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also, PR: got 25% raise today. retroactive to october. next paycheck is gonna be more money than i've ever gotten at once in my whole life.

sick 

Got a question for you,

So we both get wrecked calves from FF running, and it's probably one of the limiting factors in my endurance atm...my calves simply give up after a while. Would it be worth doing high rep bw calf raises to give them some extra stimulus to get stronger/improved muscular endurance and if so how would you work this around running without completely destroying your calves all the time!

Be interested to hear your thoughts!

yo!

well, i had finally adapted a while ago.. but then i took a few months off from it.. then i tried to jump right back in and got wrecked. so we def can adapt, takes time.. that also assumes our form isn't "incorrect" in the sense that we are overloading our calves too much by an incorrect strike. When I adapted, calves wouldn't give out at all.

if you see a few sessions ago, I did TONS of calf raises.. calves still sore ~3+ days after that session. so ya, i'm actually attempting that. I'm going to do alot more isolation work on my calves to see if it will help.

As for how to approach it, i've been running alot less lately due to my left calf/hamstring injury. So, it's given me time to throw in some of this assistance work, because all I can really do is rest. My plan is to just "adapt" to the high volume calve raises. Several weeks ago I did high volume lunges and my legs/glutes were destroyed for a week. I've been performing hundreds of lower body reps via squats, lunges, stepups, bridges etc the last few sessions.. barely any soreness. So i've adapted there. I need to achieve those same kinds of adaptations with my calves. I figure one or two more sessions might be able to do it... UNLESS they are just so unbelievably weak, which is a possibility.

I think the only real solution is to drop running frequency to a point where you can get in the calf assistance volume until it doesn't affect you. Then gradually bring the volume back. I just don't know if it's worth it yet... I predict it will be, there's no reason a few hundred calf raises should leave my destroyed for 4+ days. For example I probably did 80-100 total dips yesterday and soreness is microscopic. I've just neglected certain muscle groups way too much, it's disappointing.

You could also approach it via:
- high frequency / lower volume.. in the sense of 'activation'
- following your runs

I think it's worth a shot, at least ~2x/week. I mean ideally we should be making sure every link in the chain retains some kind of strength stimulus at least 2x/wk. Simply running doesn't seem to be enough. I'm amazed at how much weaker my calves got, even though my running volume was decent.

That's my plan right now with this upper+lower calisthenics stuff i'm doing.. I need to address every weakness, every joint movement... the fact that I wasn't doing calve raises (various forms) over the last several months, is a lazy oversight & now i'm paying for it.



When do your calves "give up"? At what point/time/distance?

Have you tried a flat foot strike? Or even heel->toe but landing basically underneath your hips or ever-so-slightly in front? I can run all day with those forms, and they don't bug my knees and such.. feel very stable.

pc!

mind blowing. loved this piece. Stutzman is such a beast.

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

good night of fights.

crawford & verdejo should both get ko's tonight.



also, crawford RIPPED AS FUCK:

WEIGHT: 187.8 (171.6 )
SORENESS: lats, triceps a little, hamstrings a little
ACHES/INJURIES: none
MENTAL STATE: good

- warm up

Strength:

- paused speed squat 265 x 5,5

- DB push press 55s x 10,7

- glute thrust 280 x 15,15

- deficit DL 280 x 5,5

- decline sit up +35 x 8,8,8
cheated on second set; last four reps of third set did concentrics with bar in front.

- inverted row x 10+3+3

- stretch

did this fasted. gonna make some lunch now. getting my first tattoo (!) at 4 and then depending on how i feel i'll go back and do the jumps portion of the workout.

whoa. tatted up. what are you getting?

nfl combine 2016, schedule:

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000626070/article/2016-nfl-scouting-combine-schedule-of-events

Wednesday, Feb. 24
» Media interviews for running backs, offensive linemen and special teamers

Thursday, Feb. 25
» Media interviews for quarterbacks, wide receivers and tight ends

Friday, Feb. 26
» Media interviews for defensive linemen and linebackers
» On-field workouts for running backs, offensive linemen and special teamers

Saturday, Feb. 27
» Media interviews for defensive backs
» On-field workouts for quarterbacks, wide receivers and tight ends

Sunday, Feb. 28
» On-field workouts for defensive linemen and linebackers

Monday, Feb. 29
» On-field workouts for defensive backs

Quote from: adarqui on February 25, 2016, 01:55:33 pm

reminds me of the mosley vs mayorga 2 fight
that guy seems to tense his body that his head becomes one with the body like a punching dummy lol

ya mayorga used to do that alot, he was batshit insane.. i remember it hurt him pretty bad when he fought de la hoya.. i recall DLH hitting him above the ear and it wrecked mayorga's equilibrium.

it worked against vernon forrest though.. those fights were pretty shocking.. to see this cigarette smoking boxer KO a champ, wtf.

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

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL9EDXem7s8" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL9EDXem7s8</a>

dibaba is pretty ridiculous

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