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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: January 28, 2015, 08:43:25 am »
wearing shoes like this (& vibram) just make me feel so good when training.  :wowthatwasnutswtf:


Quote from: Raptor on January 27, 2015, 11:41:04 pm
The Minimus look so awesome

ya.

both shoes look dope as fuq. xc900's have serious swag.



Quote from: LBSS on January 28, 2015, 08:23:16 am
you're not worried about those little nubs when you jump in the xc900s?

nah, that stuff grinds down fast.. pretty similar to NZWR's.

just got done jumping in them this morning, couldn't even notice the nubs. Shoes were solid, loved em`. Felt a bit intense on the bottom of my heel but that's pretty much expected. Much less intense than jumping in the minimus's. I can see myself getting in some hard jump sessions with these on hard court. They'd be perfect in that gym I used to jump in. Also jogging/sprinting felt great.

I imagine if I just jumped with them, they'd last longer since i'm SLRVJ'n now which has less 'torque' in the plant. But, i'm also sprinting/jogging with these shoes so they should get beaten down fairly fast. Curious to see how they hold up.

pC man

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: January 27, 2015, 09:45:01 pm »
01/27/2015

COLD AS F**K THIS MORNING. For Floridians, 50* F is freezing. Wasn't expecting it so I had to battle it a bit.


weight: 178
soreness: right quad, left bicep, left hamstring
stretching: lots! stretching brings out some old injuries (which are actually stretching related, lmao.. so have to be careful). Feel very loose/light lately.


Session: Jog & Sprint

Run: ~3.4 mi
- Only ~10 sprints mixed in.


Hoping to get some jumps in tomorrow. I have a slight plan with the 'bodyweight training' portion of the workouts. Basically, I'll try to get several jog/sprint/jump days done. Once I feel 100% recovered, following that specific workout, i'll do the bodyweight training exercises (which have wrecked me lately).

So, the other part of that is the combined jog/sprint/jump days. I'd like to get some work in for those 3 particular movements, each session, to varying degrees. One sessions might be more jog dominated than the other.. One more jump oriented etc. But every session incorporates something from each movement.

That will be possible if these shoes I just received, allow me to max SLRVJ.

Sounds fun tbh..

pC!

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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: January 27, 2015, 09:28:28 pm »
young hollywood scorpion dunk.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpE9FjV8oeM" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpE9FjV8oeM</a>

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: January 27, 2015, 09:23:20 pm »
Quote from: Raptor on January 27, 2015, 07:08:06 am
We want a shoe review as soon as possible :P





Let's see if those image links work.

NB xc900 v2's feel fairly amazing so far. Immediately can feel the similarity between them & nike zoom waffle racers. These actually seem lighter (feather light, 4-5oz). As to whether or not i'll be able to max RVJ in them, not sure yet. I predict i'll be able too. They are stronger than both of my nb minimus shoes (and i've jumped on the minimus trails). So, I imagine they will feel like waffle racers. They look ridiculous too, love em`. Feel very springy in them. Also, very comfortable just walking around. You get big toe push off fairly ez.

The plan is to be able to jog, sprint, and jump all wearing these shoes. I can't do that in my minimus shoes (too intense) or basketball shoes (too heavy/clunky, hyperdunks).






As for the NB minimus zero v2's, they feel slightly heavier than the xc900's. The sole feels similar to the touch, but once you put them on, it's obvious they are vibram's. They aren't comfortable like the xc900's, but that's how they are supposed to be. Intense shoes for sure. Will be good to walk around in at work perhaps. They feel more intense than my NB minimus trails, so right from the getgo I doubt i'd ever jump in these shoes. It would be like jumping barefoot on concrete.


Also, here are my NB minimus trails that I've been running in:



So far, perhaps the most durable shoes i've ever worn. The build is so rugged. The bottom of the sole still looks fairly new and i've put in some decent mileage on concrete/pavement with them. The fabric seems stitched/sown in durably as well. They are intense so jogging/walking in them would be ideal. Sprinting/jumping is risky. No idea how you would run/sprint on trails with rocks etc because you can really feel it through the sole. Very good shoes though, love em`.

pC!

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: January 27, 2015, 12:14:21 pm »
Quote from: Raptor on January 27, 2015, 07:08:06 am
We want a shoe review as soon as possible :P

will do :)

they are 'out for delivery' soo, will have them tonight.

pC!

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: January 26, 2015, 11:01:55 pm »
shoes coming tomorrow, supposedly.. yaaa!


last 2 days, no workouts.. extreme quad soreness.


01/25/2015

soreness: extreme quad (right = major), hamstrings, glutes, biceps, chest


01/26/2015

soreness: extreme quad (right = major), hamstrings, glutes, biceps, chest



still sore... HEH! lots of stretching today, tomorrow I think i'll be able to get a run in.

