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Injury, Prehab, & Rehab talk for the brittlebros / Re: Lower back injuries and olympic lifts
« on: July 21, 2011, 11:29:19 am »
fair enough
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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: funny / horrible training videos
« on: July 21, 2011, 11:28:55 am »
don't get why you put that one here, raptor.
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MOVIES & ENTERTAINMENT & SHeeT! / Re: The Paleo Diet
« on: July 21, 2011, 11:24:24 am »
fuck you bitch, get the fuck out of here. don't care if you're a bot or whatever the fuck these newfangled trolling machines are called. still addressing you directly. get. the. fuck. out.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Who would jump higher and why?
« on: July 21, 2011, 11:23:17 am »
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Injury, Prehab, & Rehab talk for the brittlebros / Re: Lower back injuries and olympic lifts
« on: July 21, 2011, 10:56:23 am »
@steven-miller: surely you have seen countless people in the gym doing dead lifts, power cleans and power snatches that are really more like standing back extensions, sometimes with a flourish (the latter two). maybe i've got a biased sample because i go to a crossfit-happy gym and some of the form there is just, well, it's just awful.
of course your low back muscles can't extend your hips, but they sure can take your upper body from parallel to the ground to perpendicular.
of course your low back muscles can't extend your hips, but they sure can take your upper body from parallel to the ground to perpendicular.
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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: Handstand Pushups
« on: July 20, 2011, 04:39:55 pm »I'm chasing a 300 lb clean and strict press (I think I'm good for 255-260 now) and one of the better assistance lifts I've found are paused handstand pushups on parallettes. I'm still not great at them, but having said that, I do weigh 225 lbs. Thought I'd post up a video of today's top set.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CLWBhbe514
For those of you who know me from the past, I'm not all legs anymore.
Why would you do them instead of a barbell movement?
https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150242346315188
Damien, you have a bad habit of answering with really childish responses to serious meant questions. I was not trolling RJ here, because I am not a troll. I recognized that he is very damn strong in the press and asked why he would do handstand push-ups as assistance instead of light, higher volume presses because of the reason I stated above (better control over resistance). I was not going to imply that you cannot get strong with bodyweight movements. I just think that less ability to control resistance is a disadvantage in many cases, but probably not in this one for the reasons RJ posted. It is also an assistance movement, realize that he does real presses as well.
aaaaand you take shit too seriously sometimes. funny video was funny.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: July 20, 2011, 01:49:19 pm »
also, about chin ups, i've started to adjust to keeping the backs of my legs tight so that my bodyweight doesn't shift under the bar. still feels a little weird but i'm able to get a lot better back/arm ratio in terms of effort.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: July 20, 2011, 12:26:36 pm »
from yesterday. slept like absolute shit last night and i don't know why.
ADD THIS NOTE TO EVERY POST SO YOU KEEP REMEMBERING: JUMP EVERY WORKOUT. IF THERE'S NO SPACE, FIND SPACE.
FOAM ROLL BEFORE EVERY WORKOUT, LACROSSE/TENNIS BALL SMR AFTER EVERY WORKOUT.
STANDING QUAD/HAM/CALF/ITB/PEC STRETCHING THROUGHOUT THE DAY, EVERY HOUR OR SO.
KEEP SWEETS TO A MINIMUM. MOAR PROTEIN. MOAR VEGGIES.
BW = 166.0
SORENESS = none
ACHES/INJURIES = spot of tightness in right quad during sprints but it went away; also hip flexors
FATIGUE = low
- warm up
- sprints
2 @ 60%
2 @ 95%
- DSVJ submax x 5-7
- DLRVJ x ~15
started off bad but got better, ended up jumping pretty well. didn't get that high, mostly 31 range, but felt smooth and reactive in a way i hadn't in a while. CNS was definitely higher than it'd been.
- squat 4 x 9 x 225
easy-peasy, 4-minute rests.
- SS1: chin up x 10,8,7
- SS1: dip x 10,8,7 + 23
- SS1 info: active shoulder but full extension, chest-to-bar on all chin up reps (as i always do them). not even close to 10,10,10. matched dip reps to chin up reps, even though i could have done more. would rather keep them in sync because i think that's nice. fuck you. better luck next time.
