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Basketball / Re: 5 year old baller - pretty talented
« on: October 05, 2010, 01:20:14 pm »
bad parenting IMO. too much accessory for a kid.
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Basketball / Re: Damon Harge - #1 ranked 6th grader in the country - 2010
« on: October 05, 2010, 01:15:38 pm »
go norcal. :-) looks like a hard working kid. fantastic handles for any age. good looking shots after all the dribble work too.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: vag's journal : Age vs Vertical
« on: September 26, 2010, 12:07:06 pm »
what is BSS? how about making a post/sticky that has acronyms so us newbies can go find out what it is? usually i can kinda figure it out but sometimes i'm just totally lost and have to google (and in this case bss google results = not relevant). seems like it would cut down the time a lot for newbies if it can be gathered into a single post. :-)
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Injury, Prehab, & Rehab talk for the brittlebros / Re: Ankle sprain that just won't heal
« on: September 18, 2010, 03:18:54 am »
find a local Traditional Chinese Martial arts place in your local area. they ought to be able to recommend someone to "work" on your ankle. usually the massage will be a bit painful but it will help you heal.
i had a "mid-level" sprain in June and i was playing ball again after 2 (pretty damn painful) sessions after 1 week. had i just do the typical RICE routine that would've been at least a 2-3 month recovery minimum and it probably wouldn't have been 100%.
i had a "mid-level" sprain in June and i was playing ball again after 2 (pretty damn painful) sessions after 1 week. had i just do the typical RICE routine that would've been at least a 2-3 month recovery minimum and it probably wouldn't have been 100%.
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800m+ Running and/or Conditioning / Re: Barefoot running - feet, before & after
« on: September 16, 2010, 06:31:32 pm »
ya know i notice in the photo the after version looks a lot like a baby's feet. which is very plumpy/meaty, with toes "separated". my feet is similar to the "before" photo, with toes all bunched up - an effect of wearing too much shoes. i also have very little "padding" on the bottom of my feet. it's nice knowing there is natural help for this after some barefoot running. while i don't mind getting baby feet again (especially if there will be performance benefits) i think it would make shoe shopping difficult. :-)
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K1, Muay Thai, Kickboxing / Re: Mike Zambidis - Explosive
« on: September 16, 2010, 08:05:13 am »
i know it's a hi light reel but his strikes be it punches, counter punches, flying knee's, and kicks in general are so accurate and \executed with flawless timing. he looks special.
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800m+ Running and/or Conditioning / Re: Barefoot running - feet, before & after
« on: September 16, 2010, 07:41:00 am »
is this your own feet or someone else? does it give you an edge when you wear shoes?
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Bios / Re: herschel walker is a freak of nature - 47 years old
« on: September 15, 2010, 12:08:30 am »
from his wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herschel_Walker
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Training
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Walker is also intriguing for being one of the few pro football players to become successful without the use of free weight training. Rather than a heavy weight room regimen, Walker used bodyweight exercise, calisthenics, and conditioning, as well as martial arts training. He remains to this day an oddity in the pro football world. He has been said to do thousands of pushups and situps daily, rather than lift weights[citation needed] For the past twenty years, he claims to sleep four hours a night and only eat one meal a day during the evening, which normally consists of a salad, soup and bread.[citation needed]
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weird! he must be able to suck chi/energy from mother eartlh heheh. how the heck does he grow/keep all the muscle?!?!
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Walker is also intriguing for being one of the few pro football players to become successful without the use of free weight training. Rather than a heavy weight room regimen, Walker used bodyweight exercise, calisthenics, and conditioning, as well as martial arts training. He remains to this day an oddity in the pro football world. He has been said to do thousands of pushups and situps daily, rather than lift weights[citation needed] For the past twenty years, he claims to sleep four hours a night and only eat one meal a day during the evening, which normally consists of a salad, soup and bread.[citation needed]
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weird! he must be able to suck chi/energy from mother eartlh heheh. how the heck does he grow/keep all the muscle?!?!
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Mixed Martial Arts / fantastic MMA action photos
« on: September 14, 2010, 09:20:59 pm »
Caught this fight on ESPN Star Sports (Asia) couple of months ago. Pretty good first 3 rounds but too bad Bao She ran out of energy in 4th and 5th round. First 2 rounds was particular good with excellent striking and take down defenses by both. Check out the photos couple of them are quite fantastic and DragonBall like heheh. I haven't seen either fighters before but I really enjoyed this one it was a great treat.
http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2010/7/15/1570757/wushu-expert-and-current-urcc
Wushu Expert, and current URCC Welterweight Champ, Eduard Folayang (8-1), Won the Lightweight Super-Fight Title against the previously undefeated Bao She Ri Gu Leng on ESPN Martial Combat, held in Singapore.
just noticed somebody u/l footage to youtube. enjoy!
