Update Week #2

I haven't posted in a while the reason for this being my computer got a virus that completely took over and didn't allow me to do anything. Anyway, I finished my 2nd week of pre-jump manual workouts and my recovery has gotten a lot better since the first week. My upper body was fine the day after the workout and the lower body took about 3 days to be fully recovered. Which is a lot better then last week where the legs took a good 5 days. I finally began the Jump Manual 3 days ago with a plyometrics workout which went very well. I was unable to get a video of my pre-Jump Manual vert but plan is to get one soon hopefully in the next few days. This is kind of a problem as I didn't take any measurements pre-Jump Manual but I will try to get some before my next plyometric workout. I have been foam rolling, stretching and eating well consistently. Today I had my first legs workout which was really tough but in a good way. The Jump Manual really tests your mental toughness for workouts which I like because if it were easy then everybody would be dunking. Tommrow I will be going to my first deep tissue massage which should be awesome for my recovery this first week to really keep me feeling fresh. I also found that when I foam rolled immediately after workouts and exercise in general my muscles felt alot better.
As far as my motivation levels I'm still very motivated towards my goal, I know through the hard work that I'm doing there is no way it won't pay off.

Physical Measurements Jump Manual Day 1 - 8/4/12

Height with Shoes - 6'1 ft, 186cm
Weight - 170lbs, 77kg
Standing Reach - 8 ft, 245 cm

I will look to update these in 5 days.

Update Week #1

Finally, I have finished all my basketball in-season teams and finished on a good note with us winning the finals. Anyway also this week I went back into the gym (after a decent hiatus) to introduce the specific movements I'll be doing for the next couple months. Not the brightest idea since I felt muscle soreness for the finals game but once it got warm and I got lost in the game things went well. The muscle soreness is positive as it shows there is a lot of room for improvement. This also made me realize how important active recovery is in training. So I'm looking further into the best methods of active recovery and timing for these sorts of workouts. Another recovery method I've decided to imply on a weekly basis for the lower body is self massage with castor oil. This is really good for moving lactic acid and getting healthy nutrients into the muscles, especially the ankles which take a beating during vertical training. So I worked out twice this week only as it took me a lot of time to recover. On each exercise I performed 2-3 sets with about 10-15 reps just to get my body used to weighted movements. Also I stretched most days and only foam rolled the first 2 days of the week instead of daily, as it would have been extremely painful due to the delayed onset muscle soreness. Basically this week and next week I'm getting back into the gym, next week I'm going to also introduce some plyometric movements into workouts. After this next week I will be officially starting the Jump Manual program. Next week this time I'll post my before Jump Manual measurements and will look to also include a video.