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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Party's Over!
« on: November 14, 2015, 07:09:56 pm »
I'm at 100-101 cm at the top of belly button.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: November 14, 2015, 03:03:21 pm »
Yeah well it depends on a lot of things... like how bent the knees are, the stance width etc. Weirdly enough, I feel better activation with the legs straight, but I'm speaking in general terms, not during the hip thrusts themselves (like if I try in bed to activate the glutes, I activate them much better with the legs straight than with the knees bent). Theoretically, the more the knees are bent the less the hamstrings contribute since you're putting them close to active insufficiency, but... the reality is that the glutes really really work well when the legs are straight. Whatever.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: November 14, 2015, 01:59:24 pm »
I use two big sponges and sometimes even an aerobic mat over them.
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Article & Video Discussion / Re: BoingVert - It's a SECRET SOCIETY - Boing Vert - How to jump like T-dub
« on: November 14, 2015, 10:36:22 am »
Well that should prime the posterior chain, in principle.
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Article & Video Discussion / Re: BoingVert - It's a SECRET SOCIETY - Boing Vert - How to jump like T-dub
« on: November 13, 2015, 08:41:57 am »
True. He also had some good ideas, beyond his crazy ones.
Btw... do you think he was trolling in that answer above? I don't think he was, I think he was genuinely replying. Hence why you put your response like that after that post. lel
Btw... do you think he was trolling in that answer above? I don't think he was, I think he was genuinely replying. Hence why you put your response like that after that post. lel
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: J_Mckinney08's Powerlifting Journal
« on: November 13, 2015, 08:41:08 am »
Do you use suicide grip on the bench presses? Here pretty much everybody does.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: November 13, 2015, 08:36:36 am »
Why does "pay" have "paid" and "play" have "played"?
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Article & Video Discussion / Re: BoingVert - It's a SECRET SOCIETY - Boing Vert - How to jump like T-dub
« on: November 12, 2015, 04:54:52 pm »Yeah I changed to my real name.
It is an effective exercise but since I was maxing out I compromised form except for the third repetition. Yeah I used to sometimes put my feet on 10lb plates to get that extra achilles tendon involved, so wearing jumpsoles would be good. I usually just do these standing now, excpet I haven't done much lifting this summer since I've been doing bounding + sofa and vert been skyrocketing so doesn't matter. But today I did them again and I like them because I can target the vastus lateralis very well but can't in lunges or anything else as much. You can also rotate the bar as you lift it up, it's tremendous.
Another great variation is once I lift the weight up, I drop it down as fast as possible witout letting it hit the floor (pretty much my feet temporarily leave the floor while hips drop) and this rips up everything quite well, then jump back up. Can do that with lunges, squats, anything as long as the load is moderate and you don't kill yourself.
In all honesty though, that the running vertical jump lift is just a nitpicky way to train slightly more specifically. You'll get similar results in squats except glute/ham activation better with this
This is also amazing.
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Article & Video Discussion / Re: BoingVert - It's a SECRET SOCIETY - Boing Vert - How to jump like T-dub
« on: November 12, 2015, 04:15:32 pm »
Shouldn't this thread be bumped? You know, just for fun?
I was reading through it and I was like "hey, this might actually work". I like this the most:
I therefore recommend starting to re-read this thread beginning with the first post.
EDIT: Fucking shit, I forgot how much of a genius adarqui sometimes (usually) is - even in my current death-like mental state I still laughed like crazy hahaha
You guys really really need to re-read this thread, especially the first post haha
I was reading through it and I was like "hey, this might actually work". I like this the most:
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Secret society exercise #2. Riding a 6 foot unicycle
In the words of Alex Maroko, this exercise is awesome. I was told that it has to be a 6 foot unicycle, in order to trick the CNS into thinking you are 45+ inches off the ground, which helps to rewire your cns and give you a new sense of kinesthesia, making your current vert feel like easy work. You must also not wear a helmet, because this causes the fight or flight response to kick in and helps to enlarge the adrenals so that you can produce more adrenaline when dunking. Another interesting aspect of this exercise, is that if you pull back on the pedal stroke, it really hits the hip flexors hard blu, real hard. This will help you land BTL's alot easier with your new vert, as now you can explosive hip flex at elite levels and get the ball between your legs much easier.
