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Introduce Yourself / Re: Newbie to training
« on: June 25, 2011, 06:45:06 pm »
Quote from: AdamG on June 21, 2011, 12:08:35 am
Hello to all you out there. Here are my stats:

13 years old, gonna be a freshman
Bodyweight: 165 lbs.
Height: 5' 10"
BF%: 13-15%
Standing Reach: 90"
Standing Vert: 16"
Running Vert 21"
(Weak vertical jump as of now, I know, but that is why I am here, to improve and get better.)
Back Squat: 185 lbs  4x8 (just started squatting recently)

I am naturally strong in my upper body, but not so much in my lower body. Have a large frame, and am slightly upper body heavy if that helps at all

Have been doing the VJB Novice Weights and Plyos for about 7 weeks now, and haven't seen any gains yet.

Very excited to continue training and hopefully improving my vertical jump before the basketball season starts.

Thanks



These starting stats are actually pretty good... as a freshman in HS i couldnt touch rim, and then dunked my sophomore year at 5'10

You have a lot of improvement ahead of you!

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News, Announcements, & Suggestions / facebook on adarq?
« on: June 25, 2011, 06:31:47 pm »
We can like comments now? since when?

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Kingfish
« on: June 25, 2011, 04:43:51 pm »
Wait till you work on your running approach. 45+ inch RVJ is well within your grasp.

ESPECIALLY if you can get repeatable 40" SVJs.

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Injury, Prehab, & Rehab talk for the brittlebros / Re: Favorite ham string stretches? Mine are too tight
« on: June 23, 2011, 02:48:41 pm »
Good morning stretch... I don't like reach stretches, because they also stretch my lower back. I don't want that.

Also, RDLs! They stretch the hamstrings like crazy, especially since there's resistance. Do some light RDL's and you'll feel it.

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Jumping And Smolov
« on: June 23, 2011, 02:47:34 pm »
About the post wo nutrition... it takes about an hour for a significant amount of whey protein (and even casein) to enter your bloodstream after ingesting it. Therefore, it would make sense to take it at the start of you workout, and then when your finished (presumably in about an hour), it begins recovering your muscles pretty much immediately.

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Jumping And Smolov
« on: June 21, 2011, 08:20:36 pm »
Quote from: Raptor on June 21, 2011, 05:14:31 am
Is it Smolov JR the "Smolov program - Base mesocycle"  in here http://joeskopec.com/smolov.html ?

Anyway, did you put in your real 1RM with the program or a little less than your true 1RM? For example, if I'm to use it, I think I'll insert a lower 1RM number than my real 1RM (say - 135 instead of 140-145).

I used a tested 1RM, 2 days prior to starting the program.

Smolov JR = Smolov Base Mesocyle with a slightly different rep scheme to make it slightly easier.

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Pics, Videos, & Links / progress pics, +35lbs
« on: June 21, 2011, 06:20:23 pm »
nvm

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Jumping And Smolov
« on: June 21, 2011, 12:19:18 am »
Quote from: adarqui on June 20, 2011, 06:02:22 pm
Quote from: Dreyth on June 20, 2011, 03:35:53 pm
Just a note, if I were you Gary, I would absolutely continue squatting during the switching phase, maybe 3x a week.

Of course I mean light squatting

But 15 days of no squatting in a row (base cycle ends on a saturday, next cycle starts 3 mondays later) will DEFINITELY make you lose a lot of neural strength in the squat, especially after getting in 12 high-volume squat sessions in just 3 weeks.

x2, never go 72 hours without squatting imo.. submax/rep effort is better than no effort, that's for sure..

neural gains are still physiological, people forget that..

dreyth is a smolov expert, so his advice is highly respected :F

haha lol, did smolov jr for 9 weeks straight and i'm planning on doing it again after the summer.

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Jumping And Smolov
« on: June 20, 2011, 03:35:53 pm »
Just a note, if I were you Gary, I would absolutely continue squatting during the switching phase, maybe 3x a week.

Of course I mean light squatting

But 15 days of no squatting in a row (base cycle ends on a saturday, next cycle starts 3 mondays later) will DEFINITELY make you lose a lot of neural strength in the squat, especially after getting in 12 high-volume squat sessions in just 3 weeks.

