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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: April 04, 2013, 03:08:51 pm »
Quote from: UAcompression on April 04, 2013, 03:02:36 pm
it seems like your descent on the SVJs are too tense.  it should be more of a natural descent that kind of correlates to the best depth jump u can do.  like if it's too tense or fast or too soft and relax you won't get the most out of it.  that's why the best jumps are always done when you are not trying to jump your highest... when you are just in the moment...

probably true. that's certainly subjectively true, my best jumps feel "looser" than average.

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Bios / Re: Animals
« on: April 04, 2013, 01:11:36 pm »


Kidnapped Girl Rescued by Her Magical Lion Friends: http://jezebel.com/5993539/kidnapped-girl-rescued-by-her-magical-lion-friends

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: April 04, 2013, 12:59:57 pm »
+1 million to t0ddday's post and i am trying to incorporate the same thinking into my own training -- it's hard to fight the desire for bigger numbers in the gym when your real goals are elsewhere. these past few months i would have been better off focusing single-mindedly on the squat and getting that up, but i thought i could do it and do some explosive work, too, and the consequence is that i haven't made real progress in either area. having lofty goals is good -- hell, dunking for me is a lofty goal -- but setting the RIGHT goals is more important. hard lesson for my stubborn, thick brain, and i think you and i are kind of alike in that way.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: April 04, 2013, 12:53:34 pm »
thanks to you guys, especially acole. you're right, and i was just thinking that last night, that i basically need to get away from squatting as my central exercise for a while. it isn't working. part of the problem for the last few months has been unavailability of basketball courts. i haven't practiced DLRVJ in literally months. now that the weather is back to being reasonable it's time to find a way to get back on that horse. it's the whole point, after all.

raptor, i like the race car analogy. you made that on fb the other day, right? i saw it somewhere recently.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: April 03, 2013, 09:55:25 pm »
WEIGHT: 177
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: left shoulder, wrist, and elbow, lower back/sacrum
MENTAL STATE: trying hard to focus but not quite all there

- warm up

- rudimentary hops

- jump squat 30 x 3,3

- SVJ x 9
ugh, super unexplosive. all ~25 or a bit below. poor. funny, though, days when i feel good are only an inch or 1.5 higher.

- squat 345 x 0; 250 x 4,4
warm ups felt good but only went halfway down on the 345, i would surely have failed it. did the 250s as paused reps.

- OHP x 0
left shoulder wigging out and i need someone to show me how to do these. i don't get it.

- DB OHP 40s x 4
shoulder still not happy

- paused DB bench 50s x 5
whatever, but i did it so logging it

- S1: band resisted reverse crunch x 10
- S1: pull up x 7,7,6,6
- S1 info: 4 rounds, 30s between exercises

- stretch

what the hell, why am i so broken. the low back thing i think is fallout from the PR on monday, think it took a little more out of me than i wanted to believe at the time. oh well.

going on a short vacation on friday that will probably include some basketball and definitely some hiking.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: April 03, 2013, 04:40:07 pm »
Quote from: UAcompression on April 03, 2013, 03:54:28 pm
it is certainly a good idea.  and calves.  since he is posterior chain dominant jumper...

question- do leg extensions help the quads?

lol'd in real life.

also, true about front squats. although it's funny, my quads certainly don't lack size. maybe i just don't activate them very well, or something?

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: April 03, 2013, 10:39:31 am »
no comments on the jump videos?

last night:

WEIGHT: ???
SORENESS: calves, soleus
ACHES/INJURIES: back not aching or hurting but feels a little weak
MENTAL STATE: very tired, otherwise okay

- SMR/stretch x 45 mins

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: April 02, 2013, 11:11:01 am »
yep, took vid yesterday as a matter of fact. there are some earlier ones, too.

last night:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8TDxpgiTlI" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8TDxpgiTlI</a>

last november:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkGWtN9Kwpc" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkGWtN9Kwpc</a>

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: April 02, 2013, 10:14:01 am »
@entropy: gary had the most amazing clean grip overhead squats. blew my mind.

@vag: yeah, i don't get it either.

@raptor: that has the ring of verisimilitude.

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: beast
« on: April 02, 2013, 12:34:35 am »
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43pIkeA_ZZg" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43pIkeA_ZZg</a>

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: The PR's/PB's, videos, pictures, and daily achievements thread
« on: April 01, 2013, 10:35:43 pm »
squat 360 x 1.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: April 01, 2013, 10:34:32 pm »
well i'm still just using it to warm up. some days i can get under 225, other days not.

WEIGHT: 177
SORENESS: calves, soleus
ACHES/INJURIES: right ITB, near outside of knee. knee around medial head of the tibia.
MENTAL STATE: stressed out, angry, had a frustrating day at work. uncoordinated -- dropped a clip twice while loading/unloading weights.

- warm up

- ankle hops x 30,30

- rudimentary hops

- jump squat 30 x 3,3

- SVJ x 3,3,3
trying to chunk it up a little more. these were bad, ~25 but felt more unexplosive than usual.

- squat 335 x 1; 360 x 1 PR; 290 x 4,4
well, how about that. i didn't feel great, not sure why i decided to go for it. but a buddy confirmed that depth was well below parallel. it was a touch slow but never got stuck. cool.

- push press 115 x 4,4; 140 x 4
need to work on form. start from the rack. lighter weights until i figure it out. another dude was doing picture-perfect push presses and i was just like, well, i should at least TRY to do them better. AELS4LYFE.

- C1: pull up x 7,7,6,6
- C1a: GHR x 4
- C1b: hyper 60 x 10
- C1: ab pull down x 20
- C1 info: 4 rounds, ~30s between exercises. alternated a/b.

- stretch

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Basketball / Re: NCAA tournament
« on: March 31, 2013, 07:42:37 pm »
well that game ended horribly for duke, but my heart goes out to that kid. some marcus lattimore shit. awful.

the floor is above the seats because it's on a platform -- the sweet 16 and onward are played in football stadiums.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: March 30, 2013, 07:13:54 pm »
WEIGHT: 177.5
SORENESS: none (surprisingly)
ACHES/INJURIES: still noticing right hip but barely  :highfive:
MENTAL STATE: kind of groggy, low energy

- warm up

- rudimentary hops

- S1: SVJ x 3,3,3
- S1: jump squat 30 x 3,3
- S1 info: ~2 mins rest between exercises. jumps were all bad.

- squat 345 x 1; 280 x 4,4
got stuck halfway up on the single but was never in real danger of losing the rep. form solid despite having to force my way through the middle of the rep.

- push press 140 x 4,4
second set better

- C1: pull up x 7,6,6,6
- C1: ab pull down x 20
- C1: GHR x 3
- C1 info: 4 rounds, ~30-60s rest

- stretch

sooooo unexplosive today. better luck on monday.

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Basketball / NCAA tournament
« on: March 30, 2013, 10:21:10 am »
I went to Michigan and grew up loving Duke. Last night got pretty close to basketball nirvana for me.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K67B4i8cVc8" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K67B4i8cVc8</a>

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