I therefore recommend starting to re-read this thread beginning with the first post.
EDIT: Fucking shit, I forgot how much of a genius adarqui sometimes (usually) is - even in my current death-like mental state I still laughed like crazy hahaha
You guys really really need to re-read this thread, especially the first post haha
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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: beast
« on: November 12, 2015, 08:16:27 am »
Ivan Pedroso over 9m (yes, he stepped on the line, but if he hadn't it was over 9m):
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZG6-1WaxhY" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZG6-1WaxhY</a>
I even had a comment 6 years ago about it:
I even had a comment 6 years ago about it:
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Raptorel 6 years ago
This is a 9.20m jump.
The way the sandboy is putting sand over the place where he landed so nonchalantly is mind-blowing.
To witness a 9.20 jump (albeit not jumping from the right spot) and to do that is mind boggling.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: November 12, 2015, 07:48:27 am »I was about to say that, but you're probably doubling my 1RM at 55 kg. That makes you 2 times stronger than me!
YES, 2 times stronger!!!
Oh wait, 2RM = 1.03*1RM , only 3% stronger, to be double stronger you have to double the weight, not the reps.
Wait, so if you lift my 1RM 10 times you're not 10 times stronger?! Darn it!
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: November 11, 2015, 01:31:00 pm »
I was about to say that, but you're probably doubling my 1RM at 55 kg. That makes you 2 times stronger than me!
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: November 11, 2015, 01:30:01 pm »
I think we can speculate that people that are good at double arm swing bounds are better at accelerating, and people that are better at single arm swing bounds do better at top speeds (where the GCT is lower and strength is less of a factor). Speculation, but a good one IMO.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Scooby 2011 Journal
« on: November 11, 2015, 10:11:24 am »yessssss scooby. keep the t0ddday method going. let the steps flow through you.
Namaste!
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: November 11, 2015, 09:26:44 am »
I have to add some stuff to the discussion:
1) For whatever reason, I could always keep my foot dorsiflexed when I was doing LLLL or RRRR bounds. But whenever I try to do LRLR bounds, I fail miserably. Also the arms play a big role in this - in the LRLR I get my armswing all messed up and I start to move really weird. If you have the arms somewhat straight, you're going to fail. If you have the elbows bent, you will be able to keep the rhythm. Again, in my experience.
LLLL video (this was 6 years ago):
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E71QOrWbyaI" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E71QOrWbyaI</a>
LRLR video - you can see how horrible they look, everything is wrong, they look like primetimes:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ho3JljB4d2Y" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ho3JljB4d2Y</a>
2) What's up with the armswing, by the way? Some people can do single leg bounds really well with a double arm swing, yet when I try to do them I start to rotate around, so I have to do them like Eddie is doing them in that video - single arm. This is also true for 1-leg jumps - if I use a double arm swing I start to rotate to the left, so I use a single arm swing to compensate for that. Not to mention that in a double arm swing jump the jumping leg gets sooooo overloaded from all that "weight" being applied onto it... I guess if I were stronger I could use a double arm swing but I'm not. So IMO a double arm swing jump is more powerful, a single arm swing is "quicker".
I wonder what do you think about these issues?
1) For whatever reason, I could always keep my foot dorsiflexed when I was doing LLLL or RRRR bounds. But whenever I try to do LRLR bounds, I fail miserably. Also the arms play a big role in this - in the LRLR I get my armswing all messed up and I start to move really weird. If you have the arms somewhat straight, you're going to fail. If you have the elbows bent, you will be able to keep the rhythm. Again, in my experience.
LLLL video (this was 6 years ago):
LRLR video - you can see how horrible they look, everything is wrong, they look like primetimes:
2) What's up with the armswing, by the way? Some people can do single leg bounds really well with a double arm swing, yet when I try to do them I start to rotate around, so I have to do them like Eddie is doing them in that video - single arm. This is also true for 1-leg jumps - if I use a double arm swing I start to rotate to the left, so I use a single arm swing to compensate for that. Not to mention that in a double arm swing jump the jumping leg gets sooooo overloaded from all that "weight" being applied onto it... I guess if I were stronger I could use a double arm swing but I'm not. So IMO a double arm swing jump is more powerful, a single arm swing is "quicker".
I wonder what do you think about these issues?