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Leonel

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Hey guys
« on: November 02, 2010, 03:25:58 pm »
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Hey, just came across this site a few days ago and I really like the atmosphere around here. Everybody seems to be very dedicated and friendly so I figured I might just register and benefit from all the knowledge that is accumulated on this site.
About me, my name is leonel and I'm a 18 years old 6'0''/190lbs volleyball player who wants to get his vertical up, get more explosive/agile all over and increase overall body strength. Short become the best athlete I can be! Looking better is definitely also a important factor to me. For those interested in volleyball, I'm a setter by the way.

Bad thing is that I have been dealing with knee issues for the last 2 1/2 years and am still not fully over it. But I somewhat found a way to work around it and managed to make some improvements over the last months anyways.

Might start up a journal soon even if I am currently inseason and can't do crazy volume, intense workouts at the moment. Partially to save my knees but also to stay as fresh as possible. Still trying to gradually improve my strength and get used to some low level "plyos" again. So I use the season for GPP.

Talking about my current athletic ability, I have to say that my vertical is pretty weak (24'' standing 27,5'' running) but this is about to change as I just recently started to train my lowerbody again. My upperbody is pretty strong though. Examples: Militarypress 180lbs x 1, Chinups BW + 45lbs x 5... Anyways my goal is obviously to surpass all thess numbers and I think a forum like this really helps with the motivation, guidance along the way, so here I am: READY TO WORK!

Peace!
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Re: Hey guys
« Reply #1 on: November 02, 2010, 03:46:47 pm »
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Quote from: Leonel on November 02, 2010, 03:25:58 pm
Hey, just came across this site a few days ago and I really like the atmosphere around here. Everybody seems to be very dedicated and friendly so I figured I might just register and benefit from all the knowledge that is accumulated on this site.
About me, my name is leonel and I'm a 18 years old 6'0''/190lbs volleyball player who wants to get his vertical up, get more explosive/agile all over and increase overall body strength. Short become the best athlete I can be! Looking better is definitely also a important factor to me. For those interested in volleyball, I'm a setter by the way.

yo leonel welcome to the forum, i've known you on DB forum & TVS for quite some time, always hoped that knee issue would clear up completely, though it hasn't, it seems like you have been making some progress & learning to work around it. Most people in your situation would have stopped posting in their journals etc, you've stayed very consistent, props.


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Bad thing is that I have been dealing with knee issues for the last 2 1/2 years and am still not fully over it. But I somewhat found a way to work around it and managed to make some improvements over the last months anyways.

yea I was happy to see that you are now able to train lower, when you posted your journal on TVS.


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Might start up a journal soon even if I am currently inseason and can't do crazy volume, intense workouts at the moment. Partially to save my knees but also to stay as fresh as possible. Still trying to gradually improve my strength and get used to some low level "plyos" again. So I use the season for GPP.

Which exercises are you utilizing for low-level reactive work?


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Talking about my current athletic ability, I have to say that my vertical is pretty weak (24'' standing 27,5'' running) but this is about to change as I just recently started to train my lowerbody again. My upperbody is pretty strong though. Examples: Militarypress 180lbs x 1, Chinups BW + 45lbs x 5... Anyways my goal is obviously to surpass all thess numbers and I think a forum like this really helps with the motivation, guidance along the way, so here I am: READY TO WORK!

very nice upper body strength man! you've made some good progress there damn.. Yeah man start a journal whenever you are ready, it'll be great for this forum to see how you make that lowerbody progress in the face of those knee issues, which hopefully you can completely overcome.



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Re: Hey guys
« Reply #2 on: November 02, 2010, 06:07:29 pm »
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So... what... your last name isn't Marshall isn't it? :P
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Re: Hey guys
« Reply #3 on: November 02, 2010, 06:29:29 pm »
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@ raptor: No unfortunately it isn't... :P He's a big role model to me though... I mean one day I definitely surpass his jumping levels and volleyball skills ez but right now he's jumping quite a bit higher, spiking quite a bit harder! (I'm not being serious  here obviously) ;)

@ yeah my knee issues are a pain in the ass but I still want to make the best out of my situation and it seems like I found away. Just gotta stay away of going crazy with volume/intensity. Increasing workload and intensity slowly.

What I'm doing for reactivity at the moment are some RFI line hops (lateral/linear), some pogo hops and I'm slowly incorporating some submax approach jumps and probably some tuck jumps back in... as I stated above, volume is pretty low to begin with on these exercises (approach jumps/tuck jumps)

For example today before my strength work I did:

RFI lateral sl line hops 3x10s ---> I'm pretty fast on these
MR pogo hops, submax 3x5
A few dropstep jumps (@~80-90%), 3 sets of 2  

Over time I'll add more volume and go a bit harder maybe add some more intense work when I feel that I'm ready. On the 2nd workout of the week I will do tuck jumps instead of the approach jumps or in addition to them. I really try to stick the landings properly on the jumps because I feel like I'm lagging behind in this realm. (it might have to do with my knee issues)  
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