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Dorsiflexion and Plantar Flexion

I have been trying to get back into basketball mode, you know, shooting at the park, wearing my homemade strength shoes while playing wii in my basement, and wearing all of my favorite basketball jerseys. I have made some improvement.

This month, YouTube. I am basically watching and doing anything I can find with the tag 'increase your vertical'. So far this is the best I have found - www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzyaOut_QxA. Already, this guy sounds like a jumping genius talking dorsiflexing and plantar flexion.

Superman

Dwight Howard is gifted.

A New Hope

I touched the rim today. It is a park rim which is a bit thicker than a gym, but that's still hope. It is way up there.

Reach for the Sky

Name 1

Shockingly, the majority of the people I talk to think I can do it, think I will be able to dunk. At least that is what they say, maybe they think they are going to hurt my feelings or don't want to shatter the dream. Ryan, my older brother, has been the most vocal about his doubt, and by doubt I mean made it clear there is no chance. Though he did dream I dunked. The smartest person I know in the science of jumping, The Daver, gave me a 4% chance. And that is about what I would give myself, a 5% chance. And as Lloyd Christmas knows, there's a chance.

Nate Robinson, 3x dunk champion, is 5' 9." Spud Webb, dunk champion, is 5' 7." Can anyone name a white 5' 7" person that can dunk? And not to be racist, but let's be honest, I said white.

Reaching

My body is a machine. I just completed my 3rd Ironman and yet, I feel like my entire body has atrophy. I can't remember the last time I jumped up and down, in excitment or for fun. Kids do it all the time and as an adult for one reason or another jumping just gets taken out of our lives. Maybe because everything is built our size and we don't need to reach for anything anymore.

I'm jumping more every day, because something is out of my reach. For now.

Welcome Back

Hello old friend. I haven't given you the proper time, the proper prep. I have no more endurance races, now just a space race.

Alan asked me the only real question now, "Am I going to just dunk, or slam dunk?"

I Will Never Back Down

Guy dunks himself through basketball hoop

Just go to the 1:40 mark