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News, Announcements, & Suggestions / Re: Random adarq.org website news
« on: February 11, 2011, 12:15:19 pm »
canada page:

...by Dreyth
haha yay. i think that updates with the latest post tho

edit: I'm in NYC and I'm getting the "page 2 USA" as my FIRST page, not second.  :ibjumping:

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Squat vs Deadlift.
« on: February 10, 2011, 06:50:22 pm »
In my experience, the deadlift does pretty much nothing for my jump. I learned from trial and error, and as my squat goes up, my jump directly correlates with it. So I just dropped deadlifting altogether and added an extra day of squatting per week, and my gains accelerated. I squat deep, however, so don't think I'm getting zero p-chain work. In fact, my glutes have been naturally huge since I was a kid, and they continue to grow with my quads. My hamstrings, however, are REALLY little lacking, so I'll add GHR's in the future... Squat Mon/Fri and GHR Wed. Something like that.

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Strength rankings
« on: February 10, 2011, 06:21:21 pm »
Which one is he?

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Strength rankings
« on: February 10, 2011, 06:20:45 pm »








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Article & Video Discussion / Re: Glenn Pendlay on over-prioritizing the squat
« on: February 10, 2011, 06:17:12 pm »
Oh the joys of gaining an inch a month... long gone

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: de franco box squats
« on: February 10, 2011, 03:56:08 pm »
Quote from: DamienZ on February 10, 2011, 03:54:50 pm




HAHHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAA

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: February 10, 2011, 03:45:18 pm »
Diz page tagged wif da ms paint gogguls

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Article & Video Discussion / Re: Glenn Pendlay on over-prioritizing the squat
« on: February 10, 2011, 03:34:07 pm »
^^ 100% true, but if you're going from 2.0 to 2.5xbw I would assume you'd already be proficient at squatting!

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: de franco box squats
« on: February 10, 2011, 03:31:09 pm »
Quote from: tw0ey3s on February 10, 2011, 02:38:09 pm
Quote from: Raptor on February 09, 2011, 04:58:10 pm
Well yeah, because the box squat removes like 100% of the reactive component of the squat, and as an athlete you're not glad it does that.
Box squats (Parallel) are a 100%  reactive and explosive movement. Anyone who plays sports (other than bodybuilding) should veer away from Free Squats (Ass to grass).

Explosive? Definitely. Reactive? No buddy. You're pausing on the box for 2 seconds to take away the plyometric portion. Who is this, he reminds me of squidward from TVS.

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Crazy Weird Analysis & Stuff :) / Re: Smolov jr "wave loading"
« on: February 10, 2011, 03:28:48 pm »
Yea the monday workout in smolov jr 6x6 is just a joke... but i can never imagine doing 4x9 with that weight. But you're allowed to take as much rest as you need to, so you can turn them into mini-breathing squats that take about a minute and a half to complete for nine reps (10sec from rep to rep).

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Strength rankings
« on: February 10, 2011, 03:25:54 pm »
Quote from: tw0ey3s on February 10, 2011, 03:00:06 pm

Quote from: vag
No , knees are NEVER in front off toes , especially in jumping!

http://www.adarq.org/forum/crazy-weird-analysis-stuff-%29/various-jumpers-plants/msg4973/#msg4973

Thank you for making my point. Watch Adarq's Half Squat vid... Every single time his knees pass his toes. Like I said.




I think Vag was being sarcastic here.... did you actually look at the pics? EVERYONE'S knees were in front of their toes on their jumps.

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Can I have analysis on my jump technique please
« on: February 10, 2011, 03:17:20 pm »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbMcCUb3V_M

Skip to :13... extra slow at :20

I squat deep as hell because I like it and it feels good. However, looking at what was probably a 37" running jump in this vid (one of my highest ever), I have a really sideways plant with like minimal knee bend. The left knee bends good, but the right knee (since I plant LR sideways) barely bends at all. Also, my lead-in step is pretty damn big. You can also see my side-plant at :04 here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoPmRErov6A

One thing, however, that I notice I do well is that my gather is somewhat quick. Soon after planting my left foot, my right foot comes flying in (I learned this is good from here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ipv_5QIVNt8). I think what you want (and you can see this better in my slowmo) is for the right foot to be planted right before you descend completely and stabalize enough to begin the concentric portion of the jump. In my vid at :23 you can see that my right foot comes in JUSTTTT after the eccentric portion is done.. I'm thinking it'd be better if it came in JUST before, so I'll work on that. I mean, that should minimize GCT a bit and provide more force since two legs can stabilize the eccentric better than one, right?

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Article & Video Discussion / Re: Two foot jump technique
« on: February 10, 2011, 03:05:16 pm »
Damn raptor that's an awesome vid. Looking at my PR dunks, I do notice that my chest was pretty much vertical and right now it's pointing down too much when I jump. But I think even with this bad form, I can get back to my old PR dunks and jumps when I'm rested, and once I fix the form, I should get real close to 40" this time.

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: Dave Tate on human potential
« on: February 10, 2011, 02:56:48 pm »
Oh, and another thing. You're also not lifting any of your body weight with the leg press machine, which you do in a squat.

Btw, that's something nobody realizes. Go ahead, put on a 30lb weight vest and squatting your 5RM will be much more difficult (even assuming that the vest doesn't get in the way or change your form at all). Leg press takes away stabilization needed, lifting at an angle and thus reducing force needed, plus takes away the bodyweight that you have to lift.

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Crazy Weird Analysis & Stuff :) / Re: Smolov jr "wave loading"
« on: February 10, 2011, 01:08:08 pm »
Interesting... smolov jr is definitely more wavy in terms of the est 1RMs. The est 1RM is nearly always higher (only exception is in week 1) during the next workout of the same week. With the start of the next week, the 1RM lowers to a level just a bit higher than the Monday before it, then gradually rises to a Saturday higher than before. The process repeats.

With Smolov base mesocycle, it seems that there really isn't much wave loading. After week one, the 1RM shoots up on the Monday workout, then lowers to a steady level for the rest of the week. The process repeats. In other words, there's a big difference between a Saturday workout to the next Monday workout, but then the 1RM lowers and stays pretty steady (to a level a bit higher than last week's steady 1RM) for the next Wed/Fri/Sat workouts. Then it shoots up again. If the base mesocycle were longer than 3 weeks, we'd be able to see this pattern better but that's all the program calls for.

IMO, the wave loading of the smolov jr is one reason why I've been able to handle it for so long. That, and the fact that the first few weeks of my gains were actually re-gains that I lost a while ago. Slowly, however, smolov jr is catching up to me and the saturday workouts feel a bit harder than last Saturday's (and the same with the other respective days).

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