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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: The PR's/PB's, videos, pictures, and daily achievements thread
« on: May 02, 2016, 02:56:11 am »
recent (latest phase of re-training) L-SLRVJ 
- 10'6 touch
that basically puts me at 30" RVJ for L-SLRVJ.. need to make that more consistent now.
my big first goal is 10'8" L-SLRVJ and running 3 consecutive miles at <= 5:59 min/mi.
pc!
- 10'6 touch
that basically puts me at 30" RVJ for L-SLRVJ.. need to make that more consistent now.
my big first goal is 10'8" L-SLRVJ and running 3 consecutive miles at <= 5:59 min/mi.
pc!
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: May 02, 2016, 02:53:12 am »
hips were quite achy today.. right hip is usually achy.. sucks. need to be careful stretching them. Simply stretching my hips at all can cause them to become very achy... but, they are also tight.. catch-22.
05/1/2016
Bio: Morning
last night's sleep: good
last night fell asleep: ~5 AM
wakeup = 1:15 PM
bw = 149
morning resting heart rate = didn't measure
soreness = right hamstring slightly, right pec
aches = left & right hip slightly (right more-so), low back slightly
injuries = toenails slightly wrekt! 1 black toenail instead of 4
feel = good
toenails felt great today!!!
- only have one black toenail right now.. fixed those other 3.
- hoping they stay healthy and don't die again
Food
1:30 PM
- 2 x wheat bread with peanut butter
- green tea
- beat + tart cherry juice
- chocolate chip cookie
Food
4 PM
- propel with added salt
Session: Evening
5:30 PM
- hot + humid, drenched by the time i got to the court
run to court:
- 3.88 mi in 26:56
- pace: 6:56 min/mi
- speed: 8.6 mph
- max speed: 10.7 mph
- splits: 6:12, 6:36, 6:51, 8:16 *CRAMP*
cramped up on mile 4. sucked. good run though.. was moving nice.
jumps:
- L-SLRVJ recent PR: ~10'6"
- got it at jump ~12
- jumps started off meh, but then I started to feel good and my runups got alot faster
run home:
- 3.88 mi in 35:37
- worked on stride length with slow stride frequency.. so focus on hip ext
- also may have figured out how to run like an olympian.. I have this obsession with trying to clear these successive pavement steps, when I do this overstriding stuff.. so, each step is ~4.5 feet apart. Something clicked today and I did several short runs clearing the steps so powerful/fast, using a stiffer leg/hip dominant style.. every single time I did it, I hit 8 mph, which is good. If I did that fresh, it might be more like 10 mph (i'm theorizing).
(edit: I have other areas of sidewalk where the steps are ~6 feet apart too, which could eventually be useful).
i've done this before several times, but it never really clicked like it did today.. it may sound crazy but, I think there is something to this technique/drill... I mean it makes sense, it's a stride length drill, but, how you achieve that length (via more of a stiff bounce) could be the key.
my legs/shins feel a bit more tired than usual so, could be from that.. I need to be careful with it.
Also, I can keep it going.. it's not like I get tired after some short distance.. so it seems to be a style I could implement for actual distance.
I watch a few elite runner vids per day and there's just something, other than VO2/lactic threshold etc, that they are doing that I am not seeing. My interest is more about how they are generating so much power whilst looking so relaxed/effortless, at various paces.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIWJgLxCDY4" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIWJgLxCDY4</a>
I think i'm on to something with this one.. much more so than caring about foot strike. This technique basically makes it feel like my legs are pogo sticks..
I also think that's why i've been so obsessed with midfoot/forefoot previously.. I just don't see how I could reach high speeds with my natural foot strike, using my current running form. So it made sense to default to a more explosive/bouncy foot strike, which I can hit much higher speeds with.. However, that wrecks my calves and actually becomes slow if i'm tired; I lose alot of pop if i'm fatigued.
So instead of foot strike.. I could perhaps achieve the same effect by focusing on this 'stiffer leg strike' which is MUCH more hip (but much more quad too; just much more of everything).
