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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Scrawny to Brawny Journal
« on: April 05, 2011, 08:46:12 am »
what have you been eating and when?
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Nature, Wilderness, Hiking, Travel, and Misc Outdoorsy stuff / Re: Norris Hops.
« on: April 05, 2011, 08:40:19 am »
it is in the animal thread. dynamo put it there.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: 22 week offseason plan
« on: April 04, 2011, 05:55:32 pm »
So drop the leg stuff to one day and keep doing the upper body stuff as you're doing it now. Or twice a week if your schedule demands it. Again, keep it as simple as possible until you stop gaining. Then worry about switching it up.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: 22 week offseason plan
« on: April 04, 2011, 03:32:42 pm »
first, just noticed truth about quickness. lol.
second, why get all fancy with blocks? stick with the plan you set up for your gpp block until you stop making gains. which, if you're eating a lot, could be a long time.
second, why get all fancy with blocks? stick with the plan you set up for your gpp block until you stop making gains. which, if you're eating a lot, could be a long time.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: April 04, 2011, 12:59:35 pm »
No time for anything Saturday and Sunday I was traveling all day. Tonight I'm just going to roll, stretch and do some mobility whatnot. Gym starts again tomorrow. Hurray!
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: 22 week offseason plan
« on: April 04, 2011, 12:55:21 pm »For the upper body training, I have no idea what to do. I am trying to get as strong and BIG as possible over my 8-10 strength block
then what to do is to lift heavy, moderate reps, and eat a lot. you know the exercises already.
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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: funny / horrible training videos
« on: April 04, 2011, 10:20:13 am »
For the love of god, please teach whoever does your filming to use the camera properly. Watching 90 degree rotated videos is extremely annoying.
Also, one day I am going to one-up the shit out of this. Actually, that's my new secondary goal. First I will dunk. Then, I will dunk in a suit and tie. On camera, obviously. The background music for the video will be "You Know My Steez" by Gang Starr.
Also, one day I am going to one-up the shit out of this. Actually, that's my new secondary goal. First I will dunk. Then, I will dunk in a suit and tie. On camera, obviously. The background music for the video will be "You Know My Steez" by Gang Starr.
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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: April 04, 2011, 10:09:03 am »
^^^ So smooth.
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Nutrition & Supplementation / Re: Getting rid of belly fat
« on: April 04, 2011, 09:49:51 am »I always thought fat burning just came down to calories... Burn more than you consume and that's it. Apparently not.
Is it not possible to get very lean and rid of belly fat when you're around ~14% BF if you don't eat CLEAN, even if you do full body weight training, lots of basketball, interval training (sprint, etc..)????
There is no such thing as spot reduction. How your body puts on and sheds fat is not up to you. However, if you want to lower your bf% overall, which will bring belly fat down, then you need to eat enough protein, lift weights to build muscle, and, if you want, do some low intensity cardio.
Interval training is not a magic bullet for fat burning, or anything else for that matter. ESPECIALLY if you're also trying to get stronger, you're much better off incline walking for an hour than doing suicides. And if you're playing a lot of basketball, you probably don't need any extra cardio at all.
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Injury, Prehab, & Rehab talk for the brittlebros / Re: Ankle taping in the NBA
« on: April 04, 2011, 09:42:41 am »
Also, Raptor, you can't jump maximally over and over throughout a game, by definition. As soon as you start getting tired, you are not jumping maximally anymore.
And go watch an NBA game, those guys don't jump "maximally" as often as you think. Most of the time it's little hops, submax jumps for rebounds or layups or jump shots, whatever. The only time they jump max effort -- as distinct from maximal jumping, which requires lots of rest -- is on hard dunks (and big players don't even need to jump ME for that) and sometimes on rebounds in traffic.
And go watch an NBA game, those guys don't jump "maximally" as often as you think. Most of the time it's little hops, submax jumps for rebounds or layups or jump shots, whatever. The only time they jump max effort -- as distinct from maximal jumping, which requires lots of rest -- is on hard dunks (and big players don't even need to jump ME for that) and sometimes on rebounds in traffic.
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Introduce Yourself / Re: for 45" running vert
« on: April 04, 2011, 09:22:26 am »
I vaguely remember you talking about this before, but why don't you squat low-bar? You could probably add a shit ton of weight right away and it's not like you're squatting deep on those max attempts now so you wouldn't necessarily be sacrificing depth.
