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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: lost weight, got stronger, vertical stayed the same
« on: December 13, 2015, 12:58:46 am »
Quote from: Gary on April 18, 2012, 03:28:32 pm
What really helped me IMMEDIATELY turn my squat strength into a higher vertical was jumping againt band resistance.

Upped my squat, both low bar and high bar over a couple of years. Vertical stayed at 23". Jumped with that gimmicky looking Power Jumper and got to 25" that very day. Got as high as 28" over the next few weeks.

I'm sure you could get the same effect from using minibands.

Ok i def wanna try this at some stage. But i only have a single pair of bands at a given thickness but i'll get a pair and see.

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: jump videos
« on: December 13, 2015, 12:42:41 am »
Quote from: adarqui on December 12, 2015, 07:42:07 pm
looks fun, lmao

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_T3Al719W8" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_T3Al719W8</a>

Do you guys remember gary's thread a few years back where he had some contraption which he swore taught his body to jump (gather/collect whatever) better so he was able to finally PR his jump to some important milestone as a result. I wonder if this is similar..

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: windmill specific upperbody plyos
« on: December 12, 2015, 11:46:28 pm »
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCVDgqcKfoc" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCVDgqcKfoc</a>

Watching this vid of Toddday doing medball overhead throws made me think I need to get some video of me throwing. I'm still getting the technique down, my last set last night was actually my best one yet .. ball went further and it felt better on the release. However i didn't video that set only the one before it. But i would like to have a way to measure improvements. So need to find a way to track distance thrown. I will see if i can find a way. Failign that, i need to get myself one of those clickers..


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Basketball / Re: Will the Golden State Warriors lose in the 2015-2016 regular season?
« on: December 12, 2015, 11:03:07 pm »
Aw man, just i was thinking I need to start watching some GSW games .. that sucks. But what an achievement!

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Basketball / Re: Will the Golden State Warriors lose in the 2015-2016 regular season?
« on: December 12, 2015, 10:45:32 am »
Quote from: T0ddday on December 12, 2015, 10:43:09 am
Quote from: adarqui on December 11, 2015, 10:37:54 pm
GSW 124, BOS 119

24-0.

 :wowthatwasnutswtf:

Wasnt pretty...  they are physically tired especially w the late boston game and now a flight to Milwaukee... more important they are emotionally tired... riding the high for so long for the brain is like an ecstacy binge...  there is a comedown and hangover...

Once they drop a couple they will be even better.  Scary.

off topic but would you rx trying mdma .. or nah.. just curious haha.

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: windmill specific upperbody plyos
« on: December 06, 2015, 01:34:40 am »
Thanks for those suggestions, esp 1 and 3. Will employ them asap! Already did 2 following your suggestion (it was you!) earlier in the thread and overhead throws (chrisM). I dont have to worry about getting hit on the bounce on 2 cause mine doesn't bounce that much, it's perfect! I'll post photos vids next time i use it.

I have a big enough space for oh throws, i will be doing htem outdside in the park since it's summer!


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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: windmill specific upperbody plyos
« on: December 05, 2015, 07:51:06 am »
Just did my first medball workout and it's an eye opener!! No wonder i can't do windmills lol. My upper body is so unexplosive, the medball slams definitely proved that.. i look like a hideously slow ogre from a platform video game from the 90s lol. Whoever recommended me to do these, thank you, i'm very grateful, cause if this exercise shows my weakness, hopefully getting better at it will also address the same weakness and make me a better athlete. So excited about this new chapter of my training :)

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: windmill specific upperbody plyos
« on: December 05, 2015, 02:04:51 am »
I'm going to buy a 5kg ball right now. Can someone please outline a quick workout that I should try tonight? I'll buy the 10kg ball later on once i've found a decent price. Thanks!
Ok update, i ended up getting a 10kg one as well. fell in love with the 10kg even though i only planned on getting the 5kg because it was a compact size, about a basketball size. I hate that it costs so much to buy gym equipment here :( 
I weighed them and the 5kg is 4.88kg and the 10kg is exactly 10kg! Im annoyed about the 5kg being lighter, i would have been ok with it being heavier. blah.
Sample workout for tonight still welcome :) Do i use both or just one?

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: December 05, 2015, 01:41:38 am »
Hey good to see you logging coding as well. I wanna start doing the same. I'll be following your progress on that front! Yall know way more about than training than i do so i rarely post about it outside my log but i wanna improve my coding game too.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Party's Over!
« on: December 04, 2015, 04:54:19 am »
Dont stress it bro, one day's not going to make or break your hard work of weeks. Just take the next one in stride and keep going.

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Kingfush: SVJ 2-hand dunks 2.0
« on: December 01, 2015, 12:05:19 pm »
When I do lots of 2-3 step dunks my R knee pays the price. It wont bug otherwise for the most part. So i've learnt that if i want it to be healthy, to avoid doing much dunking. However I have found that if you spend a few weeks doing a lot of volume, then your body get good at the jump and you can taper off it and reduce volume significantly while keeping your dunk intact. So now i jus do bout 6 dunks a week on game day and that's enough, no pain no discomfort. But i do agree that to make the RVJ the main training jump comes at the cost of joint health.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: November 25, 2015, 09:13:47 am »
Quote from: vag on November 25, 2015, 08:57:17 am
^That is interesting.
I do my share of paused reps though, and i do mix them with no-pause, just not in the same set. One of the two week days of squatting is 3x5 ATG paused, followed by 20RM not paused. Also all my warm-up sets are always paused.
As for LTMP, it is not the mobility that i am after, but a safe / effective / performance-oriented way to utilize high frequency. Mobility is an added benefit. Take a look in adarqui's blog posts about them if you haven't, interesting stuff said there:
www.adarq.org/performance-training-blog/length-tension-motor-pool-sessions-(ltmp-sessions)/
www.adarq.org/performance-training-blog/length-tension-motor-pool-singles-sessions-(ltmp-singles)/

yeah i dont like doing all paused reps cause you want the warmup to groove the actual lift and paused only is too different. So i get the benefit of the paused rep (depth/stretch) followed by grooving the normal squat. It also doesn't fatigue too much so warms up nicely without excess fatigue. I go straight from 100kg p135 to 132.5kg for reps without any intermediate sets.. thanks to the paused/unpaused alternating scheme. Re LTMP, cool will check it out.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: November 25, 2015, 04:45:47 am »
Use paused reps in your squat warmups. A scheme I like is p135 of a set of 6. So pause rep 1, unpaused rep 2, and so on. This is a vid of my warmup today.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cEPXEv_MQ4" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cEPXEv_MQ4</a>

i dont use any other mobility .. just warming up this way is plenty. my 2c. 

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: November 21, 2015, 02:14:29 am »
29 is literally the best year .. it's when you're wise enough to be smarter and more experienced than during most of your 20s but still young enough to be in your 20s. Or something like that. I dont know, i thought it was the best. It's all downhill after 31 though. Lol. So enjoy this window of peak LBSS!

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: squat form
« on: November 15, 2015, 07:15:19 am »
It looks like your heels are really close together too from that video.

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