A proper running coach might go "duh that's how you're supposed to do it", but I don't hear anyone talking about that on youtube videos etc (coaching vids). There's so much obsession with foot strike but hardly anyone mentions how the hips should feel, or about dorsiflexion and such. So i dno.. still trying to figure this thing out.
I know i've rambled quite a bit, forgive me.
Food
7 PM
- 2% milk
Food
10 PM
- big stir fry: brussels sprouts, carrots, various peppers, mixed nuts
- 6 chicken tenders
- banana
Food
11 PM
- hot mint tea
- biscotti
Session: Stretching
12 AM - 1 AM
- very good stretching
- hips feel tight tho
Food
3:30 AM
- greek yogurt
- 3 x banana
- propel with added salt
Session: Recovery
4:30 AM
- 15 minute, very hot shower
- several bouts of very hot direct water on each hip
got LOTS of coding done today.. gr8 day.. also heat won.. also, Game of Thrones wtf?
also.. Silicon Valley is actually a nightmare, reminds me of what happened at my previous job.. funny as fuq tho.. lmao.
pc!
05/1/2016
Bio: Morning
last night's sleep: good
last night fell asleep: ~5 AM
wakeup = 1:15 PM
bw = 149
morning resting heart rate = didn't measure
soreness = right hamstring slightly, right pec
aches = left & right hip slightly (right more-so), low back slightly
injuries = toenails slightly wrekt! 1 black toenail instead of 4
feel = good
toenails felt great today!!!
- only have one black toenail right now.. fixed those other 3.
- hoping they stay healthy and don't die again
Food
1:30 PM
- 2 x wheat bread with peanut butter
- green tea
- beat + tart cherry juice
- chocolate chip cookie
Food
4 PM
- propel with added salt
Session: Evening
5:30 PM
- hot + humid, drenched by the time i got to the court
run to court:
- 3.88 mi in 26:56
- pace: 6:56 min/mi
- speed: 8.6 mph
- max speed: 10.7 mph
- splits: 6:12, 6:36, 6:51, 8:16 *CRAMP*
cramped up on mile 4. sucked. good run though.. was moving nice.
jumps:
- L-SLRVJ recent PR: ~10'6"
- got it at jump ~12
- jumps started off meh, but then I started to feel good and my runups got alot faster
run home:
- 3.88 mi in 35:37
- worked on stride length with slow stride frequency.. so focus on hip ext
- also may have figured out how to run like an olympian.. I have this obsession with trying to clear these successive pavement steps, when I do this overstriding stuff.. so, each step is ~4.5 feet apart. Something clicked today and I did several short runs clearing the steps so powerful/fast, using a stiffer leg/hip dominant style.. every single time I did it, I hit 8 mph, which is good. If I did that fresh, it might be more like 10 mph (i'm theorizing).
(edit: I have other areas of sidewalk where the steps are ~6 feet apart too, which could eventually be useful).
i've done this before several times, but it never really clicked like it did today.. it may sound crazy but, I think there is something to this technique/drill... I mean it makes sense, it's a stride length drill, but, how you achieve that length (via more of a stiff bounce) could be the key.
my legs/shins feel a bit more tired than usual so, could be from that.. I need to be careful with it.
Also, I can keep it going.. it's not like I get tired after some short distance.. so it seems to be a style I could implement for actual distance.
I watch a few elite runner vids per day and there's just something, other than VO2/lactic threshold etc, that they are doing that I am not seeing. My interest is more about how they are generating so much power whilst looking so relaxed/effortless, at various paces.
I think i'm on to something with this one.. much more so than caring about foot strike. This technique basically makes it feel like my legs are pogo sticks..
I also think that's why i've been so obsessed with midfoot/forefoot previously.. I just don't see how I could reach high speeds with my natural foot strike, using my current running form. So it made sense to default to a more explosive/bouncy foot strike, which I can hit much higher speeds with.. However, that wrecks my calves and actually becomes slow if i'm tired; I lose alot of pop if i'm fatigued.
