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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: adidas Adi Power at 200$ vs. Powerlift Trainer at 90$
« on: January 16, 2013, 04:32:02 pm »
Just ordered the Adi Powers.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: on the toad to 40
« on: January 16, 2013, 04:25:02 pm »
No but I thought that maybe you could work on that without your injury flaring up.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: on the toad to 40
« on: January 16, 2013, 02:19:30 pm »
What happens if you do glute stuff like KB swings? (if you have access to a kettlebell)
What about pure glute stuff like hip thrusts?
What about pure glute stuff like hip thrusts?
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: January 14, 2013, 11:34:29 am »
You should've added a noise reduction filter too 
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Basketball / Re: talk about good genes... this dude can't still be 5'6
« on: January 14, 2013, 05:42:08 am »
And a LR, right arm dunker.
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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: funny / horrible training videos
« on: January 13, 2013, 02:32:43 pm »3412
Pics, Videos, & Links / Kadour Ziani DUNK IT workout
« on: January 12, 2013, 02:22:06 pm »
Man, these guys suck or what?
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: January 12, 2013, 01:02:47 pm »
Haha. Still it's such a big difference... it's pretty weird. I haven't tried to max out on the leg press nowadays though, so who knows how much I suck now?
I also feel a lot of posterior chain when I'm leg pressing unless I really really focus on pushing with the balls of the feet... wtf...
I also feel a lot of posterior chain when I'm leg pressing unless I really really focus on pushing with the balls of the feet... wtf...
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: January 12, 2013, 12:03:48 pm »
Pretty weird... so your leg press numbers are that weak? How come you can half squat more than me then?
I think my best leg press numbers were about 350 kg (770 lbs) x 5 or something like that, deep leg presses. And that was a LONG time ago.
I think my best leg press numbers were about 350 kg (770 lbs) x 5 or something like that, deep leg presses. And that was a LONG time ago.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Difference between 1 leg & 2 leg squat strength?
« on: January 12, 2013, 12:01:45 pm »
The pistol squat depends quite a bit on how much balance you have as well... so if you have balance issues then the prime movers won't be stimulated as much as in a squat, even if you meet those criteria.
It's very important to really squeeze the glute and have permanent hip stability to really work the prime movers in the pistol squat.
It's very important to really squeeze the glute and have permanent hip stability to really work the prime movers in the pistol squat.
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Introduce Yourself / Re: First new member of 2013? haha
« on: January 10, 2013, 05:09:45 am »Workout + good nutrition + adequate sleep = 100% success.
This^^^
It's funny but of these 3 things it's possible that good nutrition + good rest is more important than working out in itself. I mean you can probably get away with playing ball aggresively, having good nutrition and good rest and still increase your athleticism quite a bit just doing plyos (increase force just from the TUT you get from doing plyos/playing/running etc).
The same cannot be said if you workout perfectly but you mess up with your food and recovery.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Loopie's Log
« on: January 09, 2013, 03:17:07 am »
Huge leg. Forget his bench press. What's his squat?
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Introduce Yourself / Re: New member, posted journal first before intro :(
« on: January 08, 2013, 04:28:35 pm »
You sound like myself quite a bit.
You might want to check out if you're in anterior pelvic tilt (I have a strong feeling that you are).
You might want to check out if you're in anterior pelvic tilt (I have a strong feeling that you are).
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Introduce Yourself / Re: New member, posted journal first before intro :(
« on: January 08, 2013, 09:22:27 am »
I'm with Kingfish if you want to jump well off two feet.
Off one you need to pay more attention to your flexibility/posture and maybe practice jumping more/depth jumps, otherwise all he said remains pretty much the same:
1) Get your squat up
2) Practice jumping
3) Maintain a decent bodyfat % (in the one-leg jump bodyfat is more important since it alters the center of gravity)
4) Correct any bad muscle recruitment patterns and flexibility issues you have (anterior tilt, posterior tilt, inflexible hamstrings, sleepy glutes etc)
This is pretty much it.
Off one you need to pay more attention to your flexibility/posture and maybe practice jumping more/depth jumps, otherwise all he said remains pretty much the same:
1) Get your squat up
2) Practice jumping
3) Maintain a decent bodyfat % (in the one-leg jump bodyfat is more important since it alters the center of gravity)
4) Correct any bad muscle recruitment patterns and flexibility issues you have (anterior tilt, posterior tilt, inflexible hamstrings, sleepy glutes etc)
This is pretty much it.