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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: December 12, 2013, 06:54:11 am »
Looks good ^^^
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: December 11, 2013, 08:22:35 am »Yeah they're really not... that's another one of your crazy self-imposed ideas based on nothing.
Not nothing, guilt from association with those who do heavy belted squat mornings but can't front squat (=leg and athletic check) for shit.
Well, then you'd be right haha
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: December 11, 2013, 07:22:04 am »
Yeah they're really not... that's another one of your crazy self-imposed ideas based on nothing.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: belts are for pussies
« on: December 11, 2013, 06:59:17 am »
What a belt does is improving intra-abdominal pressure and CAN give you some proprioceptive feedback. I always wear a belt at heavy weights (think 130 kg+).
Why? Because 1) my core strength sucks and 2) this will allow me to use heavier weights and target my legs more.
The problem with the belt is when you wear it all the time.
Also, the reason why it creates more intraabdominal pressure is because you have something to push against with your belly. I don't actively "push against" when I wear it though, I just flatted my abs.
It's similar to this: imagine you make a fist in the air and try to get the best possible contraction in your triceps. Then do the same thing while pushing against a wall or something. You will get a better triceps contraction. Same with the abs and the belt.
Why? Because 1) my core strength sucks and 2) this will allow me to use heavier weights and target my legs more.
The problem with the belt is when you wear it all the time.
Also, the reason why it creates more intraabdominal pressure is because you have something to push against with your belly. I don't actively "push against" when I wear it though, I just flatted my abs.
It's similar to this: imagine you make a fist in the air and try to get the best possible contraction in your triceps. Then do the same thing while pushing against a wall or something. You will get a better triceps contraction. Same with the abs and the belt.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: December 11, 2013, 06:55:16 am »
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: December 11, 2013, 04:54:31 am »
Well it's interesting because the longer the plant, the "straighter" the first leg you plant is going to be. Straighter = higher hamstring contribution. At least in theory.
But usually it means you're just recruiting the whole posterior chain better and/or your shock absorption has improved.
But usually it means you're just recruiting the whole posterior chain better and/or your shock absorption has improved.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: December 10, 2013, 08:00:51 pm »
By the way - it's interesting that you mention you jumped well off one and touched the rim for the first time ever off one... maybe these hamstrings start to show up some added power, strength and stability in the plant? And maybe they also carried over in the 2-leg jump? Who knows? It could be the glutes, it could be the hams, it could just be you practicing jumping a lot.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: December 10, 2013, 07:54:53 pm »
Haha told ya you were there!
And you still have a ways to go until you can say "I'm very good at movement efficiency now" - meaning, you can still jump higher by continuing with practicing jumps and whatever else that you currently do now that got you here.
And you still have a ways to go until you can say "I'm very good at movement efficiency now" - meaning, you can still jump higher by continuing with practicing jumps and whatever else that you currently do now that got you here.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: December 10, 2013, 12:09:04 pm »
I have a 64 cm thigh and a 46 cm quad at the VMO "level". So 25 inch and 18 inch. Left leg by the way. Right leg is 64 and 45.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Chris' training journal
« on: December 10, 2013, 09:22:33 am »
But how do you do it then? I mean you only have both of your toes in contact with the leg press plate... how do you establish full foot contact with the plate in order to lower the plate down? Without raising one leg off the plate?
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Chris' training journal
« on: December 10, 2013, 07:22:41 am »
On the leg press there's also the issue of letting one foot, on the toe, to hold the entire leg press, while I take the other foot off to put the entire foot on the plate so I can then lower the leg press "plate" back (to re-rack it).
So at one point I have to hold it with just one foot, on the toe, which is dangerous. With a barbell I can just step back off the plate that I'm doing the calf raises off and re-rack it.
So at one point I have to hold it with just one foot, on the toe, which is dangerous. With a barbell I can just step back off the plate that I'm doing the calf raises off and re-rack it.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Chris' training journal
« on: December 09, 2013, 05:43:51 pm »
I don't know... my leg press has some "rail" in the middle that just makes you put your legs very wide and weird... and it affects ROM.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: December 09, 2013, 06:40:35 am »
Absolutely... I think at this point is just little things that he can do that could make a big difference, even at his current level of strength. He's basically right there.