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i want to see scooby, hyperdunk and seifullaaaaaaah in a gym together for a group workout. who will make the first move toward following advice given to them on here and DOING AN ACTUAL EXERCISE?

i'll be taking bets.

seifullaah at 2:1
hyperdunk at 7:2
scooby at 12:1

LOL.

 just saw vids.  The reason youre feeling your low back so much is youre getting on your toes during the pull.  If you want to think " jump" for the second pull, think of  jumping off the HEELS.  Yes the toes will come up, as an after the fact of the explosive hip extension from the HEELS.  

Youre also essentially doing a half deadlift, then doing a hang clean.  I would do some clean pulls early on, sweeping the bar into the hip/upper thigh, making sure you are in good position for the second pull.  Then carry on with the power clean.  Don mccauley has some good videos on these positions and drills if you are interested.

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  Scooby youre a nice guy, and all of us actually are trying to HELP you, but you keep on doing the same silly shit man!

Look at Tuckers video of him lifting weights, where hes snatching etc., he is not a "good" lifter, and has obviously not spent tons of time doing it.  Im sure he lifted weights previously, as does every single collegiate athlete on the planet.  I am also sure he didnt achieve his vertical from these lifting sessions.   Here is what happens.

 Guy is WHITE, wins dunk contest,

 marketing gurus approach said guy knowing that there will be tons of retards who think "SINCE THIS GUY IS WHITE HE MUST HAVE TRAINED HARD FOR HIS VERT." 

  They coax him into marketing a "program", and boom, they sell 100,000 copies before it peters out and people learn it wasnt magic after all.


Does this make more sense now?

Hey Lance & Adarq,

So lately I've been doing depth jumps twice a week as a reactive exercise/warm up for lifting.  My gym has a nice area for depth jumping with boxes and stuff.  Just a couple of questions:

1) Would you recommend doing something like 10~15 straight depth jumps with ~45 seconds rest between reps.  Or like a 3x5 with 4-5min rest between sets?

If youre using them as a warm up, go with the first option.  If youre using them as a shock stimulus, you can use the second, and will also need to evaluate the drop height to gauge the intensity.

2) There's nothing to touch or reach in there, is there any way to track of vertical progress other than filming (which is also pretty hard to tell)?

Put the box next to a wall, with enough space to land and touch sideways.  Its not going to give your highest reach, but if you keep it consistent you can still measure progress.  For vertical training, touching something above you tends to give you more transfer. 

3) Because of (question #2) I don't know what box height I am jumping highest at or whatever, so I don't know which height to start at.  I started at 18" and it seemed easy so after a couple sessions, I just moved to 24" and stayed here for a few weeks now.  Is depth jumps something I can just stay at 24" and just keep doing them max effort and if I'm training right, I will just keep getting higher and higher staying at 24"?

15-18 is a good height for what youre using them for.  Sure cycle in some more intensive days, but when you move the height up around the 30 inch area you have to start to evaluate the rest of your program to ensure there arent overuse issues.  You can use 15 inches forever without issues.   

4) Sometimes I have heard you don't really need to keep getting higher on the boxes?  Should I just stay at 24" or is eventually moving up to 30" a good idea?

see above ^

as always, thanks!

np

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I never buy chocolate milk - can you recommend a brand or something for that? And they usually come in cartons, not the big jugs like regular milk, no?

Nestle, borden.....

I just replace regular white milk in my protein shake with chocolate milk?

dude... yes... and then you can even drink it from the shaker...

Also, can you confirm that the grip I use in my push press is the same as one would use for a front squat?

No, youre mistaking my hand position on the push jerk for the push press.  You need your hands around the bar, but elevate your shoulders like youre racking a front squat.

Another thing,

For hang cleans should I get straps? If so what brand?

Someone was doing olympic lifts and I asked them for push press tips, and they mentioned that the way I hold the bar was wrong, they were doing it more like the way you did it in your video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-xgHIEJBJ4

Where you hold the bar like a front squat and rely on your wrists holding it initially instead of gripping it, and the elbows are higher - in my video I'm not holding it like a front squat... I need to hold it like you do in that video and the turn over the arms to lock out...

Can you just verify the above is right?

I will try posting more vids this week or next.

gtfo

lol, nice one.

Another question, when I reinjured my lower back like 2 months ago, I had to take like 3 weeks off. I think I lost some lb or two from my ass. Is that possible?

No homo.

 Im serious with the chocolate milk pwo. Google it.

That second question is fucktarded and Im not even going to entertain it.