A few physical "short"comings

120inches, 305cm, 10ft, all the way up there. Yeh its easy for Yao: he's 7'6

Im 5'8....and a half
And I've only got a 5'9 wingspan and a 7'3 reach :S
Dont blame it on my arms, they're fine. Its my mums fault, I've got the hands of carny, they're atleast an inch shorter than they should be and I throughout my youth its led me to always be "this close" to touching the rim.

Oh btw, I cant touch the rim......... another fact that probably discourages a few of you from thinking I'll get there. But I will. I've been getting VERY close recently and thats been when I'm training like a lazy shit. Despite my desire to get up there my devotion has not been up to par. When I have trained I've only been doing body resistence exercises. As someone who is a certified personal trainer, half way through a bachelor degree in health and exercise science at university and probably most importantly, someone who once gained 35lbs in under 6months by going to the gym 2hrs a day, every day; I know I need to hit the weights again if I'm ever going to get the results I want.

Right now I literally am an inch or less from touching the 10ft rim. With my 7'3 standing reach that means I have a 32 inch vertical leap, which considering how much smaller my legs are compared to my bodybuilding phase leads me to believe I can get the extra 8 or so inches I need to dunk.

Having a 40inch vertical leap and the ability to dunk will literally bring me tears on the day I succeed. Beyond my obession with those who can defy gravity between the ages of 10-14 I was pretty heavy (I'll try and find a photo and post it in the next few updates) and to be able to call myself an elite athlete or atleast an elite jumper is a major source of pride for someone who at one time did not have much.

Please support me because it will be a long road. Any positive comment, no matter how short will serve as motivation because if I know there are likeminded individual interested in my success my will will be that much stronger. Just knowing you are there will make it that much easier.

And now I need to get some power and that means lots of squats. Fuck

Best.Present.Ever

I will celebrate christmas day 2009 by dunking a basketball. My name is Tim and I'm 20 years old. Since 2002 my ADDICTION to basketball particularly NBA basketball has seen me devour every piece of content I could find on the beautiful game. That may sound like poetic fabrication but I assure you it is not. While this is an obsession I enjoy I do conceed they extent of my obession has not been the wisest investment of my time. From skipping school to watch a game live rather than the replay 8hrs later to scouring backdated boxscores for nearly 3hrs after one extended holiday. In 2005 I knew I could name every NBA player, their height-weight, college/origin and their PT/REB/ASS/BLK/STL within 2 integers(for the first 3 catergories)
.... And I did.

My love for basketball developed a deep admiration for those who can defy gravity. While I would not consider Vince Carter in my top 50 favorite NBA players, I have (and made many others) watch his aerial displays many times. I have searched at times with great feutily to find unequivocal evidence of truly great pure vertical leaping. Youtube is a hit and miss affair. While you do see amazing examples of jumping such as Kadour Ziani, Javier Sotomayor and TFB's T-dub, there is sadly a library of video's 10 times longer of people "writing cheques with their mouth that their ass can't cash".

My love affair with gravity defying leaps has spurred my to challenge to dunk a regulation size 7 ball on 10ft ring. And I will dunk a basketball on ther 25th of December 2009 but it will not be easy......