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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: vag's journal : Age vs Vertical
« on: December 17, 2009, 06:06:13 pm »
ive never done line hops bare footed, i'd think they would really burn up?
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Article & Video Discussion / Re: And another one
« on: December 17, 2009, 12:46:06 am »
i have the white background, site looks sick.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: no bounce, need bounce
« on: December 16, 2009, 02:24:46 pm »The holidays are a great time for many reasons, but they sure make it harder to get to the gymAnyway, yesterday I just had time for squats, but I finally felt like the form was back and I started progressing again.
Warm up
abbreviated
Work
Squat 3x5x250
Cool down
stretch
why is it harder to get to the gym?
thats why i liked having the key to MSC.. we'd go do workouts on x-mas & other holidays ;0
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Pics, Videos, & Links / jmikefitness wants to be on pros vs joes
« on: December 15, 2009, 01:59:05 am »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ3klFIJp-0
give him support on youtube
dude gets no views and hes a (expletive)in freak.. its whack.. throw him some comments.
peace
nuts: http://www.youtube.com/user/jmikefitness#p/u/2/43xNTNKsX5o
give him support on youtube
dude gets no views and hes a (expletive)in freak.. its whack.. throw him some comments.
peace
nuts: http://www.youtube.com/user/jmikefitness#p/u/2/43xNTNKsX5o
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: vag's journal : Age vs Vertical
« on: December 13, 2009, 11:42:25 pm »
13 December 2009
Failed vertical jump testing & dunk session.
Reason 1 : 8 Degrees Celsium + wind + light rain.
Reason 2 : Weight with clothes = 199lbs.
Reason 3 : RVJ still fucked up , i feel totaly out of coordination, probably from excess bodyfat.
2x5 SVJ : getting steady 27'' , 0,5'' below PR.
2x5 RVJ : feeling like crap and getting 29''. Yup , just 2'' above SVJ , negative SVJ-RVJ gap PR!
No dunks attempted , '29 inches' and 'dunk' cant exist together...
trying to dunk in 8*C / wind / light rain has got to suck.. heh.
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Article & Video Discussion / Re: More New Material
« on: December 11, 2009, 05:40:44 pm »
boyle is a bit retarded 
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: from bull to beast, hopefully...
« on: December 10, 2009, 06:02:48 am »hmm... so what would u recommend?
im terrible at planning my workouts...
as far as gains go, the last game, last sat, i tried out both my running 1 footed and 2 footed vert.
both didnt gain anything, abt the same height, tho my legs were both tired.
hopefully when they're fully rested i'll have gained an inch or so, tho it feels unlikely
my 1 foot and 2 footed approach is now abt the same, which is kind of a bad thing really imo...
hopefully i'll get a vid soon, so perhaps u guys can see whats wrong...
well, it still seems that your workouts are still all over the place.. you need to find a structure and stick to it for a bit.
i still advise the stuff i said in my intro post..
you need to get on a rhythm, and then see how that rhythm effects you.. finding a 'rhythm' is very important.. if you keep changing things up or deviating, it can really just have you spinning your wheels..
as for weight, not sure yet.. i'd think you should do what i said above and then we can see..
peace mang
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: December 10, 2009, 06:00:36 am »
pushups
pullups
ghr's
calf raises
1 set of each
gonna do that every day now i think
ghr's were real good..
pc
pullups
ghr's
calf raises
1 set of each
gonna do that every day now i think
ghr's were real good..
pc
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: vag's journal : Age vs Vertical
« on: December 10, 2009, 06:00:05 am »Thanks both , very useful advice & article...
Ya , now i understand what it is. It is that "lag" that i see when starting / stoping bulking with heavy carbs... like there are ~6-7lbs that magically appear when you start bulking and magically dissapear when you start leaning...
yup, exactly..
