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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: April 22, 2016, 08:06:08 am »
Yeah, because in the bounds you were already at your genetic ceiling-level, and you couldn't have improved them anymore after doing them for 2 times. The situation is different for the power clean.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: April 22, 2016, 07:59:03 am »
Damn you used to dive-bomb hah

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: April 22, 2016, 07:37:53 am »
OK, I'll try to copy you. I give up.  Trying to convince you again and again is the definition of insanity.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: April 22, 2016, 07:36:27 am »
Yeah, I mean, back when I wasn't strength training at all and just tried to touch the net, and kept on trying it, one day I touched the rim. Then one day I could dunk a tenis ball. Then one day I could dunk a volleyball. Then one day I could dunk a basketball.

Insane! I was doing the same thing over and over, maximally. Steph Curry did a similar thing with his shooting. He couldn't nail all these three pointers and just gave up on them. No need to try them, he would get 1/20 when he first tried them. No need to practice that since getting 1/20 every day is the definition of insanity. That lead to his success in the NBA, that mindset of giving up on skill-based practice.

So I totally get what you're saying.

 :trollface:

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Article & Video Discussion / Variable Jump by Joel Smith
« on: April 22, 2016, 06:17:18 am »
It's off LinkedIn, so you're going to need an account:

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/three-ways-supercharge-athletic-power-variable-jump-component-smith?trk=hb_ntf_MEGAPHONE_ARTICLE_POST

EDIT:

Full article here:

http://www.just-fly-sports.com/three-ways-to-supercharge-athletic-power/

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: April 22, 2016, 05:53:53 am »
Are they good? I tried some boost shoes and they felt extremely unstable sideways - they felt like they would twist my ankles both medially and laterally, something that I never feel with regular running shoes. Have you noticed that? It feels like if I don't run COMPLETELY straight they are "wobbly".

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Basketball / Re: The Dunk King - coming May 18 on TNT
« on: April 22, 2016, 04:07:24 am »
Exactly. I once did some filming with Nightfly in the past, with him jumping head level to the rim, from a low angle. Then I went up on a fence and filmed from exactly the level of the rim. He was 4-6 inches below the rim with his head. Such a big, big difference.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: April 22, 2016, 03:56:57 am »
These come to mind, btw:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iu7YBoe_Pg" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iu7YBoe_Pg</a>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hvnla6XS3ag" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hvnla6XS3ag</a>

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: April 22, 2016, 03:48:48 am »
Quote from: adarqui on April 22, 2016, 03:36:49 am
Quote from: Raptor on April 22, 2016, 02:48:26 am
I was wondering, I'm thinking of going to a boxing club. Except that usually it's filled with under 80 IQ people, gypsies, and extremely idiotic "coaches". Plus probably I would quickly get in a fight with someone and, well, let's just say that getting in a fight at a boxing club is the last thing you want to do.

What do you think? What's your experience with this?

lots of good people at boxing gyms.. sure most of them might not be into the stuff you're into but, you'll find lots of dedicated people in there.. most of which probably wouldn't judge you/size you up at all; they'd probably be pretty helpful.

i seriously doubt anyone would get into a fight with you.. think about it, you're in a boxing gym. In boxing gyms, if people really have a beef, they get in the ring and slug it out, usually under supervision. Fighting outside of the square circle is often a big no-no and can get you banned from most gyms.

People actually go into boxing gyms looking for fights.. there's videos on youtube. Usually, the boxing coach will find some young tough amateur KID to beat this grown man's ass in the actual ring.


Yeah I absolutely LOVE that. Always makes me think of Charlie Zelenoff (although that guy is a victim of mental illness, so I can't really make fun of him, but still, you get the idea).

The more I think about boxing the more I want to do it.

Do you "have" to fight in the ring or you can just train? What's the progression? How does the typical learning curve look like? (what do you learn first, and how do you grow as a boxer, even a non-competitive one)?

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: April 22, 2016, 03:22:24 am »
So interesting to look at the first pages of each "long" log.

Check out LBSS squats from 2012:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kz2-hIW6y4" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kz2-hIW6y4</a>

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: funny / horrible training videos
« on: April 22, 2016, 02:55:28 am »
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: April 22, 2016, 02:48:26 am »
I was wondering, I'm thinking of going to a boxing club. Except that usually it's filled with under 80 IQ people, gypsies, and extremely idiotic "coaches". Plus probably I would quickly get in a fight with someone and, well, let's just say that getting in a fight at a boxing club is the last thing you want to do.

What do you think? What's your experience with this?

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Operation Save 2 dollars on Clothes at Walmart
« on: April 22, 2016, 02:27:27 am »
No, we have to find way to rehabilitate these people. Otherwise they are completely useless and a burden to society for as long as they live, beyond the fact that their lives are wasted and lost for one idiot thing that they did (yes, I know, the girl that was killed had her life wasted away, but as a society, we have to be better than those abusing the society). It's that simple.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: April 21, 2016, 04:20:14 pm »
What about hamstrings? Combine weak hams and calves and you get a weak SL-RVJ and bad sprinting.

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Basketball / Re: The Dunk King - coming May 18 on TNT
« on: April 21, 2016, 04:18:59 pm »
Definitely, the question is - was that rim 10 feet? Because if so, even with the angles and so on, definitely head over rim there. 10'6"? I don't know.

The point I was trying to make is that he's definitely at ~48" or so. But 53? Hard to say, it's exponentially harder to cover these 5 inches from 48 to 53 than it is from 20 to 25...

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