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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ARowe's Journal
« on: November 01, 2010, 10:40:41 pm »
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Scrawny to Brawny Journal
« on: November 01, 2010, 10:36:11 pm »I looked for it myself about an hour ago....Quote
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I wanna see the forums NAO!
WTF? You should just be able to create a login and then be fine. I sure didn't do anything special to join.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: November 01, 2010, 10:01:16 pm »
neutral focus
SH:SP:SR:SH:SP:SR:SH:SP:SR:SH:SP:SR:
power focus
SH:SP:SP:SR:SR:SH:SP:SP:SR:SR:
speed/reactivity focus
SP:SR:SR:SR:STIM:TEST
warm up
jump rope x some
foam roll
core stretches
work
tuck jumps 4x20 -- harder than I expected
pogos 4x5
ice skater 3x10
RFI 3x10s -- (L/R) 42/40, 40/39, 40/42 -- wtf super slow
bench 5x195
realized my form needs work, left shoulder is obviously less stable than the right as it slips out on the first rep of any kind of weight
bench 2x5x135, solid form
BOR 3x8x135, very solid form
cool down
stretch
SH:SP:SR:SH:SP:SR:SH:SP:SR:SH:SP:SR:
power focus
SH:SP:SP:SR:SR:SH:SP:SP:SR:SR:
speed/reactivity focus
SP:SR:SR:SR:STIM:TEST
warm up
jump rope x some
foam roll
core stretches
work
tuck jumps 4x20 -- harder than I expected
pogos 4x5
ice skater 3x10
RFI 3x10s -- (L/R) 42/40, 40/39, 40/42 -- wtf super slow
bench 5x195
realized my form needs work, left shoulder is obviously less stable than the right as it slips out on the first rep of any kind of weight
bench 2x5x135, solid form
BOR 3x8x135, very solid form
cool down
stretch
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: November 01, 2010, 09:57:25 pm »
Not sure how it happened. Probably a combination of things. I don't think it means other joints are at risk, because the main problem seems to be that A) the joints are the wrong shape and B) the cartilage has worn away and so the toe bone is too close to the foot bone. The rest of the toes are fine.
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News, Announcements, & Suggestions / Re: Zetz PM
« on: November 01, 2010, 09:49:09 pm »Nope. Just part of an assignment for English 1010. Answer if you like, but I already have any info I'd like.
yo zetz, if anyone is ok showing me the replies they sent you, can you pm me those? would be nice to put that stuff in a thread for fun, including my response of course, etc.
pc!
You can post mine, adarq.
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Nutrition & Supplementation / Re: A post by Mountain Man - on body composition
« on: November 01, 2010, 07:05:58 pm »
BROSCIENCE TO THE RESCUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Latest Kelly Baggett's article including VJB 2.0 announcement!!!
« on: November 01, 2010, 05:27:58 pm »Hypertrophy? What are you talking about? That's BAD! You only need strength. Or so they say...
Didn't Kelly write an article called "The Myth of Relative Strength" or something like that? Bigger = stronger.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: November 01, 2010, 03:36:11 pm »
Also, I got a bunch more x-rays 
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: November 01, 2010, 03:35:54 pm »
Update on toes after orthopedic surgeon visit this morning:
Both big toes are arthritic, although the left is more pronounced. The joints are malformed and cartilege has worn away, although it's not completely gone. But my stride is pretty normal-looking, even barefoot. Eventually, I'll need surgery, with the preference being for joint replacement (
) over fusing the bones together. But the doctor said that because the state of replacements for toes is not as advanced as those for knees or hips (which each have about a 95% success rate), it'd be best to wait a while to see if procedures improve over the next 10-15 years. In the meantime, he told me to take Aleve for 10 days or so (3-4 times the max amount on the bottle, confirming my suspicion that dose recommendations on OTC painkillers are a complete joke) and see if that improves the inflammation or pain any. He also told me to get some more arch support, to prevent overpronation (okay, will think about it, although I'm worried about my feet getting even weaker than they already are), and to get a shoe with a rocker bottom (over my dead body).
Glass half-empty: I will need surgery and in the meantime am stuck with overly stiff, occasionally painful big toes.
Glass half-full: I can hold off on the surgery for a while and can continue to go about my business until then without worrying that this will get any worse.
