1981
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Chris' training journal
« on: March 28, 2014, 08:00:59 pm »
Imagine being like that every day of your life, like in my case.
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1982
Article & Video Discussion / Re: The Secret To Improving Athletic Ability Through The Feet
« on: March 28, 2014, 04:34:15 am »
Yes but people (especially on the western block) really think the only thing to do for the lower legs is calf raises. On the eastern block, it's the other way around. They center almost all their training on the calves and do a TON of plyos.
1983
Article & Video Discussion / Re: The Secret To Improving Athletic Ability Through The Feet
« on: March 27, 2014, 07:11:05 pm »alexv with the strong debunking.
Yes, completely agree.
The whole thing is OBVIOUSLY in a marketing-ladden direction... but that's not really the issue... the issue is if we can find anything valuable out of this.
Maybe one thing would be not to completely ignore the calves and barefoot training/running... as most of the people will do lately. The whole posterior chain is KING has become so obtuse in that people have become obsessed to only do stuff that increases upperleg strength and completely forget/treat it as unimportant - when it comes to the lower leg.
And then they go out on the field and apply a ton of extra power on a lower leg that is not used to that extra power. And then they wonder why they are injured.
1984
Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: March 27, 2014, 06:53:43 pm »1985
Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: March 27, 2014, 05:54:28 pm »
He peaked out at ~45-46 inches in around 2000... was at 43 at draft day if you're to believe the draft guys.
I'm one of the biggest online Vince Carter fans... I've watched over 500 of his games live... even with a shitty phone connection here in Romania, even though his games started at 3 AM... nothing stopped me... it's crazy. But I've catched him after the trade to the Nets since before that I had no access to the NBA and the internet etc.
Meanwhile:
I'm one of the biggest online Vince Carter fans... I've watched over 500 of his games live... even with a shitty phone connection here in Romania, even though his games started at 3 AM... nothing stopped me... it's crazy. But I've catched him after the trade to the Nets since before that I had no access to the NBA and the internet etc.
Meanwhile:
1986
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: March 27, 2014, 05:05:13 am »
Damn, you're on a roll with your weight loss 
1987
Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: beast
« on: March 26, 2014, 11:59:54 am »1988
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Chris' training journal
« on: March 24, 2014, 02:27:51 pm »
I tend to jump better off two feet in basketball shoes because I can plant more sideways without them deforming... in some running shoes I can't do that at all (maybe I'm too heavy for them?)
1989
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: March 23, 2014, 10:56:58 am »
Damn, that's great chinuping... never did 3x10
1990
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Kingfush
« on: March 22, 2014, 02:54:13 pm »how does your svj compare @ 365/405 vs 455+?
Yeah it would be very interesting to know
1991
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Chris' training journal
« on: March 22, 2014, 02:48:28 pm »
What about these:
http://www.eastbay.com/product/model:209161/sku:35578600/nike-kobe-venomenon-mens/red/maroon/?cm=kobeshoes_search_redesign
I can't find Kobe 8s on eastbay... only these ^^^
There is only one entry of Kobe 8 and if you click on it it redirects you to the main eastbay.com page.
http://www.eastbay.com/product/model:209161/sku:35578600/nike-kobe-venomenon-mens/red/maroon/?cm=kobeshoes_search_redesign
I can't find Kobe 8s on eastbay... only these ^^^
There is only one entry of Kobe 8 and if you click on it it redirects you to the main eastbay.com page.
1992
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Chris' training journal
« on: March 22, 2014, 09:15:36 am »
I only wear low tops. I want my ankle to have all the freedom in the world. I don't want all these forces breaking up at the knee because of the restricted ankle.
And yeah, I have Kobe 6 but they have completely worn out... I even did a craddle dunk off one in them at 9'8. But I have NEW Kobe 7s which suck SOOOOOOOO bad... and some other very old shoes like the Nike VC 5 and Nike Uptempo and crap like that. Useless for proper movement on the court.
When I wear these shoes I feel my feet are completely disconnected from the floor and I can barely move at all.
And yeah, I have Kobe 6 but they have completely worn out... I even did a craddle dunk off one in them at 9'8. But I have NEW Kobe 7s which suck SOOOOOOOO bad... and some other very old shoes like the Nike VC 5 and Nike Uptempo and crap like that. Useless for proper movement on the court.
When I wear these shoes I feel my feet are completely disconnected from the floor and I can barely move at all.
1993
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Chris' training journal
« on: March 21, 2014, 07:51:45 pm »
Any ideas of good RESPONSIVE basketball shoes? With a non-rigid sole, closer to running shoes?
1994
Article & Video Discussion / Re: The Secret To Improving Athletic Ability Through The Feet
« on: March 21, 2014, 05:51:12 pm »1995
Article & Video Discussion / Re: The Secret To Improving Athletic Ability Through The Feet
« on: March 21, 2014, 03:57:38 pm »
Well you can have the strongest hips and quads in the world, if the calves give out and the tibia collapses forward when you apply all that upperleg power into the ground, you're going to lose all that power and furthermore, that power will be translated into your knees since they are collapsing forward.