Nope. I tried to touch the top of the square twice with an approach and did one jump flat footed. I was also wearing my Chuck Taylors instead of my basketball shoes. They have no cushion to help absorb the shock of landing.
@Voxel, Bodybuild the Upper/Athlete the Lower is a 5/3/1 template from Forever.
I was going to try that but it was when I was struggling to improve my pain. I ended up stopping everything. I think I’ll try this new bodybuilder split for a while. I’m still not certain how to organize the days.
I could reach right at 8’ back in the day, but with shoulder issues can only reach 7’9-10” so it takes 36” to dunk and 38” to hit 11’ which ain’t happening again anytime soon!
There’s a special league here in town that plays on 9 foot goals! I need to play in that; maybe I’d be able to do some tricks on a 9’ goal.
It is nice and it makes basketball fun for me. I enjoy being the old white dude who shows up the youngsters. 95% of the people under 30 are black guys and they’re a bit rough around the edges.
Today I played with a guy that I haven’t seen since like 2017. It turns out he’s been in jail. He’s a decent guy on the court but I happen to know that he loses his temper with women. I may or may not have notified a buddy that he was at the gym and had a warrant a couple years ago.
I play with gang members too. A lot of them know I’m a cop now but I still don’t advertise it. I think it helps that I established myself as a regular player and nice guy long before they learned I was a cop.
5 lbs x 30 reps but I have to admit that from 15 on there was a 1 second pause between reps. I just couldn’t keep my delts contracted any more so they started getting mini breaks.
Sunday: Shoulders
Monday: Back
Tuesday: Chest
Wednesday: Legs
Thursday: Back
Friday: Shoulders & Chest
Saturday: Off
Wednesday will always be leg day but the others are more fluid. Back days include clean pulls and hang SGHP. Leg day features deadlifts. Friday’s session will be pretty short and only has four exercises. It shouldn’t mess with Sunday’s session too much.
To be fair, I’m trying to adapt to my body’s limitations. I did great when I was healthy. This lifting thing is a lot harder when you start adding limitations and modifications to avoid pain. I’ll admit that I’m kind of lost these days.
Setting up my training is easy when I’m pursuing a strength goal. If I want to add 10 lbs to my deadlift then I’d follow the SGSS protocol. The program writes itself in terms of how much weight to do.
But with the goal of cutting fat and adding size to my delts, I don’t have a concrete plan. Everything written just says to do enough volume to stimulate protein synthesis. There’s no universal way to do it. There aren’t any intensity standards. I guess I’m just supposed to train to fatigue and get time under tension along the way.
From a performance standpoint, SGSS was the perfect setup. It needs some conditioning added to it to really fit my goals.
He’s a decent guy on the court but I happen to know that he loses his temper with women. I may or may not have notified a buddy that he was at the gym and had a warrant a couple years ago. 