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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Kingfush
« on: May 08, 2012, 04:58:46 pm »
lifting at 2:30 am... what's your sleep schedule like?
mine's generally 1am - 9am I'm asleep.
mine's generally 1am - 9am I'm asleep.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Changing focus - but to what
« on: May 08, 2012, 10:56:51 am »
I say you work for relative strength for a while:
Improve strength for the reasons Kingfish said
But also cut some of that fat and get lean. Maybe you'll taking a liking to bodybuilding when you look better, who knows? In addition it'll get you lighter in the case you do train for the dec. or maybe you'll want to increase your vertical again.
Just another idea.
Improve strength for the reasons Kingfish said
But also cut some of that fat and get lean. Maybe you'll taking a liking to bodybuilding when you look better, who knows? In addition it'll get you lighter in the case you do train for the dec. or maybe you'll want to increase your vertical again.
Just another idea.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: May 05, 2012, 10:37:12 am »
never understood the whole C/C#/objective C/C++ thing
wasnt even until this week that i figured out Java and Javascript are two different entities.
wasnt even until this week that i figured out Java and Javascript are two different entities.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Kingfush
« on: May 03, 2012, 09:15:59 am »
were you turning heads in that new gym or what
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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: Dunk blog
« on: May 01, 2012, 10:13:07 pm »<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0vn6iL_0q4" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0vn6iL_0q4</a>
Sorry I couldn't resist.
damn, used to love listening to blank & jones in grade school while everyone surrounding me only knew about backstreet boys, nsync, and the spice girls. I never showed anybody what I listened to hahaha
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Changing focus - but to what
« on: April 27, 2012, 12:20:48 pm »
Well why don't you do the "trendy" american teenage rebel thing these days by "exploring new things" and "finding out about yourself?"
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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: How is this 2 steps approach?
« on: April 25, 2012, 10:26:01 am »
jumping a bit further would help. To be honest, when i jump too close to the rim, i have to arch my back backward and I feel like I lose some height that way. In addition, it's easier to time the wrist snap when you're coming towards the rim from far instead of straight up (for me).
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Crazy Weird Analysis & Stuff :) / Re: plyometrics helps you shit better?
« on: April 24, 2012, 11:35:05 pm »
work on ur kegels too
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: From a strictly speed/explosiveness/jumping standpoint...
« on: April 24, 2012, 08:53:47 pm »
lol another neg
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: jump squats with dual cable free motion machine...
« on: April 24, 2012, 08:52:34 pm »
Will not work better than squats, depth jumps, and practicing your SVJ and 3 step VJ 
I could imagine the cables pulling you back during the 3 step VJ and making your steps a bit less coordinated.
I could imagine the cables pulling you back during the 3 step VJ and making your steps a bit less coordinated.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: jump squats with dual cable free motion machine...
« on: April 24, 2012, 05:33:33 pm »
You don't need resistance while you're in the air, so that's not really a "good thing." It doesn't work you while you're in the ait.
Only "advantage" is that you drop to the floor at higher velocities, but you can simulate that with a depth jump and I'm not sure if that's necessary with a squat jump.
Only "advantage" is that you drop to the floor at higher velocities, but you can simulate that with a depth jump and I'm not sure if that's necessary with a squat jump.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Changing focus - but to what
« on: April 24, 2012, 02:44:54 pm »
Powerlifting!
You have the chance to set a record?!?!
Do it man.
You have the chance to set a record?!?!
Do it man.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Eric's Journal
« on: April 20, 2012, 08:59:43 pm »
whats ur username on bb.com?
i'm dreyth, but currently banned, so using onebobby5 as an alt
i'm dreyth, but currently banned, so using onebobby5 as an alt
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: lost weight, got stronger, vertical stayed the same
« on: April 19, 2012, 11:04:23 pm »NO barbell, just bands.
http://www.verticaljumping.com/power_jumper.html
The Portable Power Jumper is composed of bands that attached to holders you wear around your ankles. You loop the bands across your shoulders and they stretch as you lift your torso away from your ankles (where the bands' ends are secured) in a jump. The resistance obviously grows as the bands stretch, forcing you to accelerate more than usual in order to get the same velocity off the ground.
Using too much band resistance defeats the purpose. Just a little band resistance fires up your nervous sytem to make you move faster (and hence jump higher) once the bands are off. Too much resistance turns this back into a weighted squat practically and moves you from speed over to the strength side of the speed-strength curve.
You don't HAVE to buy the PPJ. You can use a couple of mini bands. Loop one under each foot and then over the neck and then jump.
Again, this may not be what you need. But it helped me. A little accomodating resistance "taught" my body how to move more quickly, develop force faster, etc. This was after a couple years of doing nothing but heavy squatting and deadlifting. I'd gotten much better at moving heavier things slowly, but I hadn't practiced moving quickly. The band jumping "turned the speed on". What was amazing was how quickly it did it. Immediate improvement after just a few triples with the bands. Gains promptly slowed down after that and I never got to 30" before I had to take a break from lower body work. But 2" in one day isn't bad (and indicates that I just really needed something to force me to move faster with my existing strength).
honestly, just do depth jumps.
I'm guessing you don't realize I'm the guy who had to drain all that fluid out of his banged up knee every day for a couple of years..?
And don't assume that I didn't try depth jumps. You seem exasperated that the bands worked better for me than the depth jumps did. Why is that?
I was unclear.
I was telling the OP to do depth jumps, but I quoted you
