 consistently I wouldn't even need too much plyo work, except for actual jumps.

But I think the heavier you are, the more the jumps need to come "first" - or else by the time you get to jumping you'll be tired, your legs will be filled with blood and you'll be "muscle-bound", not reactive.

At least this is my experience with this so far.

Yep mine too, I think we have discussed this before. I wonder if it's just increased adrenaline. Either way it's hard to replicate outside of playing ball.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on April 06, 2016, 09:53:40 am
No, my bet would be on the viscosity of the joints and stuff like that. Being very plyometric and very weak, that's of paramount importance. Probably after all that warmup the body temperature reaches a point where it's optimal for "plyometric work" so to speak. from the standpoint of structural factors (viscosity, tendon properties and stuff like that).
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: T0ddday on April 06, 2016, 10:54:21 pm
oh yeah that was a good routine. didn't help me jump higher, though. might it be worth getting away from the track for a while, because it's been the site of some discouragement for you? like focus on weights and SVJ for a bit, go full kingfish?

t0ddday put RVJ last for me, as well, and after trying it that way a few times i just ignored the instruction and put it after warm up and skater hops or MB OH throws. it helps to have one or two exercises to get firing but then RVJ should be done un-fatigued.

As much as going full kingfish is tempting I'll try to do it as written initially. Despite the crap season, I really like running and training at the track and it would keep me in touch as least.

rvj is last half for convenience, half because athletes jump higher last.  it all depends on your work capacity and muscle mass.

OK I'll give it a try. When's your site going up btw? Very keen to check it out.

We have a site in testing. You can check out our instagram: 
 

Don't worry about when you do the jumps.  LBSS does them earlier because he jumps higher that way.  That's the only rule.  Do the jumps when you jump highest.   The reason I like them last and a lot of athletes jump best when very very warm and sweaty (see raptor and my posts) and a easy weight circuit and hip activation takes care of this AND I trained a lot of athletes to jump where the gym and bball court were separated - so we would do gym THEN court.  It was a pain to do gym, court, gym.   I prefer gym then court (with jumps) because I think squatting after bball conditioning is worse.   If you don't have this need for convenience you need to get a lot of volume of very high jumps however you can...

So what program are you going to be copying exactly?   And how bad are the achilles?

This one:

(http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l601/acole14/Screen%20Shot%202016-04-06%20at%2012.48.41%20pm.png)

I'll update the weights when I get a feel for where I'm at over the next few weeks. I decided to lighten the second gym session a bit weights-wise because it'll be on the weekend and I may be able to do more jumps then. But I'll see how it goes. There's a spot where I can do SVJ/DSVJ reliably though I think. I also might be able to get shed access at the track to get a shotput and tape measure. That'd be sweet.

Schedule would be [MON: rest // TUE: Track#1 // WED: Gym#1 // THURS: Track#2 // FRI: Yoga // SAT/SUN: Gym#2]

One thing that could change things a little is that some of my aths mates want to play in a bball comp at my gym, which would be pretty fun. The standard is not anything near what I used to play at, just hacks messing around mostly. If they get in it'd be on Mondays, so in that case I'd maybe attenuate the track session the next day (just shot tosses/tempo, less jumps). Would be good to get some pre-game jumps/dunk attempts in. I couldn't care less how I play though lol, just in it for the hops!

The achilles bursitis is feeling OK atm. I'm really wondering if my shoes were giving me issues over the last 6 months. I got some Nike Zoom waffle racers (cross country flats) to train in around August/September to replace my trusty Nike Free 3.0's that had holes in them. I seemed to get this issue roughly around then. The other day I played some pickup ball in some Nike Free 5.0's that I have, and the next day was expecting to wake up in pain, but weirdly it was fine. Hm, something to note. But overall, better.

P.S. Site looks awesome btw! Pretty cool to be training NBA players.

is that a Joel smith program?? he never gets volume right.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on April 06, 2016, 11:27:28 pm
That's the program you wrote for LBSS in this thread (http://www.adarq.org/strength-power-reactivity-speed-discussion/stole-acole14's-program-and-adapted-it-for-myself-thoughts/15/) that I used, I might have misread your instructions on it though in terms of reps. What would you suggest now?
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: T0ddday on April 06, 2016, 11:47:17 pm
That's the program you wrote for LBSS in this thread (http://www.adarq.org/strength-power-reactivity-speed-discussion/stole-acole14's-program-and-adapted-it-for-myself-thoughts/15/) that I used, I might have misread your instructions on it though in terms of reps. What would you suggest now?

Well in that case its excellent!  Lol.  Thats embarrassing.  Im surprised I would recommend woodchoppers, not becayae they are bad just it isnt a name I am familiar with.  Because of your track background I would recommend more bounding and sprinting.  Ill write soon.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on April 07, 2016, 09:21:27 am
That's the program you wrote for LBSS in this thread (http://www.adarq.org/strength-power-reactivity-speed-discussion/stole-acole14's-program-and-adapted-it-for-myself-thoughts/15/) that I used, I might have misread your instructions on it though in terms of reps. What would you suggest now?

Well in that case its excellent!  Lol.  Thats embarrassing.  Im surprised I would recommend woodchoppers, not becayae they are bad just it isnt a name I am familiar with.  Because of your track background I would recommend more bounding and sprinting.  Ill write soon.

Ha! It's funny when you don't remember writing stuff...happens all the time in academia as you'd know. I just put woodchoppers in because it's an easy rotational core exercise to do, which is something my myo recommended (he's also a sprinter/coach). Also do med ball twists sometimes. But that stuff is very flexible. Cool, will wait to hear what you think, I'm not in a rush to start it. Thanks mate!
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on April 07, 2016, 09:56:52 am
That's the program you wrote for LBSS in this thread (http://www.adarq.org/strength-power-reactivity-speed-discussion/stole-acole14's-program-and-adapted-it-for-myself-thoughts/15/) that I used, I might have misread your instructions on it though in terms of reps. What would you suggest now?

Well in that case its excellent!  Lol.  Thats embarrassing.  Im surprised I would recommend woodchoppers, not becayae they are bad just it isnt a name I am familiar with.  Because of your track background I would recommend more bounding and sprinting.  Ill write soon.

Ha! It's funny when you don't remember writing stuff...happens all the time in academia as you'd know. I just put woodchoppers in because it's an easy rotational core exercise to do, which is something my myo recommended (he's also a sprinter/coach). Also do med ball twists sometimes. But that stuff is very flexible. Cool, will wait to hear what you think, I'm not in a rush to start it. Thanks mate!

What do you think of twisting landmines?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTW1dKqq1Kg
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on April 08, 2016, 03:03:58 am
That's the program you wrote for LBSS in this thread (http://www.adarq.org/strength-power-reactivity-speed-discussion/stole-acole14's-program-and-adapted-it-for-myself-thoughts/15/) that I used, I might have misread your instructions on it though in terms of reps. What would you suggest now?

Well in that case its excellent!  Lol.  Thats embarrassing.  Im surprised I would recommend woodchoppers, not becayae they are bad just it isnt a name I am familiar with.  Because of your track background I would recommend more bounding and sprinting.  Ill write soon.

Ha! It's funny when you don't remember writing stuff...happens all the time in academia as you'd know. I just put woodchoppers in because it's an easy rotational core exercise to do, which is something my myo recommended (he's also a sprinter/coach). Also do med ball twists sometimes. But that stuff is very flexible. Cool, will wait to hear what you think, I'm not in a rush to start it. Thanks mate!

What do you think of twisting landmines?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTW1dKqq1Kg

I think they look pretty good! Definitely something you should do if you get back to the gym for your back.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on April 08, 2016, 03:10:26 am
I've just been going to the gym every second day and just doing a row, warming up, doing some O-lifting stuff (front squats, push press, hang cleans with 40kgs) and then rehab stuff. Today the court was free so I just shot around after my row warmup. I got pretty warm so I just tried a few SVJs and DSVJs. They were actually not so bad. Got about 33'' or so for my best DSVJ:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-duTTb0QGo

That's OK for a baseline. Looking forward to doing more vertical training soon!  :ibsquatting: + :ibrunning: =  :ibjumping:

Edit: Someone might have pointed this out already but I just realised that the little squatting gif looks just like this guy:

(http://www.allthingsgym.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Galabin-Boevski-250kg-squat.jpg)
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on April 08, 2016, 04:44:33 am
Haha, nice find.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: adarqui on April 08, 2016, 05:14:13 am
ya DamienZ made both the dunk icon and squat icon IIRC.. and that's the video it was taken from, the bulgarians squatting - ironmind training hall video.

(hope I didn't get that wrong about the gif, I know he made the dunk one though)

the running one I found online, which was surprising considering how good it is.

nice jump. that court looks like it has good lighting? love good lighting in a wood floor bball gym.

pc!
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on April 08, 2016, 06:10:11 am
He looked at the ground, though, just like me and scooby naturally do. I guess a sign of quad dominance.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: T0ddday on April 10, 2016, 04:59:40 am
That's the program you wrote for LBSS in this thread (http://www.adarq.org/strength-power-reactivity-speed-discussion/stole-acole14's-program-and-adapted-it-for-myself-thoughts/15/) that I used, I might have misread your instructions on it though in terms of reps. What would you suggest now?

Well in that case its excellent!  Lol.  Thats embarrassing.  Im surprised I would recommend woodchoppers, not becayae they are bad just it isnt a name I am familiar with.  Because of your track background I would recommend more bounding and sprinting.  Ill write soon.


Ha! It's funny when you don't remember writing stuff...happens all the time in academia as you'd know. I just put woodchoppers in because it's an easy rotational core exercise to do, which is something my myo recommended (he's also a sprinter/coach). Also do med ball twists sometimes. But that stuff is very flexible. Cool, will wait to hear what you think, I'm not in a rush to start it. Thanks mate!

Tbh I do forget the ability levels of everyone here, but I think you are a sprinter?  What would be best is if you can fill out this form and I can get back to you better given your ability:

For the one footed bounds start with front foot at take off line and back foot behind it, do not run in with speed but do not do a one footed take off either.  For sprint times take a video with any timing tool and film from 1st movement till chest past marker.  If you have FAT times you can subtract 0.2 and list those as well.  If you don't have any experience with it then try and and test yourself:

Standing Vertical Jump
Double-Leg Running Vertical Jump
Single-Leg Running Vertical Jump
Standing Broad Jump
Three Consecutive Broad Jumps
Five Single Leg Left Leg Bounds
Five Single Leg Right Leg Bounds
Five Alternating Leg Bounds
Forty Yard Dash
60 meter sprint
100 meter sprint
200 meter sprint
Flying 30 meter sprint
Full Back Squat
Parallel Back Squat
Barbell Bench Press
Standing Barbell Push Press
Barbell Deadlift
Strict Overhead Pullups till Failure
Pushups Completed in 30 seconds
Bodyweight Leg Raises till failure
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on April 10, 2016, 08:13:41 am
That's the program you wrote for LBSS in this thread (http://www.adarq.org/strength-power-reactivity-speed-discussion/stole-acole14's-program-and-adapted-it-for-myself-thoughts/15/) that I used, I might have misread your instructions on it though in terms of reps. What would you suggest now?

Well in that case its excellent!  Lol.  Thats embarrassing.  Im surprised I would recommend woodchoppers, not becayae they are bad just it isnt a name I am familiar with.  Because of your track background I would recommend more bounding and sprinting.  Ill write soon.


Ha! It's funny when you don't remember writing stuff...happens all the time in academia as you'd know. I just put woodchoppers in because it's an easy rotational core exercise to do, which is something my myo recommended (he's also a sprinter/coach). Also do med ball twists sometimes. But that stuff is very flexible. Cool, will wait to hear what you think, I'm not in a rush to start it. Thanks mate!

Tbh I do forget the ability levels of everyone here, but I think you are a sprinter?  What would be best is if you can fill out this form and I can get back to you better given your ability:

For the one footed bounds start with front foot at take off line and back foot behind it, do not run in with speed but do not do a one footed take off either.  For sprint times take a video with any timing tool and film from 1st movement till chest past marker.  If you have FAT times you can subtract 0.2 and list those as well.  If you don't have any experience with it then try and and test yourself:

Standing Vertical Jump
Double-Leg Running Vertical Jump
Single-Leg Running Vertical Jump
Standing Broad Jump
Three Consecutive Broad Jumps
Five Single Leg Left Leg Bounds
Five Single Leg Right Leg Bounds
Five Alternating Leg Bounds
Forty Yard Dash
60 meter sprint
100 meter sprint
200 meter sprint
Flying 30 meter sprint
Full Back Squat
Parallel Back Squat
Barbell Bench Press
Standing Barbell Push Press
Barbell Deadlift
Strict Overhead Pullups till Failure
Pushups Completed in 30 seconds
Bodyweight Leg Raises till failure

Yes I have been doing sprint training to help with vertical and also for the fun of getting back to my old times. Which hasn't happened yet but I will give it another crack in summer. For now I just want to get stronger and dunk finally!

Thanks a lot, I'll test everything you mentioned, some of the sprint times I have recent enough times for planning purposes:

Standing Vertical Jump --> 31.5''
Double-Leg Running Vertical Jump --> 34''
Single-Leg Running Vertical Jump --> 33'' (could maybe go 1-2'' higher, didn't want to push my L achilles too much)
Standing Broad Jump --> 2.90m
Three Consecutive Broad Jumps --> 9.05m
Five Single Leg Left Leg Bounds --> 12.15m (achilles again)
Five Single Leg Right Leg Bounds --> 12.75m
Five Alternating Leg Bounds --> 13.40m
Forty Yard Dash --> ...
60 meter sprint --> ~7.6-7.7sec (about a month ago, approximated from a 63m 8.0sec)
100 meter sprint --> ~12.1sec (about a month ago)
200 meter sprint --> ~25sec (October 2015), probably 25.5sec right now
Flying 30 meter sprint --> ~3.15
Full Back Squat --> 140kgs
Parallel Back Squat --> 160kgs
Barbell Bench Press --> 95kgs
Standing Barbell Push Press --> 60kgs x 5 (predicted 1RM ~65kgs)
Barbell Deadlift --> 120kgs x 5
Strict Overhead Pullups till Failure --> 18 (previous best: 23)
Pushups Completed in 30 seconds --> 41
Bodyweight Leg Raises till failure --> 24 (I did hanging leg raises from the chinup bar...not sure if this is what you meant).
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on April 17, 2016, 09:25:14 am
Hey T0ddday, completed all (or most of) the tests, updated the page above. Did them over about 3 gym sessions and one track. Knee was bothering me a little bit again after the gyms but mostly OK now. Achilles is pretty much fine.

Edit: I just read that you said not to do a one footed take off for the bounds...well, I did exactly that lol. That's how we used to test them, from standing. So I probably could have gone a little further (not much though).
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: adarqui on April 19, 2016, 05:45:26 am
comprehensive testing ftw ^^

those hanging leg raises are actually pretty impressive.. 24 hanging from pullup bar? to me that's pretty beast.

pc!
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on April 19, 2016, 06:02:51 am
comprehensive testing ftw ^^

those hanging leg raises are actually pretty impressive.. 24 hanging from pullup bar? to me that's pretty beast.

pc!

I'd actually already been doing them for the last month or so, sets of 10 between my squat sets. It's a bit easier than straight hanging because I can steady my body against the squat bar to stop swaying...cheating a little bit  :ninja:
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on May 03, 2016, 01:08:10 am
At the moment I'm just waiting for T0ddday to write me up something. In the meantime I've just been going to the gym 2-3x a week doing nothing much in particular and playing ball/jumping on either Sat/Sun. My jumps are pretty good once I get warm...hitting 34'' pretty consistently off one step. Haven't really tried much RVJs yet.

Had our first 'game' last night and given that it was half the team's first ever competitive match we predictably lost. I didn't play so well in some regards (mostly shooting (1-6), offense) but had some nice blocks, few assists and generally jetted around the clumsy footy players we played against. I just couldn't finish any layups because my rim radar has just evaporated - as soon as I get inside I was just flinging up rubbish. But overall it was pretty fun. Unfortunately I took a charge early in the game and landed on my left hip and it's fucking sore today! Probably can't squat later, but it'll heal up fine. I should have just stepped out of it but the old instincts took over. I used to take about a charge per game once I figured out how to fall properly.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on May 03, 2016, 08:07:18 am
Also, on shoes: I tried playing in my Nike Waffle Racer XC shoes that I was running in the last 6-9 months (http://startfootball.co.uk/nike-zoom-rival-xc-cross-country-spikes-605506-434.html (http://startfootball.co.uk/nike-zoom-rival-xc-cross-country-spikes-605506-434.html)), which I have been using for pickup games, but they're giving me blisters. Otherwise they are fine and I move and jump well in them...but I'm thinking of investing in a decent basketball/jumping shoe just for the added reach over my current shoes that lift my reach by only a few cm’s. I tried my old basketball shoes on but they feel like running in cinder blocks – can’t believe I used to wear them! I love flat shoes for pretty much everything nowadays. From browsing a bit online it seems that most bball shoes are pretty much the same massive super high-cut glorified ankle braces with shoes built around them. I like the Kobe XI because it's low cut and has good reviews but it’s too expensive. The new Hyperlive actually looks like it’s more minimalist and not so pricey:

(http://www.fuji-sports.com/shop/shop_B/nike_shoes/820284-001_2.jpg)

In my dreams I’d try this one, Vivobarefoot Motus:

(http://www.vivobarefoot.com/userdata/root/images/ss16/motus/motus%20redblack%201.jpg%7Bw=320%7D.th)
But no chance of getting it for less than $220AUD. It’s really hard to get specialist shoes here.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on May 03, 2016, 09:01:44 am
i've also been digging ultralight tennis shoes for jumping. might be good for bball, too: they're flat and wide like basketball shoes but much lighter. i have a couple pairs of lotto quarantas and may get another soon because i'm wearing the tread down on one of them.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on May 04, 2016, 10:17:23 am
i've also been digging ultralight tennis shoes for jumping. might be good for bball, too: they're flat and wide like basketball shoes but much lighter. i have a couple pairs of lotto quarantas and may get another soon because i'm wearing the tread down on one of them.

That could be good. I'm assuming they'd be fine to play ball in as well. Going to a place tomorrow and will compare the Hyperlive's with whatever tennis shoes they have. Thanks!

___________________

T0ddday came through with a beastly program for me. Should be interesting! T0ddday, I've annotated it with some questions:

Almost Daily Training: (what does this mean? Before every session? Or on off days?)

1) Slant Board Single Leg Pistol Squat to 90  2x15
2) Prone Leg Raise 2x10
3) Prone Glute Kickback 2x10
4) Slant Board Calf Drop/Raise (bent and straight leg) 2x20
5) High Box Bulgarian Modified Squat with Hip Hyperextension
6) Abdominal Lying Leg Raises 2x20 @ 10lbs / Side Plank for time 
7) Weighted Standing Vertical Jumps 2-3 x 5 (for this and all other 'weighted' exercises below: what weight for vest?)
8) Weighted Single Leg Standing Vertical 2x5
9) Weighted 1 Step Vertical Jump (both plants) 2x5
10) Walking vertical jump (both plants) 2x3

Weight Training (2x per week)

Day 1:
1) Banded Box Squat 5x5ladder (eg - if you have 100lb bands this may be 5x225,275,315,335,345)
2) Glute Thrust:  2x15 (barbell or BW?)
3) Decline Abdominal Barbell Situp
4) Push Press 3x8
5) Weighted Pullup 3x8

Day 2:
1) Cable Resisted High Knee to Lunge Step
2) Band Box Squat to heavy single,  Band box squat 10 reps for time (goal should be 10 seconds) (weight for 10 reps/10 sec? 10RM?)
3) Heavy Dumbell Decline Side to Side leg raises (I have a vague idea what this is but not sure...)
4) Deadlift: 5,3,3,1,1
5) BW Pullups/Dips to failure

Track/Field Work:

Day 1:

1) Dynamic Warmup (include straight leg bounding)
2) Medicine Ball Tosses x 15 (measured? Weight?)
3) 5 Broad Jumps
4) 3x3 consecutive double leg jumps (both frog and kangaroo)
5) 3x5 single leg bounds
6) 3x5 alternate leg bounds
7) 3x10 side to side skater jumps
8) Speed Bounds for 50 yards
9) Sprints: 5x20, 4x40, 3x60, 1x80, 1x100
REST
10) 1x300m @ 45 seconds.  30 seconds rest.  1 x 100m

Day 2:

1) Dynamic Warmup (w straight leg bounds)
2) Medicine Ball Tosses x 15
3) 3x6 consecutive double leg jumps (both frog and kangaroo)
4) 3x6 penultimate jumps
5) 2x10 single leg bounds
6) 2x10 alternate leg bounds to speed bounds (sprint)
7) Stride Pattern to 30m and sprint for 20
8) 5 x flying 30m
9) 2x60m
10) 3x2x150m (rep 1 hard curve, rep2 hard straight), 1x150m

Jump Training:

1) SVJ  3x5
2) 1 step single leg jump (3x5)
3) 1 step vertical jump (dominant plant) 3x5
4) 3-5 reps multi-jumps with rebound to target (aim for 5 no more than 10)
5) 5x Broad Jump, Broad Jump, Vertical Jump
6) 3x3 3 step Single Leg Jump
7) 3x3 3 step double leg jump
8) Increase Approach Distance to hit 10-20 maximal vertical jumps
9) 5x3 depth jumps
10) 5x3 band resisted jumps

Everything else seems pretty good. So it's 5 discrete sessions plus daily exercises, some of which I could stack into one day (i.e. weights and daily routine/jumps session). Track days could be by themselves or with gym as well, depending on timing. I'll think about how best to schedule it all, let me know if my thinking is right Mr T! I also have a basketball game now for the next 7 weeks on Mondays...so that might replace a jumps session possibly.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on May 04, 2016, 12:13:25 pm
goals?
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: T0ddday on May 04, 2016, 07:17:40 pm
i've also been digging ultralight tennis shoes for jumping. might be good for bball, too: they're flat and wide like basketball shoes but much lighter. i have a couple pairs of lotto quarantas and may get another soon because i'm wearing the tread down on one of them.

That could be good. I'm assuming they'd be fine to play ball in as well. Going to a place tomorrow and will compare the Hyperlive's with whatever tennis shoes they have. Thanks!

___________________

T0ddday came through with a beastly program for me. Should be interesting! T0ddday, I've annotated it with some questions:

Almost Daily Training: (what does this mean? Before every session? Or on off days?)


7) Weighted Standing Vertical Jumps 2-3 x 5 (for this and all other 'weighted' exercises below: what weight for vest?)

2) Glute Thrust:  2x15 (barbell or BW?)

2) Band Box Squat to heavy single,  Band box squat 10 reps for time (goal should be 10 seconds) (weight for 10 reps/10 sec? 10RM?)
3) Heavy Dumbell Decline Side to Side leg raises (I have a vague idea what this is but not sure...)


Track/Field Work:


2) Medicine Ball Tosses x 15 (measured? Weight?)


Answers:

A) The almost daily training should be done on as many off days as possible.  On a weight day you can do the ADT in the evening.  Include with it mobility work specific to you.  The almost daily training isn't hard, it's basically standard prehab - we work daily glute activation, daily dorsiflexion and calf mobility, daily patella work because the goal is to allow you to have a large jump volume without standard overuse injury.  On jump days you can include the ADT (minus the jumps) as warmups before your jumping or just complete it minus jumps in the evening.

B) Whatever weight vest you can afford and wear daily.  10-15 lbs is good.  You can load up more weights for jumps but IMO not totally necessary.

C) Barbell
D) Pick a weight + bands that allows you to have a challenging time doing 10 reps in 10 seconds.  Go to just parallel or just above to a box and come up (don't worry about completing the rep 100%).  Ideally the bands should make this weight less than half your max.  Here is a video of me doing parallel band squats for 10 reps in 9 seconds.  My 1rep max that day was 500lbs to the box.  I used 225 + black monster bands.  Since I completed 10 reps in under 10 seconds the next week I went up to 245 lbs + black monster bands.  This one will generate some lactate so watch out.  Also there is a learning curve.  If you haven't done this you will be terrible.  So, you might start out with bands + 25lbs and not get it but you will figure it out in a few sessions... You have to keep core really tight during the set or you lose rhythm.  This is my favorite lactate drill for sprinters in cold weather who don't have access to a real track.  If your a glutton for punishment you can do them for higher reps as a finisher...  I have my 400m guys do sets of 15-30 reps and taking between 20-50 seconds.  Seriously pain.  But serious endurance.

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


E) Lay on a decline bench opposite (so your hands hold the places that hold your legs).  Hang your legs off with a dumbell between feet.  Raise your legs up for a standard leg raise.  Now raise them in a V so you raise to left and your right hip comes off bench.  Back to center.  Side to side.
F) Whatever weight ball allows you to throw between 10-20 yards.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: T0ddday on May 04, 2016, 11:39:39 pm
^^^ noticed two errors.  First the second day of lifting where you do endurance speed band squats.  The heavy squats to a single should be unbanded.  So, it might look something like this assuming a max of  less than 350.

5x135,225
3x275
2x295
1x315,335

Also on your 5x5 band day you can also do unbanded squats first of your afraid your going to lose your squat... Go up to about 85%. 
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: maxent on May 05, 2016, 12:45:52 am
Before you order your vest put it up on here. There are some terrible ones and some decent ones available in Oz. I did find a 20-30kg one which uses iron weights that looked decent compared to the rest, will edit in and link it later
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on May 05, 2016, 02:33:58 am
Interesting program but where do you fit all that humongous volume???

I would need days to recover after one of those workouts alone.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Leonel on May 05, 2016, 02:44:21 am
haha yeah that volume is huge... my knees would simply disintegrate no way I would be able to handle it. and the daily pistols/slant board squats imho add to the stress put on the knee/patella tendons...
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on May 05, 2016, 09:22:00 am
goals?

Just to jump as high as possible and dunk on 10', nothing new really. I could set some measures but I really have no idea what I'm capable of at this stage. At least 37''+ RVJ I 'd hope!

Before you order your vest put it up on here. There are some terrible ones and some decent ones available in Oz. I did find a 20-30kg one which uses iron weights that looked decent compared to the rest, will edit in and link it later

Too late! I already ordered one. Thanks for the lookout though. I have used one particular vest brand extensively training with the aths club that was really good, a 5kg one with good straps that stays on for all the jumps and drills we did, and I think I could get away with it under a jumper. I checked it out and it actually wasn't that expensive:

https://www.hartsport.com.au/fitness/weighted-resistance-equipment/weight-vests/hart-weighted-vest-5kg

so I just impulse-bought it. T0ddday recommended 10-15lbs and this one is ~11lbs, with space to go up to 15lbs, so it should do the job. Should get it next week

___________________

T0ddday came through with a beastly program for me. Should be interesting! T0ddday, I've annotated it with some questions:

Almost Daily Training: (what does this mean? Before every session? Or on off days?)


7) Weighted Standing Vertical Jumps 2-3 x 5 (for this and all other 'weighted' exercises below: what weight for vest?)

2) Glute Thrust:  2x15 (barbell or BW?)

2) Band Box Squat to heavy single,  Band box squat 10 reps for time (goal should be 10 seconds) (weight for 10 reps/10 sec? 10RM?)
3) Heavy Dumbell Decline Side to Side leg raises (I have a vague idea what this is but not sure...)


Track/Field Work:


2) Medicine Ball Tosses x 15 (measured? Weight?)


Answers:

A) The almost daily training should be done on as many off days as possible.  On a weight day you can do the ADT in the evening.  Include with it mobility work specific to you.  The almost daily training isn't hard, it's basically standard prehab - we work daily glute activation, daily dorsiflexion and calf mobility, daily patella work because the goal is to allow you to have a large jump volume without standard overuse injury.  On jump days you can include the ADT (minus the jumps) as warmups before your jumping or just complete it minus jumps in the evening.

B) Whatever weight vest you can afford and wear daily.  10-15 lbs is good.  You can load up more weights for jumps but IMO not totally necessary.

C) Barbell
D) Pick a weight + bands that allows you to have a challenging time doing 10 reps in 10 seconds.  Go to just parallel or just above to a box and come up (don't worry about completing the rep 100%).  Ideally the bands should make this weight less than half your max.  Here is a video of me doing parallel band squats for 10 reps in 9 seconds.  My 1rep max that day was 500lbs to the box.  I used 225 + black monster bands.  Since I completed 10 reps in under 10 seconds the next week I went up to 245 lbs + black monster bands.  This one will generate some lactate so watch out.  Also there is a learning curve.  If you haven't done this you will be terrible.  So, you might start out with bands + 25lbs and not get it but you will figure it out in a few sessions... You have to keep core really tight during the set or you lose rhythm.  This is my favorite lactate drill for sprinters in cold weather who don't have access to a real track.  If your a glutton for punishment you can do them for higher reps as a finisher...  I have my 400m guys do sets of 15-30 reps and taking between 20-50 seconds.  Seriously pain.  But serious endurance.

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


E) Lay on a decline bench opposite (so your hands hold the places that hold your legs).  Hang your legs off with a dumbell between feet.  Raise your legs up for a standard leg raise.  Now raise them in a V so you raise to left and your right hip comes off bench.  Back to center.  Side to side.
F) Whatever weight ball allows you to throw between 10-20 yards.

A) OK, so I would do it with the gym session and on rest days (of which there'll be two). Not on track days I'm guessing.

B) I've ordered a ~11lb vest that I know should be comfortable (see above).

C) Got it.

D) OK, I think my gym has the same bands as that in the stuff drawer so that's helpful.

E) Err...I just realised my gym doesn't have a decline bench! I missed the decline aspect when I first read it. Could I do a hanging version from the chin up bar? Would be pretty similar.

F) OK, that would be about 5+kgs or so I'm guessing, will test when I get into the sheds.

______________

In terms of schedule....given I'm playing bball Mon for at least the next 7 games...I guess it would be something like:

MON - ADE minus jumps then bball

TUES - ADE then Weights #1

WED - Track #1

THURS - ADE+Weights#2

FRI - Track#2

SAT - ADE minus weighted jumps, then jumps

SUN - ADE

All that plus the hypergravity element. To be completely honest, I don't think I can do that. I probably would have to modify it to get around bball for the short-term. Maybe alternate the two track sessions weekly and have Friday just ADE or off completely? I must admit I do share Raptor's and Leonel's reasonable concerns that the overall program volume might be excessively high, especially if the daily prehab stuff also calls for at least 36 weighted jumps. I have done similar high volume work in the past two years (training 5/6 days per week) but with not as many jumps (not that it did much for me anyway)...and it was right on my limit. I'll hear what you and others think, maybe I'm being too conservative...

Also, lastly, how many consecutive weeks would you run this block before testing or progressing?
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on May 05, 2016, 09:35:24 am
here's my experience with a high-volume, high-frequency t0ddday template: do as much of it as you can, and don't sweat if you're too tired to finish a workout or if you need to cut the intensity way back one day or skip a workout. i could not do the workouts as prescribed, and i could not complete a week without skipping something. but i pushed myself to do everything with max effort and cut myself off once that dropped. and i started PR'ing like 2-3 weeks later.

that said, do not neglect the jumps. if jumping higher is the goal, nothing is more important than ME jumps. if you have to cut back, cut back on the track. and fwiw, the second-most helpful thing for me were bounds, followed by heavy paused squats, then MB throws.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on May 05, 2016, 09:44:48 am
here's my experience with a high-volume, high-frequency t0ddday template: do as much of it as you can, and don't sweat if you're too tired to finish a workout or if you need to cut the intensity way back one day or skip a workout. i could not do the workouts as prescribed, and i could not complete a week without skipping something. but i pushed myself to do everything with max effort and cut myself off once that dropped. and i started PR'ing like 2-3 weeks later.

that said, do not neglect the jumps. if jumping higher is the goal, nothing is more important than ME jumps. if you have to cut back, cut back on the track. and fwiw, the second-most helpful thing for me were bounds, followed by heavy paused squats, then MB throws.

Yeah sure, I'd definitely try to do what I can initially and take that approach over time. Knowing that you've done pretty much this program without injury is heartening, even if it wasn't 100% as written.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: vag on May 05, 2016, 11:47:24 am
+1 to what LBSS adviced , i had ( am still having ) the same experience/treatment.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: T0ddday on May 05, 2016, 01:14:13 pm
Interesting program but where do you fit all that humongous volume???
I would need days to recover after one of those workouts alone.

haha yeah that volume is huge... my knees would simply disintegrate no way I would be able to handle it. and the daily pistols/slant board squats imho add to the stress put on the knee/patella tendons...

It is interesting the feedback on volume that seems to come from this board.  I seem to be pretty far on one side of the pendulum when it comes to volume.  I think there are a couple things important to note about the way the program is structured.

1) Some exercises - eg the bw slant board pistol to just above 90, the heel/calf drops, the dorsiflexion work, and the glute activation actually INCREASES the amount of volume the athlete can handle.  I can give you a bro-sciency hand-waving explanation of why eccentric single leg slant board squats have this effect and it would be something along the lines of "knee stress is from heavy concentric load and landing shock while slant board eccentric actually lengthen the patella under moderate repeated load which remodels the patella and makes it more capable of handling landing stress".   

Tbh I don't totally understand that explanation - imo more load doesn't seem like a good thing but anecdotally it works.  If you read the literature you will see that eccentric loading is always recommended for tendinopathy rehab.  What I have seen anecdotally is that if you are suffering from jumpers knee - slow eccentric only even to the point of pain (concurrent with cessation of other stressful activity) is one of the keys to recovery.  However, for a knee-healthy athlete like acole I prescribe the eccentric and concentric as prehab, I've honestly seen multiple athletes who begin to have minor jumpers knee when they don't this as prehab - adding it back in ameliorates the problem.

2) It's rare that volume alone is the problem in most training programs for a well conditioned athlete.  Volume alone isn't as meaningful as volume * intensity.  One thing I think that is a missing element to most people who train alone or at least not part of a collegiate or semi-serious team is that they don't build up an ability to modulate intensity out of the weight room such that they can still make gains.  This really is an art and IMO one of the most important things an athlete can learn.  Even in the weight room we sometimes forget the difference between working up to a daily training max (~85-95% of a real max) and working up to an all-out grinding halting max attempt.  The first takes time to develop the work capacity but is achievable the second is asking for trouble.   

I don't mean to pick on members of the board but it seems a common refrain that doing stuff ME is the only way to go...  From entropy's standing broad jumps on hardwood where he literally falls to his knees after each attempt to gain a few cm to Raptors description of running for his life on every sprint there seems to be a lack of ability to work dynamically at modulated intensity.   I realize this is counterintuitive to some degree.  Sprinting IS sprinting.  Going and jogging 100m in 25 seconds will not help you get faster in the 100m at all.  It almost seems as if their is no such thing as submax sprinting but it is an explosive activity.  However, most of dynamic movement involves both force production and reactivity - take a little off the first part and you can still do an excellent job at training the second component.  My favorite example of this is shown in these two videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX5NhSXhtKI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erZsAP0vljI

Bolt runs a 9.9 and 10.1.  Almost equal wind-speed.  One involves straining to produce force for 100m meters while the other relies on 3-5 second initial burst and an ability to ride out momentum with excellent reactivity to coast to a 10.1.   The first is 100x harder to recover from.  The second could be done for reps in training easily.

If you can approach bounding like this you can handle a lot of volume.  When I do 1-step single leg bounds off my left-foot I can make it past 18 yards on my PR attempt.  However, if I am doing them as part of a program like the one I wrote for acole I will take a moderate intensity first step off my left foot and purposefully land on or before the 3 yard marker and I will make sure I get past 15 yards strain free.  Is this impressive?  Not especially.  It's 9 feet less than a PR attempt...  But it accomplishes one of the most important elements of bounding (the bounds are progressively longer).  Some days making it past fifteen yards is ridiculously easy... some days not so much.   One the days when it's not that easy I would probably collapse my landings if I tried to go farther; thus 15+ yards accomplished with progressive lengthening is a distance for me that sufficient to provide a training effect while also allowing me to recover between workouts...  When you train like this things eventually start to feel really easy.  At some point you almost accidentally start hitting 16 or 17 yards and at that point you can move up your training standard...

Long story short you can make a lot of gains training in a zone below ME, we think of progressive increases coming from increasing (a) load/power or (b) volume but we forget that there are subtle changes that indicate belie your gains.  You might bench press 100 kilos for 3 reps of 5.  You could try to add weight weekly and get up to (a) 110 kilos for 3x5 or you could try to add volume and reach (b) 100x3x8 after some amount of time.  Or you could just continue to do 100x3x5 and after some amount of time your body will learn to turn on fewer motor units and it will get easier (c) and you can then add weight/volume with very little struggle...  Will the gains come faster with (a) or (b) vs (c)?  Probably.  Especially if you stay at a certain weight/rep scheme for too long.  But which will be easier to recover from?  Which will allow you to become best technically at the movement (maybe not as important for bench but vital for bounding), which will allow you to include a lot of other work in your program?   IMO it's C.  This is why I think the best structure to a program is accomplished by first getting the athlete to have decent fitness/work-capacity.  Then most of the exercises are performed submax (again not easy just closer to 95% intensity than 105%) with the exception of a specific goal.  In the case of LBSS and acole that is ME running vertical jumps. 