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Futbol (soccer) / maradona: goal of the century. victor hugo morales: call of the century
« on: April 02, 2011, 03:44:13 pm »
So everyone has probably seen Maradona's famous goal against England. But maybe fewer have seen it with the original Argentine commentary. Suffice it to say, I almost put this in the "beast" thread for the announcer alone. The dude absolutely loses his mind, nothing in US sports announcing is like that. Which is a shame, cause it's awesome.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9KctUnU9WM" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9KctUnU9WM</a>
Translation of what he says (Guga can correct me if I mess anything up):
"They're going to pass to Diego, now Maradona has it, two defenders on him. Maradona touches the ball. The genius of world football starts to his right. He leaves the third behind and is going to pass to Burruchaga. No Maradona was always going to keep it! Genius! Genius! Genius! It's there it's there it's there it's there it's there and GOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! GOOOOOOOOAL! GOOOOOOOOOAL! I WANT TO CRY! HOLY GOD! LONG LIVE FOOTBALL! GOLAZO!* DIEGO! MARADONA! IT'S MOVING ME TO TEARS, FORGIVE ME! MARADONA, IN AN UNFORGETTABLE RUN, IN THE GREATEST PLAY OF ALL TIME, COSMIC LITTLE BARREL,** WHAT PLANET DID YOU COME FROM, TO LEAVE SO MANY ENGLISHMEN IN YOUR WAKE? TO BRING THE WHOLE COUNTRY TOGETHER IN A TIGHT FIST? SHOUTING FOR ARGENTINA! ARGENTINA 2, ENGLAND 0! DIEGOAL! DIEGOAL! Diego Armando Maradona. Thank you God, for football, for Maradona, for these tears, for this Argentina 2, England 0.
*There's no one-word translation for "golazo." It basically means "really awesome goal."
**He literally calls him a "cosmic little barrel," but he means that Maradona is short and stubby.
Translation of what he says (Guga can correct me if I mess anything up):
"They're going to pass to Diego, now Maradona has it, two defenders on him. Maradona touches the ball. The genius of world football starts to his right. He leaves the third behind and is going to pass to Burruchaga. No Maradona was always going to keep it! Genius! Genius! Genius! It's there it's there it's there it's there it's there and GOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! GOOOOOOOOAL! GOOOOOOOOOAL! I WANT TO CRY! HOLY GOD! LONG LIVE FOOTBALL! GOLAZO!* DIEGO! MARADONA! IT'S MOVING ME TO TEARS, FORGIVE ME! MARADONA, IN AN UNFORGETTABLE RUN, IN THE GREATEST PLAY OF ALL TIME, COSMIC LITTLE BARREL,** WHAT PLANET DID YOU COME FROM, TO LEAVE SO MANY ENGLISHMEN IN YOUR WAKE? TO BRING THE WHOLE COUNTRY TOGETHER IN A TIGHT FIST? SHOUTING FOR ARGENTINA! ARGENTINA 2, ENGLAND 0! DIEGOAL! DIEGOAL! Diego Armando Maradona. Thank you God, for football, for Maradona, for these tears, for this Argentina 2, England 0.
*There's no one-word translation for "golazo." It basically means "really awesome goal."
**He literally calls him a "cosmic little barrel," but he means that Maradona is short and stubby.
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Futbol (soccer) / Re: Fastest goalie in the world?
« on: April 02, 2011, 03:12:27 pm »
the announcer is awesome. i wish i spoke arabic. but he keeps going "oh god!" over and over.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: April 01, 2011, 12:44:56 pm »
BW = ???
SORENESS = none
ACHES/INJURIES = right calf but almost better
FATIGUE = none
DIET = good
-warm up
-pogo submax 4 x 20
got a little arm swing on the last set
-leg press RP
418 x 12,10,10 == what?
-Pallof press 3 x 10e x 33
-C1: dip x 5
-C1: pull up x 3
-C1 info: 5 rotations
-stretch
nice and easy.
SORENESS = none
ACHES/INJURIES = right calf but almost better
FATIGUE = none
DIET = good
-warm up
-pogo submax 4 x 20
got a little arm swing on the last set
-leg press RP
418 x 12,10,10 == what?
-Pallof press 3 x 10e x 33
-C1: dip x 5
-C1: pull up x 3
-C1 info: 5 rotations
-stretch
nice and easy.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: April 01, 2011, 12:59:32 am »so ya regardless, if 20 reppers make you stronger relative to bodyweight, then they improve vert.. they definitely aren't an endurance lift imo, i get stronger very fast when i incorporate 20 reppers.
How about 20 rep deadlifts as opposed to 20 rep squats?. Pro's/cons?.
You have some guys like Barry Ross who swear by deadlifting.
Not adarq but I think they'd be fine if you can keep your form. That's very hard to do with high rep deadlifts, and you'll end up just using your back.
This. For all the evidence you'll ever need that this is true, just go to your closest Crossfit gym and cringe.
Of course, it can be done. But most people fuck it up.