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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Time spent in gym

« on: January 30, 2013, 05:52:25 pm »

Quote from: LBSS on January 30, 2013, 03:02:33 pm

Quote from: Raptor on January 30, 2013, 12:58:35 pm
I read somewhere that after 47 minutes the cortisol level starts to build up pretty fast so...

source? sounds dubiously specific.

That's correct. "Dubiously" is the right way of describing that number. Who knows what the reality is? It definitely depends on the person but...

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Time spent in gym

« on: January 30, 2013, 01:59:35 pm »

Quote from: ChrisM on January 30, 2013, 01:51:01 pm

Well, that sucks. :/ I guess I need to look into ways to restrict cortisol release. Off I go.

Try jerking off in the gym. Then you have another 47 minutes available.

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Time spent in gym

« on: January 30, 2013, 12:58:35 pm »

I read somewhere that after 47 minutes the cortisol level starts to build up pretty fast so...

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: on the toad to 40

« on: January 30, 2013, 10:28:58 am »

Haha so how did the hip thrust go? For me, having a big butt and stuff, doing hip thrusts with plates lower than 45 lbs is pretty much impossible since I can't fit under the bar. By the way - make sure you SERIOUSLY pad the bar if you don't want to be in serious hip pain.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism

« on: January 30, 2013, 10:27:28 am »

I took Maalox... what's that doing? Took it for stomach pain.

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Chris Duhon testing

« on: January 30, 2013, 10:26:39 am »

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8hZYQ_Tz0E" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8hZYQ_Tz0E</a> (it's a 7 part series I guess, pretty interesting).

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE

« on: January 30, 2013, 09:13:54 am »

Um... that's not a roman chair. I have no idea how it's called but it's not.

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Time spent in gym

« on: January 30, 2013, 09:10:53 am »

I took about 1 hour to 1 hour and a half, but that includes changing my clothes/shoes and stretching so... probably more like 50 minutes to a hour of effective working out and resting in between sets.

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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.

« on: January 29, 2013, 08:16:22 pm »

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-WriQOW-N4" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-WriQOW-N4</a>

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: beast

« on: January 29, 2013, 11:30:47 am »

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSRB630S3ak" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSRB630S3ak</a>

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

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Article & Video Discussion / Re: Squat stance width analysis

« on: January 29, 2013, 10:39:19 am »

Yeah, very interesting. So I guess my idea of squatting narrower to better develop my quads is not so brilliant after all? Maybe the o-lift shoes will help me get ATG though and that will help.

Also you get the feeling that the half squats are actually more important for posterior chain development than quad, looking at the data.

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Article & Video Discussion / Squat stance width analysis

« on: January 29, 2013, 08:59:37 am »

http://www.strengthandconditioningresearch.com/2013/01/28/squat-stance-width/

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While it is difficult to compare the relative hip, knee and ankle moments of the three stance widths because of differences between subjects, there is no indication in this study that wider stance width squats involve lower knee extension moments than narrow stance width squats. In fact, the wider stance squats seemed to produce greater knee extension moments, suggesting they may be better for strengthening the quadriceps than narrow stance squats.

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For strength and power athletes:

There was a trend for greater time spent in the acceleration phase in wider stance squats, which is an indicator that wider stance squats could provide a greater training effect. Strength and power athletes may therefore obtain greater benefits from wider stance squats.

There was a trend for both knee and hip moments to increase with increasing stance width. This is another reason for strength and power athletes looking to develop leg strength and power to prefer wider stance squats.

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