It takes a cerebral athlete or an observant coach to figure out that the athlete is improving rather than stagnating despite non-obvious measures - when Vag was doing GPP sometimes the only improvement is "feeling it".  If you can recognize that and learn to improve across a range of movement you will become the best athlete you can be... 
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: T0ddday on May 05, 2016, 01:28:49 pm

A) OK, so I would do it with the gym session and on rest days (of which there'll be two). Not on track days I'm guessing.
B) I've ordered a ~12lb vest that I know should be comfortable (see above).
C) Got it.
D) OK, I think my gym has the same bands as that in the stuff drawer so that's helpful.
E) Err...I just realised my gym doesn't have a decline bench! I missed the decline aspect when I first read it. Could I do a hanging version from the chin up bar? Would be pretty similar.
F) OK, that would be about 5+kgs or so I'm guessing, will test when I get into the sheds.

______________

A) The ADE should be performed as much as possible.  If you can roll it into a warmup for your jumping workout that is fine.  Besides that it should be performed at night after the workout.  It isn't designed to be skipped on track days (you could skip the jumps AND/OR modulate the intensity of the strength work but the goal is to complete it.   If the reps/sets I gave look like intense training modulate it to more of an activation level for yourself.  Here is an example of how you could do that (eg understand the spirit of the workout).

1) Slant Board Single Leg Pistol Squat to 90  2x15

- why? Patella health, quad balance.  Too hard?  Perform just eccentrics focusing on keeping knee/foot heel alignment and feeling a stretch in front of quad.

2) Prone Leg Raise 2x10
3) Prone Glute Kickback 2x10

- Isolate hip extension and stretch hip flexors.  You can use band resistance or weight - or no load.  Focus on the stretch back and firing your glute and keeping your back/alignment straight. 
 
4) Slant Board Calf Drop/Raise (bent and straight leg) 2x20

- again think of this more of an achilles/calf stretch.

5) High Box Bulgarian Modified Squat with Hip Hyperextension

- This is vital.  Here the toe of your shoe is on a high box behind you.  Not the front of foot just the toe.  You dip moderately and then rise up so other foot is on tip toe and push out the hip and flex glutes.  You should feel a very very strong stretch across the hip.  Contrast how you feel after this exercise vs squats.  Doing squats allows most to feel a lightness across the knee (unracking and stepping out the lack of weight is noticed across knee) this is designed to teach you how it feels to have that same feeling across the hips.

6) Abdominal Lying Leg Raises 2x20 @ 10lbs / Side Plank for time

- Drop the weight.
 
7) Weighted Standing Vertical Jumps 2-3 x 5 (for this and all other 'weighted' exercises below: what weight for vest?)
8) Weighted Single Leg Standing Vertical 2x5
9) Weighted 1 Step Vertical Jump (both plants) 2x5
10) Walking vertical jump (both plants) 2x3

- All of these are designed to get you accustomed to loaded jumping (with vest).  These are not ME.  Make goals and hit them.  For these it might be 30'', 20'', 32'', 33''.  Maybe less.  They will get easier with time and this will accelerate the hypergravity effect.

BTW about the vest.  For jumping days the vest can be taken off for ME jumps (or left on for the first couple weeks and then taken off for ME jumps).  The only time the vest should never be work is single leg bounding.  IMO I would warm up on track with vest and remove it for duration of track work.  Keep it on for other work.







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In terms of schedule....given I'm playing bball Mon for at least the next 7 games...I guess it would be something like:

MON - ADE minus jumps then bball

TUES - ADE then Weights #1

WED - Track #1

THURS - ADE+Weights#2

FRI - Track#2

SAT - ADE minus weighted jumps, then jumps

SUN - ADE

All that plus the hypergravity element. To be completely honest, I don't think I can do that. I probably would have to modify it to get around bball for the short-term. Maybe alternate the two track sessions weekly and have Friday just ADE or off completely? I must admit I do share Raptor's and Leonel's reasonable concerns that the overall program volume might be excessively high, especially if the daily prehab stuff also calls for at least 36 weighted jumps. I have done similar high volume work in the past two years (training 5/6 days per week) but with not as many jumps (not that it did much for me anyway)...and it was right on my limit. I'll hear what you and others think, maybe I'm being too conservative...

Also, lastly, how many consecutive weeks would you run this block before testing or progressing?

I would keep this up with small modifications till you come to the states.



Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: T0ddday on May 05, 2016, 01:31:57 pm
here's my experience with a high-volume, high-frequency t0ddday template: do as much of it as you can, and don't sweat if you're too tired to finish a workout or if you need to cut the intensity way back one day or skip a workout. i could not do the workouts as prescribed, and i could not complete a week without skipping something. but i pushed myself to do everything with max effort and cut myself off once that dropped. and i started PR'ing like 2-3 weeks later.

that said, do not neglect the jumps. if jumping higher is the goal, nothing is more important than ME jumps. if you have to cut back, cut back on the track. and fwiw, the second-most helpful thing for me were bounds, followed by heavy paused squats, then MB throws.

This is pretty much gospel.  You know your body best.  Listen to it.  One too few is 100000x better than one too many...

Another thing you can do is move as much as track work to grass as possible if running on a hard surface is hard to adapt to... But for the most part I think you are pretty well conditioned athlete and will be able to do a lot more than you realize...
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on May 05, 2016, 11:20:10 pm
Interesting program but where do you fit all that humongous volume???
I would need days to recover after one of those workouts alone.

haha yeah that volume is huge... my knees would simply disintegrate no way I would be able to handle it. and the daily pistols/slant board squats imho add to the stress put on the knee/patella tendons...

It is interesting the feedback on volume that seems to come from this board.  I seem to be pretty far on one side of the pendulum when it comes to volume.  I think there are a couple things important to note about the way the program is structured.

1) Some exercises - eg the bw slant board pistol to just above 90, the heel/calf drops, the dorsiflexion work, and the glute activation actually INCREASES the amount of volume the athlete can handle.  I can give you a bro-sciency hand-waving explanation of why eccentric single leg slant board squats have this effect and it would be something along the lines of "knee stress is from heavy concentric load and landing shock while slant board eccentric actually lengthen the patella under moderate repeated load which remodels the patella and makes it more capable of handling landing stress".   

Tbh I don't totally understand that explanation - imo more load doesn't seem like a good thing but anecdotally it works.  If you read the literature you will see that eccentric loading is always recommended for tendinopathy rehab.  What I have seen anecdotally is that if you are suffering from jumpers knee - slow eccentric only even to the point of pain (concurrent with cessation of other stressful activity) is one of the keys to recovery.  However, for a knee-healthy athlete like acole I prescribe the eccentric and concentric as prehab, I've honestly seen multiple athletes who begin to have minor jumpers knee when they don't this as prehab - adding it back in ameliorates the problem.

2) It's rare that volume alone is the problem in most training programs for a well conditioned athlete.  Volume alone isn't as meaningful as volume * intensity.  One thing I think that is a missing element to most people who train alone or at least not part of a collegiate or semi-serious team is that they don't build up an ability to modulate intensity out of the weight room such that they can still make gains.  This really is an art and IMO one of the most important things an athlete can learn.  Even in the weight room we sometimes forget the difference between working up to a daily training max (~85-95% of a real max) and working up to an all-out grinding halting max attempt.  The first takes time to develop the work capacity but is achievable the second is asking for trouble.   

I don't mean to pick on members of the board but it seems a common refrain that doing stuff ME is the only way to go...  From entropy's standing broad jumps on hardwood where he literally falls to his knees after each attempt to gain a few cm to Raptors description of running for his life on every sprint there seems to be a lack of ability to work dynamically at modulated intensity.   I realize this is counterintuitive to some degree.  Sprinting IS sprinting.  Going and jogging 100m in 25 seconds will not help you get faster in the 100m at all.  It almost seems as if their is no such thing as submax sprinting but it is an explosive activity.  However, most of dynamic movement involves both force production and reactivity - take a little off the first part and you can still do an excellent job at training the second component.  My favorite example of this is shown in these two videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX5NhSXhtKI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erZsAP0vljI

Bolt runs a 9.9 and 10.1.  Almost equal wind-speed.  One involves straining to produce force for 100m meters while the other relies on 3-5 second initial burst and an ability to ride out momentum with excellent reactivity to coast to a 10.1.   The first is 100x harder to recover from.  The second could be done for reps in training easily.

If you can approach bounding like this you can handle a lot of volume.  When I do 1-step single leg bounds off my left-foot I can make it past 18 yards on my PR attempt.  However, if I am doing them as part of a program like the one I wrote for acole I will take a moderate intensity first step off my left foot and purposefully land on or before the 3 yard marker and I will make sure I get past 15 yards strain free.  Is this impressive?  Not especially.  It's 9 feet less than a PR attempt...  But it accomplishes one of the most important elements of bounding (the bounds are progressively longer).  Some days making it past fifteen yards is ridiculously easy... some days not so much.   One the days when it's not that easy I would probably collapse my landings if I tried to go farther; thus 15+ yards accomplished with progressive lengthening is a distance for me that sufficient to provide a training effect while also allowing me to recover between workouts...  When you train like this things eventually start to feel really easy.  At some point you almost accidentally start hitting 16 or 17 yards and at that point you can move up your training standard...

Long story short you can make a lot of gains training in a zone below ME, we think of progressive increases coming from increasing (a) load/power or (b) volume but we forget that there are subtle changes that indicate belie your gains.  You might bench press 100 kilos for 3 reps of 5.  You could try to add weight weekly and get up to (a) 110 kilos for 3x5 or you could try to add volume and reach (b) 100x3x8 after some amount of time.  Or you could just continue to do 100x3x5 and after some amount of time your body will learn to turn on fewer motor units and it will get easier (c) and you can then add weight/volume with very little struggle...  Will the gains come faster with (a) or (b) vs (c)?  Probably.  Especially if you stay at a certain weight/rep scheme for too long.  But which will be easier to recover from?  Which will allow you to become best technically at the movement (maybe not as important for bench but vital for bounding), which will allow you to include a lot of other work in your program?   IMO it's C.  This is why I think the best structure to a program is accomplished by first getting the athlete to have decent fitness/work-capacity.  Then most of the exercises are performed submax (again not easy just closer to 95% intensity than 105%) with the exception of a specific goal.  In the case of LBSS and acole that is ME running vertical jumps. 

It takes a cerebral athlete or an observant coach to figure out that the athlete is improving rather than stagnating despite non-obvious measures - when Vag was doing GPP sometimes the only improvement is "feeling it".  If you can recognize that and learn to improve across a range of movement you will become the best athlete you can be...

Yep, I'm totally on board with all of that. Eccentric strengthening is one of the few (if only) things that seems to have good evidence with regard to fixing and preventing tendinopathies. I think I sorted out my achilles tendinopathy through rest and weighted eccentric calf drops/holds. I really like the prehab stuff in the ADE workout - I was just hesitant about weighted jumps everyday. But as you say, doing the prehab should help accommodate the volume, and also to get out of the mindset that every jump has to be as high as possible.

I must say it is nice to be able to question a program and get a considered reasonable response! My old coach was good with program design for the most part, but he was very much 'my way or the highway'. Didn't like having to explain it to his athletes, would rather they just obey and get on with it. That can be good but sometimes it cuts out important athlete feedback.


A) OK, so I would do it with the gym session and on rest days (of which there'll be two). Not on track days I'm guessing.
B) I've ordered a ~12lb vest that I know should be comfortable (see above).
C) Got it.
D) OK, I think my gym has the same bands as that in the stuff drawer so that's helpful.
E) Err...I just realised my gym doesn't have a decline bench! I missed the decline aspect when I first read it. Could I do a hanging version from the chin up bar? Would be pretty similar.
F) OK, that would be about 5+kgs or so I'm guessing, will test when I get into the sheds.

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A) The ADE should be performed as much as possible.  If you can roll it into a warmup for your jumping workout that is fine.  Besides that it should be performed at night after the workout.  It isn't designed to be skipped on track days (you could skip the jumps AND/OR modulate the intensity of the strength work but the goal is to complete it.   If the reps/sets I gave look like intense training modulate it to more of an activation level for yourself.  Here is an example of how you could do that (eg understand the spirit of the workout).

1) Slant Board Single Leg Pistol Squat to 90  2x15

- why? Patella health, quad balance.  Too hard?  Perform just eccentrics focusing on keeping knee/foot heel alignment and feeling a stretch in front of quad.

2) Prone Leg Raise 2x10
3) Prone Glute Kickback 2x10

- Isolate hip extension and stretch hip flexors.  You can use band resistance or weight - or no load.  Focus on the stretch back and firing your glute and keeping your back/alignment straight. 
 
4) Slant Board Calf Drop/Raise (bent and straight leg) 2x20

- again think of this more of an achilles/calf stretch.

5) High Box Bulgarian Modified Squat with Hip Hyperextension

- This is vital.  Here the toe of your shoe is on a high box behind you.  Not the front of foot just the toe.  You dip moderately and then rise up so other foot is on tip toe and push out the hip and flex glutes.  You should feel a very very strong stretch across the hip.  Contrast how you feel after this exercise vs squats.  Doing squats allows most to feel a lightness across the knee (unracking and stepping out the lack of weight is noticed across knee) this is designed to teach you how it feels to have that same feeling across the hips.

6) Abdominal Lying Leg Raises 2x20 @ 10lbs / Side Plank for time

- Drop the weight.
 
7) Weighted Standing Vertical Jumps 2-3 x 5 (for this and all other 'weighted' exercises below: what weight for vest?)
8) Weighted Single Leg Standing Vertical 2x5
9) Weighted 1 Step Vertical Jump (both plants) 2x5
10) Walking vertical jump (both plants) 2x3

- All of these are designed to get you accustomed to loaded jumping (with vest).  These are not ME.  Make goals and hit them.  For these it might be 30'', 20'', 32'', 33''.  Maybe less.  They will get easier with time and this will accelerate the hypergravity effect.

BTW about the vest.  For jumping days the vest can be taken off for ME jumps (or left on for the first couple weeks and then taken off for ME jumps).  The only time the vest should never be work is single leg bounding.  IMO I would warm up on track with vest and remove it for duration of track work.  Keep it on for other work.

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In terms of schedule....given I'm playing bball Mon for at least the next 7 games...I guess it would be something like:

MON - ADE minus jumps then bball

TUES - ADE then Weights #1

WED - Track #1

THURS - ADE+Weights#2

FRI - Track#2

SAT - ADE minus weighted jumps, then jumps

SUN - ADE

All that plus the hypergravity element. To be completely honest, I don't think I can do that. I probably would have to modify it to get around bball for the short-term. Maybe alternate the two track sessions weekly and have Friday just ADE or off completely? I must admit I do share Raptor's and Leonel's reasonable concerns that the overall program volume might be excessively high, especially if the daily prehab stuff also calls for at least 36 weighted jumps. I have done similar high volume work in the past two years (training 5/6 days per week) but with not as many jumps (not that it did much for me anyway)...and it was right on my limit. I'll hear what you and others think, maybe I'm being too conservative...

Also, lastly, how many consecutive weeks would you run this block before testing or progressing?

I would keep this up with small modifications till you come to the states.

OK, will do. Thanks for all that, I'll do my best as you've put in a lot of effort for me. I don't have access to a slant board but I could get my dad to whip up one - he loves that stuff. I'll just do them with heel elevation until I can get it. For the first week I will film as much as possible to get your feedback. Tbh I'm slightly regretting committing to this basketball comp....would rather just be able to do the program without the extra stress. But I need to stay in touch with a competition if I ever want to dunk in-game.... :huh:
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Looking forward to starting now. I have seven weeks before I head to the USA for conference/lab visits as part of my PhD and I'm hopefully gonna meet up with T0ddday in LA while I'm there for the first 3-4 days. That'll be awesome! BTW LBSS, I'm going through DC and although I'm really happy for your new job of course I was kind of hoping to meet up to throw you some lobs! Would have been fun.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on May 06, 2016, 12:26:55 am
Shit! Well, if my visa takes forever (entirely possible), I very well might still be here. PM me your actual dates. At the very least I can tell you some cool places to go.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on May 08, 2016, 08:13:27 am
Last few night I've just been doing the ADE minus jumps to get used to them:

1) Slant Board Single Leg Pistol Squat to 90  2x15
2) Prone Leg Raise 2x10
3) Prone Glute Kickback 2x10
4) Slant Board Calf Drop/Raise (bent and straight leg) 2x20
5) High Box Bulgarian Modified Squat with Hip Hyperextension
6) Abdominal Lying Leg Raises 2x20 @ 10lbs / Side Plank for time 

I'm familiar with them all except 5)...not sure if I'm doing it correctly. Gonna have to get that on film to see if I'm doing it right. Today I went to the gym and did the full ADE plus weighted jumps. I should have filmed everything but it was just too crowded to do it properly. I also probably need a tripod thing. I hadn't checked but luckily the weight vest at the gym is the exact one I ordered! The area I'm trialing for jumps when the court is booked (which is 90% of the time) is not bad. It's the arch of a door about 10' high, and with the weight vest I was just skimming it jumping submax. The only thing I'm a little concerned about is the floor, it's not concrete hard but it's that fake wood flooring, not much bounce. Will just see how it goes, could try landing on a mat...
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on May 11, 2016, 08:29:00 am
Lost bball again. Still very rusty, I had a nice double cross --> and-1 layup in the first few minutes but wasn't able to get any good shots after that because my teammates are a bit inexperienced playing real 5v5 basketball. It's mostly a complete mess offensively, no one knows what to do. But it's just a bit of fun and I'm going half-speed on purpose so I can't be too critical.

Bit of a false start with the program, was planning on doing the gym#1 Tuesday night but ended up being Wednesday. Anyway:

- ADE plus weighted jumps (5 SVJs, 5 DSVJs, 5 1-step RVJs) --> just doing 1 set of 5 to start out. The jumps felt pretty good I guess, just submax.

- Box squat: 5x5@90,100,110,120x2 kgs --> this was fairly challenging at 120kgs, will try and go up though

--> One important note here is that despite the fact that my gym has squat bands, it doesn't have a attachment point on the ground like I've seen when T0ddday does them. I had in my head just to double loop them around the safeties but it just didn't work. PT at the gym said they might be getting the attachments soon but...I'd be surprised given they are a council gym. We'll see but I might not be able to do banded squats in the short-term  >:( .

- Glute thrust: I had to get off the squat rack as someone was waiting and the setup for BB glute thrusts takes forever. I just did banded glute thrusts on a bench with 20kg DB...it felt pretty good actually, good glute burn. I'll hopefully try it BB next week to compare.

- Push press: 3x8@40kgs --> this is close to my limit right now.

- Hanging inverted V-path leg raise: 2x15@10kgs --> this is my improvised "Heavy Dumbell Decline Side to Side leg raises". It hurt pretty bad.

- Weighted pullups: 3x8@9kgs

BW: 77.5kgs

This was a fun session despite some issues. Logistically my gym isn't ideal for this type of training...but I think I can get 90% of it done to the same effect. FIlming when it's busy is also next to impossible, it's just too crowded and small. Gonna try track#1 tomorrow and maybe jumps Friday morning. The gym should be free during the mornings on Friday pretty consistently and I can bomb into the lab at lunch most Fridays. Then gym#2 and track #2 on the weekend, see how I feel recovery-wise. Weight vest should come tomorrow  ;D
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on May 13, 2016, 06:12:29 am
Did track session yesterday. I was told I was on the keys list but of course...it hadn't made it into 'the system' yet so I couldn't get the med ball or tape measure. I got told today thought that it's all good. It was also drizzling a bit so couldn't really film much. Used the weight vest.

400m jog

Active warmup

*vest off*

5 broad jumps

3x3 DL bounds

3x5 SL bounds (didn't do 3 sets/leg, just 2xL, 1xR for now)

3x5 LRLR bounds

3x10 skater jumps

40m speed bounds

Sprints: 5x20, 4x40, 3x60, 1x80, 1x100, 1x300m --> I didn't time this, have done 300m cruises in <45sec before but...might have been a bit slower. First time running over 120m in many months  :huh: . Didn't do the 100m because I was stuffed and also late due to stuffing around at the desk. Good session though.

Did jumps the next morning. Was feeling pretty good overall, my weird knee sensation (not hurting, just 'odd') was kind of there though. Hoping the pistols and BSSs help with that.

I filmed the two ADEs that I'm not sure on:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yV2lgh05io

I thought I was hitting 90deg on the pistols but I'm not even close! Will work on those. T0ddday, I tried two different variations of the BSS that you recommnded as I wasn't sure if you meant the top or bottom of the toe (i.e. top of shoe, or ball of foot?). It looks pretty crap atm so I think I'm doing it wrong...

I did as much of the jumps session as possible, only had 45mins of court time and it's a huge session. Wore the vest for warmups/ADEs then off for jumps. Here's the session as written and what I managed to do:

1) SVJ  3x5 --> 1x5
2) 1 step single leg jump (3x5)--> 1x3/leg
3) 1 step vertical jump (dominant plant) 3x5 --> 1x5
4) 3-5 reps multi-jumps with rebound to target (aim for 5 no more than 10 --> 1x5, I think I was doing this right but not sure. Nearly fell on my arse most reps!
5) 5x Broad Jump, Broad Jump, Vertical Jump --> 1x5
6) 3x3 3 step Single Leg Jump--> 1x5
7) 3x3 3 step double leg jump --> 1x5
8) Increase Approach Distance to hit 10-20 maximal vertical jumps--> 5 SLRVJs, 5 DLRVJs (of varying quality lol)
9) 5x3 depth jumps --> nope
10) 5x3 band resisted jumps -->nope, also I missed this in my questions, not really sure what this entails. I have a Power jumper that I could use here...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nQDnghfBB4

There's a jump in there I forgot to rotate, whoops. I just wanted to get a good sample of each to film. I was pretty cooked just doing this! Overall I'd rate anything above a DSVJ right now as very poor. I lack ability to control speed into the plant clearly but that's not so unexpected. I may be dead tomorrow with soreness....already feeling it  :huh:
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on May 14, 2016, 05:29:19 am
Feeling relatively OK today but my mid-back/spinal erectors are sore AF. I forgot how much the midback gets stuffed when you jump ME.

Gym#2:


5min rowing warmup

ADEs (didn't do jumps)

*vest off*

Box squat: 5@60kgs, 5x@100kgs, 3@120kgs, 2x@1125kgs, 1@130kgs, 1@140kgs, 10@100kgs (hard)

Hanging inverted v-path leg raises with 6kgs: 4x10

Deadlift: 5@40kgs, 3x2@80kgs, 1x2@100kgs (plenty for me right now)

BW chins: 10 // BW dips: 21

Rehab stuff

BW: 77kgs
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: T0ddday on May 14, 2016, 11:21:30 am
I really need to get better descriptions on film.  My day job is killing me right now but for the more esoteric exercises this is a must.  As far as your ade exercises your confused on. 

For the elevated split squat.  You have the front of your shoe on the box, like a bss.  I want your toe on the box.  Like put your entire foot on box flat like your going to jump off it and then jump forward so only your toe remains but you could still push off your back foot w your foot in exact same position it would be in to run (toe off).  The box your using might be a tad high for when you make this change.

Obviously this greatly decreases ROM and you won't get much depth.  That's ok.  What I'm looking for is at the top of the ROM back leg straight, pushing off tip toe. Forward leg straight hip pushing out.  This should be a very strong hip activator and stretch - far more than its a strength exercise.  How to know if your doing it right is to compare it to squats.  When we do barbell squats and track the bar we should feel "lightness" across the knees.  That is do some squats, rack bar, bend your knees, stand up tall and feel "lightness" across the joint cause of the lack of resistance.  This exercise should make you feel it across the hips.  Very rare to know what that feels like. 

One note is the bss foot position you have... Not a bad position for a multitude of stretches.  Before the squats I like tight athletes to go through a circuit of hip flexor and quad stretches with this foot position.   But I don't like the foot position during the exercise for an ade exercise.  Remember for ade stuff - if your unsure of how to do it and one way is much harder and more intense - it's probably the other. 


About the pistols... Are you doing them on a slant board?  I can't tell.  The greater the slant the harder it is to get anywhere close to parallel.  I'm not worried about your depth.... But SLOW down.  Remember this is prehab.  This is a modified version for a healthy athlete of eccentric slant pistols.  The protocol for them is 3-4 seconds down with pause at bottom and then standing up with both feet.  I allow healthy athletes to do the concentric with one leg if it doesn't cause pain but we are not trying to blast quads daily w these.  Go down slowly, take note of knee and foot tracking, be stable, don't use momentum, feel stretch at bottom, and then go up.  This is a stretch and mobility exercise first and foremost.  You have your heavy squats, band squats, bounds, lifts, etc.  where you blast the training and go all out....    What makes this amount of volume in your program possible is the variation in intensity and tempo. 
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: T0ddday on May 14, 2016, 11:44:10 am
As far as the jumps.  Nothing wrong w a walking approach but it doesn't look like your approach jumps work.  That's ok.  Cut them until they do.  So do drop step jumps.  Then do two step jumps and three step jumps.   If and only if those provide more height then move to 4/5 step jumps.  I think LBSS has mentioned this method as the "toddday" rule or method of earning your steps.  It's pretty important for movement efficiency.  The only exception I have made for athletes is testing extra steps in terms of pairs for athletes who put a lot of torque in the plant. 

What that means is an athlete might drop step 35".  (Left toe raises and right foot is swung into plant)

The I might allow athlete a two-step takeoff.  So left step, right step, take off.  Athlete might only jump 35.5" or less.  Technically that might suggest that we shouldn't add steps... However a RLR takeoff might result in 38" jump.  This is because athletes (especially track/jumper background) can be really uncomfortable starting with their right foot in front of left (or vice versa) and moving their left foot first...  So for those athletes the testable steps are basically drop-step, RLR, RLRLR, etc.  same principle applies though.***

Your not much of a one footed jumper I see!  Strange given your track background.  Again I wish I had video but I think you can make a lot of gains here by fixing your mechanics.  One drill I would like you to force your self to do is what I call the euro step take off.  Run toward hoop from top of key, force your penultimate step to land outside of key on right side and your left foot take off to be from not much farther forward but back inside the key.  I really would like to film this to explain but I find it does wonders for athletes who jump like you.

***last note.  I think for now you may want to keep weight vest on and even add additional weight for your rim jumps.  Two reasons.  Easier to learn approach mechanics for some people at slower speeds.  Also, I personally don't like your target touching achievement... This is somewhat psychological so if it doesn't bother you then you can ignore me but imo what I see is: your standing vertical allows you to touch the rim.   Your drop step... You can touch the rim.  Your 3 step can touch the rim.  Sure, you can touch more of the rim or something but imo that doesn't allow as much progress.  A vertec where you are constantly removing vanes and touching a measurably higher distance works.  Touching with two vs one hand is OK but not ideal in my mind.  Adding load so the rim is very difficult or out of reach without an approach is good too.  I have trained atheltes in aerobics rooms where the ceiling is only 10'1 and the athlete is over 6'.   We begin w standing vertical and a 20lb vest, finishing w 60-75 load and a running vertical of about 25". 

Finally... Those backboard touches.  You spend way too much time on the ground and go way too deep on rebound... Like I said before don't try to change this too much consciously but do the following... Switch to a one handed touch of hopefully a slightly higher object.  Work to get x touches in 10 seconds. 
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on May 15, 2016, 08:37:33 am
I really need to get better descriptions on film.  My day job is killing me right now but for the more esoteric exercises this is a must.  As far as your ade exercises your confused on. 

For the elevated split squat.  You have the front of your shoe on the box, like a bss.  I want your toe on the box.  Like put your entire foot on box flat like your going to jump off it and then jump forward so only your toe remains but you could still push off your back foot w your foot in exact same position it would be in to run (toe off).  The box your using might be a tad high for when you make this change.

Obviously this greatly decreases ROM and you won't get much depth.  That's ok.  What I'm looking for is at the top of the ROM back leg straight, pushing off tip toe. Forward leg straight hip pushing out.  This should be a very strong hip activator and stretch - far more than its a strength exercise.  How to know if your doing it right is to compare it to squats.  When we do barbell squats and track the bar we should feel "lightness" across the knees.  That is do some squats, rack bar, bend your knees, stand up tall and feel "lightness" across the joint cause of the lack of resistance.  This exercise should make you feel it across the hips.  Very rare to know what that feels like. 

One note is the bss foot position you have... Not a bad position for a multitude of stretches.  Before the squats I like tight athletes to go through a circuit of hip flexor and quad stretches with this foot position.   But I don't like the foot position during the exercise for an ade exercise.  Remember for ade stuff - if your unsure of how to do it and one way is much harder and more intense - it's probably the other. 

OK I think I understand better. Will try and film again next time.

About the pistols... Are you doing them on a slant board?  I can't tell.  The greater the slant the harder it is to get anywhere close to parallel.  I'm not worried about your depth.... But SLOW down.  Remember this is prehab.  This is a modified version for a healthy athlete of eccentric slant pistols.  The protocol for them is 3-4 seconds down with pause at bottom and then standing up with both feet.  I allow healthy athletes to do the concentric with one leg if it doesn't cause pain but we are not trying to blast quads daily w these.  Go down slowly, take note of knee and foot tracking, be stable, don't use momentum, feel stretch at bottom, and then go up.  This is a stretch and mobility exercise first and foremost.  You have your heavy squats, band squats, bounds, lifts, etc.  where you blast the training and go all out....    What makes this amount of volume in your program possible is the variation in intensity and tempo.

Sorry, I cut out the heel wedge I was using. I don't have a slant board yet but this allows me to get some heel elevation. Cool, got it. I filmed these again today and I think they're better:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDel8AtZ47c

As far as the jumps.  Nothing wrong w a walking approach but it doesn't look like your approach jumps work.  That's ok.  Cut them until they do.  So do drop step jumps.  Then do two step jumps and three step jumps.   If and only if those provide more height then move to 4/5 step jumps.  I think LBSS has mentioned this method as the "toddday" rule or method of earning your steps.  It's pretty important for movement efficiency.  The only exception I have made for athletes is testing extra steps in terms of pairs for athletes who put a lot of torque in the plant. 

What that means is an athlete might drop step 35".  (Left toe raises and right foot is swung into plant)

The I might allow athlete a two-step takeoff.  So left step, right step, take off.  Athlete might only jump 35.5" or less.  Technically that might suggest that we shouldn't add steps... However a RLR takeoff might result in 38" jump.  This is because athletes (especially track/jumper background) can be really uncomfortable starting with their right foot in front of left (or vice versa) and moving their left foot first...  So for those athletes the testable steps are basically drop-step, RLR, RLRLR, etc.  same principle applies though.***


Absolutely, right now my highest jump is either my SVJ or DSVJ...so I'm getting nothing out of extra steps/approaches. I just wanted to get everything on the board in terms of jump variety. Another aspect is that by the time I got to the full approach jumps I was pretty tired. I did get a few better 33-34'' RVJs when I was getting those measurements for you. But they still don't warrant extra steps so I'll commence the T0ddday method for the jumps session from now on.

Your not much of a one footed jumper I see!  Strange given your track background.  Again I wish I had video but I think you can make a lot of gains here by fixing your mechanics.  One drill I would like you to force your self to do is what I call the euro step take off.  Run toward hoop from top of key, force your penultimate step to land outside of key on right side and your left foot take off to be from not much farther forward but back inside the key.  I really would like to film this to explain but I find it does wonders for athletes who jump like you.

I know! I did used to be better in the SLRVJ (hit consistently 37'' for a time in 2012, the last time I was focused on improving RVJ). I was actually pretty embarrassed with my SLRVJ during this session. But to be fair I haven't really done that movement in awhile, even approximations on the track doing long jump work. Haven't done that in 4-5 months. So it's probably as low as it will get (I hope). I understand the euro step thing, I actually used to do that naturally a lot more (Raptor might remember telling me this ages ago): doing a long side step as a penultimate.

***last note.  I think for now you may want to keep weight vest on and even add additional weight for your rim jumps.  Two reasons.  Easier to learn approach mechanics for some people at slower speeds.  Also, I personally don't like your target touching achievement... This is somewhat psychological so if it doesn't bother you then you can ignore me but imo what I see is: your standing vertical allows you to touch the rim.   Your drop step... You can touch the rim.  Your 3 step can touch the rim.  Sure, you can touch more of the rim or something but imo that doesn't allow as much progress.  A vertec where you are constantly removing vanes and touching a measurably higher distance works.  Touching with two vs one hand is OK but not ideal in my mind.  Adding load so the rim is very difficult or out of reach without an approach is good too.  I have trained atheltes in aerobics rooms where the ceiling is only 10'1 and the athlete is over 6'.   We begin w standing vertical and a 20lb vest, finishing w 60-75 load and a running vertical of about 25". 

Finally... Those backboard touches.  You spend way too much time on the ground and go way too deep on rebound... Like I said before don't try to change this too much consciously but do the following... Switch to a one handed touch of hopefully a slightly higher object.  Work to get x touches in 10 seconds. 


OK understood. I would happily handcraft another vertec to donate to my gym if it was a feasible piece of equipment for them  :) . I'd much prefer it obviously but for now I only really have a rim/10' doorway. Not much I can do there. I'll do the jumps session with the weight vest on then, cutting the approach down for now as well. And do better on the backboard touches. Thanks for all that!

___________________

Modified Track#2:

I couldn't get to uni for the track today, just too busy but did manage this on the oval next to my gym. It's a very nice oval but I wasn't allowed to take a 4kg med ball from the gym to use unfortunately. But next time this'll be on the track with shed access. Had to guess the distances.

ADEs + 5 SVJs/DSVJs

Active warmup

3x6 DL jumps

***I forgot another thing for this session T0ddday: what are 'penultimate' jumps exactly?***

*weight vest off*

2x10 SL bounds

2x10 LRLR bounds to 20m sprint finish

1x stride to 30m then 20m sprint

2x60m

3x2x~150m on ~1min between/5min between sets, then 1x~150m cruise

Filmed a couple of things:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frPBwmGxwEo

BW: 77kgs
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on May 18, 2016, 03:08:15 am
Unfortunately my chondromalacia is flaring up again. I don't need to go and get another MRI because it feels exactly the same. It's been hovering around a bit in the last 6 weeks since aths season finished but I was staying on top of it. Played fairly easy on Monday but probably was too much to play after track the day before. Yesterday just did the ADEs, no weighted jumps. Today it's sore again.

Overall it's not the end of the world because apparently this type of cartilage wear generally can heal quite well, but I never really gave it the full 4-6 weeks rest from aggravating activity. I did this for my achilles tendinopathy (by not running extensively on it) and it cleared up fine. I should have done this for the knee as well so I was going into the new program 100%. From experience, I'm not confident at all that I can do another week of T0ddday's program without it getting worse. FUCK.

I'm really annoyed at myself for over-committing to things too easily. I shouldn't have agreed to play ball as it added extra knee stress I couldn't handle. I shouldn't have committed two years to doing the athletics training (which didn't end up doing much except give me overuse injuries) while I was committed to jumping. I could have got better results doing jump training (including sprints as secondary exercise) and competed better!

My thinking atm is to suspend the program for now and rest the knee leading up to my US trip, which is six weeks away. Just do rehab 3-4x/week at the gym to fix the knee tracking that has caused this and heat pack the shit out of it 3-4x/day. I've tried training through this before and it got me nowhere. T0ddday's program is the type of thing I need to do to make vertical gains, but I can't do this training with concerns about knee stability/wear long-term because realistically I need to train for the long-term to get ~40'' to dunk. Six weeks is not so long in the scheme of things. Hopefully it heals, then when I get back, my life is PhD student from 9-5 and jump training everything else. I will do aths/bball again when I've retired from jumping.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: adarqui on May 18, 2016, 03:45:12 am
Unfortunately my chondromalacia is flaring up again. I don't need to go and get another MRI because it feels exactly the same. It's been hovering around a bit in the last 6 weeks since aths season finished but I was staying on top of it. Played fairly easy on Monday but probably was too much to play after track the day before. Yesterday just did the ADEs, no weighted jumps. Today it's sore again.

Overall it's not the end of the world because apparently this type of cartilage wear generally can heal quite well, but I never really gave it the full 4-6 weeks rest from aggravating activity. I did this for my achilles tendinopathy (by not running extensively on it) and it cleared up fine. I should have done this for the knee as well so I was going into the new program 100%. From experience, I'm not confident at all that I can do another week of T0ddday's program without it getting worse. FUCK.

I'm really annoyed at myself for over-committing to things too easily. I shouldn't have agreed to play ball as it added extra knee stress I couldn't handle. I shouldn't have committed two years to doing the athletics training (which didn't end up doing much except give me overuse injuries) while I was committed to jumping. I could have got better results doing jump training (including sprints as secondary exercise) and competed better!

My thinking atm is to suspend the program for now and rest the knee leading up to my US trip, which is six weeks away. Just do rehab 3-4x/week at the gym to fix the knee tracking that has caused this and heat pack the shit out of it 3-4x/day. I've tried training through this before and it got me nowhere. T0ddday's program is the type of thing I need to do to make vertical gains, but I can't do this training with concerns about knee stability/wear long-term because realistically I need to train for the long-term to get ~40'' to dunk. Six weeks is not so long in the scheme of things. Hopefully it heals, then when I get back, my life is PhD student from 9-5 and jump training everything else. I will do aths/bball again when I've retired from jumping.

damn.. ;/ it's so much easier to give advice than to take it.. you know exactly what you need to do, but it's just so hard to suspend training when you're driven. (that's also the Story of my life).

IMHO you should probably listen to your gut & take some time off to heal it.. you're not going to "lose much" if you're rehabbing 3-4x/week, hitting upper/core 1-2x/wk.. and potentially (after a few weeks) hitting hamstrings/glutes via RDL's perhaps. You could bring up some weaknesses while avoiding plyo/squatting/deadlifting etc.

