Thanks for visiting dunkbonds.com, the dormant Rails app I built to gamify charitable contributions toward personal goals, piloted around my goal to dunk. You'll notice I have made zero effort to update its style, so it still harkens back to its original 2011-era mint.com inspiration, when it was likely already looking pretty dated. Have a click around!
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September 12, 2012

There Will Be Rough Times

The last few weeks have not been ideal for DUNK training.  A bit of travel threw a wrench into my training and cooking routines, not to mention the sleep schedule.  I wound up with a cold which took me out for another few days.  I also think I may be nursing some shin splints, or some other lower leg problem.  When I have found time to get to the court to practice jumping, I've not been satisfied with the rather stagnant results.*

The point of this post is not to simply complain or to boost sales of DUNKbonds.

The point is to verbalize the notion that There Will Be Rough Times, and therefore convince myself to look past the current bummer and stick to the plan with some long-term optimism. 

Schedule wise, falling out of the routine doesn't justify the inertia of laziness.  I need to keep finding ways to work around the disruptions.  As for injuries, I've seen numerous minor, troubling injuries come and go since I started training, and I have to listen to my body and adapt accordingly.  The important thing to remember is that this is a long term project, and I do still have a lot of potential in all three aspects:  relative strength, elasticity/reactivity, and body composition.

Keep on keepin on, self. 

*Results have remained roughly between tennis ball and softball, though last night (9.11.12) I couldn't get even the tennis ball down.  Granted, I lifted pretty damn heavy the day before, so what would I actually expect?  Still, it was disappointing, especially given the return of the shin pain.