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Article & Video Discussion / Re: Squats vs. Performance
« on: September 30, 2013, 03:52:08 pm »
Yeah it's like doing bench presses to help with overhead throwing power... well that's a stretch but you get the idea. You could just as well do overhead presses, but the overhead presses have less growth room than the bench press. Neither of them is a bad idea and improving on either one will give you some beneficial power in that event.
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Article & Video Discussion / Re: Squats vs. Performance
« on: September 30, 2013, 03:21:32 pm »
Well the truth is the squat is a quad dominant movement (yes, there are the low bar squats etc but I've rarely seen athletes do low bar squats, personally at least).
In a sprint, which is a horizontal movement to begin with, the hamstrings and glutes play a much more important role. Then there's the structure thing. A guy made for sprinting isn't necessarily made for squatting. There's a bunch of stuff going on.
But the thing is - anything that you do that gets you STRONGER, ANYWHERE, assuming you have the correct movement mechanics, no mobility issues and a good agonist/antagonist balance - is also going to make you faster. At least it shouldn't make you slower, if anything.
That's why you have periodization for athletes - different phases, different exercises and different EXPRESSIONS of power and strength. Ultimately you want the non-specific strength and power exercises to carryover to the specific power and reactive "stuff" that you do.
In a sprint, which is a horizontal movement to begin with, the hamstrings and glutes play a much more important role. Then there's the structure thing. A guy made for sprinting isn't necessarily made for squatting. There's a bunch of stuff going on.
But the thing is - anything that you do that gets you STRONGER, ANYWHERE, assuming you have the correct movement mechanics, no mobility issues and a good agonist/antagonist balance - is also going to make you faster. At least it shouldn't make you slower, if anything.
That's why you have periodization for athletes - different phases, different exercises and different EXPRESSIONS of power and strength. Ultimately you want the non-specific strength and power exercises to carryover to the specific power and reactive "stuff" that you do.
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Nutrition & Supplementation / L-Carnitine
« on: September 30, 2013, 01:10:10 pm »
Does anybody here has any experience with L-Carnitine? Especially for fat loss?
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: September 30, 2013, 11:22:49 am »
Yeah definitely... I remember when I squatted 352 and during the rep I was thinking "why the hell am I squatting so slowly on the descent?".
It's just that you feel if you descend any faster you won't be able to control the form on the rep (in my case at least). It's a surefire sign that the weight is pretty much @ 1RM.
It's just that you feel if you descend any faster you won't be able to control the form on the rep (in my case at least). It's a surefire sign that the weight is pretty much @ 1RM.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: September 30, 2013, 10:40:34 am »
The eccentric on the 360 was very slow... I think that took a lot out of him... that was the first thing that made me think "he's not going to make it". Granted, I already saw the video title but still.
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Article & Video Discussion / Re: Squats vs. Performance
« on: September 30, 2013, 08:48:56 am »
There's so much to write about what Avishek said... but long story short - if you lack in muscle mass and in the power that muscle mass would give you (improving your relative strength) then you need to squat deep because that's the best muscle builder. You don't squat deep for specificity purposes, you're just building a bigger engine.
When you do that you're obviously masking any explosiveness you've gained through the squat induced fatigue. You don't need to be a genius to figure that out.
And when you stop squatting you're basically eliminating that squatting fatigue and then you say "wow I don't squat and look how powerful I am now!" when in fact you're powerful because of the gains you made with the squat in the past, that are now displaying without that fatigue.
And since you're not squatting you're obviously going to lose squatting movement efficiency and then you're going to say "my squat has gone lower yet look at how much more explosive I am now, so then it must mean squatting was bad for my power".
Just use your brain a bit.
When you do that you're obviously masking any explosiveness you've gained through the squat induced fatigue. You don't need to be a genius to figure that out.
And when you stop squatting you're basically eliminating that squatting fatigue and then you say "wow I don't squat and look how powerful I am now!" when in fact you're powerful because of the gains you made with the squat in the past, that are now displaying without that fatigue.
And since you're not squatting you're obviously going to lose squatting movement efficiency and then you're going to say "my squat has gone lower yet look at how much more explosive I am now, so then it must mean squatting was bad for my power".
Just use your brain a bit.
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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: September 30, 2013, 04:32:38 am »2381
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: September 30, 2013, 04:06:33 am »
Have you tried in the SVJ to get your arms back, not just "under" you? And if you get your arms back, try turning the thumbs towards the sky (internally rotate). Then try the SVJ again and see how it feels.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: analyse my squat bar path
« on: September 29, 2013, 05:59:10 pm »
So at your max you were doing 64 reps (8 sets of 8 reps) per workout? wtf
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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: funny / horrible training videos
« on: September 29, 2013, 04:33:22 pm »
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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: funny / horrible training videos
« on: September 28, 2013, 05:29:42 pm »