Once you're on your way back, just progress a bit slower.. You don't want to be worrying about your knee when doing bounds and such, becomes too much of an inhibitor. ;/

pc man!
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on May 18, 2016, 03:47:22 am
You tell me? My back is really bad for the last 6 months... I can't "afford" to miss time training, especially since that keeps me somewhat mentally stable, doing it, thinking about it, planning it etc.

Personally, maybe I should just focus on eating right instead of training. Maybe acole can focus on something similar.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on May 18, 2016, 09:39:52 pm
damn.. ;/ it's so much easier to give advice than to take it.. you know exactly what you need to do, but it's just so hard to suspend training when you're driven. (that's also the Story of my life).

IMHO you should probably listen to your gut & take some time off to heal it.. you're not going to "lose much" if you're rehabbing 3-4x/week, hitting upper/core 1-2x/wk.. and potentially (after a few weeks) hitting hamstrings/glutes via RDL's perhaps. You could bring up some weaknesses while avoiding plyo/squatting/deadlifting etc.

Once you're on your way back, just progress a bit slower.. You don't want to be worrying about your knee when doing bounds and such, becomes too much of an inhibitor. ;/

pc man!

Thanks man! I think I'm pretty much gonna do exactly what you outlined. I'm lucky that I know what the problem is at least and it should resolve itself in a few weeks. Could be worse. I'm mostly just annoyed that I suck and have regressed but can't train to fix it. And the training I want to do now has been compromised by bad decisions in the last block of training.

You tell me? My back is really bad for the last 6 months... I can't "afford" to miss time training, especially since that keeps me somewhat mentally stable, doing it, thinking about it, planning it etc.

Personally, maybe I should just focus on eating right instead of training. Maybe acole can focus on something similar.

Yeah I think I said something similar in Coges' log awhile back but I am just incredibly bored/frustrated when I don't have training to focus on.  I guess we're all like that.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Raptor on May 19, 2016, 02:50:13 am
Well, there has to be a solution. Maybe you can do strictly hip dominant work like very heavy kettlebell swings? They would pretty much target everything: power, strength (due to the constant time under tension), fitness, posterior chain activation, you name it, while also taking away focus from your knees and programming you to be more hip dominant. Sounds like the perfect idea.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on May 19, 2016, 04:42:00 am
Well, there has to be a solution. Maybe you can do strictly hip dominant work like very heavy kettlebell swings? They would pretty much target everything: power, strength (due to the constant time under tension), fitness, posterior chain activation, you name it, while also taking away focus from your knees and programming you to be more hip dominant. Sounds like the perfect idea.

Yeah for sure, I'm big on KB swings. I think I just have to avoid loading the knee heavily under flexion for a little bit so they'd fit the bill.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: T0ddday on May 19, 2016, 04:53:12 am
How we train through injuries or forced layoffs is really what separates the men from the boys.  It's also what separates the pros from the amateurs...

I have to warn you this that is 100% do as I say not what I do advice... But that doesn't make it any less valid...   Not since college did I really have the athletic team of trainers and coaches around me to be productive while injured... That environment is probably more valuable during Injury than any other time...

In a collegiate or professional environment when you are hurt you still have to show up for practice, your still there, still in the zone, getting a taste of it and itching to get back and being reminded of it.  Your still going to conditioning only now you get to focus on your weaknesses and come back better...

In every other environment I have been in my injuries are made 10x worse than they need to be... Injuries mean no training... So no reason to get up early... So no reason not to go out w friends... No reason not to go to Vegas... No reason not to eat like shit because your not in a training mindset so what's the point of eating well... So you come back with the trifecta of bad change - heavier, weaker and less mobile.... And the cycle repeats and few times and then your old and retired...

After my last catastrophic injury I promised I wouldn't be like this... Haven't really been challenged but I did an ok job dealing w my jumpers knee and training myself through it...

Really if you can master this you have the key to longevity in sport... What every great masters athlete has is a commitment to sport away from sport... Gotta take 3 months off of training cause your wife had a kid and you literally have no time... Ok but then during those 3 months eat less than you do in training because tdee is lowered... 99% of us will eat more in that situation...

It's hard as hell but you can do it... I don't know the nature of your injury and I'm not an orthopedist but for most cartilage injury you can train through it with the following modifications:

1) first thing that is out is all track on track surfaces - however hill running can be resumed soon.
2) high intensity bounding is out but you might be able to do stuff legged ankling. 
3) jumping is out for a bit but if you buy a crash mat you can quickly return to vertical jumping.

Almost the rest of your training can continue.  The AED stuff can become truly ED.  You can master mobility and strength.  You can turn this into a blessing if you want. It won't be as fun but it's totally possible.  Can't say I will blame u if you don't but you can decide how u want to let this effect you.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on May 19, 2016, 09:47:38 am
How we train through injuries or forced layoffs is really what separates the men from the boys.  It's also what separates the pros from the amateurs...

I have to warn you this that is 100% do as I say not what I do advice... But that doesn't make it any less valid...   Not since college did I really have the athletic team of trainers and coaches around me to be productive while injured... That environment is probably more valuable during Injury than any other time...

In a collegiate or professional environment when you are hurt you still have to show up for practice, your still there, still in the zone, getting a taste of it and itching to get back and being reminded of it.  Your still going to conditioning only now you get to focus on your weaknesses and come back better...

In every other environment I have been in my injuries are made 10x worse than they need to be... Injuries mean no training... So no reason to get up early... So no reason not to go out w friends... No reason not to go to Vegas... No reason not to eat like shit because your not in a training mindset so what's the point of eating well... So you come back with the trifecta of bad change - heavier, weaker and less mobile.... And the cycle repeats and few times and then your old and retired...

After my last catastrophic injury I promised I wouldn't be like this... Haven't really been challenged but I did an ok job dealing w my jumpers knee and training myself through it...

Really if you can master this you have the key to longevity in sport... What every great masters athlete has is a commitment to sport away from sport... Gotta take 3 months off of training cause your wife had a kid and you literally have no time... Ok but then during those 3 months eat less than you do in training because tdee is lowered... 99% of us will eat more in that situation...

It's hard as hell but you can do it... I don't know the nature of your injury and I'm not an orthopedist but for most cartilage injury you can train through it with the following modifications:

1) first thing that is out is all track on track surfaces - however hill running can be resumed soon.
2) high intensity bounding is out but you might be able to do stuff legged ankling. 
3) jumping is out for a bit but if you buy a crash mat you can quickly return to vertical jumping.

Almost the rest of your training can continue.  The AED stuff can become truly ED.  You can master mobility and strength.  You can turn this into a blessing if you want. It won't be as fun but it's totally possible.  Can't say I will blame u if you don't but you can decide how u want to let this effect you.

Thanks mate I appreciate the insights. One thing I have to make crystal clear though is that I REALLY really do understand what it's like to train through shit. I think like most people who have trained for years consistently I have probably forgotten more niggles and annoying shit than I remember. Especially the last two years, ramping up training to 5-6 days a week, it was impossible to not pick up little things, but you can't stop for any one issue. Off the top of my head:

-shin splints when I first started--these got really bad, almost stopped me
-piriformis pain when doing overspeed harness sprints - excruciating to touch my toes afterwards
-L anterior delt pain from too much bench - fucking hurt to sleep on
-plantar fascia strain/tear - had to stop for a few weeks but was back on it for start of the first winter season - probably took a year to clear up
-stuffed R big toe joint from DL bounds - just taped it up
-tib-fib joint - this is an absolute bitch and flared up periodically (mostly when reintroducing acceleration in spikes)

Excluding the plantar fascia strain (which just stopped me doing two 200s at the end of season, suffered through it for shotput, hammer etc), for all the other stuff I might have missed one session that I can remember. Even in the end of last season, I was intermittently suffering from the mystery knee pain (revealed to be chondromalacia) and achilles tendinopathy for 3-4 months before they really compounded and started to impede my performance. I got a reputation as a bit of an iron-man because almost everyone went down before the end of the season and I was the last one on the track doing speed endurance, and mostly it was manageable. But I ran through a lot of shit! I never take a night off from SMR/self-massage/compression. No joke. I was doing it drunk when I got home from NYE. I'm honestly like that whether I'm in a group or by myself.

I guess I'm just trying to emphasise how much I want to be the best athlete I can be before the window closes. I don't need any extra motivation from being in a group. I can train solo just as well. I've been able to manage doing a PhD at the same time and having a partner and it hasn't been impossible to manage the time to do it. Even when I have a kid in a couple of years (probably) and I'm getting intermittent sleep, I'll work it out.

The only thing that worries me about knees is that if I really fuck up either knee, I'm done. I have no leeway at all with this shit. I know you can get other things that could stop you but IMO the most likely is some sort of cartilage or ligament tear and that would make it bloody hard for me. That's why I'm just thinking a little more cautiously, especially since this is a recurring thing.

I am itching already to start again sans basketball (hopefully can get a sub for the last 4-5 games before I leave anyway so nbd). Going to a myo tomorrow who is excellent and is also a track athlete who will hopefully sort me out again. Then hopefully I can do what you spelled out there, which sounds good. I'll continue with the daily prehab stuff and get back to it. Thanks for the advice!
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on May 22, 2016, 07:38:02 am
Been doing the DEs every day for last four days, pistols and BSS definitely not making things worse. Knee definitely feels a little better thanks to resting it a bit. I had a good session with the myo, it's probably a combination of knee tracking due to tight TFLs and limited medial rotation of the tibia. I smash TFLs every night but they still get tight.

I think I should be right to recommence the program with some adjustments for a week and see how it goes. So following what T0ddday said I can do pretty much most things but sprinting, bounding (excluding straight leg bounding) and selected jumps. I think I could try SVJs. See how it goes, then add a bit in each week based on feel.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 02, 2016, 10:51:03 pm
O shit waddup! Been slack updating again. Just crazy in the lab atm. Knee is definitely improving. For the last two weeks I have been doing the gym sessions as written and ADEs every day. The only difference being that for the 5x5 squat I've just been doing regular squats with 100kg, not box. This is to strengthen my weak adductors/inner thigh muscles, which I'm hypothesising have a role in the knee tracking issue/patella discomfort/cartilage stress on my left side. This is pretty vague but I do seem to recall over the last 6-9 months that this issue seemed to disappear when my squat was strong. For instance, I had completely forgotten about it over Easter when I had built my deep squat back up again. Could be completely off-base but...it could be just stress on my medial patella from overactive TFLs on the lateral side and weak adductors on the medial side. Maybe the way I squat helps balance it out.

I haven't started track work or had another jumps session yet. I have been meaning to get to the track but it's just a bit trickier than going to the gym as I only have time at lunch and just have had no chance in the last two weeks. But it's clearing up now so I'll try and get down there to see what I can do.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: adarqui on June 03, 2016, 12:19:11 pm
O shit waddup! Been slack updating again. Just crazy in the lab atm. Knee is definitely improving. For the last two weeks I have been doing the gym sessions as written and ADEs every day. The only difference being that for the 5x5 squat I've just been doing regular squats with 100kg, not box. This is to strengthen my weak adductors/inner thigh muscles, which I'm hypothesising have a role in the knee tracking issue/patella discomfort/cartilage stress on my left side. This is pretty vague but I do seem to recall over the last 6-9 months that this issue seemed to disappear when my squat was strong. For instance, I had completely forgotten about it over Easter when I had built my deep squat back up again. Could be completely off-base but...it could be just stress on my medial patella from overactive TFLs on the lateral side and weak adductors on the medial side. Maybe the way I squat helps balance it out.

I haven't started track work or had another jumps session yet. I have been meaning to get to the track but it's just a bit trickier than going to the gym as I only have time at lunch and just have had no chance in the last two weeks. But it's clearing up now so I'll try and get down there to see what I can do.

nice! glad to hear the knee is progressing man.

when you do start back track work or jumps, progress back into it sloooow.. don't rush into any plyo/bounding/etc. sounds like you're on the right track.

also it does make some sense about the free squat theory..

pc
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 04, 2016, 05:39:38 am
O shit waddup! Been slack updating again. Just crazy in the lab atm. Knee is definitely improving. For the last two weeks I have been doing the gym sessions as written and ADEs every day. The only difference being that for the 5x5 squat I've just been doing regular squats with 100kg, not box. This is to strengthen my weak adductors/inner thigh muscles, which I'm hypothesising have a role in the knee tracking issue/patella discomfort/cartilage stress on my left side. This is pretty vague but I do seem to recall over the last 6-9 months that this issue seemed to disappear when my squat was strong. For instance, I had completely forgotten about it over Easter when I had built my deep squat back up again. Could be completely off-base but...it could be just stress on my medial patella from overactive TFLs on the lateral side and weak adductors on the medial side. Maybe the way I squat helps balance it out.

I haven't started track work or had another jumps session yet. I have been meaning to get to the track but it's just a bit trickier than going to the gym as I only have time at lunch and just have had no chance in the last two weeks. But it's clearing up now so I'll try and get down there to see what I can do.

nice! glad to hear the knee is progressing man.

when you do start back track work or jumps, progress back into it sloooow.. don't rush into any plyo/bounding/etc. sounds like you're on the right track.

also it does make some sense about the free squat theory..

pc

Thanks mate! Yeah it will definitely be gradual, not to mention it's winter here now so the track is perpetually wet and slippery.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 06, 2016, 02:31:41 am
Cannot catch a break so far this year. I was just warming up with 80kgs yesterday and on the last couple of reps I felt a bit of nerve pain around my tib-fib joint (common peroneal nerve I think)...just felt like it was getting jammed or something, quite sharp. Didn't continue with the box squats, just did the UB/core stuff. Later that day it got really inflamed though. Fucking hurt! Just wrapped it up several times with the band. It's feeling improved today (i.e. I can walk around without it hurting too much) but still quite a sharp nerve pain when I bend the leg under weight bearing at certain angles. I think I've had this peroneal nerve entrapment feeling before when I was aths training but it wasn't quite as severe. The previous couple of days I did feel some tightness/tension around the anterior tibialis/soleus...I don't have foot drop or numbness though so I don't think I did anything severe.

Will keep an eye on it but probably can't jump or sprint for a couple of days at least. Quite despondent that I can't even squat BW at the moment without something going....just cannot get any traction lately.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on June 06, 2016, 02:40:19 am
Sorry to hear! Hopefully with time and smart training the injuries will subside and the body will recuperate.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 06, 2016, 02:43:09 am
Sorry to hear! Hopefully with time and smart training the injuries will subside and the body will recuperate.

Thanks mate, it's nothing too bad at all hopefully, more annoying because I just keep false-starting. My other leg is finally feeling OK and then I get some random nerve impingement squatting 80kgs! That's training for you.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on June 06, 2016, 08:49:28 am
adarq, we need a "brittlebro" team once the forum switches over. charter members: me, acole, scooby, you, maybe mutumbo000.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: T0ddday on June 06, 2016, 05:43:07 pm
adarq, we need a "brittlebro" team once the forum switches over. charter members: me, acole, scooby, you, maybe mutumbo000.

I should be president of the club.  Hamstring rupture, 5 hamstring strains and 3 oblique strains and double knee tendinitis gotta hold sway.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: adarqui on June 06, 2016, 05:51:52 pm
adarq, we need a "brittlebro" team once the forum switches over. charter members: me, acole, scooby, you, maybe mutumbo000.

yup, nice.

:highfive:

no wait.. high fiving our brittleness.. :(



adarq, we need a "brittlebro" team once the forum switches over. charter members: me, acole, scooby, you, maybe mutumbo000.

I should be president of the club.  Hamstring rupture, 5 hamstring strains and 3 oblique strains and double knee tendinitis gotta hold sway.

yes, that definitely qualifies you to be a member. lmao!

but, this club must remain presidentless.. the last thing I want to think abut is eventually BECOMING the president of such a club.. HEH!#!@

my brittleness really shines through in how many bones i've broken during contact injuries. I don't even want to think about full tendon tears or serious muscle tears; just thinking about that stuff wrecks me mentally.

injuries =  :raging:
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: T0ddday on June 06, 2016, 07:37:44 pm
adarq, we need a "brittlebro" team once the forum switches over. charter members: me, acole, scooby, you, maybe mutumbo000.

yup, nice.

:highfive:

no wait.. high fiving our brittleness.. :(



adarq, we need a "brittlebro" team once the forum switches over. charter members: me, acole, scooby, you, maybe mutumbo000.

I should be president of the club.  Hamstring rupture, 5 hamstring strains and 3 oblique strains and double knee tendinitis gotta hold sway.

yes, that definitely qualifies you to be a member. lmao!

but, this club must remain presidentless.. the last thing I want to think abut is eventually BECOMING the president of such a club.. HEH!#!@

my brittleness really shines through in how many bones i've broken during contact injuries. I don't even want to think about full tendon tears or serious muscle tears; just thinking about that stuff wrecks me mentally.

injuries =  :raging:

This is TOTALLY broscience but it does seem to me that your either a bone breaker or a tendon or ligament guy.  I've never broken a bone in my life despite boxing, gymnastics, football, basketball and a extremely reckless child.  When I was 13 I jumped off a monument to grab onto a tree branch on a dare and didn't realize the tree branch was wet... Slipped right off and fell almost 20 feet and landed on my arm and leg and walked away.  My bones are strong as hell but my tendons snap under heavy load. 

My theory is strong bones don't break but they are heavy so they add weight to your body.  The increased load is hard for your muscles to carry around and that overloads the tendon and causes it to rupture.  This is also my explanation for why I'm so heavy - people never think I weigh more than 200lbs and are shocked when I step on the scale at 225.  I trained w LBSS and he was about as thick as me with approximately equal leanness and only an inch shorter but 40 lbs lighter...

I carry more muscle than you right now but I swear you and I could look equally muscled and I would still be 30lbs heavier...

Maybe it's just grass is always greener mentality but I think I'd rather be a bone breaker...  Bones grow back stronger than tendons do.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on June 06, 2016, 08:02:17 pm
i'll just jump in to second t0ddday's observation. his torso is bigger, my legs are bigger but if we were both wearing long pants and long sleeves we'd look comparable. fwiw, i've only broken little bones (nose, couple fingers). and my worst traumatic impact injury was bones getting dislocated; they didn't break.

but i've had a lifetime of nagging and acute joint injuries.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 06, 2016, 09:35:34 pm
adarq, we need a "brittlebro" team once the forum switches over. charter members: me, acole, scooby, you, maybe mutumbo000.

yup, nice.

:highfive:

no wait.. high fiving our brittleness.. :(



adarq, we need a "brittlebro" team once the forum switches over. charter members: me, acole, scooby, you, maybe mutumbo000.

I should be president of the club.  Hamstring rupture, 5 hamstring strains and 3 oblique strains and double knee tendinitis gotta hold sway.

yes, that definitely qualifies you to be a member. lmao!

but, this club must remain presidentless.. the last thing I want to think abut is eventually BECOMING the president of such a club.. HEH!#!@

my brittleness really shines through in how many bones i've broken during contact injuries. I don't even want to think about full tendon tears or serious muscle tears; just thinking about that stuff wrecks me mentally.

injuries =  :raging:

This is TOTALLY broscience but it does seem to me that your either a bone breaker or a tendon or ligament guy.  I've never broken a bone in my life despite boxing, gymnastics, football, basketball and a extremely reckless child.  When I was 13 I jumped off a monument to grab onto a tree branch on a dare and didn't realize the tree branch was wet... Slipped right off and fell almost 20 feet and landed on my arm and leg and walked away.  My bones are strong as hell but my tendons snap under heavy load. 

My theory is strong bones don't break but they are heavy so they add weight to your body.  The increased load is hard for your muscles to carry around and that overloads the tendon and causes it to rupture.  This is also my explanation for why I'm so heavy - people never think I weigh more than 200lbs and are shocked when I step on the scale at 225.  I trained w LBSS and he was about as thick as me with approximately equal leanness and only an inch shorter but 40 lbs lighter...

I carry more muscle than you right now but I swear you and I could look equally muscled and I would still be 30lbs heavier...

Maybe it's just grass is always greener mentality but I think I'd rather be a bone breaker...  Bones grow back stronger than tendons do.

I've never come close to breaking any bones either, my injuries are always overuse, soft tissue degeneration type. Come to think of it, I haven't really done any muscle damage either, never had a torn muscle of any kind. But yeah, I guess if I could choose I'd have these shitty annoying nagging little injuries than full-blown tears, ruptures etc. Didn't have any hamstring issues when I was sprinting heavily for 2+ years and the previous 5-6 years as a junior, but had plantar fasciitis, piriformis, tib-fib joint-itis, achilles tendinopathy, chondromalacia etc. Gah!

Anyway, this new one is weird. It came like a thunder storm but today I feel fine  :huh: . I think it's a trap.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: adarqui on June 07, 2016, 01:33:46 am
adarq, we need a "brittlebro" team once the forum switches over. charter members: me, acole, scooby, you, maybe mutumbo000.

yup, nice.

:highfive:

no wait.. high fiving our brittleness.. :(



adarq, we need a "brittlebro" team once the forum switches over. charter members: me, acole, scooby, you, maybe mutumbo000.

I should be president of the club.  Hamstring rupture, 5 hamstring strains and 3 oblique strains and double knee tendinitis gotta hold sway.

yes, that definitely qualifies you to be a member. lmao!

but, this club must remain presidentless.. the last thing I want to think abut is eventually BECOMING the president of such a club.. HEH!#!@

my brittleness really shines through in how many bones i've broken during contact injuries. I don't even want to think about full tendon tears or serious muscle tears; just thinking about that stuff wrecks me mentally.

injuries =  :raging:

This is TOTALLY broscience but it does seem to me that your either a bone breaker or a tendon or ligament guy.  I've never broken a bone in my life despite boxing, gymnastics, football, basketball and a extremely reckless child.  When I was 13 I jumped off a monument to grab onto a tree branch on a dare and didn't realize the tree branch was wet... Slipped right off and fell almost 20 feet and landed on my arm and leg and walked away.  My bones are strong as hell but my tendons snap under heavy load. 

My theory is strong bones don't break but they are heavy so they add weight to your body.  The increased load is hard for your muscles to carry around and that overloads the tendon and causes it to rupture.  This is also my explanation for why I'm so heavy - people never think I weigh more than 200lbs and are shocked when I step on the scale at 225.  I trained w LBSS and he was about as thick as me with approximately equal leanness and only an inch shorter but 40 lbs lighter...

I carry more muscle than you right now but I swear you and I could look equally muscled and I would still be 30lbs heavier...

Maybe it's just grass is always greener mentality but I think I'd rather be a bone breaker...  Bones grow back stronger than tendons do.

i'll just jump in to second t0ddday's observation. his torso is bigger, my legs are bigger but if we were both wearing long pants and long sleeves we'd look comparable. fwiw, i've only broken little bones (nose, couple fingers). and my worst traumatic impact injury was bones getting dislocated; they didn't break.

but i've had a lifetime of nagging and acute joint injuries.

edit: list format

it definitely makes sense. I haven't had many muscle tears.

The worst one I had was still from a contact injury (basketball):
- where someone kneed down into my calf as I was planting to go up for a layup.

Other than that, i've had:
- sacral spine issue (genetic, permanent)
- arm break (stupid kid stuff, ~6 y/o)
- chipped tooth (basketball, ~9 y/o)
- osgood schlatter in both knees (~13-15 y/o)
- broken ribs (dirtbike accident, ~14 y/o)
- broken finger - avulsion fracture (basketball, ~12 y/o)
- broken finger (basketball, ~13 y/o)
- broken wrist (basketball, ~16 y/o)
- broken finger (basketball, ~20 y/o)
- completely dislocated pinky toe (boxing - drills on a man barefoot, ~24 y/o)
- broken index knuckle/torn ligament (boxing, ~25 y/o)
- major bicep tendon strain (~26 y/o, sandbag deadlifts/bearhug)
- destroyed toenails (basketball, running)
- and then I pretty much stopped contact sports................  no more breaks. :ninja:

needless to say, my muscles have seemingly never been strong enough for pulls.

I've had a wide variety of small aches/injuries, ie:
- hamstring tendonitis from trying to become a natural GHR master on my natural GHR bench (never doing that again)
- knee tendonitis from cycling on a shit bike
- hamstring tendon partial tear from a stretching incident
- right elbow tendonitis from tennis/calisthenics, right adductor/hip flexor tendonitis from who knows.

edit: I've also had a few bad lacerations during basketball:
- split head open on temple @ ~19 (this one was worse, basically a faucet of blood, ~10 stitches)
- split top of forehead open two weeks later (~7 stitches)



i'm basically 146-148 right now and i'm still far from 'shredded'. I'm potentially "hollow man".. hollow-man-dunker. From my log, it's clear i'm not starving myself. So as long as i'm eating healthy and feel good, i'm willing to see how low my weight will go, naturally.. into the 'abyss'.

sad member of the brittlebros club.

pc!
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on June 07, 2016, 01:54:05 am
adarq, we need a "brittlebro" team once the forum switches over. charter members: me, acole, scooby, you, maybe mutumbo000.

I'm definitely a member.

My lifetime sporting injuries include:

Double fracture of left leg
Broken left arm
Broken collarbone 
Broken Cheekbone
3 Hamstring Tears
Achilles Tendonosis
Groin strains
Hip flexor issues etc.

All those injuries occured through sprinting and rugby.

Apart from the injuries a major part of me quitting rugby (I have played sporadically up to 2015 but my last serious year where I was actually 100% committed was in 2012) was that I started working in a factory and I was too scared I'd get injured. Money/Work>Sport for me. Now I work in an office but the DOMS and general soreness of playing rugby kills me. I do miss the social aspect of it a lot so I still go down and have a few beers with the boys once a fortnight when it's a home game. But just playing the game makes me too sore for the next day.

Usually I'd play on Saturday. Would feel fine except battered and bruised and we'd start drinking so after a few beers I wouldn't feel anything anyway. 
Sunday I'd feel like I'd been hit by a truck.
Tuesday at training I'd be fine to train and run around but I'd always avoid any drills with contact because usually I'd still have a few niggles.
Thursday would be similar to Tuesdays but I'd be about 90% good.
Fridays (I'd be 100% as long as I took it fairly easy at Thursday training.
Saturday- Game day
Repeat.


Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: adarqui on June 07, 2016, 02:13:20 am
adarq, we need a "brittlebro" team once the forum switches over. charter members: me, acole, scooby, you, maybe mutumbo000.

I'm definitely a member.

My lifetime sporting injuries include:

Double fracture of left leg
Broken left arm
Broken collarbone 
Broken Cheekbone
3 Hamstring Tears
Achilles Tendonosis
Groin strains
Hip flexor issues etc.

eek.. the combo of bone & tissue.

damn @ double fracture of left leg.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on June 07, 2016, 03:12:57 am
adarq, we need a "brittlebro" team once the forum switches over. charter members: me, acole, scooby, you, maybe mutumbo000.

I'm definitely a member.

My lifetime sporting injuries include:

Double fracture of left leg
Broken left arm
Broken collarbone 
Broken Cheekbone
3 Hamstring Tears
Achilles Tendonosis
Groin strains
Hip flexor issues etc.

eek.. the combo of bone & tissue.

damn @ double fracture of left leg.

Yeah the double fracture of my left leg was easily my worst and most painful injury. I've still got a scar on my ankle of where the bone ripped through the skin. The only consolation was that my leg didn't require pins, but I spent 8 weeks in plaster and the leg lost a significant amount of strength. After that injury it effected the durability of my legs and I started to get other issues with my achilles and calves and even shin splints.

I've never had any major knee issues. Knees are another niggle injury I get though usually from squatting or doing too many jumps.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on June 07, 2016, 11:08:30 am
haha damn mutumbo, i think you're in.  :derp:

your list made me want to do my own:
- six right ankle sprains
- separated shoulder
- SLAP injury (never went to doctor so i'm not gonna say it was a tear...took many months to heal though)
- several broken fingers and toes
- broken nose
- osteoarthritis in big toes and 3+ years of associated muscle pain in my legs, hips, and back as it was developing
- chronic knee stuff when i was fencing a lot
- probably some other stuff that i forget
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: T0ddday on June 07, 2016, 11:53:11 am
i'll just jump in to second t0ddday's observation. his torso is bigger, my legs are bigger but if we were both wearing long pants and long sleeves we'd look comparable. fwiw, i've only broken little bones (nose, couple fingers). and my worst traumatic impact injury was bones getting dislocated; they didn't break.

but i've had a lifetime of nagging and acute joint injuries.

Each of LBSS's quads are bigger in circumfrence than my entire torso. 
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Leonel on June 07, 2016, 11:58:06 am
Can I join too... please?

my list:

- biceps tendonitis in my right shoulder
-> actually diagnosed as a SLAP(labrum) tear by one orthopedist
- shoulder impingement
- "tennis elbow" for almost a year (both elbows)
- patellar tendonitis (?) in both knees (on and off)
- jumpers knee
- Cam impingement and a partial labrum tear in my left hip
- several severe ankle sprains, actually (partially)torn two ligaments once
- back pain which was eventually diagnosed as two bulging discs in my lumbar spine

... come to think about it, I never strained or pulled a muscle and never broke a bone... yaaayy I'm invincible!! :D
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on June 07, 2016, 12:11:13 pm
i'll just jump in to second t0ddday's observation. his torso is bigger, my legs are bigger but if we were both wearing long pants and long sleeves we'd look comparable. fwiw, i've only broken little bones (nose, couple fingers). and my worst traumatic impact injury was bones getting dislocated; they didn't break.

but i've had a lifetime of nagging and acute joint injuries.

Each of LBSS's quads are bigger in circumfrence than my entire torso.

lol. when i was the heaviest i've ever been and doing mostly PL stuff, my quads were just about as big around as my ex-gf's waist (25 vs 26 inches).
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: T0ddday on June 07, 2016, 12:24:15 pm
Can I join too... please?

my list:

- biceps tendonitis in my right shoulder
-> actually diagnosed as a SLAP(labrum) tear by one orthopedist
- shoulder impingement
- "tennis elbow" for almost a year (both elbows)
- patellar tendonitis (?) in both knees (on and off)
- jumpers knee
- Cam impingement and a partial labrum tear in my left hip
- several severe ankle sprains, actually (partially)torn two ligaments once
- back pain which was eventually diagnosed as two bulging discs in my lumbar spine

... come to think about it, I never strained or pulled a muscle and never broke a bone... yaaayy I'm invincible!! :D

Sorry bro you listed jumpers knee and patellar tendonitis.  Those are the same injury.  Trying to inflate your injury history to get into the club is automatic rejection.  You can apply again next round. 
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: adarqui on June 07, 2016, 12:33:00 pm
- chronic knee stuff when i was fencing a lot

any idea if it was from practice drills (holds etc) or how many lunge-like movements you do when fencing someone? you'd think that wouldn't hold a candle to jump training, regarding knee stress, but daym



- "tennis elbow" for almost a year (both elbows)

uhg.. having it in one elbow sucks bad (I still have it).. seriously don't want it in both elbows at the same time.

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... come to think about it, I never strained or pulled a muscle and never broke a bone... yaaayy I'm invincible!! :D

 :highfive:
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Leonel on June 07, 2016, 01:11:48 pm
Damn LBSS you revealed my scam... it's just that I wanted to be in this club so badly.  :ninja:

edit: wtf... thought LBSS wrote my rejection but it's actually you T0ddday who deserves credit for my exposure

Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on June 07, 2016, 01:54:19 pm
- chronic knee stuff when i was fencing a lot

any idea if it was from practice drills (holds etc) or how many lunge-like movements you do when fencing someone? you'd think that wouldn't hold a candle to jump training, regarding knee stress, but daym



i think it was a combination of the very knee-heavy stuff -- lunges obviously but there's a lot of up and down as part of drills, plus a lot of very abrupt stopping and starting -- and just being in puberty. peak fencing for me was ages 14-17.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 12, 2016, 06:20:44 am
Well these things usually come in threes...both knees (left chondromalacia/right tib-fib/peroneal nerve pain) felt mostly back to normal, had just been going to the gym everyday and doing the upper body/core exercises in Gym 1/2 alternating, with the ADEs as warmup. Then a couple of nights ago I woke up and felt like I'd got whiplash or something...scapulae trapezius (don't know why i said scaps) had seized up, tight AF and killing. Could barely turn my head. Next day was an absolute battle, wanted to stay home but had to go in to do animal surgeries that were finishing that day, worst day of the year by far. Really weird, pretty sure it wasn't anything I did in the gym the day before, was really just one set of pullups to failure and not much else. I think it was simply just sleeping wrong  :huh: .

Couple of days later and they've finally calmed down, can finally look up and down without pain...bizarre. Anyway I leave in a bit over two weeks so going to stick to the damn program for a bit I hope. I might strap a rabbit's foot to the weight vest though.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: T0ddday on June 12, 2016, 05:05:30 pm
Well these things usually come in threes...both knees (left chondromalacia/right tib-fib/peroneal nerve pain) felt mostly back to normal, had just been going to the gym everyday and doing the upper body/core exercises in Gym 1/2 alternating, with the ADEs as warmup. Then a couple of nights ago I woke up and felt like I'd got whiplash or something...both scapulae had seized up, tight AF and killing. Could barely turn my head. Next day was an absolute battle, wanted to stay home but had to go in to do animal surgeries that were finishing that day, worst day of the year by far. Really weird, pretty sure it wasn't anything I did in the gym the day before, was really just one set of pullups to failure and not much else. I think it was simply just sleeping wrong  :huh: .

Couple of days later and they've finally calmed down, can finally look up and down without pain...bizarre. Anyway I leave in a bit over two weeks so going to stick to the damn program for a bit I hope. I might strap a rabbit's foot to the weight vest though.

Yeah as I have now gathered a bit of data on vested training I can say...

1) Worst idea ever for sports.  Eg good luck making a layup when the vest comes off!

2) Very effective training tool.

3) More load is good.  Too much load is bad.  What is too much load?  Hard to say. 

However... The best thing about a weight vest is using it not during training and only for very light warmup a seems to be all benefit no risk.  If your coming back from injury this might be a good strategy.  I think there is certainly a benefit to using loaded jumps but just not without risk...  So if it's a risk minimization thing certainly take the vest off for training especially ME jumps.  I made great gains with vested ME jumps but I also felt like I was playing w fire to a degree...
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: adarqui on June 12, 2016, 06:01:57 pm
Well these things usually come in threes...both knees (left chondromalacia/right tib-fib/peroneal nerve pain) felt mostly back to normal, had just been going to the gym everyday and doing the upper body/core exercises in Gym 1/2 alternating, with the ADEs as warmup. Then a couple of nights ago I woke up and felt like I'd got whiplash or something...both scapulae had seized up, tight AF and killing. Could barely turn my head. Next day was an absolute battle, wanted to stay home but had to go in to do animal surgeries that were finishing that day, worst day of the year by far. Really weird, pretty sure it wasn't anything I did in the gym the day before, was really just one set of pullups to failure and not much else. I think it was simply just sleeping wrong  :huh: .

Couple of days later and they've finally calmed down, can finally look up and down without pain...bizarre. Anyway I leave in a bit over two weeks so going to stick to the damn program for a bit I hope.

damn sucks.. stuff like that happens to me too.. one of the worst ones I have is, somehow an erector gets "wrecked" if I twist, or hang from a pullup bar and breathe wrong, etc. When it happens, it hurts for a few days and I can feel it every time I breathe. These are some of the most annoying issues, I must say.



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I might strap a rabbit's foot to the weight vest though.

lmao.. somehow that will end up causing injury though; ie, the added 1 oz to one side of the vest, making your body compensate. don't do it.  :ninja:



Yeah as I have now gathered a bit of data on vested training I can say...

1) Worst idea ever for sports.  Eg good luck making a layup when the vest comes off!

...

absolutely amazing though how something like that can temporarily cause these "ripples" in our CNS, which almost seem to require a sleep-reboot in order to reset everything back to the appropriate state.

on a side note, since getting back to utilizing multiple sessions per day, there's one thing i've always loved about it; it's almost a vest-like experience. I always feel so much lighter/stronger in the evening session. If I don't over-tax myself in the morning/afternoon session, the evening sessions "feel" so much better. I don't really know yet whether the stats will back that up. But I should be able to get an idea of whether or not I run better during the second session, now that I have the GPS watch. As for jumping, I can pretty much say without a doubt, that I jump better at night - if I perform some kind of light yet explosive work in the morning/afternoon. For jumping, the time of day definitely helps alot too though, i'm usually stronger in the evening.

That's one thing we don't see alot on here; multiple sessions per day. Obviously work/life/school etc interferes with that.. but, even just ~30min of some light explosive work in the first session might be enough to "wake us up" even more, come evening. During my peak dunking, I was squatting several times per day - very high frequency, very short sessions.

The "multi-day effect" could potentially be a useful tool in itself.

pc!
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 14, 2016, 02:18:10 am
Well these things usually come in threes...both knees (left chondromalacia/right tib-fib/peroneal nerve pain) felt mostly back to normal, had just been going to the gym everyday and doing the upper body/core exercises in Gym 1/2 alternating, with the ADEs as warmup. Then a couple of nights ago I woke up and felt like I'd got whiplash or something...both scapulae had seized up, tight AF and killing. Could barely turn my head. Next day was an absolute battle, wanted to stay home but had to go in to do animal surgeries that were finishing that day, worst day of the year by far. Really weird, pretty sure it wasn't anything I did in the gym the day before, was really just one set of pullups to failure and not much else. I think it was simply just sleeping wrong  :huh: .

Couple of days later and they've finally calmed down, can finally look up and down without pain...bizarre. Anyway I leave in a bit over two weeks so going to stick to the damn program for a bit I hope. I might strap a rabbit's foot to the weight vest though.

