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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: 3x8 or 3x5?
« on: November 06, 2010, 11:42:41 pm »
Well I don't feel like there's another way... I don't see one. It's not like I'm competing in powerlifting, 3 months should be "enough" for strength training.

3 months is not that much but its not little either. From personal experience your main concern should be the cutting phase , it is imperative to maintain strength in order to avoid yo-yo.
So connecting that to JCs post , IMO 3 months of bulking are enough to put some serious mass and strength , but then yo umust plan the fat-loss phase really good. I would suggest caloric deficit and increased cardio combined with heavy singles ( MSEM ) workouts & big eating. It should be more like a try-catch approach , start with a scheme ( low eating + MSEM ) , see how your body responds to it , adjust , retry and so on...

void fat_loss_phase( void )
{
    project_plan = init_fat_los_plan();
    do{
        iok = attemptFatLoss( project_plan );
        if( iok != continue_current_plan ){
             project_plan = adjust_project_plan()
        }
    }while( iok != fat_loss_achieved )
}

int attemptFatLoss( int project_plan )
{
    int iret;

    if( doFatLoss( project_plan ) != succesfull ){
         iret = needs_adjust;
    }else{
        if( isFatLossComplete() ){
            iret = fat_loss_achieved;
        }else{
            iret = continue_current_plan;
        }
    }
    return iret;
}


Note that this programm deliberately doesn't have an abort case , it will continue forever untill you succeed!

GO GET IT!


epic post, hall of fame status.






adjusted for raptor:

typedef struct exercises {
char * name;
int status;
} exercise_t;

exercise_t exercises[EXERCISE_MAX];


void fat_loss_phase( void )
{
    project_plan = init_fat_los_plan();
    init_exercise_list();
    do{
        iok = attemptFatLoss( project_plan );
        if( iok != continue_current_plan ){
             project_plan = adjust_project_plan()
        }
    }while( iok != fat_loss_achieved )
}

int attemptFatLoss( int project_plan )
{
    int iret;
    exercise_t * ex;


    ex = provide_safe_exercises();
    if(ex == NULL) { puts("you're fucked, relax"); exit(1); }

    if( doFatLoss( ex, project_plan ) != succesfull ){
         iret = needs_adjust;
    }else{
        if( isFatLossComplete() ){
            iret = fat_loss_achieved;
        }else{
            iret = continue_current_plan;
        }
    }
    return iret;
}

#define EXERCISE_CURRENTLY_SAFE 0
#define EXERCISE_CURRENTLY_UNSAFE_AND_PROBLEMATIC 1
#define EXERCISE_CURRENTLY_UNSAFE_DONT_FUCKING_DO_IT 2

exercise_t * provide_safe_exercises(void) {
exercise_t * ex = NULL;
int i; for(i=0;i<EXERCISE_MAX;i++) { if(!(exercises.status == 1 || exercises.status == 2)) { ex = &exercise; break; }}
return ex;
}





ok typed that out real quick, hope it compiles.

lulz

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when i was at state we had a coach that became crossfit certified and man...

all his teams form went to shit (not a big drop as his teams only went from suck to shit on the dave tate scale) after he began allowing the crossfit slop.  I have never seen more round back deadlifting then when I have watched his teams and his crossfit classes he leads....

Then in pull up testing for upper back strength he allows kip ups...  And then has the nerve to brag about how many pull ups his athletes can do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I HATE CROSSFIT!!!!!

Bragging about kip ups vs pull ups is like bragging about box jumps vs vertec jumps


damn.. i thought cross fitters prided themselves in learning the lifts properly, even though, during their masochistic puke sessions, they may sacrifice form significantly..

i see your anger, and feel your anger alexv.

i just don't get how a coach could brag about kipups by calling them pullups, why are these people so dense.. i mean, if he bragged about kipups numbers it would be alot more tolerable.. "breh, Oleg hit 55 kipups today, sick PR" ok cool.. it becomes worse when they say "breh, Oleg hit 55 pullups today, sick PR" when they are really doing kipups, this offense would be punishable by death in North Korea under Kim Jong Un's leadership.

i luv crossfit chicks tho :f

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Personally I find box jumps kind of impressive, it takes alot of balls to jump onto a ~60-65+ inch box fully knowing that there is high possibility of eating shit and hurting yourself....

ya i'll give you that.. i respect the athletes who go ME on box jumps, especially on stacked metal boxes, but I think the ones coaching them to do it are usually pretty stupid for prescribing ME box jumps, especially when they then use box jump numbers to show "performance enhancement" <-- hey go F yourself people, you know who you are.


