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Quote from: LBSS on June 28, 2012, 09:40:04 am

empirical evidence for benefit from ankle taping is scanty at best.

pretty general remark bro, in which case in particular? Preventative? Rehab? Chronic? Etc.

all of the above. after i got my third ankle sprain a few years ago i started doing research and stuff -- which is what eventually led me to start working out in a structured/serious way -- and pretty much every paper i ever found on the subject was ambivalent or plainly negative on the effects of taping. there's either no difference from placebo (i.e. tape placed haphazardly) or no difference from an untaped state.

at some point i even came across a paper theorizing that tape could even negatively affect re-injury rates by providing a false sense of security.

that doesn't stop people from doing it and taking it really seriously, and i'm just a random guy on the internet who did a bunch of pubmed searches a few years ago. who knows, maybe all those NBA and NFL trainers are onto something. but nothing i found indicated that there's much there there.

ETA: the title of that video, "Why Front Squats are Better for Athletes," indicates that the person making the video may be retarded. any such categorical statement (see harvey's recent "you will notice that sprinters are massive athletes" for another example) is likely to be broscientific.

yeah man your jump stop on the DLRVJ is worse than mine. drives me nuts that you still jump significantly higher than i do. 

my guess is that if you improved your plant on the DLRVJ you'd get a lot higher.

BW = ???
SORENESS = none
ACHES/INJURIES = head, left elbow right after the end of the workout but only for a few minutes
FATIGUE = low

- SS1: jump rope skill work
- SS1: stretching/mobility
- SS1 info: 30 minutes. alternate between skill work (crossovers, transition between double-unders and single-unders) and stretching/mobility.

- OH throw 2 x 3 x 30

weird about the elbow. it's the same discomfort i had last fall and again a few months ago from squatting, but all i did today with my arms was turn the rope and do a few band pull-aparts and dislocates. whatever, it's fine now.

it is hot.

BW = 169
SORENESS = chest, lats a tiny bit
ACHES/INJURIES = left achilles
FATIGUE = low

- warm up

- DLRVJ x ~12
pretty terrible but not as catastrophic as the other day. topped out at 32 but most 31-31.5.

- pogo 2 x 5

- stiff leg ankle hop x 40

- jump squat 2 x 3 x 95

- squat 3 x 5 x 285
challenging

- dip x 10+3+3+3 x +25
i forget whether i did a fourth backoff set

- pull up x 10+3+3+3+1 x bw

- ab pull down 5 x 15
choke the band more next time

- stretch

that's a wall-walk jump. He said-wrote it clearly. He'll never squatdr anyone, that's for sure.

did you think i was serious?

that squat is a thing of a beauty.

The hardest bit is always finding an indoor court that isn't packed.

amen.

BW = ???
SORENESS = traps (?)
ACHES/INJURIES = none
FATIGUE = low

- warm up
incl 3-step SLRVJ x 8, got second set of 4 on camera but obviously it was the shittier set. also incl DSVJ.

- DLRVJ x 10
shite, just pure unadulterated shite

- jump squat 2 x 3 x 95

- squat 3 x 5 x 275

- dip 10+3+3+2 x +25

- pull up 10+3+3 x bw
 

- ab pull down 3 x 15

- stretch

- bit o' jump rope

taking the day off work as a comp day for my trip. have a ton of errands to do and suchlike so i figured i'd go in the morning. jumping was awful although i think i PR'd on the SLRVJ. turns out limiting myself to a 3-step approach is good. will post compilation video later. i know i keep saying that. but DLRVJ was just awful, slow, unexplosive, barely above 30.