Yeah as I have now gathered a bit of data on vested training I can say...

1) Worst idea ever for sports.  Eg good luck making a layup when the vest comes off!

2) Very effective training tool.

3) More load is good.  Too much load is bad.  What is too much load?  Hard to say. 

However... The best thing about a weight vest is using it not during training and only for very light warmup a seems to be all benefit no risk.  If your coming back from injury this might be a good strategy.  I think there is certainly a benefit to using loaded jumps but just not without risk...  So if it's a risk minimization thing certainly take the vest off for training especially ME jumps.  I made great gains with vested ME jumps but I also felt like I was playing w fire to a degree...

Thanks for the notes. My previous experience using a weight vest was my old coach bringing it out around a month or so into the season, doing active warmup in it then 3x5 DL bounds, 3x5/leg SL bounds and alternating bounds from 50m x 3. Occasionally hurdle hops as well, nothing max effort but at least 90%. So similar lines of thought I guess. It was always a CNS intensive session though, really dreaded it...but that may be due to the scheduling, we did: Tues - blocks/re-accelerations; Wed- weight vest jumps+lifting; Thurs - speed endurance, with comps Sat and more gym Sunday. That was hard!


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I might strap a rabbit's foot to the weight vest though.

lmao.. somehow that will end up causing injury though; ie, the added 1 oz to one side of the vest, making your body compensate. don't do it.  :ninja:

Ha, I thought someone might say that!  ;D

That's one thing we don't see alot on here; multiple sessions per day. Obviously work/life/school etc interferes with that.. but, even just ~30min of some light explosive work in the first session might be enough to "wake us up" even more, come evening. During my peak dunking, I was squatting several times per day - very high frequency, very short sessions.

The "multi-day effect" could potentially be a useful tool in itself.

pc!

If I could plausibly fit in more two-a-days I'd do it. We did this training camp from 26th Dec to 31st Dec the last couple of years to simulate being a pro. Initially it seems impossible that you could do 2x/day for five days, but most people do get through it fine, and the performance benefits across the group were always decent/good at least. But yeah, life is just too busy atm, not abnormally busy at all (I prob end up working around 35-40h/week, nothing insane), but the timing of some of my lab stuff makes it a bitch sometimes.

___________

My traps had calmed down a little, still stiff but I figured it was at that state where exercise actually would help a bit. Went down and did Track 1 pretty much 100%, except no weight vest and no med ball throws (as I was at a different track). Got it done pretty well, the 300m hurt after so much time away from the track! But happy to get a session mostly done without issues. Left knee is feeling good, right knee a little bit stiff but overall OK.  :highfive:
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 18, 2016, 09:10:15 am
This week:

Mon - track 1

Tues - ADE+weighted jumps

Wed - Gym 1

Thurs - ADE+weighted jumps

Fri - had planned to go to the court in the free slot but there was just no way.

Sat - Weighted jumps and Gym 2

Tomorrow will hopefully do track 2 unless it's too wet. Been raining a lot this week. Left knee is feeling good finally! Hoping it stays that way. My right tib-fib is still a little weak/sore...it's trending upwards though, I remember last time this flared up it gradually settled down as I got more training in. I'm wearing the weight vest again (hadn't been while recovering from left knee), I wear it around the house, to training and occasionally to the lab if it's a quiet day and my big jumper isn't in the wash! I still haven't being wearing it enough to get totally used to it though.

Hopefully next week before I head off on Sunday I can get a whole week done.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on June 18, 2016, 10:41:45 am
Sounds like the Melbourne weather is similar to the Adelaide weather. It's been a very cold and fairly wet autum/winter so far. The worst part about winter is that it gets dark soo early. I hate the cold weather. Our definition of cold is probably warm for Europe though :P
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Coges on June 18, 2016, 06:43:03 pm
Yeah Melbourne has been pretty rubbish the last few weeks but still getting to 14-16 during the day so not a lot to complain about. Shithouse for anything outdoor though as it has been raining heaps.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 19, 2016, 07:20:57 am
Sounds like the Melbourne weather is similar to the Adelaide weather. It's been a very cold and fairly wet autum/winter so far. The worst part about winter is that it gets dark soo early. I hate the cold weather. Our definition of cold is probably warm for Europe though :P

Yeah I'm guessing the Euros and northern US guys would happily trade their winters for ours every day of the week.

Yeah Melbourne has been pretty rubbish the last few weeks but still getting to 14-16 during the day so not a lot to complain about. Shithouse for anything outdoor though as it has been raining heaps.

For sure, temperature has been fine but I'd trade a few degrees for less rain! In Melbourne, it seems to rain mostly during the day; when I was training 5PM onwards on weeknights last two years we rarely got rained on. Out of the three major winter elements (rain wind cold), it's hardest to sprint/jump in the wet IMO. I'd happily run through headwinds and cold temperatures on a dry track!
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 20, 2016, 08:02:09 am
This was a bit naughty but I got roped into playing ball tonight, the team only had four players so felt a bit bad to leave them hanging. It worked out well because it was the early game so I got the court to do the jumps session I missed last week prior to the game (not 100% of course):

ADEs/warmup (no weight vest)

5 SVJs

5 DSVJs

3 1-step SLRVJs/leg

3 BJ-BJ-VJ

5 SLRVJs

5 DLRVJs

The game was fun, we were outclassed and outmanned but played them close until the last five mins. I drove in and got stripped at least 4 times lol. Just so rusty. Hit a few good shots and a three but again not going 100%.

Had a bit of aggro of course because Australia. Near the end of the game some boofhead footy player hip-and-shouldered one of our guys running a fast break. Caught him high and gave him a nice swollen jaw. I was right there so I gave him a bit of a bump and a word, nothing in it but he flared up started having a go at me, claiming that he 'apologised' (even though he clearly went in recklessly) and that 'basketball is a contact sport' and all that. He kept remonstrating as he subbed off but I just left it. Could tell he just wanted to start trouble. Reminded me of why I hate playing this bush league level of basketball! I didn't mention it earlier but in one of the early games some other guy who was getting frustrated with no-calls swung a blind elbow at me when I was bodying him up in the post on defense. Again, no aggression on my part but nearly got my head taken off! Just for some shitty low-level social basketball game. It just wrecks what should be a fun activity. I really hate that alpha male bullshit! That's one good thing about T&F, none of that male aggression associated with team sport, quite refreshing.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: maxent on June 20, 2016, 10:09:53 am
That sounds so familiar. I'm sorry.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: adarqui on June 20, 2016, 05:39:29 pm
That sounds so familiar. I'm sorry.

same..

it's one reason i stopped playing basketball all together (especially pick-up games/streetball).. loved the game, but, all it takes is one spazz intent on inflicting damage on someone, to wreck everything.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Coges on June 20, 2016, 10:12:05 pm
That sounds so familiar. I'm sorry.

same..

it's one reason i stopped playing basketball all together (especially pick-up games/streetball).. loved the game, but, all it takes is one spazz intent on inflicting damage on someone, to wreck everything.

It only takes one off season footy player or low level dickhead to ruin a game. I've been thinking about going back to the mouthguard days but feel like a fool wearing a mouthguard playing at such a low level. There are too many guys who don't know how to play properly for my liking though.

Btw Acole, where do you play at?
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 20, 2016, 11:35:11 pm
That sounds so familiar. I'm sorry.

same..

it's one reason i stopped playing basketball all together (especially pick-up games/streetball).. loved the game, but, all it takes is one spazz intent on inflicting damage on someone, to wreck everything.

Yeah it can be a worse problem in pick-up ball as people are just less responsible. The best fun I've had playing ball is when there was a consistent group of guys I'd play 5v5 with for a few hours on Sundays...everyone was there just to play the game and you knew there wouldn't be any aggressive hits that leave you limping around at work the next day or cause you to miss training.

It only takes one off season footy player or low level dickhead to ruin a game. I've been thinking about going back to the mouthguard days but feel like a fool wearing a mouthguard playing at such a low level. There are too many guys who don't know how to play properly for my liking though.

Btw Acole, where do you play at?

Yeah for sure, it's always been an problem in lower grades when footy players think they're just playing footy on a basketball court and the same type of physicality is acceptable. I've found though that in higher levels you generally see less of it because the players exclusively play basketball and understand the rules and stuff.

Playing at North Melbourne Rec centre (or I was, won't play again this season). I wouldn't recommend it to be honest, you pay for a full season but the games are shortened to 18min running halves with 1-2 min halftime to fit in more games. Also, the refs could not give less of a fuck lol. If I ever play again I'd probably just stick to MSAC.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Coges on June 21, 2016, 01:39:20 am
It only takes one off season footy player or low level dickhead to ruin a game. I've been thinking about going back to the mouthguard days but feel like a fool wearing a mouthguard playing at such a low level. There are too many guys who don't know how to play properly for my liking though.

Btw Acole, where do you play at?

Yeah for sure, it's always been an problem in lower grades when footy players think they're just playing footy on a basketball court and the same type of physicality is acceptable. I've found though that in higher levels you generally see less of it because the players exclusively play basketball and understand the rules and stuff.

Playing at North Melbourne Rec centre (or I was, won't play again this season). I wouldn't recommend it to be honest, you pay for a full season but the games are shortened to 18min running halves with 1-2 min halftime to fit in more games. Also, the refs could not give less of a fuck lol. If I ever play again I'd probably just stick to MSAC.

Ah yep. Pretty much the same wherever I've played. They just don't understand the game and don't know how to play hard without being violent.

Yeah we're on 18 min halves too. I play at Dandenong and Knox and the new centre in Wantirna which is probably the best and has the most consistent refs. I tend to go easy on the refs these days though cause at least they're enabling us to play and they don't need some crusty old bastard yelling at them.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on June 21, 2016, 03:35:23 am
This was a bit naughty but I got roped into playing ball tonight, the team only had four players so felt a bit bad to leave them hanging. It worked out well because it was the early game so I got the court to do the jumps session I missed last week prior to the game (not 100% of course):

ADEs/warmup (no weight vest)

5 SVJs

5 DSVJs

3 1-step SLRVJs/leg

3 BJ-BJ-VJ

5 SLRVJs

5 DLRVJs

The game was fun, we were outclassed and outmanned but played them close until the last five mins. I drove in and got stripped at least 4 times lol. Just so rusty. Hit a few good shots and a three but again not going 100%.

Had a bit of aggro of course because Australia. Near the end of the game some boofhead footy player hip-and-shouldered one of our guys running a fast break. Caught him high and gave him a nice swollen jaw. I was right there so I gave him a bit of a bump and a word, nothing in it but he flared up started having a go at me, claiming that he 'apologised' (even though he clearly went in recklessly) and that 'basketball is a contact sport' and all that. He kept remonstrating as he subbed off but I just left it. Could tell he just wanted to start trouble. Reminded me of why I hate playing this bush league level of basketball! I didn't mention it earlier but in one of the early games some other guy who was getting frustrated with no-calls swung a blind elbow at me when I was bodying him up in the post on defense. Again, no aggression on my part but nearly got my head taken off! Just for some shitty low-level social basketball game. It just wrecks what should be a fun activity. I really hate that alpha male bullshit! That's one good thing about T&F, none of that male aggression associated with team sport, quite refreshing.

haha bush league.

Bumping somebody in the face is such a dog move. Did the ref call a technical on him?
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: maxent on June 21, 2016, 03:56:17 am
These experiences mirror mine on the west coast. The worst was the season i played last year at Lords from august to november. It was neverending and i got injured pretty good on a dirty play. I went straight up in the air to contest a shot, guy sees me go up, gets under me and throws his head up into my ribs. Crack. I was livid. Like comeon on bro, this is a low level rec league, a meaningless game, why you gotta do that? I harboured revenge fantasies next time we faced but when we played them, he was missing, prob just as well, i wud have regretted it after.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on June 22, 2016, 09:09:44 am

haha bush league.

Bumping somebody in the face is such a dog move. Did the ref call a technical on him?

Haha nah no way. I don't think they'd know how to call it. It was an unsportsmanlike foul in my eyes pretty clearly.

These experiences mirror mine on the west coast. The worst was the season i played last year at Lords from august to november. It was neverending and i got injured pretty good on a dirty play. I went straight up in the air to contest a shot, guy sees me go up, gets under me and throws his head up into my ribs. Crack. I was livid. Like comeon on bro, this is a low level rec league, a meaningless game, why you gotta do that? I harboured revenge fantasies next time we faced but when we played them, he was missing, prob just as well, i wud have regretted it after.


Yeah I also think about how good it would have been to block the shit out of him from behind or get an and-1 afterwards but luckily he subbed out of the game. Like you say I think holding onto that stuff is really dumb. I could tell by how quickly he turned on me that he was probably embarrassed about the hit and had to make out like I was being a dick for saying something about it. I'm pretty sure he was cursing me out after we shook hands as well, I just shook, didn't follow up and fairly sure he was swearing, calling me soft etc when I turned around to walk back to our bench. Stuff like that just screams to me that these guys just can't deal with their anger well. No need to descend to their level.
__________

This is what my week's looking like training-wise:

Mon - jumps/bball

Tues: ADE plus weighted jumps (5 of each of SVJ, DSVJ, 1-step VJ, walking VJ at 10' ceiling)

Wed: Gym#1 - really good session!

Thurs: Track #1

Fri-Sat: probably nothing or just ADE+light weighted jumps

Sun: flying to LA at 9:30AM Australian time, getting in 6:30AM LA time...staying up until a reasonable time will be brutal  :huh: :huh:

Overall feeling pretty good. My back has got a fair bit of DOMS from the jumps but L knee and R tib-fib are OK. Knocking on a big piece of wood as I type that obviously.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 01, 2016, 02:42:19 am
In San Francisco atm. Had an awesome session with T0ddday at USC in Los Angeles a few days ago! Real-life T0ddday is a champ, hooked me up with a sweet gym, courts and a whole bunch of weights for weighted jumps, even gave me a lift back to my AirBnb in Venice. I highly recommend anyone going through LA to hit him up to train. Very different experience I wouldn't have been able to have normally. Thanks again man!

The actual session was: track warmup, 400m cruise, squat warmup, some banded box squats up to 3x80kgs, some awesome weighted core stuff that I haven't been able to do, then bball warmup and a weighted jump pyramid working up to 40-50lbs I think. The banded box squats were hard as hell. I had jelly legs near the end and the bands were pretty much pulling me down to the box. Failed the last set badly lol. They're much harder for me than regular box squats obviously. After a few attempts to work out my form we stuck with just practicing DLRVJs to get my plant right. It's all over the shop atm but I felt by the end I'm getting the feel of the step-through rotational LR plant that I think will be the best form to actually try and dunk with.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41BZLnmXAfc

Great session, but due to the combo of early morning, jet lag and the different exercises (e.g. box squats), I reckon I have probably the worst DOMS in my quads/glutes I've ever had! Lol. It's making the hills of SF pretty unpleasant. I will probably go to the track tomorrow and then the day after that flying to DC and hoping to train with LBSS  :highfive:
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Coges on July 01, 2016, 02:52:52 am
Man that sounds brilliant. So jealous
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: T0ddday on July 01, 2016, 03:44:21 pm
^^^

Was great to train Alistair Cole.  Unfortunately I had come from an LBSS late night and didn't do the best job as a trainer but hopefully I helped him w his biggest weakness...

My notes on him:

1) Surprisngly similar to LBSS as an athlete.  Same perfect long torso build for squatting - warmed up on the squat together at 135lbs he looks about 100x stronger than me... Perfect rigid torso and descent into the hole wheras myself and another client I was training at the time (6'5 guy) are wobbly and unstable w weight on our back...  Not able to look stronger in the squat until the weights get too big for him.

2) Lacks explosive strength and stability at the end of the movement as shown in his band squats, hip pop not there.  Won't take much to fix.

3) Strange unorthodox basketball game.  Played a game of weighted 1 v 1 which I was able to win in an epic comeback thanks to my dead eye long distance shooting.  LOL. 

4) Decent reach. Only 1-2 inches below mine despite only being 5'9 or 5'10.

5) Weak core strength.  Fixing this will do wonders. 

6) Decent jumper.  Initially could not touch rim, so <30 inch vertical.  After weighted jumps and proper warmup was able to get inches above it.  While I can't throw a self lob to save my life I do consider myself an expert lob thrower for others and I threw him one he was able to get and attempt a dunk where his hand hit the rim.  Judging from this he is only 3-4 inches from a dunk.  I have a measured 11 foot mark that he tried to touch and was about 7-8 inches from so his top jump this day was about a 32-33" jump.   To catch a lob needs about a 36-37 inch vertical - for me I can't dunk without touching 11' - so to dunk without a lob needs about a 40" jump.  Totally possible because...

7) He is TERRIBLE at jumping.  Which is great.  This is about the best weakness you can have.  Hardest person to train is the person who has been playing basketball and has great movement efficiency on approach jumps and has basically maximized jumping efficiency.  Just training his approach jump will net him an easy 4 inches or so improvement.   This is a good thing. 

8) Overall.  Lean, strong athlete.  Decent runner.  Slightly weaker than LBSS and slightly less stocky but judging from 2 years ago slightly faster than LBSS. 

Plan going forward.  Abandon deep dip vertical jumps.  Increase squat strength and high squat strength with bands moderately.  Hammer core strength.  Practice rebound jumps and approach jumps with plant religiously.  Stay healthy.  No reason why a lob dunk can't happen before 2017.   
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 02, 2016, 01:55:35 am
Yep that is a solid appraisal of where I'm at atm. I'm embarrassed I've been at this for awhile and my approach jumps are still an uncoordinated mess. Argh! But as you say I think I can pull myself out of this unathletic morass pretty soon with smart training.

Had an easy track session today at this beautiful track in SF (Kezar Stadium):

400m/stretch/400m/ADEs/50m sprint drills

3x5 DL bounds

3x5/leg SL bounds

3x50m LRLRL

2x120m 95%

Two laps of fartlek 100s-100j

Didn't have much time but was a good workout. Sprints felt really good.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on July 03, 2016, 02:25:17 am
That stadium looks heaps cool and the gym equipment looked impressive as well.

Was that the USC football team training on the field when you guys were doing the 400m?
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: T0ddday on July 03, 2016, 11:38:47 am
That stadium looks heaps cool and the gym equipment looked impressive as well.

Was that the USC football team training on the field when you guys were doing the 400m?

Yeah that's the USC summer practice.  They are resurfacing their practice field so now they on the track which is annoying...  But you gotta share equipment on some level...

SC has decent equipment, but usually train people their just cause it's convenient to have a track, turf, gym and bball court all within a minute walk.  Acoles was shocked that our bball gym has 3 full courts and they were all empty lol.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on July 03, 2016, 07:54:19 pm
That stadium looks heaps cool and the gym equipment looked impressive as well.

Was that the USC football team training on the field when you guys were doing the 400m?

Yeah that's the USC summer practice.  They are resurfacing their practice field so now they on the track which is annoying...  But you gotta share equipment on some level...

SC has decent equipment, but usually train people their just cause it's convenient to have a track, turf, gym and bball court all within a minute walk.  Acoles was shocked that our bball gym has 3 full courts and they were all empty lol.

Looks world class compared to what I have in my city. We have 1 track for a city of 1.2 million people. All the other 'tracks' are grass tracks and there's not even that many of them around. In terms of stadiums that have 3 basketball courts we have 4 of them, but they are all geographically spread apart. To have all of those facilities in one location would be a dream.

Acole is from Melbourne so they have better facilities, but I can see why he would be shocked.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: T0ddday on July 03, 2016, 10:49:02 pm
That stadium looks heaps cool and the gym equipment looked impressive as well.

Was that the USC football team training on the field when you guys were doing the 400m?

Yeah that's the USC summer practice.  They are resurfacing their practice field so now they on the track which is annoying...  But you gotta share equipment on some level...

SC has decent equipment, but usually train people their just cause it's convenient to have a track, turf, gym and bball court all within a minute walk.  Acoles was shocked that our bball gym has 3 full courts and they were all empty lol.

Looks world class compared to what I have in my city. We have 1 track for a city of 1.2 million people. All the other 'tracks' are grass tracks and there's not even that many of them around. In terms of stadiums that have 3 basketball courts we have 4 of them, but they are all geographically spread apart. To have all of those facilities in one location would be a dream.

Acole is from Melbourne so they have better facilities, but I can see why he would be shocked.


Interesting... We do have it good here and I have to remind myself to be appreciative of it... Our biggest advantage is year round good weather - almost never rainy and almost always in the 70s... I am always reminded of this when I go to the east coast to travel in the winter and I want to train... In a city where I have no connections and it's cold and rainy it just seems hopeless - the cool thing about LA is even if you have no money or means you can stumble upon a decent track not too far... Even if that's not possible you can always go run hills outdoors...

As far as Australia... How big is fitness there?  Sounds like a business opportunity if your city is as underserved as you make it sound... In NYC there are tons of people and terrible weather and they have what is probably the best gym I have seen for the public... It's not cheap by any means but if you can put up a couple hundred a month you literally have it all... Weights, 400m track, 200m banked track, basketball courts, sand volleyball, soccer fields, everything all under one roof:

https://www.chelseapiers.com/

I don't know why more such facilities don't exist in populated cities...
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on July 04, 2016, 08:09:05 am
That stadium looks heaps cool and the gym equipment looked impressive as well.

Was that the USC football team training on the field when you guys were doing the 400m?

Yeah that's the USC summer practice.  They are resurfacing their practice field so now they on the track which is annoying...  But you gotta share equipment on some level...

SC has decent equipment, but usually train people their just cause it's convenient to have a track, turf, gym and bball court all within a minute walk.  Acoles was shocked that our bball gym has 3 full courts and they were all empty lol.

Looks world class compared to what I have in my city. We have 1 track for a city of 1.2 million people. All the other 'tracks' are grass tracks and there's not even that many of them around. In terms of stadiums that have 3 basketball courts we have 4 of them, but they are all geographically spread apart. To have all of those facilities in one location would be a dream.

Acole is from Melbourne so they have better facilities, but I can see why he would be shocked.


Interesting... We do have it good here and I have to remind myself to be appreciative of it... Our biggest advantage is year round good weather - almost never rainy and almost always in the 70s... I am always reminded of this when I go to the east coast to travel in the winter and I want to train... In a city where I have no connections and it's cold and rainy it just seems hopeless - the cool thing about LA is even if you have no money or means you can stumble upon a decent track not too far... Even if that's not possible you can always go run hills outdoors...

As far as Australia... How big is fitness there?  Sounds like a business opportunity if your city is as underserved as you make it sound... In NYC there are tons of people and terrible weather and they have what is probably the best gym I have seen for the public... It's not cheap by any means but if you can put up a couple hundred a month you literally have it all... Weights, 400m track, 200m banked track, basketball courts, sand volleyball, soccer fields, everything all under one roof:

https://www.chelseapiers.com/

I don't know why more such facilities don't exist in populated cities...

Fitness is becoming fairly popular in Australia. We already have heaps of  gyms, but they are mainly the Planet Fitness type. In the last 5 years the trend has been for more 24/7 gyms and Crossfit has been gaining some traction as well. There are some niche powerlifting type gyms as well. My gym that I joined costs $12.95 a week and has all the basic equipment that I need. There's no chains, bands, bumper plates or anything, but for the price it's good value.

Climate wise it's a Mediterranean climate- hot and dry in the summer and cold and wet in the winter. So realistically you'd only need an indoor track for about 5 months of the year tops. The real problem is there just isn't the demand for track in Australia. It's not like the US where track is a sport that gets played at school regularly. Schools only have 'athletics day' and you have a couple of meets throughout the year where the fastest kids in one school will race against the fastest kids in other schools in the area. Then the fastest in the area run against the others that win in their areas for state day and if you're lucky enough to be the fastest in the state you get to travel interstate and run nationals.

People would love to have basketball courts though, but I'm not sure how much people would be willing to pay in extra gym memerships just to have an indoor court. My guess in the current economic climate in my state- not much. 

*Sorry for the journal hijack acole.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 05, 2016, 11:46:16 pm
All good mate! Never mind a hijack.

Trained with LBSS at his gym in DC as he mentioned in his journal. Really good session. Insanely jealous of his facilities as I was of T0ddday's at USC (see discussion above). I just practiced my 1-step DLRVJs in between throwing lobs. So bummed I couldn't get one for him! Next time. Real-life LBSS is also a champ, got me into a nice gym I never would have known about and shouted me a beer later that night after the Independence Day fireworks. Cheers mate! Will return the favour one day I hope  :lololol:

- paused speed squat 100kg x 5,5

- DB OHP 40kgs 3x8

- pull up x 10,10,9.5,3

- MB OH toss x 5
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: adarqui on July 06, 2016, 03:49:25 am
All good mate! Never mind a hijack.

Trained with LBSS at his gym in DC as he mentioned in his journal. Really good session. Insanely jealous of his facilities as I was of T0ddday's at USC (see discussion above). I just practiced my 1-step DLRVJs in between throwing lobs. So bummed I couldn't get one for him! Next time. Real-life LBSS is also a champ, got me into a nice gym I never would have known about and shouted me a beer later that night after the Independence Day fireworks. Cheers mate! Will return the favour one day I hope  :lololol:

- paused speed squat 100kg x 5,5

- DB OHP 40kgs 3x8

- pull up x 10,10,9.5,3

- MB OH toss x 5

awesome!!!!

too bad on the lobs tho damn.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 12, 2016, 12:52:59 am
I'm currently in NYC (Brooklyn). Stating the obvious here but it's a very awesome city in the true sense of the word. Was in Philadelphia a few days ago, also a very impressive place. Only managed one session since D.C with LBSS, at a gym in Philadelphia. Haven't trained here yet, but there's a nice aths track 5mins away as well as a YMCA with a court. Training venues have been a lot easier to locate this time around compared to previous trips!

400m/ADEs/activation etc.

Squat: worked up to 3x3@115kgs, no bands or box available

Core: tried some of the weighted core stuff that I did with T0ddday in LA. I find these really tricky - long torso problem maybe? It's just so hard to get past the sticking point on the way up. Work to do here.

They had a nice spot to jump at this pipe that seemed about 10' (could touch with SVJ):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWnfvAYDkas

I just did 10 1-step LR plant DLRVJs, then a few multi-step DLRVJs, but they aren't any higher yet (of course the one I film is a botched RL plant!). I would kill for a space like this at my gym back home so I could jump whenever.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on July 12, 2016, 07:27:56 am
You know you listen to 2 much hip hop when somebody mentions Brooklyn and your first thought is Jay Z.

The training facilities in the US look great. How's the food over there? Is it true that all the portion sizes are huge? Which city are you heading to next?
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: T0ddday on July 12, 2016, 04:20:37 pm
You know you listen to 2 much hip hop when somebody mentions Brooklyn and your first thought is Jay Z.

The training facilities in the US look great. How's the food over there? Is it true that all the portion sizes are huge? Which city are you heading to next?

You know you don't listen to enough hip hop when someone mentions Brooklyn and your first is anyone other than Biggie.  Lol.

Portion sizes being huge... Lol.  Kinda a myth. Maybe slightly larger at some places but nothing crazy for the most part.  Especially in the cities you visit - LA, NYC, DC - you are not going to be shocked at the portions if someone takes you out to. Decent restaurant...

However there is one exception... We have a certain class of chain restaurants with names like  claimjumpers, Fridays, etc.   These restaurants have shockingly huge portions.   It's nuts.  I went to one of these in a CA suburb where they listed calories and I tried to imagine the worst meal possible it was a appetizer, meal, desert combo where you could go cheese sticks, Alfredo pasta, massive brownie sundae...  No lie, this would net you 2000, 3500, and 2000 for a total of almost 8000 cals (I'm sure you could ask for some ranch sauce to hit 8000).   And that's without drinks!  Throw in some sugary lemonade and you can get a 10k cal meal at these places!

Thing is if u visit urban centers in cities these places are really rare and almost extinct.... However the occupy space in every large strip mall all across America...  So basically American restaurants sometimes have massive portions but visitors are disappointed because no where worth going is going to have anything like the suburbs...
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Post by: LBSS on July 12, 2016, 04:53:45 pm
when i was a kid there was a place in northern virginia called generous george's. the sodas - standard size - came in a pitcher. this kind:

(http://www.saluggis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/beer-pitcher.jpg)

my grandfather loved that place.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on July 12, 2016, 04:56:39 pm
also, acole, those one-step jumps are looking better. but you still don't seem to be adding that much speed with the first step. you're mostly just bouncing off that foot and then planting. i try to think about using each step to accelerate my center of gravity forward and down. getting low is probably my most important cue at this point.

the proof is in the performance, obviously: if you're jumping higher with subsequent steps, you're adding power. just food for thought.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 13, 2016, 11:53:29 pm
also, acole, those one-step jumps are looking better. but you still don't seem to be adding that much speed with the first step. you're mostly just bouncing off that foot and then planting. i try to think about using each step to accelerate my center of gravity forward and down. getting low is probably my most important cue at this point.

the proof is in the performance, obviously: if you're jumping higher with subsequent steps, you're adding power. just food for thought.

Yeah definitely agree there. I tried adding a bit more speed for some but it just led to a bad plant and less height. Good tips.

You know you listen to 2 much hip hop when somebody mentions Brooklyn and your first thought is Jay Z.

The training facilities in the US look great. How's the food over there? Is it true that all the portion sizes are huge? Which city are you heading to next?

You know you don't listen to enough hip hop when someone mentions Brooklyn and your first is anyone other than Biggie.  Lol.

Portion sizes being huge... Lol.  Kinda a myth. Maybe slightly larger at some places but nothing crazy for the most part.  Especially in the cities you visit - LA, NYC, DC - you are not going to be shocked at the portions if someone takes you out to. Decent restaurant...

However there is one exception... We have a certain class of chain restaurants with names like  claimjumpers, Fridays, etc.   These restaurants have shockingly huge portions.   It's nuts.  I went to one of these in a CA suburb where they listed calories and I tried to imagine the worst meal possible it was a appetizer, meal, desert combo where you could go cheese sticks, Alfredo pasta, massive brownie sundae...  No lie, this would net you 2000, 3500, and 2000 for a total of almost 8000 cals (I'm sure you could ask for some ranch sauce to hit 8000).   And that's without drinks!  Throw in some sugary lemonade and you can get a 10k cal meal at these places!

Thing is if u visit urban centers in cities these places are really rare and almost extinct.... However the occupy space in every large strip mall all across America...  So basically American restaurants sometimes have massive portions but visitors are disappointed because no where worth going is going to have anything like the suburbs...

Haven't seen any famous rappers yet, fairly disappointed about that. I'm staying in a fairly hipster part of Brooklyn, lots of musos around (including some hacks directly below our Airbnb who enjoy playing the drum kit at 4AM). Agree on the portion size thing for sure, a couple of places in LA gave us massive portions we doggie bagged, but since then it's pretty much been similar to home.

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Had a run at the public track in a park in Brooklyn. It was a bit awkward as it was swarming with the general community using it to walk dogs etc. and there was no sand pit but I got a good session in:

400m-stretch-400m-ADEs-sprinting drills-banded walking strides

3x5 DL bounds

3x5 LRLR

4x120m @90%

300m sprint (ugh!)

Then later I went to the Greenpoint YMCA in the PM:

5min cardio warmup-stretch-ADEs

Light front squats@40kgs

RDL: 3x8@60kgs (hammies really feeling this)

Pullups: 3x10//20 leg raises in-between

Stuffed! Then today I got roped into doing the Statue of Liberty and Empire State in same day....so fucking dead.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on July 20, 2016, 06:09:54 pm
Haven't trained since last session, unless you count 3-4hrs/day walking around and going up/down subway stairs. I got asked to talk at a lab at Mt Sinai yesterday so that soaked up a lot of time getting ready for that.

One thing of note (pretty much for the whole trip) is that my L knee is still has this fucking annoying weird sensation like a water balloon is bouncing around in there. I say that because it's never really 'hurt' that bad in the way that tendinopathy or a tear would hurt. I've noticed it more with all the walking, which might have irritated it.

Given that I really don't feel much pain around the actual kneecap (inconsistent with chondromalacia, although occassionally I feel something like that going down stairs sometimes), I'm almost sure now that the lobulated ganglion cyst that got picked up on the MRI in Feb must be the cause. The location makes sense (near the tibial attachment of the PCL, about 3.5cm large) for where the sensation is. It probably hasn't drained and is causing pain with repeated movements like walking - the chondromalaica diagnosis might be a red herring. So I might need to go back and get another MRI or at least an ultrasound to assess whether it needs draining. But if that were the case it's not such a big deal (just a needle to aspirate it and possibly corticosteroids), if it can be dealt with easily I can finally get back on track once I get home.

Heading to a conference for the next 4 days and it's gonna be brutal - three full days of talks from 9AM-9PM (with food breaks, but still...gonna be a challenge to stay awake the whole time). Then a couple more days in NYC before the looooong trip home.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 02, 2016, 12:29:04 am
Got back a few days ago. Great trip overall. Thanks again to T0ddday and LBSS for training with me and showing me some cool stuff, made it much more memorable.

The remainder of the trip was more work than holiday but still interesting. Conference was fun but....four days of 9AM-11PM of lectures/posters/networking plus a huge final night banquet and shotgunning PBRs until 3AM.....ouch. The flight back wasn't too bad though.

The good thing from sitting in an auditorium half the day and in the dining hall eating for the other half of the day is that my knee calmed down a bit. Got back a few days ago and felt pretty good overall now the jetlag is mostly gone. I think I'll just monitor it as I resume proper training. If it gets bad again I'll get to the doctor and sort it out.

Had a break-in session the day after I got back, pretty weak after not having trained properly for awhile. Ran about 1km, tried squatting 100kg 5x5 as a benchmark but could only get out 2 sets! So weak, hamstrings and glutes just started cramping up.

Today I tried out a new gym! One thing that is gonna change after my trip seeing better facilities is that I'm going to not let my crappy gym hold me back from training efficiently. There's a gym that has reciprocal rights with mine and is a lot better:

http://tinyurl.com/zgh3e4b (http://tinyurl.com/zgh3e4b)

Has a court and a group fitness room in the same space if the court isn't available. I also noted that it has a squat rack with band pins and bands. No decline bench but...better than what I have now. It's a bit of a pain as I would have to go there during the day straight from work but I've done that before. I didn't do much there (body is really sore after the last session, might have been training with jetlag) but there's consistent times I could get there when the court is free and gym is empty. Could be promising.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Coges on August 02, 2016, 02:17:11 am
Welcome back. Jealous you've found a gym with a court in it. Sometimes I wished I lived near the city.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: T0ddday on August 02, 2016, 11:56:02 am
That gym looks like the future. 
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 17, 2016, 08:56:24 am
Rough couple of weeks since I got back but I've got a few good sessions in.

Got sick of course a couple of days after my last post, nothing too bad but kept me at less than 100% for about a week, couldn't really take time off with how much work I've got backed up, so of course it lingers way longer than it would if I could just sit in bed for a day. Then within the last week or so I got some fairly decent pericoronitis (swelling of the gum around a wisdom tooth), which I've had happen maybe 2-3 times over the last two years. Probably a sign it needs to come out. The top two seem to be clear but the bottom two have always been worrying me as they don't seem to have enough room. I'm a broke-ass student right now after paying for most of the trip (which is OK because it was part holiday) so I need to get into this student teaching clinic...not unusually, dentists are fairly expensive here in Melb. It's just hard to get in to the student place as it's about half-price, so it's always booked up. Teeth suck!

I did have one good track session as written in T0ddday's program (first one) on a clear night when my old sprint group train. Was good to see some of the guys but didn't get a good reception from the coach. He's just a real grumpy bastard now and didn't seem too interested I'd rocked up. I really don't know what his problem is. All good though, I can just do my own thing and get back at a reasonable hour. Not missing the winter off-season work, which has sounded even worse than last year from all accounts.

Coach didn't ask if I'd be running this season and I was glad because I still haven't really decided for sure what I want to do over summer. I really do enjoy racing and I think just following T0ddday's program would get me into a good 100m shape anyway, which is all I'm really interested in running. The only trouble is they've jacked up the prices by about $75 for absolutely nothing extra in terms of meets, in what was already an ordinary program with not enough opportunities to run the 100m (last year there were 5 runs in the normal, with one cancelled due to weather, one extra I had to pay for). They allow you to run unregistered about three times I think for $10, might be much more cost effective.

The other consideration is the basketball team I was playing on is playing over the spring/summer. It would be really good to have a weekly game in which to keep up sport-specific jumping. But then there's all the other reasons why it's not ideal (mostly hacks playing, team is abysmal (even for my current crappy standards), possible aggravation to knee issue). It would be the cheapest option out of the two. My knee definitely feels like it could handle it...don't know.

I could also do the pros again but it's a bigger commitment in terms of travel and it's most likely all rigged anyway. I don't know if I posted this but there was a decent controversy over the Stawell women's gift winner this year running slow all year basically and then improving by about 0.8 of a second over 100m for the final! It happens on the men's side as well. So it's really a bit of a waste of time, money unless I was a lot more competitive and faster.

So while I consider that I'm going to launch back into the weight vest program, been wearing mine when I can (sometimes it's just not practical to wear on lab days but pretty much whenever feasible). I just wish I had T0ddday's nice one, much more discreet looking than mine.

@T0ddday, for the weighted core stuff: it's really impossible to do what we did at USC at either gym as the benches just aren't suitable. What I've been playing with are weighted v-situps with a heavy (9kg+ med ball or plate):

(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MKafJKJ6Q24/hqdefault.jpg)

weighted side twists with the same ball, and weighted hanging leg raises with KBs. It feels much more challenging than say 100 elbow-to-knee crunches that I can do fairly easily. I hope that might substitute OK.

