It’s about 3:30 a.m and I just got back from the gym. I’ve been having trouble sleeping early so lately my neighbor, my cousin, and I have been hitting the gym in the middle of the night. We go to 24-hour fitness that never closes, I wish they had this in Japan. I like it here cuz I get to work out and shoot around after on the full size courts. You would think its empty this late but there are a lot of people working out and playing ball. It was like 2:30 am and there were more than 30 dudes out on the courts, I just shot around on the side court but I kinda wanted to play.

Well all summer I was lifting really heavy and I was up to 170 pounds, don’t think i’ve ever been that heavy in my life. I was just trying to get stronger but my trainer told me that I gotta get down to like 155-160 pounds. He watched some BJL games and said that my game has to be more speed than strength. So I’m trying to cut that weight down and get more ripped than big.

I think I have the natural strength to compete with the other guards in the BJL so lately we have been working on muscle endurance more than muscle strength. I think the players are pretty strong though lol. Well I feel a little more quicker than before and I still feel like I have the explosive power, hopefully it can all come together in time for the season. 1ove,D-MAK

ただ今の時間、夜中の3時半。今、ジムから帰ってきた。最近ちゃんとした時間に寝れなくて、お隣さんといとこと一緒に夜中にジムに行ってるんだ。一日中開いてる、24-hour fitnessと言うジムに通ってるんだ。日本にもあればいいのに。ここでは、ウェイトトレーニングを終えた後、フルサイズコートでシューティングもできるからいいんだよな。こんな時間でも結構人がいて、トレーニングとかバスケットボールとかをしてる人たちも。2時半過ぎてんのにコートには30人以上もいる。結局サイドコートでシュート練だけしてたんだけど、本当はプレイもしたかったんだよなぁ。

夏はとにかく、ずっとウェイトトレーニングに励んでて、170ポンドまでになったよ。人生初。この重さ。とにかく強くなりたくてトレーニングしてたんだけど、155－160ぐらいに抑えろってトレーナーに言われたよ。BJLの試合を観て、俺には力よりもスピードが必要だと指摘された。だから今は体重を落として身体を引き締めてる最中だ。

パワーで言えば、BJLの他のガードに比べても引けを取らないと思うから、今は筋肉に”力”をつけるよりも”持久力”を重視してトレーニングしてるよ。みんなでも結構強いな…（笑）以前よりもクイックネス（瞬発力）がついてきたような気がするし、爆発的なパワーも兼ね備えてると思ってる。今シーズンはその二つがバランスよく出せればいいと思ってる。1ove, D-MAK

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