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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Buttocks
« on: February 24, 2011, 12:39:35 am »
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAaBXq90AAM" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAaBXq90AAM</a>

lance, this video worked too well! my glutes got so fried from bounding,sprinting, and lunging that I couldnt even squat!

Hah, thats great man, the better you get at it and the stronger contraction you learn to achieve in that position the more carryover to jumps, sprints, and lifts you will see. 

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 Yes, you re rack the bar during each pause.  The length and number of pauses will depend on your goals, and you dont have to use 10 reps either.  at times u may end up with 8 + 2+2+1, or 9+3+3+3+2, etc.  You can pause just long enough (10-15 secs) to be able to do another rep (this will be alot less intensive and allow a sooner second workout of the same body part), or you can pause longer like you would for a traditional rest pause set.  

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Interesting, indeed. It's similar to a MSEM, with the exception that MSEM is much lower in volume usually and it's geared towards heavy weights.

Well its kind of similar but different overall goals, its VERY similar to the rest pause/dc style training, but still different in its own ways.  One of the best things about myo reps, rest pause, etc. is the work you get in the range that is so beneficial to progress and hypertrophy, and how easy it is to make constant progress in your training. 

  I use myo reps alot, even with relatively green trainees, when they are on the verge of a plateau, to be able to break their previous set/rep pr.  Beginners make great linear progress with 3x5, 4x8, etc., but many times, when the 3x5/etc. plateaus, I will add a couple of myo-rep style reps at the end of their last set, which still gives them a pr and some very beneficial extra work.  The more seasoned the athlete the more they tend to benefit from this style of training in my experience, beginners dont need to use these techniques nearly as frequently but they can still have their place in their training if used at the right times. 

  The thing that matters most over time is progressive resistance, beating your previous best.  Using this type of training can enable a higher training frequency if the volume of exercises and total sets are kept in check, progress is much easier ( instead of having 3x5 to beat a certain load/# you now have one extended set via rest pause/ myo-reps, which can be manipulated either by more load or more reps, and a single set using these principles can be enough to stimulate great strength and hypertrophy increases.)

  I use rest pause sets and workouts very similar to what you are using now on your upper body days and some of my best progress has been made using these methods, even though I have been training for several years.  For example, say you have a previous best on military press of 185x7, 5, and 3, for a total of 15 rest paused reps. The next time you perform that exercise with 185, you end up with still 15-16 rest paused reps, you can easily take a short myo-rep style pause, and perform one or two more reps to break the previous pr.  Many times this will be enough to push you over that hump and the next time that particular exercise comes around in your training, you are able to break your previous 3 rest pause set record in 3 rest paused sets, convincingly.  There are about 1000 different ways to incorporate it into your training but those are just a few examples.

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Hip flexors
« on: February 23, 2011, 12:36:03 am »
 Strengthening the hip flexors dynamically is important, also important is strengthening them in extension, especially as a prehab measure.

   Paused or iso lunges done correctly, bss with the lead foot far enough away from the bench (paused), and standing roll outs with an emphasis on driving the toes into the floor and pulling are all good in this aspect.

 Not only do they strengthen them in extension, they also provide a nice stretch under load, making them very effective to use before squatting/deadlifting/olympic lifts/ etc.  

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Buttocks
« on: February 21, 2011, 03:05:44 pm »
I still think of ways to overload the jumping leg isometrically in the same exact position as in a one-leg jump. Beats me a way to do it other than a isometric leg press hold in that ROM.


In extension, hold dumbells, barbell if you have a set up against a wall with a rack, weight vests, bands, etc.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAaBXq90AAM" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAaBXq90AAM</a>


edit: raptor, you have a power jumper dont you? You can get the heavy resistance (100 lb) tension bands and it has been working well for this exercise. 


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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Buttocks
« on: February 21, 2011, 02:57:57 pm »
Or what Brett is doing in the video HE posted...... ROFL


<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zfBSlZApqs" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zfBSlZApqs</a>


 :uhhhfacepalm:


Your not a fan?. Reason(s)?.

They activate a hell of alot of glute.

Of course thats a good exercise, I quoted that video because of your question to me about  the effect of isometrics (holding in the bottom when teaching beginners TO ACTIVATE AND DRIVE THE SQUAT WITH THE GLUTES), "would i still use them".  Its ironic that you posted a video of an ISOMETRIC.  