Also, for the jumps sessions I'm pretty much just warming up with a few SVJs then doing weighted 1-step jumps like we did at USC courts. That seemed to be the idea moving forward from memory. Over time I can get some more weighted gear to make it more effective.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on August 17, 2016, 09:46:32 am
toes to bar and pull-downs for core.

also, my n=1 is that my knee can feel fully healthy after even 4-5 days of rest and like it could handle anything, but it starts bothering me again almost immediately after i start jumping. so don't take for granted that it feels great now.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 18, 2016, 08:18:39 pm
toes to bar and pull-downs for core.

also, my n=1 is that my knee can feel fully healthy after even 4-5 days of rest and like it could handle anything, but it starts bothering me again almost immediately after i start jumping. so don't take for granted that it feels great now.

Good suggestions. Will try those tomorrow.

Yeah knee is just on wait-and-see status. I did track 1 100% last night after an easy-ish gym session the day before with weighted jumps and working up to 5x110kgs. It feels better than it has in the past but yeah....caution is required once jumps start in earnest.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 18, 2016, 11:40:09 pm
So yeah did Gym 1 on Wednesday mostly as written except just doing 1-step weighted jumps after ADE warmups, then working up to 5x110kgs without a box just to see where I'm at. Yesterday did track 1, threw a 7.26 kgs shotput (16lbs) about 11-11.5m (36-37ft) on my best one (out of 10 total). I really love this exercise. In the first year of group training we did these a lot with medicine balls on the basketball court over winter. Last year we didn't get to do any because of lack of court booking. I don't know if throwing a smaller shotput is easier than a bigger medicine ball of the same weight though.

*Adarq, I remember awhile ago you mentioned writing some forum code so it's easier to log workouts? I for one would greatly appreciate that. The main reason my daily session logging has fallen off in the last few years is just the time to write it up, and my previous workout isn't usually on the same page to copy/paste from.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 28, 2016, 08:30:17 am
OK so I found another new gym as the most recent one I posted didn't actually turn out to solve many problems: the bands didn't fit the squat rack in the end (too loose) and the group fitness area's ceiling was about 8 feet, so couldn't really jump there. But luckily the new place has a court that is pretty ordinary but on the plus side it's less heavily booked on w/e's, and it also has a little outdoor crossfit area that has a target and enough space to do RVJs. It also has a decline bench! Just no bands, even though it has attachments for them on the rack.

I've pretty much been following the program except that I haven't been doing a full jumps session, mostly just mixing in the jumps before gym. Also for the squats I've been doing a 5x5 without the box to build up my strength for a bit, still pretty weak. Then doing box squats for the other session.

I did track yesterday and measured some of my jumps:

Broad: 2.80m (all-time best non-spikes: 2.92m)
5xDL: 13.80m (15.30ish)
5xL: 12.80m / 5xR: 12.45m (about a metre off)
10xLRLR: 26m (27.80m)

These were probably around 95% effort. Here's some unweighted jumps I did today. Atm I'm mostly doing the 1-step DL jumps, some SLRVJs with SVJs and DSVJs for warmup:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cpg4ZvEI6ZU

I won't jump here all the time as it's hard to get a gauge on the height but it's a good backup. I'll try and measure the wall and all that but will jump at the court when possible just because it's easier to see the height against a ring. My highest touch was maybe about ~34''. Camera's at ground level, hard to say because my legs were bent.

(http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l601/acole14/20160828%20highest%20touch.png)
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: adarqui on August 28, 2016, 10:18:31 am
OK so I found another new gym as the most recent one I posted didn't actually turn out to solve many problems: the bands didn't fit the squat rack in the end (too loose) and the group fitness area's ceiling was about 8 feet, so couldn't really jump there. But luckily the new place has a court that is pretty ordinary but on the plus side it's less heavily booked on w/e's, and it also has a little outdoor crossfit area that has a target and enough space to do RVJs. It also has a decline bench! Just no bands, even though it has attachments for them on the rack.

I've pretty much been following the program except that I haven't been doing a full jumps session, mostly just mixing in the jumps before gym. Also for the squats I've been doing a 5x5 without the box to build up my strength for a bit, still pretty weak. Then doing box squats for the other session.

I did track yesterday and measured some of my jumps:

Broad: 2.80m (all-time best non-spikes: 2.92m)
5xDL: 13.80m (15.30ish)
5xL: 12.80m / 5xR: 12.45m (about a metre off)
10xLRLR: 26m (27.80m)

These were probably around 95% effort. Here's some unweighted jumps I did today. Atm I'm mostly doing the 1-step DL jumps, some SLRVJs with SVJs and DSVJs for warmup:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cpg4ZvEI6ZU

video is priv8!

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I won't jump here all the time as it's hard to get a gauge on the height but it's a good backup. I'll try and measure the wall and all that but will jump at the court when possible just because it's easier to see the height against a ring. My highest touch was maybe about ~34''. Camera's at ground level, hard to say because my legs were bent.

(http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l601/acole14/20160828%20highest%20touch.png)

that looks like a pretty good jump.. nice!
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on August 28, 2016, 06:34:42 pm
video is priv8!

D'oh! Fixed.

that looks like a pretty good jump.. nice!

Thanks mate!
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 10, 2016, 10:15:25 am
Been able to string together a couple of weeks now mostly as written, with the big exception still being no bands, and intermittent vest use. I try to wear it as much as possible but some sessions (particularly track) I've been quite sore so have been selective to try and preserve myself through this volume phase. Injury-wise holding up OK, right achilles is a bit sore when I plantar flex my foot, but nothing too bad. Today I did some jumps at the wall again, I feel like I'm getting a bit higher here. During the week I'm trying to jump at 10' a couple of times in the vest and am hitting 34''+ pretty consistently unweighted. Haven't properly tested for awhile but might be doing that soon.

This wasn't my greatest jump lately (a bit slow) but not a bad one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lXkitdy8Og

(http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l601/acole14/highest%20touch.png)

I remember reading a bit of discussion on Nick Ross's pronation on his SLRVJ: I don't seem to pronate much at all, which is good I guess, but then I don't jump as high!

(http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l601/acole14/ezgif-183833307.gif)
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: adarqui on September 17, 2016, 11:46:16 am
Been able to string together a couple of weeks now mostly as written, with the big exception still being no bands, and intermittent vest use. I try to wear it as much as possible but some sessions (particularly track) I've been quite sore so have been selective to try and preserve myself through this volume phase. Injury-wise holding up OK, right achilles is a bit sore when I plantar flex my foot, but nothing too bad. Today I did some jumps at the wall again, I feel like I'm getting a bit higher here. During the week I'm trying to jump at 10' a couple of times in the vest and am hitting 34''+ pretty consistently unweighted. Haven't properly tested for awhile but might be doing that soon.

This wasn't my greatest jump lately (a bit slow) but not a bad one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lXkitdy8Og

(http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l601/acole14/highest%20touch.png)

I remember reading a bit of discussion on Nick Ross's pronation on his SLRVJ: I don't seem to pronate much at all, which is good I guess, but then I don't jump as high!

(http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l601/acole14/ezgif-183833307.gif)

jump looked pretty good. lol @ the landing though.. ;0

ya i don't think we'll see his level of pronation among most hj'rs (in basketball shoes) but i could be wrong.. his is a bit excessive i imagine. I also imagine most hj'rs have a bit more pronation than non-hj'rs because of all of the training/competition they do in spikes which really rocket them onto their big toe from that "side plant" during the SLRVJ.

remember this excellent video?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erpcFM8mOxw

some dope slow mo's in there.



also, that weird "blip" in your videos is probably the autofocus.. not sure if i mentioned it before. I fixed it for my phone by changing it from auto-focus to manual-focus. That seemed to do the trick for me.. /2cents
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 18, 2016, 05:22:43 am
Yeah sometimes it's easier to just fall backwards rather than try to save myself. It's because I'm so glute-dominant now I keep rotating backwards lol. Good tip on the auto-focus, been annoying me that it keeps doing that right at the jump.

Yeah spikes do change the equation a bit I'd imagine. The pronation<-->injury relationship is a hard one because it's heavy on variables, all I know is you have to be damn strong and well-trained to be able to hold that near-45deg angle of the ankle and shin as Holm does@5:47. Crazy.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 18, 2016, 09:11:09 am
So I've done about 4 solid weeks of the program now. Body is getting pretty beaten but overall not so bad. This is bits of a track session I did today. I decided to run just the amateur comp this summer but won't change my training at all. T0ddday's program has me doing plenty of stuff that'll benefit 100m and jumps etc, but still focused on vertical jump and power and all that. Just competing because it's fun mostly - and (jinx incoming) I think I should run a bit faster this season. It's always dangerous to assess your performance when you're training and running by yourself, but I definitely feel better in my sprinting technique and also the way I've done the 'off-season' is very different to last year's approach. I'll start filming some sprints once daylight savings ticks over and I get back into spikes for these sprint sessions.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfdp1LsCaCA

I hadn't filmed any track stuff mainly due to weather but also just got a tripod that makes framing stuff a lot easier. The shot tosses are around 12m now. It's hard to get lots of good reps in because there's a  basketball ring behind the camera and it's usually swarming with people. Hard to fling a 7.3kg projectile blind with the thought of nailing someone in the head. It actually nearly happened once when I was practicing shotput here a few years ago - some footy team was doing drills on the court and a guy who was late ran across the ring as I was about to throw with my back to him. Missed his head by about a metre. Closest I've ever come to seriously hurting someone.

The jumps are a bit difficult atm just because it's usually wet and slippery on the runway. Best broad jump was 2.8m, best standing triples are about 8m (video one was just warmup), 5xDL bounds 14m and I also did 10xLRLR bounds of about 26m.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: undoubtable on September 18, 2016, 09:28:22 pm
Nice man! looking forward to seeing you outperform yourself. One of the most important things for me when training sprints alone was video timing to keep me motivated (or stopwatch for longer runs). Its not the easiest thing and you have to get creative but it can be very rewarding. Best of luck!
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 19, 2016, 12:02:15 am
Nice man! looking forward to seeing you outperform yourself. One of the most important things for me when training sprints alone was video timing to keep me motivated (or stopwatch for longer runs). Its not the easiest thing and you have to get creative but it can be very rewarding. Best of luck!

Thanks man!
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on September 19, 2016, 01:56:52 am
It's definitely a lot easier training when you've got something to work towards. By competing in amateur comps it gives you a purpose and also gives you objective feedback (times) of how you're travelling. Good luck for the season and bring on the warmer weather  ;D
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 19, 2016, 08:54:18 pm
It's definitely a lot easier training when you've got something to work towards. By competing in amateur comps it gives you a purpose and also gives you objective feedback (times) of how you're travelling. Good luck for the season and bring on the warmer weather  ;D

Thanks mate! I figured it was the best way to have an objective gauge of ability without injury risk of bball (definitely not the cheapest way though, AthsVic summer rego is $225 this year for 12 comps, of which you lose 1-2 per season due to heat  :o).
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 19, 2016, 09:03:14 pm
Well, I ended up playing ball last night to fill in, body felt OK so decided to just have a bit of fun and not try too hard. Well pre-game I was amped AF and really felt springy. Am happy to say I finally threw a jam down! Was feeling so good I also got a sick reverse and windmill as well as a lob dunk!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTgRruIo6PM

In all seriousness though, I got there and saw the ring was low so I just got in and did a few dunks cold before they lifted them for the game, which is why they look awkward haha. I wish I could move the rings myself. I always thought practicing dunks at say 9-9.5 feet would be really handy.

The game was fine, didn't do anything crazy, and we lost a close one. Guy on our team popped his shoulder out briefly on a rebound contest  :huh:
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: adarqui on September 19, 2016, 10:42:41 pm
dammit .. i was reading shit about reverses and windmill lobs then saw the video..  acole :trollface:

loved your other video though, movement was looking niiice.



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there's a  basketball ring behind the camera and it's usually swarming with people. Hard to fling a 7.3kg projectile blind with the thought of nailing someone in the head. It actually nearly happened once when I was practicing shotput here a few years ago - some footy team was doing drills on the court and a guy who was late ran across the ring as I was about to throw with my back to him. Missed his head by about a metre. Closest I've ever come to seriously hurting someone.

s/hurting/killing ... crazy. that's what I was thinking when I saw your vid and heard the basketball stuff nearby.

i'd be worried about that.. maybe yell "fore!!!" or something.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on September 20, 2016, 02:23:31 am
dammit .. i was reading shit about reverses and windmill lobs then saw the video..  acole :trollface:

loved your other video though, movement was looking niiice.



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there's a  basketball ring behind the camera and it's usually swarming with people. Hard to fling a 7.3kg projectile blind with the thought of nailing someone in the head. It actually nearly happened once when I was practicing shotput here a few years ago - some footy team was doing drills on the court and a guy who was late ran across the ring as I was about to throw with my back to him. Missed his head by about a metre. Closest I've ever come to seriously hurting someone.

s/hurting/killing ... crazy. that's what I was thinking when I saw your vid and heard the basketball stuff nearby.

i'd be worried about that.. maybe yell "fore!!!" or something.

Haha! Next time it'll be the real deal.

Yeah if there's a big group I usually go and tell a few of them what I'm gonna do but it's still stressful. They're almost always international students and sometimes it's hard to tell if the message has been understood, but once I start doing it they usually stay well clear.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on September 20, 2016, 08:17:29 am
post had me duped, was so excited, clicked video, lol'd.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on September 20, 2016, 08:28:11 am
It's definitely a lot easier training when you've got something to work towards. By competing in amateur comps it gives you a purpose and also gives you objective feedback (times) of how you're travelling. Good luck for the season and bring on the warmer weather  ;D

Thanks mate! I figured it was the best way to have an objective gauge of ability without injury risk of bball (definitely not the cheapest way though, AthsVic summer rego is $225 this year for 12 comps, of which you lose 1-2 per season due to heat  :o).

Playing sports in Australia isn't cheap. I was lucky with rugby my team had a lot of sponsers so it was free, but when I used to play district basketball I remember the fees were like $300 a season and there were 2 seasons a year. so it was $600 + you had to pay for your uniform and shoes. Even school basketball usually charged $5 a game and that was for public schools. I'm thinking of switching to rugby league next season and that's $300 as well, but juniors are free (they want to boost participation of rugby league in SA). In regards to Athletics I think Athletics SA also charges a similar rego fee for the season as well. I suppose the organisations have to make their money somehow especially as the Government doesn't want to contribute much.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on September 20, 2016, 08:29:13 am
post had me duped, was so excited, clicked video, lol'd.

Same! I got trolled haha.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on October 07, 2016, 08:17:22 am
Hehe sorry guys.  :trollface:

Training last two weeks has been a bit disrupted work-wise. But got in at least one gym-track-jumps session each week, usually two gym, one track, one jumps.

My vert has plateaued a little bit just because again the jumps have been inconsistent. I found a nice little spot around 6PM just before games start at the gym where it's free-ish. Occasionally not, but usually get about 15-20 jumps in total on a good day. It's not ideal and I'm still working on the best solution to the perpetual lack of consistent rim time. Study makes it hard to be consistent with getting to the gym at the same time each week.

The first aths comp is tomorrow. My plan for the season is basically to continue following the program to the best of my ability and increase the use of the weights vest to practically every session as I adapt more and more. Lately I've just been wearing it for jumps, not track yet. For the actual competition, I like the idea of doing a poor man's 'power heptathlon': 100m, 200m, 400m, high jump, long jump, triple jump, shot put. I chose those because they require the least amount of extra training on top of what I'm doing already - the other throws are too technical and I can't practice them anyway. In that vein, I'll probably just scissor kick the high jump until I fail as I can't flop to save my life. I could replace the 400m with an 800m to get a test of endurance in there bu it's more the timing of the event, it's immediately after the 200m on the program so I'd run terribly anyway.

So the plan is to do every comp (~fortnightly on a Sat) and do the events above each program, and just try and improve them. Week one is [200m/triple/shot/high jump] and week two is [100m/400m/long jump] Some will be taken less seriously (high jump and 200m/400m mostly) but improving those should help the main game. Even though the amateur comp is poorly run I like being part of the club and competing, gives me something else to think about apart from study!

Predictions for tomorrow:

200m - 25.85sec (no feel for this AT ALL)
Triple - 10.50m
Shot put - 8.40m
High jump - 1.40m (scissor kick only)
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Post by: AGC on October 08, 2016, 04:48:07 am
200m - 25.85sec predicted -  actual: not timed!!! 25.79 --> I did get a time in the end, they'd mixed up all the heats but eventually got them sorted. Not everyone got one but I got mine. Pretty much what I thought, well below average for an amateur sprinter - but I will never run this well. If I ever crack 24sec it will take a miracle.

Triple - 10.50m predicted - actual: an AWFUL 9.97m. Only had two attempts before the 200 and I was coming in WAY too fast - my step was about ~2m. I'd been practicing taking a smaller hop and bigger step off a 15m runup but I just hit the board with too much speed to handle. Should get better at this.

Shot put - 8.40m predicted - actual: 8.48m - terrible technique. Ugh! I'm interested that I haven't benched in >10 months and have definitely lost a bit of UB size, but this throw was further than my season opener last year.

High jump - 1.40m (scissor kick only) predicted - actual: 1.50m, but I flopped it. I clipped the bar on the first attempt at 1.35m with the scissor, chickened out and flopped so I didn't get beat by 15yo girls. I had one fail at 1.55m then had to leave for shot.

Heh! Not great but not terrible. Annoyed my 200m time was lost but it felt average anyway. Nothing special at all but got me a good hamstring/glute burn afterwards, so there's something. I think good goals for the end of season for these events would be 9.50m shot, 11m triple and 1.60m high jump, maybe around ~25sec for 200m but not fussed here.
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Post by: Mikey on October 08, 2016, 09:08:42 am
That sucks about the timing for the 200m. I was pissed off when I didn't get a wind indicator let alone a time.
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Post by: jumperer on October 08, 2016, 09:57:21 am
cool that you have amateur track and field competitions btw. we don't have any here, and i already graduated highschool, so i missed my chance for all that stuff.

yea, that sucks that they missed your time. try this out though if you wanna self time yourself though:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlaBJQoTDRE
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Post by: LBSS on October 08, 2016, 12:40:27 pm
cool that you have amateur track and field competitions btw. we don't have any here, and i already graduated highschool, so i missed my chance for all that stuff.

yea, that sucks that they missed your time. try this out though if you wanna self time yourself though:

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

where do you live? there aren't bi-weekly comps in my area (metro DC) but there are a few all-comers meets over the course of the summer and a couple of indoor ones in the winter. had to do a bit of googling to find them but they're there.
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Post by: jumperer on October 08, 2016, 01:19:46 pm
cool that you have amateur track and field competitions btw. we don't have any here, and i already graduated highschool, so i missed my chance for all that stuff.

yea, that sucks that they missed your time. try this out though if you wanna self time yourself though:

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

where do you live? there aren't bi-weekly comps in my area (metro DC) but there are a few all-comers meets over the course of the summer and a couple of indoor ones in the winter. had to do a bit of googling to find them but they're there.

vancouver. yea i did some googling but only found a track and field club for people 35+. that'll be more than a decade for me before i can join lol.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on October 10, 2016, 01:10:52 am
That sucks about the timing for the 200m. I was pissed off when I didn't get a wind indicator let alone a time.

I got it in the end but yeah, it's annoying not to just get it straight after the race. I can count on one hand the number of times I've had a wind measurement! Haha.
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Post by: AGC on October 10, 2016, 01:40:20 am
cool that you have amateur track and field competitions btw. we don't have any here, and i already graduated highschool, so i missed my chance for all that stuff.

yea, that sucks that they missed your time. try this out though if you wanna self time yourself though:

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

Very cool app. The obvious major flaw is the range - looks like you need bluetooth speakers to actually make distances over~30m feasible. But BT speakers with a large working distance (i.e. >100m) seem to be pricey. In fact after googling for 5 mins the only one I could find with >100m range was the Sol one that's in the video! Is the guy a Sol salesman as well perhaps?  :trollface:

400m and up wouldn't be a problem as you start/finish at the same spot but then again you probably don't need to be that accurate for those distances. It's still pretty cool though, would try.
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Post by: Mikey on October 10, 2016, 02:13:06 am
That sucks about the timing for the 200m. I was pissed off when I didn't get a wind indicator let alone a time.

I got it in the end but yeah, it's annoying not to just get it straight after the race. I can count on one hand the number of times I've had a wind measurement! Haha.

That's good they sorted out the times. Usually with our comp the times weren't available straight away, but were available after a couple of hours. They were very good with recording the wind as well, as people use the meets to qualify for nationals  and without a wind reading the time isn't 'legal'.
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Post by: LBSS on October 10, 2016, 11:34:12 am

vancouver. yea i did some googling but only found a track and field club for people 35+. that'll be more than a decade for me before i can join lol.

i think it's worth emailing them. lots of people are nice, they might let you come train anyway if you explain your situation.
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Post by: AGC on October 16, 2016, 11:59:25 pm
Training going OK. I actually got the dates wrong for the comps, they're starting out with four in a row, before switching to fortnightly-ish over the holidays. I was planning on doing the 100,LJ and 400 as described earlier but the program ran way over time due to the usual fuckups and the 400m got pushed back to 6PM, couldn't stay that long. Unfortunately it's likely to be like that every time the 400 is on.  I might do a 400m finisher at some point during track training and just hand-time it, should be accurate enough, and hopefully run it properly if things are on time next program.

100m - 12.38sec. I predicted around 12.2-12.3, overall felt pretty good given I've done one blocks session (earlier last week).

Long jump - 5.08m - awful jumping again. A weird cross-wind didn't help the runup but it was still shit. I don't know why my horizontal jumps are so bad atm. Too much vertical jumping?

Next day I managed to get time on the court, an incredible rarity on a Sunday afternoon. Did about 20-30 weighted jumps total. They weren't very high (rim-grazing) but...might have been a bit tired from the day before.
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Post by: Mikey on October 17, 2016, 12:13:55 am
What's your current weight, bodyfat, and max squat?
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Post by: AGC on October 17, 2016, 02:06:27 am
What's your current weight, bodyfat, and max squat?

~76kgs, ~6-8% bf (calipers and mirror). I'm going to a biotech conf next week - last year they had some new body-fat measuring devices so will try and get a measurement again (was 5.5% last year). Max squat is tricky, probably around 135kgs maybe. Haven't done a 1RM test since last summer. It's why I'm generally pretty happy with my 100m time and start as I know they'll both improve once the squat goes up.

I haven't really been monitoring my weight at all, hadn't even gotten on the scales until recently. T0ddday's program has got me in great shape, pretty much as lean as I've ever been without the loss of power like last year. The weighted core stuff also gives you great abs! If I cared about aesthetics at all that is.
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Post by: AGC on October 23, 2016, 03:26:00 am
Another debacle of a comp this week. We had some ridiculous weather in Melbourne (50km/h+ winds, heavy rain, 10deg C) and I was thinking they might cancel it. I went along anyway with plans to do TJ, shot, HJ and 200. Had shot put first and was raining pretty heavily, ended up throwing in my wet weather gear. Terrible throwing obviously, wet shot put, freezing cold, windy and restricted range of motion led to a measly 8.27m I think. Got to the 200 and we had a bit of a sunny break. But of course, the organisers had once again failed to test the timing system and it accordingly fucked up right before the first heat. After stuffing around for about 10-20 mins, they sent everyone off for a further 20min break while they restarted the whole thing. The first heat guys were furious as you could imagine, as well as everyone else. It's incredibly annoying to start your warmup for an event on the assumption it'll run roughly to time, but then end up warming up for 1.5hrs+ waiting for your late event. Then, just to top it off, the rain really rolled in hard and they decided that they would shut it down the whole day. So the tiny window they had to at least let the top guys get a time, they botched by not getting the timing working, and no-one ran, lol.

The other element that made this even more farcical is that this round was one of three 'zone vs zone' rounds, where the AthsVic admin thought it'd be a great idea to jam two zones into one venue. Each zone is about 8-10 clubs and the day goes for 2x as long to accommodate all the entries. For instance, I was in heat 12 of 29 for the 200. You can imagine the joy of trying to get out of a tiny carpark onto a main road with literally everyone trying to leave at the same time! Lol. I know I whinge a bit about the amateur comp but it really is shockingly incompetent. There's just no alternatives if you want to do T&F in my state unfortunately.

Weighted jumps today were pretty awful, maybe around 31-32''. I've been getting at least 1x weighted jumps session a week but maybe I'm getting a bit fatigued....haven't really improved vertically in awhile  :-[
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Post by: LBSS on October 23, 2016, 08:27:00 am
Weighted jumps today were pretty awful, maybe around 31-32''. I've been getting at least 1x weighted jumps session a week but maybe I'm getting a bit fatigued....haven't really improved vertically in awhile  :-[

that would be a result of (positive) overreaching, if i'm not mistaken. i bet once you give your body a little time to rest, you can get the supercompensation to dovetail nicely with increasing jump practice and therefore technique.
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Post by: adarqui on October 23, 2016, 01:34:54 pm
Another debacle of a comp this week. We had some ridiculous weather in Melbourne (50km/h+ winds, heavy rain, 10deg C) and I was thinking they might cancel it. I went along anyway with plans to do TJ, shot, HJ and 200. Had shot put first and was raining pretty heavily, ended up throwing in my wet weather gear. Terrible throwing obviously, wet shot put, freezing cold, windy and restricted range of motion led to a measly 8.27m I think. Got to the 200 and we had a bit of a sunny break. But of course, the organisers had once again failed to test the timing system and it accordingly fucked up right before the first heat. After stuffing around for about 10-20 mins, they sent everyone off for a further 20min break while they restarted the whole thing. The first heat guys were furious as you could imagine, as well as everyone else. It's incredibly annoying to start your warmup for an event on the assumption it'll run roughly to time, but then end up warming up for 1.5hrs+ waiting for your late event. Then, just to top it off, the rain really rolled in hard and they decided that they would shut it down the whole day. So the tiny window they had to at least let the top guys get a time, they botched by not getting the timing working, and no-one ran, lol.

The other element that made this even more farcical is that this round was one of three 'zone vs zone' rounds, where the AthsVic admin thought it'd be a great idea to jam two zones into one venue. Each zone is about 8-10 clubs and the day goes for 2x as long to accommodate all the entries. For instance, I was in heat 12 of 29 for the 200. You can imagine the joy of trying to get out of a tiny carpark onto a main road with literally everyone trying to leave at the same time! Lol. I know I whinge a bit about the amateur comp but it really is shockingly incompetent. There's just no alternatives if you want to do T&F in my state unfortunately.

damn sounds like an awful day. like, literally nothing good happened. eek :/



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Weighted jumps today were pretty awful, maybe around 31-32''. I've been getting at least 1x weighted jumps session a week but maybe I'm getting a bit fatigued....haven't really improved vertically in awhile  :-[
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Post by: AGC on October 24, 2016, 06:44:35 am
Another debacle of a comp this week. We had some ridiculous weather in Melbourne (50km/h+ winds, heavy rain, 10deg C) and I was thinking they might cancel it. I went along anyway with plans to do TJ, shot, HJ and 200. Had shot put first and was raining pretty heavily, ended up throwing in my wet weather gear. Terrible throwing obviously, wet shot put, freezing cold, windy and restricted range of motion led to a measly 8.27m I think. Got to the 200 and we had a bit of a sunny break. But of course, the organisers had once again failed to test the timing system and it accordingly fucked up right before the first heat. After stuffing around for about 10-20 mins, they sent everyone off for a further 20min break while they restarted the whole thing. The first heat guys were furious as you could imagine, as well as everyone else. It's incredibly annoying to start your warmup for an event on the assumption it'll run roughly to time, but then end up warming up for 1.5hrs+ waiting for your late event. Then, just to top it off, the rain really rolled in hard and they decided that they would shut it down the whole day. So the tiny window they had to at least let the top guys get a time, they botched by not getting the timing working, and no-one ran, lol.

The other element that made this even more farcical is that this round was one of three 'zone vs zone' rounds, where the AthsVic admin thought it'd be a great idea to jam two zones into one venue. Each zone is about 8-10 clubs and the day goes for 2x as long to accommodate all the entries. For instance, I was in heat 12 of 29 for the 200. You can imagine the joy of trying to get out of a tiny carpark onto a main road with literally everyone trying to leave at the same time! Lol. I know I whinge a bit about the amateur comp but it really is shockingly incompetent. There's just no alternatives if you want to do T&F in my state unfortunately.

damn sounds like an awful day. like, literally nothing good happened. eek :/

Pretty much. It was an extreme outlier in terms of weather, can't remember ever having a comp cancelled due to rain.

Weighted jumps today were pretty awful, maybe around 31-32''. I've been getting at least 1x weighted jumps session a week but maybe I'm getting a bit fatigued....haven't really improved vertically in awhile  :-[

that would be a result of (positive) overreaching, if i'm not mistaken. i bet once you give your body a little time to rest, you can get the supercompensation to dovetail nicely with increasing jump practice and therefore technique.

Yeah the rational part of my brain knows that, these 'blah' sessions are annoying though, especially because court time at either gym I go to now is rare on a weekend. Feel like I wasted it. But yes, agreed.
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Post by: Mikey on October 25, 2016, 01:48:10 am
Another debacle of a comp this week. We had some ridiculous weather in Melbourne (50km/h+ winds, heavy rain, 10deg C) and I was thinking they might cancel it. I went along anyway with plans to do TJ, shot, HJ and 200. Had shot put first and was raining pretty heavily, ended up throwing in my wet weather gear. Terrible throwing obviously, wet shot put, freezing cold, windy and restricted range of motion led to a measly 8.27m I think. Got to the 200 and we had a bit of a sunny break. But of course, the organisers had once again failed to test the timing system and it accordingly fucked up right before the first heat. After stuffing around for about 10-20 mins, they sent everyone off for a further 20min break while they restarted the whole thing. The first heat guys were furious as you could imagine, as well as everyone else. It's incredibly annoying to start your warmup for an event on the assumption it'll run roughly to time, but then end up warming up for 1.5hrs+ waiting for your late event. Then, just to top it off, the rain really rolled in hard and they decided that they would shut it down the whole day. So the tiny window they had to at least let the top guys get a time, they botched by not getting the timing working, and no-one ran, lol.

The other element that made this even more farcical is that this round was one of three 'zone vs zone' rounds, where the AthsVic admin thought it'd be a great idea to jam two zones into one venue. Each zone is about 8-10 clubs and the day goes for 2x as long to accommodate all the entries. For instance, I was in heat 12 of 29 for the 200. You can imagine the joy of trying to get out of a tiny carpark onto a main road with literally everyone trying to leave at the same time! Lol. I know I whinge a bit about the amateur comp but it really is shockingly incompetent. There's just no alternatives if you want to do T&F in my state unfortunately.

Weighted jumps today were pretty awful, maybe around 31-32''. I've been getting at least 1x weighted jumps session a week but maybe I'm getting a bit fatigued....haven't really improved vertically in awhile  :-[

That's ridiculous. Even if there wasn't any equipment malfunctions or weather delays it still would've been a very time consuming process, simply due to the sheer number of competitors. Madness.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on October 25, 2016, 06:32:38 am
Another debacle of a comp this week. We had some ridiculous weather in Melbourne (50km/h+ winds, heavy rain, 10deg C) and I was thinking they might cancel it. I went along anyway with plans to do TJ, shot, HJ and 200. Had shot put first and was raining pretty heavily, ended up throwing in my wet weather gear. Terrible throwing obviously, wet shot put, freezing cold, windy and restricted range of motion led to a measly 8.27m I think. Got to the 200 and we had a bit of a sunny break. But of course, the organisers had once again failed to test the timing system and it accordingly fucked up right before the first heat. After stuffing around for about 10-20 mins, they sent everyone off for a further 20min break while they restarted the whole thing. The first heat guys were furious as you could imagine, as well as everyone else. It's incredibly annoying to start your warmup for an event on the assumption it'll run roughly to time, but then end up warming up for 1.5hrs+ waiting for your late event. Then, just to top it off, the rain really rolled in hard and they decided that they would shut it down the whole day. So the tiny window they had to at least let the top guys get a time, they botched by not getting the timing working, and no-one ran, lol.

The other element that made this even more farcical is that this round was one of three 'zone vs zone' rounds, where the AthsVic admin thought it'd be a great idea to jam two zones into one venue. Each zone is about 8-10 clubs and the day goes for 2x as long to accommodate all the entries. For instance, I was in heat 12 of 29 for the 200. You can imagine the joy of trying to get out of a tiny carpark onto a main road with literally everyone trying to leave at the same time! Lol. I know I whinge a bit about the amateur comp but it really is shockingly incompetent. There's just no alternatives if you want to do T&F in my state unfortunately.

Weighted jumps today were pretty awful, maybe around 31-32''. I've been getting at least 1x weighted jumps session a week but maybe I'm getting a bit fatigued....haven't really improved vertically in awhile  :-[

That's ridiculous. Even if there wasn't any equipment malfunctions or weather delays it still would've been a very time consuming process, simply due to the sheer number of competitors. Madness.

Yeah it's one of the worst things about the new program that they implemented three seasons ago now. Everyone hates it, you have to drive for 2x the distance if it's not your home round and the day takes twice as long. They bill it as the opportunity to compete against different athletes but 95% of competitiors couldn't give a shit about that, they're mostly like me just there to run against the clock. They've lost a lot of members over the last few years unsurpisingly which is why they've jacked the prices up. In short, don't come to Vic for the track and field! Lol.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: Mikey on October 25, 2016, 06:52:19 am
Another debacle of a comp this week. We had some ridiculous weather in Melbourne (50km/h+ winds, heavy rain, 10deg C) and I was thinking they might cancel it. I went along anyway with plans to do TJ, shot, HJ and 200. Had shot put first and was raining pretty heavily, ended up throwing in my wet weather gear. Terrible throwing obviously, wet shot put, freezing cold, windy and restricted range of motion led to a measly 8.27m I think. Got to the 200 and we had a bit of a sunny break. But of course, the organisers had once again failed to test the timing system and it accordingly fucked up right before the first heat. After stuffing around for about 10-20 mins, they sent everyone off for a further 20min break while they restarted the whole thing. The first heat guys were furious as you could imagine, as well as everyone else. It's incredibly annoying to start your warmup for an event on the assumption it'll run roughly to time, but then end up warming up for 1.5hrs+ waiting for your late event. Then, just to top it off, the rain really rolled in hard and they decided that they would shut it down the whole day. So the tiny window they had to at least let the top guys get a time, they botched by not getting the timing working, and no-one ran, lol.

The other element that made this even more farcical is that this round was one of three 'zone vs zone' rounds, where the AthsVic admin thought it'd be a great idea to jam two zones into one venue. Each zone is about 8-10 clubs and the day goes for 2x as long to accommodate all the entries. For instance, I was in heat 12 of 29 for the 200. You can imagine the joy of trying to get out of a tiny carpark onto a main road with literally everyone trying to leave at the same time! Lol. I know I whinge a bit about the amateur comp but it really is shockingly incompetent. There's just no alternatives if you want to do T&F in my state unfortunately.

Weighted jumps today were pretty awful, maybe around 31-32''. I've been getting at least 1x weighted jumps session a week but maybe I'm getting a bit fatigued....haven't really improved vertically in awhile  :-[

That's ridiculous. Even if there wasn't any equipment malfunctions or weather delays it still would've been a very time consuming process, simply due to the sheer number of competitors. Madness.

Yeah it's one of the worst things about the new program that they implemented three seasons ago now. Everyone hates it, you have to drive for 2x the distance if it's not your home round and the day takes twice as long. They bill it as the opportunity to compete against different athletes but 95% of competitiors couldn't give a shit about that, they're mostly like me just there to run against the clock. They've lost a lot of members over the last few years unsurpisingly which is why they've jacked the prices up. In short, don't come to Vic for the track and field! Lol.

That's such a dumb reason. If people wanted to compete against other athletes they would drive the extra distance and compete in meets they don't regularly compete in. Plus there is always state champs etc. for that stuff.

As for jacking up the prices because of lower participation they should actually be doing the opposite. Make it cheaper so people have more incentives to participate. It's basic supply and demand stuff, which seems to be lacking in Victoria and pretty much every state throughout Australia when it comes to Athletics. I respect that a lot of the officials are volunteers so I won't have a dig at them, but for the people that are getting paid good salaries in Athletics Australia etc. as administrators I don't think they could organise a piss up at a brewery.

Edit- Particularly when there is such a strong culture of professional running in both SA and Victoria. People just simply can't afford to pay hundreds of dollars to compete in both professional and amateur comps so it becomes a choice of one verse the other to the detriment of the sport.
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Post by: AGC on October 25, 2016, 10:55:36 pm
That's such a dumb reason. If people wanted to compete against other athletes they would drive the extra distance and compete in meets they don't regularly compete in. Plus there is always state champs etc. for that stuff.

As for jacking up the prices because of lower participation they should actually be doing the opposite. Make it cheaper so people have more incentives to participate. It's basic supply and demand stuff, which seems to be lacking in Victoria and pretty much every state throughout Australia when it comes to Athletics. I respect that a lot of the officials are volunteers so I won't have a dig at them, but for the people that are getting paid good salaries in Athletics Australia etc. as administrators I don't think they could organise a piss up at a brewery.

Edit- Particularly when there is such a strong culture of professional running in both SA and Victoria. People just simply can't afford to pay hundreds of dollars to compete in both professional and amateur comps so it becomes a choice of one verse the other to the detriment of the sport.

