wat you mean what's the beef?
i'm still surprised no one has pasted the kenny dobbs excerpts from the article.. finally a "TFB level dunker" is measured, and no one cares.. lmao
actually, i read this article today and noticed the kenny dobbs excerpt. I was really surprised when he said majority of his hops are being contributed by his quads and calves.... and that he has glute and hamstring development of a "fetal pig"... i mean, i have dedicated the past two and a half years of my life to increase the power output of my glutes and hamstrings and completely ignoring my calves and now i read this... i dont know what to think.... i really am confused as fuck as what to focus on. kellyb said "no glutes = no results".. and ive been going on that as well as joedefrancos methods, rippetoe... etc...
i am still to this day trying to make the glutes and hamstrings my prime movers, and while my glutes are much better developed now, i still dont feel them doing anywhere as much work as my quads in a bilateral jump.
nothing wrong with getting the hams/glutes very strong, but there is something wrong with this: "i am still to this day trying to make the glutes and hamstrings my prime movers,"
that's the ideology that has JACKED UP vert training.. vertical displacement is majority quad, calves are insanely important.. like i always say, quad/glute/calve.. so yea you want to get strong in half squat, which will have more transfer to vertical jump, but trying to change how you are supposed to jump will wreck your gains.. a more quad dominant squat will yield to better gains in vert than a "sit way back rippetoe squat" imo.
bottom line, quads are the most important aspect of vertical displacement, and calves are INSANELY important, especially direct calve training.
i have hamstrings of a fetal pig, but my glutes are pretty strong/solid now.. though they aren't huge or anything..
quadNation 4 life. ;F
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