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Are you kidding me?

How about telling me how much I waste my time having pretty much the same ratio of squat/BW in the last 7 years or so, going religiously to the gym and putting as much if not MORE effort than anybody else I know.

No matter what I did, the squat/BW ratio stayed the same all this time. And pretty much everything else. Increase in bodyweight? See SOME increases in strength, but overall the same ratio.

Genetics is genetics, and you can't go around it.

932
Dem glucocorticoid levels...

933
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: July 29, 2015, 06:19:54 am »
I would probably have a ~100% collapse rate in my plants after that, or 12 inch jumps at the most.

934
Well of course it is. But it's depressing to think that stuff is more into the realm of genetics than it is in the realm of actual training effects. To get a training effect would mean, IMO, to do a tremendous amount of volume of plyometric work, a stuff that athletic/high jump coaches here in Romania do abide by.

Same thing with becoming a reactive "dunker" - go the Jordan Kilganon or Kadour Ziani "non stop dunking/dunk or die" route. But only those whose genetics were "right" to begin with will be able to go that route without getting injured, because someone with faulty mechanics/"bad structure" for jumping will take in so much damage from high volume jumping (using those bad mechanics combined with a bad structure) that they will get injured before any positive training effects will become noticeable.

It's really depressing when you think about it.

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Reactive in my books is just a translation of "my quad tendons accept a tremendous amount of load without shutting down the quads in the process".

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: July 28, 2015, 04:33:38 pm »
Pace : ~5m / km

5 meters/kilometer?

 :trollface:

BTW... you do jumps after running one mile? Are you nuts?

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Scooby 2011 Journal
« on: July 28, 2015, 07:38:41 am »
I just don't get how a guy that is 6-7 years in vert training feels the need to post this ultra-base-level knowledge.

I do.

He posted it while he was standing upside down.

938
What is the programming language that vag wrote that stuff into? C? Cause it sure as heck ain't looking like Java.

940
Would having a boner affect the center of gravity hence increasing the leverage against the spine putting the spine at risk?

Something to think about.

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Don't you look at that and think "... could this... could this be a scam?"

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: July 23, 2015, 11:56:25 am »
Wow, so different.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: July 23, 2015, 10:49:39 am »
In fact, I would say a "full" squat (below parallel or whatever) is more "comfortable" or "accessible" than a half squat.

Not sure how good that sounds for someone who wants to jump high. Every good jumper I know would disagree with this statement strongly (except for people like Kingfish or guys who jump very high from a standstill).

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: July 23, 2015, 06:19:03 am »
I don't think I could be able to half squat 140x5 with my 150 1RM.

By the way - where do you feel the "load" when you're doing the half squats? Like, do you feel the "knees" are loaded or the "hips" are loaded more? (yes, I know, very difficult to determine, but I definitely feel the knees loaded a heck-of-a-lot more than the hips)

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: July 18, 2015, 03:45:43 pm »
quads too stiff to half squat? what are you, 85? that's weird.

Felt that at 30, quite a few times.

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