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The real skill in it is being able to get your knees past your face..

haah truth.

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: My calves.
« on: November 06, 2010, 11:18:11 pm »
Wayne Clark has huge calves. He jumps 50 inches.

There's also this bald guy in the gym with huge calves, he can jump 10 inches.

I think great calf strength is key when you couple them with great hip strength. At the same time, if you apply great upperleg strength (quad/glute) into the ground it has to travel through the calves to get there. They can't help but adapt (grow).

So increasing your squat and applying that new strength into the field (plyos, dunking, playing etc) should have a carryover into calf hypertrophy as well. It's going to take time though.

my calfs were up an inch during that month of very high rep tuck jumps, they were around 14" last I recall, not sure what they are now.





In my experience calf size seems largely due to genetics, it is one of the most areas to develop, precisely why it is not uncommon for bodybuilders to get calf implants. Just stick to pants, and no one will be the wiser..

i once met a guy who was ALL implants, pecs, traps, biceps, triceps, abs, calfs, everything.. my aunt new him in miami. talk about twisted.

but ya calf's are hard to grow, because they really can handle a massive amount of force/weight, so getting them to grow is usually hindered by how much weight you can put on your back etc.. strict calf raises & reactive work are best imo, i wouldn't mess with negatives or anything on that level.

pc

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MUSiC anD SHeeT! / Re: Uploaded some new piano sheeet
« on: November 06, 2010, 07:49:25 pm »
only watched the first vid so far, but it was absolutely great man.. loved it.. will watch the rest as the night goes along ;d


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I dunno wat to say really.

Slept 4 hrs, went to work. Headed to court, the pr rim one, some casuals were organized.
Cos there wasn't much time left, I cudnt do my usual warmup of leg swings + glute bridges. Only got some swings in.

Then first possession this big dude ran into me, his knee drivin into my quad. Of cos it hurt, and it felt slightly sore even then.
My legs felt weird too haha, like my calves weren't there. Nv felt like tt before haha.

But well... Fwiw, I was able to match my pr, entire palm over. And I hit it like 5 or 6 times, almost consecutively. Wasn't able to get any higher.


you matched your PR *AFTER* that collision into your quad? or before? to me it sounds like after? if after, those matched PR jumps become damn good considering your sleep and that thigh injury.............. it's safe to say you would have DEFINITELY PR'd if that is the case.. if not, still a good jump session.. hope it was the former & hope your leg is fine soon.

???

pc

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Introduce Yourself / Re: for 45" running vert
« on: November 06, 2010, 06:35:41 pm »
thursday:
did so much volume I can't remember.
but I can somewhat remember some of the exercises
bike
tredmill uphill
calf machine
standing dbl press
one are tricep extension
one are dbl tri extendsins
cable reverse flys...from all different heights
V-bar tricep push downs
weighted situps
.....a lot of reps and sets of all those....


Saturday
squat-just to warm up legs
165x8
165x8
235x5
235x5-pauses again
325x3-sooo easy.
Deadlift
235x2
325x1
415x1
505x1
595x1
650x4-felt pretty easy honestly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E8OYGL4vxM
bench
45x10
45x10
45x10

ridiculous, great 650 x 4.. when is the meet exactly? you should tear it up on DL, squat should be damn good too.

pc

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: November 06, 2010, 05:51:01 pm »
darq, what do u think u touch currently/what is ur highest ever touchh?  (11 foot something??)

i dno to be honest, the highest i hit on that vertec was 130" off 2 steps like a month ago, when i do full runups i short circuit and almost run into the vertec/land on the base so, have to rely on rim touches.. dno on rim touches, seems like maybe 11'1-11'2 is the highest right now.. not 100% sure though.. i think im going to do some head height jumps tomorrow night on the 9' rims at some park for fun.




