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Basketball / Re: Air Up There - AUT - Mr 720
« on: February 28, 2011, 03:42:04 am »
omfg aweome
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Crazy Weird Analysis & Stuff :) / Re: is marihuana good for VJ?
« on: February 28, 2011, 03:27:29 am »i've been thinking about that for a couple of weeks now.
because i have noticed that almost every baller i know that smokes a joint every now and then has serious ups! Even if they dont train at all. So i really think that smoking kush might have a positive effect on your VJ because it relaxes your nervous system or something idk.
what yall think bout that? lol
generalization of the year... HAHA..
that's kind of like saying, "because i have noticed that most every nfl athletes loves fried chicken and they have serious power".. regardless of the racial undertones, when I worked with nfl combine group (30+ athletes) in 2007, the most requested food item for their diet plan was fried chicken........... SO THAT GOT ME THINKING, could fried chicken be the missing link? dno but im eating fried chicken and smoking weed as we speak. jk
but no seriously, looking at things like that will really run a muck in your head, resulting in all types of completely misguided correlations..
people with great genetics can do all types of stupid shit and still perform impressively..
it's like when people look at elite level sprinters and talk about yams, ya, injectable yams.. get you some of those and then you might be on the right track in terms of correlating yams to performance, but they have to be injectable yams if you get what i'm saying.
peace
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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: February 28, 2011, 02:37:07 am »
5'7 kid again
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Basketball / random NBA news
« on: February 28, 2011, 02:05:48 am »
lmfao the heat lost to the knicks, hilarious.. the curse of the knicks is back, sorry bron bron, aint gonna get a ring now that's for sure.
allan houston 4 da winnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
allan houston 4 da winnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
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Bios / Re: Casey Combest
« on: February 28, 2011, 02:01:44 am »Quote
He didn't grow up in the greatest environment, so he never really had the chance to show how far he could get.
disagree.. he had a chance to fly right out of the hood into stardom, but he himself blew it (unfortunately).
can't blame environment in this case imo, some people just aren't driven, and that has nothing to do with environment.. he was "blessed" (lmao) with insane genetic ability, but he just didn't have the desire or drive to take it to the next level.. which means, he simply did not love track & field enough to make it his life. no matter how crappy your environment, if you love something with everything you have, then you won't let "stupid crap" come into your life to take it away from you: this means not hanging out with the wrong people, staying away from weed, trying to at least make avg grades, etc....
he didn't love it enough, which is understandable, it came easy for him..
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: High cut calves
« on: February 28, 2011, 01:55:28 am »
my take on it is this: i personally don't care one bit because there's nothing I can do about it.
higher calfs = longer tendons = more spring = more impressive athletic performance
nothing for anyone to worry about UNLESS you are into recruiting/picking out talent etc.
in the end, doesn't matter what kind of calfs you have or tendon length you have, you can still perform insane on jumping/sprinting regardless of the build.. i've seen jumper's with huge calfs/shorter tendons who are all power and just fly.
peace
higher calfs = longer tendons = more spring = more impressive athletic performance
nothing for anyone to worry about UNLESS you are into recruiting/picking out talent etc.
in the end, doesn't matter what kind of calfs you have or tendon length you have, you can still perform insane on jumping/sprinting regardless of the build.. i've seen jumper's with huge calfs/shorter tendons who are all power and just fly.
peace
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Article & Video Discussion / Re: Deep SKWATZ
« on: February 28, 2011, 01:45:25 am »Beyond any of that, half squatting (slightly above parallel, NOT PARALLEL) is 100x more specific to vert/power based athletic movements than is deep squatting.
Isn't weighttraining always just GPP for the non weightlifter-athlete?
At the end it shouldn't matter how the strength was obtained...
so then why would it matter if strength is obtained in a deep squat vs half squat?
checkmate
goodnight
do not pass go
do not collect $200
pc.
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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: New Frank Yang Video
« on: February 28, 2011, 01:05:03 am »
most of his lifting vids suck now, nude deadlifting, really, who cares.
he always adds some stupid element to his lifts now... i hate his humor, his art is kinda cool, but his humor is atrocious.
he always adds some stupid element to his lifts now... i hate his humor, his art is kinda cool, but his humor is atrocious.
