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Why is it that hard? That's just how I've always been. Why aren't you bench pressing 4x? Why aren't powerlifters bench pressing 10x? Why not 10423842958 x?

You're just saying stuff like we're all the same and have the same built, CNS, and another 2578934534753847 parameters. The fact that I've been training SPECIFICALLY for the squat in the last 6-7 years CONSISTENTLY and I still haven't reached 2x should tell you a thing or two about my body.

Meh,at least you benched my max 14 times.

I don't think you're getting sick... I think you're sore from that tennis that you played

I should work more towards the relaxation realm of athleticism if you're already that strong IMO... think bounds, jumps and sprints. NOT NECESSARILY depth jumps which are, by the way, calf and quad oriented exercises.

Depth jumps are not made to be "endurance" exercises...

I don't even know what scooby's max strength levels are, and... ah fuck it, I know I would waste my time trying to write stuff so I'll just shut up.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADaO9qvHZuU" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADaO9qvHZuU</a>

I know, but crazy as it may sound, even 5 reps are "too much" in my books. I've found out over time that FOR ME, over 3 rep sets for power exercises are bad from a myriad of standpoints: I keep back on my max power exertion so that I can have the same intensity during the 5th rep; if I don't, then my 5th rep sucks; my form breaks down etc. You can argue that "well, OK, then maybe these 8 reps sets will "condition" you a bit and make you perform better when you go with less reps per set". I don't know about that.

But, again, I've found out that for power, sets of 3 reps are the best. Maybe even better than singles. Because it's still a "skill" to perform the jump squats or whatever exercise you do, you can tune it up, technically speaking, to make your 3rd rep the best in terms of both power and execution.

It's the same with the depth jumps - it's not your first reps or even sets that are the best, it's usually somewhere in the 3rd set rep 2 or whatever. That's why I personally prefer sets of 3.

Quote from: Raptor on May 12, 2014, 04:57:21 am

So if my one-leg jump has a knee bend of ~20 degrees, I should only train with 1/8 squats?! Great!

while he is talking about that, he was referring 2 leg jumping, thanks for pointing that out.

Great timing, we were just having a discussion about half squats