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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.
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Introduce Yourself / Re: New member, posted journal first before intro :(
« on: January 08, 2013, 06:29:54 am »
6'0 @ 200 lbs?
What's your bodyfat?
What's your bodyfat?
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Introduce Yourself / Re: First new member of 2013? haha
« on: January 08, 2013, 05:03:56 am »
Yeah I think when doing bodyweight stuff is the moment when we give the least amount of respect to the exercise and just go through the motions, basically ignoring the TUT, the intensity of the exercise etc etc etc.
Instead of focusing on having very good tension and also time under tension, we tend to mock bodyweight exercises and go through them fast and finish the set very quickly. No wonder they "don't work".
Instead of focusing on having very good tension and also time under tension, we tend to mock bodyweight exercises and go through them fast and finish the set very quickly. No wonder they "don't work".
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: January 08, 2013, 12:58:37 am »
Looks like the perfect workout to me^^^
Did you feel the paused hip thrusts in the glutes or did the spinal erectors got a pump?
Did you feel the paused hip thrusts in the glutes or did the spinal erectors got a pump?
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: January 07, 2013, 10:37:28 am »
Ah, damn. Sorry about that. I hope it works out for you. And yes, I know it's none of my business.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: January 07, 2013, 09:31:16 am »
No, it wasn't that, but from what you wrote I thought that maybe he's in big trouble or something, so when I saw you write that you were to a game with him it was nice to see that he isn't in as much of trouble as I initially thought. Cool.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Eric's Journal
« on: January 07, 2013, 03:24:54 am »
Everybody is a beast on steroids.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: January 07, 2013, 12:59:27 am »
I don't mean to be too indiscrete, but... wasn't your brother arrested or something?
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: January 05, 2013, 12:53:52 pm »
Nice job on those slow tempo exercises. Sometimes when I do slow tempo work I feel like cheating a few reps and going faster just to rest (lose tension for just a bit), not sure if it happens to you too.
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Nutrition & Supplementation / Re: doping in sport -- interesting post
« on: January 05, 2013, 05:47:55 am »
Is caffeine considered a PED?
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: January 04, 2013, 09:13:14 am »
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: January 04, 2013, 08:26:37 am »
Well yeah, considering how weak you're at the full squat right now... definitely the weak point for you.
My point is that maybe you've made up your mind that the one-leg jump is not for you because you naturally tended to the two-leg jump and completely gave up on jumping off one, my suggestion was to try and see if you can get it up. It's easier to dunk off one leg with the ball in hand with a ball that you can palm than off two, especially as you're a LR planter and you need to use the left leg (which I suppose is not your strong hand) to really get extension on these two leg jumps.
My point is that maybe you've made up your mind that the one-leg jump is not for you because you naturally tended to the two-leg jump and completely gave up on jumping off one, my suggestion was to try and see if you can get it up. It's easier to dunk off one leg with the ball in hand with a ball that you can palm than off two, especially as you're a LR planter and you need to use the left leg (which I suppose is not your strong hand) to really get extension on these two leg jumps.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: January 04, 2013, 06:49:08 am »
I was at 67 kg up until 21 years old (when I weighed 64 kg). Skinny fat, no abs.
For me, I naturally have sucky pushing muscles (triceps, quads, chest, shoulders) and naturally good antagonists of these muscles (biceps, hamstrings, back) but at the same time, at least as far as the lowerbody goes, I USE the weak muscles more than the strong ones (since I'm in pretty excessive anterior pelvic tilt).
Also tiny wrists and ankles here and small chest. I have pretty beastly pulling strength, especially if I use a very narrow grip (maybe since that limits the contribution of the posterior deltoids?).
I'm not really taking creatine anymore, just every now and then, but I stopped about a week ago so I have no idea if it's out of the system or whatnot.
Considering all this, these are good reasons why I always thought you should be a good one-leg jumper and practice that instead of those ugly two-leg jumps... it stills remains a mystery to me why you're not. Obviously there are differences but you look to me like the kind of guy that has the potential to go up pretty good off one leg.
You have focused a ton on squats though without any calf or too much plyo work so...
For me, I naturally have sucky pushing muscles (triceps, quads, chest, shoulders) and naturally good antagonists of these muscles (biceps, hamstrings, back) but at the same time, at least as far as the lowerbody goes, I USE the weak muscles more than the strong ones (since I'm in pretty excessive anterior pelvic tilt).
Also tiny wrists and ankles here and small chest. I have pretty beastly pulling strength, especially if I use a very narrow grip (maybe since that limits the contribution of the posterior deltoids?).
I'm not really taking creatine anymore, just every now and then, but I stopped about a week ago so I have no idea if it's out of the system or whatnot.
Considering all this, these are good reasons why I always thought you should be a good one-leg jumper and practice that instead of those ugly two-leg jumps... it stills remains a mystery to me why you're not. Obviously there are differences but you look to me like the kind of guy that has the potential to go up pretty good off one leg.
You have focused a ton on squats though without any calf or too much plyo work so...