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Thats pretty cool stuff.
Makes sense. I like lifting weights. I remember taking a class in HS and it was about people's proportions, 2/3s of the body was to the hip, and 1/3 obviously was for the rest of the body(hip to top of the head). That was supposed to be the 'ideal' figure. Related to women's waist-to-hip ratio, if you know what that is.
But yeah, people with longer legs, IMO, usually have longer achilles as well(just from having longer legs), which afaik makes someone more predisposed to being a natural jumper.
When I look at the Sittting vs Standing measurements, all it is is biomechanics. Lower SHR = longer femurs, right?
So for me, when I squat, my butt doesn't have to deviate from the body's midline as much.
For the lower SHR guys as well. Most people train their strengths too. Human nature, do whats easier(relatively in this instance). Squatting wasn't for that 'type' but like you said they were more 'natural' jumpers.

ya definitely..

as for lower SHR equalling longer femurs, that could be the case, or actually longer tibia's (lower leg). Based on the 2nd chart listed here: http://www.adarq.org/forum/index.php?topic=547.msg3447#msg3447  400m runners has longer tibia's than sprinters & high jumpers had longer thigh lengths (femur). So ya, regardless, SHR is longer legs in general, could be due to femur or tibia.

I think the key beyond just longer legs, is "longer legs in relation to upper body (torso + head)". That is where we're going to see the longer tendons. SHR seems like it can be pretty valuable in this regard.

Those natural limb leverages definitely mold who we are, because as kids, we find certain activities more fun than others, which usually has something to do with our natural leverages & natural physiology. Their are of course outliers but, they are outliers nonetheless. If we took an accurate survey of all the vert-broz on the forums, or basketballers in general, im sure you'd rarely ever find people over 51.

A higher SHR might be better correlated with standing vert though, ie, i've seen a study with asians having on average higher standing verts than blacks and whites. These leverages would also lend themselves more to sports like olympic weightlifting and gymnastics, both of which the "chinese" do very well in.

peace man

I dont want to flood this area with dunk vids , but those dunks are inhuman!

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ya man

his freethrow line dunk variations are so a thing of beauty.. BTL, two hand, windmill.. it's ridiculous.

he is one of the most gifted athletes i've ever seen. I wish he would have just trained "slightly" and competed in the 2008 olympics in high jump/long jump. Bet he could have done something.

Workout today:

Cut down tree with chainsaw x2
Cut trees up into pieces x a lot

So much fun. Something wrong with my knee. It was worse this morning but it's still wigging out a little bit. I will not be doing any jumps or heavy lower body stuff for the next little while. And DEFINITELY no frisbee on Tuesday, unfortunately. But this thing just demands rest.

damn that sucks man, the knee issue. have you tried icing/foam rolling ITB/light stretching?

hey guys, i got a blood test recently, most of the values are probably pretty normal, but i have  a decent amount not in the normal range.  I figured it would be pretty cool if i posted them up and we analysed them, that is if anybody knows how to read them and understand everything.  So, anybody know how??????

if so i'll post up the results

post em` anyway, we'll do our best.. will be interesting :F

bbiab UFC.

rip:

47.8

Lower back rounds around parallel :/





jumper5000:


(35/74)=.47x100= 47

medium difficulty or med-hard.






miles:

SHR: 49.4
Squatting deep: Easy







volleybel:

SHR: 51.136
Squatting deep: good, easy. No lower back rounding, maybe overarching a bit with higher weights..

Tychver SHR = 51.5 (35/68)

I'm Shaun. No need for applause.

*Applause*

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