The advertisement is pretty dishonest as well. Kram and Dawson's paper is about whether hopping is favourable in arid climates, their paper never mentions the word catapult, nor do they mention gazelles. The statement is quite silly because most mammals (including humans) can jump farther than can be explained by just the force of muscular contraction. This is why we jump father after an approach, we are able to store energy in our tendons. This is why plyometric training in addition to strength training allows people to jump higher.
If you believe that this tdubs athlete is able to jump high because of some technical prowess that is fine. But to claim he is able to twist his myosin filaments and then severely misquote an advertisement which severely misquotes some scientific papers is unnecessary and does a disservice to those who read your posts.
It also makes people refuse to consider the possibility that this athletes take off mechanics allow him to store more energy from his approach, something which is entirely possible. However, I will tell you that I have extensively studied long jump mechanics and even written papers concerning the long jump and that Carl Lewis and Mike Powell both jump close to 30 feet and have drastically different takeoff mechanics and takeoff velocity. So even if this athlete uses this take off to achieve his high leap, it does not suggest at all that this is the only way to do it.
Who would you say has the most elasticated Achilles tendons out of T-DUB & Conley? & reason why?, comparing that vid to the Rucker Park NYC dunk vid.
so if t-dub has a 51" vert, and stefan holm has a 51" vert, or area-51 has a 51" vert, or even adam linkenauger has a 50" vert, why the god damn fuck do you keep idolizing t-dub compared to everyone else?
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Including sprinters, long/triple jumpers, I think T-DUB could have the most elasticated Achilles tendons on the planet?. Doesn't mean he's going to run faster/jump farther but the way he springs off the ground is just incredible IMO. But it's a full body thing.
if he has the most "elasticated" (lmfao) tendons on the planet, then why do you keep referring to his style of plant? if t-dub is in fact more like a kangaroo, why does his plant matter at all? his plant becomes a biproduct of his genetic advantages, not the other way around.. his plant didn't create his freak-like tendons..... his freak-like tendons created his plant.
anyway.. t-dub is hardly the most reactive athlete on the planet, single leg jumper's with similar verts will ALWAYS win that battle.. t-dub is freaky strong & very reactive, sure, but "most elastic athlete on the planet" ? not even close.
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I whole heartedly believe it's more to do with his technique & dedication than anything else IMO, including any secondary exercise outside of dunkin'/even genetics. Just using your own bodyweight/forces can be enough resistance to produce awesome results, just add in great technique which complies with OP quote.
oh ok, you just answered my above question.. his technique and dedication formed his tendon length, tendon insertions, and fiber composition.
I actually tried to hit the backboard with the head and didn't succed because of insane fear on the first try, as I wasn't thinking I was able to actually do that and almost crushed my head on it LOL.
And yeah, I tried to pull the legs. Wanted to try something different. I am mad for that first miss, felt really high. I'm happy with the cool frames though
ya im afraid too unless it has a pad.. if it doesn't have a pad, you go for it then in the air you're like forget this. hah
you could really cut up your head on that kind of backboard.. would make for nice video i guess hah.
felt REALLY good waking up today.. back a little achy from a lame rep yesterday on my workup sets.. but legs felt great.
landed some really hard dunks.. need to go outdoor thursday, just have to go earlier.. have to be there around 7:30, gets way too hot even around 9am..
hey man i'm gunna be a doucher and ask you for some workout advice!
it's fine, nothing douche about it !
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so my lower back is in really terrible shape and squats seem to be making it worse...i'm looking into finding a good strength coach to workout the kinks with my so i don't feel like i'm dying the next 48 hours+ after i squat but in the mean time i was thinking i'd stop squating and try doing heavy barbell lunges since they don't seem to cause me pain...whats your take brother? does this sound good? or do you have anything else you think i might wanna try?
i'd stay away from barbell movements temporarily, work on dumbell movements.. dumbell lunge, dumbell calf raise, dumbell squat (holding db between legs, one db, both hands on it).. then i'd hit hypers, reverse hyper, ghr if possible, pillars for core, and glute bridges hard.
if you want to keep some efficiency with a bar on your back, just do some light lockouts, nothing crazy.. just to stay used to having a bar on your back.. but it sounds like you're probably over-arching with a bar on your back etc, abs not firing well, glute not firing well.. try to stick with DB movements for now, get crazy rugged on them, plus they'll give you bigger traps.
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