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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: November 24, 2010, 02:54:58 am »
why do u do backwards drops man?

You should just try a couple. I did, and the tension is just distributed completely differently. Hits calfs way harder.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: November 23, 2010, 09:09:45 pm »
Yea Darqui, You big show off  :P Seriously though, that was a sweet atmosphere I bet.

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Introduce Yourself / Re: for 45" running vert
« on: November 23, 2010, 03:17:06 pm »
Damn man, your deadlifting defies belief. Reset that teen deadlift record. You WILL do it if you go after it. Your training is hard, and you're a strong mofo. Get it man.
Thanks broseph, :highfive: but I should definatley for for a 45" running first give joints a break.

Yeah man for sure. That goal is on it's way too, just keep doing what you're doing. It's good to hear that at your age you're willing to give your joints a break. I'm 23, and I'm too hard headed to take proper rest. I could take a leaf out of your book for sure.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: November 23, 2010, 03:14:59 pm »
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hhaha ya someone kept saying "white boy got hops, white boy got ups"

I heard that hahahahah. That guy sounded sassy and intense, must have put you in a good mood to land more dunks :P

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Introduce Yourself / Re: for 45" running vert
« on: November 23, 2010, 05:06:54 am »
Damn man, your deadlifting defies belief. Reset that teen deadlift record. You WILL do it if you go after it. Your training is hard, and you're a strong mofo. Get it man.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: November 23, 2010, 05:02:21 am »
Even if it was a shitty session, it looks to me like you're jumping higher than ever - So your training is achieving what it's supposed to. Keep it up.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: November 16, 2010, 02:55:41 am »
Those first head height pictures made me WTF!! They look real high to me. Damn man.
Yeah seriously WTF? Am I missing something? They look super high.  :headbang:

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: November 15, 2010, 03:12:10 am »
Jumps are good considering the previous days' training I reckon. I used to find that once I warmed up properly and the DOMS was temporarily forgotten about, I jumped pretty well during basketball games 2 days after lower body volume work.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: November 09, 2010, 05:44:58 am »
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- S1: standing 1-arm db ohp: 30lb @ left=10,right=15, left=12,right=16, left=8,right=17, left=9,right=18, left=9,rigth=17, .... 40 lb @ left=0,right=5(could do more)

Haha that's insane man! I'm sure my right leg is muscularly stronger than my left at the moment (It's definitely larger) due to the severe sprain I had in March. But I always keep reps equal between limbs.

ya i'm for keeping the reps the same also (limited to the weaker limb), but, i don't listen to my own advice :D

9 rep difference between my left & right arm is pretty huge.. haha..

pc



Haha yea hopefully the other arm just stops being a pussy :P I've been considering doing more volume for the smaller (yet still dominant in jumping) leg. Would you consider that with your strength discrepancy?

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: November 09, 2010, 05:15:00 am »
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- S1: standing 1-arm db ohp: 30lb @ left=10,right=15, left=12,right=16, left=8,right=17, left=9,right=18, left=9,rigth=17, .... 40 lb @ left=0,right=5(could do more)

Haha that's insane man! I'm sure my right leg is muscularly stronger than my left at the moment (It's definitely larger) due to the severe sprain I had in March. But I always keep reps equal between limbs.

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: 3x8 or 3x5?
« on: November 05, 2010, 12:58:27 am »
Well my plan is to eat a lot and strength train for ~3 months and then start to cut off fat.

You'll probably end up right where you started

I definitely agree with this.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: November 04, 2010, 05:10:46 am »
There is something a little sick about all of that haha. But I'm right with you. Make it fucken happen man  :headbang:

The jumps are looking pretty damn high btw. No lob to chase either so that's pretty promising. Good stuff.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: November 03, 2010, 04:55:16 am »
Holy crap you're looking lean. Good luck with the jumps tomorrow man. Get it done.