Eating really good lately. Seems like i'm becoming consistent across the board.

pC

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Scooby 2011 Journal
« on: January 26, 2015, 05:26:38 am »
Quote from: scoobychau on January 21, 2015, 11:11:05 pm
Quote from: LBSS on January 21, 2015, 08:42:37 am
yep that's what i meant. why are you doing a 1RM in running shoes?

Yeah, that is a bad idea...that max strength day should not be with running shoes.  foolish choice.. no jumping or high impact lift is include in that day anyway.

btw, here is a pic to record my Frog jump Improvement:


and a respond from Jack himself worth noting:
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1) Each ground contact is 1 rep. So it is basically 5 x 1 hop left and i hop right.
2) That is ok to do that with the rack pull. As long as you are focusing on contracting the glutes hard on the lift it is fine.
3) I just watched your video (you are the video king by the way). Your plyo lunge is fine as it is. It is just as much about absorbing the eccentric forces as it is about low ground contact time. The plyo lunge helps build eccentric strength which when done without the weihgt will mean quicker grount contact times.
4) At your strength levels working up to a 1Rm max squat is going to be counterproductive. Firstly, you are already very strong relative to your bodyweight. 1RM work, particularly at the loads you are lifting is going to drain your CNS. A strong guy such as yourself doing a 1Rm of near 400lb is much more taxing to you than a weak guy doing 1RM work of 150lb. The 150lb 1RM guy will bounce back quicker even if that is his 1RM. A 400lb 1RM is much more taxing than a 150lb RM even if though they both represent someones 1RM. I am not sure I have explained that very well but I think you get what I mean. Doing heavy 1RM work will absolutely drain your recuperative energies and your CNS when you simply don't need to focus on max strength anymore. Maintain strength yes, but focus on power. I love to lift heavy too, but for jumping, it is very much a case of diminishing returns. I would stick to the sub-maximal day I prescribed so as to maintain without the stress to your joints or CNS.
5) tuck jump instead of box jump is fine. Really, it is just about getting jumping stimulus. I don't believe there is any magic jumping combination that creates freakish gains, there is just sensible progression and consistent application of effort towards your goal. If you want to jump high you need to jump with maximum effort and do it regularly. The plyo and jumping drills allow you to do that without killing your joints like the dunk practice does.

So i guess no more 1RM attempt....

whoa you touched rim off that frog jump now? impressive.

I've never frog jumped. I can't even imagine how to do it. Seems like a great jumping drill though for SVJ or even broad jump.

good stuff!

pc

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: January 25, 2015, 11:35:44 pm »
Quote from: LBSS on January 25, 2015, 02:01:53 pm
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one problem is figuring out how to load MEBM squats.

Generally you would hit 20 with your 10-12RM. So, start a bit lighter than your 12RM. Twenty with your 10RM is the golden nugget, but 12RM is fine too. You want to adapt completely to this type of squatting, ie, minimal to no soreness the next day. May take a few sessions.

I need to check that routine you posted, might be some areas that can be shifted around to give a bit more rest. Perhaps cutting out Tuesday's AM jump workout so you're a bit more rested for Wednesday's AM jump training. That Sun/Mon sequence is going to be intense.

pc man!


edit: Very important, forgot to mention this. Before each of your most intense squat efforts (MEBM, MSEM), try and create some kind of bridge between jumping and preparation for squatting. No need to do this on submax effort sets/reps etc. Save this for when you are about to perform a set/rep of significant effort which requires deeper breathing, focus, etc. I used to always think about jumping before these efforts and change my breathing, usually 3 deep breathes (into chest), saying "let's go", dropping a few F bombs. I just remembered I blogged about this long ago: http://www.adarq.org/performance-training-blog/making-progress-mind-muscle-link/

Basically it just comes down to trying to tie the CNS arousal of heavy lifting to your DLRVJ sessions. You use the same thought process, breathing, pacing, or even a clap to initiate the trigger.

pc

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Boxing / Re: alvarado vs rios 3 - one sided
« on: January 25, 2015, 12:53:43 pm »
dno.. devon alexander isn't much of a threat. golovkin definitely is.

I think the only real competition out there for Mayweather Jr. is Ward. That'd be a huge risk for pbf. Pacquiao is obviously somewhat risky but I think size/style/matchup-wise pbf wouldn't be that threatened. Someone should slap him in the face for not making that fight already.

I think anyone who chases mayweather around the ring is going to lose. Only way to beat him is to out-chess him in the counterpunching/defense portion of the game. That's why I think Ward would be the biggest threat - his size helps too. PBF loves to go backward and counter/slip punches. Every fighter out there plays right into his trap & then he easily beats you on the score cards. He makes you worried to punch.

That's the beauty of mayweather style though. It is effective against every style other than his own. Need someone with a similar style and a real mastery of the sweet science to turn it into a real chess match.

