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21991
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: vag's journal : Age vs Vertical
« on: January 01, 2010, 01:55:55 am »
Quote from: vag on December 31, 2009, 11:32:19 pm

31 December 2009 / 1 January 2010

5*red wine glasses
1*huge dinner
7*whiskey glasses
duration : 8pm to 6:30am

Happy new year everyone ;)

surprisingly good spelling ;d

2010 mang.

21992
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: December 31, 2009, 05:19:56 pm »
dec 31, 2009:

last workout before the earth is destroyed by godly hellfire.

17 neutral grip pullups.. felt good.. just walked out of bed and did them.

;d

ill do some more stuff tonight, which will be jan 1 2010.

peace

21993
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: no bounce, need bounce
« on: December 31, 2009, 05:13:56 pm »
closing in on 35" rvj man keep it going!

Quote
*UPDATE* Noticed that in my post about the last workout, I listed my DL as 5x265. That would have been some weak sauce. It was 5x320.

ya i was wondering that myself..

21994
Introduce Yourself / Re: Intro
« on: December 31, 2009, 02:55:58 pm »
Quote from: nevamono on December 31, 2009, 09:08:25 am
i was thinking about startin parkour
my friend says its a gd full muscle workout
but im not sure whether it wud help or hinder my jump

i dont really see how it could hurt it.. there's some pretty intense landings in parkour.. as long as you're still getting strong in the weightroom, it should be fine.. parkour would probably have a positive impact on your jumping.. just progress properly - dont fall off 3 story buildings your first week ;)

peace

21995
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: from bull to beast, hopefully...
« on: December 30, 2009, 05:49:29 pm »
Quote from: cowed77 on December 30, 2009, 02:34:10 pm
yea, i seriously dunno whats inside that anaconda and surge fuel stuff, but they sayin like its magic...

its not strength per se, but i've always naturally heel strike for jumping for as long as i remember...
dun reckon i'd change however much stronger i might get...  :-\

i changed, i was always a heel striker.. then all of my best jumps cam from planting in sideways without much heel contact - especially not a direct heel strike.. my ankle strength improved and my plant changed.

peace man

21996
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: from bull to beast, hopefully...
« on: December 30, 2009, 12:52:16 pm »
Quote from: LBSS on December 29, 2009, 09:56:06 pm
for what it's worth, t-nation sucks because, while there might be a few grains of wisdom here and there, you have to sift through a gigantic amount of sneaky marketing, lies and outright bullshit to get to it. categorical advice like "landing on your mid-foot is better" is crap without context. land on the part of your foot that makes you go the highest. if that changes over time, cool. i doubt it's your heel because people tend to decelerate by landing on their heels, but having never seen you jump, i have no idea.

ya definitely, i really can't read any of their articles.. so much hype in them.

now it's all about "the perfect rep" and gaining 20 lb muscle in 4 weeks or whatever the claim is.. "anaconda, better than roids" <- wtf?

21997
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: no bounce, need bounce
« on: December 30, 2009, 12:51:12 pm »
nice PR mang!

spreading the holiday cheer to your back squat.

21998
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: December 30, 2009, 01:23:05 am »
Quote from: LBSS on December 29, 2009, 10:03:14 pm
Quote from: adarqui on December 24, 2009, 05:44:15 am
i sware my ability to jump has been 'deleted'.. its as if someone stole the program responsible for jumping.. so hard to explain..

I'm kind of afraid of this; like I'll bust my ass, reach my goal, then as soon as I shift focus onto something else I will completely lose the ability. Have you been jumping at all beyond the ankle hops? Or really taking a break?

nope i havn't been jumping at all besides the ankle hops..

as long as you enjoy it, I say go for it.. don't let any of that into your head.. all of the other factors in my life kicked in around the same time, I think that really had something to do with reducing my focus on training.. I'd most likely still be going hard towards hitting 40+ on rvj if none of that stuff changed my mindset..

on a good note, 16 pullups today, 2 sets, neutral grip.. i love pullups.. would be cool to hit 30.

sherlock holmes was pretty good! finally a good robert downy jr movie..

peace

21999
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: from bull to beast, hopefully...
« on: December 29, 2009, 02:22:47 am »
Quote from: cowed77 on December 28, 2009, 05:18:00 pm
i was reading the tnation vert thread, dude there was talkin abt how midfoot-toe is better.
why is this the case anyway?


cos i remember u talking abt how this was better too, when u posted pics of that golden child dunks...

ya its better IMO.. but, its not something you should 'try' to do.. i think it should happen naturally.. meaning, your training should strengthen your calfs/ankles so much that your body will 'give you that midfoot jump' instead of wanting to 'heel strike'..

mid-foot is better because it loads the calfs/achilles more... the 'spring' gets loaded better.. heel strikes results in alot of wasted energy.. but imo, you cant just try and go midfoot and have it work instantly, because, if you're not going mid-foot naturally, you're just forcing an issue that your body isnt ready to deal with..

