StreetBallTalk.com - Soul's Journal VJB Novice Bodyweight's and plyos

SoulAndBone · #21 (**permalink**) 10-25-2007, 08:32 AM

I just finished the first session of the 3rd week of Phase 2. (damn that was a long sentence :P )

One more session and i will be exactly in the middle of the training

Greetings to everyone

Aeon · #22 (**permalink**) 11-03-2007, 09:13 PM

Soul I haven't heard for you for a week. How's training? I was just wondering if you can give me a preview of Phase 2. Is it harder than Phase 1 or about the same? Haha

SoulAndBone · #23 (**permalink**) 11-17-2007, 09:50 AM

Hello Aeon!! and all the others

After 2 weeks of inactivity due to various academic obligations i'm back.

I would say that Week 2 of Phase II is particularly difficult, specially the burnout complex. But it's perfectly doable, i would advise you to do it when you are in a really good mood. Because the pain can do dirty tricks to your mind :P

Well i just started week 1 of Phase II and so sfar I'm really excited about VJB

The other day i went to the court and i tested my vertical in a rim that i usually touched , but nothing else. I could grab it two handed. I'm just a few weeks away of doing some serious dunks, i can feel it!!

In fact right now i kinda have to restrain myself of jumping too high. Last time i accumulated a lot of power and when i actually grabbed the rim i had to let it go again, because i felt it would come down.

I need to get some confidence about grabbing the rim, but that's the biggest of my issues right now regarding jumps.!!

See you all around

Phase III Week 1, Session 1: DONE

Aeon · #24 (**permalink**) 11-17-2007, 08:05 PM

Great to see you back Soul!! It's quite motivating to see you improve so much/ recovering from your injury so fast. I'm sure that by the end of Phase 4 you gonna dunk easily

I just got some questions.
1,2,3 jump- Do we jump off with one leg?
High Peterson step-up- How high is the bench this time?
Side to side twisting lunge- How to perform it?

Please help me out

Thanks!

SoulAndBone · #25 (**permalink**) 11-19-2007, 09:09 PM

First Week of Phase III Done

Aeon Hi !!
1,2,3 jump : yes, with one leg
High Peterson step up: mmm i used a 24 inch bench i didn't have another one
Side to side twisting lunge: don't botther, I didn't understand how to do it, so i asked a lot of people and tried to find it in the internet with no avail. Someone asked kelly bagget and he said that exercise wasn't important, that he was going to get it out of the program in the next edition, so i just skipped it

I hope that helped you out

Aeon · #26 (**permalink**) 11-22-2007, 12:37 AM

Yup Soul, thanks and keep us updated

!

mammal · #27 (**permalink**) 11-28-2007, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by SoulAndBone

Well Hello People.

I just started today Novice Bodyweights and Plyo Programs.

(in fact i just did the bodyweight, haven't done yet the plyo).

I had a decent vertical leap until 2 years ago i injured my ankle , with a 2dn and a half degree sprain, and i kinda lose it.

I've been recuperating it mainly by just playing basketball, but now i wan't to get serious. I want to dunk so baddd that i'll do whatever it's necessary to achieve my goal

That's why i haven't really measured my vertical and all that stuff, because all that matters to me is to be able to dunk. Until that happens i won't be happy

This is a picture a friend of mine took while i was playing (that was after my injury, so i had a better vertical leap before). I don't think it's amazing, but at least that isn't a bad vertical leap. (and no, i wasn't poking the guy's in red eyes :P )

This is the court i usually play in. I can touch the rim and sometimes grab it. I'm not sure about it's height but it seems regulation to me.

ahh I'm 5'10 by the way (1.78 m)

Those pictures are like 3 years ago. Now i'm in my 20's (won't say my exact age so i don't appear too old :P)

So far the exercises are all right. I thought the Squats x 100 would be a pain , but actually they were the easiest (and i've done them correctly since i watched a video in youtube about how to perform it)

The standing hip abduction was way painful for me. Same with the ski squat (but at least it was shorter)

I'll keep you updated.

So far my only concern are the schedules, since now i have a vacation for one week. but then classes again and won't be that easy to coordinate all that. I'll see how it goes

If u r busy, just do one legged squats in your room. It takes less than 30 minutes of your life.