Go ahead, roast me lol. I know they still ain’t stable. Feet still moving all over the place. Lol. I’ll focus on that. Should I try to go down to full extension all the time?
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Probably lean back a bit and keep ur chest up and proud. If it caves in then your balance gets thrown off and you’ll start swinging about. Like how squats and deads are better for having the load over midfoot
Try brace your core and not to move ur lower body about either like swinging or crunching or something. Every time there’s movement your centre of gravity is changing and it’ll start you swinging before your next rep
Go full for more gains and if you go slow and pause a sec at the bottom you can set your body in position and stabilise any swinging
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I see. Got it. Thanks boss! Will practice those
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This is usually attributed to a weak core. I struggle to keep from swinging when I do hanging leg raises. I’m fine with pull ups but a tight core is what keeps me from swinging around.
I think both strength and skill are required to do controlled movements while hanging.
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I’ll admit I don’t do any direct core work. They’re really just so boring to do…but I know I’m only cheating myself because a good core is one of the overlooked aspects of increasing vertical jump…
…but dang they’re really just boring to do lol
The only direct core exercises that interest me lately are ab wheel, hanging leg raises, and back extensions. Not sure if i’m strong enough to do ab wheel and hanging leg raises yet cause I’ve never tried. I guess we’ll soon find out
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Those are great choices. There are progressions for all of those too.
Pull ups just plain sucks 
well done doing them.
Keep up pounding away.
your core choices are very fine, do them during your warm up sets.
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29 May 2019
C2W3D1
Squat 80 x 5, 90 x 3, 100kg x 7 (all time PR!!) FSL 1 x5 lol
Seated cable leg press 4 plates 3 x 10 per leg
Pull ups 5, 4, 2
Was less swingy so happy with that
Dips 8, 8, 5
Came in all tight and sore from Monday night’s game so didn’t push it with too much other stuff. Tried to do ab wheels, did 2 reps and felt my mid lower back (between lumbar and thoracic area) was gonna snap so I’ll try again next time
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31 May 2019
C2W3D2
Deadlift 80 x 5, 90 x 3, 100 x 10!!
Did this touch and go. It was a little horrible to watch the top set afterwards. Cutting myself some slack since it’s my 5RM but now for 10 reps!! Will upload all my clips later.
Sumo 90kg x 5 x 3
OHP 32.5 x 5, 37.5 x 3, 42.5kg x 3, FSL 3 x 5
Was disappointed with this. 40kg felt strong last week. Today 32.5 felt heavy. Not really sure what went wrong, but I was letting the bar drift in front of me. Oh well.
No accessories today.
@T3hPwnisher am I doing this TnG thing right? Mind if you take a look?
Topset kinda looks horrible…first time I lifted 100kg for 10 reps
@guineapig I don’t think I’m doing that hip pump correct still
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What’s so bad about that top set? I didn’t see any major form breakdowns for a 10 rep set. Was it perfect? Probably not. The bar drifted a bit but that’s a self correcting problem. If you let it drift when the weight is too heavy then you won’t make the lift.
I think you could’ve got to 15 reps easy and possibly 20 if you wanted to gut it out.
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I see. Glad to hear nothing majorly wrong with it! Just thought it wasn’t as smooth as the first two sets. On the latter reps, the right side of the bar was dropping earlier than the left.
More like if you wanted to faint lol!
I’ll try for more reps next time if no major form breakdown is happening
Btw, gonna be able to lift without time constraints this Sunday (hopefully nothing comes up) so I’ll do some plyo
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Crap! Forgot to try the cue of thinking of pushing with my legs against the floor as if doing a leg press on the deadlift. Posting it again here for me to remember next time
Looked good enough. It appeared some of the later reps may have had a slight bounce, but it’s hard to evaluate for sure.
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Alright, thanks man! More practice it is, then.
that looked quite good man, as the other said, looking quite solid all the way. Can’t 10 reps with a top’ish weight without something breaks a little.
As J said you could probably have grinded a couple more out.
And for OHP, I would say that DL topset would have taken a bit out of you.
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Oh thanks mort! I guess I’m paranoid cause I’m just watching out for lower back rounding. And yeah, perhaps the Deadlifts took away from the OHP
Always thought of these as some type of crossfit thing so always veered away from it. Perhaps it’s time to change that mindset
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2 June 2019
C2W3D3
Was supposed to lift without time restrictions today, but as usual, something came up. Was able to do the main work and goal for the day though, so I’ll take it.
Bench 40 x 5, 50 x 3, 55kg x 9 (rep PR), FSL 3 x 5
Bar path on top set was a little crooked. Something to improve on. Progress has been great though in terms of progression.
Depth Jumps 18" 3 x 5
Box Jumps 30" 3 x 5
@Frank_C, as promised. I know you said 12" depth jumps before, but it seemed too short so I started with 18". If it’s still not good enough or lacking control, I’d be willing to practice them on 12". As for the landing position, I thought I’d finish the drop in that position because that’s how we usually initiate a jump for an attack
Pull ups 5, 3, 3, 3, 2
Less swinging I think. So that’s good. Still going only 3/4 of the way down though.
Sorry about the orientation on the bench video
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Just realized it’s supposed to be deload week next week. I was thinking of skipping it and going directly into Cycle 3 since training isn’t so consistent anyway, skipping anywhere from 5-7 days at a time at its worst since I started 5/3/1. I don’t feel too beat up like when it was my last few weeks of StrongLifts. Looks like I’m gonna play it by feel as @dagill2 previously suggested. Feel free to tell me otherwise though
I consider those step downs. A depth jump is when you jump upon landing. Those looked pretty good. My only critique would be to make sure you finish on your heels. It looked like your weight was on the balls of your feet which loads the quads. Getting the weight back on your heels would put you in the right position for jumping. If you don’t drive through your heels when you jump then you won’t get your hips fully involved.
The box jumps looked good. Watch your video and take note of how you look right before you take off on your jump. That’s what you should look like on the step downs.
The finish position for a step down should put you in the ready position for a jump.
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