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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Chris' training journal
« on: May 25, 2014, 01:16:03 pm »
A stuffed anim... wha... ............ .......?!
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: May 25, 2014, 09:40:48 am »
18 reps in 2 sets for chinups with +10 kg is really good
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: May 25, 2014, 08:03:35 am »
Not really. You just have to look where you've started and where you've ended up.
If you're built for squatting and you naturally squat 1.5x for the first time you ever squat, take that to 2.5x and you're going to get more athletic.
If you're not built for squatting and you naturally squat under 1x for the first time you ever squat, take that to ~2x and you're going to get more athletic.
More ability to generate tension = more potential to get more athletic. And yes, the word is "potential".
If you're built for squatting and you naturally squat 1.5x for the first time you ever squat, take that to 2.5x and you're going to get more athletic.
If you're not built for squatting and you naturally squat under 1x for the first time you ever squat, take that to ~2x and you're going to get more athletic.
More ability to generate tension = more potential to get more athletic. And yes, the word is "potential".
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News, Announcements, & Suggestions / Re: recent downtime
« on: May 25, 2014, 06:16:21 am »
Haha I'm kidding man, but really, there are a TON of "bot members" out there 
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Chris' training journal
« on: May 25, 2014, 06:15:30 am »
So you actually train at a hospital with a loved one sick? I would just be completely out and just focus and worry about her/him.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: May 25, 2014, 06:14:43 am »There are millions of people out there doing only backsquats who never see anything good happen outside the gym
How so?
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: May 24, 2014, 07:13:53 pm »
Ah... stretching... what a concept...
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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: beast
« on: May 24, 2014, 04:08:58 pm »
Well... I guess it depends on the structure of the individual. It also depends on your muscle recruitment: if you like "getting at your hamstrings" then you're going to lengthen the last step to stretch them (and also possibly bend forward at the hips a bit). If you're more glute dominant, I feel like you can take a shorter last step and emphasize the hip hyperextension instead.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Chris' training journal
« on: May 24, 2014, 04:07:27 pm »
A few things:
1) The reason for your knee cave-ins on the power cleans might be the lack of foot dorsiflexion, and you're compensating for that by letting your knees go in and allowing you to catch the bar lower. Something to think about;
2) The seated calf raises train the soleus muscle;
3) I wouldn't do cleans after a high volume of deadlifts
1) The reason for your knee cave-ins on the power cleans might be the lack of foot dorsiflexion, and you're compensating for that by letting your knees go in and allowing you to catch the bar lower. Something to think about;
2) The seated calf raises train the soleus muscle;
3) I wouldn't do cleans after a high volume of deadlifts
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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: beast
« on: May 24, 2014, 03:48:05 pm »1767
Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: beast
« on: May 24, 2014, 03:44:39 pm »1768
News, Announcements, & Suggestions / Re: recent downtime
« on: May 24, 2014, 03:17:04 pm »
Wtf... really? Delete some of these damn bots
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: May 23, 2014, 02:48:19 pm »
Still commendable. I would get tired of holding the isometric position from which to stretch for that long.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: May 23, 2014, 02:47:36 pm »
Well he brings a lot of very good points IMO. Couldn't find a way to disagree with him.