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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: February 19, 2016, 07:12:14 am »
Why don't you just post a picture?

Also T0ddday,

I don't get what you said.  You are talking about a 2 legged vert and quad dominance can be just fine for 2 legged jumps. I mean there are tons of quad dominant insane 2 legged jumpers.  The 2 legged jump is just fine being done quad dominantly unlike the 1 legged jump or sprint

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: February 19, 2016, 05:18:59 am »
Yeah this has been discussed many time by many coaches.  Most recreational athletes don't have very active hips.  When you are like this and you learn to use your hips for the first time, there is a world of difference in the way you move.  So yes, it doesn't matter if you don't care about sprinting.  It is still relevant in basketball.  It's not purely about sprinting, it's about MOVEMENT. 

Having said that, quads are still important as hell in basketball IMO

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: February 19, 2016, 02:32:44 am »
if ur quads are sore, chances are u are push running and not pull running -> dynamically weak hams

sorry i dont know about running dynamics. is this the same as forefoot v heelstrike?

I'm no expert so don't take what I'm about to say as the truth.  I'm sure Adarq or T0ddday can clarify better.

When you sprint, you are actually pulling the leg down via hip extension after you initiate the knee drive and bring the leg forward.  So as you pull the leg down from the glutes/hams via hip extension, and you make contact with the ground, the hamstring has to be strong enough in this position to stay stiff and allow the hip extension to "continue".  If it's too weak, the knee joint collapses, causing it to bend and in turn load the quads. 

The quads push your body up and down, while the hip extensors pull your body forward.  The push is not only bad from a leverage standpoint, but wastes energy as you are primarily trying to go forward, but wasting energy getting extra vertical.  You want as little vertical force and as much horizontal force in sprinting.  If this happens from sprinting, chances are you will be a very quad dominant jumper off 1 leg as well.  So yeah, weak hamstrings is not favorable from a mechanics standpoint for any dynamically hip dominant activity.

But who knows?  Adarq or T0ddday might come in and call me a moron and say I'm completely wrong lol

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Basketball / DUNK KING REALITY SHOW
« on: February 19, 2016, 12:24:32 am »
http://www.nba.com/thedunkking/

You guys hear about this?

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Hey man,

Would you say the compex is definitely useful in recovery from your experience so far?

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: February 18, 2016, 08:40:52 pm »
if ur quads are sore, chances are u are push running and not pull running -> dynamically weak hams

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: February 15, 2016, 10:16:17 pm »
You should make a running and calisthenics highlight mix like your previous dunk mixes haha

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Chris' training journal
« on: February 12, 2016, 05:20:05 am »
Thanks leonel

Also i would loke to add that those books are just the analysis of an abstract situation from the limited mind of one man.

There is a reason why in times of despair, friends and family telling us logical stuff like "its gonna be okay" or whatever logical advice they give never help much. There is a reason why abstract stuff like a song or a poem or a movie helps the healing much better. We dont understand why on a logical level but it taps into our human side. The creative side. The path to healing from an emotional struggle is not an analytic blueprint, but the exploration of the emotions themselves in a mindful state

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Chris' training journal
« on: February 12, 2016, 02:24:14 am »
Unfortunately men may never recover fully from a breakup. The thing which confounds it in your case is she will drift in and out of your life on a whim, disrupting any healing process that you may have initiated and you have to start over before you've pulled yourself out fully out of the well of despair. The first step is recognising that you're never really truly going to give up on this woman/relationship because you have so much invested in it and as a man it's impossible to give up on the one true love - or what you think is the person capable of being it (but hasn't been that way).

I would completely disagree with this.  You read too much "studies" and "articles".  There have been many men who have completely recovered from a serious break up.  Recognizing that he'll never truly give up on this woman?  There has been many men who realized it's for the best and truly gave up on it.  If you can't give up on it due to big investment, that's simply the working of the ego that, if recognized, can be reversed.

A man should also realize there is no such thing as one true love.  True love exists.  Not ONE true love.

The scientific method is limited in its OBJECTIVE process to measure and understand SUBJECTIVE concepts such as emotions, creativity, imagination, consciousness. 

The word "never" is a simple word used to fit with the limited mind.  The mind is simply the product of all the knowledge and information gathered throughout our learned experiences and uses these information to logically get from A to B to C.  It can only comprehend with things that are measurable and fits in with what you have learned.  If it doesn't and can't understand, this creates that "fear of the unknown" humans are famous for.

This is classic example of human beings still in its primitive stages.  To constantly rely on our analytic mind will not get us anywhere we need to be.  Abstract concepts such as creativity and emotions were there first when we were babies and then we learned logic.  Creativity and emotions were there in our ancestors and using these infinite concepts, we invented logical thinking to use as tools, NOT to take over as the primary way of living.

Other peoples studies will not do much good for someone in Chris's situation.  Any study is limited by the limited mind of the measurer.  This can work in some instances in dealing with purely analytic concepts, but when it comes to abstract concepts, it won't work.

The root of all suffering is a result of the ego, and the realization and exploration of this leads to peace.  If you understand how the ego is creating the suffering, then you can transcend it.  My advice therefore, would be meditation.  Try it with an open mind.  It is not a religious thing at all.  People from all religious, spiritual, atheistic backgrounds use it.  It is just a practice, one of you and your mind (which is responsible for all suffering).

Man's biggest flaw is relying on the analytic mind and forgetting that it is our abstract mind (consciousness, creativity, emotions, etc...) that INVENTED the analytic mind (language and logic, etc..).  The createe (is this a word?) cannot understand its creator.  This is why trying to understand the emotions on a logical level won't work.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: February 10, 2016, 07:15:19 pm »
Did you include your vert on your resume?

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: February 09, 2016, 02:14:59 am »
Great job on the cut man.  Strong dedication.  One thing though.

Jeezus, you are not at a high bodyfat % for the 12380th time lol :uhhhfacepalm:  Just cause your body/skin doesn't look and feel like marble stone doesn't mean you're at a high BF%.  No way at 6'3" 169lbs, with decent strength and athleticism.  I don't even need a picture of you to tell.  Even single digit guys can make their fat jiggle man

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: FP's log
« on: February 07, 2016, 06:41:51 pm »
Nice job on that 30"!

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WEIGHT: 187 (172.8)
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: none
MENTAL STATE: good

- warm up

- DLRVJ lob attempts x 12
my boy came and threw lobs. all misses, mostly not even close. timing was off until the last couple and by that point i wasn't getting high enough. was a little shy of PR height, prob around 36 for the best jumps. but he said he'd be down to help out again so that's a win.

- shoot around x 40 mins

Man lobs are something you really start getting in the groove of and get in sync with one another after a good number of tries.  12 is too little.  If you had better work capacity and can get in ~30 legit ME jumps, you can probably get a good number of near-perfect lobs.

Do you at least go into these jump sessions caffeinated?

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: February 05, 2016, 01:48:18 am »
I agree, for quicker STRENGTH gains, doing the same weight across sucks and using a money set scheme with back off sets for additional volume is easily the way to go.  And yes again, traditional pyramid schemes are as stupid as they get.  It "sounds" cool to newbies though.  I actually haven't even heard anyone say 'pyramid' in regards to training in years though.  Maybe it's dying out lol

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: February 01, 2016, 12:20:10 pm »
people can come work out with me if they are willing to do exactly what i was planning to do anyway. it would actually be great to have a workout partner who was down to do the same routine as me.

Well that's different.  I would love that too lol

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