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Hi Andrew

Nice article and Interesting stuff. For a competition or one off event this is great. However on a longer term how do you think chronic lack of quality sleep is going to impact an athletes performance? It is clearly going to have a negative effect.

If you continually don't get enough sleep your performance/training improvements has to suffer.  You won't recover as well, you won't be as energetic in your workouts, less motivation to workout in the first place, you will lack focus and intensity on your lifts/sprints/jumps etc. All this adds up to less overall gains.

In the short term though such as one night - of less than perfect sleep - I am with you. Less of a problem. Long term if I had an athlete who regularly complained of lack of sleep I would seriously sort out why they aren't sleeping so well as a matter of priority.

Cheers

Jack

thanks man..

ya of course, I say in the article the chronic long term sleep irregularities are very bad for you..

"Chronic sleep irregulaties are by far much worse than acute irregularities. Chronic sleep irregularities lead to sleep debt and malfunctioning biological circadian rhythms."

the next section in there deals with saying you should get on a normal sleep-wake schedule, to minimize risk of partial sleep deprived nights due to competition anxiety.

peace man

http://pure-dedication.com/articles/cant-sleep-dont-worry-go-get-it.html

article on partial/complete sleep deprivation & performance...

peace

this is the best intro ive seen (on any forums introduction section)

hahah

sup man! i was gonna reply with a rap but then i saw rj and i will let him have his shines, he killed it..

glad you made it to the forum.. beatingravitiy is a slick youtube channel name too

peace man

6-24-2009

- the 1/4th mile sprints were done on a slightly curvy sidewalk, using markers (1/4th to 1/2 mile)... i planned on using the completely straight ahead 1/4th mile sidewalk, but it was flooded in different spots from the rain.

- 1/4th mile sprints, 5 minute rest in between each: 1:12, 1:14, 1:16

- i couldn't go max even if i wanted too, my legs feel fine, it's just my lungs that are dying.. even on these submax sprints my lungs are feeling it.. so i have to build myself back into sprints like this.. pretty pathetic overall.

- by the 3rd sprint, i couldnt stay on my mid-foot properly.. i felt my heel touching.. my calfs feel like rocks right now, so they just fatigued real bad by that 3rd sprint.

ssbar = safety squat bar

ssbar lunge: 125 @ 5e
ssbar stepup: 125 @ 5e
ssbar lunge: 125 @ 5e
ssbar stepup: 125 @ 5e

ssbar lunge: 145 @ 4e
ssbar stepup: 145 @ 4e
ssbar lunge: 145 @ 4e
ssbar stepup: 145 @ 4e

ssbar lunge: 165 @ 3e
ssbar stepup: 165 @ 5e

- safety bar lunges/stepups were insane on my core... i really only tried SSBAR once but didn't like it, so i never used it again.. but now since my shoulder is bugging i decided to use it.. WOW did it kill my abs/upper back.. my legs didnt even feel stressed during the reps, all core fatigue.. so ill play around with it and see if i can gain alot of strength in this area while still working my glutes/hams/etc.






peace



tmw ill probably rest, and then dunk on friday..

My fav from back in the day, Cyril Rafaelli.  Famous for his drops.  Parkour took him to Hollywood.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPpT1RO9PTc

ive never seen this guy.. wow is he insane.

how is this human?

i cant even comprehend it.. heh.

anything by belle is badass..

cool never knew you did tricking/parkour stuff.

peace

6-22-2009

- started jumping good, after 3 jumps had to stop
- started jumping good, after 5 jumps had to stop
- jumped like crap, about 40 jumps total

then did some weight training, squats were way below parallel:

C1: 185 lb. squat singles: 01, 01, 01, 01, 01,
C1: 185 barbell calf raise: 10, 10, 10, 10, 10

C2: 185 lb. squat singles: 01, 01, 01, 01, 01
C2: 185 barbell calf raise: 05, 05, 05, 05, 05

C3: 185 lb. squat singles: 01, 01, 01, 01, 01
C3: 185 barbell calf raise: 05, 05, 05, 05, 05

C1: 135 lb. squat singles: 01, 01, 01, 01, 01
C1: 135 barbell calf raise: 10, 10, 10, 10, 10

peace

lol

jumping/sprinting in Power Pants would be epic.

ya man, if your total is WEAK, then anything you do as an athlete is also weak...

if you dont total 2000+, dont talk to me.