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Good stuff! I guess the paused reps really strengthen the sticking point and thus can help to bust plateaus. Another option would be to begin and initiate the movement at the sticking point. For example if a trainee has problems with the parallel position in a squat he would set the pins low at that position, get under the bar and try to push up from that weak position. For squats this method might be better than the paused reps since breathing with a heavy load on the back is probably not the best thing to do.
But I can really imagine this method to be very effective for the bench press and press, especially in combination with what Lance said about using the rebound after the pause.

ya man I love those lifts, pin squat, pin bench, pin press.. Deadlift naturally works that way I've had lot of success with pin squats in terms of power for vert, they seemed to keep me feeling a bit healthier too, the nice momentary deload at the bottom feels good, and allows you to reposition yourself.

peace!

fireworks display from tonight, gonna put the finale in a vid by itself tomorrow:




7/05/2010

bw 157

soreness: calfs
aches: ankles
injuries: ham tendon a bit

workout:
- jog to bball court: 1.5 mile
- hot chick on phone at pool, with boyfriend, she was dime
- court wet, LR jumps max 31 (thinking bout dime), RL 28"
- single leg jumps: a bunch but really submax, Left leg = 10'3 max or so, right leg mostly missing rim but got it a few times
- jog to some other area: ~1 mile
- interval sprints: ~20 yarders x 5
- depth drops: 18" @ 2 x 5 , 30 inches @ 3 x 5
- split squat drop: 18" @ 3 x 5 each leg
- walking lunges: a bunch, great power
- neutral grip pullups: 15
- dips: 13

d0ne!

peace

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bADPG0N7ZbA" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bADPG0N7ZbA</a>

Worlds strongest man deadlifting 945lbs like its nothing.

2nd rep was easier than the first, daaaaaaaaaamn! heh

beast.. love Z, you know what he can do in PL in deadlift at this point? must be up there at the top.

Quote from: adarqui on July 05, 2010, 03:05:36 pm

Quote from: vag on July 05, 2010, 02:47:51 pm

STRENGTH BLOCK A   :  2:1:0  :  STRENGTH - STRENGTH - EXPLOSIVE
STRENGTH BLOCK B   :  2:1:0  :  STRENGTH - STRENGTH - EXPLOSIVE
EXPLOSIVE BLOCK A  :  1:2:0  :  STRENGTH - EXPLOSIVE - EXPLOSIVE
EXPLOSIVE BLOCK B  :  1:2:0  :  STRENGTH - EXPLOSIVE - EXPLOSIVE
PEAK BLOCK              :  0:0:X  :  MSEM - MSEM - MSEM - MSEM - MSEM
GREEN = DONE

5 July 2010

Weight@session: ~194,5
PEAK BLOCK ,  Workout 'A'

Depth Jumps : skipped because of yesterday's dunks

SQUATS , MSEM , rest between reps ~45'' , rest between sets ~4':
3x1@231 , parallel
3x1@264 , 2-3'' above parallel, hip hurts if i go deeper with heavy load.
264 should be somewhere around 85% 1RM

BSS , MSEM , rest between reps ~30'' , rest between sets ~4':
2x1@242 , PR , previous was 231
2x1@264    
SHOCKED!!! 264??? Did them in good form too , free knee touching floor!

CALVE RAISES:
3x12@374
Rest between sets = 1'

congrats on another pr lol.. your bss has blown up.

what's up with the hip? so many people getting hip pain from squatting deep, blah!

Thanks man!
I don't know whats wrong with it , i mentioned it long time ago.
It seems pretty similar to  Spike's thing , also yours from last year
3'' above felt nice though , gonna keep it like that and see how it goes...

ya :/ adam from TVS too.. and a few other people.. adam's form was damn near perfect too.

squatting above parallel definitely helped it.. it would flare up rarely but usually other stuff would contribute to that.. if i went below parallel even by an inch it would flare up instantly, so above parallel became my savior, that and unilaterals.

peace man

Nice job on slrvj you traitor!!!!!!! haha jk

haha thanks..

Check out my journal, I edited last entry and uploaded a nice vid of jump.

bump your journal next time!

definitely a nice jump.. when you gonna throw some down on that hoop?

how were the ME jumps?

nice work on those squat singles man!

the last 4 nights or so my dreams have been incredibly vivid... i havn't been writing them down but i should start again.. im having multiple dreams, and every single one is just crazy real.

one of the dreams was, i was playing a futbol match for what felt 90 minutes or so, and we're playing with our feet, then one guy from the other team picks it up runs with it and throws it into the goal.. so then we all start kicking it to each other + picking it up + throwing or kicking it into the goal.. shit got mad intense people getting trucked all over, we ended up winning 5-4, no yellow or red cards existed, so it was very brutal.