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: 3x8 or 3x5?
« on: November 02, 2010, 10:24:52 pm »
Because in order to get a high caloric intake, I need carbs and shit. Fat is going to increase. I can't worry "OMG I don't want to gain fat, so I won't eat that and that". I'm already taking just a protein shake with no carbs, maybe I should plus on the carb thing with that as well.

I'm not really a fan of dirty bulks, this guy is massive & has a pretty good grasp on gaining lean mass, so he's more of an authoritative figure than myself:

http://www.adarq.org/forum/nutrition-supplementation/a-post-by-mountain-man-on-body-composition/msg19994/#msg19994

^^ here's who is giving that advice: http://www.adarq.org/forum/bodybuilding/scary-motherfawkers/msg19988/#msg19988

just saying, you can eat cleaner & gain muscle without putting on very much fat at all, you just need to eat more of the right kinds of foods (eggs/meat/chicken/milk/protein supp/green veggies) & less of the bad kinds of foods (junk/sugars/huge servings of pasta/bread etc).. You can of course eat pasta/bread, but it should be in smaller portions. Stuffing your face with carbs is never a good idea for bulking imo.

Anyway, any time you think about just stuffing your face with trash to put on muscle, just look at this pic, it'll save your life:



dirty bulking = lame.

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The advantage that I see for the olympic lifts and their variants over exercises such as jump squats is that they are better scalable and also involve a more complete pattern of hip flexion/extension. That does not mean that jump squats are a bad exercise, Kelly Bagget posted a nice variation here a while ago where you make jump squats and try to touch a band overhead with each rep. I like this idea since it makes progressing in that exercise a lot more quantifiable.

nice

I disagree. I only dirty bulk (and when I cut I dirty cut) and I'm leaner than I ever have been. The reason dreamer got so fat is because he ate way too much and lifted with 0 intensity (if he even lifted at all). Rippetoe's kid lifted hard but ate way too much. He did Gomad on top of what he was already eating. So if he was eating enough for maintenance, add 2400 calories to that. About 500-750 max will go into muscle building and the rest goes into fat storage. It has nothing to do with the dirty bulk. Adding 2400 calories of chicken breast would have given him the same results.

For me, it's always been a matter of calories in, calories out (as long as you get the "right" amount of protein. Eating 15 twix bars may have the right amount of calories (3750 which is pretty good for bulking purposes) but it won't give you the results of a balanced diet). It may be different for others, but that's how its been for me. Obviously I'm just talking about weight gain/loss, not overall health. A clean diet would be way better for my health, but for muscle building purposes, who knows.

When I say dirty bulk, I'm saying eat whatever you want as long as you get the right amount of calories and enough protein (maybe 1g per pound of bodyweight. that's more than enough). I'm not saying eat whatever you want and disregard calories, acquire muscle.


And the easiest way to get calories in is to eat fat. You can do it easily with few carbs.

This whole post contradicts itself all over the place. You say macronutrients don't matter and it's all about calories. Then you say that you need 1g per pound of bodyweight. I also massively disagree about 2400 extra calories from any source is going to have the same effect.

Chicken breast in excess is not going to make you as fats as sugary chocolate or drinks in excess. Say out loud "Adding 2400 calories of chicken breast would have given him the same results." and just listen to how dumb it sounds.

I think we both agree that you need the right 'stuff' in order to gain muscle at least, eg. whole proteins and fats etc.

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: 3x8 or 3x5?
« on: November 02, 2010, 12:16:46 am »
I think the general consensus is: Do the Session A: 3x8
                                                     and Session B: 3x5

but do your bounds, barbell skips, depth drops, sprints before hand or you're going to spin your wheels again. I did a couple years of hypertrophy work for my glutes, hamstrings and quads. Sure it made me more athletic, but I'm certain I'd be jumping a good number of inches higher than I am now, if only I had included my plyos while getting bigger.

That's the reason I was the guy RDL'ing 170kg for reps but only single leg jumping 31 inches. If I actually trained to jump higher (What a shock if you want vert huh?) and let the muscle gain take care of itself through getting stronger and diet, I would be jumping higher than I am now. That is my opinion and experience.

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