Yeah 100%. People do rip into the officials on the day but it's unfair as the system in place was devised by some PR/management hack in head office who never gets down to the meets and is just trying to keep the budget as tight as possible.
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Post by: AGC on October 30, 2016, 03:47:18 am
Another comp, it went generally pretty smooth, only a few missed 100m times! Lol. Not mine though. There was a bit of a protest by all the top guys who pre-entered but didn't rock up, so there were three guys in the first heat.

100m - 12.15sec --> overall pretty good. The usual pattern for me, good start but died over the last 20-30m. But pretty happy to be running this in October with average strength levels and not an extensive amount of speed work except as written in the program.

Long jump - 5.10m --> awful again, my runup was off and I was stretching for the board each attempt and decelerating when I should have been accelerating. I don't think I'm jumping over 5.50m anyway atm. Hah.

400m - 61.31 - so bad. I ran with some old fellas so I was miles ahead by the 100m mark and I just went way too slow from 100-250m. Tried to pick it up in the last 150m but it was too late, legs were spent. But this is just for fun, if I crack my PR of ~57sec I'd be stunned and also it's not important anyway.

Jumped and squatted today. Been combining the weighted jumps session and easy squats/RDLs in one day. I did some jumps unweighted to see how I'm going. Pretty flat overall after running a good 100m yesterday. The 1-step and DLRVJ are pretty much the same height :(, around ~33''. My SLRVJ has gotten a bit better, probably around ~34'' today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBU-Bksxjbo

I really wish I was doing a bit better athletically, but I'm also trying to finish a PhD in six months so training has obviously come second to that. Last few weeks I've only been doing a single combined track session with comps as a proxy session, and running the tempo runs on the oval at my gym with horizontal jumps etc. on another night. Also combining jumps with gym, and doing some more weighted SVJs/DSVJs with the other gym session (or full jumps, but it's almost impossible to get court/outdoor fitness access after 5PM). It also makes it hard to do too much extended weight-vest time as I've mentioned a few times.

I'm half-thinking of taking a few months off once I finish rather than stress too much about having a job lined up. Haven't really taken any extended non-travel break over the last ~4-5 years except for 2x5w trips o/s (US trip this year and Europe start of 2014). They were both incredible obviously, but I never find o/s trips very 'relaxing'. Especially the recent US trip, which was awesome, but included lab visits/conf/talks/T0ddday making me do a 400m at 7AM etc. Would be nice to just have 1-2 months where all I think about is training just once before I hit work hard again. It's a bit self-indulgent and life might not allow that anyway, but it'd be nice.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on October 30, 2016, 09:42:52 am
+1 on taking a training break. seems like a wonderful idea if you can afford it. i'm not really thinking about what's after pakistan yet but one idea that's kicking around the back of my brain is just that: go chill in california for two months and do nothing but train and hang out. we'll see how much money i've got saved up by then.  ::)

on your jumps, an observation: you accelerate into the SL plants off multiple steps. but on the DL plants each step is done at the same speed, you're not adding from one to the next. that's why you're not getting any higher off multiple than one. you could try a saying a cadence cue to yourself, like "slooooww-faast-fast." that's worked for me a bit on days when i was having trouble accelerating step to step.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: adarqui on October 31, 2016, 05:09:11 pm
good stuff on that 100m.. i imagine if you didn't have so much on your plate and were getting more running in, you'd feel better in that last 20-30m.

also +1 on training breaks.. i've been on a couple of them  :ninja: :trollface:

my biggest advice on that though, is .. to really try and get focused a few months BEFORE the training break, so that you could go hard during the actual training break.. that was the #1 mistake I made for my current (really long) training break. If I had a shorter break, I would have spent most of it just getting in shape.

also, don't take a training break of a year or more............  :trollface: it makes you not want to work & only become a better athlete. lmao.

pc!
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on November 07, 2016, 07:48:29 am
+1 on taking a training break. seems like a wonderful idea if you can afford it. i'm not really thinking about what's after pakistan yet but one idea that's kicking around the back of my brain is just that: go chill in california for two months and do nothing but train and hang out. we'll see how much money i've got saved up by then.  ::)

on your jumps, an observation: you accelerate into the SL plants off multiple steps. but on the DL plants each step is done at the same speed, you're not adding from one to the next. that's why you're not getting any higher off multiple than one. you could try a saying a cadence cue to yourself, like "slooooww-faast-fast." that's worked for me a bit on days when i was having trouble accelerating step to step.

Sweet, sounds good. With T0ddday at USC? A couple of months there and you'd be flying, especially with all that natural Vit.D!

Yeah I just can't add speed to the DLRVJ atm. Still awkward steps, just need more practice that I'm not getting in...thanks for the cues.

good stuff on that 100m.. i imagine if you didn't have so much on your plate and were getting more running in, you'd feel better in that last 20-30m.

also +1 on training breaks.. i've been on a couple of them  :ninja: :trollface:

my biggest advice on that though, is .. to really try and get focused a few months BEFORE the training break, so that you could go hard during the actual training break.. that was the #1 mistake I made for my current (really long) training break. If I had a shorter break, I would have spent most of it just getting in shape.

also, don't take a training break of a year or more............  :trollface: it makes you not want to work & only become a better athlete. lmao.

pc!

Thanks man! Good advice. I think it's something I'll try and manage, would be fun to do it before getting a real job. I'm probably not busier than anyone else here, we're all putting in the hard yards in some form, my particular role just has weird hours and day-to-day is always all over the place. Makes training tricky, as well as variable court access time and all that. Bleh.

No comp the past weekend so I had a good track session. Here's a block start. I'm still annoyed my arms are a bit messy but I do get them firing when I straighten up. Weirdly, I haven't had my right tib-fib joint flare up on reintroduction of block work. Has bothered me the last 3 years or so, but nothing lately. Can't put my finger on why exactly, injuries are just fucking weird like that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdriWFQA85c
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on December 04, 2016, 03:12:57 am
Bad updating as usual. Nothing major to report anyway. Here's my aths summary:

Rd1: 200m - 25.79sec / Triple - 9.90m / High - 1.50m / Shot - 8.48m

Rd 2: 100m - 12.38 / LJ - 5.08m / 400m - DNR

Rd 3: Rained out, threw the wet shot 8.27m

Rd 4: 100m - 12.15 / LJ - 5.10m / 400m - 61.3

Rd 5: missed due to lab (200m program so nbd)

Rd 6: 100m - 12.38 again into a headwind / LJ - 5.60m (better)

Rd 7: missed again due to lab (200m)

I have to miss the next round as well, which sucks as it's the 100m round. There's also a twilight round on a Thursday which is always a pain to get to. Then there's only one more 200m round on the 14th of Jan but I'm getting my fecking wisdom teeth out under general on the 10th and will be out for a few days at least. So unless I can get to the twilight round I might not do the 200m round again. Not what I envisaged but it's just what happens when the season is so abridged. Luckily the wisdom teeth op is sandwiched by two more 100m programs on the 7th and 21st, then the finals round is also the 100m program this year, so that's a bonus. Three chances to run sub-12 and jump 6m+!

Jumps have been as inconsistent as always, pretty much dictated by court/outdoor fitness availability after 5PM and on weekends. The court has been booked out the last few weekends so some HS students can practice ceremonial Chinese dragon dance. Yep. Had a free gym today for about an hour though so could get all the jumps in:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3x512WxeQE

Minor improvements, definitely hitting about ~35'' on the SLRVJ, ~34'' for DSVJ and ~33'' for SVJ. The DLRVJ I got on film was rubbish, still not much better than the DSVJ obviously. It 'feels' fast when I'm doing it but when watching it back, it's so slow! Haha. Simply need two good sessions a week rather than one to get the reps in.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: AGC on January 22, 2017, 01:42:36 am
Still hitting it hard. Been very disrupted with PhD and getting my teeth out about 10 days ago now. Knocked me out for a good 4-5 days.

This was my best jump recently (just after Xmas). I really need to tape-measure the doorway I jump at when the courts are busy but it definitely looks approx 10' or a bit over. Looks about ~35''.

(http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l601/acole14/Untitled.png)

Ran twice on the 7th and 21st of Jan (op on 10th). First was a 38C/100F day, ran a 12.15sec again and a 5.29m LJ (all over the board with two NJs). Second was yesterday but I hadn't really trained much, had two gyms and one track after my op plus all the time off, so didn't run that well, plus a headwind equalled 12.57 (ugh!). Did a 5-step 4.93m LJ just to do it really. A bit of a write-off.

There's a 'final' round in 3 weeks and runs off the 100m/LJ program, but I don't think I'm in the top 6 for the 100m or top 3 for long jump....I'm on the fringes for both so might get called up but I'm just thinking of shutting aths down for the year, not much point if I don't make the team and would require an effort to get to the track 2-3 times a week to get ready. Especially if I didn't want to embarrass myself in the LJ against guys jumping 6m+, it would require getting my runup properly measured and not just winging it every time. Lol.

Not sure...I'm pretty happy overall with my 100m, probably did 1/3 the volume of track training compared to seasons where I've run the same time. Lol. I think if that recent 12.15 day wasn't so hot I might have slipped under. The poor man's power heptathlon was a bit of a failure because I kept missing half the events! But it might be a fun goal to train for again in the later half of the year.
Title: Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
Post by: LBSS on January 22, 2017, 01:59:03 am
jump looks high, lesson about not murdering yourself with volume seems good.  :highfive:
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: AGC on January 29, 2017, 10:45:55 pm
jump looks high, lesson about not murdering yourself with volume seems good.  :highfive:

Yeah for me I think 4 hard sessions plus an easier one per week is about right. 5-6 is when I start either breaking down or not performing well anyway.

There was a meet on this weekend but it cost (more) money to do and it was an hour away so I just decided to time-trial myself at the track. Did a flatout 100m and 60m and some jumps. Frame-counted them at ~12.1 and 7.40. Clearly I just lack speed endurance as a 7.40 60m should be a bit faster than 12.1, but that's OK because I have been doing very minimal track training. The strength/power component has definitely helped maintain speed to some extent. Broad jump is 2.85m atm, again, very little actual practice of the movement so can't expect any better than that.

Sprinting flat out in a straight line on an empty track with nice weather is just beautiful though. I definitely get caught up in results to the point where you forget how enjoyable the actual movement is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvCsrzdiLtQ
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: Mikey on April 13, 2017, 07:49:24 am
Damn acole you been slack on the updates!

Fill us in with what's been happening with your training or even just life in general.
Hope you've been well and Happy Easter!
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: AGC on April 17, 2017, 02:43:44 am
Damn acole you been slack on the updates!

Fill us in with what's been happening with your training or even just life in general.
Hope you've been well and Happy Easter!

Thanks mate, hope you had a good one. Yeah I've been meaning to update for ages so I appreciate the bump. I've still been reading everyone's training and happy to see everyone is killing it. Just been slammed with finishing up the old PhD. Training's been put on the backburner for a bit for sure but the end is in sight.

Last time I did anything of note was at the final round of aths comp. The last training session before i went hard and definitely irritated my bicep femoris tendon....wasn't feeling good to flex the knee at all. Probably shouldn't have run but people were dropping out like flies so felt obliged. Flared up again in warmups and ended up running a painful 12.52 100m, not very good. Should have called it there but needed to just put in a token LJ effort....big mistake. I jumped pretty well considering but it was game over from then. Really exploded the next day so I just shut down everything for the next month, just did UB/core at the gym. Been doing that for the last two months, been a bit demotivated and the BFT is still sore. That's the problem with tendinopathies - if you ignore the pain it just gets exponentially worse and takes forever to go away (similar to my foot, which I kept training on and took a year to heal!).

Once I've finished up (probably end of May), I'll be working for a bit here getting $$ until end of July. My partner and I are having a baby boy due around then and decided that because I don't have a FT job lined up immediately that it would be nice to get out of the city for 6-9 months to save money and just have a break from city life and working 40-50hrs/week, just for brief interlude. Moving back to my old home in Geelong as my parents have moved out to the country and were planning on selling, but we'll live there until the end of the year or until I sort myself out. Will be good for the first tricky 6mths of having a new child and also training. Big vert training plans for that period. Training for vertical jumping has always been awkward  in Melbourne compared to just lifting or running due to lack of available facilities to get in jumping practice. But back home that won't be an issue. It won't be forever, planning to sort myself out job-wise over that time and move back to Melbourne or elsewhere for 2018 so it'll be a nice deadline to get something respectable achieved before I get timed out.
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: Mikey on April 18, 2017, 06:41:47 am
That's awesome to hear. Sounds like you've been extremely busy on the study/work front and congratulations on the family news!

Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: AGC on April 18, 2017, 07:37:17 am
That's awesome to hear. Sounds like you've been extremely busy on the study/work front and congratulations on the family news!

Thanks mate. How's yours coming along? I forgot to say congrats on making that Aus team. Nice work! Will the games be streamed?
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: AGC on May 25, 2017, 10:04:03 am
OK then. I am back training more or less full-tilt for the last month or so. Tib-fib/ham tendinopathy took forever to get down. Didn't help I've been sitting a lot to write but it's better now. I've just been alternating two sessions every two days and trying to jump when courts are free:

S1
2-3x400m 80% runs with 1min rest
SL squat: 2x6@10kgs
Weighted core stuff
Horizontal push/pull

S2
Jumps if possible (just SVJ/DSVJ and light SLRVJ)
5x5 squat (at 80-90kgs atm, lol!)
Assistance glute/ham work
Weighted core
Vertical push/pull

I'm doing this until I can try T0ddday's program again. Big change in two weeks is that I'm moving house to a place with a real-life garage! So I can finally set up the home gym and squat and jump everyday. Not back in my hometown either, got some work lined up that has to be started when I'm finished up so....mixed feelings about that  :huh:

Also planning on catching up with Coges finally to have a jumps session! It won't be great on my end yet (32-33''atm). Should be in a couple of weeks (if still keen Coges?)
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: Mikey on May 27, 2017, 03:53:28 am
Awesome to see you back brother and the home garage sounds sick.
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: Coges on May 27, 2017, 07:48:34 pm
Also planning on catching up with Coges finally to have a jumps session! It won't be great on my end yet (32-33''atm). Should be in a couple of weeks (if still keen Coges?)

Still keen mate. Haven't trained in nearly 2 weeks but back at it today so we could be having the worst dunk session ever filmed haha.
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: AGC on May 30, 2017, 12:42:03 am
Also planning on catching up with Coges finally to have a jumps session! It won't be great on my end yet (32-33''atm). Should be in a couple of weeks (if still keen Coges?)

Still keen mate. Haven't trained in nearly 2 weeks but back at it today so we could be having the worst dunk session ever filmed haha.

Haha that's OK, good to set a baseline.

Awesome to see you back brother and the home garage sounds sick.
:headbang: my dream come true hopefully. It's not massive but I should be able to get a workable setup going. There's also an aths track about 5mins drive that'll be useful as well. I've really felt restricted last couple of years but now I should have clear air.
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: LBSS on May 30, 2017, 01:11:49 am
home gym...nearby track...[weeps]
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: Coges on May 30, 2017, 02:03:52 am
What area will you end up in? I'm pretty lucky in that I have 1 track a 5 min drive from home and another track a 10m drive from work. Now if only I could run... :'(
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: maxent on May 30, 2017, 07:09:14 am
What area will you end up in? I'm pretty lucky in that I have 1 track a 5 min drive from home and another track a 10m drive from work. Now if only I could run... :'(

sounds like there are tracks all over the place in melbourne. You guys are so lucky. i dont even think ive ever seen one here smh
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: AGC on May 31, 2017, 05:49:56 pm
What area will you end up in? I'm pretty lucky in that I have 1 track a 5 min drive from home and another track a 10m drive from work. Now if only I could run... :'(

Out in Coburg. Still have the same commute time except I'm on the tram now.

Yeah there's only two good tracks in WA apparently. Melbourne might have more athletic tracks per capita than most other cities outside of the US (where it felt like every HS I saw had a track/football field combo).
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: Coges on May 31, 2017, 08:47:21 pm
What area will you end up in? I'm pretty lucky in that I have 1 track a 5 min drive from home and another track a 10m drive from work. Now if only I could run... :'(

Out in Coburg. Still have the same commute time except I'm on the tram now.

Yeah there's only two good tracks in WA apparently. Melbourne might have more athletic tracks per capita than most other cities outside of the US (where it felt like every HS I saw had a track/football field combo).

Nice! Coburg Harriers track team? I was there the other day seeing clients and the track there is pretty decent.

Yeah I can think of at least 6 tracks on the east side of the city (within a 30k radius).
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: LBSS on June 01, 2017, 12:31:49 am
What area will you end up in? I'm pretty lucky in that I have 1 track a 5 min drive from home and another track a 10m drive from work. Now if only I could run... :'(

Out in Coburg. Still have the same commute time except I'm on the tram now.

Yeah there's only two good tracks in WA apparently. Melbourne might have more athletic tracks per capita than most other cities outside of the US (where it felt like every HS I saw had a track/football field combo).

outside of the densest parts of cities, this is probably true. i miss it. there is one 400m oval in islamabad and it's inside the national stadium.
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: AGC on June 01, 2017, 02:03:17 am
What area will you end up in? I'm pretty lucky in that I have 1 track a 5 min drive from home and another track a 10m drive from work. Now if only I could run... :'(

Out in Coburg. Still have the same commute time except I'm on the tram now.

Yeah there's only two good tracks in WA apparently. Melbourne might have more athletic tracks per capita than most other cities outside of the US (where it felt like every HS I saw had a track/football field combo).

Nice! Coburg Harriers track team? I was there the other day seeing clients and the track there is pretty decent.

Yeah I can think of at least 6 tracks on the east side of the city (within a 30k radius).

Yeah they train there. There's at least 25 that I can think of just off the top of my head! I consider myself a synthetic running track connoisseur. Must have run on 20+ over my life.  :lololol:

What area will you end up in? I'm pretty lucky in that I have 1 track a 5 min drive from home and another track a 10m drive from work. Now if only I could run... :'(

Out in Coburg. Still have the same commute time except I'm on the tram now.

Yeah there's only two good tracks in WA apparently. Melbourne might have more athletic tracks per capita than most other cities outside of the US (where it felt like every HS I saw had a track/football field combo).

outside of the densest parts of cities, this is probably true. i miss it. there is one 400m oval in islamabad and it's inside the national stadium.

How much longer have you got over there? Never too late to start up sprinting once you get back. All that functional gymnastics training would put you in good stead.
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: AGC on June 14, 2017, 08:50:16 pm
So yeah as Coges noted we caught up yesterday at MSAC and had a shoot and a few jumps. Coges summarised it pretty well in his log. Warmup was Coges owning me 1v1 (he's good!). I moved house on the weekend prior so a lot of weighted stair climbs/descents, but I felt OK overall. Just a pure lack of solid training. Hoping to catch up again in 8 weeks with more training and see how that goes. Great motivation.  :headbang:

It might take a couple of weeks to set up my home gym but I have a basketball stadium and track 5mins away so should be able to get some decent training in. There's also a commercial gym nearby as well, which I might utilise in case the home gym setup drags a bit. The best thing about yesterday is that despite a decent number of jumps, I generally fell pretty good, just normal soreness. The tib-fib/hamstring tendinopathy has improved a lot.

Also I think I'm 2nd in the "meeting members in RL" rankings now with three (I think LBSS has met a few more members than me).
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: LBSS on June 14, 2017, 11:20:20 pm
yep i'm at 4. :highfive:
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: AGC on July 10, 2017, 05:44:34 am
Well the home gym will have to wait a few more years...we just have TOO MUCH STUFF to fit in there plus a car that technically has 'locked garage' as its primary location at night for insurance. But there's a cheap 24hr Snap fitness just up the road which is pretty good. Has a GHR, active area where I can do some half-arsed box jumps and four racks. GHRs in particular are great. 24hrs might be good as my schedule will change soon....probably have to start getting used to 6-7AM workouts...ugh. The basketball stadium up the road is open semi-frequently but only from 9:30AM - 4:30PM and not on weekends. I may be able to use it occasionally but not once I'm working much...sucks.

To top it off, the athletics track next door to the basketball court is 'private'...I used it a few times but it's usually locked up by the club there. You can use it from 5-7PM if you pay up a mere $90 though so there's that  ::). It really pisses me off when tracks are locked by clubs. They're almost always funded by the local or state council and there's literally nothing to steal! All it achieves is alienating potential club members.

I had planned on doing T0ddday's program again but....I might keep it real simple until I jump with Coges again. It's also kind of a bummer that he's not really around any more to get advice from. So just: build up the squat with 5x5 a couple of days a week, GHR/RDLs, jump as much as possible at the courts during the day while I'm writing my thesis and maybe a bit of oval tempo sprints. My squat is weak atm, but I got around 33'' today at the courts for a DSVJ. I think I can get better quick.
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: AGC on August 13, 2017, 09:06:33 am
Well, I don't advise trying to finish a thesis and have a child at the same time haha. Not good for the general order of life. But all really positive so far, no issues and it's great fun having your own child. Plus, the thesis is in and I finally have time to organise my training thoughts.

The biggest thing I've really decided on is that I'm WEAK. My lifts are right down, so before I really launch into jump sessions I need to get strong again. My workouts are:

//Workout 1//

Warmup: jog 400m, dynamic stretch, sprint 400m at 17kph (approx 75sec)/general activation stuff (T0ddday's and a few other things)

//LB
Squat: 5x5, started at 60kgs, now at 80kgs
GHR: 3x10
Hip thrust: 3x10@60kgs

//UB
V.Push: DB shoulder press, 2x10@12.5kgs
V.Pull: Neutral grip pullups, 3xF (in the 10,8,6 range atm)
H.Pull: Seated cable row, 3x10@45kgs

//Core
Cable pallof press: 2x20@11kgs
Weighted situps: 2x12-15@5kgs

//Workout 2//

Warmup: same

//LB
RDL: 3x10@50kgs
SL squat: 2x6@6kgs
DB BSS: 2x10@25kgs total

//UB
H.Push: DB bench press, 2x10@12.5kgs
H.Pull: Seated cable row, 3x10@45kgs
V.Pull: Lat pull, 2x10@45kgs

//Core
Weighted window washers: 2x20@5kgs
Hanging leg raises: 2xF

Just alternating these every two days until I'm not as weak as an anaemic kitten + a bit of running. I'm emphasising upper body pulling mainly just to strengthen the back as it can get sore with lots of volume on squats/DL. The focus is getting fit and strong in the lower body again. Goals are:

- Squat: 5x5@110kgs --> just a paltry 125kg max, but will switch to 5/3/1 on the major lifts once I hit this.
- Hip thrust: 3x10@100kgs
- SL squat: 2x6@15kgs
- BSS: 2x10@40kgs total
- RDL: 3x10@100kgs
- UB/core: don't care

Once I get here I will start throwing in a jumps session. Luckily I managed a flexible working arrangement until the end of the year so I should be able to jump 1-2x in the mornings hopefully. All of this is baby-dependent of course. It's been relatively OK so far but it can change.

The best things about my new gym are the 24hr access and the equipment, but they're only just enough to overcome the proliferation of gym-bro's. So many gym-bro's at these places...There's also a PT there who is just abysmal, spends more time on his phone than supervising his clients. One time I was there he was training a guy on squats and was loading the bar up way too much. The PT is on his phone while the clients walks 130kgs out, shaking so much he looks like he's about to blast off into orbit, does three half-squats and nearly falls over backwards on the last rep, just managed to save it. PT comes over: "How were those mate??" "Yeah good mate".
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: maxent on August 13, 2017, 12:44:06 pm
The best things about my new gym are the 24hr access and the equipment, but they're only just enough to overcome the proliferation of gym-bro's. So many gym-bro's at these places...There's also a PT there who is just abysmal, spends more time on his phone than supervising his clients. One time I was there he was training a guy on squats and was loading the bar up way too much. The PT is on his phone while the clients walks 130kgs out, shaking so much he looks like he's about to blast off into orbit, does three half-squats and nearly falls over backwards on the last rep, just managed to save it. PT comes over: "How were those mate??" "Yeah good mate".

we should make a thread for these stories. my least favourite is how people do rack pulls (or whatever they are) in the racks by dropping hte bar onto the safety pins. Yea go on just permanently bend the bar for your ego. Not talking about huge weights either like always around 80-140kg. just why?
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: AGC on August 14, 2017, 10:27:48 am
The best things about my new gym are the 24hr access and the equipment, but they're only just enough to overcome the proliferation of gym-bro's. So many gym-bro's at these places...There's also a PT there who is just abysmal, spends more time on his phone than supervising his clients. One time I was there he was training a guy on squats and was loading the bar up way too much. The PT is on his phone while the clients walks 130kgs out, shaking so much he looks like he's about to blast off into orbit, does three half-squats and nearly falls over backwards on the last rep, just managed to save it. PT comes over: "How were those mate??" "Yeah good mate".

we should make a thread for these stories. my least favourite is how people do rack pulls (or whatever they are) in the racks by dropping hte bar onto the safety pins. Yea go on just permanently bend the bar for your ego. Not talking about huge weights either like always around 80-140kg. just why?

Mate, I bet between you, me, Coges and Mutumbo we could fill a book with the crap you see in commercial gyms here. The dropping of the bar in any deadlift variation really grumbles my Grahams as it's literally half the lift down the toilet.
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: adarqui on August 14, 2017, 12:59:44 pm
i'd annoy the hell out of both of you with my pin squats & when I used to crash the bar to the floor during deadlifts.

I eventually put towels on my pins though for pin squats, so to make it less bouncy if I did hit them & so that it would make less noise.

:D
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: adarqui on August 14, 2017, 01:00:30 pm
Well, I don't advise trying to finish a thesis and have a child at the same time haha. Not good for the general order of life. But all really positive so far, no issues and it's great fun having your own child. Plus, the thesis is in and I finally have time to organise my training thoughts.

damn!!  :wowthatwasnutswtf: :headbang:
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: AGC on August 15, 2017, 02:07:00 am
i'd annoy the hell out of both of you with my pin squats & when I used to crash the bar to the floor during deadlifts.

I eventually put towels on my pins though for pin squats, so to make it less bouncy if I did hit them & so that it would make less noise.

:D

Haha, it's alright if it's for vert-specific lifts  :ninja:. It's more when it's purposely smashing up plates/bars for ego's sake on stupid lifts. Like these fucking juice heads doing 725lb quarter-shrugs and bending the barbell:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5qKFty8Jcc

Well, I don't advise trying to finish a thesis and have a child at the same time haha. Not good for the general order of life. But all really positive so far, no issues and it's great fun having your own child. Plus, the thesis is in and I finally have time to organise my training thoughts.

damn!!  :wowthatwasnutswtf: :headbang:

 :wowthatwasnutswtf: Yep it's hectic.
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: Mikey on August 15, 2017, 11:10:43 am
The best things about my new gym are the 24hr access and the equipment, but they're only just enough to overcome the proliferation of gym-bro's. So many gym-bro's at these places...There's also a PT there who is just abysmal, spends more time on his phone than supervising his clients. One time I was there he was training a guy on squats and was loading the bar up way too much. The PT is on his phone while the clients walks 130kgs out, shaking so much he looks like he's about to blast off into orbit, does three half-squats and nearly falls over backwards on the last rep, just managed to save it. PT comes over: "How were those mate??" "Yeah good mate".

we should make a thread for these stories. my least favourite is how people do rack pulls (or whatever they are) in the racks by dropping hte bar onto the safety pins. Yea go on just permanently bend the bar for your ego. Not talking about huge weights either like always around 80-140kg. just why?

Mate, I bet between you, me, Coges and Mutumbo we could fill a book with the crap you see in commercial gyms here. The dropping of the bar in any deadlift variation really grumbles my Grahams as it's literally half the lift down the toilet.

Haha so true with the book!
 
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: AGC on August 25, 2017, 09:37:34 am
Ok, so something like the following would be a good contest:

1) First person to increase SVJ by 45% (me) and 20% (you) in 1 year. You would have to reach roughly 37in svj, while I would have to reach 35in. If neither reach it than, whoever is proportionally closer.

Winner gets bragging rights and a dinner gift certificate.

Sounds like a bet. Video with height reference verified by adarq.org community for measurements. Good luck sir.  :lololol:
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: adarqui on August 25, 2017, 05:45:36 pm
Ok, so something like the following would be a good contest:

1) First person to increase SVJ by 45% (me) and 20% (you) in 1 year. You would have to reach roughly 37in svj, while I would have to reach 35in. If neither reach it than, whoever is proportionally closer.

Winner gets bragging rights and a dinner gift certificate.

Ok, so something like the following would be a good contest:

1) First person to increase SVJ by 45% (me) and 20% (you) in 1 year. You would have to reach roughly 37in svj, while I would have to reach 35in. If neither reach it than, whoever is proportionally closer.

Winner gets bragging rights and a dinner gift certificate.

Sounds like a bet. Video with height reference verified by adarq.org community for measurements. Good luck sir.  :lololol:

Ok, so something like the following would be a good contest:

1) First person to increase SVJ by 45% (me) and 20% (you) in 1 year. You would have to reach roughly 37in svj, while I would have to reach 35in. If neither reach it than, whoever is proportionally closer.

Winner gets bragging rights and a dinner gift certificate.

Sounds like a bet. Video with height reference verified by adarq.org community for measurements. Good luck sir.  :lololol:

Confirmed,  :)

now we're talkin`

:headbang: :highfive: :ibjumping:
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: AGC on August 28, 2017, 04:45:34 am
Acole, I'm curious, how are you squatting a lot less than you were 6 years ago? Did your lifting go dormant or something?

Hmm, trash-talking already? I feel more confident already about winning this challenge now  :trollface:

You know, we probably need to see a full-effort SVJ+reach video from you to verify your starting height before this competition is legit. For all I know, you've already got to 28-30'' and are just foxing.
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: LBSS on August 28, 2017, 10:41:36 am
if you go two pages back in his journal he describes, in detail, the turns his life has taken that have led him to detrain.
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: AGC on August 28, 2017, 09:24:29 pm
if you go two pages back in his journal he describes, in detail, the turns his life has taken that have led him to detrain.

i have browsed his journal so far from like page 1 to 30, and now page 87 (last page) to 70.... is it somewhere in between?

whatever, was just curious, legit questions, not sure how it could be interpreted as trash talk or disrespect.....

You know exactly how it can be interpreted as trash talk. I've played team sports in Australia my whole life, I've seen every little shit-talking trick in the book and this is one of them. Which is fine, do that to your heart's content, but it just clutters up the journals when you post like this, and it's a neg-fest apparently. I offered you this competition as a friendly way of getting you back on track and training hard without the negativity, don't make me regret doing that.
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: AGC on August 28, 2017, 11:56:10 pm
if you go two pages back in his journal he describes, in detail, the turns his life has taken that have led him to detrain.

i have browsed his journal so far from like page 1 to 30, and now page 87 (last page) to 70.... is it somewhere in between?

whatever, was just curious, legit questions, not sure how it could be interpreted as trash talk or disrespect.....

You know exactly how it can be interpreted as trash talk. I've played team sports in Australia my whole life, I've seen every little shit-talking trick in the book and this is one of them. Which is fine, do that to your heart's content, but it just clutters up the journals when you post like this, and it's a neg-fest apparently. I offered you this competition as a friendly way of getting you back on track and training hard without the negativity, don't make me regret doing that.

Ok, so I was reading your journal and if I read it correctly you were doing like ~120kg reps, but later on you were doing a lot less. Was just wondering why, if you stopped training or got injured. Was just curious, even if we weren't in this friendly contest i'd still be curious.

I went from squatting 335 at 178 bw to becoming a fat fuck that couldn't even do 185, but got back in it a little bit in the last 6 months....

OK all good, just understand that I have my guard up to a certain extent with posts like that. To answer your question:

2011-2012 - really got squat up + jumping and running a lot because I had an easy technician job in a lab and could train lunches, after work and weekends with no worries --> 35'' SVJ and 37'' RVJ

end of 2012 - got patellar tendonitis from, in hindsight, jumping and squatting a lot without much P-chain work. Stopped jumping for awhile. My squat was at 155kgs x 3 but @ 85kgs BW.

2013 - lost weight, 155kgs 1RM squat, SVJ 35'', but didn't do much RVJ as I had real trouble getting to courts on weekends, had started PhD so less time.

2014 - early 2017 - started training with track squad to maximise training time/access to equipment etc. and to sprint again. At one point in 2015, squat was again around 155kgs but at 77-78kgs. Last year of training, coach changed focus a lot and it didn't work for me, got weaker and slower. Started training myself in 2016, hit around 140kgs at 77-78kg squatting once a week and just sprinting, jumping etc. No patellar tendonitis since end of 2012. In the USA I was squatting around 120 x 5, pause-squatting 100kgs for sets etc., but not much more, very busy with PhD now (self-inflicted so no complaints). Various niggling injuries from sprinting stalled the squat progression, and it wasn't a major focus anyway.

Since early this year, as LBSS mentioned, life mostly got in the way but steady now. Planning to get back the strength, getting SVJ up to 35'' again will mean that I have at least a 36'' RVJ (always about an inch gained with drop-step+), and that will be a good place to try to tip dunk. The key right now is that I'm healthy, so starting light and slow is to try and keep the momentum going and not get hurt.
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: AGC on August 29, 2017, 12:53:23 am
IMO, I think you're too hard on yourself. You're not a lost cause by any means. Anyone who can train themselves to full squat nearly 400lbs has got something to work with. You could comfortably go from 25% to 15% in a few months of 2x/week tempo sprints (fartlek or 400m repeats). That's what I'd be doing right now along with strength maintenance. Sprint repeat sessions are fat furnaces. Even just HIIT sled pushing with light weights, only takes 10mins of a gym session at the start, and you'll see big gains. Counting cals is boring, just train harder :headbang:!
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: AGC on September 05, 2017, 01:11:02 am
IMO, I think you're too hard on yourself. You're not a lost cause by any means. Anyone who can train themselves to full squat nearly 400lbs has got something to work with. You could comfortably go from 25% to 15% in a few months of 2x/week tempo sprints (fartlek or 400m repeats). That's what I'd be doing right now along with strength maintenance. Sprint repeat sessions are fat furnaces. Even just HIIT sled pushing with light weights, only takes 10mins of a gym session at the start, and you'll see big gains. Counting cals is boring, just train harder :headbang:!

What is "fartlek"?

Anyway, if you reach 37" rvj, mad respect to you, and even if you don't reach it and get 34-35" in a year, still mad respect, I'd guess the majority of athletes don't even have >32in SVJ.

[100 sprint:100 jog]^n or similar (alternate 100/200m distances etc.)

It depends on the sport I guess. I'd be stunned if most competitive club-level olympic lifters had a SVJ of less than 32''. Your average weekend pick-up basketball player probably is much less though. IMO, basketball at recreation levels is a pretty horizontal game. Smaller guys aren't jumping for rebounds that much, and big guys don't need to. Before I started focusing on it, my jump was pathetic even though since I left school, I played basketball 2-3x/week.
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Had two weeks of solid training. I've found the best time for me to hit the gym nowadays is 10-11:30PM, this works really well as it's usually empty and I can sprinkle in some squat jumps/SVJs/DSVJs to the roof. The ceiling is a standard 9' height so I know if I'm getting close to hitting it = ~35''. I changed what I wrote a few weeks ago a little bit so there's a bit more volume:

Warmup: rehab exercises (ham levers for 45sec/leg, banded hip abduction, light pallof press, banded pull-apart, BSS, box pistols) // 400m @>15km/h

Day 1 (heavy): Squats (10-7-5-5-7, currently@80/90/100kgs for 10-7-5 reps) // GHRs (3x10) // banded hip thrust (2x20@20kgs) // Farmer's walks (~40m x 2@40kgs) and 80kg front squat rack holds (3x15-20sec, in between squats)

Day 2 (very slow eccentric, full RoM exercises): RDL (3x5@70kgs) // SL squat (2x6/leg@8kgs // BSS (2x10/leg@15kgs) // wood-choppers to pallof press (2x10/side@15kgs for both) // hanging leg raises (3-4x10)

+ 5-6 squat jumps (no countermovement) in between exercises wherever there's room. Mostly bludging UB, just doing seated rows, light bench press, DB shoulder press, pullups.

I changed some of the core exercises. The excessive weighted window washers and weighted situps were really stuffing my neck up. I have a longer torso so the leverage is quite a lot to overcome, and lots of reps leads to my sub-occipitals getting jammed up, usually giving me headaches 24hrs after. The farmer's walks and front squat rack holds are isometric and can be loaded up pretty good. Then on the light day it's anti-extension with the pallof press (good for back) and regular hanging leg raises, neither of which involve the crunch movement, which suits me better I think. The heavy weighted eccentric core exercises that T0ddday recommended are dynamite, but I just can't keep getting headaches - writes off whole afternoons/evenings.

This squat jump is about 28-29'':

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6dnm1b-FUQ

and my SVJ is a couple of inches more with the countermovement, so no real improvements yet. Looking at that thumbnail, I need to straighten up! Will work on that. Once I'm hitting good squat numbers I'll start doing SJ+SVJ, then SVJ+RVJ in blocks. For this experiment, I'll stick to weighted squat jumps and jumps practice for plyometric activity, no stuffing around with Olympic lifts, bounding or depth jumps etc. yet.
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: FP on September 05, 2017, 09:59:11 am
The heavy weighted eccentric core exercises that T0ddday recommended are dynamite, but I just can't keep getting headaches - writes off whole afternoons/evenings.