Obviously isos can have their place in training, they shouldnt make up the main part of it imo but the thinking that using them for glute activation at the bottom of a squat in the BEGINNING phases of learning the movement would over ride everything else you did in your training and decrease tendon stiffness is silly.

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Buttocks
« on: February 21, 2011, 01:27:47 pm »
 Oh and btw, tendon stiffness + MUSCULAR STIFFNESS = JOINT STIFFNESS, not tendon stiffness alone. 



 

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Buttocks
« on: February 21, 2011, 01:05:07 pm »
Well, he did say "changes the stiffness of human tendon-aponeurosis complex in knee extensors". In a hip thrust hold, there isn't too much knee extensor activity other than stabilizing etc.

 Would still be isometric in nature at both joints, regardless its an invalid argument.

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Buttocks
« on: February 21, 2011, 10:21:22 am »
 Or what Brett is doing in the video HE posted...... ROFL


<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zfBSlZApqs" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zfBSlZApqs</a>


 :uhhhfacepalm:

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Buttocks
« on: February 21, 2011, 10:07:43 am »
 Of course I would, its a PROGRESSION for one, the amount of jumping/sprinting/jump-plyo- reactive drills and work, etc. will easily make up for and outweight a 15-30 second iso hold done to ACTIVATE the glutes, and teach an athlete how to squat properly so that they may perform them correctly and safely.

 Im not going to get into it in depth, but tendon stiffness is not the end all be all in jumping and sprinting either. 

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Nutrition & Supplementation / Re: Creatine or Whey Protein?
« on: February 20, 2011, 08:16:29 pm »
Sorry for the incessant questions.  :D Okay ,protein intake first then creatine. Do you have any link, sir lance, on how much of protein per lbs of body weight should I take during the day and after or before work-out? Or a guideline on how much protein intake should I take?


 Try and get at least 1.5 grams per lb of bw if youre trying to build muscle tissue, 20-30 grams pre workout and 40-60 grams pwo works very well.  5 grams of creatine daily, dont need to follow the "loading" phase on the bottle and you dont need to "cycle" it either.

WOW. :o That's alot. :-X Good bye savings! and hello whey protein!      ;D

 The number above was total grams of protein per day, that wont come from strictly whey alone.  Using one shake post workout can work if you make up the extra protein throughout the day in whole foods.  Alot of people find that supplementing with protein shakes actually saves them money when they calculate it all up, they are not spending as much on fast food or more expensive meals and it saves them money in the long run.  My whey protein comes out to about $1 per shake, which substitutes for a meal that would normally cost ~$5.

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Squat vs Deadlift.
« on: February 20, 2011, 12:42:01 pm »
My doc said don't do deadlifts cuz my couzin blowed his back out doing them....now he's in a wheelchair.......he was taking cleatine too with deadlifts and the doc said his kidneys are almost blowed out too from it.....plus it made his temper really bad and he wanted to kick everybody's ass and creatin made him put some other guy in the hospital cuz he went off playin a pickup game..

now he has blowed out kidneys and blowed out back and he's only 16

dont' do deadlifts and cleatine braa11!!

rofl!@! dead srs, about a month ago had a pm that asked, " I want to take creatine but I heard it will negatively affect penile growth."   :uhhhfacepalm:

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Nutrition & Supplementation / Re: Creatine or Whey Protein?
« on: February 20, 2011, 12:36:56 pm »
Sorry for the incessant questions.  :D Okay ,protein intake first then creatine. Do you have any link, sir lance, on how much of protein per lbs of body weight should I take during the day and after or before work-out? Or a guideline on how much protein intake should I take?


 Try and get at least 1.5 grams per lb of bw if youre trying to build muscle tissue, 20-30 grams pre workout and 40-60 grams pwo works very well.  5 grams of creatine daily, dont need to follow the "loading" phase on the bottle and you dont need to "cycle" it either.

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Nutrition & Supplementation / Re: Creatine or Whey Protein?
« on: February 20, 2011, 03:13:59 am »
Thank you very much! O wait, sir lance .I will definitely buy whey protein but I'm on my 11'th week (recovery and explosiveness) on the VF 2.0 and asking if i have the money to buy creatine now and will have many to buy whey protein after 2 weeks (start of VF intermediate phase 1 which is high intensity 5x5 squat etc.). Should I buy creatine now and save for whey protein for the start of the next cycle of VF?

 The most important thing right now is to make sure youre getting adequate protein intake, taking creatine wont combat an inadequate protein intake.  Once your protein intake is up to par then adding creatine is a good idea and can be helpful.

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