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Happy bday twin.  :highfive: Im 24 today as well then.  ;D Damn I feel old. Maybe thats why you wrecked your back. Because of your extreme age.  :ninja:

LBSS happy birthday !!!

Flander are you trying to depress me?  :P


lol..





LBSS, the explosive hip flexion could have aggravated your back, the hip flexor origin or just some really intense posterior tilt.. so combine that with morning instead of at night, that definitely could have been the cause.. the back is especially vulnerable in the morning, but i would have imagined by the time you got the the gym & warmed up that woulda been a non issue.

sucks, how's it feeling now? hope its getting better.

pc

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Scrawny to Brawny Journal
« on: November 22, 2010, 03:47:36 am »
nice man!!! for one arm pushup, i'd personally try to keep from arching so much on the way up, really squeeze the glutes, but i don't do them so..

hurdles looking good, how you been feeling? reactive/explosive/stronger still?

peace

Yeah. Normally I don't arch so much. I've never done them after a chest workout like on the vid. Squeezing the glutes actually helps a lot. I learned how to do them from the book the Naked Warrior. It teaches you to have full body tension in those kinds of exercises. Good stuff.

nice, ya the glute cue really helps



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I think even with small maintenance work I'm still feeling myself getting weaker. Could just be the massive energy drain from everything I've been doing. Last time I did 110m hurdles I felt like I should have been able to run faster with a quicker start, but it didn't happen. That's the day I decided it was better to just go home from school and eat than workout and MAYBE have a protein shake and some real food before going back to rehearsals. I figure I'm better off staying close to where I am instead of going backwards from lack of nutrition.

damn i feel tired alr just looking at u run.

That's not even full race distance.  :P But I'm glad my sprinting seems so impressive to you.

gotta get that barbell work in 1x/week :/ gotta maintain that strength 1x/week at least.

pc

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: November 22, 2010, 03:22:40 am »
11/21/2010

BW = 150.8 <-- funny, carb depleted, feeling weak but looking lean, 2 days ago after carb'n up i was 155
soreness = hamstrings slightly, calfs slightly
aches/injuries = back still
fatigue = feel mad shitty

diet = protein shake, 4 pieces of pizza + salad + chocolates + 2 pieces of cake, training, protein shake + 4 bananas, protein shake + 4 bananas




workout:
- mr tuck: 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5
- dips: 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10

tuck jumps felt insanely explosive, took me a while to get into the workout, very long warmup, like 30 minutes of progressive warming up.. but once i got into the tucks at max effort, i had some insane pop.. tomorrow is actually looking promising, didn't think so before workout.

dips were very weak..

hopefully i can sleep around 4:30am and wakeup at 12:30am, that'd be great.




i challenged kingfish to a vert challenge, i told him i'd hit head on rim before he hits 40 SVJ.. letz see wut goes down.

he's at 38 SVJ max, i'm at ~39 RVJ max.. tomorrow im going to jump good though because he pissed me off badly, but we're cool, he's my boi.. i'll probably put his squat video on my ipod because i get so angry watching his squat videos, because it takes ~30-45s for the first rep to happen after he walks the bar out.. that should result in some PR's if i watch that shit before jumping

peace

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: A nice little jump
« on: November 22, 2010, 12:33:05 am »
he stepped on somebody, ie, climbed up somebody, who cares :/

those vids do nothing for me, so obvious he got an insane boost from stepping on someone.

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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwHUzEeqFdg" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwHUzEeqFdg</a>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwHUzEeqFdg

nice, ant.tib activation, beast prehab.

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Introduce Yourself / Re: One more inch
« on: November 22, 2010, 12:23:32 am »
Hmmm, do you know why those sprints would be in the vertfreak template like that?  They are in there....

are you supposed to run them at max effort, or at some percentage of max effort?

what's the guidelines (intensity, rest interval between sprints, etc) for those 100m sprints?

peace

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courtesy of jcsbck

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Introduce Yourself / Re: One more inch
« on: November 21, 2010, 06:34:52 pm »
I would recommended you reevaluate your speed session. It is pretty crazy to ask your body to rattle off 8x 100's at a high intensity in one day. Even an elite sprinter would have trouble with a session like that. Personally I would struggle to over 500m of speed volume in an entire week..

agree, unless they are lighter tempo of course, but ya 8 x 100m at 90+% is ridiculously intense and a great way to pull a hammy/hip flexor.

pc

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Basketball / Blake Griffin needs his own thread - This guy is a freak
« on: November 21, 2010, 04:34:14 pm »
man he is so athletic for his size, can fly..


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Introduce Yourself / Re: One more inch
« on: November 21, 2010, 05:54:23 am »
Hi everyone,

My name is Brandon and I am on this forum to try to con Lance into helping me with my training, haha.  I would like to dunk a basketball though and jump higher after that and see what happens.

welcome, no conmen tho ;d


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Training history:  I started off like many unfortunate souls with Air Alert.  I moved on to the jump manual which was initially a good program but lacks customization.  Although Jacob is available for consultation, he is not always accessible and lacks basic variety in his program (the jump manual is merely a template).  I have no history of injury.  I am currently following the vertfreak system and trying to work with Lance to make sure I am programming everything properly.

