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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: April 11, 2016, 02:39:50 am »
The BBJs look great
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Fixing the Good Morning - Squat
« on: April 11, 2016, 02:12:20 am »
I think Greg Knuckols wrote about this ... it should be in the articles section
http://www.adarq.org/article-video-discussion/very-interesting-article-that-you-must-read/
http://strengtheory.com/squats-are-not-hip-dominant-or-knee-dominant-3/
http://strengtheory.com/high-bar-and-low-bar-squatting-2-0/
Just stuff that might or might not answer your question.
http://www.adarq.org/article-video-discussion/very-interesting-article-that-you-must-read/
http://strengtheory.com/squats-are-not-hip-dominant-or-knee-dominant-3/
http://strengtheory.com/high-bar-and-low-bar-squatting-2-0/
Just stuff that might or might not answer your question.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: April 10, 2016, 02:54:49 pm »I used my TENS unit around my left hip yeterday.. and the niggles ive felt all week have disappeared overnight. That's cool. I love this thing, acole you're the man for suggesting it! I use it on my lower back regularly and im good there too
Oh thanks mate! I forgotten I mentioned that to Raptor I think. It's not magic but I think the increased blood flow helps. There's all sorts of reps and schemes to use it but I just crank it to just below intolerable and go for 10-15mins.
What? What's a "TENS" unit?
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MUSiC anD SHeeT! / Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now?
« on: April 10, 2016, 10:23:14 am »
This is my favorite song of all time (don't ask me why, it just is):
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6abg3p1M714" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6abg3p1M714</a>
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: April 10, 2016, 06:31:54 am »I just bought a 5 kg med ball and a 24 kg kettlebell with less than 100 euros, years ago. I just paid 100 euros for two items I'll basically have forever, so a great investment.
Ehhh I hope it is forever. We had a 12lb medicine ball crack in half on us at practice today. Never been tossed on hard surfaces only turf, grass and sand and the ball split down the middle on a far toss...
It's a Kettler ball, pretty sturdy.
This reminds of an incident with another med ball, a yellow, 3 kg medball that we took to the track back in ~2010 or so. We were tossing it up etc and it used to make this weird sound when it hit the ground.
At one point, we toss it up, it hits the ground and it explodes, and water with some sort of soap pours out of it. We laughed like crazy for 10 minutes when that happened.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Loopie's Log
« on: April 10, 2016, 06:30:02 am »
My vert is about ~24 right now, off both 1 and 2 feet.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Fixing the Good Morning - Squat
« on: April 10, 2016, 06:28:14 am »
I think it's still a matter of quad strength.
I never ever goodmorninged any squat, and I'm quad dominant.
It can't be the hamstrings, because when you're goodmorninging a squat you are loading up the hamstrings more, and you wouldn't do that if they were weaker.
I never ever goodmorninged any squat, and I'm quad dominant.
It can't be the hamstrings, because when you're goodmorninging a squat you are loading up the hamstrings more, and you wouldn't do that if they were weaker.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Two Hands Two Feet
« on: April 09, 2016, 09:40:29 am »recommendation: do heavy core work on lifting days, after main lifts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KZEGhqMOxA
It looks to me like you're doing hip flexion there. For the abs to do the work, you should "fold yourself" like a blanket, vertebrae by vertebrae, not with a stiff back.
This is similar to doing hyperextensions on the 45 degree hyperextensions machine: if you have a stiff back, you're actually doing hip extension work. If you fold yourself and have the bads at the belly area, you're doing back work.
Furthermore, I think there's some danger in using that machine, since the feet anchoring activates the psoas which can twist the spine (especially considering that the psoas is a hip flexor and you're doing hip flexor work).
So... this is just what I have observed. I think you'd be better off in pressing your lowerback on the floor, having the feet elevated on a bench, and doing weighed crunches with a plate being held over your head, with your arms extended upwards.
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Nature, Wilderness, Hiking, Travel, and Misc Outdoorsy stuff / Re: Random landscape of the day
« on: April 08, 2016, 07:02:20 pm »
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Fixing the Good Morning - Squat
« on: April 08, 2016, 06:04:39 pm »
What about heavy overhead squats, full ROM?
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: April 08, 2016, 04:27:58 pm »
I just bought a 5 kg med ball and a 24 kg kettlebell with less than 100 euros, years ago. I just paid 100 euros for two items I'll basically have forever, so a great investment.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
« on: April 08, 2016, 06:10:11 am »
He looked at the ground, though, just like me and scooby naturally do. I guess a sign of quad dominance.
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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: funny / horrible training videos
« on: April 08, 2016, 04:46:03 am »
Why can't I see the youtube button for embedding videos? I have to type it manually.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgGnHfUNEBs" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgGnHfUNEBs</a>
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
« on: April 08, 2016, 04:44:33 am »
Haha, nice find.