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Because we all know how unimportant hip strength is for a quad dominant guy.

Assuming everything is OK, we have this:

Squat 375/177 = 2.11 squat
355/177 = 2.00 deadlift
395/177 = 2.23 hip thrust

All very good strength numbers.

Just two more things before we revise the program:

1) Post the videos of the lifts so we know you're actually hitting depth on the squats, you're actually pausing at the top and hyperextending on the hip thrust and you're lifting with your legs on the deadlift.
2) Plug in your jumping numbers after you test them.

The plan after this is more explosive gym work for a while, and then doing these same measurements once again and see if your explosiveness has increased.

So we have this:

Squat: 375
Deadlift: 355
Hip thrust: 395

What is your bodyweight?

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Correct. Fag, nigga or redneck are more appropiate terms.

Not bad. Why don't you try some two handed jumps, and try some left handed dribbles on your approach. It will be very difficult initially (as it is for me) but you'll start to see benefits soon enough.

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Quote from: Raptor on August 13, 2014, 05:23:26 am

Plus, it depends what vag means by being on the heavier side.

If he means being at 85 kg with 9% bodyfat, then I'm 100% with him.
If he means being at 85 kg with 18% bodyfat, then why the heck would you want to be there? Just so you say "I'm heavier and harder to push around and a Mark Rippetoe prototype MAN"?

Yeah. Consider this, vag started from 90kg. Has cut to 85kg (i know he's currently low 80s but that's not important for this argument). Is he now athletic at 85kg? Is he lean? Nope. So suppose he bulks from 85kg up to 90kg - he gains some strength and he thinks some muscle. But since he started above 15% now he's would being in the 20%s again. So he cuts back to 85kg and is he suddenly 10%? Nope. So that's the problem with cutting down to a bodyweight that isn't quite lean - it means any bulks will go inefficiently from there and you're effectively just spinning wheels.

But consider vag instead cuts to a legit 10% - maybe for him that means having a bodyweight of 75kg. He bulks up to 85kg. Now he's not lean anymore but, he's definitely holding MORE muscle mass at 85kg than he was cutting from 90kg (even if he'd bulked to 90kg from having cut to 85kg first).

Couldn't have said it any better.

So for athleticism, the thing is - go to a lower than "optimal" bodyfat (say 7-8%) and then bulk up and you'll end up an athletic 10-11%.