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It's a shame this thread disintegrated so quickly without any substantial debate.  It had potential to be interesting.

Some really nice dunks in there Nightfly....I think the miss at 1:22 was pretty awesome too!

It took me longer than planned due to a mini deload after having some minor back pain and the start of my peak cycle, which left me fatigued a lot of the time. Anyway, with some delay,  here is a new full squat PR with 200 kg (441 lbs) on the bar for a set of 5 reps.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6L-eOdl0LUM" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6L-eOdl0LUM</a>

That's badass!!! Very impressive!

I have found out, again and again, that I screw my dunks and jumps up because whenever I plant I tend to have my chest oriented quite a bit towards the ground and I look into the ground most of the time. That REALLY screws everything up, from not being able to use my glutes and jumping "pulling my chest up" to jumping forward.

Now I have managed to correct that somewhat by excessively trying to look up to the rim when I plant (I'm talking about two footed plants here but applies to one leg as well somewhat) and it did some good as I was quickly able to dunk, but this problem still persists. Sometimes even when I actively think to look at the rim my body just can't pull it off and my chest goes down and forward.

Same stuff happens in my squats. I tend to bend forward a lot if I'm to go deeper into my squat. Not sure what's going on here, I've tried to figure it out but it doesn't make any sense. Maybe I need to really squeeze my glutes more to prevent that from happening? Maybe it's a mobility issue (I have thought again and again and I can't localize what kind of mobility thing is it - hip, upperbody (?), what?), I just can't figure it out.

Any help? It could apply as well to some people around here (although I'm definitely in a worse shape than a lot of you in this subject)

Just watched your 145 PR squat.  You don't flex that far forward in the bottom of your squat, especially given long femurs and low bar position.

As for jumping think how long you've been jumping the way you are now...how many reps you've done.  I think it's fair to say that the current neuromuscular pattern is pretty deeply ingrained.  It will take some consistent focus and work to change that.

Quote from: DamienZ on May 24, 2011, 05:45:18 am

No you don't! Flips are much easier than people think, you don't need any special flexibility for what those guys did. None of them can do planche pushups...

Put up a vid from the get-go to prove it.

he already has.

I request listing in the absolute squat strength list :-). Big plates (you can see 5 on one side) are 15 kg each, the medium one is 10 kg, the small one is 1.25 kg, bar is standard 20 kg. Makes this 192.5 kg for 5 reps. List me wherever you feel this puts me (I am fine with being listed under 192.5 kg as best squat, since this is actually the best I did on video). Hope video is okay.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugO98hjWPb4" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugO98hjWPb4</a>

Beastly squatting there man!....Exrx predicts that as 217kg.

I'm comin for you, vag. 1.5" to go. 

Taken out of context this quote is hilarious!

We'll get it done eventually.

My mom was diagnosed with cancer, then my dad got sick and passed away, and now we are nearing the end of my moms life.  So there has been a ton on my plate.  Heck even my dog got cancer!  So everything besides the job that pays the bills went on the back burner.

Alex

Ahh man, that's horrible.  I'm so sorry to hear that...I wish you all the best.