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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: J_Mckinney08's Powerlifting Journal
« on: September 12, 2015, 11:56:08 am »forgive me if i've asked this already, but why don't you lock out?
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: September 08, 2015, 04:21:23 am »
I think treadmill is fine for conditioning and the reason given (low impact on joints) isn't a very good one. But rowing is cool too, just keep your form good and you'll get stronger and fitter which is nice. I think running important though, so keep some kind of 10-20min run in your program just for the fantastic recovery benefits it provides. I recover so well from basketball now that I am regularly running. Used to feel sore and beaten up after bball, a lot fresher than I'd be otherwise.
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Article & Video Discussion / Re: killy plant technique
« on: September 05, 2015, 06:33:58 am »
Heel vs toe plant has been covered here:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcgjTF9tepQ" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcgjTF9tepQ</a>
the video suggests heel with a quick rocking down.
i havent tried leading with a forefoot landing but i would be interested in seeing how it feels..
the video suggests heel with a quick rocking down.
i havent tried leading with a forefoot landing but i would be interested in seeing how it feels..
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Article & Video Discussion / Re: killy plant technique
« on: September 04, 2015, 02:41:59 pm »
IN comparison here is my approach and plant from a jump today
I am interested in his plant technique in particular. I noticed a very long penultimate L step and it's quite low too (is this a consequence of his fib being a small length?).
And then i also noticed when he brings his jumping R foot it's not brought to the level of the planted L foot, it seems to be further forward? (is this desirable, i think my feet end up adjacent on plant). Does the leading foot being further forward help get lower?
Finally I also noticed that when he brings through his leading foot he doesn't land heel first (I DO!). I s this another flaw to address? Will I just higher/better with landing on my forefoot?!
I am interested in his plant technique in particular. I noticed a very long penultimate L step and it's quite low too (is this a consequence of his fib being a small length?).
And then i also noticed when he brings his jumping R foot it's not brought to the level of the planted L foot, it seems to be further forward? (is this desirable, i think my feet end up adjacent on plant). Does the leading foot being further forward help get lower?
Finally I also noticed that when he brings through his leading foot he doesn't land heel first (I DO!). I s this another flaw to address? Will I just higher/better with landing on my forefoot?!
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Article & Video Discussion / killy plant technique
« on: September 04, 2015, 01:30:22 pm »
jordan kilganon vid raptor linked in the dunks vid.
https://www.facebook.com/Dunkademics/videos/916184518458341/
most of thse dunks you cant see his feet but hte 720 (last dunk) you can see the whole plant.
https://www.facebook.com/Dunkademics/videos/916184518458341/
most of thse dunks you cant see his feet but hte 720 (last dunk) you can see the whole plant.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: RVJ on the fast break
« on: August 31, 2015, 03:58:22 am »It's weird though. I find that if I do a full or half court lay-up and just do it naturally I get some decent height but when I try and put that extra 10% in I have issues.
^that's a great observation. if i think of a layup to end a fast break, i'll invariably go off one (though im a better DL jumper by far) and i'll still get good height. But with a dunk i just feel so alien approaching with any kind of speed that it feels nothing like a dunk attempt ought to. Im not even saying it's mental, obviously the physical situation is very different in a 2-3 step dunk attempt vs a fast break one. I'd like to do some tests and figure out how to break the fast break dunk into trainable pieces and work at it. This friday hopefully, i'll have a court to myself and can take video. If there is anything i should be experimenting with/testing let me know.
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Basketball / Re: Andrew Wiggins offseason training
« on: August 16, 2015, 02:26:43 am »
That's because you are talking about maintaining a 400-500 squat. Wiggins could maintain 250-350 surely..
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Basketball / Re: Andrew Wiggins offseason training
« on: August 16, 2015, 02:09:56 am »
Right. It's a waste of time to go the gym only to do that gimmicky stuff. However, maybe to them going to lift iis more of an active recovery thing? where they get to mess around a little without training hard (i guess that's what happens on the court?). But that said, if you are going to the gym to lift weight to get stronger and more athletic then it's clearly a waste of time. It depends on what they're trying to get out of it.
Chris I agree during season but we're talking about off-season training. No doubt you can't lift heavy throughout the season but i imagine once the season starts you could maintain 85% of your offseason gains by lifting once or twice a week with reduced volume and stuff during the season. Maybe, i dont know. Their oncourt training must be very hard but they get to eat a lot of food and have access to recovery resources we can only dream of. Something is definitely amiss.
