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sup there guys,

I'm thinking about getting some resistance bands to help improve my speed in squats and dead lifts.

Can anyone recommend a particular brand that's good? preferably cheap but I'm willing to consider more expensive ones if they're the real deal.
I've never bought any before and would prefer to not waste any money on ones that aren't up to the task.


Thanks in advance


Henry
 

this isn't really a proper injury but can cause a big inconvenience if it happens.

http://www.wikihow.com/images/f/f2/Feet-2122.jpg this isn't me but it has happened before due to fast changes of direction whilst in bare feet. It really sucks because it makes walking really uncomfortable and playing basketball is out of the question.

this nearly happened to me again earlier (wearing shoes playing bball). other than shoes are are really snug fitting is there anything you can do about this? I did think about possibly filing down the callused area but I'm worried that this might just make my foot more vulnerable instead of helping.

I've never had a problem with cutting off the calluses on my hands from lifting but i think that's slightly different.

kind of an odd thread but i think a genuine concern. any suggestions would be cool.

hey guys. I've come in search of some suggestions.

I'm weighing in at about 82kg (180lbs) between 10-12% bf and my 1rm atg squat on a good day is 150kg (330lbs) although have only got that lift a few times and am struggling to get any stronger.

my training has probably gotten a bit stale as I do the same sort of thing every week which is:

monday: squats as heavy as I can for 3x5 which is about 125kg (275lbs), If I put any more weight on I just can't get the reps out at least not for all the sets, After that I'll do 2x8 with about 100-110 kg (220 - 242)

tuesday: sprints, box jumps (1 leg then 2 legs), depth jumps/drops. If I get the time I'll do some pull ups later on 3x12 and some dips.

wed:off

thurs: RDL 3x8, walking dumbbell lunges 3x12 steps, jump snatch/clean + press depending on what I feel like.  With walking lunges I'm using up to 50kg in each hand, is this an exercise you don't need to use a lot of weight with? I guess I'm just trying to get stronger by lifting things as heavy as possible which makes sense to me but might not be totally right.

friday: plyos similar to tuesday and maybe press ups and some back work

weekend off


I have randomly thrown in some low rep deadlifts here and there but nothing frequent.

Some people have mentioned pre exhaustive training as a means to gain strength, would that be a good thing to use for squats and how would I go about it? do you have any other suggestions on that?

 This is all to help my vertical jump which is also rather stale. My standing vertical is about 29 inches and although I don't have a good way of accurately measuring it my running vertical is only a few inches higher.


hope you guys can help or simply point me to a training routine which you think would suit considering I want to increase strength and explosiveness.

cheers

Henry

What do you guys think of weight lifting shoes?

my squatting has come along quite well in the last 5 months or so and I've started using about 180 kg (roughly 400 lbs I think) in most of my workouts and I'm hoping to increase that soon. Whenever I pick the weight up and step back I can feel my shoes go squish in the heels (just lifting in basketball shoes atm). Surely that's a sign that my shoes aren't up to the task.

It's always nice to have gear that's designed for a certain task but weightlifting shoes are a bit pricey for me although if it's really important I could deal with the one off expense.

Are there any alternatives you could recommend that don't break the bank as much or should I just go for the real deal?

I've read that you should use shoes that have flat soles when lifting although the weightlifting shoes I've seen have a raised heel...

hey guys,

I'm Henry and I live in Brighton, England.

I'm 23 and have lifted weights for about 7 years. The first 5 and a half of those years were spent doing bodybuilding which I kind of regret now although I liked it at the time.
I regret it because I now think of all the time I could have used to get more athletic is wasted tbh although some aspects of it were useful (I was stronger because of it).

The other year and a half I have used trying to be more athletic and powerful (trying to increase my vertical jump because I like to play basketball) I recently started doing vf2. Infact, the reason I found this forum is because I can't get on to the forum on vertfreak101 and I was searching for another way in on google and I got a link to the topic on here that was basically killing Adam Linkenauger saying that he's a scammer and stuff by advertising squatflex btw, I totally agree there. The squatflex looks totally crap and a waste of money.

I'm currently doing qualifications to become a personal trainer, only low level atm but I intend to progress. I'm interested in becoming a specialist in strength and conditioning so I may well have many questions to help with my own training which I hope will help when I come to train clients who may wish to increase vertical jump, decrease sprint times etc...

I look forward to future conversations