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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Two Hands Two Feet
« on: October 20, 2016, 03:42:53 am »
just curious, do you play above the rim during your games? and how is it like?
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Recovery from quadricep tendonitis
« on: October 20, 2016, 02:55:41 am »
yep, i see. yep, i can do weighted pistols with zero pain. i stand on a box and go completely rock bottom too, you'd think that would hurt my knee but it doesn't at all. thanks dude, really determined to get that 40 inch vert now.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Recovery from quadricep tendonitis
« on: October 19, 2016, 11:47:43 pm »https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIlh4JWXKaA
goal now is to make this consistent. i think my max vert is now sitting in between the mid 30s and high 30s. don't think i have the best genetics, but i'm confident that i can get to 40. just have a very slight ache in my left knee still, think im just gonna keep foam rolling and stretching it i guess. may try cross friction massage on it and maybe even acupuncture.
Where in the knee? Don't go sticking needles into tendons and ligaments haphazardly.
probably the quadricep tendon, very very close to the kneecap though. and yea, of course i'm not gonna go about doing it by myself at home, i'm gonna get a professional to do it. or do you think getting a professional to do it is haphazard too?
I don't know if you're being sarcastic or not. I'll assume not. For a start I don't know whether you mean acupuncture or dry needling. Acupuncture really doesn't have any scientific justification. From my understanding, dry needling is slightly different in that it's more targeted to specific trigger point areas and I have heard plenty of anecdotal evidence from people in the business. But you have to ensure it's done right and there's always a small risk of tendon/ligament rupture given you're creating small (temporary) weak point in the tissue. We had a guy who had dry needling constantly on his achilles tendon, and while it would help him get through the next day's training he'd invariably pull or tear it a few days/weeks later. My old coach was very against injections in tendons/ligaments whether it was a cortisone shot or acupuncture needles because of the risk of subsequent tendon rupture under heavy load, which he's seen a few times. Again, all anecdotal; YMMV and it could potentially help for pain relief, but it probably doesn't fix the issue.
IMO, a far better and less risky approach to solving your quad tendinopathy is to get a PT/myotherapist etc. to look at your hip and ankle mobility/stability using SL squats and other functional movements. Then get the dysfunctional muscles worked on and start doing the relevant corrective strengthening exercises. Every dynamic knee fault that isn't some sort of congenital defect is most likely caused by upstream (hip) or downstream (ankle) joints and the associated muscles, more often than not around the hip.
nope, i wasn't being sarcastic lol, just very uninformed on that stuff. my mom just suggested it, and i didn't really know how it was gonna be done lol. yea that seems like a huge risk cause there's very little pain right now, just very minor aching when i jump.
yea that sounds like when i'm gonna do again. the last physical therapist i saw bascially did some cross friction massage for a few sessions. after that, i just followed what she told me to do, and that was to stretch/foam roll quads hard and strengthen glutes/hamstrings with deadlifts.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Recovery from quadricep tendonitis
« on: October 19, 2016, 09:15:28 am »
knee aching scale:
1 foot jumping: guaranteed ache
2 foot jumping: minor ache sometimes
trap bar deadlift: very minor ache
deadlift: nothing
pistol squats: nothing
also, the knee pops when i extend it a lot, and i've actually made it a habit, like cracking your knuckles. there's like a sort of pressure that builds up like how it builds up with your fingers. sitting builds it up the most i think. if i'm seated for a while, i can definitely feel it building up, so i'll extend my leg, and it'll make a big pop and it'll relieve it lol.
the other way it "pops" is when i foam roll and i have pressure on the quad. this time though, there's a 100% chance of it "popping", but this feels like a different kinda. hard to explain, but when i do it it feels like theres like some kind of stuff in my knee, maybe scar tissue?
1 foot jumping: guaranteed ache
2 foot jumping: minor ache sometimes
trap bar deadlift: very minor ache
deadlift: nothing
pistol squats: nothing
also, the knee pops when i extend it a lot, and i've actually made it a habit, like cracking your knuckles. there's like a sort of pressure that builds up like how it builds up with your fingers. sitting builds it up the most i think. if i'm seated for a while, i can definitely feel it building up, so i'll extend my leg, and it'll make a big pop and it'll relieve it lol.
the other way it "pops" is when i foam roll and i have pressure on the quad. this time though, there's a 100% chance of it "popping", but this feels like a different kinda. hard to explain, but when i do it it feels like theres like some kind of stuff in my knee, maybe scar tissue?
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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: October 19, 2016, 09:02:36 am »
yea, hes more of a pure 2 foot jumper, i dont think there are many good 2 foot jumpers that aren't quad dominant.
yup, i forgot about that, especially with mutaz essa barshim lol.
yup, i forgot about that, especially with mutaz essa barshim lol.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Recovery from quadricep tendonitis
« on: October 19, 2016, 12:08:35 am »https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIlh4JWXKaA
goal now is to make this consistent. i think my max vert is now sitting in between the mid 30s and high 30s. don't think i have the best genetics, but i'm confident that i can get to 40. just have a very slight ache in my left knee still, think im just gonna keep foam rolling and stretching it i guess. may try cross friction massage on it and maybe even acupuncture.
