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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Would you guys recommend I deadlift instead of RDL?
« on: March 24, 2012, 10:00:12 am »
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Would you guys recommend I deadlift instead of RDL?
« on: March 23, 2012, 07:35:49 pm »What was your concern with deadlifts if you didn't start the program with them lol?Deadlifts have been given a bad rep for injuries lol... but then again, everytime I see people do them on youtube they do it with horrible form.
Well the question is - do you REALLY need to get that heavy when doing your RDLs? Use them more as an assistance exercise in the higher rep ranges.
Yes I do! I need to continue improving my hamstring strength, not just get them to a certain point and stop. Since I've neglected them for so long, I've been hit with jumper's knee (along with other reasons... basically quad-dominance ruined me).
I'm switching to regular deads next week.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Would you guys recommend I deadlift instead of RDL?
« on: March 23, 2012, 04:47:02 pm »
I'm doing RDL's right now to hit my hams harder and also because I feel that there's (currently) a less injury risk in doing them.
But I want a great, compound exercise that I'll be doing for years on end like the squat... I can't see myself doing 455lb RDL's in the future. I mean how safe is it to unrack the bar, walk backwards with it in ur hand, and then probably have shaky form doing RDL's? Not only that, but I don't even know if I'm hitting the same depth every time. There isn't as much consistency.
Do you guys recommend I just deadlift instead? I kinda miss doing it too...
I feel like there's a stigma to deadlifting around here.
But I want a great, compound exercise that I'll be doing for years on end like the squat... I can't see myself doing 455lb RDL's in the future. I mean how safe is it to unrack the bar, walk backwards with it in ur hand, and then probably have shaky form doing RDL's? Not only that, but I don't even know if I'm hitting the same depth every time. There isn't as much consistency.
Do you guys recommend I just deadlift instead? I kinda miss doing it too...
I feel like there's a stigma to deadlifting around here.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Time when i should deload?
« on: March 22, 2012, 09:22:03 pm »
Man I always screw my de-loads and end up losing strength.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Kingfush
« on: March 21, 2012, 11:15:49 pm »
In that case it does sound like pretty fast squat progress considering the level you're at.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Kingfush
« on: March 21, 2012, 03:00:53 pm »
May I ask what is the purpose of your twice daily squatting? Is it maintenance? Are you increasing your squat?
Seems like your top single for a few months now has been 440... maybe 455 a while back. I'd like to know what this little experiment is looking for.
Seems like your top single for a few months now has been 440... maybe 455 a while back. I'd like to know what this little experiment is looking for.
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Nutrition & Supplementation / Re: Cheat days on a weight/fat loss diet
« on: March 19, 2012, 11:41:57 am »
ok I didn't read the above ^^ but what's so hard to understand?
Is it so difficult to realize that two people may ingest/burn the same number of calories a day, and only one of them still lifts weights?
The point is the guy that still lifts weights is going to retain more muscle than the guy that stopped. That's it.
I was refuting TheSituation when he posted:
I was saying that if a guy who had been lifting for a long time stopped lifting for a long time, he would lose muscle. But that means weight loss. However, since the caloric balance is at maintenance, he wouldn't lose weight. To make up for the lost muscle, he'd gain fat to make up the weight.
Especially if he screws up his macros and eats a bunch of sugar instead of protein and fat.
Is it so difficult to realize that two people may ingest/burn the same number of calories a day, and only one of them still lifts weights?
The point is the guy that still lifts weights is going to retain more muscle than the guy that stopped. That's it.
I was refuting TheSituation when he posted:
If you eat 3000 calories, and your body uses 3000 calories, you won't store any fat because there's no reason to.
I was saying that if a guy who had been lifting for a long time stopped lifting for a long time, he would lose muscle. But that means weight loss. However, since the caloric balance is at maintenance, he wouldn't lose weight. To make up for the lost muscle, he'd gain fat to make up the weight.
Especially if he screws up his macros and eats a bunch of sugar instead of protein and fat.
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Injury, Prehab, & Rehab talk for the brittlebros / Re: Rest Cures Effusion
« on: March 18, 2012, 10:53:19 pm »
I hate the American style of squatting once per week also. But dammit, I got jumper's knee in both knees (but heavy in my left knee) and gave in.
I'm doing 5/3/1 now. You should look into that. Slow, consistent gains.
I'm doing 5/3/1 now. You should look into that. Slow, consistent gains.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Jumpsole almost Complete. Time to deload? Change things up?
« on: March 18, 2012, 10:50:38 pm »
awesome thread
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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: un-even pecs (very annoying)
« on: March 17, 2012, 03:10:20 pm »
Yea I might do one-armed flys and unilateral tricep extensions to have my lagging parts catch up.