Did you ever post these? Pretty curious about them. I think core exercises are generally repped out/done for prolonged time which is good for strength endurance but on explosive athletic movements like a 180 degree change of direction out of a sprint I think the core is used more for max strength, which maybe squats and heavy decline situps train but not a whole lot else that I know of especially in other planes of motion.
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: LBSS on September 05, 2017, 11:44:45 pm
heavy decline situps are what he's talking about, i'm pretty sure.
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: AGC on September 06, 2017, 03:16:39 am
The heavy weighted eccentric core exercises that T0ddday recommended are dynamite, but I just can't keep getting headaches - writes off whole afternoons/evenings.

Did you ever post these? Pretty curious about them. I think core exercises are generally repped out/done for prolonged time which is good for strength endurance but on explosive athletic movements like a 180 degree change of direction out of a sprint I think the core is used more for max strength, which maybe squats and heavy decline situps train but not a whole lot else that I know of especially in other planes of motion.
heavy decline situps are what he's talking about, i'm pretty sure.

Yep that's right, starting with plates behind the head, working up to a loaded EZ-curl bar or barbell behind the head (advanced). He also suggested weighted hanging leg raises, but I found those really awkward with kettleballs - ideally ankle weights would be used. I was doing window washers while holding a plate as a substitute because my previous gym didn't have a decline bench, but they're also quite good. When I trained with a group we did 50+ reps on standard crunch-style exercises, but I found that the heavy weighted stuff for 10-15 reps works just as well, if not better (and it's not so boring).
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: adarqui on September 09, 2017, 07:29:26 pm
IMO, I think you're too hard on yourself. You're not a lost cause by any means. Anyone who can train themselves to full squat nearly 400lbs has got something to work with. You could comfortably go from 25% to 15% in a few months of 2x/week tempo sprints (fartlek or 400m repeats). That's what I'd be doing right now along with strength maintenance. Sprint repeat sessions are fat furnaces. Even just HIIT sled pushing with light weights, only takes 10mins of a gym session at the start, and you'll see big gains. Counting cals is boring, just train harder :headbang:!

What is "fartlek"?

Anyway, if you reach 37" rvj, mad respect to you, and even if you don't reach it and get 34-35" in a year, still mad respect, I'd guess the majority of athletes don't even have >32in SVJ.

[100 sprint:100 jog]^n or similar (alternate 100/200m distances etc.)

It depends on the sport I guess. I'd be stunned if most competitive club-level olympic lifters had a SVJ of less than 32''. Your average weekend pick-up basketball player probably is much less though. IMO, basketball at recreation levels is a pretty horizontal game. Smaller guys aren't jumping for rebounds that much, and big guys don't need to. Before I started focusing on it, my jump was pathetic even though since I left school, I played basketball 2-3x/week.
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Had two weeks of solid training. I've found the best time for me to hit the gym nowadays is 10-11:30PM, this works really well as it's usually empty and I can sprinkle in some squat jumps/SVJs/DSVJs to the roof. The ceiling is a standard 9' height so I know if I'm getting close to hitting it = ~35''. I changed what I wrote a few weeks ago a little bit so there's a bit more volume:

Warmup: rehab exercises (ham levers for 45sec/leg, banded hip abduction, light pallof press, banded pull-apart, BSS, box pistols) // 400m @>15km/h

Day 1 (heavy): Squats (10-7-5-5-7, currently@80/90/100kgs for 10-7-5 reps) // GHRs (3x10) // banded hip thrust (2x20@20kgs) // Farmer's walks (~40m x 2@40kgs) and 80kg front squat rack holds (3x15-20sec, in between squats)

Day 2 (very slow eccentric, full RoM exercises): RDL (3x5@70kgs) // SL squat (2x6/leg@8kgs // BSS (2x10/leg@15kgs) // wood-choppers to pallof press (2x10/side@15kgs for both) // hanging leg raises (3-4x10)

+ 5-6 squat jumps (no countermovement) in between exercises wherever there's room. Mostly bludging UB, just doing seated rows, light bench press, DB shoulder press, pullups.

I changed some of the core exercises. The excessive weighted window washers and weighted situps were really stuffing my neck up. I have a longer torso so the leverage is quite a lot to overcome, and lots of reps leads to my sub-occipitals getting jammed up, usually giving me headaches 24hrs after. The farmer's walks and front squat rack holds are isometric and can be loaded up pretty good. Then on the light day it's anti-extension with the pallof press (good for back) and regular hanging leg raises, neither of which involve the crunch movement, which suits me better I think. The heavy weighted eccentric core exercises that T0ddday recommended are dynamite, but I just can't keep getting headaches - writes off whole afternoons/evenings.

This squat jump is about 28-29'':

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6dnm1b-FUQ

and my SVJ is a couple of inches more with the countermovement, so no real improvements yet. Looking at that thumbnail, I need to straighten up! Will work on that. Once I'm hitting good squat numbers I'll start doing SJ+SVJ, then SVJ+RVJ in blocks. For this experiment, I'll stick to weighted squat jumps and jumps practice for plyometric activity, no stuffing around with Olympic lifts, bounding or depth jumps etc. yet.

that was the first thing I noticed, the round back. still though, pretty good squat jump after a pause like that. looks strong.

I love the very slow eccentric stuff, even very slow ECC+CON tbh. I've personally never enjoyed weighted core work though, kind of freaks me out tbh. I'd rather exert more control/perform more reps/do longer holds than hold weights with my feet etc.

pc!
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: AGC on September 09, 2017, 09:44:54 pm
that was the first thing I noticed, the round back. still though, pretty good squat jump after a pause like that. looks strong.

I love the very slow eccentric stuff, even very slow ECC+CON tbh. I've personally never enjoyed weighted core work though, kind of freaks me out tbh. I'd rather exert more control/perform more reps/do longer holds than hold weights with my feet etc.

pc!

Yeah it's sloppy. Of course, as soon as I noticed and corrected it, the jumps instantly feel stronger, not leaking out tension through the torso.  :uhhhfacepalm:

I hear you on the weighted core. I prefer the modified exercises I'm doing now because it feels more controlled doing a isometric rep you can bail from at any time. The holding weight with the feet was awkward and I didn't keep it up very long, wasn't getting anything out of it. I'm thinking of boosting the hanging leg raises to something like a total of 50-60 across 2-3 sets to incorporate some muscular endurance, that might be the right mix.
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: adarqui on September 10, 2017, 04:18:07 am
that was the first thing I noticed, the round back. still though, pretty good squat jump after a pause like that. looks strong.

I love the very slow eccentric stuff, even very slow ECC+CON tbh. I've personally never enjoyed weighted core work though, kind of freaks me out tbh. I'd rather exert more control/perform more reps/do longer holds than hold weights with my feet etc.

pc!

Yeah it's sloppy. Of course, as soon as I noticed and corrected it, the jumps instantly feel stronger, not leaking out tension through the torso.  :uhhhfacepalm:

nice!

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I hear you on the weighted core. I prefer the modified exercises I'm doing now because it feels more controlled doing a isometric rep you can bail from at any time. The holding weight with the feet was awkward and I didn't keep it up very long, wasn't getting anything out of it.

ya, so awkward. i've tried it a few times and gave it up quick .. to everyone who does that stuff good/comfortably, impressed.. hah.


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I'm thinking of boosting the hanging leg raises to something like a total of 50-60 across 2-3 sets to incorporate some muscular endurance, that might be the right mix.

nice!
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: AGC on October 12, 2017, 12:21:02 am
SVJ training's going well. I was inspired by maxent's beastly squat volume sessions and thought I probably needed a bit more volume too. Changed the 5x5 to a 10,7,5,5,7 and got up to working with at least a double-double (2x20kgs each side) for all sets: 100/110/120/120/100 from starting at 80/90/100/100/80. Other lifts:

BSS: 2x10@17.5kgs DBs
GHR: 2x10, 1x8
RDL: 3x5@100kgs (grip giving out before hams)
SLsq: 2x6@10kgs

I'm constructing another vertec (this time with PVC pipe and connectors as I don't have any good tools) to start ramping up the jumps. I should have enough backyard space to make it work. The gym is so close that I might go there first, do a full warmup, squat a bit, then drive home and jump. The hardest bit (same as last time) is getting the spacing right between slats with a home job.! Ideally want it 1/2'' increments, but might have to settle with 1.5cm jumps instead as I can't get the right nut/washer/slat combo to work for =1/2''...oh well. It's fun making another one though, and so much cheaper than a commercially constructed one (~1100AUD here).
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: adarqui on October 16, 2017, 09:58:31 am
SVJ training's going well. I was inspired by maxent's beastly squat volume sessions and thought I probably needed a bit more volume too. Changed the 5x5 to a 10,7,5,5,7 and got up to working with at least a double-double (2x20kgs each side) for all sets: 100/110/120/120/100 from starting at 80/90/100/100/80. Other lifts:

sick!!

high volume nation.

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BSS: 2x10@17.5kgs DBs
GHR: 2x10, 1x8
RDL: 3x5@100kgs (grip giving out before hams)
SLsq: 2x6@10kgs

I'm constructing another vertec (this time with PVC pipe and connectors as I don't have any good tools) to start ramping up the jumps. I should have enough backyard space to make it work. The gym is so close that I might go there first, do a full warmup, squat a bit, then drive home and jump. The hardest bit (same as last time) is getting the spacing right between slats with a home job.! Ideally want it 1/2'' increments, but might have to settle with 1.5cm jumps instead as I can't get the right nut/washer/slat combo to work for =1/2''...oh well. It's fun making another one though, and so much cheaper than a commercially constructed one (~1100AUD here).

great stuff. drop some photos or a vid of it when it's complete!


What is SLsq?

single leg squat i'm guessing, not sure which variation of it though.
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: AGC on October 17, 2017, 06:10:30 am
@adarq: will do!

I thought so, but he already does BSS, so i was confused..... and other variation should be called lunges....

SLsq = Single leg squat, no lunges involved.
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: AGC on November 06, 2017, 09:09:25 pm
Training: I had a busy life week/10-day period and didn't train much. The Melbourne weather is still very schizophrenic and hasn't eased into consistent clear days yet, so I haven't been jumping outside. I decided to go back to volume on my squats as, before my forced rest week, the 5x5@120kgs had stalled a bit, and I wasn't very happy with the rep speed, very grindy. For the next few weeks I'm gonna do 3x10, full ATG paused reps (I'll put up a video next time). Starting at 80kgs and working up to 100kgs before trying heavier/less reps again. I'm going to take my time here.

More notes on core exercises: I'm increasingly being persuaded by my very athletic, knowledgeable friend that the ability to produce a lot of concentric abdominal force is less important than the anti-rotational function of the abs/obliques, especially for injury purposes. I think you can get trapped a bit with weighted/high-rep crunch movements, feeling very 'strong' and producing a lot of 'force' that really goes nowhere and isn't worth spending excessive time on, compared to strengthening anti-rotation. Ideally for me, the core portion of the workout should be developing endurance and strength in exercises like: dead bugs for time, woodchoppers (lateral and high-to-low, each side) and one-arm suitcase carry as opposed to smashing out a million crunches or ab pulldown-ing 100kgs etc. Of course, direct abdominal work e.g. hanging leg raises are still required, it's just the balance needs to be in favour of the anti-rotational stuff that also brings in the glutes and shoulders. The reasons for which are: better stability in movements like running, jumping, squatting etc.

Vertec notes: The trouble I had with the PVC pipe is that, because my backyard gets windy, the top part was not very stable, especially as I want to use metal slats and nuts/washers that add a bit of weight to the top. So I'm gonna use those on a wooden frame like my old one, which I'll make when I go home next and I have access to tools. In the meantime I made a homeless man's vertec using zip ties around the PVC pipe at each inch, just for training, not testing as such. So in the end I should have a nice solid wooden vertec for testing, and a crappy one just to jump at.

Edit: 3rd set of 3x10@85kgs, fairly easy with a relatively light weight, focus is to maintain this form getting up to 100kgs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4yHcnmgIbA
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: FP on November 07, 2017, 12:30:42 am
Yeah anti-rotation is underrated for building athleticism especially on change of direction where I feel there's a lot of leaking that can happen through rotation of the torso. Pallof press is my personal favorite, then slow eccentric Deadbugs and landmines are great too.  Didn't have much success with woodchoppers the one time I tried them, was feeling it more in the arms than the core. Suitcase is my favorite loaded carry variation but I feel silly having to use straps to set iylt up.

I think shoulder stability is also something that's pretty underrated in terms of functional core strength . And then quadratus lumborum back muscles, I know they play a huge role in sprinting but I haven't been able to find a good strengthening exercise for that group.
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: AGC on November 08, 2017, 06:55:20 pm
Yeah anti-rotation is underrated for building athleticism especially on change of direction where I feel there's a lot of leaking that can happen through rotation of the torso. Pallof press is my personal favorite, then slow eccentric Deadbugs and landmines are great too.  Didn't have much success with woodchoppers the one time I tried them, was feeling it more in the arms than the core. Suitcase is my favorite loaded carry variation but I feel silly having to use straps to set iylt up.

I think shoulder stability is also something that's pretty underrated in terms of functional core strength . And then quadratus lumborum back muscles, I know they play a huge role in sprinting but I haven't been able to find a good strengthening exercise for that group.

I found with woodchoppers that, if you consciously initiate the movement from the hip/core and then guide the cable with your arm rather than just pull with the arm, it can be a bit more targeted. But it is a tricky one for sure. Those other ones are good too. Side planks for QL?
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: seifullaah73 on November 09, 2017, 05:57:16 pm
Squat form looks impressive and very strong. Keep it up.  :goodjobbro:
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: LBSS on November 10, 2017, 02:05:44 am
Squat form looks impressive and very strong. Keep it up.  :goodjobbro:

yep. beautiful.
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: AGC on November 23, 2017, 06:08:39 am
Squats look nice bud, you seem to be progressing pretty well.

Myself on the other hand, a minor side of quad injury slowing me down, i still did like 375 x 1 with it, but it always feels tender especially on front squats.

I haven't made progress for 4 months, it's safe to say.....

Thanks mate. I'd be pretty embarrassed though after 6 years of training if my squat form wasn't good! I haven't really made that much progress though, just barely back to normal baseline levels.

On the quad, I've said it a bit, you should get it investigated if it's still hurting after many months. A quick ultrasound should tell you if it's torn. Continuing to squat on it is just foolish if it's that bad. Of course if you're in the US and you don't have private health I can understand it's hard....but as you've already dropped 30k on training, this is something that would be wise to splurge on.
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I got a post-doc position literally out of the blue on my first attempt. Lol. Simply a case of right place, right time. I haven't graduated yet but it doesn't matter here in Australia if you aren't officially a Dr before your first job. So my work hours will change a bit. I was in pure MS research, but my new lab is 1/2 autism, 1/2 parkinson's, with a bit of MS on the side (that sounds weird out of context). So I get to do some new things, which is great. Might stuff training up but I've already been doing similar hours for years so hopefully won't go the way of poor Joe who seems to have succumbed to the 9-5.  :(

I've added 1x/week doing some tempo sprints now the weather is nice and I never shut up about them. Sorest I've been in ages after my first session just doing 4x120m!!
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: LBSS on November 23, 2017, 07:17:03 am
I got a post-doc position literally out of the blue on my first attempt.

 :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive:

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poor Joe who seems to have succumbed to the 9-5.  :(

seriously. pour one out, again.
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: Mikey on November 24, 2017, 07:14:15 am
Congrats on the post doc position!
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: AGC on November 26, 2017, 06:48:45 am
I got a post-doc position literally out of the blue on my first attempt.

 :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive:

Congrats on the post doc position!

Thanks fellas!

:-[ Lol @ USA and it's health care problems, fortunately i do have health care but i think quad is getting a bit better, it only feels uncomfortable/sore when i squat heavy now adn goes away a few days after, so i think it is a strain that is healing but just took a very long time......  When I said "30k" i also accounted for time spent and not just equipment :)

Oh, well if it is slowly improving then wait-and-see is OK. Not progressing/getting worse = something's up.

So your research relates to Multiple Sclerosis sp?, autism, and parkinsons and the likes? I've always been intrigued by autism, because friends' of mine have loved ones affected by it, but i can't seem to understand exactly what autism is.... it's description seems so vague.....

Pretty much. 'Autism' derives from 'auto' = 'self' and covers a range of behaviours where social interaction is limited by abnormal brain development. 'Autism spectrum disorder' is a better term, as it covers the varying degree of social impairment. It's still very much a black box and is probably going to be one of the most difficult brain disorders to understand and treat in our lifetimes.
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: AGC on November 26, 2017, 06:52:58 am
I had a free moment to have a jump session the other day:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=il5JLNL8y5M

Gained about 1-2'' on SVJ and DSVJ from baseline levels. This is still with pathetic strength levels and not that much jumping yet, so: good.
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: AGC on November 28, 2017, 07:03:15 am
which restaurant do u have over there that u enjoy or online store? i will get you something, congrats..... i dont think i can beat u lol.... u have 3 more in to go to 35in SVJ

while i have 13 more in to go to 37in svj lol


edit- oh wait, we have 1 year to complete, so i still have like 9 months i think....

Yep plenty of time left. Those 3'' will be hard-gained from here out I think. Also, I'd be happy to just drop the $$: the motivation is more than worth it to be honest. Just put "Winner of adarq.org SVJ contest 2017-2018" in your sig if you win! Your call.
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: Mikey on November 28, 2017, 08:14:18 am
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/f0/0f/06/f00f06db05b9d05184aa3894b68d521d.jpg)
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: Mikey on November 28, 2017, 08:02:53 pm
Acole if I remember correctly you were doing 150kg squats in the past. If you get up to 4 plates whilst remaining at your current body weight (obviously a lot easier said than done) you should be jumping 38 inches+
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: AGC on November 29, 2017, 06:53:21 am
which restaurant do u have over there that u enjoy or online store? i will get you something, congrats..... i dont think i can beat u lol.... u have 3 more in to go to 35in SVJ

while i have 13 more in to go to 37in svj lol


edit- oh wait, we have 1 year to complete, so i still have like 9 months i think....

Yep plenty of time left. Those 3'' will be hard-gained from here out I think. Also, I'd be happy to just drop the $$: the motivation is more than worth it to be honest. Just put "Winner of adarq.org SVJ contest 2017-2018" in your sig if you win! Your call.

oh wait, you have to reach 37, while i have to reach 35.....  yeah we can drop the gift card, makes no diff

Oh yeah, that's it. Yep, 37'' is a good challenge for me. Let's go!

Acole if I remember correctly you were doing 150kg squats in the past. If you get up to 4 plates whilst remaining at your current body weight (obviously a lot easier said than done) you should be jumping 38 inches+

Yes, I got to 155kgs for a single around late 2013, and again in late 2015. So that's the goal for a start. Squat/SVJ correlates much better than any other jump, so yeah, gains in the squat should directly fuel the SVJ height.
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: AGC on January 26, 2018, 07:59:51 am
Training has been very scattered lately. Consistency is hard with 9-5, commute home, baby bedtime, dinner, then gather the energy to hit the gym or jump outside in the dark - even just 3x/week, which is the current frequency. I haven't really gained much on squat (hitting 10@90, 7@100, 5@110 ATG), but I have been jumping 1-2x/week in the backyard. It's not ideal at all but better than nothing. The track is re-opening in February. I had complained to the council about the poor availability and rip-off fees - and, stunningly, they actually did something about it. I'm guessing many others did too. Of course, it took the council four months to re-negotiate a basic lease agreement with the club to allow access but...better than nothing. So I might be able to do more active training there instead of my tiny backyard.

My best SVJ lately. I'm jumping at a 9' ceiling but I can never really tell how close I get with ceiling jumps. Maybe 3'' away? Probably a bit higher than last height check I reckon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfXtyHYK-14

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Vq3T7cJieVjV0vhMSKlsfXKuRIbiwk61JyqgJ7zsL6a43PtFtgAmkO_zknif-R3BP542tbw5Hsz8nNcTXYFCGV7LcLwdy0zRai10unbQaQ8QQtDhWxKsIk_rEXfuKkyMoLwnRMpSZvdvXg_uzLPzRgZxXjFxGEoxNYLgvcNg45mGuJ5VoDBAcbPw9bmh8u3iBhnkMZo1tYgz7hbIsCtesifjZYTEsTGONY-S1rSHGZXgFiga6qZ2TXiHcprHpJkOlzUk_qDJLQnbpLNcTUiegJTb76XXCyku8uq4THco34gWdezjM9fTx4ocBSNazdHmM5umXXfwYASF8cRKfN4OgVIAShdhCAdQVV9ZpYaIzCZTLqxymXOoCWAXVCf7Lnoa5hdMjI_vFfJ1F5jl14eDn-_Wno_HE0lGNo3aecQiesrcJvwA2K55qdCACTep8XCbH_mp4u9_AbaYNFmdLdl94giPDeMkOPJy_n5onzCA-GHC9tw9zka5MqmdkZQOaPBizF6k_wKFfLM811l8gYij1K-t3YoHzNUALwbxdsEvcUBCC6PZvgWun0_oYQNIvOnQJ_1n5vLnJD6CIkeoGCWXjO0aMN__YPf4237JIwg=w1272-h837-no)

Next post will be more detailed with what I'm actually doing, and plan to do. It's mostly focused on strengthening hips and lower abs atm.
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: vag on January 29, 2018, 03:09:49 am
Looks great nevertheless, kinda floating.
But anyway, when i was doing head-height jumps at home, i couldn't reach ceiling, so i used to hang a string with an object at the end ( e.g. a pencil ). Not only you know if you reached a height that way, but you can even quantify and regulate, you can estimate from the 'impact force' how much above the pencil you got so then you can shorten the hanging length of the string. So if you expect to get 2-3 inches below that ceiling, start with a 5'' string. See if you get it, estimate how much, and then shorten it to 3'' etc. Not that convenient but works well.
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: AGC on January 29, 2018, 07:09:23 am
Looks great nevertheless, kinda floating.
But anyway, when i was doing head-height jumps at home, i couldn't reach ceiling, so i used to hang a string with an object at the end ( e.g. a pencil ). Not only you know if you reached a height that way, but you can even quantify and regulate, you can estimate from the 'impact force' how much above the pencil you got so then you can shorten the hanging length of the string. So if you expect to get 2-3 inches below that ceiling, start with a 5'' string. See if you get it, estimate how much, and then shorten it to 3'' etc. Not that convenient but works well.

Yeah for sure. I would definitely do something like that if it was my own garage or something. I did fabricate a poor-man's vertec but it's a little tricky to use outdoors....limited space to set it up. But I might try to get a video with it next time.
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: adarqui on January 29, 2018, 07:19:50 am
that was a sick SVJ for sure. looks really high without pausing it, and that's always a great thing. :ibjumping:
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: AGC on January 30, 2018, 10:21:27 pm
that was a sick SVJ for sure. looks really high without pausing it, and that's always a great thing. :ibjumping:

 :headbang:
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: AGC on February 28, 2018, 11:16:15 pm
I fell off the wagon hard. New job threw a lot at me for a few weeks but it's calming down now. My knee was also annoying me again (left medial, under knee, water-balloon sensation and a bit of inflammation). I had had an MRI on it two years ago when I was doing more sprinting, it came back with a bit of chondromalacia and a cyst near my PCL. The chondromalacia pain isn't noticeable any more with much less running, but that annoying sensation/pain has been lingering for years, even with mostly rest the last two weeks. So I went and had another one across the road from my work just to see what was going on. Came back almost completely clean  :huh: . No wear on ligaments, tendons, cartilage all fine. A small 3mm area of patellar cartilage war on the lateral edge, but not in the spot where the pain is and not much damage anyway (3mm is the size limit to detect cartilage wear apparently). The cyst that was there (that I thought was the issue) has shrunk nearly half the size! The doc said it's also not really in the right area to elicit pain. So what remains is bursitis - in particular, per anserine bursa (https://www.google.com.au/search?q=pes+anserine+bursa&rlz=1C1GGRV_enAU751AU752&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjKq-LrnsrZAhVC_WMKHXmCBjAQ_AUICigB&biw=1920&bih=896#imgrc=_), which is in the right spot and has attachments to the inner thigh muscles (sartorius etc.) that originate at my perpetually jacked up left hip. So, I'm gonna get myo done again but mostly not stress too much, it's not anything that would need surgery (knock on wood). Not a definite diagnosis but at least it's less of a mystery now.

I went to the gym last night and my strength is about where I'd expect it to be at after two weeks off. The fleeting nature of gains :(. But I read about entropy's heart issue (sorry to hear mate!) and it made me put things in perspective. Looking forward to getting back to it.
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: AGC on April 09, 2018, 12:07:38 am
This is my training plan for the next few months. I've already done Phase I but have been too lazy to put it up here:

(https://i.imgur.com/Fr0qhit.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/dYE5XD8.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/uKmYIJ1.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/3PD3MPg.jpg)

I think it's a pretty well-rounded program now. Realistically, I can get three sessions in per week, so I'm trying to maximise all the important exercises. I've dropped some things (SL squats and RDL) from the last version I was doing last year as it was just too hard to fit them all in.
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: LBSS on April 09, 2018, 01:43:18 am
images not working for me
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: AGC on April 09, 2018, 01:53:20 am
images not working for me

Hmm. They're appearing for me. I'll see if anyone else has the same issue. I've migrated to Google photos after photobucket did the whole P500 ransom thing.

Edit: I uploaded them with Imgur just to make sure you can see them  ;)
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: LBSS on April 09, 2018, 03:02:37 am
images not working for me

Hmm. They're appearing for me. I'll see if anyone else has the same issue. I've migrated to Google photos after photobucket did the whole P500 ransom thing.

Edit: I uploaded them with Imgur just to make sure you can see them  ;)

that worked  :)
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: FP on April 11, 2018, 12:44:37 am
I like that it's really specific, and moves up in velocity on the FV curve. Really clean, super well organized

I personally have much more developed strength than power so if it were me I would tilt the balance more towards speed/power during the speed block, as opposed to the 50:50 strength:speed you have. I would probably also add some contrast sets in the last couple blocks

The B days where the SL DL+KB swings is the main movement are a little confusing for me: the intensity and volume both seem low.  It looks like that's the easy day for legs but it seems a little too easy to offer a training benefit. The KB swings seem high volume, almost strength endurance and I'm not sure how much they will carry over to single effort things like SVJ and 1RM squat. I don't see the carryover with SLDL either. Are you also training for sprinting?

The lack of progressive overload on the BSS is also kind of strange, and I figure you could do more weight than 15kg with the movement with your estimated squat 1RM
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: AGC on April 12, 2018, 12:44:46 am
I like that it's really specific, and moves up in velocity on the FV curve. Really clean, super well organized

I personally have much more developed strength than power so if it were me I would tilt the balance more towards speed/power during the speed block, as opposed to the 50:50 strength:speed you have. I would probably also add some contrast sets in the last couple blocks

Thank you. I probably should have added more explanation initially. As I am focused on developing the SVJ only (for fun and for a little competition with FDL), I kept the program mostly strength-based. I also just don't have time to do big sessions any more, so a lot of these sessions are done in an hour or less. The CAT squats in the speed block are what I'm substituting for something like contrast sets where I could do hurdle hops or SVJs in the gym next to the squat bar in-between sets. This is what I used to do with the sprinting group, and it worked well, but it's not really practical in my gym at the timeslot I go now. When I have a better setup, I'll be doing something like that. It was between CAT squats or banded box squats as used by T0ddday, and again, practicality is winning out here.

The B days where the SL DL+KB swings is the main movement are a little confusing for me: the intensity and volume both seem low.  It looks like that's the easy day for legs but it seems a little too easy to offer a training benefit. The KB swings seem high volume, almost strength endurance and I'm not sure how much they will carry over to single effort things like SVJ and 1RM squat. I don't see the carryover with SLDL either. Are you also training for sprinting?

Again, I should have clarified this initially too - B days are definitely 'easier' days. I was not coping very well with EOD training doing heavy squats on day 1 and heavy RDL, SL squat, and BSS on day two. This was mostly due to crappy broken sleep at the time and worse recovery. Working and commuting was a struggle during that time. B days also fall later in the week when I'm tired anyway from work. I've split it into more manageable sessions where I can progress on things without feeling like a broken zombie the next day.

This session mostly works on my hamstring imbalances and was partly designed according to discussions with my PT. I've found that focusing on this has really helped a few of my old injuries from resurfacing. They're slow eccentric, switch grip sets, decently challenging with a >20kg weight for me. The KB swings are a bit of a token exercise to be fair - I was toying with the idea of power cleans here, but it went against my initial approach of keeping this fairly simple. KB swings are probably inferior but they replicate my SVJ well enough. PCs also are just longer to set up and do, and I'd need wrist prep - all too much. Again, it's not a perfect setup by any means, but it is easy to accommodate now. This day is also where I go harder on the UB stuff and core.

I'm not training for sprinting directly, but I would like to be able to do some without my distal R hamstring and other issues flaring up. The SLDLs are also used to prepare for that, in conjunction with the GHRs. So I'm happy with how it is for now - unless the results are bad.

The lack of progressive overload on the BSS is also kind of strange, and I figure you could do more weight than 15kg with the movement with your estimated squat 1RM

I should have bumped up the weight to 20 and 25kgs in PIII and PIV respectively there - good spot. It's still fairly easy for me, but again, that's because I wasn't managing both heavy squats and BSS very well. Of course, if it's too easy, I'll just go up in weight. Thanks for the comments  :strong:
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: AGC on May 18, 2018, 12:52:38 am
I got through Phase II and felt pretty good, got to a 2x5@120kgs with great depth. So naturally, I got some hayfever right on the testing week that slowed me down a lot. I managed a 125kgs x 5 with good form but wasn't feeling well enough for anything heavier. My jumps test was also pretty average, I hit the same numbers as about six months ago (~32'' SVJ, ~34'' DSVJ). Blah. I took the next week easy and am now starting Phase III*. The squat weight really needs to go up now. I don't think FDL is in this competition any more, but I'm still having fun. This sort of training fits in pretty well at the moment.

*I slightly modified the easier session to add about 6-8 SVJs, so I'm doing about 12-14 weighted ME SVJs per week. I think that's about right for now. T0ddday had me doing a lot more (30-40/week), but I'm not ready for that yet.
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: AGC on May 31, 2018, 08:28:50 pm
I am, i still have 4 months to drop the fat....

Good to hear man. Good to see you're doing some sprints too.
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: AGC on May 31, 2018, 08:49:22 pm
Recovering from sickness--> mega neck headache--> bashing my knee on the side of the bathtub (just bruised) = 2.5 weeks of not much training. Back on track now though. The headaches just came out of nowhere, woke up with a sore neck one morning and then was getting them every two days, around 11AM and completely writing off the afternoon. I've had these on and off for 5 years at varying degrees of severity and they fucking suck. I don't know if they'd be classed as migraines - probably not, they just pound like crazy to the point I have to lie down for an hour or so. I haven't lost too much strength yet luckily, test-squatted 100kg 5,7,10 the other day and it wasn't too hard. I'm gonna bump up the dates I had on my plan by a month and restart Phase III.

@FDL: I can't actually remember when we set the finish date for this little comp but if you're saying four months (finish near end of September), that would work well for me too.
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: adarqui on June 02, 2018, 06:16:15 pm
better not be any losses......... lmao.
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: AGC on August 18, 2018, 08:12:02 am
I'm still mostly doing my plan from a few posts ago, but sprints and jump practice have been hard to come by. I've had a hell of a time trying to get the athletics track a mere five min away open on the weekends. It's a long story, but I may get somewhere with it soon (got a local councillor on my side, but it seems to be pin-balling around lots of departments and there's a lease agreement involved). It's very hard to get jumping in without a track at the moment. My home-made vertec experiment has just been a disaster because my backyard isn't very level and it's also a wind-tunnel. The gym isn't really very jump-friendly now either as I have to go during busy times (7:30-8:30PM). Same for sprinting - I'd love to be doing more of it as I feel better when I'm consistently running, and fitter too.

The only change to the weights side is that I'm doing more front squatting instead of RDLs, mostly because my squat started stalling a bit (that's also because I'm getting smashed by work and had a few weeks completely scuttled). This is probably the best style of training for me atm with life being fairly busy (I couldn't imagine training for or playing a competitive sport right now). I'm handling the current volume pretty well and throwing in some volume front squats has helped with quad/mid-back strength too (I rarely got quad or midback soreness doing the very hip/glute-dominant slow ATG squats I filmed a few months ago). So basically, a lot of squatting in addition to sporadic jumping and accessory stuff. As the weather gets better, I can do more outdoor backyard SVJs, and I'm switching gyms to a much bigger setup, which should allow me to jump more (I hope). More than anything, consistent access to good jumping spots has been my biggest nemesis.

I made this the other day from a Dragon Ball Super episode I saw on yt. Hehe:

(https://i.imgur.com/WIClluJ.gif)
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: AGC on September 23, 2018, 07:36:59 am
Front squatting has really helped a lot (no surprise I guess). I got 130kgs x 5 last session. Been getting a few more jumps in as well, still hard. I just wait until the smaller room at the gym is free and try and hit the roof  :ninja:. Bits of a session from yesterday:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hsg_aziJYk
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: Mikey on September 23, 2018, 07:43:51 am
Video blocked from WMG on "copyright grounds".

130x5 FS is good though!
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: AGC on September 23, 2018, 09:45:10 am
Video blocked from WMG on "copyright grounds".

130x5 FS is good though!

Lol. It picked up the song being played over the gym speakers. As if the music isn't awful enough on its own, now it's blocking my videos  :huh:. I erased the audio, it should be fixed soon.

Oh and I should have said 130kgs x 5 for back squat, not front. I wish I could hit 130 x 5 FS. I've just been doing 3x10 at 70-80kgs, that's plenty for my wrists atm.
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: adarqui on September 23, 2018, 11:20:17 am
Front squatting has really helped a lot (no surprise I guess). I got 130kgs x 5 last session. Been getting a few more jumps in as well, still hard. I just wait until the smaller room at the gym is free and try and hit the roof  :ninja:. Bits of a session from yesterday:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hsg_aziJYk

damn those SVJ's are looking GOOD.
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: adarqui on September 23, 2018, 11:22:04 am
Video blocked from WMG on "copyright grounds".

130x5 FS is good though!

Lol. It picked up the song being played over the gym speakers. As if the music isn't awful enough on its own, now it's blocking my videos  :huh:. I erased the audio, it should be fixed soon.

Oh and I should have said 130kgs x 5 for back squat, not front. I wish I could hit 130 x 5 FS. I've just been doing 3x10 at 70-80kgs, that's plenty for my wrists atm.

yea your text was misleading, made sense when i watched the vid tho.. :D

i really loved front squats as well, just made my upper back feel to achy once i started getting good with them. probably should have stuck with them though (at the time). definitely felt a good boost in my quad power when FSQ'n.
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: LBSS on September 23, 2018, 11:17:57 pm
lovely squats
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: AGC on September 24, 2018, 01:25:31 am
Video blocked from WMG on "copyright grounds".

130x5 FS is good though!

Lol. It picked up the song being played over the gym speakers. As if the music isn't awful enough on its own, now it's blocking my videos  :huh:. I erased the audio, it should be fixed soon.

Oh and I should have said 130kgs x 5 for back squat, not front. I wish I could hit 130 x 5 FS. I've just been doing 3x10 at 70-80kgs, that's plenty for my wrists atm.

damn those SVJ's are looking GOOD.

yea your text was misleading, made sense when i watched the vid tho.. :D

i really loved front squats as well, just made my upper back feel to achy once i started getting good with them. probably should have stuck with them though (at the time). definitely felt a good boost in my quad power when FSQ'n.

Thanks mate! Haha yeah, I hate making those mistakes. Very late when I posted that.

Yeah, when I was training with aths squad, we did front squatting over winter. That, plus a lot of paused squat jumps, had me jumping really well even with no especially heavy weights lifted (max ~80-85 kgs x 10 from memory).
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: maxent on September 24, 2018, 01:38:32 am
Nice squats. Keep up the great work! Have you experimented with your elbow position on the squat rack? Textbook form has them lower but if you've found higher works better that's fair.
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: AGC on September 24, 2018, 04:54:56 am
Nice squats. Keep up the great work! Have you experimented with your elbow position on the squat rack? Textbook form has them lower but if you've found higher works better that's fair.

Thanks mate! Yeah I have noticed that during the years and it's definitely not textbook. I find that without the elbows a bit higher, I can't get enough of a 'shelf' for it to be comfortable, but I'll keep playing around with it. The best squatters seem to have them pointing straight down.
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: AGC on October 06, 2018, 11:29:50 pm
Last time I checked I was at 22-23in svj. So I lost about 1-2 inches of vertical jump over the last year. Couldnt really train the last 3 weeks because of tendinitis.

Ah that's too bad mate. I'm away at the moment with limited wifi access so haven't responded, but I had a massive testing fail anyway. Went down to the courts early but I forgot it was school holidays - it was swarming rather than the typical 0-1 other players at that time. I ended up playing about 100 1v1 games with some 12yo kids :huh: Too crowded to really test svj properly and couldn't film, but I got some good ~35'' dsvjs once i got warmed up. So definitely not close to 37'' svj anyway.

I'm going to keep training like this at least until the end of the year as I'm only really hitting my stride now. I'm also planning on getting to the court once a week before work if possible. So if you want, keep it up and we'll see where we're at Dec 31st.
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: AGC on January 22, 2019, 11:40:10 pm
I didn't really end up training or testing my vertical any more up to the end of last year. I got annoyingly busy with work - definitely could not fit in going to the courts beforehand, or much of anything.

