Week 50.1

LOSIN WEIGHT
Well, after a month of my new "diet", which consisted of no fried foods and no sugar, I may have lost 2 pounds. This, with increased workouts per week.

So now Kelly and I are moving more hard-core, which can actually be summarized as: no more pasta, bread, or starch for dinner. I'll continue with a protein shake for breakfast, then meat/rabbit food for lunch, and more meat/rabbit food for dinner. I will also try to eat a little less for each meal, and snack here and there.

Kelly believes I'll gain 4-5" with 10 pounds of weight loss....should I bet him on this? However, I reached my max jump 10 months ago, after my first 2 months of training - which was really just conditioning with no weights or plyos. So if I continue my workouts, and diet harder, something good should happen, right?

Unfortunately, it's almost 2am, and I still have work left to do tonight. And it's not even March yet, which is gonna be a super tough month, probably involving some all-nighters, which will wipe me out for days and screw up my progress....

Here we go!

Week 49.1

Today was not a good workout. I think I'm not getting quite enough sleep, and sometimes you just aren't feelin it. I was also a little late getting up, so I nixed my upper body workout, because that requires me to drive to the gym. Instead, I just did some push-ups and vacuuming (unrelated to dunking, but hey).

My busy schedule has no signs of letting down, and next week I fly to Toronto for a shoot. I'm wondering if that would be a natural break from workouts anyways. I'll try to jog, but I've been doing these workouts for 5 weeks or so.

My partner, on the Dairy Queen ad campaigns we make, is a scrawny 6'5" out-of-shape 3D animator. And he can get his elbow to rim. I met another guy just like him today...Once again, I'm sick and tired of meeting all these dudes who can dunk, who most likely aren't as strong as me. I get the physiology behind it all, but it's still frustrating. And there's people who claim to have gained 10" in 5 months or something.

WHATEVER!

Week 48.1

BILLS
Working 4 jobs at once is not easy, and Friday I'll probably miss my workout. I just have too much going on. And I gots ta pay the billses.

However, I think I've lost a couple pounds (better than nothing), and I'm re-gaining towards my meager max vert (better than nothing). On Wednesday, I worked out in the basketball gym at LA fitness, and almost got to the base of my knuckles. I definitely think that working out almost everyday is helping, as I feel a little springier.

And I think the lunges are helping. I'm getting better at them, and feel some added flexibility. I'm not utilizing my glutes as much as a good lunge should, but I'm headed in that direction.

I ran out of battery power the other day, so couldn't film all of my workouts yet. Not that I'd have time to do work on my next video anytime soon. Maybe once 2 of my jobs die down...

I'm gonna workout on Saturday instead, if I'm not too exhausted.

Week 47.2

For the record, I'm rooting for Gerald Green in the dunk contest, because I'm a Timberwolves fan (poor me).

I rarely watch the dunk contest anymore as it has become mundane and lacking in energy. I guess there's only so many dunks one can do, and ever since Dominique got robbed by Jordan's home judges, the contest has been illegitimate.

I just want one teeny little dunk for myself!

Week 47.1

Wow. Not only have I been busy, but I got socked with a deblitating cold on Saturday as well. Today, Monday, I was miserable and useless at work (don't tell my bosses!). My eyes hurt, I couldn't breathe, and I just wanted to sleep. I didn't even workout, but I'm hoping to workout tomorrow, even though I'll still be sick. If I can go to bed early tonight......(it's already after 10pm).

I'm not losing weight. I can't wait to see what pain-in-the-ass diet Kelly puts me on. I've already tripled my intake of salad rabbit food. I think it comes down to not enough cardio. Kelly reluctantly says I can jog, but suggests that I do graduated sprints of 100 yards x 6 reps or something. The thing is, when i jog, I don't feel "warmed up" and ready to go until the 3rd mile.

Another solution would just be to play more ball. Sadly, I only play maybe once a year. The ankle and shoulder injuries just got too prevalent, and would certainly derail my quest.

Looking forward to making next video, even though my vert is still poop.

Week 46.1

Man, I got hit with some busy busy because of work. Sleep is hard to come by, and it's gonna stay like this until Wednesday. It's actually been a while since I've been this busy, as I'm coming out of "retirement".

Meanwhile, my legs have been really sore for a week. The various lunge exercises I'm doing are really killing me. I hope the soreness reflects strengthening, and not injury. Kelly gave me a couple new warmups that should help with flexibility. We'll see how it goes. I'll provide details of my workouts soon. I'll do it in the blog, and in the video too.

I'm thinking that I shoot my next video in a week, during NBA All-Star weekend. And post it soon after. Maybe I'll edit during the dunk contest....HA!