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I don't get the "need" for what he wrote. Meaning, why would you "apologize"?

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: January 27, 2015, 11:41:04 pm »
The Minimus look so awesome

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: January 27, 2015, 01:59:15 pm »
I think you are both right. Because the triple extension frame is missing, but also given the knee and hips angles at the "takeoff" frame, it looks like there was no triple extension at all. I will film again when i get the chance and study it.
Again, when should the triple extension occur?


I think just as in a jump: right before the take-off and "during" it, as the heels come off the ground and you finish on your toes, you should be extended at all the three joints.

By the way... it's interesting, but when I think of the joints that are extending, and which muscles do the extension of each joint... I come to think of looking at the antagonists of these muscles and see how well developed they are in order to see how much ankle, knee or hip "functional" someone is. For example, highly developed hamstrings might show quad dominance, since the hamstrings had to develop in order for the quads to act explosively. Highly developed abs and hip flexors might show glute dominance/good glute involvement in explosive movements.

Who knows if there's any value in what I'm thinking...

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: January 27, 2015, 07:12:01 am »
You should watch if the hip hyperextends properly. In your case (and mine's) the hip is still flexed there... I personally feel "unsafe" about hyperextending my hips explosively during cleans, I just feel like I'll hyperextend my back or get injured or that my abs aren't strong enough to control and decelerate the hyperextension or something.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: January 27, 2015, 07:08:06 am »
We want a shoe review as soon as possible :P

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: January 26, 2015, 05:18:41 pm »
Yeah I have the same issues with my wrist.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: January 26, 2015, 12:58:13 pm »
Did you always had that much available dorsiflexion or...? That's pretty crazy.

I'm pretty sure I did. When I used to squat parallel and/or with a wider stance and toes pointed out more, i didnt dorsiflex as much. Thats because mechanically it wasnt necessary. but i COULD have had the same dorsiflexion had i went atg and narrow.

my dorsiflexion isnt limited by my calf flexibility at all. its limited by.... my foot?
analogy: how much can you flex your elbow? why cant you go any further, is it because the tricep is tight? no, its because your bicep is in the way.

same thing with my ankles. i cant dorsiflex more than i already do unless i change the structure of my feet and ankles.



Hm... yeah but in my case, the difference of dorsiflexion between my left and right ankles is tremendous.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: January 25, 2015, 10:34:01 am »
Did you always had that much available dorsiflexion or...? That's pretty crazy.

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: beast
« on: January 23, 2015, 04:39:42 am »
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8Wnk8b3EO8" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8Wnk8b3EO8</a>

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: January 21, 2015, 08:46:02 pm »
I might do some core and mobility work during my off days. I'll still go to the gym because at home I can't stop being lazy.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: January 21, 2015, 05:33:09 pm »
I laughed at "foam rolling gluten" :P

Yeah... it's just... I think a lot of it is in your body structure... femur lengths and all that. I just hate to do mobility work, I just don't "believe" in it. I'm like "yeah yeah... I'm stretching this for 5-10 minutes so what? maybe I'll see a 1% increase in mobility in like 5 years of doing this".

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: January 21, 2015, 11:38:54 am »
I don't understand how can you squat with that narrow stance. My femurs would hit my hips like crazy plus I'd run out of the dorsiflexion after the first 1/4 squat portion.

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I remember when I was in 10th grade when I was doing bodyweight squats x 50 reps and they didn't feel that hard.

I don't know how they'd feel now. Gave me such a pump and a feeling of "isometry" if you will... very similar to one leg jumping. Is hard to explain.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Scooby 2011 Journal
« on: January 21, 2015, 09:59:02 am »
My best squats came in running shoes.

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Bios / Re: Animals
« on: January 18, 2015, 07:25:26 pm »

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