As for my girl, I am helping her massage the back of her knee daily, seems like some sort of dull nagging pain, nothing sharp. Will rest for 5 days before the race on Sunday.
Scoob, I remember you posting something asking whether your daughter should be trained or not - I didn't post anything as I think, ultimately, it's the parent's choice. But, I DON'T think a young kid should be competing to the point of getting injuries doing their sport. That seems crazy to me. So, my opinion is to strongly reconsider why she's doing it.
which restaurant do u have over there that u enjoy or online store? i will get you something, congrats..... i dont think i can beat u lol.... u have 3 more in to go to 35in SVJ
while i have 13 more in to go to 37in svj lol
edit- oh wait, we have 1 year to complete, so i still have like 9 months i think....
Yep plenty of time left. Those 3'' will be hard-gained from here out I think. Also, I'd be happy to just drop the $$: the motivation is more than worth it to be honest. Just put "Winner of adarq.org SVJ contest 2017-2018" in your sig if you win! Your call.
oh wait, you have to reach 37, while i have to reach 35..... yeah we can drop the gift card, makes no diff
Oh yeah, that's it. Yep, 37'' is a good challenge for me. Let's go!
Acole if I remember correctly you were doing 150kg squats in the past. If you get up to 4 plates whilst remaining at your current body weight (obviously a lot easier said than done) you should be jumping 38 inches+
Yes, I got to 155kgs for a single around late 2013, and again in late 2015. So that's the goal for a start. Squat/SVJ correlates much better than any other jump, so yeah, gains in the squat should directly fuel the SVJ height.
Repeating a previous comment I made to just stop using the pins. They're causing more issues than they're fixing. At least stop using 100kgs+ for the sake of your lower back.
Personally, I'd even be more radical at this stage and just get out of the squat rack for now, master the air squat and goblet squat first for a week or so. Just from looking at that full depth 60kg squat, you still seem to lack ankle mobility as you still wobble forward near the bottom. Goblets are good for that as you have a counter-weight at the front and you can sit back more comfortably. Once you get good at those, get back in the rack with 40kgs, no pins and go from there. Give yourself a great base for progressing very quickly. The strength is there, just not the technique yet, and you'll be better served going back to basics for a bit.
which restaurant do u have over there that u enjoy or online store? i will get you something, congrats..... i dont think i can beat u lol.... u have 3 more in to go to 35in SVJ
while i have 13 more in to go to 37in svj lol
edit- oh wait, we have 1 year to complete, so i still have like 9 months i think....
Yep plenty of time left. Those 3'' will be hard-gained from here out I think. Also, I'd be happy to just drop the $$: the motivation is more than worth it to be honest. Just put "Winner of adarq.org SVJ contest 2017-2018" in your sig if you win! Your call.
fked around with some BSS squats (using a kb i dont know if i hold it right, ie in the right hand etc)
A good way to do it (assuming it's just for assistance work) is to do half the reps holding the KB between your legs and the other half holding it on the outside of your lead leg, then switch legs. Good for balance/stabilisers.
Lol @ USA and it's health care problems, fortunately i do have health care but i think quad is getting a bit better, it only feels uncomfortable/sore when i squat heavy now adn goes away a few days after, so i think it is a strain that is healing but just took a very long time...... When I said "30k" i also accounted for time spent and not just equipment
Oh, well if it is slowly improving then wait-and-see is OK. Not progressing/getting worse = something's up.
So your research relates to Multiple Sclerosis sp?, autism, and parkinsons and the likes? I've always been intrigued by autism, because friends' of mine have loved ones affected by it, but i can't seem to understand exactly what autism is.... it's description seems so vague.....
Pretty much. 'Autism' derives from 'auto' = 'self' and covers a range of behaviours where social interaction is limited by abnormal brain development. 'Autism spectrum disorder' is a better term, as it covers the varying degree of social impairment. It's still very much a black box and is probably going to be one of the most difficult brain disorders to understand and treat in our lifetimes.
Squats look nice bud, you seem to be progressing pretty well.
Myself on the other hand, a minor side of quad injury slowing me down, i still did like 375 x 1 with it, but it always feels tender especially on front squats.
I haven't made progress for 4 months, it's safe to say.....
Thanks mate. I'd be pretty embarrassed though after 6 years of training if my squat form wasn't good! I haven't really made that much progress though, just barely back to normal baseline levels.
On the quad, I've said it a bit, you should get it investigated if it's still hurting after many months. A quick ultrasound should tell you if it's torn. Continuing to squat on it is just foolish if it's that bad. Of course if you're in the US and you don't have private health I can understand it's hard....but as you've already dropped 30k on training, this is something that would be wise to splurge on. ___________________
I got a post-doc position literally out of the blue on my first attempt. Lol. Simply a case of right place, right time. I haven't graduated yet but it doesn't matter here in Australia if you aren't officially a Dr before your first job. So my work hours will change a bit. I was in pure MS research, but my new lab is 1/2 autism, 1/2 parkinson's, with a bit of MS on the side (that sounds weird out of context). So I get to do some new things, which is great. Might stuff training up but I've already been doing similar hours for years so hopefully won't go the way of poor Joe who seems to have succumbed to the 9-5.
I've added 1x/week doing some tempo sprints now the weather is nice and I never shut up about them. Sorest I've been in ages after my first session just doing 4x120m!!