Where in the knee? Don't go sticking needles into tendons and ligaments haphazardly.
probably the quadricep tendon, very very close to the kneecap though. and yea, of course i'm not gonna go about doing it by myself at home, i'm gonna get a professional to do it. or do you think getting a professional to do it is haphazard too?
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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: October 18, 2016, 09:59:33 pm »is it just me or does DJ stephens jump very hip/glute dominantly? maybe it's just cause hes so long and thin. his thighs look like sticks, so i was also figuring he isn't very quad dominant.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Recovery from quadricep tendonitis
« on: October 18, 2016, 09:18:01 pm »
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIlh4JWXKaA
goal now is to make this consistent. i think my max vert is now sitting in between the mid 30s and high 30s. don't think i have the best genetics, but i'm confident that i can get to 40. just have a very slight ache in my left knee still, think im just gonna keep foam rolling and stretching it i guess. may try cross friction massage on it and maybe even acupuncture.
goal now is to make this consistent. i think my max vert is now sitting in between the mid 30s and high 30s. don't think i have the best genetics, but i'm confident that i can get to 40. just have a very slight ache in my left knee still, think im just gonna keep foam rolling and stretching it i guess. may try cross friction massage on it and maybe even acupuncture.
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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: October 16, 2016, 06:45:05 pm »
yea i just remembered about cloud 9 and dug up the vid lol. kinda mysterious how there's no more vids of him. i thought it was fake when i saw it the first time though
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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: October 15, 2016, 11:40:41 pm »161
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Recovery from quadricep tendonitis
« on: October 10, 2016, 11:17:33 pm »gotta find another way to do weighted pistols
why? there are like 8 bajillion ways to strengthen your legs that are easier to load. or you could do more reps. plenty of ways to progress.
yea true. i just really like pistols(on a box) cause i can get that rock bottom range of motion lol. i guess i can just go back to high bar ATG squats though. i hope they don't bother my left knee though. itl'll be kinda weird too if they do cause i'm doing these pistols 100% pain free.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Recovery from quadricep tendonitis
« on: October 10, 2016, 08:59:51 pm »
trap bar deadlift: 315 5, 325 x 6 and 6.
pistol squats with 35 lb kettlebell: 5 and 6.
two 50m sprints.
gotta find another way to do weighted pistols, i could do more reps, but even a 35 lb kettlebell was too much. also think i may still be more quad dominant, i'm strongest in the trap bar when i have my knees forward and really power it through with the quads. i felt a bit of pain though in my left quad tendon during them, but it was very minimal. the only thing that seems to give my knee the most grief is only 1 foot jumping it seems like.
pistol squats with 35 lb kettlebell: 5 and 6.
two 50m sprints.
gotta find another way to do weighted pistols, i could do more reps, but even a 35 lb kettlebell was too much. also think i may still be more quad dominant, i'm strongest in the trap bar when i have my knees forward and really power it through with the quads. i felt a bit of pain though in my left quad tendon during them, but it was very minimal. the only thing that seems to give my knee the most grief is only 1 foot jumping it seems like.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Recovery from quadricep tendonitis
« on: October 10, 2016, 01:24:32 pm »so as to cut off the acole thread hijack: i think you should email the >35 track and field group. if you explain that you're an amateur/noob and are having difficulty finding training partners and competitions, they might let you come by and train anyway. i mean, you're canadian, y'all are nice. worst case scenario, they send a polite "no."
yea i'll look into it. and yup lol, won't be a big deal if they decline.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Recovery from quadricep tendonitis
« on: October 09, 2016, 07:02:06 pm »
had a session today, RL only and my left knee was still aching during, probably from jumping off 1 foot last session. definitely gonna play it safe now, no more 1 foot.
completely out of gas, but managed to do 1x15 pistol squats too. no pain at all in my left knee. in fact, i feel more stress in my right knee than my left.
completely out of gas, but managed to do 1x15 pistol squats too. no pain at all in my left knee. in fact, i feel more stress in my right knee than my left.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
« on: October 08, 2016, 01:19:46 pm »cool that you have amateur track and field competitions btw. we don't have any here, and i already graduated highschool, so i missed my chance for all that stuff.
yea, that sucks that they missed your time. try this out though if you wanna self time yourself though:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlaBJQoTDRE
where do you live? there aren't bi-weekly comps in my area (metro DC) but there are a few all-comers meets over the course of the summer and a couple of indoor ones in the winter. had to do a bit of googling to find them but they're there.
vancouver. yea i did some googling but only found a track and field club for people 35+. that'll be more than a decade for me before i can join lol.