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Bx_hi0bw6Q" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Bx_hi0bw6Q</a>
part 1
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miGTDqrYLkI" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miGTDqrYLkI</a>
part 2
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k44hqecuYC4" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k44hqecuYC4</a>
part 3
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJbUFMFrSf4" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJbUFMFrSf4</a>
part 4
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0wpmqgZ_Eg" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0wpmqgZ_Eg</a>
part 5
http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2010/7/15/1570757/wushu-expert-and-current-urcc
Wushu Expert, and current URCC Welterweight Champ, Eduard Folayang (8-1), Won the Lightweight Super-Fight Title against the previously undefeated Bao She Ri Gu Leng on ESPN Martial Combat, held in Singapore.
just noticed somebody u/l footage to youtube. enjoy!
part 1
part 2
part 3
part 4
part 5
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Article & Video Discussion / Re: LD ISOS
« on: September 14, 2010, 11:10:26 am »Quote
shit is so confusing man i agree.. possibly more confusing than Alan Barch Jr aka SquatDr.
I saw a few Alan Barch Jr.'s videos few weeks ago. What's the story with him? I searched for his name as well as squatdr but the results is short. Is he legit? What's so confusing about him?
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Introduce Yourself / Re: little intro
« on: September 14, 2010, 01:55:48 am »
in the last month i've started to cut back hoop playing time and started lifting. i love playing hoop so much and have enough skills, conditions, and bball iq to give anybody a good for for their money. but the addiction to hoop itself is no help to my dunk dream. slowly i'm forcing myself to rest more and play less. i'm the kinda guy that shows up at any court and i'll play until there's nobody left or light it out. need more self discipline if i'm to gain more.
at first I started with FST-7 (more of a body builder program I guess?) since a friend was doing that and i did few sessions with him and i like how the program felt afterward. good burns and after only 2 sessions it really toned up my triceps already. signed on their board and have some questions for their guys but they kept on saying just stick to the beginners program listed. but the thing is their information is scattered in various posts and the same beginner program was different in different posts and it was kinda PITA to gather all of them up. so i ended up putting a workout based on my feel and add the 7x12 finishing sets they like to do in the end. i was doing 12 reps on my sets a month ago but now i've cut them down to 8-10 reps for warm ups and 8 for the regular sets.
for now i'm just trying to build in the habit (or discipline) of hitting the gym consistently. i'll probably look into a specific program like your intro block or Kelly's ultimate split in a few months.
i'm going to try some depth jumps, never done them before. should i do them on a day i'm not at the gym doing legs or just do them there? just measured my wing span and reach today, i guess it's pretty normal. now days i wish i have freakish long arms and extra large hands. :-)
at first I started with FST-7 (more of a body builder program I guess?) since a friend was doing that and i did few sessions with him and i like how the program felt afterward. good burns and after only 2 sessions it really toned up my triceps already. signed on their board and have some questions for their guys but they kept on saying just stick to the beginners program listed. but the thing is their information is scattered in various posts and the same beginner program was different in different posts and it was kinda PITA to gather all of them up. so i ended up putting a workout based on my feel and add the 7x12 finishing sets they like to do in the end. i was doing 12 reps on my sets a month ago but now i've cut them down to 8-10 reps for warm ups and 8 for the regular sets.
for now i'm just trying to build in the habit (or discipline) of hitting the gym consistently. i'll probably look into a specific program like your intro block or Kelly's ultimate split in a few months.
i'm going to try some depth jumps, never done them before. should i do them on a day i'm not at the gym doing legs or just do them there? just measured my wing span and reach today, i guess it's pretty normal. now days i wish i have freakish long arms and extra large hands. :-)
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Introduce Yourself / little intro
« on: September 13, 2010, 06:38:14 am »
this is from another post i made in another forum i'm just gonna copy & paste. naturally vag's Age vs. Vertical is a great inspiration for me. :-)
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subject: any age 30+ guy here significantly improved your vertical?!
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I'm 36 and will be turning 37 in November. In beginning of 2009 I was at my heaviest ever (~87 kg/190 lbs) after being a lazy ass for about 1.5 years and hardly exercised. I'm at 180 cm exactly or 5'11". Then started in Feb. 2009 I got back into basketball and yoga and started playing ball just about every day ever since... slowly but surely I shed the weights week after week in the beginning of 2010 I weighted about 72.5 kg (160 lbs). Lately I've been at 70 kg or slightly below so about 153 lbs ish and this is pretty much back to my weight in high school.
