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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: September 15, 2014, 09:39:43 am »
oh yeah my bad. well, suit yourself. 
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Two Hands Two Feet
« on: September 14, 2014, 10:55:22 pm »
uh, this should go without saying but don't diet through an illness. a cold is no big deal but if you actually get sick, stop cutting cals.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: September 14, 2014, 08:54:55 pm »
canvas lifting straps are like $8. just saying. you know, for the RDLs.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: September 14, 2014, 08:48:16 pm »
went to charlotte this weekend to visit my grandparents. worked out on the airdyne and treadmill this morning with my mom, who's training for a triathlon. also showed my dad how to use the C2. my mom is athletic -- in particular, she's a very good swimmer -- and exercises a lot. my dad is lean (20 pounds lighter than i am and an inch taller) but his exercise is pretty much limited to hiking and/or tennis with me once a week. he and my mom are both interested in getting more into lifting weights, especially as they get older (dad's 64, mom's 60) so i'm going to go to the gym with both of them in the near future to show them the ropes.
maintaining strength and vigor into old age is so important. my grandpa turned 88 today, still walks faster than most people i know and has no trouble standing up from his seat or pulling something at an awkward angle. if i'm lucky enough to make it to 88 i want to be at least as fit as he is. my step-grandmother, who's 84, is a bit stooped but otherwise super fit, as well. she lifts weights! and walks around and does aerobics with ankle weights! so many old people are stuck with walkers or canes, or can't stand up without a huge effort. not for me, please.
maintaining strength and vigor into old age is so important. my grandpa turned 88 today, still walks faster than most people i know and has no trouble standing up from his seat or pulling something at an awkward angle. if i'm lucky enough to make it to 88 i want to be at least as fit as he is. my step-grandmother, who's 84, is a bit stooped but otherwise super fit, as well. she lifts weights! and walks around and does aerobics with ankle weights! so many old people are stuck with walkers or canes, or can't stand up without a huge effort. not for me, please.
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Boxing / Re: boxing vs maidana 2
« on: September 14, 2014, 08:33:15 pm »
fuck floyd mayweather. woman-beating piece of shit.
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Basketball / Re: FIBA BASKETBALL WORLD CUP - SPAIN 2014
« on: September 14, 2014, 08:32:40 pm »
USA NUMBER ONE. dominant.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: September 12, 2014, 09:09:30 am »Thinking about stopping sprinting for a bit? If it's giving you weird knee pain then maybe not worth the risk atm.
yep that's what i'm thinking.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: September 11, 2014, 10:11:03 pm »
WEIGHT: ???
SORENESS: hamstrings and upper quads a tiny bit
ACHES/INJURIES: toes pretty bad, left shoulder, right knee but only once i started trying to sprint
MENTAL STATE: crap, low motivation
- warm up
- bounds and drills
- strides x 2
knee was like, uh-uh. no.
- tons more bounds and drills
- core circuit x 10 mins
- stretch
need to assess and re-evaluate for the fall.
SORENESS: hamstrings and upper quads a tiny bit
ACHES/INJURIES: toes pretty bad, left shoulder, right knee but only once i started trying to sprint
MENTAL STATE: crap, low motivation
- warm up
- bounds and drills
- strides x 2
knee was like, uh-uh. no.
- tons more bounds and drills
- core circuit x 10 mins
- stretch
need to assess and re-evaluate for the fall.
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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: September 11, 2014, 04:08:39 pm »
the greatest thing that has ever been posted on this site. bless you, raptor. i have goosebumps. he held on to the ball. HE HELD ON TO THE BALL.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: September 10, 2014, 10:05:05 pm »
WEIGHT: ???
SORENESS: hamstrings, upper quads
ACHES/INJURIES: toes, left shoulder
MENTAL STATE: good
- warm up
- jumps x 40 mins
mostly a lot of submax stuff, DSVJ, lots of one- and two-step. a few ME three- and four-step but they were not great and my shoulder was displeased. stuck to head-height jumps, trying to get as much of my face over the bottom of the net as possible.
- stretch
still sore from the RDLs on sunday (!). good to get blood flowing and lots of reps in.
