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for what it's worth, t-nation sucks because, while there might be a few grains of wisdom here and there, you have to sift through a gigantic amount of sneaky marketing, lies and outright bullshit to get to it. categorical advice like "landing on your mid-foot is better" is crap without context. land on the part of your foot that makes you go the highest. if that changes over time, cool. i doubt it's your heel because people tend to decelerate by landing on their heels, but having never seen you jump, i have no idea.

ya definitely, i really can't read any of their articles.. so much hype in them.

now it's all about "the perfect rep" and gaining 20 lb muscle in 4 weeks or whatever the claim is.. "anaconda, better than roids" <- wtf?

Quote from: adarqui on December 24, 2009, 05:44:15 am

i sware my ability to jump has been 'deleted'.. its as if someone stole the program responsible for jumping.. so hard to explain..

I'm kind of afraid of this; like I'll bust my ass, reach my goal, then as soon as I shift focus onto something else I will completely lose the ability. Have you been jumping at all beyond the ankle hops? Or really taking a break?

nope i havn't been jumping at all besides the ankle hops..

as long as you enjoy it, I say go for it.. don't let any of that into your head.. all of the other factors in my life kicked in around the same time, I think that really had something to do with reducing my focus on training.. I'd most likely still be going hard towards hitting 40+ on rvj if none of that stuff changed my mindset..

on a good note, 16 pullups today, 2 sets, neutral grip.. i love pullups.. would be cool to hit 30.

sherlock holmes was pretty good! finally a good robert downy jr movie..

peace

sup bowen.

what do u mean by height vertical?

last week was an enforced off week for me, due to having to report to camp and stuff.

but last week's game was good. i got half my palm above the rim on one attempt. 1 solitary effort only tho the rest after that werent worth mentioning.

funny thing is, i now feel better jumping off 2 feet, instead of 1...

hey adarq, whats the idea behind midfoot or forefoot strikes before jumping?
i mean, i always transition from heel strike, to jump off...

nice work on that one jump.. sometimes thats how it goes though, most times when i'd PR, as soon as I pr'd i would fall off pretty bad.

well, the stronger your calfs/ankles become, the more you will naturally shift from heel->toe to midfoot->toe.. its harder to go midfoot->toe though if you dont plant somewhat sideways..

i wouldnt try and change your foot strike, just keep on strengthening your ankles/calfs and it will happen naturally..

peace man

pullups/pushups/bodyweight squats..

i sware my ability to jump has been 'deleted'.. its as if someone stole the program responsible for jumping.. so hard to explain..

on a good note, pullups were very strong and bodyweight squats were fun.. will be doing them daily.

got bored with ghr's.

neutral grip pullups back up near 20... a little fatigue today so i only hit 15.. but i was definitely fatigued.. if im fresh thats near 20 for sure.

peace

Well i just got a new mobile that features 120fps video, that minimizes the error to 1/120 of a second each side , so max error is 1/60 wich is 0,016666.
I would still prefer the highest touch - standing reach measurement , but now highest touch is an aproximation , trying to see from the vid how much i got above a measured rim! 
Im leaning towards the 120fps hangtime thing , jsut wanted your opinion.
Probably gonna use both in next jump session to compare the results, that should be interesting...

whoa.. awesome!!!!!!!!

120fps = fun fun fun.

cool man tell me how it goes.. with video timing, you can always take a few measurements... it would be interesting if you:

- calculated rvj using touch - reach .. touch on rim of course..
- compared that to: video timing of heels barely off ground AND toes FULLY extended right at takeoff... both timed until first contact with ground.

vag - psyence detective (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKl43SPgqCo)

Being an engineer i know well that the hangtime-vert calculation formula is 100% accurate, i even have my own excel version with the local gravity acceleration in the formula.
I was thinking:
The correct way to measure hangtime is to measure the time that the feet are in the air , from the first 'airborn' frame to the first 'touchdown frame'.
But doesnt that mean that we have a different measurement here compared to the normal one ( highest touch minus flat-footed reach )?
Instead of flat footed standing reach we are using 'toes-up' reach!
That would make the vertical measurements different by an amount equal to the flat-footed vs toes-up reach difference, wich would be ~4-5''.

What is your opinion?

well ya because, standing vert is a measure of how much your COM has changed from a flat-foot stand still.. so being up on the toes is changing the COM.. thats why in hangtime vids i always take the frame right before takeoff, still on the toes, but, right before your toes leave the ground.. this takes into account the 0.033s error also.. that gives you more of a vert number that is more similar to a vertec touch-reach.

the 0.033s error on takeoff and landing is the biggest concern with hangtime formula, when using 30fps cameras.. best case you're dead on, worst case you're 0.066s off.


ya it sux though i wish vertec's were ~20$.. vert training with one is so much better.

Probably ~32", which would be a PR.

very nice!