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I remember the worst... it was that slow guy that jumped like 4 inches for the rebound jump.

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Basketball / Nate Robinson jump ball vs. Jamison
« on: December 06, 2010, 07:44:52 am »
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5wLDiyq4dk" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5wLDiyq4dk</a>

If you pause it at the right time, that's ~40 inches.

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Introduce Yourself / Re: Long time Lurker, first time caller
« on: December 06, 2010, 06:36:35 am »
You might have stalled at a quality or two... we need more info about your abilities to know if that happens... like your elasticity, what kind of jumper you are, if you're more of a power jumper or elastic (if you gain a lot of inches on your VJ from a running start vs. a standing vert jump), what kind of plyos did you do - if any etc.

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Overspeed sprinting
« on: December 06, 2010, 05:58:47 am »
I wonder what happens if you do a downhill sprint followed immediately by an uphill sprint. Like a \_/ running slope.

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It just is much more natural... I have no idea exactly why, but...

I feel it's a more "complete" extension. In the clean I feel getting the bar to the chest instead of "throwing the bar over the head" is a "partial movement", like you have to stop from the extension. I know that's not the case, but that's how I feel about it.

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Hip flexors
« on: December 06, 2010, 05:53:24 am »
Yeah you bring some good points and I agree with you... more hip flexor work is imperative for good single leg jumping and sprinting, and it is indeed ignored. The problem is - most people aren't going to be limited by that. That's why the squats and strength movements still are the basic foundation of training.

It's interesting you mention the dumbbell BSS variant - I just did that yesterday and I have such sore glutes today you can't believe. Not much hamstring soreness though but probably the weight wasn't that much to challenge my hams which are very strong anyway. It also depends what kind of a stance you use when you do them (how much of a step forwards you take with the working leg).

If you look at Ced Norman, he does a lot of hip flexor training stuff, usually working with ankle weights to overload the legs a bit and make them heavier for exercises like leg raises etc.

Still, you can't say the quads aren't important, because the quads prevent the knee collapse in the amortization phase. That manages the amount of speed you can use in your plants which is extremely important in terms of elastic accumulation.

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I for one feel the snatch as a much more natural body movement than a clean.

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new squat stim:

while naked outside, after unracking the new PR weight, someone unleashes the mosquitos/bee swarm right as you you hit depth.

level-7.

That, or they release a death-sentenced gay rapist behind you when you're at the ... bottom so to speak.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: December 04, 2010, 06:51:56 am »
test.

<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tOSy1hVLVQQ?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tOSy1hVLVQQ?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>

First dunk was great, so much power put into that dunk and it was a tomahawk of some sort... not just a basic dunk. Definitely looking much better than the regular dunks.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: December 03, 2010, 09:45:38 pm »
Those are some long ass nets!

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: funny / horrible training videos
« on: December 03, 2010, 07:18:22 pm »
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pwcFeYHXJE" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pwcFeYHXJE</a>

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Yeah interestingly enough, with a heavier bar that's not the issue as much as it is with a lighter bar. A heavier bar kind of digs itself more into my upperback and delts, while a lighter bar I need to hold it more with my arms...

The bar still slowly slips on my back as my set goes on, so I hurry up on my set to finish it before the bar is too low and I need to drop it, which would basically mean I would be kicked out of the gym probably and that would be it.

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Yeah I think the biggest issue is mental focus... sometimes my mind just wanders around instead of focusing on the "hey, you have a heavy bar on your back" thing. Very dangerous and stupid. But ... it happens, I can't help it. Still, in my last squat workout I did squats with 110 and it went very well.

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  The kid in the video is just learning and in an exaggerated position at the bottom, long torso and short legs- you can stay very upright and get deep, short torso and long legs- youre going to have to create some forward lean to get to the same depth.  Trying to stay perfectly straight up and down and go deep for someone with a short torso/long leg body type is going to be murder on the knees. 

 You didnt look too far forward on your latest squats at all, it looked alot better than the previous high bar ones you posted, that squat is going to suit your body type much better and allow you to go deeper without killing your knees.

Well incidentally, I have lower back pain now, and I've had it two weeks ago as well, from the squats. And I feel like I'm bending forward a lot. Flip is doing the same as well, he's lucky he has the shoulder or whatever (pec) flexibility to get his palms over the bar and hold it as he's supposed to but other than that... he kind of bends a lot at the waist when doing the low bar squats.

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Well I could but... it feels weird, I mean, to lift the heels just so I can squat narrower instead of squatting wider not to lift the heels.

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