So instead of foot strike.. I could perhaps achieve the same effect by focusing on this 'stiffer leg strike' which is MUCH more hip (but much more quad too; just much more of everything).
A proper running coach might go "duh that's how you're supposed to do it", but I don't hear anyone talking about that on youtube videos etc (coaching vids). There's so much obsession with foot strike but hardly anyone mentions how the hips should feel, or about dorsiflexion and such. So i dno.. still trying to figure this thing out.
I know i've rambled quite a bit, forgive me.
Food
7 PM
- 2% milk
Food
10 PM
- big stir fry: brussels sprouts, carrots, various peppers, mixed nuts
- 6 chicken tenders
- banana
Food
11 PM
- hot mint tea
- biscotti
Session: Stretching
12 AM - 1 AM
- very good stretching
- hips feel tight tho
Food
3:30 AM
- greek yogurt
- 3 x banana
- propel with added salt
Session: Recovery
4:30 AM
- 15 minute, very hot shower
- several bouts of very hot direct water on each hip
got LOTS of coding done today.. gr8 day.. also heat won.. also, Game of Thrones wtf?
also.. Silicon Valley is actually a nightmare, reminds me of what happened at my previous job.. funny as fuq tho.. lmao.
pc!
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Two Hands Two Feet
« on: May 02, 2016, 02:11:29 am »
I second LBSS & raptor; aggressive arm swing.
and more aggressiveness in the runup would probably help, but, you're also jumping at a wall.. that's enough to subconsciously slow you down I imagine. Any way you could jump @ something else? maybe bball hoop/backboard/rim? You can get more accurate measurements against a wall, using tape and such.. but, it also causes some inhibition in the runup/plant/jump.
nice tho, hope to see some great results over the summer.
pc!
and more aggressiveness in the runup would probably help, but, you're also jumping at a wall.. that's enough to subconsciously slow you down I imagine. Any way you could jump @ something else? maybe bball hoop/backboard/rim? You can get more accurate measurements against a wall, using tape and such.. but, it also causes some inhibition in the runup/plant/jump.
nice tho, hope to see some great results over the summer.
pc!
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Boxing / Re: ortiz vs berto 2
« on: May 01, 2016, 11:36:25 pm »
ya ortiz was schooling berto.. then bam out of nowhere, trademark berto uppercut. Then we saw the "questionable" ortiz basically just give up.
sweat redemption for berto.. I was curious to see how he'd fight coming off the mayweather jr fight.. was disappointed early on, since he was getting schooled.
There were a few other good fights on that card, all knockouts.. some brutal ones. On showtime, Badu Jack took on Bute.. total robbery. They called it a draw, but Jack definitely won that fight.
sweat redemption for berto.. I was curious to see how he'd fight coming off the mayweather jr fight.. was disappointed early on, since he was getting schooled.
There were a few other good fights on that card, all knockouts.. some brutal ones. On showtime, Badu Jack took on Bute.. total robbery. They called it a draw, but Jack definitely won that fight.
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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: May 01, 2016, 04:43:44 pm »
side angle ^^
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pUCcWkSsvg" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pUCcWkSsvg</a>
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800m+ Running and/or Conditioning / Re: Misc Running Videos
« on: May 01, 2016, 04:41:39 pm »11768
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: May 01, 2016, 05:14:37 am »
woord. just got my auto-generated code stuff finally working (the app works again).. basically lost 2 weeks of work coding the forum by working on this auto-generation stuff.. but, was well worth it. ~2,000 lines of code for the auto-generation library, then ~100 lines of code using it, so say ~2100, yields 16,000+ lines of generated code that I would have had to actually manually write.
winning.
edit: I already wrote those 16k manually.. so now I get to throw that out. And now moving forward, I won't have to write any of that boilerplate. double winning.
hoping to get something done tomorrow, but going to be hard with:
1. heat game
2. 60 minutes
3. game of thrones
4. silicon valley
5. veep
6. john oliver
lmao.
gn!
winning.
edit: I already wrote those 16k manually.. so now I get to throw that out. And now moving forward, I won't have to write any of that boilerplate. double winning.
hoping to get something done tomorrow, but going to be hard with:
1. heat game
2. 60 minutes
3. game of thrones
4. silicon valley
5. veep
6. john oliver
lmao.
gn!
