I know it's been a while since I've updated this here b-log of my quest for dunkation, but that's because the past few weeks have been rather uninteresting from a dunk-related standpoint. To review: 3 Fridays ago (well technically Sunday but I'm counting Fridays here as a rhetorical device so work with me here, jeez). I bashed the crap out of my shin. 2 Fridays ago I tried to run on a treadmill and aggravated the ever-living crap out of my shin/ankle, and stopped cardio exercises. Last Friday I nutted up and played basketball in high-tops, and well actually it felt more or less the same afterwards. Today it felt almost healed; I could put even weight on it throughout the day. So when in the weight room this afternoon I attempted some box steps. The first two were really rough, but I figured that's because I'd just upped my squat weight. But after doing five on each leg my shin/ankle started hurting again so I stopped to prevent setting back whatever recovery I thought I'd achieved. An hour later it's still throbbing - I'm assuming at this point it's a slight crack in the tibia, since it's been damn 3 weeks and this is the same leg I broke 5 years ago that started this whole mess. In reality it's probably just a severe bruise, like shin splints, but there's a lump on my shin that hasn't gone down... I don't know. I'm very frustrated because 1) I'd just started running in earnest again after 4 months of recovering from the surgery and the weather is starting to get awesome, and 2) I can't do shit in terms of jumping. I can work my leg muscles, but no cleans, no jumping, no running... Having felt near 100% for the first time in 5 years, burning through 3 mile runs, playing basketball and football, hitting the gym 5 days a week, and now having to step back again and lay low is VERY FRUSTRATING. During the winter it was easier because the weather sucked and sitting around is about all you'd want to do. But as we're hitting 60 and 70 degree sunny days, I want to run around outside and revel in my returning athleticism. But I know that laying low and hanging back now is key to being ready to go later on...
Nah, it wasn't this bad.
At least I didn't use the picture taken from the opposite side.
Friday morning's game was 4-on-4, courtesy of two students joining in, one who happened to be one of my student. Lucky for him he was on my team, so every assist he got me was a bonus on his test. His brother however played for the other team, and how excited was I that 5-inches-taller-than-me sophomore blocked 3 or 4 of my shots. I did get him back though, chasing him down and blocking a breakaway layup, crashing him into the bleachers. That was awesome. I again hit about half my shots, mostly close jumpers. I definitely outlasted my defender in the air again, which was great and I think a good indication that my leg muscles are building.
As for weights, I've raised my squat weight to 135# (3 sets of 10), increased the pulley weight on biceps/triceps to 100#, 3x10 "shrugs" of 40# in each hand, 3x20 forearms at 10#... umm... sit-ups... other weight things...
Dammit I want to go running. Le sigh.
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