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Quote from: adarqui on February 07, 2011, 12:42:21 am

Quote from: Dreyth on February 07, 2011, 12:29:10 am

I'm just more excited about the camera lol. It's a Nikon s8100... my main motivation for buying it wasn't the video or picture qualty, but rather, the AUDIO quality. I wanted a camera that wouldn't distort from the loud bass when I go to trance events. I tested this one out on my friends Yamaha speakers, blasted the volume and subwoofer, and the thing picked up the bass clean as crystal on playback without distorting lol.

Can't wait to test it out at this Paul van Dyk gig in NYC in about 2 weeks.

haha nice.. my playsport zx3 audio seems to be weak, from my latest dunk vid i uploaded.. it has a weak sound, seems the bass is weak.

By weak bass, do you mean that the bass is too low in volume or that it can't handle the bass?

I'd rather have this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMpldUyIvIc (live the bass was INSANNEE)
than this:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1512923157762&set=a.1481838940676.59633.1674900050&pid=1107092&id=1674900050#!/video/video.php?v=427080217546

ya seems like it can't handle the bass.. sounds too trebbled.

lol no idea what i just watched..

bam tho.

Oh, btw, i think the low bar squat translates a bit less to the VJ. However, since you can use more weight in the low-bar, it pretty much evens out. IMO you'd probably be at the same spot VJ-wise with either approach...

example:

A - After 3 years, Squat high-bar 405lbs at 200lbs bw and jump 30"
B - After 3 yeras, Squat low-bar 440lbs at 200lbs bw and jump 30"

Choose on preference.

well, i slightly disagree.. depends on how you actually perform the low bar/high bar squat.. if it's low bar PL, then i think it has less transfer regardless.. i feel squatting with more "forward knee shift" transfers better to svj/rvj.

pc

Oh and I'm still confused about some stuff on RFD "vs" plyos. Like is there a need to do resisted RFD when you can just do plyos? I'm asking because plyos also increase explosive strength as well as elastic strength, and I feel like you'll get more bang for your buck doing an extra set of depth jumps versus a few sets of paused weighted jumps squats.

well I prefer reactive/plyos over traditional rfd work (jump squat, oly's), for sure, but traditional rfd work is more necessary for people who are interested in SVJ.

regardless, depth jumps can still improve SVJ.. other reactive work, for example, bounds & other rebounding drills, are less effective at increasing RFD without considerable preloading..

so, if you're more into RVJ (short run ups or full), then ya, you could definitely just focus completely on reactive work.. your more intense exercises would be:

- depth jumps & single leg bounds

Accessory reactive work would be:
- MR drills (half tucks, pogos, double leg bounds)
- jump rope/sprints

so, when it comes to generating forces without considerable preload, oly's/jump squats/rea squat etc will yield more gains.

pc

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There are a ton of stories in OLing of guys who decided to really concentrate on squatting, cut everything else way back, put 25-50kg on their squat, only to have their snatch and clean and jerk remain the same or even go down. In fact, Donny did this at one point. He was squatting about 250kg back squat, 230kg front squat, deadlifting about 250kg also, and had a 200kg clean. A bit after he got to California, he decided to really concentrate on strength, squatting and deadlifting, and cut back his practice on the Olympic lifts. He gained a bit of weight even... and got his back squat to 300kg, his front squat to 260kg, and his deadlift to 300kg. And he was still cleaning 200kg.

The point I think athletes should take from this is if over prioritizing the squat results in no progress or even regression for olympic weightlifters what's it going to result in for you as someone training for more general athletics?

http://www.pendlayforum.com/showthread.php?t=32

Some more good but more weightlifting specific quotes from that thread:

Greg Everett

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There is no controversy about this in the OL world. There are individuals, largely from PL backgrounds, who claim that Olers don't place enough emphasis on strength work, and spend too much time on the competition lifts.

Glenn

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And on the subject of SS and Texas Method... Ben, where do you think the Texas Method came from???? Honestly now, Donny Shankle put 20kg on his squat on this program years before you or anyone else had ever heard of it... as did many other OLYMPIC WEIGHTLIFTERS... where do you think the program came from?

Some idiot

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The experts pretty much agree that in the USA the lifters are simply not strong enough. Obviously what you are doing is not working... why not take the advice of someone reputable like Rippetoe or Simmons... what have you got to lose? Isn't doing the same old thing and expecting different results the definition of insanity?

Glenn

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This was confirmed with the presence of Ivan Abajiev here at California strength. Abajiev came here to coach and to raise the performance of American lifters via his proven coaching ability demonstrated with all the Olympic and World champions he had produced in Bulgaria. Things did not work out quite as planned, and Ivan, who had originally came here expecting to teach American coaches his proven system and have the athletes respond with large increases in performance, found multiple American coaches already employing a system so close to what he was trying to "teach" them that he wondered aloud to at least one individual why he was here.

great post

"athletes (jumpers, sprinters, bball/football/soccer etc)" who take out reactive work/sport skill work in favor of getting "stronger in the basic barbell lifts" are doing themselves a big disservice..

this goes back to another thread we have on here, posted in it recently.. if you focus so much of your effort on squat, after you've put in a shitload of work (experienced intermediate/advanced lifter), the ability to maintain a "fast 1rm speed" is crucial.. adding 50kg to squat won't matter as much if the time to complete that lift increases considerably.

pc