I had a bit more of a chat with some of the coaches down at the athletics track near my house. I got absolutely nowhere with the council to try and have it unlocked - huge waste of time. But, I eventually sweet-talked my way into paying a small fee to be able to use the track (and gym) there any time Mon - Thurs. Weekend access would be sweet but I might need to invest a bit more time there to ask about that.

The other interesting thing, unbeknownst to me, is that each Thurs at 7PM, year-round, the club run a competition, with a sprint (60-100m) and long sprint (200-400m) each week, for just $1 entry. Had I known that, I would have been down there each week, but the old fellas who run this place aren't particularly web-savvy, and their website is completely unhelpful. Anyway, near the end of last year and this year, I've gone down for a run, because I can also get a lot of jumps in at the long jump pit. I still have pretty decent speed thanks to staying fit and also from power-training: ran a 11.95ht 100m and a 7.7ht 60m over the last few months. I nearly strained my calf trying to run a 300m, so I have lost some endurance in that regard, but that's not surprising.

I cancelled my gym membership, because I can squat at the gym at the track 1x/week, and that's all I was really using the gym for. It's an ancient gym, but it has everything you'd need. Otherwise, I can do banded goblet squats at home with weight plates for assistance work, and get lots of jumps in 2x/week at the track.

I like the vert comp idea that Coges came up with (as I was doing that for the last year and it's good motivation), so my plan is to basically keep doing what I was doing, but with a bit more sprinting (just a bit, not enough to get distracted - although I would like to keep sprinting as something I could do as I get older). I want to get my running VJs up again to have a few shots at dunking at the courts when I get the chance. I might really get my act together and draw out a yearly plan with phases, as I like to do, but so much of it is contingent on bloody work. I don't want to get to the weekend warrior level, but I can definitely see how it happens. Work will consume your existence if you don't make a big effort to keep up other activities (it's happened to most of my friends now).
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: adarqui on January 23, 2019, 03:14:37 pm
nice.

as for the work+training combination, it took me a while to figure out. for me, it seems like competition is the key. that's why i sign up for tons of races. with a race nearly every weekend, there's an endless amount of motivation.

that's why those thursday competitions sound great. compete nearly every week. try to dominate :D :ninja: :ibrunning:

pc!
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: AGC on January 23, 2019, 08:25:51 pm
nice.

as for the work+training combination, it took me a while to figure out. for me, it seems like competition is the key. that's why i sign up for tons of races. with a race nearly every weekend, there's an endless amount of motivation.

that's why those thursday competitions sound great. compete nearly every week. try to dominate :D :ninja: :ibrunning:

pc!

Yep 100%. That's why I was so glad to find out about it. I went from barely being able to run at enough comps (a few years ago in the amatuer athletic program here) to being able to run a 100m every week :huh:
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: vag on January 24, 2019, 05:01:49 am
Very true. milestones keep motivation up like nothing else. In the past I used the ski trip i always do end of February for a squat benchmark and the end of 'training season' before summer holiday for RVJ benchmark. Adding races to this helps, my 'big' races are 2 per year for now, October and April. So i have my major milestones at February, April, July, October. Almost quarterly, works good! :D
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: AGC on February 12, 2019, 10:25:10 pm
My training has been pretty much this for the last month:

M - general foam roll, few prehab exercises (whatever is sore!), back extensions

T - track session 1

W - home gym 1

Th - track session 2 (this is the comp night)

F - general foam roll, prehab, back extensions

S/Su - home gym#2

Exactly the same as home gym#1, but with less UB (just banded stuff) and some jumps at a ceiling target (approx 10-15 SVJs, 10 DSVJs). Have only done this one once so far this month - prior to this it was just the same.

Once I get comfortable with this structure and stronger in the BSS/back ext (I'm not giving these 100% atm), I will move to a new phase with the weight vest. Hopefully some squatting once a week too. I've definitely lost some vertical power, SVJ and broad jumps down from historical averages.

A 60m standing start:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yYUhjYw3hE
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: Coges on February 13, 2019, 05:39:29 pm
Looking good mate.
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: AGC on March 29, 2019, 12:17:28 am
Looking good mate.

Thanks mate!
____________

I have key access to the track down the road now (only a 1.5 year odyssey), so finally I might have a bit of clear air in regards to training facilities. I've started wearing my weight vest during 'gym' sessions and doing more weighted jumps. 100m ht is ~12.2 sec reliably, and recently, I ran a ~25sec 200m and 42sec 300m (this killed me), all just for fun. SVJ has probably ticked up a bit but haven't tested it. Now I can get to the track more regularly, I am going to train for the Quadrathlon (https://www.brianmac.co.uk/quad.htm), because I'm a few years away from joining the full-time adarq.org run squad, and I still like doing sprint/power-based training for fun (and bball is completely off the cards for now). There's even a score calculator, and playing around with some dummy values, I think adding on [SVJ''*2] to the final score is reasonable to make it a quintathlon (or, substitute for the overhead throw). Anyone else interested (@seifullaah)?
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: seifullaah73 on March 29, 2019, 06:26:15 am
Looking good mate.

Thanks mate!
____________

I have key access to the track down the road now (only a 1.5 year odyssey), so finally I might have a bit of clear air in regards to training facilities. I've started wearing my weight vest during 'gym' sessions and doing more weighted jumps. 100m ht is ~12.2 sec reliably, and recently, I ran a ~25sec 200m and 42sec 300m (this killed me), all just for fun. SVJ has probably ticked up a bit but haven't tested it. Now I can get to the track more regularly, I am going to train for the Quadrathlon (https://www.brianmac.co.uk/quad.htm), because I'm a few years away from joining the full-time adarq.org run squad, and I still like doing sprint/power-based training for fun (and bball is completely off the cards for now). There's even a score calculator, and playing around with some dummy values, I think adding on [SVJ''*2] to the final score is reasonable to make it a quintathlon (or, substitute for the overhead throw). Anyone else interested (@seifullaah)?

At first I was thinking that you were asking about long distance running some sort of marathon but times 4 lol. But vising the site I see what it is.

I like doing these kinds of tests. Last time I did standing long jump, 120m, 1200m (this was the worst, i prob mentioned it before but I was running the last 2 laps dragging my body, while my body was crying and saying stop lol). We should leave the overhead throw, my svj is weak  :P.

I'm definitely interested. But my 30m compared to your 30m now, long way off, I saw your 60m run and timed your 30m using quick time and you ran 3.93, that's elite level shit compared to my 4.5 no catching you there. or is there? after some fresh legs  :ninja:.
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: adarqui on March 30, 2019, 12:06:27 am
Looking good mate.

Thanks mate!
____________

I have key access to the track down the road now (only a 1.5 year odyssey), so finally I might have a bit of clear air in regards to training facilities. I've started wearing my weight vest during 'gym' sessions and doing more weighted jumps. 100m ht is ~12.2 sec reliably, and recently, I ran a ~25sec 200m and 42sec 300m (this killed me), all just for fun. SVJ has probably ticked up a bit but haven't tested it. Now I can get to the track more regularly, I am going to train for the Quadrathlon (https://www.brianmac.co.uk/quad.htm), because I'm a few years away from joining the full-time adarq.org run squad, and I still like doing sprint/power-based training for fun (and bball is completely off the cards for now). There's even a score calculator, and playing around with some dummy values, I think adding on [SVJ''*2] to the final score is reasonable to make it a quintathlon (or, substitute for the overhead throw). Anyone else interested (@seifullaah)?

pretty cool.


Looking good mate.

Thanks mate!
____________

I have key access to the track down the road now (only a 1.5 year odyssey), so finally I might have a bit of clear air in regards to training facilities. I've started wearing my weight vest during 'gym' sessions and doing more weighted jumps. 100m ht is ~12.2 sec reliably, and recently, I ran a ~25sec 200m and 42sec 300m (this killed me), all just for fun. SVJ has probably ticked up a bit but haven't tested it. Now I can get to the track more regularly, I am going to train for the Quadrathlon (https://www.brianmac.co.uk/quad.htm), because I'm a few years away from joining the full-time adarq.org run squad, and I still like doing sprint/power-based training for fun (and bball is completely off the cards for now). There's even a score calculator, and playing around with some dummy values, I think adding on [SVJ''*2] to the final score is reasonable to make it a quintathlon (or, substitute for the overhead throw). Anyone else interested (@seifullaah)?

At first I was thinking that you were asking about long distance running some sort of marathon but times 4 lol. But vising the site I see what it is.

I like doing these kinds of tests. Last time I did standing long jump, 120m, 1200m (this was the worst, i prob mentioned it before but I was running the last 2 laps dragging my body, while my body was crying and saying stop lol). We should leave the overhead throw, my svj is weak  :P.

I'm definitely interested. But my 30m compared to your 30m now, long way off, I saw your 60m run and timed your 30m using quick time and you ran 3.93, that's elite level shit compared to my 4.5 no catching you there. or is there? after some fresh legs  :ninja:.

hah @ marathon * 4. lmfao!
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: AGC on March 30, 2019, 01:20:59 am
Looking good mate.

Thanks mate!
____________

I have key access to the track down the road now (only a 1.5 year odyssey), so finally I might have a bit of clear air in regards to training facilities. I've started wearing my weight vest during 'gym' sessions and doing more weighted jumps. 100m ht is ~12.2 sec reliably, and recently, I ran a ~25sec 200m and 42sec 300m (this killed me), all just for fun. SVJ has probably ticked up a bit but haven't tested it. Now I can get to the track more regularly, I am going to train for the Quadrathlon (https://www.brianmac.co.uk/quad.htm), because I'm a few years away from joining the full-time adarq.org run squad, and I still like doing sprint/power-based training for fun (and bball is completely off the cards for now). There's even a score calculator, and playing around with some dummy values, I think adding on [SVJ''*2] to the final score is reasonable to make it a quintathlon (or, substitute for the overhead throw). Anyone else interested (@seifullaah)?

At first I was thinking that you were asking about long distance running some sort of marathon but times 4 lol. But vising the site I see what it is.

I like doing these kinds of tests. Last time I did standing long jump, 120m, 1200m (this was the worst, i prob mentioned it before but I was running the last 2 laps dragging my body, while my body was crying and saying stop lol). We should leave the overhead throw, my svj is weak  :P.

I'm definitely interested. But my 30m compared to your 30m now, long way off, I saw your 60m run and timed your 30m using quick time and you ran 3.93, that's elite level shit compared to my 4.5 no catching you there. or is there? after some fresh legs  :ninja:.

It doesn't have to be a head-to-head competition, just improvement on baseline a year from now, or whatever. Similar to what I was doing with FDL (although that was a bit of a washout, because he barely did anything but squat). And yeah, if you and I can both access a shotput, then I'm keen to do the throw. It's probably my worst 'event' of the lot based on some of the reported scores on that page. I'm way off  :huh:. I'm training for the SVJ/RVJ anyway so it would fit in nicely to add it in. But we can just measure the four events.

Looking good mate.

Thanks mate!
____________

I have key access to the track down the road now (only a 1.5 year odyssey), so finally I might have a bit of clear air in regards to training facilities. I've started wearing my weight vest during 'gym' sessions and doing more weighted jumps. 100m ht is ~12.2 sec reliably, and recently, I ran a ~25sec 200m and 42sec 300m (this killed me), all just for fun. SVJ has probably ticked up a bit but haven't tested it. Now I can get to the track more regularly, I am going to train for the Quadrathlon (https://www.brianmac.co.uk/quad.htm), because I'm a few years away from joining the full-time adarq.org run squad, and I still like doing sprint/power-based training for fun (and bball is completely off the cards for now). There's even a score calculator, and playing around with some dummy values, I think adding on [SVJ''*2] to the final score is reasonable to make it a quintathlon (or, substitute for the overhead throw). Anyone else interested (@seifullaah)?

At first I was thinking that you were asking about long distance running some sort of marathon but times 4 lol. But vising the site I see what it is.

I like doing these kinds of tests. Last time I did standing long jump, 120m, 1200m (this was the worst, i prob mentioned it before but I was running the last 2 laps dragging my body, while my body was crying and saying stop lol). We should leave the overhead throw, my svj is weak  :P.

I'm definitely interested. But my 30m compared to your 30m now, long way off, I saw your 60m run and timed your 30m using quick time and you ran 3.93, that's elite level shit compared to my 4.5 no catching you there. or is there? after some fresh legs  :ninja:.

hah @ marathon * 4. lmfao!

A fun fact about the track I train at now: Yiannis Kouros set a 24hr world record there in 1997 (I think) of around 290km, or nearly seven marathons  :o.
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: AGC on April 07, 2019, 05:29:16 am
Here are my starting performances, except the overhead shotput throw, of which I haven't acquired a shotput to do yet - working on it.

30m - 3.93sec --> 67 points
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xjVpnFcDQA

Standing long jump - 2.80m (where the rake is placed) --> 67 points
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlUazXTGQWM

Three jumps - 8.40m --> 68 points
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp-G4xjPmyk

SVJ - ~30.5'' (~305cm-228cm) --> 61 points
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XKi_rMt36k

Total points for four events: 263

I'm pretty happy with those starting scores overall. I realised after I did it that, reading the rules again, I'm possibly starting the 30m wrong - for a standing start, I think I should instead start with my toe up to the line, rather than two feet back (as if I'm in blocks, which is just how we did it when I trained with the sprint group). I might try and redo that one to see if it's a big difference. I don't know how much I can gain on the 30m, but I can definitely make inroads on the broad jump and SVJ, and the 3xjump is very sloppy (I haven't done this at all since starting back at the track).
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: adarqui on April 07, 2019, 02:44:53 pm
pretty cool.

i'd probably get < 10 points on the overhead shotput throw. :<
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: LBSS on April 07, 2019, 11:50:21 pm
oh man want to try this now. need to think about where i could do everything here. maybe i'll wait until belgium.
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: AGC on April 08, 2019, 06:12:30 am
pretty cool.

i'd probably get < 10 points on the overhead shotput throw. :<

I'm almost nervous to try it, because, based on my other scores, I should be throwing around 15m+....but I'm sure that I was only doing ~12m, which seems way off. We'll see  :huh:

oh man want to try this now. need to think about where i could do everything here. maybe i'll wait until belgium.

Yeah it does ideally require access to an athletics field I think, mostly for the throw. But you're in luck (in fact, you might have already seen this):

https://www.kuleuven.be/sport/sports/sport-offer/individual/indoor-athletics-hall (https://www.kuleuven.be/sport/sports/sport-offer/individual/indoor-athletics-hall)

Looks so nice...*homer-simpson-drool.gif*
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: LBSS on April 08, 2019, 09:21:02 am
haha yeah i'd checked that out. looking forward to access to a good gym again.
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: AGC on July 13, 2020, 03:46:06 am
I can't believe it's been this long since I posted in my own journal :o. It's been a turbulent year and a half life-wise. Obviously covid-19 has been totally disruptive to everything, and I've had a bunch of other demands on top of that: two kids now, terrible first job out of PhD, better second job but required a relocation (luckily we just moved in time before Covid shut down everything for the first time in Victoria, Aus).

I have been exercising but not seriously training. Every stat is obviously very low. I am eternally inspired by Coges training at a high level into his 40s with kids, and I want to get back into some form of regimented training, but I have no idea what. Considering doing more running but I am not naturally good at longer stuff, and it would be a time-intensive activity to get near the levels of adarq, LBSS, vag, and the other runners (you're all very impressive btw), which I think would make it more motivating. No gym time either at the moment, but that could be something - I am wary about gyms now though, even once we're out of lockdown #2 in Victoria (the only Aus state to relapse so far). I'm posting just to make sure I keep pushing forward with ideas, otherwise I will definitely slip even more. I'd like to be an active dad with whatever sports the kids want to do eventually (I'm praying it's not soccer), so staying fit is a priority.

(I also changed my name IRL so I changed my username here too  :) )
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: adarqui on July 13, 2020, 10:39:26 pm
I can't believe it's been this long since I posted in my own journal :o. It's been a turbulent year and a half life-wise. Obviously covid-19 has been totally disruptive to everything, and I've had a bunch of other demands on top of that: two kids now, terrible first job out of PhD, better second job but required a relocation (luckily we just moved in time before Covid shut down everything for the first time in Victoria, Aus).

I have been exercising but not seriously training. Every stat is obviously very low. I am eternally inspired by Coges training at a high level into his 40s with kids, and I want to get back into some form of regimented training, but I have no idea what. Considering doing more running but I am not naturally good at longer stuff, and it would be a time-intensive activity to get near the levels of adarq, LBSS, vag, and the other runners (you're all very impressive btw), which I think would make it more motivating. No gym time either at the moment, but that could be something - I am wary about gyms now though, even once we're out of lockdown #2 in Victoria (the only Aus state to relapse so far). I'm posting just to make sure I keep pushing forward with ideas, otherwise I will definitely slip even more. I'd like to be an active dad with whatever sports the kids want to do eventually (I'm praying it's not soccer), so staying fit is a priority.

whoa awesome. congrats on the kids man!

you made some big life changes lol. nice!



as for training during covid.. ya, running is great. whether it be endurance or sprints etc, getting fresh air (hopefully away from people) and putting in some work is the way to go. so many more people running now than before covid, it's funny & cool. :ibrunning:

forget going into gyms for a long while..  :o

just get consistent w/ something u enjoy & have fun. :ninja:

pc!
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: Mikey on July 14, 2020, 07:19:02 am
Welcome back!

Why did you change your name?

Congratulations on your second kid.

What's your body composition like now that you haven't trained for a while?


Title: Re: AGC's journal
Post by: AGC on July 14, 2020, 07:59:39 am
whoa awesome. congrats on the kids man!

you made some big life changes lol. nice!

as for training during covid.. ya, running is great. whether it be endurance or sprints etc, getting fresh air (hopefully away from people) and putting in some work is the way to go. so many more people running now than before covid, it's funny & cool. :ibrunning:

forget going into gyms for a long while..  :o

just get consistent w/ something u enjoy & have fun. :ninja:

pc!

Yep wise advice, thanks mate. I think I am settling on seeng how high I can get my vertical without serious weight training or access to basketball courts at >30y.o, but also thinking about running up to 5km as something different than sprinting. I do remember running cross-country one off-season and getting somewhere around a ~20min 5km near the end of the season just by turning up and doing whatever distance was on that weekend.

Welcome back!

Why did you change your name?

Congratulations on your second kid.

What's your body composition like now that you haven't trained for a while?

Thanks mate. I actually changed it awhile ago after I got married to a combo name, so my wife and the kids would all have the same last name. I found the logistics of changing your name after marriage as the husband strangely difficult! Haha. But I was happy to do it.

Body comp-wise: completely the same as when I was training. That has always been in my favour - I never fluctuate that much from 10%. That's why I always respect guys who really have to train hard to keep bf% in a good range, because genetics really is such a big part of it. With all this layoff, physically I feel like I'm 23yo, not really any major injury history except my L knee with bursitis, but that feels fine atm. I'm sure all the niggles will come back once I start training hard again!
Title: Re: acole14's journal
Post by: LBSS on July 14, 2020, 11:43:57 am
yo congrats on the many life changes! the improvement in job condition is not to be underrated, having a job you hate just sucks the life out of you. watched my dad go through that last year, then come out of it this year with a new gig that he really likes. night and day.

fwiw, one thing i like about running is how not time-consuming it is. there's no commute to the gym and only rarely to the track, no real warm-up unless i'm doing speed work (and those workouts are shorter, so it's a wash time-wise). just tie shoes, put on sunscreen and mask, and head out the door. obviously, my runs are longer now than they used to be, but you can gain a lot of fitness with like 4.5-5 hours per week. even now my total running time per week is only 5.5 hours, plus a cumulative hour or so for stretching.

i'm not particularly talented at distance running, either: my history was the same as yours (a casual season of xc in high school during which i ran close to 20 mins). but i'm pretty sure i'll be able to run 18:xx this year, if i stay healthy. that's not very fast, but it's good enough to be top-10 and usually top-3 or 5 in basically any local 5k, which is fun.

that said, i've lost 10 pounds, my strength is basically where it was when i first started lifting weights 11 years ago, and i'm certainly not as explosive as i was in 2016. running is obviously not a great recipe for improving vert, strength, or muscle.

it is fun as hell, though.
Title: Re: AGC's journal
Post by: AGC on July 16, 2020, 12:15:43 am
yo congrats on the many life changes! the improvement in job condition is not to be underrated, having a job you hate just sucks the life out of you. watched my dad go through that last year, then come out of it this year with a new gig that he really likes. night and day.

Yeah it really is night and day. Unfortunately Covid-19 has ruined a lot of the fun parts (no travel, limited activity in the lab) but I guess we're all in the same boat. I'm lucky to have changed jobs when I did, because I would have been out in the cold if I had stayed around in the last one  :huh:
I seriously lose sleep just thinking about how badly Covid-19 might have affected us.

fwiw, one thing i like about running is how not time-consuming it is. there's no commute to the gym and only rarely to the track, no real warm-up unless i'm doing speed work (and those workouts are shorter, so it's a wash time-wise). just tie shoes, put on sunscreen and mask, and head out the door. obviously, my runs are longer now than they used to be, but you can gain a lot of fitness with like 4.5-5 hours per week. even now my total running time per week is only 5.5 hours, plus a cumulative hour or so for stretching.

i'm not particularly talented at distance running, either: my history was the same as yours (a casual season of xc in high school during which i ran close to 20 mins). but i'm pretty sure i'll be able to run 18:xx this year, if i stay healthy. that's not very fast, but it's good enough to be top-10 and usually top-3 or 5 in basically any local 5k, which is fun.

that said, i've lost 10 pounds, my strength is basically where it was when i first started lifting weights 11 years ago, and i'm certainly not as explosive as i was in 2016. running is obviously not a great recipe for improving vert, strength, or muscle.

it is fun as hell, though.

Yeah good point about time requirements. I'm pre-conditioned to add in at least 15-20mins of warmup to whatever I'm thinking of doing. I think somewhere around a 2-5km run as the main focus is what I might settle on. It's just fun and more motivating to have others (IRL or here) that are doing the same or similar activity, and lifting really will just be too hard for the next 2-3 months I think.
Title: Re: AGC's journal
Post by: AGC on July 21, 2020, 06:57:34 am
OK, my new training ground is a 1km track around the soccer pitches at Uni. It has a big digital tower clock as well. There's outdoor fitness equipment too, which is great, but it's all locked up at the moment. Think I will try and get 2-3 runs in a week and stick to mainly shorter stuff to start. Today I ran:

1km - 4:45 (RPE 8 ), 5mins rest, 4:22 (RPE 9), ~30 pushups, 30 leg raises and 3x3/leg SL squats.

That is obviously pretty slow haha...but I think with more training I could quickly get back to where I was last year running the Masters athletics (~2:45 800m a couple of time, probably about a 3:30min km). Then maybe build towards maintaining speed for longer distances. Some short-term goals might be:

400m - 65sec
1km - <4min
2km - <10min

(Long-term 5km <22min)

And maybe 50 pushups, 50 leg raises, 10 SL squats/leg, and some hamstring stuff too I guess. Training would probably doing tempo 1kms around the track (building up to 3-4 @~4min pace), and ~50m tempo sprints on the soccer pitch. Just lots of running with good form. My right foot always lands slightly externally rotated and that has definitely made my R calf get tight quickly compared to L.

The other part of my plan is that there are a few boxes on the outdoor fitness part that would be fun to jump around on. Just for fun, I want to see how high my SVJ can go with just short sprints and SL squats, in lieu of any serious gym work. I don't think it'll get very high, but will be interesting to track. I would still love to be pursuing vertical jump, but I feel that I can pick that up again in a couple of years when gyms and bball courts might be safe again.

Ordered some new Nike Zoom Rival Waffle racers too for some forced motivation. They really are brilliant shoes and they're always <100AUD for some reason. (Thanks for putting me onto those @adarq! Do you still use them?)
Title: Re: AGC's journal
Post by: adarqui on July 21, 2020, 11:25:50 pm
yo congrats on the many life changes! the improvement in job condition is not to be underrated, having a job you hate just sucks the life out of you. watched my dad go through that last year, then come out of it this year with a new gig that he really likes. night and day.

fwiw, one thing i like about running is how not time-consuming it is. there's no commute to the gym and only rarely to the track, no real warm-up unless i'm doing speed work (and those workouts are shorter, so it's a wash time-wise). just tie shoes, put on sunscreen and mask, and head out the door. obviously, my runs are longer now than they used to be, but you can gain a lot of fitness with like 4.5-5 hours per week. even now my total running time per week is only 5.5 hours, plus a cumulative hour or so for stretching.

yup! love just getting out the door and starting the run.. nice and light.. then pick it up later if that's the plan. but to just get moving and that be part of the session is great.

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that said, i've lost 10 pounds, my strength is basically where it was when i first started lifting weights 11 years ago, and i'm certainly not as explosive as i was in 2016. running is obviously not a great recipe for improving vert, strength, or muscle.

it is fun as hell, though.

i was getting my (SLRVJ) vert up pretty decent in 2016-2017 or so while running alot. if you get in jumps & sprints, you can maintain/build a surprising amount of spring.

it's just hard to maintain it because running slow + long can become so enjoyable, you just want to do that and not "explode" in single efforts. the "mental shift" seems to be the biggest reason IMHO.

mixing sprints/strides + running is the best combo tho.. they complement each other beautifully. can mostly run slow, get in some good speed work occasionally, and build some great running fitness.



OK, my new training ground is a 1km track around the soccer pitches at Uni. It has a big digital tower clock as well. There's outdoor fitness equipment too, which is great, but it's all locked up at the moment. Think I will try and get 2-3 runs in a week and stick to mainly shorter stuff to start. Today I ran:

1km - 4:45 (RPE 8 ), 5mins rest, 4:22 (RPE 9), ~30 pushups, 30 leg raises and 3x3/leg SL squats.

That is obviously pretty slow haha...but I think with more training I could quickly get back to where I was last year running the Masters athletics (~2:45 800m a couple of time, probably about a 3:30min km). Then maybe build towards maintaining speed for longer distances. Some short-term goals might be:

400m - 65sec
1km - <4min
2km - <10min

(Long-term 5km <22min)

And maybe 50 pushups, 50 leg raises, 10 SL squats/leg, and some hamstring stuff too I guess. Training would probably doing tempo 1kms around the track (building up to 3-4 @~4min pace), and ~50m tempo sprints on the soccer pitch. Just lots of running with good form. My right foot always lands slightly externally rotated and that has definitely made my R calf get tight quickly compared to L.

The other part of my plan is that there are a few boxes on the outdoor fitness part that would be fun to jump around on. Just for fun, I want to see how high my SVJ can go with just short sprints and SL squats, in lieu of any serious gym work. I don't think it'll get very high, but will be interesting to track. I would still love to be pursuing vertical jump, but I feel that I can pick that up again in a couple of years when gyms and bball courts might be safe again.

nice!!

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Ordered some new Nike Zoom Rival Waffle racers too for some forced motivation. They really are brilliant shoes and they're always <100AUD for some reason. (Thanks for putting me onto those @adarq! Do you still use them?)

damn nice!! hah.

i still wear waffle-like shoes when i run, but mostly XC flats or track spikes if i'm on nice grass.

ya man, the best kinds of shoes.

glad you like them!

and man.. can't believe i used to dunk in them, even on concrete.. wtf? nutty.





pc folks!
Title: Re: AGC's journal
Post by: AGC on July 25, 2020, 07:56:57 am
1kms today
4m21s (RPE 9)
5mins
4m25s (RPE 9)
5mins
4m50s (RPE 9 but gassed)

A bunch of SL squats, leg raises, and pushups.

I'm going to try this 2x/week for a bit, adding a run each time until I can do 4-5 1kms all around 4:20-30. I'm getting a lot of calf soreness from these so need to let them adjust.

Coges also kindly sent me some of Ben Patrick's ATG/KOT stuff and I like it. A lot of it is similar to what T0ddday prescribed for me a few years ago. I think it'll be great prep for more jumping, so am doing that too on non-running days.
Title: Re: AGC's journal
Post by: AGC on July 26, 2020, 11:15:07 pm
1kms today:

4m40s (RPE 8 )
~5mins rest
4m20s (RPE 9)
~5mins rest
5m10s (RPE 5, calves dead)

10/leg SL sqs, 20/leg SLDLs, KOT calf raises, 2x8 box jumps approx 30''

Very cold and wet today. No real improvements yet, my calves are very sore though. My last one was meant to be around 4m40s but calves were very tight. I think the KOT calf raises will help because they seem to work the soleus better, which is where the soreness always arises.
Title: Re: AGC's journal
Post by: LBSS on July 27, 2020, 12:22:28 pm
my calves are always super tight for a couple of days after i ramp up running volume. static stretching a few times throughout the day (just one leg at a time on a step) seems to help a lot.
Title: Re: AGC's journal
Post by: AGC on July 28, 2020, 08:23:20 am
my calves are always super tight for a couple of days after i ramp up running volume. static stretching a few times throughout the day (just one leg at a time on a step) seems to help a lot.

Yeah I've been doing that a lot. Also adarq's soleus couch stretch (lean your knee into the couch and hang out).
Title: Re: AGC's journal
Post by: AGC on July 29, 2020, 08:51:32 am
1kms today:

4m06s (RPE 9) - local  :personal-record:
~5mins rest
4m10s (RPE 9)
~5mins rest
500m jog, R calf dead again so not forcing anything.

10/leg SL sqs, 20/leg SLDLs, KOT calf raises, 3x7 box jumps approx 24''

Got my new Zoom Rival Waffles and they are great. Not sure if it was the new shoe speed boost effect or I'm finally getting a bit fitter, but ran good times today. Need to focus on this troublesome right calf. Nothing to gain at this point so taking it easy. Next time I might try and get in more volume at lower intensity given I "PRd" today.
Title: Re: AGC's journal
Post by: adarqui on July 31, 2020, 12:11:26 am
my calves are always super tight for a couple of days after i ramp up running volume. static stretching a few times throughout the day (just one leg at a time on a step) seems to help a lot.

Yeah I've been doing that a lot. Also adarq's soleus couch stretch (lean your knee into the couch and hang out).

yea i remember you loved that one haha.

i used to do that while doing dishes, felt great. but, stretching usually wrecks me more than it helps, so i stopped stretching lol.

pc!



1kms today:

4m06s (RPE 9) - local  :personal-record:
~5mins rest
4m10s (RPE 9)
~5mins rest
500m jog, R calf dead again so not forcing anything.

10/leg SL sqs, 20/leg SLDLs, KOT calf raises, 3x7 box jumps approx 24''

Got my new Zoom Rival Waffles and they are great. Not sure if it was the new shoe speed boost effect or I'm finally getting a bit fitter, but ran good times today. Need to focus on this troublesome right calf. Nothing to gain at this point so taking it easy. Next time I might try and get in more volume at lower intensity given I "PRd" today.

nice!!
Title: Re: AGC's journal
Post by: AGC on August 02, 2020, 04:39:04 am
1kms today:

3m52s (RPE 9-9.5) - local  :personal-record:
~5mins rest
4m32s (RPE 8)
~5mins rest
4m20s (RPE 9)
500m jog.

3x10-20 pushups and core stuff, ATG exercises.

Very nice weather day today. It's the weekend so I went a bit harder on lap 1. From memory my fastest 800m on the track when training hard was 2m30s, and my best 1200m was around 4m05, so I would imagine I would have run a track 1km in around 3m20s. That would be a nice goal to hit. Calves still a bit sore during the run but improved overall.
Title: Re: AGC's journal
Post by: AGC on August 10, 2020, 12:22:18 am
Track - 6/8/2020

6x400m , ~5mins b/w

ATG/KOT

I didn't time these but probably all around 90sec, just tempo sprinting.

1km track

4m15s (RPE 9)
~5mins rest
4m30s (RPE 9)
~5mins rest
4m30s (RPE 9)

ATG/KOT stuff, pushups

Very wet day. Still feel very slow and unfit, but getting more volume of =<4m30s 1kms in without R calf flaring up. Will hopefully progress to doing 4-5 1kms in this session, then 2kms etc.
Title: Re: AGC's journal
Post by: AGC on September 01, 2020, 12:53:31 am
Have had about 5-6 sessions similar to the last few. A little hard to stay consistent at the moment as Melbourne is pretty locked down, and initally exercise was restricted to within 5kms and no driving to and from. But they changed the driving restriction over the last few weeks so I have been back to the usual track. The last few sessions have been really windy but the 1km time is coming down.

Today's session:

Jog/dynamic warmup
4m0s (RPE 9)
~5mins rest
4m15s (RPE 9)
~5mins rest
4x100m barefoot strides(~70-80%) with walkback recovery
KOT/ATG exercises.

I have still been treating my R calf gently, not running more than 2-3 x 1kms, and stopping if it starts getting tight in the 2nd run. I'm not aiming for anything so no need to push it. The sports facility painted a five-lane 100m track in between two soccer pitches where I run, which is handy. I have found barefoot striding to be super-effective for pretty much any lower limb complaint, so I have mixed that in as well. Feet feel sore initally but after a few sessions they feel a lot stronger. Once I get more consistent (>2x/week running 3+ 1kms at a good pace) I will try and do some 2km+.

Also, the KOT/ATG stuff has been useful so far. Definitely feel my lingering L knee bursitis a lot less. Thanks Coges!
Title: Re: AGC's journal
Post by: AGC on September 11, 2020, 08:56:49 pm
Now that's there's a handy 100m track on grass where I run, I do my old track warmup barefoot. This has really mitigated the R calf issue, so I'm more confident to try >1km fast.

Yesterday:
Track warmup
Barefoot strides
2km - 9m19sec (4m30s/4m49s) - RPE 9
Slow 1kms x 2

Very windy and hard run. Tomorrow I might do and do a track 1km just to see if this track is an accurate 1km.
Title: Re: AGC's journal
Post by: AGC on September 26, 2020, 08:00:23 am
Last week:

1km at track: 3m49s (RPE 9.5)
400m - 1m15sec (a bit cooked from 1km)

A few other short barefoot runs at ovals when out with kids.

Knee Ability stuff most days. I can do the Peterson stepups with 4kg/>6'' drop pretty well for 20+ reps, 2-3 sets. I still mostly feel this in my glutes the next day but the VMOs are looking a bit bigger.

Yesterday:
1km warmup in 4m45s
3km in 14m40s (4m45s/4m48s/5m07s), RPE 9 --> pretty slow! But not too sore today, so I feel I can build from here.

Revised running goals:

400m =<65s
800m =<3m
1k =<3m40s
2km =<9m
3km =<14m

I think these are all pretty achievable even with my relative lack of running. I am so far away from even a sub-23 min 5km at the moment but that's a good long term goal.
Title: Re: AGC's journal
Post by: AGC on March 07, 2024, 04:15:08 am
Checking in after ~3.5 years!!!  :trollface:

I have been floating around, but I was inspired seeing some of the old crew still active. I don't know if adarq has logged on for awhile but cool that he's still got the site running.

I've been extremely inconsistent with exercise/training over the last few years. I have just been running/jumping/playing sport with kids intermittently with no real goals, so I didn't have anything interesting to post. We also had another child (3 now  :wowthatwasnutswtf:, definitely done at 3) in Nov 2021, and that really changed the general routine significantly (plus COVID).

Now I'm trying to forcefully carve out time in the week to run and jump a bit because otherwise I have a bad habit of letting my obligations (work/kids in a 50:50 ratio) subsume my entire existence :huh:. There's a track ~5mins from where I live that they recently converted from asphalt to grass, with synthetic long jump area. I also have a 45 deg back extension bench from years ago that I can do hamstring and BSS on. PLUS I invested $5 in a stopwatch, so I'm committed now  ;D.

Doing 2-3 days for the last few weeks:

Day 1 - sprinting (4-5 ~100m)/jumping (broad jumps mostly, about 2.7m atm).
Day 2 - 800m/400/200/100 x 1-2 sets pretty hard, minimal rest (a bit slow atm, ~3m10s/70s/27s/13s).
Day 3 - repping out hamstring ext and BSS, and calves.

I want to build up LB strength a bit and generally get fitter, and most importantly post regularly in the forum again!
Title: Re: AGC's journal
Post by: LBSS on March 07, 2024, 08:06:31 am
welcome back! and congrats on the third (and final, lol) kid. my wife and i are starting to try to have our first and i'm trying to pack in some races and other stuff this year before that takes and we've got a little whippersnapper around to take care of.

it is amazing that this place is still going. adarq hasn't signed in since august 2023. as vag once put it, it seems like he's "loved up" and living his dream life on his little farmstead in florida. although, i stopped using instagram and facebook a while ago so i'm not even sure how he's doing. should check in, come to think of it. anyway, huge shoutout to him for letting us keep coming here.
Title: Re: AGC's journal
Post by: AGC on March 09, 2024, 09:14:58 pm
welcome back! and congrats on the third (and final, lol) kid. my wife and i are starting to try to have our first and i'm trying to pack in some races and other stuff this year before that takes and we've got a little whippersnapper around to take care of.

it is amazing that this place is still going. adarq hasn't signed in since august 2023. as vag once put it, it seems like he's "loved up" and living his dream life on his little farmstead in florida. although, i stopped using instagram and facebook a while ago so i'm not even sure how he's doing. should check in, come to think of it. anyway, huge shoutout to him for letting us keep coming here.

Thanks, good luck with it. I love being a dad and my kids are great but yeah, it definitely keeps you so busy that exercise usually gets squeezed out of the weekly schedule often. So that's wise to fit in a few bucket-list athletic achievements before it happens for you!