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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: A few videos from yesterday
« on: July 13, 2010, 03:58:02 pm »
A picture from yesterday:
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Lower back soreness from 2-leg bounds
« on: July 13, 2010, 03:04:51 pm »
I did today a handful of sets of two-leg bounds (consecutive broad jumps) and I noticed my lower back was "full of blood" or had "the pump" while doing them... which makes me think I might be using the lower back as the primary hip extensor for some reason.
Any ideas? Is that normal (the feeling)?
Any ideas? Is that normal (the feeling)?
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Article & Video Discussion / Re: LD ISOS
« on: July 13, 2010, 09:55:21 am »
Held them for 5 minutes... right...? 
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Article & Video Discussion / Re: LD ISOS
« on: July 13, 2010, 07:49:26 am »
Well I did those in the past...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMEH2u0N-lY
But for 20 seconds... more of yielding isometrics. I have no idea if they did anything. Maybe they improve the "isometric" control so to speak... make you more aware of how much can you tense isometrically. That could have a carryover in a one-leg jump where you contract isometrically your jumping leg to plant.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMEH2u0N-lY
But for 20 seconds... more of yielding isometrics. I have no idea if they did anything. Maybe they improve the "isometric" control so to speak... make you more aware of how much can you tense isometrically. That could have a carryover in a one-leg jump where you contract isometrically your jumping leg to plant.
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Article & Video Discussion / Re: LD ISOS
« on: July 13, 2010, 03:58:27 am »
So you read 51 pages of that thread? 
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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: A few videos from yesterday
« on: July 13, 2010, 03:26:36 am »
Yeah, I have only myself to blame. The funny thing is that I don't really enjoy eating... I find it a snobism, a thing that rich people do (talk about eating) to make them look "cool" and to show they are rich etc. In fact, I hate pretty much everything about food in general... one things that you must never do if you meet me (and I mean that) is try to make me eat something you want me to eat... that's basically a red flag from me and I feel like killing you (I think my blood pressure rises to extreme levels). So, you know... 
So judging by this ^^^ it should be "easier" to lose fat. I'm probably just not disciplined enough to do interval runs etc, but I'll see what I can do from today on. I plan on alternating 2-leg bounds with sprints (in the same set), so I see what happens.
So judging by this ^^^ it should be "easier" to lose fat. I'm probably just not disciplined enough to do interval runs etc, but I'll see what I can do from today on. I plan on alternating 2-leg bounds with sprints (in the same set), so I see what happens.
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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: A few videos from yesterday
« on: July 12, 2010, 04:07:35 pm »
Yup... for my RL plant I kind of try to make it look good... I'm getting up fine though, about 75 cm I think. But there's a big difference in between a small ball and a "big" ball in terms of technique (expected, but nonetheless annoying).
My one-leg jump hasn't increased in the last two years or so though... despite the gains in strength. I think one way into that is cutting the bodyfat a bit...
My one-leg jump hasn't increased in the last two years or so though... despite the gains in strength. I think one way into that is cutting the bodyfat a bit...
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Pics, Videos, & Links / A few videos from yesterday
« on: July 12, 2010, 12:36:59 pm »
A few vids from yesterday, notice the differences in the gather with the mini ball and the size 5 ball:
One leg dunk with size 5 ball: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-Sbr7Q7wzc
One-leg dunk from the side: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4x38vKZR6NY
Silly pirouette dunk mini-ball: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-sX7X-lGTo
Silly pirouette dunk size 5 ball: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylJiEKJsII8
Two-footed dunk with mini-ball RL plant: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS1cemQ6I8I
Two-footed dunk with mini-ball LR plant: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ykADt4v1jA
Two-footed dunk with size 5 ball: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prLmEfDEZPM (note the difference in the arm swings with a bigger ball, the speed difference, the amount of compression occuring in the plant etc)
Standing vert mini-ball dunk from the side: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jClyR8gxAE
One leg dunk with size 5 ball: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-Sbr7Q7wzc
One-leg dunk from the side: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4x38vKZR6NY
Silly pirouette dunk mini-ball: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-sX7X-lGTo
Silly pirouette dunk size 5 ball: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylJiEKJsII8
Two-footed dunk with mini-ball RL plant: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS1cemQ6I8I
Two-footed dunk with mini-ball LR plant: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ykADt4v1jA
Two-footed dunk with size 5 ball: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prLmEfDEZPM (note the difference in the arm swings with a bigger ball, the speed difference, the amount of compression occuring in the plant etc)
Standing vert mini-ball dunk from the side: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jClyR8gxAE
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Introduce Yourself / Re: Hello
« on: July 06, 2010, 09:10:55 am »
I prefer to waste my seeds only on special forums in my heart... or something
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Article & Video Discussion / Re: Interesting Glute article
« on: July 04, 2010, 05:23:23 pm »
In my opinion, and it seems that I'm alone in this - if you're a one-leg jumper you can get away without having too much posterior chain strength if you have great quad strength. If you are able to transform the horizontal movement into a vertical movement, and that's done with the help of the quads, then you can use a long run-up in which you build up speed (and therefore you have initial force) and then just switch it vertically.
