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The thing is i used to do what you are saying in the past but my knees would hurt after so that's why i've been doing hip dominant squats... Since i've been doing them like this and focusing on hip drive both in normal "full" squats and in half squats i didn't have any problem with my knees...

alright nice then keep doing it that way.

trying to sleep 2-3 hours early.. great day of squatting.. legs feel awesome.. hopefully tomorrow i feel even better, land some crazy dunks.

04/11/2011

bw = 155
soreness = calves
aches/injuries = not much waking up
fatigue = high
diet = protein/gatorade-drink, LTMP-VOLUME{pin-6-close-squat=135x8,225x1,275x1,295x1,295x12, ng-pullups=15, calve-raises=135x5,225x5,245x10}, 3 eggs + tons of egg whites + 2 cheese + alot of almonds, 2 sausages + wheat bread, LTMP-VOLUME{pin-6-squat=135x8,225x1,275x1,275x20, calve-raises=135x5,225x5,245x10}, 2*protein/water-drink + gatora
de-drink, 3 eggs + tons of egg whites + tons of PB + gatorade

9 hours sleep

LTMP-SESSIONS:
- LTMP-VOLUME{pin-6-close-squat=135x8,225x1,275x1,295x1,295x12, ng-pullups=15, calve-raises=135x5,225x5,245x10},
- LTMP-VOLUME{pin-6-squat=135x8,225x1,275x1,275x20, calve-raises=135x5,225x5,245x10}

295 x 12 is a definite close stance Pr.. and 275 x 20 would be a "PR" for a second session set.. never have i hit 20 that heavy on a second session..

that 275 x 20 was a war.. i was tired after rep 9, but was determined to get 20 so i went like, 9 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + +1 + 1 ahah.. toast.. legs felt bionic after.


solid set.

pC

pretty solid 295 x 12 PR close stance....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bO2PQ8PpHOw

also hit 275 x 20 second session, was tired after rep 9, grinded it out until 20.

Dunks look easy mang. That first/last dunk was nasty and as always I like your twohanders.

thanks man.. ya i love that first dunk so much.. i keep watching it.. love how nice i got up off a short run.

Quote from: adarqui on April 11, 2011, 05:27:39 am

lefty at 1:10 is nasty.. i just put it in finally, seems like it'll never drop.. no use in cutting it out every time right before i slam it heh.. ok it'll drop soon whatever

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''Who said white man can't jump'' LMAO was that random or was it fixed for the vid's sake? Regardless, sick!

haha i'd never make anyone say that.. i kind of hate that cliche ass slogan :F plenty of white people that can sky, and it's always been that way.. none of those guys know anything about stefan holm for example :F

He has no clue how much work you put in.

ya that's for sure.. nobody does.. they just see the product at that moment.. got to keep getting higher.

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well im trying to get into it, i've definitely been jumping alot more often lately, and even using back 2 back dunk days which i never do.. working on tricks and going submax really helps with that.. if i don't eat right im screwed though with that, in terms of getting good jumps in on back 2 back days.

i tweaked my ham tendon slightly last night foam rolling, of all things.. rolling my left ITB i felt it pull a little.. its bugging me right now, if it feels good tomorrow though i would like to dunk again.. i'd like to dunk every day if possible to be honest.. dunk every day + high rep every day.. just have to auto-regulate my training properly.. if i feel like crap, just go light.. if i feel epic, go all out.. basically if i feel anything less than epic/great, then i should be going submax..

but ya funny you bring it up, im basically high-freq'n my jumps now.. i'd never jump multiple times a day though like im doing with squatting.. takes too much out of me.. a heavy 20 repper has me feeling dead, but nothing like how i feel after a dunk session.. dunk sessions are much worse, everything is fatigued and shit aches.. hah

pC

Haha, I'm beginning to see a pattern here, most ppl really improve when actually practicing jump often. So maybe Raptor was right before, jumping daily with low volume...

well, daily definitely isn't going to be possible with me.. even though I "want" too.. for example, i wanted to dunk again today, back to back, but when i woke up, even though i felt strong, my calves were just too achy.. i'll probably be able to jump great tomorrow, but you just have to roll with it, if you force those jump sessions it can lead to alot of fatigue/damage, jumping is way more intense than lifting etc.

