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Sports Discussion / Re: Rugby Hits/Tackles/Speed
« on: October 03, 2016, 11:35:29 am »
question: on the napa vid he seems to be wearing a bunch of different numbers. is it normal in rugby to change your number frequently? in most pro sports here it's unusual for stars to change number even when they switch teams, to the point where it's notable when it happens.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: A Journey to Running Fast and Jumping High
« on: October 03, 2016, 09:50:27 am »
following a coach is good, it just seems weird that he would prescribe 5x30m@50% as a workout, even for recovery. that should take just a minute or two, it's barely a warm up.

does your coach have an overall plan that he's shared with you? and does it have a target, such as a meet, toward which you're working? it might help to see everything you're doing in the context of a months-long plan that has a time-bound goal.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: October 03, 2016, 09:46:10 am »
Hey man I'm sorry if I've been hurting your feelings and being a jerk. You are, in fact, inspirational to me in your commitment and consistency. You also baffle me, and lately my response to that bafflement has taken the form of little one-liners instead of actually trying to engage with you. Engaging with you can be frustrating because you're so stubborn. But that's not a good enough reason to be a hater, so, apologies. I'll save the snark for mattyg if he ever comes back and tries to start defending Trump again.

The last comment, about people trying to compare themselves to you being foolish, was meant as a reflection of your unpredictability and iconoclasm, not as an insult.

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: jump videos
« on: October 02, 2016, 06:00:48 pm »
god damn

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: October 02, 2016, 05:59:37 pm »
trying to compare yourself to entropy is a fool's errand.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: October 02, 2016, 03:41:53 pm »
WEIGHT: ???
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: headache
MENTAL STATE: okay

- warm up

- MB OH toss x 5,5
powerful, hitting ceiling hard on all throws

- SL SVJ x 5,5/leg
good

- squat 315 x 2,2

dragged self to gym. headache was gone by the time i finished warming up for squats. now gonna go play tennis.

EDIT: later

- tennis x 45 mins
really fun, played my buddy. he was a little rusty so i beat him easily in the end, but he ran me around a bit.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: October 02, 2016, 12:55:24 pm »
??? VMO is a big muscle.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: September 30, 2016, 12:11:14 pm »
SF, like NYC, is sick if you have a really high-paying job. seriously, average one-BR rent in my best friend's neighborhood is $3,400. not a typo: three thousand four hundred dollars a month for one bedroom. he (a teacher) and his wife (landscape architect) live in an efficiency that they moved into five years ago and was below-market then. his brother lives in the apartment right below theirs, by himself, but he's an engineer at square and makes $200K. oakland/berkeley are a little cheaper but not cheap. actually berkeley would be a tight place to live. you would get diesel from running all the hills.

or austin, my friend's brother is a programmer and super happy there.

or LA, go turn T0ddday into a distance runner, or let him convince you to run the 400/800.  :P

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: September 30, 2016, 08:22:25 am »
Quote from: Leonel on September 30, 2016, 04:08:20 am
I hate rowing on such a low resistance setting. Feels really awkward. Haha

i watched a video earlier this year -- on deadspin, maybe? -- of a couple of US olympic rowers showing a normal person how to do it, and IIRC they said they use the lower settings, 3-4, most of the time.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: September 29, 2016, 11:04:51 pm »
to clarify, i wasn't trying especially hard on the C2 last night.

did nothing but a bit of stretching and mobility stuff today.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: September 29, 2016, 11:03:24 pm »
can you not work with them remotely, if the work is mostly coding?

bay area is tight but cost of living is truly insane there. feel you on wanting a change of scenery, though (obviously, given a few of my recent posts).

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: September 29, 2016, 11:04:39 am »
last night:

WEIGHT: ???
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: stuff, nothing bad
MENTAL STATE: blah

- warm up
felt wack so i went off script a bit. did C2 500m in 1:41 at resistance setting 3. that would be in the top 90 times recorded on the C2 website for the USA in 2016. lol.

- some random crap, easy jumps, glute activation

have felt under the weather off and on and body has been achier than usual this week. going to NYC on saturday so i might just take it easy the rest of the week.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Recovery from quadricep tendonitis
« on: September 28, 2016, 09:54:23 am »
Quote from: jumperer on September 28, 2016, 02:21:21 am
just came up with a great idea: weighted vest "pistol" squats. i'd have to look around for a 100+ pound weighted vest though, cause i can really crank them out bodyweight, and i go ATG too.

also, when i do "pistol" squats i always stand on something like a chair or box when i do them to get the flexiblity thing out the way. i guess they're more like single leg ATG squats then instead of pistol. i also get that on the internet, and even in real life, people will always point out that a true pistol squat is done on the ground, and i'm always wondering why people choose to do that. is it an ego thing just to show off how flexible you are? cause if not, why put in the flexibility factor when you're just trying to use it as a unilateral exercise to strengthen your legs?

right on. you can also use a dumbbell or kettlebell instead of a vest. doing them on a chair or box is fine. personally i do proper pistols, on the floor, but always with my heel raised up about an inch on something: a 25-lb plate, my squatting shoes, whatever. being able to do them flat-footed would be cool but just because, not for any real reason. if it's more comfortable to do them on a box, then do them on a box and internet dick-measuring be damned.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Two Hands Two Feet
« on: September 28, 2016, 12:37:11 am »
Quote from: Coges on September 27, 2016, 08:43:54 pm
The taste, the relaxation side of it, the socialization. I think that's also a very Australian thing. Not cutting it out completely (got a bottle of Chivas last night as a gift from a client) but am just going to take a more measured approach.

rest assured, that's not just an australian thing. alcohol consumption is everywhere, even some of my friends and colleagues in afghanistan and pakistan drink to socialize (or relieve boredom, alcohol and opium abuse are actually a huge problem in the mountains because there is fuck-all to do in the winter).

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Edit- on a side note- Cigars. The weather is warming up and I've got more scotch now and these things go perfectly with cigars. I've got a couple hanging around that I've been waiting to smoke. Does anyone else here smoke cigars?

only at weddings and the like but i do enjoy them a couple times per year. not at all sophisticated about them, though.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Loopie's Log
« on: September 27, 2016, 02:24:22 pm »
Quote from: LoopieMclooperson on September 27, 2016, 11:44:47 am
^^^^ no straps. Started using chalk recently and it has helped a lot. I have the grip strength of a school girl.

Farmer's walks would murder me. make me stronger.

fixt

or like high rep shrugs or kroc rows, if you don't want to or don't have space to do the walking part. even hanging from the bar for time.

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