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: May 01, 2016, 04:17:10 am »
04/30/2016
Bio: Morning
last night's sleep: meh
last night fell asleep: ~5 AM
wakeup = 1:30 PM
bw = 148
morning resting heart rate = didn't measure
soreness = right hamstring slightly, right pec
aches = left & right hip slightly (right more-so), low back slightly
injuries = toenails wrekt
feel = good
Food
1:30 PM
- 2 x wheat bread with peanut butter
- greek yogurt
- sprite
Food
4 PM
- propel
going to start listing propel.. havn't been drinking it recently, until today.
Session: Afternoon
5 PM
run to court:
- 3.74 mi in 25:40
- pace: 6:51 min/mi
- speed: 8.8 mph
- splits: 6:14, 6:50, 6:58, ~7:34
- pretty good, trademark huge gap between split one and split 2+ though
happy with that run.
jumps:
- crap, ~10'3 highest
run home:
- 3.69 mi in 33:05
- slow, but worked on leg turnover without power.. so fast stride freq without really pushing it
Food
7 PM
- whole milk
Food
8:30 PM
- oreo blizzard from dairy queen :F
Food
10 PM
- 2 x dark red kidney beans with jalapeno, chili peppers
- chicken sandwich from boston market
Session: The Knick
1 AM
- toenail maintenance
- removed that big monstrosity toenail, the new healthy toenail actually looks decent
- so two toenails on left foot 'kinda fixed', two on right foot were too hard to fix atm.. need new toenails to grow more. (I think)
Food
2 AM
- greek yogurt
- orange juice
- 2 x banana
- propel
Session: Stretching
2:30 AM
- some good stretching, less hip (because they are achy) and more glute/hip flexor/quad/hamstring
Bio: Morning
last night's sleep: meh
last night fell asleep: ~5 AM
wakeup = 1:30 PM
bw = 148
morning resting heart rate = didn't measure
soreness = right hamstring slightly, right pec
aches = left & right hip slightly (right more-so), low back slightly
injuries = toenails wrekt
feel = good
Food
1:30 PM
- 2 x wheat bread with peanut butter
- greek yogurt
- sprite
Food
4 PM
- propel
going to start listing propel.. havn't been drinking it recently, until today.
Session: Afternoon
5 PM
run to court:
- 3.74 mi in 25:40
- pace: 6:51 min/mi
- speed: 8.8 mph
- splits: 6:14, 6:50, 6:58, ~7:34
- pretty good, trademark huge gap between split one and split 2+ though
happy with that run.
jumps:
- crap, ~10'3 highest
run home:
- 3.69 mi in 33:05
- slow, but worked on leg turnover without power.. so fast stride freq without really pushing it
Food
7 PM
- whole milk
Food
8:30 PM
- oreo blizzard from dairy queen :F
Food
10 PM
- 2 x dark red kidney beans with jalapeno, chili peppers
- chicken sandwich from boston market
Session: The Knick
1 AM
- toenail maintenance
- removed that big monstrosity toenail, the new healthy toenail actually looks decent
- so two toenails on left foot 'kinda fixed', two on right foot were too hard to fix atm.. need new toenails to grow more. (I think)
Food
2 AM
- greek yogurt
- orange juice
- 2 x banana
- propel
Session: Stretching
2:30 AM
- some good stretching, less hip (because they are achy) and more glute/hip flexor/quad/hamstring
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Basketball / Re: NBA Playoffs: 2015-2016
« on: May 01, 2016, 04:05:20 am »
purple shirt man was annoying me all series:
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/nba/charlotte-hornets/article74879247.html
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/nba/charlotte-hornets/article74879247.html
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Basketball / Re: NBA Playoffs: 2015-2016
« on: May 01, 2016, 04:00:32 am »
Miami Heat / Charlotte Hornets game 7 today @ 1:30 PM ET.
