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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Posterior Chain Strength Preparation for the Vertical Jump by Charles Poliquin?.
« on: February 25, 2011, 09:42:09 pm »
Well yeah because you're going to need the quads for amortization and the glutes for hip extension. So...

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Posterior Chain Strength Preparation for the Vertical Jump by Charles Poliquin?.
« on: February 25, 2011, 09:35:38 pm »
I remember DeFranco saying the best jumpers had the best hamstrings in his tests, and the best (quickest) drop down and jump up (shortest amortization phase).

I was like, "what do hamstrings have to do with that?". The quads improve the amortization phase by decelerating the knees going forward and preventing the knees from collapsing.

I remember Kelly telling me, years ago, that my leg collapse in the plant is actually, by what he can guess, more a matter of hamstring strength than quad. I was, again, like wtf?

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Posterior Chain Strength Preparation for the Vertical Jump by Charles Poliquin?.
« on: February 25, 2011, 09:06:50 pm »
Yeah. CUT THEM OFF!

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: High cut calves
« on: February 25, 2011, 08:58:57 pm »
Oh yeah, I know, I don't worry about that or anything, it's just nice to know and decipher the intricasies of human structure and all that.

Some coaches use high cut calves as signs of possible track stars so... it has a possible practical application/effect.

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: High cut calves
« on: February 25, 2011, 08:25:01 pm »
What if you have a longer but more compliant tendon vs a shorter but stiffer tendon?

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: beast
« on: February 25, 2011, 08:24:08 pm »
Haha, Chris in the beast thread. Well he better be in here.

Next I want Casey Combest.

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: High cut calves
« on: February 25, 2011, 06:16:27 pm »
Usain's calves look really weird. Under his calf you can see there's another lump... that's a big soleus alright.

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Basketball / Re: Carmelo Traded To Knicks
« on: February 25, 2011, 06:13:53 pm »
Why? I like rivalries and great teams going head to head. Parity is not that great in my opinion.

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: High cut calves
« on: February 25, 2011, 04:57:17 pm »
Could narrow hips be detrimental to a standing VJ? I'm thinking you can bend less with narrow hips until you need to compensate by bending forward and all that. So I think it's both detrimental to squatting and standing vertical jumping (less ROM to apply force).

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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: February 25, 2011, 04:50:24 pm »
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX82prktIbw" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX82prktIbw</a>

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: lead by example
« on: February 25, 2011, 02:09:47 pm »
It doesn't make sense for you to only have a 30 inch standing vert. I have a 28 and I'm squatting ~140-145 kg at the most.

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: High cut calves
« on: February 25, 2011, 11:27:01 am »
I wonder if calf length and tendon length affects ankle ROM.

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: High cut calves
« on: February 25, 2011, 09:48:04 am »
Well yeah, that's why I said "at the same time", because I made another point before the calf size potential point, that being "Maybe a shorter tendon might be thicker and get stiff easier"

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Posterior Chain Strength Preparation for the Vertical Jump by Charles Poliquin?.
« on: February 25, 2011, 09:46:34 am »
Well firstly, when you build strength (mass, not power) you're still trying to go as fast as possible. Secondly, more mass/pure strength without power increases is just a matter of potential. You increase your potential by increasing your maximal strength. Then you can tweak the gained strength to become more powerful. That's pretty much the basis of cycles anyway.

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MOVIES & ENTERTAINMENT & SHeeT! / Re: The Human Centipede
« on: February 25, 2011, 08:22:02 am »
Nevermind ;D

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