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Right. If he's 260 I'm 7 feet tall.

Let me just say this: don't believe the listings on NBA.com

Decided I'm not going to sit around and get fat, lose my skills and be mad at myself when I come back for sucking ass. So, I went and shot around for an hour to get a sweat going and try to maintain my handle and jumper. Went half speed but wore full sweats over my shorts and cutoff. sweat achieved lol!

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

2 and a half hours of full court in an old ass gym with no ac=weight loss for sure! Last invite only hoops meet of the summer before the guys head back to school and it was a pretty good one! I played eh for my standards but the lower abdomen felt pretty good so thats a good sign, I was just off a little; rusty on the jumper and slow to react sometimes. Typical short layoff stuff. Felt good tho! Going to try some deadlifts tomorrow!

Monday August 18 2014

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

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

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

-Hypers
25lb: x10, x10, x10

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

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

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

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

Good question... last January when I was getting PR level routinely I was low-mid 170s (I gain 3-4lbs throughout the day on average). Right now I wake up at 180-182 BUT I feel...stronger? Bouncier? My strength levels aren't near what they were then tho so my power:weight should be lower right now. Im assuming that means my movement efficiency has improved.

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

Ughhh. Hour and a half skills session at 2am. Got the keys to a local school gym so I can train pretty much whenever now!!! Kick ass. Anyways, low back and hams were sore but I pushed through it and had a good workout. Even managed a handful of dunks at the end completely wore out! Stretch and ice!