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I'm just more excited about the camera lol. It's a Nikon s8100... my main motivation for buying it wasn't the video or picture qualty, but rather, the AUDIO quality. I wanted a camera that wouldn't distort from the loud bass when I go to trance events. I tested this one out on my friends Yamaha speakers, blasted the volume and subwoofer, and the thing picked up the bass clean as crystal on playback without distorting lol.

Can't wait to test it out at this Paul van Dyk gig in NYC in about 2 weeks.

Oh, btw, i think the low bar squat translates a bit less to the VJ. However, since you can use more weight in the low-bar, it pretty much evens out. IMO you'd probably be at the same spot VJ-wise with either approach...

example:

A - After 3 years, Squat high-bar 405lbs at 200lbs bw and jump 30"
B - After 3 yeras, Squat low-bar 440lbs at 200lbs bw and jump 30"

Choose on preference.

Oh and I'm still confused about some stuff on RFD "vs" plyos. Like is there a need to do resisted RFD when you can just do plyos? I'm asking because plyos also increase explosive strength as well as elastic strength, and I feel like you'll get more bang for your buck doing an extra set of depth jumps versus a few sets of paused weighted jumps squats.

The other areas of my body are still warm, so wouldn't the fat continue to come off in those areas?

uh.... yeah... he kinda said that. the point is that fat comes off slower in "colder" areas, so maybe warming them up will allow fat to come off a little quicker. lets not misquote anybody.

whether "warming up your stomache" is effective or not (probably just 1% effective honestly). im in no way advocating for this retarded method, i'm just looking to have a valid discussion about an argument the guy is making. that's what interests me, because it is SOMEWHAT of a tiny paradigm shift, which i've always loved.

Your very large sentence contradicts itself. If you can create a more even distribution of fat loss, why can't you create a differently uneven distribution of fat loss? The mechanism -- increased heat to areas of desired loss -- would be the same, just taking it to different levels.

The sentence contradicts itself because I didn't make clear what I meant by "more even distribution." It depends on the POV:

POV 1. If we have stubborn areas, then that means fat loss happens unevenly, since fat loss ocurrs SLOWER in those areas. Hence, they are stubborn areas. "Evening it out" would mean a bit more relative fat loss to happen in that spot, thus creating a more even distribution of fat loss over the entire body(although yes, you will still experience faster fat loss in non-stubborn areas anyway).

POV 2. If we have stubborn areas, then it must mean that we must create an uneven distribution of fat loss and focus it on the stubborn areas to have some sort of spot reduction.

The POV I was using was #1, and that's also why I was stating early that it's not necessarily a spot reduction. I think you are using #2.

I don't know how else to clarify myself lol

for example, say you squat 2xBW in 2s, well, if you become squat-obsessed and end up squatting 2.5xBW in 5-6 seconds, those gains in maximal strength past 2x probably won't transfer well to explosive movements

Agreed. However, consider this possibility:

Athlete A:

Squats 2.0xbw in 2s

Three months later

Squats 2.5xbw in 4s
Squats 2.0xbw in 1.75s

I think going from a 2xbw squat to a 2.5xbw squat is more effective in increasing the amount of time it takes to squat 2xbw (in terms of how long the rep takes) versus incorporating RFD work and not increasing to a 2.5xbw squat.
Not only that, but the RFD work may fade away over time once you switch to more strength oriented work, and you wouldn't be able to keep up with that 2xbw squatting speed.

I prefer strength work over RFD work pretty much all the time. Plyos, on the other hand, are a bit of a different story imo (yes I know they increase RFD as well).

http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_article/most_recent/spot_reduction_is_real_heres_how_to_do_it

I trust this article a bit more than the others because there's no product placement in it. Read up, sounds interesting and plausible.

I used to love t-nation for their NO BULLSHIT attitude in their articles and it was a great source of information for putting on muscle. However, I can't stand how everyone there thinks if you're less than 200lbs at 6'0 YOU'RE A PUSSY. And that you need to gain more weight... for what? I asked a question about why the hell my left pec is so much bigger than my right and posted a pic, and the first comment I got was "go eat 5 steaks a day for a year and come back."

And it's not just the forum anymore, but I can't stand their whole Biotest bullshit, they market that thing like crazy. Like they find out some important breakthrough shit about nutrition and hey, whaddya know, this biotest product has had exactly that for 2 years now!

And the anaconda protocol? Are you fucking serious?

I think within 7 months you can be at a 2.5x bw squat. That's this summer man. Crazy.