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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: September 12, 2013, 10:15:40 am »
Oh. I thought it was "Romanian Foot Lift"
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: analyse my squat bar path
« on: September 12, 2013, 10:14:30 am »
I wonder what entropy thinks about my form on these ones:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL_91zoX3jc" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL_91zoX3jc</a>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYVXYSncHHE" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYVXYSncHHE</a>
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: September 12, 2013, 08:25:51 am »
Um... what is RFL?
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: September 11, 2013, 03:50:51 pm »By the way - I agree with entropy about gaining weight to gain squat numbers. I mean... I'd get to a 100 kg bodyweight at 6'0 with a 180 kg squat... but what would that do on the actual field? Each and every jump would be such a shock and such a destroyer of joints at that point... I would jump a few times and then need to go home. And as I have terrible cardio ability, carrying that weight with me and trying to move it around would be TERRIBLE.
So... it doesn't make any sense (in my position) to get there.
As for squatting - looking at my recent squats that I've filmed... they look really good IMO even as low bar squats. Mutombo should go with low bar IMO.
You don't look very lean though. You could probably be the same weight as you are right now with a way bigger squat.
Totally agree. But I eat a lot of sugars because that's what I grew up liking (that's what my mom always bought as a "reward" etc). Plus I'm terrible at cardio so... no kcal burning either.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: September 11, 2013, 01:55:20 pm »
By the way - I agree with entropy about gaining weight to gain squat numbers. I mean... I'd get to a 100 kg bodyweight at 6'0 with a 180 kg squat... but what would that do on the actual field? Each and every jump would be such a shock and such a destroyer of joints at that point... I would jump a few times and then need to go home. And as I have terrible cardio ability, carrying that weight with me and trying to move it around would be TERRIBLE.
So... it doesn't make any sense (in my position) to get there.
As for squatting - looking at my recent squats that I've filmed... they look really good IMO even as low bar squats. Mutombo should go with low bar IMO.
So... it doesn't make any sense (in my position) to get there.
As for squatting - looking at my recent squats that I've filmed... they look really good IMO even as low bar squats. Mutombo should go with low bar IMO.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: September 11, 2013, 01:20:16 pm »
Remember that video with Kobe squatting 400+chains?
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wTkjxz3bnk" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wTkjxz3bnk</a>
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Nature, Wilderness, Hiking, Travel, and Misc Outdoorsy stuff / Re: Random landscape of the day
« on: September 11, 2013, 02:37:50 am »
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: September 09, 2013, 11:10:08 am »
If I try a RL (non-natural) jump with many steps in the run-up it gets really ugly, but off 1 or 2 steps as a run-up I get as high as off a LR plant.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: September 09, 2013, 10:03:52 am »
Why don't you try some RL plants off two? If you're right handed you're going to need less thoracic extension and shoulder flexibility to "dunk" since you can get your arm behind you (unlike in a LR plant with the right hand up).
If you have a stronger right leg and you kick with your left, then a RL plant should actually be a more stable plant for you.
If you have a stronger right leg and you kick with your left, then a RL plant should actually be a more stable plant for you.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: September 09, 2013, 06:20:03 am »
It's the hamstring off one leg... that's what I see. You're actually using your glute pretty well of one IMO, and you also have the correct armswing (I can't armswing like you are, I can't get both arms back like you do).
Off two maybe the most glaring thing is that you're VERY little lowering the center of gravity during your warmup. If you'd be able to improve on that, and start lowering better in preparation of the jump, you'd right now jump higher. It's like even in your penultimate step you're still pretty high, and then you're suddenly getting lower in your plant, which is very hard to control.
At least this is what I see.
Off two maybe the most glaring thing is that you're VERY little lowering the center of gravity during your warmup. If you'd be able to improve on that, and start lowering better in preparation of the jump, you'd right now jump higher. It's like even in your penultimate step you're still pretty high, and then you're suddenly getting lower in your plant, which is very hard to control.
At least this is what I see.
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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: Videos from today
« on: September 08, 2013, 03:57:54 pm »
Thanks for the comments vag!
Yeah after looking at the videos I have to say the way I squat now is the best way. It's not like the knees aren't going forward... they are quite a bit. So the quads do work here too.
In the deadlift I stay with the hips high and load the posterior chain, and then try to lower them a bit while at the same time starting to lift (knees go a bit forward, there is some quad load as well at that point).
Obviously the form will suck from a point on, although with 160 kg it doesn't look THAT terrible (there is some back bending but I expected to look much worse).
In the clean... it's just a terrible thing with the lack of the rack position... I either catch it on my chest in a very high position or I fail the lift. At least I can use lighter weights and maybe benefit from the more specific speed of the lift to the jump...
In the snatch, the more I went up in weight the more I turned my hands inside.
Check this video for what I mean:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oSGTE6z7ZM" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oSGTE6z7ZM</a>
It made such a big difference. Before doing that I had the tendency to throw the bar forward (because that feels more natural, like in a KB swing, where you keep the arms straight all the way). But when I did this it was easier to keep the bar close to the body.
For the calf raises, that ROM is definitely VERY shallow. That's why I filmed it in the first place - to see how bad it is. After that I did sets with 70 kg and full, complete ROM. It's still very difficult because you have to maintain the balance.
Yeah after looking at the videos I have to say the way I squat now is the best way. It's not like the knees aren't going forward... they are quite a bit. So the quads do work here too.
In the deadlift I stay with the hips high and load the posterior chain, and then try to lower them a bit while at the same time starting to lift (knees go a bit forward, there is some quad load as well at that point).
Obviously the form will suck from a point on, although with 160 kg it doesn't look THAT terrible (there is some back bending but I expected to look much worse).
In the clean... it's just a terrible thing with the lack of the rack position... I either catch it on my chest in a very high position or I fail the lift. At least I can use lighter weights and maybe benefit from the more specific speed of the lift to the jump...
In the snatch, the more I went up in weight the more I turned my hands inside.
Check this video for what I mean:
It made such a big difference. Before doing that I had the tendency to throw the bar forward (because that feels more natural, like in a KB swing, where you keep the arms straight all the way). But when I did this it was easier to keep the bar close to the body.
For the calf raises, that ROM is definitely VERY shallow. That's why I filmed it in the first place - to see how bad it is. After that I did sets with 70 kg and full, complete ROM. It's still very difficult because you have to maintain the balance.
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Pics, Videos, & Links / Hang powersnatch
« on: September 08, 2013, 10:13:51 am »Check out the amount of knee bend I have in the amortization phase after I catch the bar.