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Did you guys know know that the average heart rate for a male basketball is 169 ± 9 beats? Or in other words in the range of 160-180? That's average for the whole match (including live and dead periods). I found this surprising. 

The more I research the conditioning demands of basketball the more interesting it gets. Take this table from a brazilian study. It gives a glimpse of how HR varies for different positions through out the game:



Another study to read. Interesting table below:


Had no idea the demands on the heart were so great for basketball players..

Purpose. The purpose of the present thesis was to investigate countermovement jump
(CMJ) performance, muscle-tendon morphology and anthropometrics in Tanzanian
Maasai individuals and to compare these data to Caucasian controls.
Methods. 28 healthy subjects (Maasai = 20, Caucasian = volunteered for the study.
Maximal CMJ performance was evaluated by use of force plate kinetics and kinematics.
Timing of muscle activation was examined with electromyography (EMG). Moreover,
anthropometric data for the lower leg was acquired, and muscle architecture and tendon
dimensions were assessed by use of ultrasound (US). Finally, jump height and joint
angles were estimated for the Maasai while performing a traditional ‘jump dance ritual’.


https://brage.bibsys.no/xmlui/bitstream/handle/11250/2436204/Refsdal%202017v.pdf?sequence=1

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anythign here worth getting for a budding 33yo track star newbie?

Simple request, would like to understand the technique for a windmill for an RL planting DL jumper with a dexterous L hand. Is such a thing possible or nah? If you can point me to a video i can mimic that would be amazing.

So i always thought the reply box was too small (vertically). and if i was quoting a longish reply i couldnt see the whole reply in the reply box, leave alone the text i was adding in reply.

But i found out today that triangle with a little triangle inside it on the bottom right corner is actual a resize widget you can drag down to  resizethe reply box vertically! So cool .. this is a game changer!

 

Postulates: 1. DL jumpers need strong quads. 2. Strong quads help us jump and run faster in athletic activity. 3. Athletic squatting helps build stronger quads faciliating 1 and 2.

The above are taken for granted on first principles.

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Argument: When squatting a challenging rep near RM, squats turn into good mornings. This suggest hamstrings are not able to maintain back angle. This means hamstrings are not strong enough. In the past on this forum this was rejected and it was proposed rather it was quads which were not up to the task. I was told to front squat because this would build up the missing quad strength and bring enough leg strength to the table. The prescription/antidote was correct but the explanation was wrong (explained below).

New information: Whenever i've used a belt, i find my form deteroriates instantly, even in first reps not close to RM. I never understood why, however, with the study that came out recently (linked on this sub forum), it was suggested a belt helps us squat better by allowing the legs to work harder than sans belt. That was the missing link in the explanation for my back squats with a belt -- by using a belt, my hamstring were overloaded and were not able to maintain back angle! Hence squat mornings when using a belt.

Fix: Make hamstrings bigger and stronger.

Role of front squats revisited: It turns out a rep limit set also exhibits the problem described above, namely to maintain back angle. It just so happens front squats require a upright back but nevertheless the hamstrings are responsible for maintaining this back angle. By doing front squats, i wasn't 'bringing up my quads' as suggested but rather, i was training my hamstrings to be stronger and better at maintaining back angle!!

Future exploration: How do i do an even better job of bringing up my hamstrings so i can use a belt and become a big squatter (180kg)? That's where i'm stuck .. i know front squats help but it feels somehow not enough. There might be other ways to build up hamstring strength to maintain back angle. An idea I had was simply to do more belted squatting and force my hamstrings to be exposed to more loading and hence learn to maintain back angle in that overloaded situation. Interestingly, unlike many others who use a belt to lift more weight, i would have to use weight less than my beltless squat, since that would address my weakness better.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCjCi3XQenY" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCjCi3XQenY</a>

Just the usual NBA players training like girls but in between there is a bit where he does hipthrusts with what could be 400 pounds or something.

Also would be interested in knowing what ppl think his strengths and weaknesses are and how he should be training to become a better athlete..From looking at him, I think he needs bigger hamstrings and quads but he's obviously a freak athlete with super fast CNS and reactivity so he doesn't need a lot of strength, maybe..