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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: August 29, 2016, 08:11:43 am »those are kd 8's. i have them but don't wear them at all. grip isn't good, bad fit, and lacing is always loose.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: August 29, 2016, 08:07:15 am »hmm, been looking at your log and now am interested in sprinting too now, maybe even running.
cool!
just don't go 100% max with sprinting initially.. can really tax your hamstrings.
also with running, don't do crazy volume either to start with..
basically, start slow.. see if you like it. I imagine you'd love sprinting at least. I think it's my favorite activity right now among the 3.
edit: also, if you get into running.. perhaps the most important thing I can tell you is, make sure you have the right socks; non friction. I've had success with new balance non-friction socks. If you wear the wrong socks, you run the risk of wrecking your toes/toenails. (and obviously you want the right size shoes etc).
i see. and okay, also a good thing ive been hitting deadlifts and leg curls hard though. yea, the last time i did sprints was almost 2 years ago now, and i really enjoyed it then. sounds good for the running part. i was more into distance running in my early teens, so i guess i have some experience. i probably won't get too much into it though, cause i dont want it to affect my main goal of 40 inch vert/11 ft touch. currently am 6 ft 150 lbs and just kinda struggling to maintain that cause i dont have much of an appetite. probably when i get older though, have been missing the runner's high for quite a while now lol
ya i don't really get any runner's high with these 3 mile runs. I think I got it on my long runs ~10+ mi.
fwiw, some of the best/most consistent jump sessions I was having, is when I ran ~1 mi very fast or tried to PR my 1 KM to the court. So even just that amount of running is probably good for us, but it didn't seem like enough to actually hurt my vert at all .. in fact it almost seems to do the opposite. I feel much more ready to go when I get to the court. I was running to the court alot, but my left ankle was flaring up a bit so i've been doing light sprints instead to get warmup.
anything above 1 mi seems almost "random" .. i've jumped great after running 2-6 miles, and then i've also jumped horrible. So those distances are definitely more risky (but i'm also jumping directly after running).
pc!
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: August 28, 2016, 11:28:25 pm »
TODAY
08/28/2016
Bio: Morning
last night's sleep: ~8.5 hours
last night fell asleep: ~11 PM
- whoa!
wakeup = 7:30 AM
bw = 156 lb.
morning resting heart rate = didn't measure
soreness = glutes somewhat, hamstrings somewhat
aches = lower back slightly
injuries = none, AH (3rd day)
standing desk (when on computer): not much
feel = decent
water = alot x 2
mosquito bites: 0
Food
7:30 AM
- orange juice
- banana
Session: Morning
8:30 AM
submax form running: ~3.14 mi in 27:30 min
- 5k: ~26:50 min
- better than two days ago
- worked really hard on my arm technique and how i'm holding my hands, also keeping my ankle locked and having a stiff but low-power strike... uh also extending my hips more.
- slow form running is tough
- would be amazing af if i could keep improving my "submax form running" technique down to low 20's.. HEH!!!
Food
9:30 AM
- 2% milk
- banana
- 3 x wheat bread with peanut butter
- green tea
Food
4 PM
- enormous salad: spinach, olive oil, lemon, mixed nuts, asiago, stacy's pita chips as croutons
-- 0.9 oz spinach
- french bread with goat cheese and olive oil, salt, pepper
get at me.
was goooooooood!
Session: Evening
7 PM
- pouring out
- most likely could have run even better, had to shut it down a bit because I didn't want to slip on the sidewalk ... so needless to say I was feeling good
- shirtless running in the rain, felt great.. ;f
submax ~400m intervals:
- 7x
- 400m run, walk back, repeat, 7 times
- mostly ~5:20-5:35 pace
some graphs
all of the runs:
second to last run where I pushed it:
t0ddday, ^^ straight up flatline.. lmao! GPS watch was working really good tonight.. i mean it usually is, but sometimes it has it's weirdness. I actually think it works better in the rain tbh.. it "loads quicker" too, when it's raining, and/or at night. Takes long in the day time to get it to initialize.
Food
8:15 PM
- 2 x 2% milk
- 2 x banana
- vegan fudge brownie
- greek yogurt
"The Night Of" season finale was dope.. can't wait for s2!!!
