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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Recovery from quadricep tendonitis
« on: August 30, 2015, 07:38:54 pm »
anyone else also suffer from chronic knee tendinitis/tendonosis?
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Recovery from quadricep tendonitis
« on: August 29, 2015, 04:10:43 am »
might have go for a longer break. my condition hasn't been tendonitis for a long time now, just tendonosis. will take a long time for the tendon to get better again
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Recovery from quadricep tendonitis
« on: August 26, 2015, 05:54:46 pm »
ah i see. will definitely stick to my RL plant then when i get back to dunking.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Recovery from quadricep tendonitis
« on: August 26, 2015, 05:11:20 pm »stick to RL plant jumps and left knee and quad should be fine
yea.. was guessing that. i wanted to ask to make sure cause when i plant LR i feel more pressure on my right leg too. more so the shin area than the knee though.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Recovery from quadricep tendonitis
« on: August 26, 2015, 03:42:35 am »
recently found out that ive been measuring my broad jump the wrong way. ive been measuring from my heel, but instead of having my heel at the beginning of my ruler, i have the front of my foot. so ve been subtracting nearly a foot away from my real broad jump. i was really actually jumping further than 8 foot. also, which jump plant is harder on the left knee, LR or RL?
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Recovery from quadricep tendonitis
« on: August 06, 2015, 05:34:47 pm »i was able to get the rim with both hands off a standing, flat footed vertical before. i struggle to broad jump over 7 ft though
does not compute. however, sounds like you've got something to work on. a 7' broad jump is woeful. i'm in the middle of the pack on here explosiveness-wise and my broad jump is over 9'.
let your knee guide you to what's safe, but i'd suggest starting with glute activation stuff like single-leg bridges, bridge holds, ISO BSS, x-band walks, and 4-way cable hip extensions. keep it light and high-rep, and focus hard on activating your butt. you can also do stuff like KB/DB swings, focusing on the hip snap, and RDLs.
i wouldn't do anything with high impact until my knee felt better, if i were you.
the 2 hand rim grab was tested when i was pretty pumped up while playing pickup whereas i just tested the broad jump randomly at home, and i was getting tendonitis then so that may be why theres a big difference. and yea, ive been working hard at trying to become more hip dominant, but ive dropped everything for a month now.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Recovery from quadricep tendonitis
« on: August 06, 2015, 05:29:22 pm »Have you had it looked at? Ive strained mune before and it felt similar to bad tendinitis.
This! Are you SURE it is not some kind of strain?
when the inflammation first started, i banged my knee after, but i dont think it was anything serious
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Recovery from quadricep tendonitis
« on: August 06, 2015, 01:54:23 am »That's true. In game jumps are hardly ever really 100% max effort, unlike jump sessions when you perform each jump after a brief rest with no in-game obstacles. Actual running SL jumps in a max effort jump session is different and more intense than max effort lay ups off 1 leg in game.
Chris's advice on stretching and icing are good though. I would suggest however, you emphasize stretching the quads and hip flexors. Quads need to be stretched to prevent them from being over-active and for knee health. Hip flexors to allow proper glute function, which will directly lead to less loading on the knee
yes, ive been doing the lunging quad stretch and its way better than the standing one.
yes, i really need to get more hip dominant. i was able to get the rim with both hands off a standing, flat footed vertical before. i struggle to broad jump over 7 ft though
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Recovery from quadricep tendonitis
« on: August 06, 2015, 12:39:14 am »
i was fine jumping off one foot in game before, but it started hurting when i started exclusively trying to jump off one. i would just have dunk sessions and only practice only going off one foot. i stretch almost daily, been working on stretching my quads the most. yes, i stretch my IT band, and have been working to open up my hips too.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Recovery from quadricep tendonitis
« on: August 05, 2015, 10:41:20 pm »Stretch, ice, compress. After every lifting or jumping session. Stretch each day after a light warmup.
Im near convinced most cases on tendinitis are because people are too tight.
am currently resting, but im looking for some exercises the gym i can do that wont further irritate my knee. ive stopped using ice too, theres no inflammation anymore and theres only slight pain now.
i believe the reason i got the quadricep tendonitis though was that i was too quad dominant to be jumping off one foot. off two feet i was fine, but having too much power from your quads jumping off one foot probably leads to knee pain
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Recovery from quadricep tendonitis
« on: August 05, 2015, 10:34:13 pm »
hello all, am gonna start a log to document my progress to a 40 inch vert. my current obstacle is chronic quadricep tendonitis in my left knee. i've had it for almost 5 months now, and i've been out of training for a month now. i developed it from jumping off one foot for a few months. i naturally am a two foot jumper that plants RL with a stronger right foot, but my friend convinced me that it was easier to dunk off one foot. i wish i never started jumping off one foot though, my knee wouldve been fine if i just stuck to jumping off two. did anyone have this condition also or have any advice for me?
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Performance Training Blog / Re: ADARQ.ORG Officially Endorses Nike Zoom Waffle Racers
« on: June 07, 2014, 05:08:15 pm »
any other shoe suggestions? i think its best to get a shoe with harder cushioning, cause you can transfer power better through them than something soft. i have kobe 8's and kd vi's, and i prefer the kd's a lot more. they're nike zoom and are a lot stiffer than kobe lunarlon's and i really feel i can jump higher in them.
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Introduce Yourself / Re: hello all
« on: June 07, 2014, 03:58:51 pm »
hello, i don't have any exact numbers, but i've been able to touch the rim since i was in gr.10(16 yrs old). i started squatting in gr.11(17 yrs old). when i started squatting, i remember i was easily able to go to 135 even though i was pretty skinny. i've been lifting on and off since than. my PR for the squat is 245x5 which i did a few months back. my PR for the deadlift is 315x5 which i also did a few months back. i recently started getting back into lifting, so i hope i can attain those numbers soon. my first dunk one hand dribble dunk off two legs was a few months ago too, but it was in between half court pickup games and i had a lot of adrenaline. i wouldn't have been able to do it normally. currently am 165 lbs and am around 15% bodyfat. thanks a lot
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Introduce Yourself / Re: hello all
« on: June 07, 2014, 01:26:30 am »
thanks all. can't wait to start dunking with ease
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Introduce Yourself / Re: hello all
« on: June 06, 2014, 04:26:10 am »
ahaha sorry coach, fixed it 
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