Chris I agree during season but we're talking about off-season training. No doubt you can't lift heavy throughout the season but i imagine once the season starts you could maintain 85% of your offseason gains by lifting once or twice a week with reduced volume and stuff during the season. Maybe, i dont know. Their oncourt training must be very hard but they get to eat a lot of food and have access to recovery resources we can only dream of. Something is definitely amiss.
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Basketball / Re: Andrew Wiggins offseason training
« on: August 16, 2015, 01:51:59 am »
That kid is ridic strong moving that much weight on hip thrusts with no hamstrings to speak off. Imagine if he trained to put on some mass .. he'd be incredible.. what a waste of an athlete, so much potential there.
I dont think NBA players priotise athleticism .. they probably focus more on skills which makes sense but still, you'd think knowing they're competing with the best of the best they'd want to maximise their athletic ability.
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Basketball / Re: Andrew Wiggins offseason training
« on: August 16, 2015, 01:36:48 am »
He starts off with 2 plates but he ends up using a stackload of them.. but i dont blame you for not getting far enough to see that .. it's super embarassing to think this is a professional athlete "training" ..
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Basketball / Andrew Wiggins offseason training
« on: August 15, 2015, 11:56:43 am »Just the usual NBA players training like girls but in between there is a bit where he does hipthrusts with what could be 400 pounds or something.
Also would be interested in knowing what ppl think his strengths and weaknesses are and how he should be training to become a better athlete..From looking at him, I think he needs bigger hamstrings and quads but he's obviously a freak athlete with super fast CNS and reactivity so he doesn't need a lot of strength, maybe..
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: windmill specific upperbody plyos
« on: August 14, 2015, 09:45:55 am »
Sold! What size med ball shall i get? they come from 1kg up to 10kg. Shall i get like 5 or 7?
Also, interested in what acole was going to say about benching. for future knowledge when im healthy to bench again.
Also, interested in what acole was going to say about benching. for future knowledge when im healthy to bench again.
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Article & Video Discussion / Squats Part 1: Fold-Ability and Proportions
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: windmill specific upperbody plyos
« on: August 13, 2015, 10:55:03 pm »Buy a medicine ball and do fast wall bounces, back and forth with a partner with increasing distance, medicine ball one-arm pushups. I haven't read your journal recently but are you benching atm?
Cool, i'll try get a medicine ball. NOpe not benching, bothers (rehabbing injured) rib.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / windmill specific upperbody plyos
« on: August 13, 2015, 10:51:10 am »
Hear me out. I've decided to make a last ditch push for a windmill by xmas before I hang up my hoop dreams, accept the passing of youth and embrace being an older man.
Theres a lot of talk about plyometrics when it comes to dunking but no one ever talks about the upper body. I think even if i somehow get my ducks in a row and am able to jump high enough to legitmately attempt a windmill, i'll not actually be able to, owing to a lack of explosive upper body. Hard to explain but bringing the ball around quickly in the short time you're in the air is not something I can take for granted and actually needs to be trained. Not that im in any danger of jumping the 36 odd inches i'd need for a windmill any time soon.. but suppose i will keep working towards that end, what can I do to make sure my upper body also improves over time so that when the time comes that I can jump high enough, im also able to land some nice dunks.
i dont have any special attachment to a windmill, it just seems like one of the hardest dunks one can do, so that's why i'm referring to it. I also like that dunk where you have your back to the rim and you bring the ball down low between the legs before finishing the dunk - not sure what it's called, but again i'd like to have enough upper body explosive whatever to successfully complete that dunk in the fraction of a second i am in the air.
Thank you for your thoughts and to scooby for inspiration for thinking about adding mad inches to my lying plyo pushups.
Theres a lot of talk about plyometrics when it comes to dunking but no one ever talks about the upper body. I think even if i somehow get my ducks in a row and am able to jump high enough to legitmately attempt a windmill, i'll not actually be able to, owing to a lack of explosive upper body. Hard to explain but bringing the ball around quickly in the short time you're in the air is not something I can take for granted and actually needs to be trained. Not that im in any danger of jumping the 36 odd inches i'd need for a windmill any time soon.. but suppose i will keep working towards that end, what can I do to make sure my upper body also improves over time so that when the time comes that I can jump high enough, im also able to land some nice dunks.
i dont have any special attachment to a windmill, it just seems like one of the hardest dunks one can do, so that's why i'm referring to it. I also like that dunk where you have your back to the rim and you bring the ball down low between the legs before finishing the dunk - not sure what it's called, but again i'd like to have enough upper body explosive whatever to successfully complete that dunk in the fraction of a second i am in the air.
Thank you for your thoughts and to scooby for inspiration for thinking about adding mad inches to my lying plyo pushups.