I did that for my rear delts and it worked awesomely (it's in my log). Don't see why it wouldn't work for my other body parts, except for the pecs, which is probably caused by a postural problem.
I did that for my rear delts and it worked awesomely (it's in my log). Don't see why it wouldn't work for my other body parts, except for the pecs, which is probably caused by a postural problem.
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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: un-even pecs (very annoying)
« on: March 17, 2012, 11:57:05 am »
I'm learning now that it's probably a postural problem.
I sit on the computer all day and the mouse is kind of far in front of me. This protracts my right shoulder girdle. My right shoulder will round forward a bit, and my right serratus anterior is weaker because of it. Could also be that I play basketball and I'm right handing. Every jumpshot protracts my right shoulder girdle. Over a decade this eventually changes the posture of the shoulder and makes a slight difference.
Since my right shoulder is slightly ahead, when I bench the right pec won't be put under as much as a stretch. But the bar stays level when I bench... that means that my right tricep/delt are having to overcompensate to keep the bar level.
This would mean that my right tricep/delt are bigger than my left.... and they are. It all makes sense.
I sit on the computer all day and the mouse is kind of far in front of me. This protracts my right shoulder girdle. My right shoulder will round forward a bit, and my right serratus anterior is weaker because of it. Could also be that I play basketball and I'm right handing. Every jumpshot protracts my right shoulder girdle. Over a decade this eventually changes the posture of the shoulder and makes a slight difference.
Since my right shoulder is slightly ahead, when I bench the right pec won't be put under as much as a stretch. But the bar stays level when I bench... that means that my right tricep/delt are having to overcompensate to keep the bar level.
This would mean that my right tricep/delt are bigger than my left.... and they are. It all makes sense.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Time when i should deload?
« on: March 17, 2012, 11:54:31 am »
I would go to parallel so it's easier to gauge your depth.
If you're going slightly above parallel, how do you know your hitting the same depth all the time? If you are increasing 5lbs/week on ur squat, how do you know you're not also squatting slightly shallower each time?
On the other hand, if you hit below parallel on every rep, then you are good to go. As long as you're hitting below parallel you know if the numbers are going up, it's because your strength is going up.
Now, you may be thinking: "So? What if I go deep (but still below parallel), and just get more shallow and shallow in my deep squat but still stay below parallel. It's the same thing!"
Here's the difference:
In the first situation where you're above parallel, you don't have something "set" to judge whether or not your depth is acceptable. In the second situation where you're going to just below parallel, you know that if you go above parallel it's too high, so you can easily just never go above parallel. That's your limit and it's easy to gauge depth by that. It's harder to gauge depth if you're half-squatting.
If you're going slightly above parallel, how do you know your hitting the same depth all the time? If you are increasing 5lbs/week on ur squat, how do you know you're not also squatting slightly shallower each time?
On the other hand, if you hit below parallel on every rep, then you are good to go. As long as you're hitting below parallel you know if the numbers are going up, it's because your strength is going up.
Now, you may be thinking: "So? What if I go deep (but still below parallel), and just get more shallow and shallow in my deep squat but still stay below parallel. It's the same thing!"
Here's the difference:
In the first situation where you're above parallel, you don't have something "set" to judge whether or not your depth is acceptable. In the second situation where you're going to just below parallel, you know that if you go above parallel it's too high, so you can easily just never go above parallel. That's your limit and it's easy to gauge depth by that. It's harder to gauge depth if you're half-squatting.
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Pics, Videos, & Links / un-even pecs (very annoying)
« on: March 16, 2012, 07:33:18 pm »
This sucks!!!!!!
My left pec is so much bigger and more filled out than my right pec!
Here's a pic:
Then what I did was:
I chopped off one half of my body, copied the remaining half, and flipped it to have equal pecs on both sides.
I did this with each side of my body.
Look at the difference!
Two left pecs are on the left, and two right pecs are on the right.
How do I even begin to fix this?
My left pec is so much bigger and more filled out than my right pec!
Here's a pic:
Then what I did was:
I chopped off one half of my body, copied the remaining half, and flipped it to have equal pecs on both sides.
I did this with each side of my body.
Look at the difference!
Two left pecs are on the left, and two right pecs are on the right.
How do I even begin to fix this?
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Strenght not correlating with jump....
« on: March 10, 2012, 09:16:32 pm »I didn't say they couldn't. In fact I said they can make you more explosive. But in isolation they make you slow.
Could you elaborate?
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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: Russian Training Video
« on: March 10, 2012, 09:14:57 pm »
how does the trampoline help? I've been on a few before and it feels very difficult to jump after being on one.
trampoline basketball is fun as hell though. 540 dunks and around the back between the leg dunks with a volley ball.
trampoline basketball is fun as hell though. 540 dunks and around the back between the leg dunks with a volley ball.