Stats:  I need about an inch more to dunk a basketball.  I can alley-oop a basketball right now.  I am 6'1" and have a standing vertical of 30".  My running vertical is not much higher because I lack the requisite form otherwise I think I'd be able to get one down already.  I am 180 pounds and 9 to 9.5% bodyfat.  I would kill a man in hand to hand combat for an extra inch on my vertical.

damn one inch, you got that.. you might want to try ingesting caffeine 1x/week prior to your jump sessions, that'll most likely give you that inch, sure it comes from a stimulant (caffeine), but it works nonetheless.. a starbucks coffee shot or, what lance has prescribed to me, a "redline", even though i've never had it, should get you extra amped.. if you have never tried that, it's very useful 1x/week, don't get into the habbit of 3x/week or more though, it'll lose effectiveness..



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I am posting my log here for Lance to review.  I used to squat only to parallel but now I perform full (A2G) squats.  I used to romanian deadlift but now do straight leg deadlifts so some of my initial tests on these lifts might be a little low based on unfamiliarity with the lifts.  Anyway, here is my log.

I have my Monday and Friday workout here but I also do 4x4 running vertical jumps, core, and upper body wednesday, 4x4 running vertical jumps and box jump workout A on Thursday, and 4x4 jumps and core on Sunday. I take Tuesday and Saturday off.  Everything below is listed in a reps x sets (as opposed to sets x reps) format.

Week 1 - Monday
8 x 100meters sprints
Full squat 3 reps x 8 sets - 205 pounds
Bulgarian split squats 3x5 - 20 pounds (each hand, each leg)
Stiff leg deadlifts 5 x 5 - 185 pounds

Week 1 - Friday
Stiff leg deadlifts - 5 x5 185 pounds
Box squats 6x4(60%) - 160 pounds
Hang cleans 3x5 - 135 pounds
Power snatch 2x4 - 75 pounds
Jump squat 4x4 - 95 pounds

Week 2 - Monday
8 x 100meters sprints
Full squat 3 reps x 8 sets - 210 pounds
Split squats 3x5 - 25 pounds
Stiff leg deadlifts 5 x 5 - 185 pounds

Week 2 - Friday
Stiff leg deadlifts - 5 x5 190 pounds
Box squats 6x4(60%) - 160 pounds
Hang cleans 3x5 - 135 pounds
Power snatch 2x4 - 75 pounds
Jump squat 4x4 - 95 pounds

Week 3 - Monday
8 x 100meters sprints
Full squat 3 reps x 8 sets - 215 pounds
Split squats 3x5 - 30 pounds
Stiff leg deadlifts 5 x 5 - 195 pounds

Week 3 - Friday
Stiff leg deadlifts - 5 x5 205 pounds
Box squats 6x4(60%) - 160 pounds
Hang cleans 3x5 - 140 pounds
Power snatch 2x4 - 80 pounds
Jump squat 4x4 - 95 pounds

Notes:  I am just concerned about setting my squat percentages during weeks 6-10 of the intermediate strength based vertfreak template and would like help doing that.  I will update this log weekly. 

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went out and ran abit yesterday, probably a bad move.

thigh hurts. after i release it from a stretch the damn thing just feels like its heating up.

adarq, i asked u whether this delay in the peaking/strength phase would have any ill effects than if i had gone straight into it after a GPP. wat do u think?

ya it is very possible that it did, but don't get that in your head.. if you heal up quick, we can continue, if not, we'll have to make some changes.. either way the peaking did get messed up a little with the thigh injuries and jumping issues.

stay focused tho.

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LanceSTS has been on here for a while, but now he's officially moved in with a blog and q&a. Lance is a legit strength & conditioning coach, athlete (mma/boxing/basketball/football/strength), badass on IRC (live chat), and owner of a performance facility (Schultz Training Systems aka STS) based out of texas. His future content can be easily accessed by the "STS-Blog" menu bar item.

ADARQ.org just got alot better, so glad to have you here lance.

peace!

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: November 21, 2010, 05:41:20 am »
11/20/2010

bw = 152
soreness = very slight hamstrings, gastrocs (more of a "about to cramp" feeling, from backwards drops, hits calfs hard)
aches/injuries = here we go.. forearm 'splints' a little from barbell curling (this has always been problematic for me, just comes out of nowhere), lower & mid back (from 1-arm ohp), left ankle feeling better but still slightly there, knees slightly (prolly from adding in the walking)

diet = protein shake, burger + protein shake, walking/interval, half protein shake, training, protein shake, protein shake + pb sandwhich


workout #1: walking/light interval sprints
- calfs almost cramping during the walk..
- 6 miles, light intervals mixed in (100-150 strides)

workout #2: shitty workout overall
- dead hang (pullups): 7 x failure <-- for stretching lats/loosening up back
- barbell calf raise: 185 @ 5 x 15, 5 x 12


dno what im going to do tomorrow, wanting to jump nasty monday, so id like to feel alot better tomorrow.. no idea though.. planning tuck jumps + upper, but if i feel real crappy i might just do tucks & thats it... ill probably man up though.

backward drops = hardcore

peace

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: November 21, 2010, 05:28:36 am »
that is a flippin awesome outdoor set up you got going on there...

hah thanks.. ya it's pretty good, has everything i need and then some (farmer's walk/grippers/sled/chains)..


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does you SSB get a lil "funky" when it rains?

nope, not at all, it's been in the rain for ~1 year now too.. doesn't really smell at all.

peace man

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