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Program Review / Re: "Flight Right" by Brandon Todd
« on: June 19, 2011, 07:45:03 pm »
Program probably sucks, he's probably not 5'5 and/or the rim is probably not 10'0, and not only that, but there are people on this board who jump higher than him through proper training already.

Waste of time, don't do it.

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MUSiC anD SHeeT! / Re: My friend's mashups
« on: June 17, 2011, 03:18:09 pm »
Damned dubstep! I like the lyrics from Sarah McLachlan's "Silence." And what's one of the songs called in the second mash-up? Melody sounds familiar.

My brother makes mash-ups too, I should post some but idn where he saves them.

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MUSiC anD SHeeT! / Re: old school trance
« on: June 13, 2011, 12:04:40 am »
Quote from: adarqui on May 28, 2011, 02:36:16 pm
Quote

I have a feeling I'll be the only poster in this thread (or not now that I said that [or I will now that I said that]).

u felt wrong bruh

my friend sent me above & beyond: group therapy album.. havn't listened to it yet, going to today when i dunk, looks promising though form youtube.

glowstix son.

pc



Dam.. the album kinda disappointed me, but their group therapy tour was phenomenal when I went to see them.

I like their slow songs from the album a lot though:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaXK1j7N-Mc" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaXK1j7N-Mc</a>

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGkX8gsMT7c" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGkX8gsMT7c</a>

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se9yBvqQHxk" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se9yBvqQHxk</a>




buttttt i think their older slow/chillout songs kick ass more imo:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz9fMIBGMMU" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz9fMIBGMMU</a>

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upA0Ba1Ul4A" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upA0Ba1Ul4A</a>

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj7f6w-46_s" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj7f6w-46_s</a>





And one last comment... I think the "Burning Bridges Mix" of "Thing Called Love" should have been a bonus track on the album. I like it better than the version they put on the album itself:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67PAFrS54eA" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67PAFrS54eA</a>


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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Starting Strength - Incorporating Half Squats Link..
« on: June 12, 2011, 04:34:37 pm »
Quote from: steven-miller on June 12, 2011, 03:23:48 pm
Now, you MIGHT have a point here, but only if you can propose a better model than the percentage based one. Go ahead.

I'll try.


Possible inches you can gain =
[ (70-SVJ) * 0.9 *SVJ ] /  3.2[ SVJ - 3 ]


I'm being kinda serious here. i did a few examples and it looks kinda accurate. SVJ = starting SVJ at 17 years old with no prior jump or weightlifting.

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Basketball / Re: LEBRON TO MIAMI HOLY SHIT I AM IN HEAVAN,DONT WAKE ME UP FROM THIS AMAZING DREAM
« on: June 10, 2011, 12:15:38 am »
Game 4: Wade was fucking ASTOUNDING. I think he's better than LBJ.

Game 5: SUP?

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Starting Strength - Incorporating Half Squats Link..
« on: June 09, 2011, 12:25:43 am »
My opinion is that half-squats are never a legitimate exercise for any purpose under any circumstances.

Any athlete that has a legit TRAINED 36-38" SVJ started out with a 30-32+.

I do not think partial squats are SPP. I think they are an ineffective way to train anything, because their mechanics are sufficiently different from normal human movement patterns that they are actually counterproductive.

You can't create "elite" jumping numbers (36"+) with any kind of squat if elite jumping genetics are not already there

And what the hell does bodyfat have to do with this as a training goal?

My rule of thumb in these matters is ABOUT 25% improvement in untrained vs trained SVJ, with emphasis on the S. I didn't make the goddamn percentages up -- they are the consensus of every high-level S&C coach I've talked to about this, every high-level athlete that has trained the SVJ for performance, and my own personal experience.

Half squats are used -- and their use rationalized in this way -- by coaches that do not know how to teach the full squat successfully, that have never disciplined themselves to learn and use the full squat personally, and that run typical shitty collegiate S&C programs that get by because their recruiters put enough genetics on the team that it looks like half-squats and Hammer Strength actually work.


- Mark Fucking Rippetoe

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