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THE RATIO TECHNIQUE BIG EXPERIMENT:






2 more workouts to end phase-1 but its explosive &MSEM, so END HYPERTROPHY ORIENTED WORKOUTS!


nice, getting closer to teh beastmode phases.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Scrawny to Brawny Journal
« on: November 06, 2010, 05:21:34 pm »
Thursday 11/04/2010:

Upper body split

-Shoulder Warmup
-Bench press: 3x5 @ 140 lbs. (felt crazy hard. Haven't done any serious upper body lifts for a long time)
-One arm DB row: 4x5 w/ 50lb dumbbell. (no problem here, actually think I should have used more weight)
-Pull up S1: 2x6, 1x5 @ BW + 10 lbs.
-Dips S1: 2x8, 1x7 @ BW + 35 lbs.

-PWO Shake.


Feel really crappy on the bench and pullups. Looks like I should work a bit more on upper body. I've been skipping out on it whenever I don't have time since I'm prioritizing leg workouts and sprints for track season.

ya man, don't skip out on the upper sessions, they are still very beneficial to sprinting (& jumping).


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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: November 06, 2010, 05:19:29 pm »
good shit on all the jumps adarq your starting to really fly again

thanks man!!

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I am a pussy, this is true


made my day!



that crap looks useless...it's just garbo, makes me think of the nfl combine

Why don't they do real push-ups and do that on the squat? to me that looks=to rounding on squat

definitely not similar to rounding on a squat, more like doing a half squat instead of ATG.. it just makes the movement less intense, not really biomechanically dangerous at all.

pc

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probably addin some more fuel to the fire, but here is my  :rant:

everytime i see box jumps done it's usually some trainer at the gym or one of my coaches

the look dangerous at the heights that ppl try to do it at

i really don't think it's better than just doing a standing jump

I see ppl all the time jumping them trying to show off

they hurt my knees for some reason, either landing wrong or something

box jumps generally are very easy on the knees, except if you wipeout, then they are very risky.. but in general, you're jumping up and ONTO a box, that's a very low force absorption when you land.

pc

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: November 06, 2010, 04:57:27 pm »
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ur getting up!! wish i can hit my head on that sign too ..haha

hah thanks.. i was going to do more jumps, that was my first actual jump hah.. but that shit hurt like a bitch so i pussed out.. will upload in a few minutes.





major power outage last night, made life a living hell, also didn't get to reply to the 30 journals that were bumped, will be doing so over the next 2 hours :F

peace

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Introduce Yourself / Re: Hello from Serbia
« on: November 06, 2010, 04:54:28 pm »
Hey everyone im 17 and im from Serbia, im a volleyball player and im playing basketball as well, im training volleyball for 6 years and never had a good vertical leap. I was 85kgs, but from last year till now i lost 10 kgs, so im good now :) Im writing here because i want help about my vertical, i want to spike volleyball much stronger and more important i want to dunk, yes im a volleyball player but i love basketball more :) Im about 1.83-1.84 ( i will write in centimeters and kilograms because its easier to me, we dont use inches and pounds here in Serbia) So my stats are: my standing reach is 239cm, about 75 kg, im not very muscular, my jump with one foot is about 57 cm= 22inches (very poor), 2 feet volleyball jump is little bit lower, i calculated i would need about 30 cm more to dunk. I wasnt doing any jump programs except just train volleyball, my friends got much bigger vertical leap than me and they were training just like me...  I was so despirate and i started doing air alert 3, thats the first program i found, started it 5 weeks ago and i dont see any results yet, i just saw little improovement of my 2 feet jump, nothing much. And thats it i hope you will help me cause i saw you have a lot of expiriance.

welcome to the forum man.. ya it sounds like you need to get much stronger, in the weightroom, not doing some "stupid shit" like air alert :)

do you have access to a weight room ?

peace

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