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that was a nasty mix, maybe my fav is at 3:35.. lots of sick footage in there tho.. both of t-dub's cameo dunks were disgusting.

NUTS

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Miles from this forum ^^^

jjaja! sick

very fast

^^^Awesome idea.
I think i have killed my lifting ego for good, have done so many deloads to fix dorm, stopped partial squatting , stopped squat-mornings , sent my working load down to 60kg/132lbs in squats 3 times lately in perfecting form iterations. Most recent achievement, dropped RDLs working load from 252 to 176.
Now the bad news: I can't let my quad heal! I stretch it , i foam roll it , i rest it and when it stops bugging a few days i stop SMR and i push again and re-injure it. I have noticed it responds bad to 'volume' squatting, eg 3x5 , not the day that i squat but the next one, but i still don't change my squat schedule. I also go out and jump on concrete. Supposedly they are sub-maximal jumps but actually they are ME to the point i feel that if i push more i will strain it! WTF , i am carrying a slightly injured quad for over 5 months now!!! 
MINIMIZE SQUATS TIME UNDER TENSION!!!
TOTALLY PHASE OUT JUMPS!!!
KEEP STRETCHING/FOAM ROLLING EVEN WHEN IT FEELS HEALED!!!
   

damn..

ya the 'keep stretching' thing is important.. got to keep that tissue pliable or it just gets wrecked when it re-tightens.. i've had quite a few quads pulls growing up, had to stretch them like crazy for months.

it's so hard to stay submax on jumps, might not even be worth going to a court.. i know it's very hard for me to hold back.. maybe instead for a while  do some jumps in a pool or something, or box jumps etc.. something where you can completely control the environment.. if all you have is an 18" box, you won't be enticed to go ME.

actual leg extensions on a machine can really help with pulled quads too.. really light, slow and controlled. sometimes it's nice to isolate a damaged muscle, because during squats, other knee extensors could be overcompensating for the damaged one, which would result in the damaged one not being rehabbed properly. so you might think you're strengthening it, but in reality, you're not, because everything is learning to kick in and take over for it.

good post.

Quote from: adarqui on October 14, 2012, 03:39:12 am

Quote from: Raptor on October 14, 2012, 02:01:34 am

Yeah that's what I was thinking... if I'm ever going to use them I'll use them high reps, and I was thinking about them possibly creating some imbalances but...

as long as the most effective compound exercises are your meat and potatoes, it's no problem to throw a few carrots or parsley into the mix.

winninks.

Great

*goes doing bosu ball kettlebell banded swings*

nice, that's more like 1/4th a packet of soy sauce.

So we train and we train and we train.
We train or limit strength , our RFD , our quads , our P-chain, our mobility, our jumping technique efficiency bla bla bla...
We do weights , we do plyos , we do conditioning...
We bulk, we cut , we change programs and priorities , we just try to get down everything right and balanced.

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He is killerjunior23's little brother , just 15 years old!!! 
I love seeing those natural highflyers. Kinda like nature's art...

i know right.. kid 'looks weak' right now but still hoppin.. kind of like his bro did early on.. then his brother got crazy strong and just jumps like a freak.

the only annoying thing is when the natural's try to lecture people on training.. "listen, you dont need to lift, all you need is more faith and ab workouts".

happens alot on facebook.

my current ego issue:

combining my SLRVJ prep with jogging has massively fatigued my lower back => STOP SLRVJ'n WHILE JOGGING UNTIL IT'S 100%.

work around:
1) continue jogging (without the SLRVJ prep)
2) incorporate SL box jumps instead

other than that, i'm doing pretty good.. i've been avoiding pushing the intensity on squat due to my anti ego lift protocol.. its simply nowhere near the appropriate time for me to go intense on squat. down the road, sure, but right now after coming off a 1 year training vacation, it would be absolutely idiotic for me to ego-squat.

thanks AELS!!!

Today I decided to deadlift. My frequency is about 1ce every 2 weeks, not going too heavy anymore. Today I went near maximal and hunched oover in the lower back most likely during a pull.

So here is what happened and my symptoms based on my observations in sequential order.

375lbs x2 reps. sumo-ish, feet are slightly wider than shoulder width.

First rep, i felt myself using my back a little bit. Intensity is 100%, teeth-clenched, very aggressive energy.
2nd rep, I felt a tearing sensation in my lower back. mid way through the pull, probably just after the barbell crossed my knees on the way up. I did complete the rep, lowered it. ANd stood up, noticing sharp pain in the lumbar spine. Not enough pain to cause me to have to sit down or make a lot of faces. but definitely enugh to end my workout. Couldn't even deadlift 135 after that.

ask yourself: what was the point deadlifting near-maximal allowing the back to round? your training has been going very well lately, why risk it with a hunched dl? if there's absolutely one exercise you want to avoid using bad form on, it's deadlift.

for general health/strength/development/athletics, i have no problem with deadlifting, HOWEVER, i think it should be done very strict... sacrificing "Very strict" would invalidate the lift.. people need to start thinking like this, to somehow defeat that innervoice/ego which is often times way too destructive, for what reason it is destructive, i have no idea, but it is.. massive run-on sentence but you get the point.

seriously, promise yourself that you won't ego lift on such a dangerous exercise in the future...

sucks man. hope it's just a little tweak & it's nothing serious.

ice up, relax, heal up.

Here are some things I can do sort of comfortable:
1. lunges, step ups
2. child's pose yoga
3. running very slowly causes some pain but it's not completely out of picture.

things that cause pain:
1. leaning backwards. I treid to do the inverted post in yoga that you do after child's pose, where the hip is hyperextended, and that is not possible. so I cannot hyperextend at the hip.
2. taking long strides while walking. when I walk I kind of have to stay on my forefoot. If I extend at the leg too much it causes pain.
3. toe-touch: standing there is abslutely now ay I can bend down to touch my toes. Unless I'm in the middle of a very cold shower. I have to squat down.
4. bending sideways while standing up: that exercise people do to train their obliques, that hurts. unless in cold shower than it's fine, haven't iced it yet I am preparing ice right now.

i think sitting down for toolong also makes it worse.

There is no leg pain. All pain is localized in one small area between L2-L4 unless it's not even in the spine. I read that leg pain is common in a herniated disk. legs feel very strong

Any ideas? Yes I know I need to see a doctor. workingon that.

stop messing with it until you've had a chance to sleep it off.. you'll get a better idea of how bad it really is, after you wakeup.

not a good idea to go through all of those positions when your natural pain killers are kicking in.. could do more damage without realizing it.

unfortunately, i replied too late so there goes that..

it's good that there's no leg pain/shooting pain down the leg, but, it's still too early to tell at this point.