We might be on our way to shattering a lot of training conceptions. Have you ever realized that your squatting strangely ressembles what Joe Defranco recommended in the past for the jumpers. What he called 50 rep rythym squats? Ppl bashed that type of training, still, when he used it on his athletes they all improved tremendously.

ya this site has already shattered a ton of misconceptions.. high rep heavy lifting will probably be the best thing to come out of this site no joke.. once more people start utilizing it, you'll see even more PR's (jumping and lifting).

ya the only problem i have with 50 rep rhythm squats is how "bouncy" they are with how much load you bare.. it's just too heavy to hit rhythmically imo.. that is going to target tendon alot more than what i'm doing, which is fine but, more risky imo.. and more risky for the vertebral column.. i like to keep it much more controlled to target muscle primarily, then allow my dynamic/explosive movements to hit the tendons how they will.

AREG or biofeedback IS going to be the best way to progress in the future. My guess is, jump whenever you feel like it, don't when you don't. Squat whenever you feel like it. Don't when you don't. Defranco used to say that high rep squat helped build ''elasticity''. I wonder if that's similar to lactic acid helping with tendon stiffness. So maybe training in another energy system creates different changes on the structural level (tendons) that are beneficial to dynamic activities vs. regular low-rep training.

Interesting to say the least.

yup, everything you said basically.. only problem i have is "don't squat when you don't feel like it".. even if i'm tired, im forcing myself to get my sessions in.. surprisingly alot of them turn out to be very good..

high lactic acid environments are great for tendon adaptations, so ya, this high rep lifting, even though it's primarily focused on muscular strength/hypertrophy, is still going to result in plenty of positive adaptations to the tendons & fascia.

high rep heavy lifting is sort of like rest-pause but, you actively rest with the bar on your shoulders etc, and the rest is much shorter.. very effective way to grow/gain strength.. when you hit EVERY MU under a load, your body will try and adapt.. next step, hit every mu under a slightly heavier load, and so on, keep repeating.. the cool thing about 20's is, you can improve your 1RM pretty hardcore without ever going under 10 reps imo.. you can hit 10-20 reps and just have that 1RM skyrocket... for example, my main focus right now is 295 x 20, and then 315 x 20.. so i have to keep hitting 10-12 reps on 315 while trying to push my 295 to 15 and then finally 20 reps etc.. then i move focus to trying to hit 315 for 20, hitting 325 for 10 while pushing 315 to 15 then 20 etc..

it's a very simple "cycle" for improvement.. it's just balls to the F'n wall and don't leave anything in the tank.. and then surprisingly you feel epic-good the next day hahaha.

peace man!

''Who said white man can't jump''

Nothing else to say 

:F

i'd like to become one of the highest jumping people on the planet and create a new slogan:

"Who said naturally gifted elite athletes won't get murked by avg joe's with extreme work ethic"..

or something

lmao

youre getting up great man. im going to freak out when I see you hit 225x50. thats go to be an incredible accomplishment at your body weight. btw those nike elite socks are the best socks ive ever worn

thanks alot man!!!

ya i'm going to hit 225 x 50 once i get 315 x 20.. i'd like to hit 225 x 50 even more impressively than i hit it last time.. far more impressively.. make it look completely feather weight.

ya those socks are amazing.. i double/triple sock.. 2 pair of high socks then those nike socks, makes my feet feel amazing.. !!

peace man

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nice bro, all that hard work payin off!@!

appreciate it lance!@$! hopefully i feel good tomorrow, i think i will, would like to dunk again hah.

peace man get some sleep :F

lefty at 1:10 is nasty.. i just put it in finally, seems like it'll never drop.. no use in cutting it out every time right before i slam it heh.. ok it'll drop soon whatever