"My Greatest Enemy is my Inner Me" -- JBell's quest to play JC Basketball

[chirishmax33]

great log man, and best of luck with your goals..are you still planning to try out at your school?

[Hoop_Dreams]

great log man, and best of luck with your goals..are you still planning to try out at your school?

I don't know. As of right now, I'm not good enough.

My confidence keeps fluctuating.

My last two games in my friend's league:

Game #3: 0-1 FG (0-1 3PT's), 0 points, 7 minutes played. I was pissed. Told my friend to not even hit me up if I'm not gonna play.

Game #4: 4-9 FG (4-8 3PT's), 12 points, 5 assists. Missed my first four three pointers, and made four consecutive.

Next week is the playoffs. We're the #6 seed playing the #1 seed (undefeated). Should be fun.




Did back/shoulders this morning. This was my first time taking a pre-workout supplement (whiteflood). Tasted like SHYT. But it did it's job. I felt really energized through out the workout.

At the end of my workout, I was like "Well I did all my exercises...I guess it's time to leave." Could have easily went another hour or two with high intensity.

Back and Shoulders Hypertrophy Day:


Seated cable row (close grip)
100 x 10
115 x 10
130 x 8
130 x 6
115 x 10

Smith machine shrugs
225 x 3 x 10

Iso lat machine
90 x 10
110 x 3 x 10

Seated dumbbell presses
30 x 10
50 x 3 x 10

Upright rows
70 x 3 x 8

Iso row machine (not sure of the exact name)
70 x 3 x 10 per arm

Lying T-bar rows
45 x 3 x 8

Side lateral raises with dumbbells
17.5 x 3 x 8

Front raises w/dumbells
20 x 3 x 8

[gpg_prodigy]

do you work on ur jumpshot daily?
great log btw

[gpg_prodigy]

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[Benoes]

hey Hoop Dreams, just found ur log and thought id hop in, as your a bballer like myself. How have you found the Power/Hypertrophy workout? Have you thought about a vertical jumping program? Im thinking of a new muscle gain program to complement my 2x a week vert jump program. btw ur look pretty cut in your dp, wats ur bodyfat% no homo of course

[Hoop_Dreams]

I've been lagging on updating this thing. No excuses not to update it since it's summer time.

Some tidbits:

-Strength is plateauing, but that's to be expected when you're not eating over maintenance. I should be so much further along strength & aesthetics wise if I just FUKKIN ATE MORE. It's frustrating to know that I've been hitting all my workouts with high intensity, yet I'm not where I want to be due to my sh!t diet. And by sh!t diet, I don't mean eating crappy foods. I'm eating the good stuff, just not enough of it.

-Starting a new basketball league next Wednesday. I know in this league I'm gonna get playing time, so I hoping to do work.

Back and Shoulders Hypertrophy Day:

Seated cable row (close grip)
75 x 10
115 x 3 x 10

Shrugs (smith machine)
205 x 2 x 12

Close grip pulldowns
75 x 15
115 x 2 x 15

Seated dumbbell presses
45 x 8
50 x 2 x 8

Lat row high grip machine
90 x 10
120 x 3 x 10

Lat row low grip machine
140 x 8
180 x 3 x 8

Side lateral raises with dumbbells
15 x 3 x 15

Dumbbell Rear Delt flies
30 x 8
37.5 x 3 x 8

Rear Delt fly machine
75 x 3 x 8

Hanging Leg Raises
3 x 10

Roman Chair Leg Lifts
15 lb. dumbbell - 3 x 10

Weighted ab machine
80 x 10
95 x 3 x 10

Decline sit-ups
45 lb. plate - 3 x 10

do you work on ur jumpshot daily?
great log btw

No, but I need to though.

Played some pick-up ball yesterday and my shot was broke. I'd blame it on a) weightlifting, and b) not playing enough.

hey Hoop Dreams, just found ur log and thought id hop in, as your a bballer like myself. How have you found the Power/Hypertrophy workout? Have you thought about a vertical jumping program? Im thinking of a new muscle gain program to complement my 2x a week vert jump program. btw ur look pretty cut in your dp, wats ur bodyfat% no homo of course

The Power/hypertrophy workout has been great man. I haven't been making enormous progress strength wise, but that's because I haven't been eating enough. I'm definitely becoming more defined though, and honestly that's my #1 priority - aesthetics.

I feel like the PHAT routine hits my legs adequately enough. My vert has definitely improved... Gotten comments recently like "Damn Hoop_Dreams can get up!" so I know it's not just in my head. I don't think I'll be doing a vert jump program, I'm just gonna stick to good 'ol squats. I wanna incorporate jump roping though.

And I'm terrible at estimating, but I'd say my bf is somewhere between 12-15.



Getting some shots in tomorrow. Not leaving until my J is automatic.