NB i had some terribly wicked upper back and lats soreness over the weekend which i am attributing to heavy fs rack walkouts and partial fs. Much more than i'd get from introducing chinups or rows or something. I shud def explore these partial and accessory exercises further. If only to build confidence but hopefully more than that also. Also present was some residual soreness in the upper body as well - chest/delts and abs too. Nothing in the lower body though.
LBSS i danced htis weekend..
I shud do it more often haha, for the reasons stated and more. eg better footwork and confidence would be nice.
Coges - Single leg work with barbell just sucks though. I never keep it up because it gets too annoying way before the weights ever approach anything decent. I think i lost interest last time at 60kg or so. Idk, the depth is also nothing great, like it's an above parallel squat. And using suhc light weight, it quickly seems pointless since you can do much more weight with 2 legs at the same depth so what exactly is it achieving? i like the db variants though but grip tends to be hte limiting thing there before the weights get heavy enuf to challenge legs. Also i recall mostly getting glute doms from BSS which i dont really think I need since im already PC dominant as is, and weights are only useful when they make my legs (quads) stronger rather than hams/quads. This is the exact same argument i would use for why deadlifts are of no use to me. You dont use a mainly PC dominant exercise for someone who has a need for stronger quads..
i might try higher rep front squats for a while though. the weight is light enough right at 90kg or so that i can do 6-7 reps alraedy and if i work up to say 10s, maybe it will help me grow my legs somehow. I doubt it though, because the weight is so light and it's prob just a waste of time ..
just coming back to dancing and footwork. I was watching the cavs raptors game and one of the commentors said kyrie put the defender in concrete boots. Which is how i'd describe how Anderson Varejão looks ALL the time on teh court, big, slow and lumbering. Also describes my own natural athletic state as well. I never figured out how to change that. I know im supposed to have 'active feet' - but wtf does that even mean in practice when you dont naturally have it? When i watch an athletic player, i notice several quick steps in a move (A) in a small period of time. Whereas someone slow would have less steps in the same amount of time (B). How do you go about transforming from A to B?