Between 2009 and now I've only hit the weights sparsely. Less than 20 sessions total. I weight myself at the local hospital with a digital scale that can measure body fat, water weight, muscle/bone weight ... etc. All I've lost are fat. Muscle change has been less than 0.5 kg. If anything, I should have gain a little muscle (or at least it should've become denser/heavier) through the exercises.
As far as vertical is concerned, at my best (probably around age 25) I remember I can jump and try to grab the rim and it would be at the middle of my palm. I have fairly small hands. So that's at most 5" above the rim. At my worst in early 2009 the tip of my finger was about 6" below the rim. Boy did I feel fat, clumsy and just straight NASTY when I was out of shape. Right now I'm only able to barely touch the rim. But I am happy just to be able to touch the rim again. :-) At least the lateral speed and endurance (I average ~3 hours a day 6 days a week in the past year) are back. I hold my own in scoring against anyone just fine thanks to my wide array of weapons and basketball IQ.
Skills wise I got back all that I lost (due to poor conditioning mainly) and the shooting touch is back as well. My biggest skill improvement would be my left fade away and it has been pretty much un-stoppable in 3-3. Another one has been steals I can read the dribble better and time my hands jabs more accurately.
Anyway, back to the subject of vertical. Since I was never a gym rat and I never trained for vertical specifically, I always thought that I should be able to dunk if I trained to improve my vertical specifically. Since I can put the middle of my palm at the right at my best, in theory if I just gained 6" vertical my entire palm should be 2-3" over the rim and I ought to be able to just "stuff" the ball in...
So, anyone here past age 30 improved their vertical by 8" or more?
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subject: any age 30+ guy here significantly improved your vertical?!
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I'm 36 and will be turning 37 in November. In beginning of 2009 I was at my heaviest ever (~87 kg/190 lbs) after being a lazy ass for about 1.5 years and hardly exercised. I'm at 180 cm exactly or 5'11". Then started in Feb. 2009 I got back into basketball and yoga and started playing ball just about every day ever since... slowly but surely I shed the weights week after week in the beginning of 2010 I weighted about 72.5 kg (160 lbs). Lately I've been at 70 kg or slightly below so about 153 lbs ish and this is pretty much back to my weight in high school.
Between 2009 and now I've only hit the weights sparsely. Less than 20 sessions total. I weight myself at the local hospital with a digital scale that can measure body fat, water weight, muscle/bone weight ... etc. All I've lost are fat. Muscle change has been less than 0.5 kg. If anything, I should have gain a little muscle (or at least it should've become denser/heavier) through the exercises.
As far as vertical is concerned, at my best (probably around age 25) I remember I can jump and try to grab the rim and it would be at the middle of my palm. I have fairly small hands. So that's at most 5" above the rim. At my worst in early 2009 the tip of my finger was about 6" below the rim. Boy did I feel fat, clumsy and just straight NASTY when I was out of shape. Right now I'm only able to barely touch the rim. But I am happy just to be able to touch the rim again. :-) At least the lateral speed and endurance (I average ~3 hours a day 6 days a week in the past year) are back. I hold my own in scoring against anyone just fine thanks to my wide array of weapons and basketball IQ.
Skills wise I got back all that I lost (due to poor conditioning mainly) and the shooting touch is back as well. My biggest skill improvement would be my left fade away and it has been pretty much un-stoppable in 3-3. Another one has been steals I can read the dribble better and time my hands jabs more accurately.
Anyway, back to the subject of vertical. Since I was never a gym rat and I never trained for vertical specifically, I always thought that I should be able to dunk if I trained to improve my vertical specifically. Since I can put the middle of my palm at the right at my best, in theory if I just gained 6" vertical my entire palm should be 2-3" over the rim and I ought to be able to just "stuff" the ball in...
So, anyone here past age 30 improved their vertical by 8" or more?
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Performance Training Blog / Re: ADARQ.ORG Officially Endorses Nike Zoom Waffle Racers
« on: September 12, 2010, 08:31:21 pm »
Hmm, Waffle Racer VI still 29.99 but they don't have my sizes 9.0-9.5... I did notice they also have the Nike Zoom Waffle XC VII (I assume it should be just as good if not better; at quick glance it looks similar) also at 29.99 with several sizes available but again, not 9.0-9.5. No luck for me.