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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: 3x8 or 3x5?
« on: November 05, 2010, 04:20:24 am »
Why?
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Leg power and jumping universal statistic
« on: November 05, 2010, 04:19:58 am »
If Verk didn't have it, there's like 0% chance of anybody else having it.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: 3x8 or 3x5?
« on: November 04, 2010, 07:09:10 am »
Well my plan is to eat a lot and strength train for ~3 months and then start to cut off fat.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: 3x8 or 3x5?
« on: November 03, 2010, 06:33:10 pm »
Yeah, I'd be terribly disappointed to gain 100 lbs on my squat while packing 32.5 lbs more weight on me. 
I'd be at ~100 kg squatting ~185.
I'd be at ~100 kg squatting ~185.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: 3x8 or 3x5?
« on: November 03, 2010, 05:28:19 pm »
I definitely don't want to cut muscle, I want to cut FAT! 
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: 3x8 or 3x5?
« on: November 03, 2010, 04:38:43 pm »
Um... so how do all these apply for me? 
In my book, I don't give a rat's ass if I gain even more fat RIGHT NOW. I will later. The thing is gaining strength and I will work on shedding fat later. That's the idea. Build the muscle. Keep the muscle. Lose the fat. Improve relative strength.
In my book, I don't give a rat's ass if I gain even more fat RIGHT NOW. I will later. The thing is gaining strength and I will work on shedding fat later. That's the idea. Build the muscle. Keep the muscle. Lose the fat. Improve relative strength.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Leg power and jumping universal statistic
« on: November 03, 2010, 09:05:27 am »
I don't think that's ever been done. Too much info needed for an "unimportant" subject at the planetary level.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: My calves.
« on: November 03, 2010, 04:41:47 am »
Wayne Clark has huge calves. He jumps 50 inches.
There's also this bald guy in the gym with huge calves, he can jump 10 inches.
I think great calf strength is key when you couple them with great hip strength. At the same time, if you apply great upperleg strength (quad/glute) into the ground it has to travel through the calves to get there. They can't help but adapt (grow).
So increasing your squat and applying that new strength into the field (plyos, dunking, playing etc) should have a carryover into calf hypertrophy as well. It's going to take time though.
There's also this bald guy in the gym with huge calves, he can jump 10 inches.
I think great calf strength is key when you couple them with great hip strength. At the same time, if you apply great upperleg strength (quad/glute) into the ground it has to travel through the calves to get there. They can't help but adapt (grow).
So increasing your squat and applying that new strength into the field (plyos, dunking, playing etc) should have a carryover into calf hypertrophy as well. It's going to take time though.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Leg power and jumping universal statistic
« on: November 03, 2010, 04:37:59 am »
I don't think that's the case... I don't think this exists. Your best bet is to increase your strength since it's the most modifiable quality in terms of athleticism (your structure stays fixed, your explosiveness in terms of quickness is pretty much genetic with a very low training gain threshold). You can only really affect strength and movement efficiency to improve your athleticism. Well, that and bodyfat %.
It's hard to make a direct correlation because of biodiversity and other factors involved, like the ones above. But I think it's safe to say that unless you squat 2x+, your strength will be a limiting factor.
If that kind of answers the question.
It's hard to make a direct correlation because of biodiversity and other factors involved, like the ones above. But I think it's safe to say that unless you squat 2x+, your strength will be a limiting factor.
If that kind of answers the question.
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Volleyball / Re: Mireya Luis - female volleyball player great vertical jump
« on: November 02, 2010, 06:22:43 pm »
Wasn't Sotomayor from Cuba as well?
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: 3x8 or 3x5?
« on: November 02, 2010, 06:13:57 pm »
If you look at 0:13, your wrists are straight over the bar. I can't have that. If my wrists are to be over the bar, then they have to be bent at perpendicular to the bar (bent to the maximum amount if you will). Otherwise, if I were to keep them straight like you do at 0:13, they'd be much lower than the bar. I have no idea what that means in terms of flexibility... maybe... what... shoulder inflexibility? I kind of feel the strain in the scapulae as well if I am to force things up.
I tried things with a wider grip and it was actually worse because my wrists came at an angle vs. the bar instead of straight "up". There's also the BAD (very, very bad) issue of the bar slipping on my t-shirt on my back and loading the arms. It doesn't sink into anything, it just slips down my back so I have to struggle to keep it there. I tried raising my elbows, contracting my back, doing all kinds of things to prevent that but the truth is that I really have to work fast and finish my set before the bar slips so much that it destroys my arms completely.
PS. You have the meat to let the bar sink into something
I tried things with a wider grip and it was actually worse because my wrists came at an angle vs. the bar instead of straight "up". There's also the BAD (very, very bad) issue of the bar slipping on my t-shirt on my back and loading the arms. It doesn't sink into anything, it just slips down my back so I have to struggle to keep it there. I tried raising my elbows, contracting my back, doing all kinds of things to prevent that but the truth is that I really have to work fast and finish my set before the bar slips so much that it destroys my arms completely.
PS. You have the meat to let the bar sink into something
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News, Announcements, & Suggestions / Re: Random adarq.org website news
« on: November 02, 2010, 06:08:20 pm »
Damn, adarqui flooding his own server in order to brag!
Talk about marketing techniques!
Talk about marketing techniques!
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Introduce Yourself / Re: Hey guys
« on: November 02, 2010, 06:07:29 pm »
So... what... your last name isn't Marshall isn't it? 
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: 3x8 or 3x5?
« on: November 02, 2010, 05:57:36 pm »
Well I'd appreciate any ideas in terms of what stretches to do for ... whatever it is that is keeping me from getting confortable into position. I'll read through Starting Strength more as it talks about this. I guess pec stretches, shoulder dislocations and stuff like that?
I mean, I can't really figure out what is keeping this situation into occuring, what is the inflexible muscle etc or if it's just my build itself that causes it (long arms/forearms/palms). But since my right arm has visibly less strain in it since I shoot with it (equally weird I must say), then it has to be flexibility to some extent.
I mean, I can't really figure out what is keeping this situation into occuring, what is the inflexible muscle etc or if it's just my build itself that causes it (long arms/forearms/palms). But since my right arm has visibly less strain in it since I shoot with it (equally weird I must say), then it has to be flexibility to some extent.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: 3x8 or 3x5?
« on: November 02, 2010, 04:41:47 pm »Quote from: adarqui
just saying, you can eat cleaner & gain muscle without putting on very much fat at all, you just need to eat more of the right kinds of foods (eggs/meat/chicken/milk/protein supp/green veggies) & less of the bad kinds of foods (junk/sugars/huge servings of pasta/bread etc).
That's exactly the plan. And to keep the insulin levels low. If I do it right, I could possibly lose fat and gain muscle at the same time as I have a lot of fat to lose. The thing is - I find eating overrated and pure marketing. I don't believe one bit in nutrition. I feel like the body will take what it needs from whatever food and you're going to look the same no matter what.
THE REAL PROBLEM is that my left elbow is in severe pain because of the low bar squats... I couldn't finish my workout today because of it. There is continuous pain because I can't get the palm over the bar in the low bar position without extreme strain in the wrist (which is bent beyond belief) and elbow (which is stretched beyond belief).