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Pics, Videos, & Links / MOVED: Oregon State DT Stephen Paea benches 225 49 times at the combine
« on: February 28, 2011, 01:04:01 am »16691
Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: recent dunk pics
« on: February 28, 2011, 12:59:40 am »
love that ^^ and the dunk make pic
nice stills@!$!@
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Performance Training Blog / Re: The "33.5 to 37" Arowe power block
« on: February 27, 2011, 07:06:07 pm »Me likey! Just in time for my power/peaking cycle!
hah nice! just stay away from the REA's possibly, those have increased risk if knees aren't 100%, they are so stressful..
kill it joejoe!@$!@$!@%!@
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Loopie's Log
« on: February 27, 2011, 06:32:55 pm »I really am seeing good results from the low amount of plos I do before every w/o. I have a bit more bounce in p/u games, + getting blocks and put backs like I am a younger man.
nice man!
yup that's why people should do reactive work before lifting.. it keeps that constant stimulus in to "be more springlike (reactive)" and it helps potentiate (stimulate) heavy/explosive lifts.. there's absolutely no reason why we shouldnt include reactive work before pretty much every lifting session (unless it's back to back days then you could make a case..)
pc
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Article & Video Discussion / Re: Deep SKWATZ
« on: February 27, 2011, 05:06:13 pm »point?
bbl sleep
well, decide on your own...
My take is that a healthy athlete should be able to squat deep and sit in a deep squat comfortably. It's not only about strength/power but also about mobility, flexibility, balance and coordination...
i think we need to define "athlete" here.. are we talking about an olympic lifter athlete or a basketball/football/etc athlete? because, for the latter, "balance + coordination + knee stability" is going to be best obtained through reactive/dynamic movements specific to their sport, squatting (any form) doesn't even come close.
As for flexibility, that level of flexibility isn't even needed for most sports. Having too much flexibility can be a bad thing, that's a really hard issue to discuss because it's so individual-specific. If I use myself as an example, too much flexibility/mobility work makes me perform worse -> when i'm "tight", I descend into my plants and just rocket right out, I can feel the tension.. if i'm "too flexible" due to too much stretching/mobility work, I feel like mush and I feel some "collapsing" going on in the plant. The same issue applies to my explosive bball dribbling, sprinting, etc.. If I stretch my quads, I perform worse.
One of the major issues with deep squatting is meniscus issues, regardless of any of the benefits you mentioned, meniscus issues are a real concern. That "shock absorbing tissue" is stress intensively during reactive/explosive/sport movements, taxing it further and in such "extreme joint roms under tension" doesn't sound like the smartest thing to me if you're a non oly lifter... If you're an oly lifter, then it's very smart, you'd want to get strong at those roms because it's specific to your sport, not doing so would increase injury risk.
I can't think of many sports where deep mobility is necessary or beneficial.. Plenty (i'd say a majority) of the most powerful athletes on earth don't have the mobility to squat ATG properly. It's rare when you find someone who is freaky-powerful with leverages beneficial to RVJ/sprint/etc that has perfect ATG squat form/mobility, extremely rare. I worked with over 30 NFL combine athletes one year and the vast majority of them were tight. Out of the two most powerful athletes, 4.39 40 vs 4.31 40, one was insanely tight, one was insanely flexible. Both had a shitload of muscle and were so strong it was ridiculous. One could ATG squat perfect (being 5'6), the other could only hit half with good form (being 6'1 or so).
Bottom line, individual differences highly influence whether or not someone should be going deep or not, so making a blanket statement about squat depth doesn't take into account those individual differences. For the vast majority of athletes interested in VJ/sprinting, going deep is very unnecessary because those athletes, who are naturally drawn to these performance events, have more ability to progress with half squatting due to leverages/mechanical advantage at those joint angles.
Beyond any of that, half squatting (slightly above parallel, NOT PARALLEL) is 100x more specific to vert/power based athletic movements than is deep squatting.
pc
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Resistance bands?.
« on: February 27, 2011, 04:40:43 pm »
Bands are great if you implement them right, i.e. to complement free weight and provide progressive resistance. They are particularly useful for exercises like jump squats, explosives, etc., where you can apply just enough band tension on the bar to keep it from leaving the shoulders at the top of the lift. They are also great for getting through a plateau, accelerated eccentrics are a great tool in the right hands.
The thing not to do is try and go into a band only training mindset, the free weight should almost always grossly outweigh the band tension. There are alot of rehab, prehab, activation exercises like band pull aparts, shoulder dislocations, x band walks, etc. that are also very useful.
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don't become a squatflexer vendetta..
if i were to incorporate bands into training, i would personally only use them for adding tension to an already heavy squat.. accommodating resistance is supplementary, so, heavy bar weight to hit the weakest joint angles, then bands kicking in as you rise up (progress through the strength curve) to make it harder.. you could definitely use them for speed squat, calf raise, bss/stationary lunge, barbell bench, deadlifts, tke's etc
just know that utilizing band tension properly, like lance or I are saying, is REALLY intense.. so i'd progress into that slowly, the goal eventually would be to have really heavy barbell weight + a small set of bands, but don't rush right into it, take your time easing in.. band tension is much more intense than chain tension, bands accelerate you down faster than gravity.
peace man