You can see here, even in his 1-sided destruction of gatti, what he prefers to do in the ring:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5q57ZboGw0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5q57ZboGw0</a>

PBF is always the "snake charmer", in every fight. All of his opponents come in as the cobra; acting vicious, always ready to attack, throwing punches for punches sake. For someone to beat him it would be an incredibly "boring fight" from an action perspective. Snake charmer vs snake charmer.

pc

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Boxing / Re: alvarado vs rios 3 - one sided
« on: January 25, 2015, 10:01:42 am »
rios looked the best I've ever seen him. He wasn't smiling/cursing/acting all weird. He was 100% focused. I don't even think he cursed in the interview after the fight. I think he finally realized how to take boxing serious.

He finally had defense. I've never seen him slip so many punches.

very impressive. Really look forward to seeing 'that Rios' fight again.

On the other hand, Alvarado is close to done (if not done already). He's taken some bad losses and he just doesn't have the heart to turn them around, it seems. Rios's losses have never been 'bad', ie, he's never been destroyed/ko'd from what i remember. Alvarado basically quit in the corner. He kept talking about his vision being messed up but it really just seemed like he wanted an out.

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some excellent fights are being made.

gennady golovkin vs martin murray
adrian broner vs john molina
danny garcia vs lamont peterson
keith thurman vs robert geurerro
andre berto vs josesito lopez
shawn porter vs roberto garcia
lucas matthysse vs ruslan provodnikov
saul canelo alvarez vs james kirkland (damn cotto for his stubborness for beating past prime sergio martinez)
maybe pacquiao vs mayweather, or pacquiao vs khan or mayweather vs khan one of these is a possibility
carl froch vs bernard hopkins is being discussed and both want it

kovalev/pascal also!

ya 2015 is looking solid. I imagine it'll be pacquiao/khan, that then leaves Mayweather jr with nobody to fight? Looking forward to Wilder's next fight too.

definitely do not want to see froch/hopkins.

pc!

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: January 25, 2015, 09:52:46 am »
Quote from: Dreyth on January 24, 2015, 07:48:10 pm
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Then, as I'm standing there, the bar literally starts to feel lighter on my back, mid set. That has never happened to me before in my life! It was pretty damn cool to ACTUALLY FEEL the effects of adrenaline AS it's happening! So the weight feels light and then I get my confidence to squat even though my legs feel very shaky.
...

damn.. interesting.

edit: Reminds me of how Kingfish squats. Waits quite a bit before his first rep.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: January 24, 2015, 08:51:19 pm »
ended up ordering these:

http://www.roadrunnersports.com/rrs/products/NBW2899/mens-new-balance-xc900v2-spikeless/

newbalance xc900 v2

nzwr's i miss you.. hopefully these can come close. I'm very happy with my new balance minimus trails so, giving NB another shot for XC shoes.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: January 24, 2015, 07:57:23 pm »
lots of glute/hamstring soreness since that last workout.


01/22/2015

soreness: glutes, hamstrings, calf
very sore


01/23/2015

soreness: glutes, hamstrings
very sore


01/24/2015

weight: 180
soreness: glutes, hamstrings
light soreness, most of it went away.


Session: Jog, Jump, Jog, Bodyweight Strength

Jog to court: ~3/4 mi

Jumps:
- tons of SLRVJ
- L-SLRVJ: a little more progress since last session, perhaps 124"? It was a double rim, so it's hard to tell. That particular jump felt the best yet.
- DLRVJ: horrible barely touching rim with fingertips

Jog home: ~3/4 mi

Bodyweight Strength:

S1: Neutral grip pullups: BW @ 3 x 3
- very weak

S1: Single leg squat, rear leg back, heel elevated: BW @ 10, 10, 15
- stronger on these already
- adductors/glutes a bit sore already
- right knee didn't 'collapse' on first rep today, which was good. All of that stretching might be helping. I'm loosening up some wrecked tissue in there near my calf origin/hamstring insertion.

S2: Pushups: BW @ 3 x 10

S2: Single leg calf raise:  BW @ 3 x 20
- need to get more ROM
- need to focus on getting off of my big toe


Getting off of my bigtoe applies to my SLRVJ too.

I don't feel (mentally) like I can even jump off two legs anymore. However, I feel mentally like I can eventually fly with SLRVJ. It's odd.

Had to wrestle a dog from wrecking my dog today. Gizmo is such a little punk. Snapped at a big dog. Big dog went berzerk trying to kill gizmo, had to wrestle him down to the ground by his throat. lmao. I had blood spatter on my shirt, in several spots. I think gizmo got a good bite on him during the fight because he's got no marks. He's 7 lb. Other dog was 40-50 lb. Havn't had to do anything like that in a while, hate it.

pC!

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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: January 22, 2015, 02:48:50 pm »
Quote from: LBSS on January 22, 2015, 02:02:02 pm
free high-tops, huh? 1:42 is awesome.

ya 1:42 is dope too. that reverse is beautiful with that camera work.

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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: January 22, 2015, 01:56:59 pm »
amazing footage

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

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