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: vag's journal : Age vs Vertical
« on: December 09, 2009, 08:31:01 pm »
ya nice link.. when you're bulking / training with high volume, water retension is a sure thing.. heavy carb diets intensify this effect..
it's not something you should worry about until you need to shed some of that water.. it's real simple though, just reduce carb intake, replace it with veggies + up the protein and you're good.. i mean, normally it doesn't even matter, but if you have an easy 5 lb of water you could safely lose, its worth it IMO when you're trying to PR.. i always feel better when i clean up diet and lean out too..
one of my best dunk sessions came from cleaning up my diet very good for 1 week and losing around 7 lb of water or so.. 170 to 163 in a week, same strength level, felt great, and got up about 2-3" higher.
peace
it's not something you should worry about until you need to shed some of that water.. it's real simple though, just reduce carb intake, replace it with veggies + up the protein and you're good.. i mean, normally it doesn't even matter, but if you have an easy 5 lb of water you could safely lose, its worth it IMO when you're trying to PR.. i always feel better when i clean up diet and lean out too..
one of my best dunk sessions came from cleaning up my diet very good for 1 week and losing around 7 lb of water or so.. 170 to 163 in a week, same strength level, felt great, and got up about 2-3" higher.
peace
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: no bounce, need bounce
« on: December 08, 2009, 11:59:35 pm »
ya your last tough w/o was on the 30th, maybe you just had to recharge a bit.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: vag's journal : Age vs Vertical
« on: December 08, 2009, 08:26:06 pm »ah..
i've had my reach fluctuate.. from 96" to 95".. seems my lats get tight.. weirdness.
isn't your bodyweight significantly more now, than your 10'7 touch from months back?
i used to factor in my BW in claiming PR's.. for example I'd heavy PR's at 170 lb.. once i hit 10'11" at 172 i knew I would be flying at 160 lb.. cleaning up diet, transitioning into a more power / less fatigue block, and losing some of that bulk water retention from the higher volume/fatigue workouts.. worked good.
peace
LOL , my thoughts exactly.
Summer's 10'7'' was totaly rested , ~175lbs , ~14%bodyfat
Sunday's 10'7'' was 72hrs after squating to failure , ~200lbs , ~18%bf
And i always use that 'relative VJ' on my calcs and plans but now i must chase the absolute VJ value PR
damn you put on alot of weight.. good work
ya i feel you.. maintain strength, cut some of the flub off, lose a little bit of water retention = definite PR time.
its just imperative to maintain strength levels on squat etc if you decide to lean up a bit.. so you could either keep going and building squat/adding muscle (a little bit of fat too)..
if you maintain strength levels, then going right back into strength phase becomes alot easier.. in this way it doesn't feel like yo-yo'ing..
when i'd cut fat/excess water, i'd make sure each week i could hit (or exceed) a single or double on squat that I could hit prior to the cut.. if i couldnt hit that single/double i'd up the calories a bit.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: vag's journal : Age vs Vertical
« on: December 08, 2009, 04:13:40 pm »Something interesting:
I discovered why i kept mistaking the rim heights. I was measuring the difference of the rims with my highest reach.
My reach was measured from the difference of my ceiling, and it gave 242cm in shoes, thats 95,27'' or 7' 11&1/4''
I finaly got a pro measuring tape so i could measure high objects accurately and i discovered i was wrong at most rims.
Yesterday i remeasured my reach , normally this time , and boom! I was off there too , so it all makes sense.
I was off by 2cm , i measured repeatedly to make sure.
My standing reach is ~240cm in shoes. Thats 94,5'' or 7' 10&1/2''.
Doesnt really change anything , i dont care if my VJ PRs are ~0,8'' higher, my highest touch is still at ~10'7''.
ah..
i've had my reach fluctuate.. from 96" to 95".. seems my lats get tight.. weirdness.
isn't your bodyweight significantly more now, than your 10'7 touch from months back?
i used to factor in my BW in claiming PR's.. for example I'd heavy PR's at 170 lb.. once i hit 10'11" at 172 i knew I would be flying at 160 lb.. cleaning up diet, transitioning into a more power / less fatigue block, and losing some of that bulk water retention from the higher volume/fatigue workouts.. worked good.
peace
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: from bull to beast, hopefully...
« on: December 08, 2009, 04:07:54 pm »week 2 day 2
morning before i went to sleep:
1min fast jog.
3 x 50m dashes, about 70%
3 X bounding, roughly 50m, but only 5 real efforts, some getting into the groove in the beginning.
3 x high knee jumps, 30m
3 x 5 single leg depth jumps off half shin height.
2 x 10 hanging straight legged leg raises.
2 x 5 double leg depth jumps off knee height.
2 x 5 of that jumping and landing on midfoot things.
game tmr, hope i can recover in time.
how did this go? mixing double and single leg plyos is a tricky thing..
have you been seeing any improvements?
pc
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: December 08, 2009, 03:54:31 pm »how the fuck did u do 50 pullups, or 200 pushups for that matter! ???
respect.
total, not in a row.. hehe