just fixed it, seems to be working good now.. so ya, you can like individual posts.. i think its good, some posts need to be liked and shared on facebook for sure, alot of good ideas/posts/analysis/vids go unnoticed, this might help to spread things a bit more.
u "like it" ?
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I was on at the exact moment that you put it on, but also had just signed on FB so i thought my computer was bugging out.
Like i was on my journal, hit refresh, and then bam, all the like buttons. wow.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
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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