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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Utilization of Strength
« on: August 31, 2011, 04:42:12 am »
Squat DR helped a lot of people. He had a big squat as well. Does that make him not "attackable"?
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: August 30, 2011, 07:09:17 pm »
Man that court looks just great, and I love those clouds on the sky.
1-leg FOR THE WIN
1-leg FOR THE WIN
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: The PR's/PB's, videos, pictures, and daily achievements thread
« on: August 30, 2011, 02:34:13 pm »
Recorded today (after playing quite a bit of aggressive 3 on 3):
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnMQyrwb4VY" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnMQyrwb4VY</a>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-NYUQTIkQo" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-NYUQTIkQo</a>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlhFJK9kllc" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlhFJK9kllc</a>
And my total lack of any armswing whatsoever when jumping without the ball:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1JgVSfCxGs" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1JgVSfCxGs</a>
And my total lack of any armswing whatsoever when jumping without the ball:
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Utilization of Strength
« on: August 30, 2011, 10:31:24 am »
What about BSS vs Squat for one leg jumpers? You can say BSS is more specific, but uses less total weight. However, is the total weight important? Or is what important the amount of load per leg?
For example:
What would be more difficult (let's pretend the guy doing this has no issues with balancing):
5 reps with 80 kg on the BSS
OR
5 reps with 160 kg on the squat.
How do you define "difficult"? How do you define the training effect that happens after doing this ^^^? What is more important - the amount of tension that occurs in the leg in the BSS or the amount of overall "body" tension that occurs during the squat? What if you use say 130 kg on the squat? What then? Can you say that a BSS makes you aware and able to concentrate all your might (nervous energy if you will) on one limb better than a squat would do?
Obviously the thing is, in training, consistency. That's what's important. But we talk about stuff like this because we (at least I do) like the challenge of deciphering all these "enigmas" (for some, others have a strong belief in one method or another).
I think Pavel Tsatsouline said that what's most important is the amount of tension in a muscle more than anything, it doesn't matter through what methods - traditional, iso, eccentric, whatever.
For example:
What would be more difficult (let's pretend the guy doing this has no issues with balancing):
5 reps with 80 kg on the BSS
OR
5 reps with 160 kg on the squat.
How do you define "difficult"? How do you define the training effect that happens after doing this ^^^? What is more important - the amount of tension that occurs in the leg in the BSS or the amount of overall "body" tension that occurs during the squat? What if you use say 130 kg on the squat? What then? Can you say that a BSS makes you aware and able to concentrate all your might (nervous energy if you will) on one limb better than a squat would do?
Obviously the thing is, in training, consistency. That's what's important. But we talk about stuff like this because we (at least I do) like the challenge of deciphering all these "enigmas" (for some, others have a strong belief in one method or another).
I think Pavel Tsatsouline said that what's most important is the amount of tension in a muscle more than anything, it doesn't matter through what methods - traditional, iso, eccentric, whatever.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: T-DUBS biggest secret. Elastic winding & coiling.
« on: August 30, 2011, 07:29:30 am »
I can tell you one thing (as far as my recent injury):
YOU DON'T WANT ANY TWIST WHEN SQUATTING
YOU DON'T WANT ANY TWIST WHEN SQUATTING
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Utilization of Strength
« on: August 30, 2011, 07:28:03 am »
What if we go the other way around? Say, with an easier exercise like the leg press vs the squat? The leg press doesn't require any stabilization that you require in the squat just as the BSS or lunge requires less stabilization vs the shrimp.
So far, less need for stabilization was actually better.
So far, less need for stabilization was actually better.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: THE DREAM JOURNAL
« on: August 30, 2011, 07:01:00 am »
Dreamt that adarqui was a major star athlete that was recording an ad for a sports company and he did a between the legs and he catched a second ball and dunked that too in the ad.
Then Lance came to my house and I asked him why I can't have my back straight when I deadlift or jump and he said that there's two possibilities: when the core is stronger than the posterior chain you will bend forward, and when the PC is stronger than the core you'll be more on your heels (wtf). Then he started to use the sign language since I was talking in Romanian and he couldn't understand a thing.
Then I started training a guy dressed in red in a camp full of tents, where, here and there - there was track mat. And I told him how to do bounding and he was bending a lot at the knee so I told him to stop.
Then Lance came to my house and I asked him why I can't have my back straight when I deadlift or jump and he said that there's two possibilities: when the core is stronger than the posterior chain you will bend forward, and when the PC is stronger than the core you'll be more on your heels (wtf). Then he started to use the sign language since I was talking in Romanian and he couldn't understand a thing.
Then I started training a guy dressed in red in a camp full of tents, where, here and there - there was track mat. And I told him how to do bounding and he was bending a lot at the knee so I told him to stop.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: August 29, 2011, 03:12:48 pm »
You definitely look more reactive now, but that court looks post-apocaliptic.
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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: August 28, 2011, 07:17:40 pm »
That guy has bionic legs... so strong. Shannonbrownesque.
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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: Footage from World Dunk Contest Romania. UPDATE: official mix
« on: August 28, 2011, 06:56:09 pm »
Also:
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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: Footage from World Dunk Contest Romania. UPDATE: official mix
« on: August 28, 2011, 06:48:45 pm »
Apparently Kristaps put a sticker at ~3.70m while his reach is 2.55m. That's a 115 cm jump which is 45 inches.
1.96 + 1.15 = 3.11 - that would be 6 cm head over the rim or a bit over 2 inches.
1.96 + 1.15 = 3.11 - that would be 6 cm head over the rim or a bit over 2 inches.
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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: August 28, 2011, 04:23:22 pm »5053
LanceSTS's Performance Blog / Re: STS TV
« on: August 28, 2011, 03:17:34 pm »
112 lbs is heavy weight? What's going on in here?
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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: Footage from World Dunk Contest Romania. UPDATE: official mix
« on: August 28, 2011, 09:06:35 am »
That letonian guy was just crazy, every dunk he did was incredible. He's into the JR Smith blend, jumping off the right leg and (usually) finishing with the right hand.
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