SORENESS: hamstrings, upper quads
ACHES/INJURIES: toes, left shoulder
MENTAL STATE: good
- warm up
- jumps x 40 mins
mostly a lot of submax stuff, DSVJ, lots of one- and two-step. a few ME three- and four-step but they were not great and my shoulder was displeased. stuck to head-height jumps, trying to get as much of my face over the bottom of the net as possible.
- stretch
still sore from the RDLs on sunday (!). good to get blood flowing and lots of reps in.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: THE DREAM JOURNAL
« on: September 10, 2014, 10:41:38 am »
last night i had a dream where we were fighting against an evil and nearly unkillable character in a red hawaiian shirt. he was getting really hot and burning everything and we were losing. our most powerful ally was kind of a wuss and wouldn't do anything sneaky or devious until one of our other allies, who could make her extremities into metal, stuck one of her fingers up the guy's nose and turned his brain into a computer. he got this crazy expression on his face, like an evil clown, and screamed, "i'll LIE!!!!" then he got to his feet, went after the bad guy, challenged him to burn hotter and hotter and told him he sucked and that wasn't very hot and then suddenly our friend shot ice out of his fingers and it swirled around the bad guy and flash-froze the shit out of him. dead.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Scooby 2011 Journal
« on: September 10, 2014, 09:52:20 am »
yeah what raptor said about the DJs. i'd just add that you should also have bigger amplitude on the arm swing, you're not getting very much power out of it right now. another way to cue it is to think that your arms should already have gone all the way back and be swinging up when your feet hit the ground.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: September 09, 2014, 10:12:39 pm »
WEIGHT: ???
SORENESS: hamstrings, upper quads
ACHES/INJURIES: left toe
MENTAL STATE: okay
- warm up
- DL bound x 5,5
crappy distance, didn't get out to 12y, but first time i've done these in months because of low back fears. no pain. yeehaw.
- strides x 15
sprinting out to 30y and then trying to hit 10-30y in 4-12 strides. submax intensity, nothing max was happening on these hamstrings and with this knee. but i got to like 12.5 strides for 30y.
- stretch
worked late tonight so didn't get to the track until 9ish. the rugby team ended early so the lights went out earlier than usual. hamstrings still sore from the RDLs but they were okay after warm up.
SORENESS: hamstrings, upper quads
ACHES/INJURIES: left toe
MENTAL STATE: okay
- warm up
- DL bound x 5,5
crappy distance, didn't get out to 12y, but first time i've done these in months because of low back fears. no pain. yeehaw.
- strides x 15
sprinting out to 30y and then trying to hit 10-30y in 4-12 strides. submax intensity, nothing max was happening on these hamstrings and with this knee. but i got to like 12.5 strides for 30y.
- stretch
worked late tonight so didn't get to the track until 9ish. the rugby team ended early so the lights went out earlier than usual. hamstrings still sore from the RDLs but they were okay after warm up.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Dr. Michael Yessis on the history and purpose of plyometrics
« on: September 09, 2014, 09:39:34 am »
just for general interest:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=la1TliIOEu0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=la1TliIOEu0</a>
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Football / Re: Ray Rice cut by Ravens and suspended by NFL after video of him punching his wife
« on: September 09, 2014, 09:11:27 am »
yeah this is pretty much the top sports story in the states right now. the NFL and the ravens basically look terrible: he was initially given a slap on the wrist (two-game suspension) this summer after meeting with NFL executives and describing what happened in the elevator. "she attacked me, then i punched her and she fell down." the footage of him dragging her out of the elevator by her hair was leaked this summer but not many people had seen the actual punch. now that everyone has, the NFL is basically just ass-covering by suspending him and the ravens are doing the same by cutting him. what the hell did they think a KO punch of a small woman by an adult man looked like?
seems like the league and the team were hoping this would all go away and people would forget, but they look like wife-beater abettors now. the new jersey DA looks terrible, too -- rice was able to plead into a "diversion" program where he gets counseling instead of going to prison for assault.
mostly, it's sad for jenay palmer and the at least one child she and rice have together.
seems like the league and the team were hoping this would all go away and people would forget, but they look like wife-beater abettors now. the new jersey DA looks terrible, too -- rice was able to plead into a "diversion" program where he gets counseling instead of going to prison for assault.
mostly, it's sad for jenay palmer and the at least one child she and rice have together.