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WEIGHT: ???
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: left toe, right ankle
MENTAL STATE: good

- warm up

- DLRVJ x 5
one dunk with size 3 ball, four rim-outs. felt pretty good actually despite the misses.

- squat MSEM 305 x 8
skrong

that was it tonight, had office holiday party. better than nothing, glad i forced myself to the gym instead of doing the pre-party happy hour with coworkers.

WEIGHT: ???
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: head
MENTAL STATE: hung over, mad at self

- shoot around + layups x 40 mins

drank too much at a xmas party last night. smdh. also have been overthinking training and therefore undertraining.

DIET
breakfast: smoothie, cup of coffee -- did not finish until 2 PM because hangover
lunch: N/A
dinner: carbonara, two pork chops, bunch of lettuce, chocolate milk
other: blueberries and greek yogurt with honey

SLEEP
8 hours

I was going to respond to your programming but everyone was writing essay length replies lol  Instead, don't get bent out of shape over getting hammered for a night as long as you had fun.  I think more people would benefit from going out, getting shit faced and doing stupid things when we are focused on some sort of fitness goal that we take seriously.  The gym and even just doing a lot of plyo work can get frustrating and boring from time to time, so letting loose isn't so bad.

Also, Tod you are probably correct with saying tons of powerlifters cant jump, but the ones that I've seen from westside(I cant remember names this was like back when I was in HS) were doing box jumps like 30 something inches or more while holding 100lb dumbbells.  It would be interesting to see though top level powerlifters testing their verticals.

People in prison are ripped brah

- squat 345 x 1; 185 x 12
that is two time body weight, gents. first time in a long time passing that mark. fuck yes. felt HYPED after.

sick! 

got a bunch of vid, will post later

cool! squats AND dunks?

edit: just saw the squats in the PR thread.

pc man

lbss seems to have had several good sessions after being "trashed", weirdly enough.. IIRC. HEH!

some day some scam artist will view this thread and create BuzzVert (similar to BoingVert), but using Alcohol sold by JumpUSA.

moar videos from today. man, i'm really thinning up top. oh well. 

bad DLRVJ from today, jumps at 0:28, 1:23, 2:18. floating too much.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BSwme9_RgM" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BSwme9_RgM</a>

backboard touches x 10
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9RymPTz6BE" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9RymPTz6BE</a>

DL bound x 4
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PFysJw1btA" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PFysJw1btA</a>

SL jumps LOLOLOLOLOL i suck at these
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFUYMY41z7o" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFUYMY41z7o</a>

squat 185 x 12, not hard
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBL9mDE7ahg" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBL9mDE7ahg</a>

Not sure we can compare LBSS to Jordan here (no offense mate  ) but isn't there something mentally refreshing about going out and blowing off some steam. Not saying to do it every day but every once in a while surely. 

Why can't we compare LBSS to Jordan?  Doesn't mean LBSS play basketball like Michael Jordan - the similarity is MJ really wanted to be as good as he possibly good.  LBSS has wanted to dunk for close to a decade and hasn't given up on the goal, I'd say he wants it pretty bad or he is crazy.  Given that he wants it so much and has worked this hard....  why consume a poison which will only sabotage his ability to reach his goal?

As far as blowing off some steam...  I do believe that we need to relax.  We need to mentally refresh and sometimes even (gasp) take a day or a week or more off...  It's a great idea to devote a day to just meditation or massage...  We can't keep it 100 every day - we need recharge mentally and physically...  But, the thing is alcohol sabotages all these things...   

That said I don't want to come off as preachy...  Shoot, I PRed this year in trips to Vegas (embarrassed to admit I went there 3 times when once a year is more than enough).   I'm a sucker for pool parties and a there were not a lot of completely sober moments on those trips...  It can be a lot of fun and it can be great for your friendships and social life (not necessarily great for your relationship but thats another story)...  However, I think we should take responsibility for our decisions and not lie to ourselves (I think this helps us make better ones overall).   I realize that choosing to consume alcohol can negatively impact my training especially if I am at a high level.   Sometimes this tradeoff is tolerable or worth it for me because I value other things than just training...  However, I'm not gonna make that claim that Eric did - that going out and getting drunk and doing stupid things when we have a focused fitness goal is somehow helpful in that endeavor...  It's not.  Neither is spending three days in the hospital getting no sleep while your wife has complications when giving birth to your child (training would be better) and almost everyone not named Kobe Bryant (jk) would probably choose to stay at the hospital...

Point is if you decide to drink.. fine.  Realize it has a large impact on your athletic goals and is metabolic poison.  Sometimes it's worth it. But don't claim that you "should" do this because letting loose actually is good for training...  Telling ourselves those kind of lies is how we get into trouble.  Own it.