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a few real hard dunks, some of these stills are from my warmup jumps, forget which.

i hate how the heat shuts me down.. indoor i can go 30+ jumps and feel good.. outdoor with lots of heat, 15 is tough.






































lol looks funny:

my youtube comment:

absolutely sick jumps man, congrats.. even bigger pr's coming soon for you, cant wait.

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loving the pink-shirt swag too man.. hah

Quote from: bedouindunker on August 20, 2011, 02:56:30 am

adarqui said that he had disc, back injuries from deadlifting years ago... he had those lightning bolts too...

You did? So you had the same problem as I have now? What did you do to solve it?

yup, had shooting pains down my leg from horrible form deadlifts, before i knew anything about proper training/while i was in computer science, could barely walk, lasted about 3 months, thats why i got obsessed with exercise science, to fix myself.

i did tons of prone superman's and then eventually progressed to 45 degree hypers, thats how i fixed my back.. took months.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqhlfz9GQPE" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqhlfz9GQPE</a>

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Dr2ZB36p9Y" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Dr2ZB36p9Y</a>

that wingsuit flyby in the first video is insane.. we need a wingsuit video thread

Quote from: adarqui on August 19, 2011, 07:27:39 am

why is everyone just talking out of their ass, i don't get it.

x1000
Those fucked up threads are beginning to get really annoying!
Backpedal strokes , NBA players that don't train because they can already dunk , top secret T-DUB secret and so on...

Raptor, we all agree there are better and worse plants ( although you are being dogmatic about rotation etc , each body is different and has a different optimal plant ).

EDIT : picking random Vince Carter videos , comparing uneven things (old VC - young VC / open court one hander - pivot dropstep 2 hander) and making arguments and rules out of it = broscience.

But this is a wrong thread to talk about this , this is a thread that talks about "T-DUBS biggest secret. Elastic winding & coiling."

"T-DUBS biggest secret. Elastic winding & coiling."

"T-DUBS biggest secret. Elastic winding & coiling."

"T-DUBS biggest secret. Elastic winding & coiling."

"T-DUBS biggest secret. Elastic winding & coiling."

"T-DUBS biggest secret. Elastic winding & coiling."

"T-DUBS biggest secret. Elastic winding & coiling."

"T-DUBS biggest secret. Elastic winding & coiling."

"T-DUBS biggest secret. Elastic winding & coiling."

x2

im just glad i learned today that the reason vince carter jumps lower, is not because of his what, 14+ nba seasons with 82+ games each, it's because he is rotating less into his plant and thus using less p-chain, even though their are vids of him jumping crazy high in his prime with barely any rotation..................................... just happy i learned that today.

felt crazy weak today, was really hot/humid though i was drenched dunking so had something to do with it.. the ups & downs, gfys.

08/18/2011

bw = 149
soreness = 0
aches/injuries = 0, still slightly sick wtf
diet = 4 tspn coffee + protein, rested-max=275x5, hamburger burrito, dunking, nap, dogpark, rested-max=225x15 + NGP=10, 10 bananas + 3 small milk smoothie things + 6 eggs burrito, bw-exercises{pmghr=6x5, calf-raises=6x60}

loading up on bananas today/tomorrow, wanna fly saturday so... reducing fluid intake, adding in the bananas, should feel pretty amp'd sat.. we'll see tho..

pC

Can somebody answer what I asked though..so how do tendons produce force without myosin adarq?

Ppl like justin Darlington for instance, is it really their muscles producing most of the power or tendons and bones maybe?

tendons are springs... in terms of jumping/sprinting, they get loaded when muscle contracts eccentrically/isometrically, which causes deformation in the tendon, which is similar to a 'rubber band effect', elastic energy is stored in the tendons as the muscles lock up and produce force, then this energy is released when the tendons return to form.

regardless of the athlete you're talking about, the muscles are producing plenty of force in ballistic movements, but the variations in tendon length/insertions etc causes some to be able to store/release more energy than others.. a longer achilles by only a centimeter would provide ability to store far greater elastic energy than a tendon of 1cm less.

pC

Never seen you dunk on that court before...

ya it's my fav court when it rains.. it's finally re-opened, been closed all summer because of a daycare basketball camp.

Anyways, adarq, on my SLRVJ I feel some collapsing on the ankle in the plant.  To remedy this, does it just come down to strengthening my calves (calf raises) ??

you have to strengthen them maximally & dynamically.. maximally would be things like double & single leg standing calf raises + seated calve raises + various inversion/eversion strengthening exercises with tubing or just by itself..

dynamic strength would be stuff like single/double leg line hops for speed, single leg balance board, sprints, and all types of low level reactive work such as lateral barrier jumps, pogos, mr halftucks etc.

Also, is there a way to get "stiffer ankles"?
Thanks.

the stuff above is a start and will help to give you stiffer ankles, eventually once you make alot of progress with the basics, you could then graduate to single/double leg bounds, depth jumps, etc.

pC