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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: August 10, 2013, 07:15:36 am »
You're a really odd guy man... trust me.

I haven't read so much overanalyzing over small details in quite a while... and I'm to blame for your very narrow stance? wtf

I've always squatted wide and I always felt like narrow stance squatting is just an exaggeration by people who don't know any better and come up with "yeah but that's athletic" and if you ask them "what do you mean by that" they can't respond. They just keep on saying "it's athletic" => the obvious sign that that guy is full of crap.

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Now I remember reading somewhere Lance writing that guys with longer legs need wider stance. But I thought that was just cheating for the sake of moving more weight and sacrificing depth by an excuse of height.

So in your paranoia you thought Lance was secretly recommending a wider stance so that you cheat yourself from getting stronger? :goodjobbro:

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My form was so shit, but i think that was partly because i insisted on my (very) narrow stance.

So it didn't occur to you, in all this time training, to try a different stance width? :goodjobbro:

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
« on: August 09, 2013, 07:26:57 am »
I have to say I switched back to high bar squats because I saw your squats and got that "lust" of high bar squatting again :D

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Scooby 2011 Journal
« on: August 09, 2013, 06:25:57 am »
What is your calf strength? Watching the video, by the way you put your feet on the ground, it looks like you have "heavy" feet to me.

How much can you calf raise with good form, slow tempo for 15 reps?

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: FP's Jump Journal
« on: August 09, 2013, 05:01:42 am »
What you're describing is usually a sign of lack of calf and possibly hamstring strength. Improve on that.

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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: August 08, 2013, 06:34:46 pm »
Crazy russian dunker:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBZqBXJCWy0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBZqBXJCWy0</a>

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Bios / Re: Animals
« on: August 08, 2013, 02:38:10 pm »

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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: August 08, 2013, 04:13:19 am »
Balotelli dunks:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=1403993929820471&

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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: August 07, 2013, 04:45:00 am »
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCeMeYsdMdA" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCeMeYsdMdA</a>

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: funny / horrible training videos
« on: August 06, 2013, 05:34:13 pm »
Click:

http://youtu.be/RQfZ9lgh6xM?t=3m23s

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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: August 06, 2013, 04:46:03 pm »
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=1403615146525016

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Kettlebell swinging jumps
« on: August 06, 2013, 04:27:01 pm »
For me, like I said - I think eccentrically, after the landing, there might be benefits. But in terms of actual power DEVELOPMENT you can do much safer and much more effective exercises (you can also do depth jumps for the eccentric part).

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Nature, Wilderness, Hiking, Travel, and Misc Outdoorsy stuff / Re: Random landscape of the day
« on: August 06, 2013, 11:04:07 am »

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Kettlebell swinging jumps
« on: August 06, 2013, 09:30:52 am »
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Oh and also this is much different of a movement than a regular KB swing. That for me with a 24kg is much easier because I lose acceleration at the top by stopping it slightly. Instead of swinging it, I would have to throw the kettlebell upwards or behind me for a similar effect as these jumps.

Yeah that would be the best exercise possible in terms of KB swings. Throw the KB AFTER THE HIP HYPEREXTENSION is reached.

The only possible positive effect I see in your exercise is the landing with a ton of forward momentum and being able to stabilize that landing without having the knee collapsing. So it's actually in the eccentric phase if there's any benefit. But as far as developing force, even with the swing being initiated by the legs... no, it's not superior by any means to a regular swing.

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Kettlebell swinging jumps
« on: August 06, 2013, 04:02:35 am »
No Avishek... you're just not going to get any "real benefits" and you could even program yourself with a FAULTY mechanic doing these.

Your jumps do not occur due to reaching a point of extension that determines a jump to occur, but rather you forcing the jump pulling with your "back" and using the weight of the KB to pull you forward. Which is something you don't want to do and it's counterproductive to athletic endeavors.

So you're not:

1) Using maximal power
2) Using maximal extension
3) Using maximal speed
4) Using correct mechanics


Then why the hell would this still be beneficial and not a waste of time and body resources? You could do regular KB swings and overhead tosses with a medball or basic broad jumps and get a much better workout.

You'd get maximal power doing the "grounded" KB swings AND maximal hip extension while using correct mechanics and doing overhead tosses or broad jumps you'd use maximal speed as well + hip extension + correct mechanics + maximal power.

So there ya have it.

This exercise is like me saying "if you want to drive a car better you should drive it at 10 miles per hour with 2 pairs of sunglasses on - that will improve your ability to drive the car faster without these sunglasses on".

Well how about driving the car faster without the sunglasses on in the first place?

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Kingfush
« on: August 06, 2013, 03:54:17 am »
No safety pins in the rack? Kinda... kinda dangerous.

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