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Suspended push-ups > perfect push-ups

Ie, blast straps, TRX. I made my own with climbing rope, carabiners, and handles, works great.

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MUSiC anD SHeeT! / Kings of Leon Come Around Sundown
« on: November 18, 2010, 11:27:26 pm »
This album fucking rocks, you can just let it play.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgdK3WVUEgg" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgdK3WVUEgg</a>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzuTDXqYc8k" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzuTDXqYc8k</a>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT_74t--kD0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT_74t--kD0</a>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIRHrEc87Sw" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIRHrEc87Sw</a>

Look up the rest if you like these.

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Article & Video Discussion / Re: Unilaterals Make You Weaker
« on: November 17, 2010, 08:44:05 am »
wow i always thought the knee caving in = internal rotation of the femur which happen be because of tilted pelvis (which could suggests weak glutes and abs), or weak just glutes/hams....corrected by hip extension exercises focusing on keepping the knees in line with the hips/ankles, coupled with glute activation

Now imagine when both of these 'abnormalities' are present.

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Article & Video Discussion / Re: Unilaterals Make You Weaker
« on: November 16, 2010, 08:55:10 pm »
Please post evidence or provide logic reasoning for why unilaterals should balance out the legs more than correctly performed - which means balanced - bilateral exercises.

During a squat for example, the outer quad(vastus lateralis) is recruited more than the inner quad(VMO). This will eventually lead to an imbalance, which if ignored can result in the knee 'caving in' b/c of the lack of strength of the VMO which may lead to injury. This is also why the VMO is heavily rehabbed in ACL injuries, to prevent further injury and 'caving in' of the knee. This is coming from experience.

And please explain why a powerlifter should do unilateral work when everything he does in his sport is bilateral in nature and will usually require a coordinated, well-balanced effort of both his left and right body side.

Injury prevention/Muscle Balance/Recovery/Variety/Wanting to have a longer, healthier career as a powerlifter.
Also as Andrew has pointed out, eveyone has a dominant limb and that limb shall stay dominant, so it's a good idea to keep the race a close one.

And don't just say "you can always do both", because only an idiot would bring forward such an argument,....And I don't think that you are an idiot,

You are contradicting yourself here. I say you can because you can. Don't put yourself in a box.

since it means that he does not understand that everything that is useless is in fact also detrimental because it means that valuable training time as well as physical resources are wasted which could otherwise be used for productive things that actually do something to help ones progress.

I'm sure you didn't assume this but not alot of energy/time has to be given towards single leg work for powerlifters, bodybuilders or olympic lifters. You wouldn't have to dedicate a whole session to single leg movements, just enough to further progress, strengthen weak links and to stay healthy.

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Article & Video Discussion / Re: Unilaterals Make You Weaker
« on: November 16, 2010, 08:52:21 am »
You can always do both, for those athletes you mentioned, single leg work wouldn't be the emphasis of their training.
Single leg work balances your legs out better than bilateral work.

With that said, I will step out of this mental masturbation circle jerk.

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Article & Video Discussion / Re: Unilaterals Make You Weaker
« on: November 15, 2010, 11:16:52 pm »
This shit is apples and oranges.

Why not just do both and reap the benefits they provide?

If you're an athlete(that involves running), and you want to only do bilateral work, it will catch up to you.

IMO, there's no point attacking a single 'method' b/c of what it lacks. No single 'method' is all inclusive to get you strong, powerful, fast, and ripped, etc. Use each 'method' what it's meant for.

Comparing lunges and squats is retarded. You can do max effort squats, but why the fuck would you do max effort lunges?

If you have 2 lower body days a week, one day do bilateral movements, the other day do unilateral. WOW that was hard to think up.

T-nation btw, has been on a rapid decline in article quality. Go surf thru the archives if you want to find something useful.

On another note, imo, training articles/information has been beaten to death. I would like to see recovery be the new 'it-girl' trend in strength training articles/media. It's easy to beat the shit out of yourself in the gym, but if you're not recovering in time then you're just spinning your wheels. More recovery=more progress.

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: funny / horrible training videos
« on: November 10, 2010, 05:15:16 pm »
I don't know if you guys have been introduced to Diesel Weasel,  I have had a few laughs at his expense :)

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

Heres a pearl. I think maybe its been posted before, but its worth watching again.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uRGBJ3ALOs" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uRGBJ3ALOs</a>

FWIW, diesel weasel, whatever his name is, he cleaned up his form since then, and he's turned into a pretty good powerlifter.

It would have been interesting to see him turn that 1RM squat into a double lol.

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Tennis / Re: US open tennis fight
« on: November 04, 2010, 05:52:53 pm »
If the younger man was doing that between points, the proper thing for the older couple to do would have been to notify the staff. They're old enough to know better.

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Tennis / Re: US open tennis fight
« on: November 03, 2010, 12:51:31 pm »
The young guy kept it to words, the older couple escalated it to physical violence.

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Tennis / Re: US open tennis fight
« on: November 03, 2010, 11:38:31 am »
Why didn't they kick out the old guy and his wife as well?

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: Post Your Workout Playlist
« on: November 02, 2010, 11:11:39 pm »
Actually couldn't find this song on youtube. I really like the piano in the song.
http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/s/Reflections/25rEdN
I love this song for 20 rep squats.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY_I6doz6Qk" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY_I6doz6Qk</a>

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdX79pwyBII" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdX79pwyBII</a>

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5IVkUDH4z0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5IVkUDH4z0</a>
jk

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: funny / horrible training videos
« on: October 28, 2010, 01:21:19 am »
Here's a gem
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVLWcGEE-j0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVLWcGEE-j0</a>

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: funny / horrible training videos
« on: October 28, 2010, 01:18:12 am »
LOL WAT?????

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK-RVrbAhQ4" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK-RVrbAhQ4</a>

How much was each of those bars Darq?

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: funny / horrible training videos
« on: October 28, 2010, 01:17:41 am »
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJKuIMOB6i8" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJKuIMOB6i8</a>

Those morons are actually calling that a clean.

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MOVIES & ENTERTAINMENT & SHeeT! / Re: RED - this movie was HORRIBLE
« on: October 27, 2010, 10:28:38 pm »
I had a feeling it would be shit.

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