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Did 75% of chest/tri/shoulders tonight lol! Was good, last 25% was spent talking to a Ukranian guy about Oly lifting...turns out he coaches. He had noticed me lifting for the past few weeks amd was curious what I was training for, PRs, etc. Well, he offered some pointers and some quick lessons with the bar on snatches, clean and jerk, and hang cleans. Lil tips made a huge difference! He offered to work with me when were in the gym together from now on. SWEET!

Hmmm... I dont actually have any good data points in regards to weight room numbers vs SLRVJ. I almost want to say im not a good candidate for that type of correlation and heres why:

-pre knee injury in high school I was a more explosive SL jumper. I jumped ~36" off one sophomore year and maybe 32-33 off 2. So, if i had never gotten hurt I may not have ever jumped off 2 predominantly as I seemed to be a natural SLRVJ guy.

-Since I never train it except for in games (not really training) it hasnt really gone up at all with my weight room numbers. It goes up a few inches when I play regularly but even then its probably only a repeatable 38" or so. Ive gone over 40" in games (caught a 2 hand oop and didnt realize I jumped off 1 til I landed lol) but thats notuch higher than it was 12 years ago. And definitely not a positive correlation to my numbers now.

I guess I could do some SL training stuff here if my knee would fully heal. Would be interesting but Ive gotten used to planting whichever way is quickest in games. It comes second nature now although im definitely higher in a RL DL plant in practice.


As for the half squat stuff.... Ive actually used banded supra max quarters in peaking phases multiple times but my right knee wont allow it currently. It DOES have a great carryover to DLRVJ though.


Final note...Im very convinced that SLRVJ is HIGHLY correlated to BW. Even tho Im 8-9% BF at 182ish lbs I can FEEL the difference from when I was a similar BF% at low 170s weight. It made MORE of a difference then in my SL jumps than it did in my DL jumps. (this was with similar ratios on squat/dead to BW btw...I havent tested this now that Im significantly stronger at a heavier BW)

Absolutely.  Hell, Ive used them in ATG squats woth success too. They help keep speed up and make you focus on finishing the movement rsther than letting momentum help. It directly correlated to the speed ofy triple extension in an actual jump. I felt like I was finishing jumps with much more snap.

I switch it up....keeps the body on edge IMO.

I hated using bands on de as deadlifts tho, stopped doing them and deficit deadlifts.

Bah. Bad week this week, deadlifted tonight. No accessory work or core as the wife got a migraine while squatting

So... 135 x5, 225 x3, 315 x1, 405 x1, 445 x1.

405: x3, x3.
315: x10, x10, x10.

Felt good, not great but oh well. Really bummed about my knee, sometimesits fine other times I couldn't jump 40" if i had a gun to my head. Probably time to see a doc. Also related...lack of hoops and jumping in general is killingmy run up/efficiency. I played some Wednesday instead of lifting and was around 40" running on most I'd say. Had one that my friends said looked like normal me (44-45ish) but it FELT like shit. Also...missed the dunk...horrible timing lol! The ONLY good thing is somehow, some way, I rammed a nice one hander in a pickup game off 1 foot. Surprised the absolute hell out of me.

We would (will if they persist) but they're incredibly rare for her. I cant remember the last one she had honestly. Ive been to a few docs about the ones I have, they call them cluster migraines but no one has found my trigger yet. I'll get them everyday for a few weeks then none for a period of time (currently almost a year and a half, wooo!). They suck. Hard.

Did my back/bicep and chest/tricep workouts this week. Skipped speed day in an attempt to make knee a little better. Cut back on jumps as well drastically.

Shit workout tonight. Warmed up and got up to my 405 x1 and felt good...then had to stop for 20 mins, stopped sweating, barely pulled 445, got mad, went to shit. Did 405 x2 and 315 x10 and called it a night. No use pushing it when mad/not warm. Blah. BW at 186lbs... gains definitely in the chest/shoulders/upper back.

man that sucks, youll figure how to get it right tho