08/28/2016
Bio: Morning
last night's sleep: ~8.5 hours
last night fell asleep: ~11 PM
- whoa!
wakeup = 7:30 AM
bw = 156 lb.
morning resting heart rate = didn't measure
soreness = glutes somewhat, hamstrings somewhat
aches = lower back slightly
injuries = none, AH (3rd day)
standing desk (when on computer): not much
feel = decent
water = alot x 2
mosquito bites: 0
Food
7:30 AM
- orange juice
- banana
Session: Morning
8:30 AM
submax form running: ~3.14 mi in 27:30 min
- 5k: ~26:50 min
- better than two days ago
- worked really hard on my arm technique and how i'm holding my hands, also keeping my ankle locked and having a stiff but low-power strike... uh also extending my hips more.
- slow form running is tough
- would be amazing af if i could keep improving my "submax form running" technique down to low 20's.. HEH!!!
Food
9:30 AM
- 2% milk
- banana
- 3 x wheat bread with peanut butter
- green tea
Food
4 PM
- enormous salad: spinach, olive oil, lemon, mixed nuts, asiago, stacy's pita chips as croutons
-- 0.9 oz spinach
- french bread with goat cheese and olive oil, salt, pepper
get at me.
was goooooooood!
Session: Evening
7 PM
- pouring out
- most likely could have run even better, had to shut it down a bit because I didn't want to slip on the sidewalk ... so needless to say I was feeling good
- shirtless running in the rain, felt great.. ;f
submax ~400m intervals:
- 7x
- 400m run, walk back, repeat, 7 times
- mostly ~5:20-5:35 pace
some graphs
all of the runs:
second to last run where I pushed it:
t0ddday, ^^ straight up flatline.. lmao! GPS watch was working really good tonight.. i mean it usually is, but sometimes it has it's weirdness. I actually think it works better in the rain tbh.. it "loads quicker" too, when it's raining, and/or at night. Takes long in the day time to get it to initialize.
Food
8:15 PM
- 2 x 2% milk
- 2 x banana
- vegan fudge brownie
- greek yogurt
"The Night Of" season finale was dope.. can't wait for s2!!!
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: August 28, 2016, 11:19:10 pm »
YESTERDAY: REST
08/27/2016
Bio: Morning
last night's sleep: ~8 hours
last night fell asleep: ~12 AM
wakeup = 8 AM
bw = 151 lb.
morning resting heart rate = didn't measure
soreness = glutes ALOT
- glutes completely dead
aches = none
injuries = none
standing desk (when on computer): not much
feel = very tired
water = alot x 2
mosquito bites: 0
Food
8:30 AM
- orange juice
- banana
- greek yogurt
Food
3 PM
- huge salad
- green tea
Food
9 PM
- chicken tenders from publix (horrible)
- some chips
- 2% milk
- banana
garbage dinner.
really needed the rest day.. was wrecked.
08/27/2016
Bio: Morning
last night's sleep: ~8 hours
last night fell asleep: ~12 AM
wakeup = 8 AM
bw = 151 lb.
morning resting heart rate = didn't measure
soreness = glutes ALOT
- glutes completely dead
aches = none
injuries = none
standing desk (when on computer): not much
feel = very tired
water = alot x 2
mosquito bites: 0
Food
8:30 AM
- orange juice
- banana
- greek yogurt
Food
3 PM
- huge salad
- green tea
Food
9 PM
- chicken tenders from publix (horrible)
- some chips
- 2% milk
- banana
garbage dinner.
really needed the rest day.. was wrecked.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: August 28, 2016, 11:16:49 pm »fwiw part of why it took me so long to get to my goal is because i did go off on so many tangents. i did starting strength, i did smolov jr, i did lots of bootcamps/crossfit early on, i spent a summer focusing on sprints and even entered a couple of races where i came face to face with my own slowness. it's not the only reason: traveling even with the moderate frequency that i do interrupts training and i'm also injury-prone. but the few burts of progress i have made were when first adarq and then t0ddday wrote me programs and i did them without thinking, except to (as t0ddday said) allow myself not to push myself to the point of getting hurt.
shout out to kellyb/VJB, too, i made some progress on that too when i first started on this journey.
nice! As for VJB, I also recall you also had a nice experience with flyingInFour too..
and yup, #1 thing is safety.. absolutely no other question about it. Sometimes it's hard to follow our own advice, or what we know is best.. but we can easily dish it out.
pc!
