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Quote from: LBSS on January 13, 2011, 10:31:17 am

Strong post, raptor. Strong post.

SMR stands for self-myofascial release. Foam rolling (or PVC rolling) is one way to try to do it.

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Strong post, raptor. Strong post.

Hahahahahahaha

Thanks!

See? He thanks you in my name. That's not unheard of.

I usually use a usually used bottle of water... 2L, filled with used water. Used to work well, thought it's really useful.

Quote from: Raptor on January 16, 2011, 06:30:20 am

I'm willing to bet expensive things you will get higher if you kick the legs like Adarqui is doing. That is, pulling the heels to the butt after your triple extension. You're not doing that right now and I'm not doing it either, yet when I do it the body has a totally different dynamics. You can argue it doesn't matter what you do in mid air but to me at least - it does. Maybe it's a matter of body perception/proprioceptivity, stretching, tightness, I don't know and don't give a shit. Just do that.

hahahaha....For what it's worth I do that sometimes...I think it may be a case of being more flexible may cause your legs to pop up unconsciously, where as if your tight they won't do that. As for whether it will help you by doing it, I don't think so. Being flexible in the right amount and in the right places would help I guess.

Thanks for the feedback. As of now, i'm continuing with my plan for January to get my bodyweight back to 155lbs and to get my squat back to, or hopefully above, where it was at Christmas. I'll see how i'm doing at the end of January anyway and reassess then.

Yeah it might be a sing of good or bad hip flexor flexibility. If you stay on your knees and lean backwards, that's stretching your quads since you're extending the hips and flexing the knees, putting any biarticulate muscle that's over these two joints in passive insufficiency. If your quads/hip flexors are bad you won't be able to do it well when you jump, which at the same time will mean it hinders your jump (because the hip flexors are tight so they oppose hip extension). So maybe that's still telling you something.

I'm willing to bet expensive things you will get higher if you kick the legs like Adarqui is doing. That is, pulling the heels to the butt after your triple extension. You're not doing that right now and I'm not doing it either, yet when I do it the body has a totally different dynamics. You can argue it doesn't matter what you do in mid air but to me at least - it does. Maybe it's a matter of body perception/proprioceptivity, stretching, tightness, I don't know and don't give a shit. Just do that.

Well I was thinking you're not that efficient reactive-wise so you might maximally benefit from the 1-2 jump squat. I think that's the best way to use jump squats since you can do consecutive jumps and all that with your bodyweight at your reactive efficiency and be effective anyway, but when you use weights I think you'd benefit a lot better from the 1-2 jump squat.

That little hop with the bar and the landing from that (first jump) will do a lot to activate your muscle fibers for the 2nd jump which is maximal and you can focus on the landing from the 1st jump to make sure you get proper landing mechanics every time you do your 2nd jump. I really believe it could help you a lot, I'm currently doing them and it's great.

How did 275 feel on the back?

I thought it was when you ejaculate to compensate for the punch in the belly by your girlfriend/boyfriend/alien/dog etc.

You don't do Valsalva for an unending five minutes, don't you?