- stretch
ADD THIS NOTE TO EVERY POST SO YOU KEEP REMEMBERING: JUMP EVERY WORKOUT. IF THERE'S NO SPACE, FIND SPACE.
FOAM ROLL BEFORE EVERY WORKOUT, LACROSSE/TENNIS BALL SMR AFTER EVERY WORKOUT.
STANDING QUAD/HAM/CALF/ITB/PEC STRETCHING THROUGHOUT THE DAY, EVERY HOUR OR SO.
KEEP SWEETS TO A MINIMUM. MOAR PROTEIN. MOAR VEGGIES.
BW = 166.0
SORENESS = none
ACHES/INJURIES = spot of tightness in right quad during sprints but it went away; also hip flexors
FATIGUE = low
- warm up
- sprints
2 @ 60%
2 @ 95%
- DSVJ submax x 5-7
- DLRVJ x ~15
started off bad but got better, ended up jumping pretty well. didn't get that high, mostly 31 range, but felt smooth and reactive in a way i hadn't in a while. CNS was definitely higher than it'd been.
- squat 4 x 9 x 225
easy-peasy, 4-minute rests.
- SS1: chin up x 10,8,7
- SS1: dip x 10,8,7 + 23
- SS1 info: active shoulder but full extension, chest-to-bar on all chin up reps (as i always do them). not even close to 10,10,10. matched dip reps to chin up reps, even though i could have done more. would rather keep them in sync because i think that's nice. fuck you. better luck next time.
- stretch
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: July 20, 2011, 12:21:03 pm »You're wasting away
Maybe, i'm trying to avoid it though.
I am trying to preserve as much strength and muscle during that ( planned ) weight loss. Have been at the 195+ area for too long , want to see how my jumping will be effected below 190. I will push a bit more , hoping to get a good session ( fully recovered and stimed ) at ~185 before leaving for holidays.
Last night was awesome feeling , i could feel the bounce, loading and releasing like a spring.
It looks like it's going good , weight lowers slowly , waist and bodyfat measurements go down, strength seems good too , my pistol squats ( box and deep ones ) are stronger than ever.
Oh wait , were you just teasing?
what?
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: July 20, 2011, 09:50:20 am »
You're wasting away
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Article & Video Discussion / Re: BoingTerd : Program Coming Soon! Only @ ADARQ.org, FREE :: BoingTerd > BoingVert
« on: July 19, 2011, 02:49:32 pm »
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Barefoot training
« on: July 19, 2011, 02:44:10 pm »I read and heard a lot of stuff about barefoot training. Is it really that beneficial? Sometimes here in my apartment room, I like doing stationary plyo stuff like single leg tuck jumps and stuff.
Would doing these exercises barefoot be beneficial?
probably, but take it slow.
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How about practicing jump approach and technique barefoot?
Thanks.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Max Out on Squats Every Day: John Broz Method?.
« on: July 19, 2011, 02:37:24 pm »
long-term steady-state training and technique training are nothing like strength training. it's very, very different to swim every day or to make 1000 jumpers than to work up to a daily max squat.
if you want to get fast, do you think you should sprint ME every day? i mean, i defer to adarq and lance on this because they know 80 billion times more than i do, but that shit doesn't make sense.
if you want to get fast, do you think you should sprint ME every day? i mean, i defer to adarq and lance on this because they know 80 billion times more than i do, but that shit doesn't make sense.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Max Out on Squats Every Day: John Broz Method?.
« on: July 18, 2011, 05:42:40 pm »
and, if i could just add, beginners will have a hard time with that because beginners' (and many intermediates', i'm certainly included in this) form is unstable at best and shitty at worst.
working up to a max can be dangerous, i see nasty-looking shit all the time with people at my gym, even trying for heavy sets of five or whatever.
not disagreeing with lance, just saying, don't be stupid and know your limits before you try to push them.
working up to a max can be dangerous, i see nasty-looking shit all the time with people at my gym, even trying for heavy sets of five or whatever.
not disagreeing with lance, just saying, don't be stupid and know your limits before you try to push them.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Max Out on Squats Every Day: John Broz Method?.
« on: July 18, 2011, 01:46:17 pm »
can't argue with the results. also can't argue with high-quality one-on-one coaching, selecting cream-of-the-crop athletes and perfecting technique before embarking on anything that intense.