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: August 28, 2016, 11:14:53 pm »hmm, been looking at your log and now am interested in sprinting too now, maybe even running.
cool!
just don't go 100% max with sprinting initially.. can really tax your hamstrings.
also with running, don't do crazy volume either to start with..
basically, start slow.. see if you like it. I imagine you'd love sprinting at least. I think it's my favorite activity right now among the 3.
edit: also, if you get into running.. perhaps the most important thing I can tell you is, make sure you have the right socks; non friction. I've had success with new balance non-friction socks. If you wear the wrong socks, you run the risk of wrecking your toes/toenails. (and obviously you want the right size shoes etc).
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: August 28, 2016, 11:13:48 pm »As for sprinting goals, my #1 goal is to simply hit 20 mph on my watch. 18.4 mph felt crazy fast....... I love how that felt. I'd love to "feel" 20mph.
Man that's already fast compared to me. I had a max speed of 26.6 km/h (16.52 mph). Only need to get to 27.8 mph to match Usain (and keep it for that distance)
when did usain hit 27.8 mph? ~70m?
i honestly think the watch will help immediately, somewhat. once I saw my max speed on it, it became almost like a vertec. Obviously we can do the same with timed sprints etc, but that measures the entire run; that's one reason I also like flying sprints.
So far, I personally like using the watch "as a vertec", simply trying to build up to max speed .. then checking all of the 'spikes' when I get home, to see if I PR'd anything. It would be nice to see that data as i'm doing it, but I don't like running/sprinting with a phone. So the only thing I could do is put the watch on the screen that shows "current pace", which is pretty nice.. but just too hard to check when you're sprinting max speed. That screen is absolutely great for submax runs.
Also since I mostly run on the sidewalks etc, a GPS watch is such a great tool
Usain can hit and hold 27 mph the entire race after 50m. I posted this somewhere else but the deceleration portion of the 100m is pretty much a myth. Good sprinters reach top speed at about 50-60m (women a little later) and they hold this speed the rest of the race.
As far as the watch... First of all what is it?
garmin forerunner 15.
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Second... I agree that it could be an amazing training tool just like a vertec... But I just don't trust gps. I tried using GPS on the track and 100m is like 101-107 meters... So I don't know how accurate the speed is for a 150m sprint... Is that how the watch works? Or does it have an acceleromter and some fancy hardware.... I mean it should be possible to get it accurate but the gps apps on phones are really no good for sprinting...
well, I just leave the watch on the entire time, so it gets my walking + sprinting. And for each sprint, i'm only looking at the max speed I hit per sprint. I'm not actually looking at distance/time, though, I can get a measurement out of it.. just would need to do a small bit of math.
It's "ballpark" accurate. I'll post an example of a ~480m (0.3mi) run I did tonight, and you'll see it's almost a "flat line" .. so it was polling for GPS data pretty accurately tonight. When it's extremely cloudy or just something going on in the atmosphere, you MAY see some weird oscillations that aren't normal.. but tonight, it was working pretty good.
and nah, no fancy stuff. this model is simple. It's only GPS data & I sync it with garmin connect/endomondo to pull the data out of it. It does have a realtime pacer though, which is great. For example I used it tonight while actually running, just to see my current pace. If it's obtaining GPS data really good, it's usually spot on for my pace.
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But yeah like a vertec feedback is important... It's why I use the old school technique for sprint speed feedback of running with someone else... Still not perfect though... I saw a thing about some training center where they had a little train track mounted robot that supposedly moved along the track exactly like you... So you could race 100m, then set the tool, then continue to race against your "shadow" from that rep! Like racing for time in mariokart... That would be amazing...
ya i've seen something like that before.. that is probably a great tool. I know for sure that I run faster when I start trying to keep up with a cyclist, or some car that is coming off from a stop light etc.. hah.
pc
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: August 28, 2016, 11:07:43 pm »just got home from week at beach. came back via charlotte for my grandpa's 90th birthday, which was awesome, and visiting my brother, which was great to do but less awesome. something like 17 hours in the car over two days.
beach=heaven.
i played tennis at least once every day but one and did variants of the daily routine four of the days. parents and brother and brother's gf joined, which was really fun.
gotta stretch and roll before bed so i don't wake up feeling all janky.
