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Enjoy the lockdown. We're just coming out of 12 weeks of pretty harsh lockdown here. We got to zero new cases per day but the toll on businesses and people's mental health has been huge. Still being drip fed our basic rights too.

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My double leg is lacking way behind. Today i decided to hold on to dumbbells shoulder width high in front. Weight is 8.3kg each hand and with the ankle weights. Then after 5 reps I stopped the weights and just with ankle weights and then without weights.

Double leg was measured at 2.3m. Single leg was 1.87m.

I haven't been training the single leg broad jump, but probably from the sprint starts, that's what may have contributed to it, such as sprint step to 1 step as far as I can.

Will just stick with double leg then.

Also single leg jump, I land on one leg which is followed by other leg straight after less than a second difference, but with weight I land double leg, reduce stress.

But will need to find out how to improve my technique, my thought was add weight to improve. Will post a video and maybe you can let me know where I am going wrong in my technique and any others views are also welcome.

yes that's what i meant, sorry to be unclear. there's a skill component involved, so it may be just that you had more to learn on the SL jump than DL jump and so progressed more quickly for that reason. in any event explosiveness/power seems (has always seemed) like something you ought to work on, and if you're going to use broad jumps as a tool then DL > SL.

Wed (28/10/2020)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: 0/0
BW: 94.4kg

BS 6x2x105
T-bar DL 8x120kg, Row 3x8x40
Cable Row 12x65, 10x65, 12x65

Notes:
couldn't fit +5kg on the bar for T-bar from last time so went up 10kg instead to 120kg, maxing it out. Probably the first time i felt my erector work, which i think suggests that T-bar DL is a very poor man's DL. I wish my gym had a Trap bar, it may be what i need to work my back without dealing with setup issues on conventional deadlift.

Wednesday 28th October 2020

Biceps fairly sore... I must be pulling my oly lifts with my arms, no wonder I keep messing up the catch timing....

Had planned to train my upper/lower 2 session today, but after more gym arranging and picking up four new 1x1m x15mm rubber mats someone was selling, it was late, so called it a day.
The 4 new mats gives me good floor coverage now and now I can put a mat in my squat area to replace the roll of pink carpet I place there and double up my "lifting platform area".
Plus I also grabbed a few long scrap pieces which I will put under the mats on my platform to form a bump to stop the bar from rolling down the garage slope.
At the moment I use two thin carpet/mat tiles in front of the plates to do the same.

Also got a bunch of 2cm Thick EVA mats from Ebay to stack up and act as a ghetto crash pad when dropping weights, pretty cheap compared to the real deal.

For example
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAz0mv9qRNs" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAz0mv9qRNs</a>

Although I read that cushioned dog beds work as well

After setting up my gym, some things didn't work as expected, so back to more rearranging tomorrow... and hopefully train as well after


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Waking mobility work

Mobility work pre walk - thoracic, ankle tib/calf rocking, side of ankle rocking and walks

Hip drops BW 2x15 each side

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58 min walk/hike
middle of the walk -
backward walking up a 30-35 degree sloped path x 2.5 mins

stretches

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20 hour fast
3100 calorie burn according to Fitbit Charge 3 - with heart rate monitor off
Plan to eat 2200-2500