At 27 I should be at the peak of my athletic abilities but poor lifestyle choices along with relatively poor strength levels have avoided me from doing so (as well as not training for sprinting at all apart from a couple of months in 2013 where I ran a 11.37 before tearing my hamstring). My motivation is that a lot of 100m sprinters run PRs in their early-mid 30's.
My old coach was convinced that, in a vacuum, all sprinters would hit their PR between 30-32 after 10-15 years of training. There probably isn't a significant loss of fast twitch capabilities until much older. The trouble is that most sprinters quit between age 21-25 due to lack of opportunities/enjoyment, or have bad injuries and lose blocks of training. So yeah, plenty of time left for you mate. If you can master the technique of surreptitiously nursing a beer at a pub, you'll be golden.
One thing to note is that he got ruled out of his real rookie year early with a foot fracture and spent a whole year with all the benefits of an NBA team, training, getting fed right etc. So even though he hadn't played a game before this season, he's more NBA-ready than most rookies. Similar thing happened with Blake Griffin and Embiid.
But yeah, he's a hell of a player - I didn't think he was this athletic. Great passer as well. Technically Australian, so our 2020 Olympic team looks good:
PG: Simmons SG: Mills SF: Ingles (possibly a bit old by 2020 but has an old man's game) PF: Maker C: Baynes
All starting or solid rotational players in the NBA. Dellavedova and Exum on the bench as well.
^^Yep. Also, it really does look like you're almost trying to hit the pins purposefully and this is causing you to round the back to achieve that. Do you have to use the pins? Why not just squat to a comfortable depth, sit back evenly on the midfoot/heel, bar straight up and down, glutes begin the upward motion. That's what you should be using video analysis for.
You're going to have to explain the water bottle rod thing...because I do not see what it's meant to be achieving.
Also, I mentioned this a few posts ago: is that how your coach wants you to do those kneeling jumps? It looks like you're rocking back on your feet first, then jumping, whereas I thought it was like this + a rebound jump from the landing.
Weights are looking good! Great 1/4 squats and hip thrusts.
Yeah anti-rotation is underrated for building athleticism especially on change of direction where I feel there's a lot of leaking that can happen through rotation of the torso. Pallof press is my personal favorite, then slow eccentric Deadbugs and landmines are great too. Didn't have much success with woodchoppers the one time I tried them, was feeling it more in the arms than the core. Suitcase is my favorite loaded carry variation but I feel silly having to use straps to set iylt up.
I think shoulder stability is also something that's pretty underrated in terms of functional core strength . And then quadratus lumborum back muscles, I know they play a huge role in sprinting but I haven't been able to find a good strengthening exercise for that group.
I found with woodchoppers that, if you consciously initiate the movement from the hip/core and then guide the cable with your arm rather than just pull with the arm, it can be a bit more targeted. But it is a tricky one for sure. Those other ones are good too. Side planks for QL?
Training: I had a busy life week/10-day period and didn't train much. The Melbourne weather is still very schizophrenic and hasn't eased into consistent clear days yet, so I haven't been jumping outside. I decided to go back to volume on my squats as, before my forced rest week, the 5x5@120kgs had stalled a bit, and I wasn't very happy with the rep speed, very grindy. For the next few weeks I'm gonna do 3x10, full ATG paused reps (I'll put up a video next time). Starting at 80kgs and working up to 100kgs before trying heavier/less reps again. I'm going to take my time here.
More notes on core exercises: I'm increasingly being persuaded by my very athletic, knowledgeable friend that the ability to produce a lot of concentric abdominal force is less important than the anti-rotational function of the abs/obliques, especially for injury purposes. I think you can get trapped a bit with weighted/high-rep crunch movements, feeling very 'strong' and producing a lot of 'force' that really goes nowhere and isn't worth spending excessive time on, compared to strengthening anti-rotation. Ideally for me, the core portion of the workout should be developing endurance and strength in exercises like: dead bugs for time, woodchoppers (lateral and high-to-low, each side) and one-arm suitcase carry as opposed to smashing out a million crunches or ab pulldown-ing 100kgs etc. Of course, direct abdominal work e.g. hanging leg raises are still required, it's just the balance needs to be in favour of the anti-rotational stuff that also brings in the glutes and shoulders. The reasons for which are: better stability in movements like running, jumping, squatting etc.
Vertec notes: The trouble I had with the PVC pipe is that, because my backyard gets windy, the top part was not very stable, especially as I want to use metal slats and nuts/washers that add a bit of weight to the top. So I'm gonna use those on a wooden frame like my old one, which I'll make when I go home next and I have access to tools. In the meantime I made a homeless man's vertec using zip ties around the PVC pipe at each inch, just for training, not testing as such. So in the end I should have a nice solid wooden vertec for testing, and a crappy one just to jump at.
Edit: 3rd set of 3x10@85kgs, fairly easy with a relatively light weight, focus is to maintain this form getting up to 100kgs.
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Lol @ USA and it's health care problems, fortunately i do have health care but i think quad is getting a bit better, it only feels uncomfortable/sore when i squat heavy now adn goes away a few days after, so i think it is a strain that is healing but just took a very long time...... When I said "30k" i also accounted for time spent and not just equipment 