Both big toes are arthritic, although the left is more pronounced. The joints are malformed and cartilege has worn away, although it's not completely gone. But my stride is pretty normal-looking, even barefoot. Eventually, I'll need surgery, with the preference being for joint replacement (
) over fusing the bones together. But the doctor said that because the state of replacements for toes is not as advanced as those for knees or hips (which each have about a 95% success rate), it'd be best to wait a while to see if procedures improve over the next 10-15 years. In the meantime, he told me to take Aleve for 10 days or so (3-4 times the max amount on the bottle, confirming my suspicion that dose recommendations on OTC painkillers are a complete joke) and see if that improves the inflammation or pain any. He also told me to get some more arch support, to prevent overpronation (okay, will think about it, although I'm worried about my feet getting even weaker than they already are), and to get a shoe with a rocker bottom (over my dead body).Glass half-empty: I will need surgery and in the meantime am stuck with overly stiff, occasionally painful big toes.
Glass half-full: I can hold off on the surgery for a while and can continue to go about my business until then without worrying that this will get any worse.
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Bios / Re: herschel walker is a freak of nature - 47 years old
« on: November 01, 2010, 01:14:26 pm »from his wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herschel_Walker
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Training
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Walker is also intriguing for being one of the few pro football players to become successful without the use of free weight training. Rather than a heavy weight room regimen, Walker used bodyweight exercise, calisthenics, and conditioning, as well as martial arts training. He remains to this day an oddity in the pro football world. He has been said to do thousands of pushups and situps daily, rather than lift weights[citation needed] For the past twenty years, he claims to sleep four hours a night and only eat one meal a day during the evening, which normally consists of a salad, soup and bread.[citation needed]
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weird! he must be able to suck chi/energy from mother eartlh heheh. how the heck does he grow/keep all the muscle?!?!
Two words: Ste. Roids.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: November 01, 2010, 01:10:07 pm »jumps
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sN6q1OMMUI
So thats how an explosive donkey looks like.
No, that's how a slow and unexplosive donkey looks. But I will become fast. I will become explosive. And then, I will dunk on lazy racehorses until the cows come home (and the baboons
).
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: October 31, 2010, 10:40:23 pm »
jumps
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sN6q1OMMUI" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sN6q1OMMUI</a>
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: October 31, 2010, 09:06:59 pm »
warm up
foam roll
core stretches
work
jog x35:50 @ easy pace, 4.2 miles, 8:32/mile
cool down
stretch
Seven things:
1. Knees are buggin' a little, not sharp just kind of dull. Don't bother me at all during the run. Not a new feeling by any means, but thought I'd note it tonight anyway.
2. Perfect night, mid-50s and no wind.
3. Happy Halloween.
4. Fuck DC taxi drivers.
5. I finally got a stopwatch again so I'm going to start tracking my runs a little bit better.
6. Got some video of the decent jumps from the other day, including the ~31.5" one that was halfway down my second knuckle. Will post later.
7. Michigan AND Skins lost this weekend to inferior teams. FML.
foam roll
core stretches
work
jog x35:50 @ easy pace, 4.2 miles, 8:32/mile
cool down
stretch
Seven things:
1. Knees are buggin' a little, not sharp just kind of dull. Don't bother me at all during the run. Not a new feeling by any means, but thought I'd note it tonight anyway.
2. Perfect night, mid-50s and no wind.
3. Happy Halloween.
4. Fuck DC taxi drivers.
5. I finally got a stopwatch again so I'm going to start tracking my runs a little bit better.
6. Got some video of the decent jumps from the other day, including the ~31.5" one that was halfway down my second knuckle. Will post later.
7. Michigan AND Skins lost this weekend to inferior teams. FML.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Latest Kelly Baggett's article including VJB 2.0 announcement!!!
« on: October 31, 2010, 06:28:48 pm »QuoteWell , the ratio you designed for yourself is definately better.
Kelly gave out a long-term schedule transitioning in 5 phases , from GPP to peak. It is a god damn good program , but it is for everyone. Yours is 100% customised to your needs, starting from neutral and not GPP or hypertrophy etc.
Having said that , i was also very much tempted reading that template.
But my mind is already made up , ill complete my ratio , hopefully achieve significant gains in strength and work capacity and then i will do the high-freq template he gave in his previous article...
Man I'd say stick with what you're doing. I really like what you do. If you were to consult me likely the only thing I might suggest thinking about from a VJ perspective is how much you really benefit from a distinct hypertrophy phase. I'm not sure if it's the best thing in the world for you given your current size and qualities.
Was this addressed to my training or vag's?
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: October 31, 2010, 06:18:55 pm »
Word, will start doing this. When the court is open, would it be alright to basically do the same thing but just throw the 1-step (and eventually 2-step, 3-step, etc.) jumps beforehand?