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i saw this video just now.. which make me wonder.. wtf squat is good for.
He squat 352lbs only.

but again he is only 132lbs

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7ACtkXdSf8" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7ACtkXdSf8</a>

Dude, he squats 2.6x his bodyweight....

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Article & Video Discussion / Re: posture issues and athletic performance
« on: December 20, 2017, 07:33:24 am »
Thanks as always Kelly

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Article & Video Discussion / Re: posture issues and athletic performance
« on: December 19, 2017, 02:23:35 pm »
I agree a lot of coaches nowadays are overly obsessed with posture and mobility but one worth looking at is ankle mobility. Look at the first video in this thread:

http://www.adarq.org/strength-power-reactivity-speed-discussion/fix-your-squat/

See the assessment at the 6:30 mark. If your ankle mobility is really bad you can fix it pretty quick, and it'll often positively impact your jump and help eliminate knee pain.  I correspond with a guy who coaches a mens pro team in europe and he told me out of his entire team only 2 players could pass that test, but those 2 are the only 2 that leverage strength gains directly into vert/speed improvements without any need for SPP.

Hey Kelly,

Good to see you back as a proud owner of vertical jump bible 2.0. I am 36 years old, and after a few injury riddled years (and the birth of my son) back at vertical jump training. Still an obsession after all these years. My mobility is still horrible. You mention ankle mobility is a pretty easy fix, but I never could quite fix that (hence the injuries). What would you recommend?

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Some interesting tidbits:

https://medium.com/@SandCResearch/how-do-strength-gains-transfer-to-vertical-jumping-b7c6a962ab84

I've always wondered if the hex bar would be a good exercise for the vertical jump. If my knee allows it I hope to try it the coming months. Happy reading!!!

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Why do you want to strengthen your glutes? Why is it a problem that your glutes are stronger than your quads?

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I forgot to mention the helicopter swing...

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Different dude, huge bulgarian split squat

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB24oz56yLw" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB24oz56yLw</a>

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VGmqdlb9Bg" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VGmqdlb9Bg</a>

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As much as I agree with arnoud there are tons of workout, but as I adarq said in the sprint thread that simplicity is key, all you need are the basic strength workouts to develop strength, then power workouts to transfer that strength to power by doing plyometric or explosive workouts. But avoid being creative and doing any fancy workouts.

I mentioned other exercises, not fancy workouts. Trap bar deadlifts, bulgarian split squats, box squats, half squats all achieve the same.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXVs3B5WAgI" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXVs3B5WAgI</a>

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Dude,

I'm 36. Still jumping as high as when I was 25. Only difference is that I'm a lot heavier, and need to drop a lot of fat (I was heavy squatting in the Rippetoe era). Don't worry about age. Keep training, but don't force it, it will only lead to injury, I've been down that road. As long as you keep training, vert will improve. But take your time!

Also, in my humble opinion, full squatting isn't the only way to jump really high. There are tons of other exercises to achieve the same.

Keep it up

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: beast
« on: August 10, 2017, 03:20:33 pm »
the guy who could power clean 150kg!

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And I posted it because I remember a very intense discussion between a certain honeybadger and mr rippetoe...

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Agreed, though I wonder if a trap bar would have the same effects. My personal reason for posting it was I have a love/hate relationship with full squats. I have seen athletes with training vids who have 40 plus verts with no full squat used, so maybe I have to let the idea go that full squats are absolutely necessary. Quarter squats make my back and knee cringe too...

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