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    My Vertical leap training log...

    As well as bench press and hammer curl and weight loss.

    I'm using P90X's Plyometrics dvd for my vertical training, it's pretty taxing and will give pretty much anybody a good workout. It consists of a lot of squats/jumping. It's 55 minutes of all different types of squats with a total of 3 30 second breaks. My calves don't get sore but my thighs (out and inner) as well as my ass area are sore.

    I'm doing this at 200lbs, I normally weigh 175lbs but I've eaten my way to 202lbs. I'm 5'11.

    Nearly ALL of my weight gained is around my thighs like crazy! I barely gained any around my stomach. I can't fit into my Express size 34 jeans, they literally look like skinny jeans on me lmao, they used to fit very well at 175. I can button them up but barely. My shirts don't really fit me either, they used to fit just fine and now they're kind of tight.

    I'm not a boxer, I'm just training to get my vertical leap up (I want to dunk!), get stronger as well as lose some weight.

    My diet started just a few days ago, I'm already down 2lbs. Right now I'm doing low calorie diet, taking 30mg of Zinc, glucosamine and chondritin pills, and some Centrum multi vitamin thing.





    I'm hoping my weight right now will help my vertical go up even faster since I'll be dropping 20lbs, I will be 175 by the end of OCT for sure.

    Eating: Pretty much whatever, I cut out soda and fast food. Mostly eating sandwiches & microwavable meals (pastas 300 cals each). Eating a total of around 1,200 cals a day without starving myself.

    P90x plyometrics doing this once a week:


    First workout-I gave up at 37 minutes, I'm not used to being 200lbs and haven't worked out in months. LIST OF EXERCISES:



    First workout-I gave up at 37 minutes, I'm not used to being 200lbs at all and haven't worked out in months.

    Soreness level: My legs are extremely sore for 7 days straight on the 8th the soreness is gone.


    Second
    workout: I stop at 32 minutes, I'm very dizzy and feel nauseous.

    Soreness level: Sore for 6 days.

    Third workout: I FINISHED IT! Took a lot out of me. I keep having to extend 2 breaks from 30 secs to 5 minutes though.

    Soreness level: Sore for 4 days

    Fourth workout: I finished all of it, pretty exhausted. My breaks are getting shorter, probably 2 minutes now.

    Soreness level: Sore for 4 days

    Fifth workout: Finished all of it again, it's getting A LOT easier.
    My breaks stayed the same at 2-3 minutes.

    Soreness level: 4 days

    Sixth workout: Finished all of it, how the hell was I struggling to do this? It's pretty damn easy now, I only extended 1 break to 1 minute, the other two I did the regular 30 second break.

    Soreness level: 3 days

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    Bench press: I haven't benched in forever so I'm really weak. Started workout out with 135lbs. I try to go up 10 reps with it until I move my weight up. I max out at 6 reps first workout. Over 1 month I get it up to 10 reps max, I've only bench pressed a total of 8 times because I've been so sore over from not benching.

    I've moved up my workout weight to 150lbs a 15lb increase from last month. I'm pretty sore right now I max out at 7 reps. I'm going to be increasing my workout weight 15lbs a month now. I've only benched 3 times this month, been pretty sore and I try to bench when I'm not sore at all. Probably going to have to wait until Oct. 7th until I move my weight up.

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    Hammer curl: I can't do regular curls because my wrists are ****ED, I have like permanent ligament damage or something and can't regular curl over 30lbs without them popping all sick.

    Been workout out on them before moving up just like my bench press, until I can do 10 reps x3 sets with a certain rep I move it up 5lbs a month. Started workout out with 23lb dumb bells, moved up to 28lbs, up to 33lbs, up to 38lbs and now I just moved up to 43lbs 2 weeks ago, 38lbs felt very easy but man these are HEAVY I'm stuck at like 6 reps max. I'm using proper form as well not swinging my arms.

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    Weight loss: Just 20-30 minutes on the heavy bag being very active moving around, head movement etc. As well as Plyo and diet. I've done this before low calorie and just 30 minutes on the bag nearly every day and I lost 80lbs of fat. During 2 months (summer) I lost a total of around 50lbs doing this although I lost quite a bit of muscle.




    I'll update my bench/curls every month, my plyo every week and weight loss every 2 weeks.

    I want to surprise myself with my vertical which is HOPEFULLY going up (Can't be sure) when I get down to 175lbs which should be within October. Right now the highest I could touch before plyo was 9'5, I think my original vertical is only like 25 inches or something idk pretty low.

    #2
    Looks like good stuff, I love the fact that you're doing proper a$$ training to work on your dunking. Plyometrics look pretty good, I need to start a better regime. They say after 2 weeks of pretty intense exercise like this the soreness disappears and your muscles get used to it.

    Respect.

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      #3
      Originally posted by rorymac View Post
      Looks like good stuff, I love the fact that you're doing proper a$$ training to work on your dunking. Plyometrics look pretty good, I need to start a better regime. They say after 2 weeks of pretty intense exercise like this the soreness disappears and your muscles get used to it.

      Respect.
      Thanks, yeah the soreness is definitely dissappearing. The only bad thing is that I keep hearing things in my legs and knees pop which doesn't sound too good lol. I've been thinking about doing those air alerts workouts to try and switch it up. I've never done any sort of leg exercises before and I like to think of my extra 20lbs of fat as a "weighted vest" so I think my vertical will go up substantially once I lose that weight.

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        #4
        If dunking is what you really want then thats what you have to practice to jump higher.

        I dont see squats as being very productive. Jumping high is all about being lean and flexible. The reason 16 year old gymnastic girls fly 20 feet in the air is because they are light and limber..not bulky and muscular.

        Im 27 now and I can dunk just inside the freethrowline... at 17 I could barley even touch the rim.

        -If you want to get higher you need to spend hours on the court jumping for things just out of your reach. Do this until your dead tired. Rest for a day and start again.

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