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There's a guy at the gym that is urging me to get resistance bands and chains.  Says it will help me get a lot more stronger and explosive.  I told him that i'm just going to use free weights until i get real strong 2x bw and then do plyos and explosive work outs.  He just keeps saying "get the bands man" "get them bands man"

thoughts?

normal strenf first, advanced methods later.

bands/chains can be very effective when used by advanced athletes.. but when you're at this point, you're already well past the 'constantly getting stronger' stage.

bands are VERY intense (more so than chains), when attached to the bar for squatting/deadlifts/bench etc.. DEFINITELY not advised until you've 'max out your novice gains', which is basically 1 year of consistent, intense, & dedicated training.. many coaches would probably say 1 year would even be too soon, but im just giving you an idea.... chains would be advised before bands imo.. bands accelerate faster than gravity, that's why it can create massive DOMS & that's why they are an advanced tool.

so ya i guess chains would be more of an intermediate tool, bands definitely would be advanced.


master the basics first.. any time your brain thinks about 'fun cool training', realize it's trying to trick you into 'taking the easy way out'.

get that squat up first & get in insane shape.

pc man

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Trust me... there's no comparison between a kettlebell and a plate swing... such a big difference and so MUCH (feels like triple or so with the same weight) more eccentric loading on the kettlebell variation.

ive done kb's while at perfect competition, not my cup of tea.

i even prefer strict plate/db swings actually.. of course you can do strict swings with kb's too.

one of my favorites is just a 'hipless' powerful plate swing (using both arms).. just trying to get massive power from shoulders without any hip extension etc.

that was probably my favorite swing exercise.

before i took that year off, i pretty much 'ran out of anger'.. anger always fueled my training.

i think i'm refueled and ready to go.


i think the 'anger' ties in with some form of 'depression'.. ive always had this though.. i seem to respond by finding ways to take out my aggression, usually through training, sport (basketball/boxing) etc.. that's probably better than just giving in and doing nothing.

kind of interesting though when i think about it.. some form of 'anger' is directly proportional to my training intensity..

during my 2 year dunk stint, it was 'depression/anger' over my grandpa's situation.. so when he died, regarding training, i had a void.. i couldn't summon any kind of intensity whatsoever.

ok so that year is over and im fucking pissed again.

leggo.





9/23/2012

BW = 163
SORENESS = quads bigtime, hamstrings/adductors
FATIGUE = INSANE: havn't felt this weak in a long time


crazy fatigue.. don't care what it's from, all i care about is not 'fighting it' like i used too.. when i feel like this from now on, it's time to focus on weaknesses or just completely relax.

planned on squatting but just too sore/drained.. will make up for it tomorrow most likely.


i'm re-evaluating everything.. i'm going to approach training completely different this time around.. all of that work i put in over the years definitely caused some permanent strength/conditioning/performance gains.. i need to focus more on recovering fully, neglected muscle groups/'activation', and keeping my workload down.

im going to spend MUCH MORE TIME doing activation/isolation neuromuscular exercises..


SESSION: NO WEIGHTS
- lots of seated TKE holds/reps
- lots of standing adductor/abductor exercises
- lots of standing glute/ham exercises, also bent over 45-deg glute/ham exercises

an example would be tke x 50-100 reps, standing 45 deg single leg hip extension x 50 etc.
 
that stuff was really good/fun and enjoyable.. there's something about isolation + unilateral exercises which make me feel good.. of course the intensity is low, but, its nice to just activate a muscle group and feel fatigue without their being any kind of real intensity/stress.

going to focus ALOT on this stuff..

also the 'balance' component is kind of fun too.. picture prone glute type stuff, but standing or bent 45 degree, not holding onto anything.



ok i typed alot..

sleep

peace

hah..

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shit, i need one of those.

lmao i was going to tell you that in my comment on your video.. but i refrained.




fwiw, i need(ed) one too.. couldn't dunk off a dribble for sh*t.

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i've never really took to kettlebells so i don't really have a first-hand opinion.. but, i definitely found plate swings/db swings to be beneficial.. pretty similar..

plate swings have a pretty intense eccentric component though, since you can't really just let a 45 lb plate swing between your legs without it being kind of risky.. so there's some good decel on the way down.