Really nice man. Family++. Did you feel recovered a bit? Hope some of those nagging injuries have subsided.
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also, football is here.
ya, excited. love football season.
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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: August 28, 2016, 10:54:36 pm »nick ross's foot overpronates so much on the plant it's ridic. looks like he should be spraining his ankle every time but he gets so much power out of it. amazing.
ya definitely, I think it's the most i've seen. absolutely crazy.
btw anyone know what shoes those are?
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also, on the NFL players vid, i think cole beasley is 5'8.
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400m Sprinting or Shorter / Re: Kim Collins apparently lifts weights
« on: August 28, 2016, 10:43:04 pm »He attributes yoga towards his long athletic lifespan as well. Being flexible would logically help in the avoidance of muscle tears and strains. In one of Michael Johnson's books he talks about how he always used to get injured a lot and it wasn't until he took gym work and stretching (stretching in particular) seriously and accomodating time for it, that his body started becoming more resiliant and injury-free.
nice. do you know what kind of stretching (specifically) he was into? or was it just stretching through yoga?
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400m Sprinting or Shorter / Re: The Sprint Starts Thread
« on: August 28, 2016, 08:57:11 pm »
ben johnson pic. he had such a beast start.
http://s199.photobucket.com/user/thefreshprince101/media/Sports%20Pictures/Seoul_StartoftheCentury.jpg.html
http://s199.photobucket.com/user/thefreshprince101/media/Sports%20Pictures/Seoul_StartoftheCentury.jpg.html
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Loopie's Log
« on: August 28, 2016, 04:26:09 pm »
8/23/16 Tuesday BW=169.4
squat 2x185, 1x225, 0x245, 0x235
deadlift 1x185, 1x225, 1x245, 1x265
8/24/16 Wednesday BW=169.6
p90x abs
8/27/16 Saturday BW=168.6
squat 2x185, 1x225, 1x235, 3x5x235, 2x5x225
deadlift 3x185, 3x225, 3x5x245
8/28/16 Sunday BW=170.4
p90x abs
Tuesday's MSEM didn't happen could not even get to normal rep weight without failing. Found the p90x ab disc which I loved to do circa 2013, and felt the burn for several days. Saturday Squats and deadlifts where locked and progress was good, just need to keep it up. I have some chalk coming in the mail that should help my dead lift's a bit.
what you mean normal rep weight, you were failing? like even light lifts? are you uber burnt out or still sore af from deadlifting a bit ago?
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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: August 28, 2016, 03:04:50 pm »
his girl tells him to "get the fuck up" at ~29s .. hot af.. LMFAO.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO7XOC2qGJI#t=29s
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO7XOC2qGJI" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO7XOC2qGJI</a>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO7XOC2qGJI#t=29s
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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: The Training Gear/Tools Thread
« on: August 28, 2016, 12:17:30 pm »
soloshot3 is pretty sick.. i imagine it would be great for recording yourself doing track-work, especially since it can rotate 360 deg.
$809
For $809, I think i'd prefer the lily drone camera. Especially because people can't just steal it, since it's flying in the air.. lmao
https://shop.soloshot.com/
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1t_xJZ9xyA" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1t_xJZ9xyA</a>
$809
For $809, I think i'd prefer the lily drone camera. Especially because people can't just steal it, since it's flying in the air.. lmao
https://shop.soloshot.com/
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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: The Training Gear/Tools Thread
« on: August 28, 2016, 12:12:40 pm »
This would be cool for run/sprint footage... might be a little weird for dunk/jump footage if it's directly overhead. I'd imagine there is a way to get it to record from the side: (edit: yeah it does side shots! sick).
so yeah, I imagine this would be an interesting tool for making some sick videos.
https://www.lily.camera/
it said $499 in the youtube video, but I guess it's up to $919 now.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMfTHHLbj5g" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMfTHHLbj5g</a>
so yeah, I imagine this would be an interesting tool for making some sick videos.
https://www.lily.camera/
it said $499 in the youtube video, but I guess it's up to $919 now.