if that makes sense..

peace

22000
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: from bull to beast, hopefully...
« on: December 28, 2009, 04:14:04 pm »
Quote from: cowed77 on December 28, 2009, 12:28:25 pm
sup bowen.

what do u mean by height vertical?

last week was an enforced off week for me, due to having to report to camp and stuff.

but last week's game was good. i got half my palm above the rim on one attempt. 1 solitary effort only tho :( the rest after that werent worth mentioning.

funny thing is, i now feel better jumping off 2 feet, instead of 1...

hey adarq, whats the idea behind midfoot or forefoot strikes before jumping?
i mean, i always transition from heel strike, to jump off...

nice work on that one jump.. sometimes thats how it goes though, most times when i'd PR, as soon as I pr'd i would fall off pretty bad.

well, the stronger your calfs/ankles become, the more you will naturally shift from heel->toe to midfoot->toe.. its harder to go midfoot->toe though if you dont plant somewhat sideways..

i wouldnt try and change your foot strike, just keep on strengthening your ankles/calfs and it will happen naturally..

peace man

22001
Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: About the hangtime based vertical jump calculators
« on: December 27, 2009, 10:07:06 pm »
Quote from: vag on December 26, 2009, 03:57:41 pm

As i expected , i busted that hangtime calculation shit:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0UOGS7BrKE


interesting.. what was 'almost flat foot' as the starting point.. ? should be pretty close..

cool vid.

peace

22002
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: December 24, 2009, 05:44:15 am »
pullups/pushups/bodyweight squats..

i sware my ability to jump has been 'deleted'.. its as if someone stole the program responsible for jumping.. so hard to explain..

on a good note, pullups were very strong and bodyweight squats were fun.. will be doing them daily.

got bored with ghr's.

neutral grip pullups back up near 20... a little fatigue today so i only hit 15.. but i was definitely fatigued.. if im fresh thats near 20 for sure.

peace

22003
Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: About the hangtime based vertical jump calculators
« on: December 24, 2009, 05:39:58 am »
Quote from: vag on December 24, 2009, 04:46:18 am
Quote from: adarqui on December 23, 2009, 05:28:49 am
whoa.. awesome!!!!!!!!

120fps = fun fun fun.

cool man tell me how it goes.. with video timing, you can always take a few measurements... it would be interesting if you:

- calculated rvj using touch - reach .. touch on rim of course..
- compared that to: video timing of heels barely off ground AND toes FULLY extended right at takeoff... both timed until first contact with ground.

vag - psyence detective (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKl43SPgqCo)


My thoughts exactly , word by word!
Gonna have an ultra-epic "hangtime calculation vs reality" video up soon! ;)

lolzzzzzz @ psyience detective


nice! cant wait to check it out

should be cool

lol @ psyence detective, he got 90 days in jail... i thought he'd get alot more to be honest.. at least more than a year.

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: About the hangtime based vertical jump calculators
« on: December 23, 2009, 05:28:49 am »
Quote from: vag on December 23, 2009, 04:48:09 am
Well i just got a new mobile that features 120fps video, that minimizes the error to 1/120 of a second each side , so max error is 1/60 wich is 0,016666.
I would still prefer the highest touch - standing reach measurement , but now highest touch is an aproximation , trying to see from the vid how much i got above a measured rim!  :-\
Im leaning towards the 120fps hangtime thing , jsut wanted your opinion.
Probably gonna use both in next jump session to compare the results, that should be interesting...

whoa.. awesome!!!!!!!!

120fps = fun fun fun.

cool man tell me how it goes.. with video timing, you can always take a few measurements... it would be interesting if you:

- calculated rvj using touch - reach .. touch on rim of course..
- compared that to: video timing of heels barely off ground AND toes FULLY extended right at takeoff... both timed until first contact with ground.

vag - psyence detective (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKl43SPgqCo)

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: December 23, 2009, 03:12:16 am »
Quote from: LBSS on December 22, 2009, 11:02:40 am
Quote from: adarqui on December 22, 2009, 12:41:05 am
~24" drops:
- 30 forward
- 30 backward

surprisingly felt very hard.. 18 felt ez as hell on warmups.. legs got shaky quick on the 24"'s tho..

About that... How do you generally warm up for depth jumps/drops? I assume from this that you do a few from lower heights before your work sets. I'm curious because I'm doing them with Starting Strength, and the other exercises have very prescribed, gradual warm-ups that really seem to help. But I've been kind of just launching into the depth jumps after my general warm up.

ya i definitely warmup good.. first i do general warmup etc, such as jump rope now (or when i was training months ago, a normal dynamic warmup).. then i do some ankle hops, build up in intensity (but not max).. then i start doing drops from low height and work from there.

so ya, always warmup good for those.. i would always recommend warming up from lower box heights.. if you didnt have low boxes for some reason, i'd use little mini SVJ's into depth drops.. etc..

peace man

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