Nothing to report, other than my knee was hurting during squats.
Still just lifting and plyo-ing. I've decided to start jump rope again. I gotta have some minimal spring action.
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Friday, September 14, 2007
Week 25.2
Week of Weights
Monday, my main workout was squats. I did 3x8, at 155/165/175lbs. I didn't want to overdo it after my 2 week hiatus - and i was still sore the next day.
Thursday, my main workout was deadlift. I did 3x8, at 185/205/225lbs. Again I went "light", but I'm amazed at how my deadlift seems stronger. Though I think I read somewhere that deadlift is supposed to be stronger than squat. Still, it's cool.
My ankles and achilles are a little sore, so even jogging was hard. I'm aware that jogging isn't "ideal" for jump training. But neither is being out of shape with less flexibility. But I will try to do some light plyometrics with the jogging too, if i can.
No videos for a while.
Monday, my main workout was squats. I did 3x8, at 155/165/175lbs. I didn't want to overdo it after my 2 week hiatus - and i was still sore the next day.
Thursday, my main workout was deadlift. I did 3x8, at 185/205/225lbs. Again I went "light", but I'm amazed at how my deadlift seems stronger. Though I think I read somewhere that deadlift is supposed to be stronger than squat. Still, it's cool.
My ankles and achilles are a little sore, so even jogging was hard. I'm aware that jogging isn't "ideal" for jump training. But neither is being out of shape with less flexibility. But I will try to do some light plyometrics with the jogging too, if i can.
No videos for a while.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Week 25.1
Started another round of weightlifting on Monday, after a 2 week hiatus. Now my inner thighs feel like they've ripped apart. Yeah, it's a good feeling.
So, my jumping has gone nowhere. My one legged jump has decreased back to square one, and my leaping leg feels fatigued.
Meanwhile, my 2-footed leaping has increased 4 inches.
What's this all mean? Well, 1), i'm going to keep pursuing my quest.
2) I'm gonna jog more. I was getting input not to jog too much, or "overtrain". But the fact is, I had cut down on jogging, and was getting out of shape, and was feeling less flexible. So now I will jog more, and possibly even play some ball, but that's just a big invitation to injury.
So, my jumping has gone nowhere. My one legged jump has decreased back to square one, and my leaping leg feels fatigued.
Meanwhile, my 2-footed leaping has increased 4 inches.
What's this all mean? Well, 1), i'm going to keep pursuing my quest.
2) I'm gonna jog more. I was getting input not to jog too much, or "overtrain". But the fact is, I had cut down on jogging, and was getting out of shape, and was feeling less flexible. So now I will jog more, and possibly even play some ball, but that's just a big invitation to injury.
Monday, September 3, 2007
Week 24.1
Hmmmm.
Well, this last week i took a break from plyo/weights and just jogged. Sunday was supposed to be my big day of jumping gains. It probably would have helped if the day before, I didn't spend 10 hours sanding/staining my deck -- which consisted of squatting over all day, with tons of kneeling and manual labor.
When i tried jumping off one leg, I stayed kaput at the same 25" I've been at for 3 months. And my legs definitely felt exhausted - no doubt from the previous day. Quite frustrating and equally embarrassing, both in planning and lack of production. I'm at a loss, but I'll still keep working out, because that's still healthy.
VERY INTERESTING NOTE: I also jumped from 2 feet, and also got 25". That's a 3-4" gain from whenever I last checked! Clearly, my gains in squats are a big factor. Whereas, my non-gains in explosiveness aren't helping my one legged jumps. Many people have written in to say trying 2 legged jumping. I did this in high school, when I couldn't quite dunk, which is why I've tried the 1 legged approach. At this point,
it behooves me to train a little in both.
Tomorrow, I restart the novice plyo/weights from Vertical Jump Bible. Stupid bible.
Well, this last week i took a break from plyo/weights and just jogged. Sunday was supposed to be my big day of jumping gains. It probably would have helped if the day before, I didn't spend 10 hours sanding/staining my deck -- which consisted of squatting over all day, with tons of kneeling and manual labor.
When i tried jumping off one leg, I stayed kaput at the same 25" I've been at for 3 months. And my legs definitely felt exhausted - no doubt from the previous day. Quite frustrating and equally embarrassing, both in planning and lack of production. I'm at a loss, but I'll still keep working out, because that's still healthy.
VERY INTERESTING NOTE: I also jumped from 2 feet, and also got 25". That's a 3-4" gain from whenever I last checked! Clearly, my gains in squats are a big factor. Whereas, my non-gains in explosiveness aren't helping my one legged jumps. Many people have written in to say trying 2 legged jumping. I did this in high school, when I couldn't quite dunk, which is why I've tried the 1 legged approach. At this point,
it behooves me to train a little in both.
Tomorrow, I restart the novice plyo/weights from Vertical Jump Bible. Stupid bible.
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