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LanceSTS's Performance Blog / Re: TRAINING POSTS
« on: August 28, 2012, 12:40:02 pm »
So you recommend say a 3x5, 3x5 and 3x8 (for example) format of squatting?
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: August 28, 2012, 06:50:45 am »
How is not being able to hold a 10s plank even possible? Never met anybody that can't do it.
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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: August 28, 2012, 06:48:24 am »
Some guy from Poland I think, maybe Lipek?
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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: August 27, 2012, 08:11:56 pm »4040
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
« on: August 27, 2012, 07:52:51 pm »
Exactly^^^
1 on 1 with aggressive defense works best, but you gotta go at it for 2 games up to 11 or so in order to really be warmed up.
I wonder if playing aggressive D, besides getting you warmed up, also improves lower ab activation for a short while, since you're staying in that hip hinge position when you defend, and you need to keep your low abs contracted well in order not to fall backwards (obviously you will let your chest down a bit as well but still)
1 on 1 with aggressive defense works best, but you gotta go at it for 2 games up to 11 or so in order to really be warmed up.
I wonder if playing aggressive D, besides getting you warmed up, also improves lower ab activation for a short while, since you're staying in that hip hinge position when you defend, and you need to keep your low abs contracted well in order not to fall backwards (obviously you will let your chest down a bit as well but still)
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Scooby 2011 Journal
« on: August 27, 2012, 08:57:30 am »
The jump looks really high there
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: August 27, 2012, 03:32:16 am »
Yeah you can also experiment with your head position.
I personally have this tendency to look at the ground when I jump off two feet and I suck so hard when I do it - I basically orient my chest down and jump forward and low.
When I actually look at the rim, which is very difficult to do for me when I jump off two feet, I get higher. Pretty much always.
I personally have this tendency to look at the ground when I jump off two feet and I suck so hard when I do it - I basically orient my chest down and jump forward and low.
When I actually look at the rim, which is very difficult to do for me when I jump off two feet, I get higher. Pretty much always.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
« on: August 26, 2012, 08:03:29 pm »
I get PR level jumps after playing aggressive defense 3 on 3 basketball. I get so hot and "fluid" that I'm at the top level of athleticism at that point. It makes a HUGE difference, I never get this warmed up during my regular warmups.
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ADARQ & LanceSTS - Q&A / Re: some sprint workout questions
« on: August 26, 2012, 04:29:16 pm »skipping and karaoke warmup
People must be looking at you really weird when you start singing at the track as part of your warmup
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ADARQ & LanceSTS - Q&A / Re: Pain in right quad
« on: August 26, 2012, 04:19:46 pm »He also incorrectly assumes that anyone using myofascial release thinks that the it band "lengthens" or softens, which is a silly assumption.
That's the first thing that catched my eye when I read it
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: August 26, 2012, 12:06:40 pm »
You should experiment jumping more relaxed instead of more tensed up like you're doing right now. Right now you're thinking "I want to give my all in this jump and jump as high as possible" but instead you're tensing up and jump lower - I know that because I used to do it too and I still am doing it.
Weirdly enough, you're more likely to tense up when you're more tired than when you're fresh, so it might give you some feedback on that too - if you tense up all the time you might be overtraining. The reason for that is that when you're tired CNS-wise you're weaker and in order to "get up there" you need to recruit more muscle (or you think you need to) and you tense up. This messes up everything.
So next time try to do some more relaxed jumping, especially while planting. You can really push at the end of the jump when you take off but as you plant, "be like water, friend" to quote Bruce Lee.
PS. Shaving will give you 2 more inches.
Weirdly enough, you're more likely to tense up when you're more tired than when you're fresh, so it might give you some feedback on that too - if you tense up all the time you might be overtraining. The reason for that is that when you're tired CNS-wise you're weaker and in order to "get up there" you need to recruit more muscle (or you think you need to) and you tense up. This messes up everything.
So next time try to do some more relaxed jumping, especially while planting. You can really push at the end of the jump when you take off but as you plant, "be like water, friend" to quote Bruce Lee.
PS. Shaving will give you 2 more inches.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: August 26, 2012, 11:02:15 am »
Man you have some long ass arms. What I can see is that your speed is not good in your jumps (the speed of executing the actual jump). It looks like you give a what, 40% of your max effort to do these jumps... pretty weird.
Maybe you should work with plyos and explosive stuff more in the near future as you get stronger is my point, and jump more often.
Maybe you should work with plyos and explosive stuff more in the near future as you get stronger is my point, and jump more often.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Scooby 2011 Journal
« on: August 25, 2012, 09:57:50 am »
He could try some wobble board pistols for a few months... they could help
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ADARQ & LanceSTS - Q&A / Re: Lance - some row questions..
« on: August 25, 2012, 07:41:37 am »
I do this:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWEJYpvGXao" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWEJYpvGXao</a>
with the same handle but with one arm only, and really go full rom and focus on a controlled slow TUT movement. Works pretty well I guess.
with the same handle but with one arm only, and really go full rom and focus on a controlled slow TUT movement. Works pretty well I guess.
