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hahah, being a T-rex does make arm motions easier.. smaller ROM for all movements.  :P

re that glute squeezing thing tho, mind tellin me more?

oh, yeah, just that you should make sure you're getting full extension at the top of your squat. not completing the movement does you no favors for all kinds of reasons. squeezing the glutes fully helps ensure you've gotten full extension, without just throwing your hips forward.

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getting pretty good on pullups. way stronger than me, although admittedly it's a pretty low bar.  :P

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Bios / Re: Casey Combest
« on: February 28, 2011, 10:12:46 am »
Apart from genetics/talent, what other qualities do you see in Casey accomplishing that 6.59?.

Low bodyweight?.
Great elasticity/spring?.

Doesn't look to have great "strength" levels in the purest form of max strength.

Any thoughts?.

Completely insane power. A 135 pound dude has no business owning an effortless 40 inch vertical.

I bet his squat, if he ever squatted (no idea what his training was like) would have been awesome for someone his size.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: February 28, 2011, 10:08:48 am »
They look the same to me I think damienz's butts just bigger.

Who's sexier?

mully. duh.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: February 28, 2011, 08:24:07 am »
basically the same height, eh? damien sits back so much more.

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Basketball / Re: random NBA news
« on: February 28, 2011, 08:22:27 am »
lmfao the heat lost to the knicks, hilarious.. the curse of the knicks is back, sorry bron bron, aint gonna get a ring now that's for sure.

allan houston 4 da winnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn




Big shot Billups does not goof around. NYK!!!

yeah but aren't you trying to replace him there, chris? shouldn't you be trash-talking him at every opportunity?

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yesterday:

One brief rolling session, just hips

today, morning:

brief rolling session, just left (affected) hip

today, evening:

long rolling session, hips + ITB, adductors, hamstrings, quads, calves, peroneals, QL, upper back, lats, feet

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Nutrition & Supplementation / Re: ecdysteroids
« on: February 27, 2011, 11:31:56 pm »
if ecdysteroids are so good for muscle growth, why dont we supplement with them? this supplement has 300mg of ecdysterone in 1 serving: (http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=300+ecdysterone&hl=en&safe=off&client=safari&rls=en&prmd=ivnsfd&biw=995&bih=602&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=2047406819286203688&sa=X&ei=9xFrTfeGBpSatwfCiPnmAg&ved=0CFcQ8wIwAA#ps-sellers)  i try to eat about 1lb of spinach a day. how many mg of ecdytserone does 1b of spinach contain?

SPINACH ROIDS


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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: High cut calves
« on: February 27, 2011, 11:25:52 pm »
what  are some achilles tendon to calf length ratios for some elite jumpers and sprinters? what ratio would be considered "high cut" calves?

Would high cut calves count as the calf being less than the tendon length?

nah, it's like porn.

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it depends on the athlete, but, in general, most people need "heavy explosive", since most people are weak.. always "as explosive as possible" with heavy weights.. max acceleration is a must, the descent can be controlled, but the transition from ecc to con has to be explosive as possible, accelerating all the way through to the top.. that's how you improve explosive strength to a greater degree than just lifting slow.

There was an interesting test I once read & it corresponds to guys I mentioned who lift light (Bruce Lee, Tyson Gay, Usain Bolt etc). Two groups were divided to perform squats. One group trained at a slow rate, and the other at a fast rate. The fast group took 2 seconds to perform each repetition, 1 second down and 1 second up. The slow group took 3x as long. Both groups were tested in their before and after abilities for broad jumping and the strength of the individual muscles of the legs. The fast group increased their power output in their hips and ankles more so than the slow group, and more significant was the improvement in fast group's broad jumping performance. The slower group did gain more overall strength, but the increase in power output was higher overall in the fast group.

Guys like Bruce Lee, Tyson Gay, Usain Bolt etc train primarily for power NOT mass or incredible strength.

What I'm trying to say is, would you better off going 1 second down and 1 second up (increased power output at the hips) as opposed to going "semi" heavy/heavy (more strength incremental based) lifts to increase your VJ?. So going to heavy seems to decrease your power output when squatting.

It's like when you want to increase the speed of your punches by throwing out weight plates. You have to use a weight that offers resistance but at the same time the speed factor is majorly important. You can't go too heavy because you bury the speed element (power).





Was the study done with the same amount of weight between groups? Because all other things being equal, I think the idea is that you should lift the weight as explosively as possible. If your squat 1RM is 400 lbs, then 385 is gonna go up slow and 225 is gonna go up fast. But both have their uses.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: February 27, 2011, 09:44:39 pm »
whats up with the chocolates?  ???
thought you want a 'clean' diet

chocolates are unclean? someone forgot to tell the israelites, that shit never made it into the bible.

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ADARQ & LanceSTS - Q&A / Re: Critique on squat form and technique
« on: February 25, 2011, 08:51:00 pm »
Squatting with a bar + weight is vastly different than squatting with just bw. Get a vid of that and see where you're at.

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FWIW you should be squeezing your glutes at the top of a squat, to make sure you get full extension.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: February 25, 2011, 09:56:50 am »
Just from everything I've read + my own experience, you should really be getting in equal or at least equivalent work both pushing and pulling. I feel you on the limited time, though.

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last night:

Rolled entire hips with a partially deflated soccer ball, taking my time (maybe 30 minutes). Started from hamstring and worked around the inside until spiraled into the glute. Then rolled hamstrings, ITB, adductors, quads, calves, soleus, QL, upper back, scaps and traps. Did some posterior rocking and light stretching.

this morning:

Just rolled the hips, posterior rocking and light stretching.

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