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Maybe you could do smolov or something for squatting. It'd be great to get a higher squat but if you put on weight you're going to negate the advantages of having a higher squat- as far as for sprinting.

Edit- It'll be sweet seeing a vid of you guys training together. I wish I could train with people from here.

i'm not talking about racing up to see how fast i can catch KF at 210. i'm talking about a conscientious bulk where i actually focus on diet and muscle/strength gain as a goal. i feel like if i gained 10 pounds while doing something like smolov, i'd be squatting four plates in no time. 405/185 is a better ratio than 360/175. this is not an immediate plan, just something i've been ruminating on. it's actually holding me back from switching gyms, because as unused as the squat rack seems to be at the JCC, smolov or some other squat-centric routine is a dick move when there's only one rack. 10x3 takes a long time. OTOH, basketball court.

don't sass me, vag.

WEIGHT: ???
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: right hamstring and hip, but went away with warm up
MENTAL STATE: good but a little stressed

- warm up

- SL bound x 10,10,10

- sprint 55? x 5
7.2, 7.2, 7.5 (stupid bitch walked RIGHT across the lane as i was sprinting, momentarily slowed and yelled, this time doesn't count), 7.3, 7.3

- tempo 200m x 3

normal track had a game going on so it was closed. secondary track is marked "55" on the side but i don't know if that's 55m or 55 yards. i kind of hope it's meters because these sprints felt fast-ish, i was getting a little float, and extrapolating the times using USTFCCCA conversion tables that's 7.7-7.9 range, which would be better than usual. if it's yards, FML. the 200s for tempo were ~35s. ran out of time because i had to come home and interview yet another person to move into my place.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbFGdpQD_O0&feature=youtube_gdata_player

That's Blenderate. Tigerak is some tiny asian powerlifter who is pretty strong and friends with Yang.

btw i just watched that vid. had seen it before, the gym is in rockville, near where my gf's parents live. too far to work out at regularly. the woman who co-owns it is a BEAST, world record holder in the squat for her weight class.

from yesterday:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdykX2BPIEc" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdykX2BPIEc</a>

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqDR5sfbuJk" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqDR5sfbuJk</a>

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkGlV2kB4MA" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkGlV2kB4MA</a>

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kicH5wPDlY" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kicH5wPDlY</a>

Have you tried in the SVJ to get your arms back, not just "under" you? And if you get your arms back, try turning the thumbs towards the sky (internally rotate). Then try the SVJ again and see how it feels.

Agree with this.... Especially when you consider you are a low-bar squatter... You have a strong back and don't seem to be using it as much as you can on your jump.  You bend super low and roll onto your toes.... Not to get into low-bar/high-bar squatting.... But your SVJ is pretty similar to KF style... which will benefit more from HB squat, get those hamstrings, low back and glutes active rather than just jumping with your quads.

Quote from: Raptor on September 30, 2013, 04:06:33 am

Have you tried in the SVJ to get your arms back, not just "under" you? And if you get your arms back, try turning the thumbs towards the sky (internally rotate). Then try the SVJ again and see how it feels.

Agree with this.... Especially when you consider you are a low-bar squatter... You have a strong back and don't seem to be using it as much as you can on your jump.  You bend super low and roll onto your toes.... Not to get into low-bar/high-bar squatting.... But your SVJ is pretty similar to KF style... which will benefit more from HB squat, get those hamstrings, low back and glutes active rather than just jumping with your quads.

old SVJ is much more hip/back dominated, much higher descent. not sure what brought about the change but i generally seem to get higher with the lower descent/more quad involvement. not gonna change my squatting style. i'm just not.

man, on re-watching that 350 looked pretty solid. cool.

I think you could have got 360 if you were more used to grinding out heavy weights

Your squat looks more quad focussed than most low-bar squats. Your knees travel more forward than out and you don't squat morning that much.

The eccentric on the 360 was very slow... I think that took a lot out of him... that was the first thing that made me think "he's not going to make it". Granted, I already saw the video title but still.