Yesterday, I retested my no-step vertical and was able to match my highest jump of 30.6" (for this phase of training back on week 2) and actually got it 3 times! But, what was more encouraging to me was 6 of the 12 jumps were over 30 inches compared to 4 out of 12 a couple of weeks ago.
Here are the jumps:
Set 1: 29.7, 28.8, 30.6, 30.4, 30.6, 30.6
Set 2: 30.2, 30.1, 29.4, 28.3, 28.4, 28.6
So, I think the extra rest was the right choice. But, I will find out for sure next Monday to see if I can finally break the 31" barrier. I'm feeling pretty good about that.
Here's yesterday's video:
This past Saturday since I wasn't doing my normal workout, I decided to test my max lifts on squats, deadlifts, and bench press to see how much progress I've made.
I did 265 lbs for 2 reps on squats and my right knee started hurting so I decided to stop there although I felt like I could do maybe another 10 lbs. Since my right knee was feeling weird, I opted not to test my dead lift max and instead went right to bench press. I've been wanting to put 2 plates on each side for a very long time and so stoked that I finally got 225 lbs! My all time PR on bench was when I was 29 years old and got 225 lbs x 3 reps. Saturday is the second time in my life I have benched that much weight. And, it shouldn't be long until I beat that.
So after kind of a lazy week, I'm all fired up again and ready to get after it. Let's do this!
Nicely done. It's amazing what a little rest can do for the body. It seems it's tougher to give our selves a break than it is to push the limits sometimes.
ReplyDeletefor sure! "no pain...no gain"!
Deleteit's very hard sometimes to tell the difference between your body needing a break and being lazy.
I totally agree. What's interesting is that, on weeks where I can't seem to jump as high or perform my plyos as well as other weeks, I can still explode through and set PRs on my lifts.
DeleteGreat post man. Great inspiration for me! Btw can i know what device you to measure the vertical as in the video?
ReplyDeletethanks!
Deleteit's call the just jump mat system. it's made by probiotics.
http://www.probotics.org/JustJump/JustJump.htm
Awesome work. Keep it up. As far as I'm concerned our bet for socks is still on. I've continued to hit it hard as well and have made some good gains - will post a video next time. I've been following an outline from Joel Smith's website and have seen a 1 ~ 2 inch gain in a 4 week timeframe (not sure if it is the workout outlined here or if I was just overdue and gains come in bunches - makes the last year of hard work feel better.)
ReplyDeletehttp://www.just-fly-sports.com/vertical-jump-training-arrangement-101-part-23/
Btw - did you catch SC yesterday- they profiled Shane Battier's first dunk in a game in 3 years. He was interviewed afterwords and was quoted saying something to the tune of 'that's for all the old suburban dads out there'. I immediately laughed and thought of people like you and me!
Awesome man! Congrats on the gains! Joel Smith is a very good trainer. I read his articles and watch his videos.
DeleteI didn't see that about Battier but will have to find it. Very cool!
And yes...the bet for Nike Elite's is still on! Let's get after it!