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launch pad only. i can do more max SVJ landings with this tool. the landing stress is reduced significantly.
http://www.gerstung.us/gerstung_resilient_boards.html
Which one do you have of those two? I'm seriously interested in ordering one. My ankle/shin could really use something that reduces the stress of landings. Thanks!
A 5lb weight cut shouldn't really poop on your strength. Back in the olden days when I was around your weight, I wouldn't notice a drop in strength until i lost around 10-15lbs.
Yeah true. I think I was saying that more because sometimes I feel like I'm stalling hard on my lifts for a while (last week was an exception) so I felt like if I cut down, I would drop strength. It would be cool to keep my theoretical squat max of 455 at a bodyweight of 195. I'd be okay with dropping down even to a 440 max though.
I don't see anybody with a gun at your head forcing you to make them all ME. Do them submaximally. Submax bounds focused on movement mechanics is a SKILL exercise which suits repetition and grooving. It's not a maximal effort it's decidedly submax. You can do thousands of them.
You practice them, get better at the SKILL of bounding, and you find out that covering the same distance takes less effort. Which means your movement efficiency improved and now, with the effort that you used the first time you did them, you can cover MORE distance and therefore you jump higher.
Why can't you see them as any other exercise? Why can't you just do a test, a maximal one, and say you get an average of 2.5 meters per bound, for 4 bounds. You put 4 cones at 2 meters and practice them for shorter distances, that will ensure fluidity in the movement using the correct mechanics, instead of crashing after each one (you don't do that anyway, I do that).
Then once per week or every two weeks you can try a ME set again, see where you're at.
Anyway, good luck.
Still thanks for the inspiration. If I get into the 180s I'll owe you... Only thing holding me back... The opposite sex doesn't exactly adore me when my cheeks start looking gaunt and my shirts are not filled out. And they voice it. Lol quite a sacrifice.
^ yes. all my maintenance reps aside from 1RM testing a while ago are all paused. im trying to keep my strength while doing more speed and jump drills. BW also went down from 188-192 to 172-174lb while improving my paused rep to 425x1.
i like paused reps. trains me to really explode and go all out really quick. non-explosive paused rep will slow down too much and get me pinned nicely.
Yeah, that's REALLY impressive weight loss. And it's pretty much exactly what I am trying to achieve right now. A few questions? Was it just diet? How far down did you cut your calories? Did you up protein intake? While cutting the weight you were able to maintain close to your maxes just by doing the ramp up singles? How much did you have to cut the volume when you were in negative energy balance? And finally, did you add any additional cardio? I am pretty anti-cardio but was considering something low impact like swimming to add a little energy expenditure and get the weight coming off a little faster. Thanks.
Damn that looked very fast/easy for a 1RM I think you had that 455lbs in you for sure!
does it measure vert or is it just a launch pad?