If you run fast towards the plant point and are able not to collapse at the knee, I don't think you need that much posterior chain strength to jump very high.
If you run fast towards the plant point and are able not to collapse at the knee, I don't think you need that much posterior chain strength to jump very high.
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Performance Training Blog / Re: Verkhoshansky Notes - Methods, Ideology, Gems, & Forum Responses
« on: June 28, 2010, 04:48:38 am »
This is a gem of a thread.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: THE DREAM JOURNAL
« on: June 25, 2010, 05:13:16 am »
What's the difference?
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_hvheeNKJU" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_hvheeNKJU</a>
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arjansammani
2 months ago
lol, i didn't know "coon" was an insult.
I was in america once with my friend Koen (pronounced as coon)? and i kept shouting koen at him becuase he couldnt here me in the bus. There's this black (gangster) person sitting next to me, and he looked f*ing pissed. I thought he was gonna kill me;p
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: THE DREAM JOURNAL
« on: June 25, 2010, 04:32:53 am »
I hope you mean a real, living animal and not a "niggar 'coon".
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: THE DREAM JOURNAL
« on: June 25, 2010, 03:36:16 am »
Well the most scary ones are the repetitive ones.
The most times I've had a dream was related to the subway where two trains collide or something bad happens. I dreamed this more than 10 times.
Another often happening nightmare is the one where I walk on the street and a huge storm comes and gets me off the ground through the air. I've also have this one for several times.
I also had, for a few times, the one where I drive a car... weird.
The most times I've had a dream was related to the subway where two trains collide or something bad happens. I dreamed this more than 10 times.
Another often happening nightmare is the one where I walk on the street and a huge storm comes and gets me off the ground through the air. I've also have this one for several times.
I also had, for a few times, the one where I drive a car... weird.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: THE DREAM JOURNAL
« on: June 25, 2010, 03:25:10 am »
I had a dream last night that I went to a party with Nightfly and some other people in a car, and the party was being held in an abandoned industrial zone. Everything broken down etc.
So we entered the "building" and we were given, each one of us, one wooden baby dummy. The guy who gave it to us told us that we need it later when we're going to break beer bottles with it (?).
And then as the party went on I started to feel strange, a lot of weird punkers and people with drugs were there, so I wanted to leave. Moving on through the building I entered a room, a gigantic room that looked like a supermarket, and there were just TURTLES with names attached to them on the neck, and also leashes around the neck. Those were former people that used to party in that building and they were transformed into turtles.
So once I entered the room all the turtles started moving and falling off the shelves and coming towards me. The end.
So we entered the "building" and we were given, each one of us, one wooden baby dummy. The guy who gave it to us told us that we need it later when we're going to break beer bottles with it (?).
And then as the party went on I started to feel strange, a lot of weird punkers and people with drugs were there, so I wanted to leave. Moving on through the building I entered a room, a gigantic room that looked like a supermarket, and there were just TURTLES with names attached to them on the neck, and also leashes around the neck. Those were former people that used to party in that building and they were transformed into turtles.
So once I entered the room all the turtles started moving and falling off the shelves and coming towards me. The end.