Pacers / Toronto game 7 today @ 8 PM ET.
Spurs absolutely destroyed OKC.. Barkley picked OKC to upset the Spurs, lool. Durant is a free agent after this season, peace out.
i'm a heat fan soo.. hope they get into the second round. Love their team this year, mix of vets and young hungry players. Hornets are impressive though. I'll be watching more of Kemba Walker next year. ;f
Pacers / Toronto game 7 today @ 8 PM ET.
Spurs absolutely destroyed OKC.. Barkley picked OKC to upset the Spurs, lool. Durant is a free agent after this season, peace out.
i'm a heat fan soo.. hope they get into the second round. Love their team this year, mix of vets and young hungry players. Hornets are impressive though. I'll be watching more of Kemba Walker next year. ;f
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Basketball / Re: NBA Playoffs: 2015-2016
« on: May 01, 2016, 03:54:41 am »
a few days ago, Austin Rivers gutsy performance in game 6:
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/15431229/austin-rivers-los-angeles-clippers-leaves-game-cut-left-eye
21 points, 8 assists, 6 rebounds in 31 minutes.. and playing with 11 stitches around his eye.
beast.
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/15431229/austin-rivers-los-angeles-clippers-leaves-game-cut-left-eye
21 points, 8 assists, 6 rebounds in 31 minutes.. and playing with 11 stitches around his eye.
beast.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: May 01, 2016, 03:50:55 am »WEIGHT: ???
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: right knee a little
MENTAL STATE: good
- warm up
- skater jump x 10
- one-step RVJ x 5
- DLRVJ x 8
a bit inconsistent but hit 36+ a couple times. best jump was the third or fourth after i reminded myself to relax and stay loose.
- half daily routine
gym should be open around noon tomorrow, got my buddy lined up to come throw some lobs. felt okay today, hoping for big jumps tomorrow. will try not to get too amped in the morning, that leads to overthinking which leads to tightness which leads to shit jumping.
ooo nice!
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Shoes / Re: New Balance 5000v2 - Spikeless running shoes
« on: May 01, 2016, 03:48:38 am »ah awesome! after looking at pics of them new i thought they would shred up so fast but it appears not!
ya I thought the same too when I first got them.. thought those little gear-like grips on the bottom would just shred quick. I was worried about having to buy my next pair in a few months... HEH!
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would the grip be enough for xc/trail or would you stick to road/track stuff?
well, they'd feel good for xc/trail but, I think they'd tear up alot quicker if you were running on rocks and such. It's like a "foam" substance for the sole, instead of some hard rubber. You can see in the pic some pieces of it shredding off/sanding down. So even though you could run on those surfaces and they would feel good/protective, I think they'd get beat up quicker.
If the trail surface is mostly dirt/grass, I think they'd hold up well.
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i imagine they feel pretty good to walk around in with the extra cushioning over more minimalist models?
ya they feel good just walking around. I don't walk around in them outside of training but, you just forget they are on your feet. feelsgood.
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gonna try find some over here, maybe a new balance outlet or something in the city might have some.
nice! I called an NB outlet here prior to buying them online, they didn't carry them.
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crazy they aren't more popular
ya i don't even think they are listed on the "running" section of newbalance.com .. i don't get it.
If you get a pair, i'm definitely curious to see how fast you adapt to them (and how much you enjoy running in them) given your preference of minimalist/zero drop shoes (like myself). I got used to them VERY quick.. I don't even think about running in my XC flats/vibrams/minimus anymore ;f. They actually made me care less about 0 drop vs ~5mm drop shoes.
pc!
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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: May 01, 2016, 02:06:34 am »
Myree..... 
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWEnMe2gN4A" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWEnMe2gN4A</a>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEfK30IcQ2U" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEfK30IcQ2U</a>