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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: December 10, 2012, 05:21:26 pm »
I need to measure some stuff... brb
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: My quads suck
« on: December 10, 2012, 05:19:31 pm »
Never did hack squats. What are they good for?
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: My quads suck
« on: December 10, 2012, 11:34:40 am »
OK so I guess these suck?
http://www.eastbay.com/product/model:167265/sku:46532/adidas-powerlift-trainer-mens/grey/black/?cm=searchmenstrainingshoes#sku=456300
Or are they good enough for my purposes?
http://www.eastbay.com/product/model:167265/sku:46532/adidas-powerlift-trainer-mens/grey/black/?cm=searchmenstrainingshoes#sku=456300
Or are they good enough for my purposes?
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Introduce Yourself / Re: New member with basketball aspirations
« on: December 10, 2012, 04:35:56 am »
You should focus more on strength and do just a handful of "warmup" plyos before your strength workouts right now IMO.
See the JackM split or my log for examples.
See the JackM split or my log for examples.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: high bar squat vs low bar squat
« on: December 09, 2012, 06:06:26 pm »so why would you cheat yourself just to feed your ego?
To cheat your ego. It's GREAT!
No but for a guy like me with knee issues... it helps. Also if you also do front squats maybe it's a good idea to do low bar squats with PROPER form (leg driven).
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Kingfush
« on: December 09, 2012, 05:56:15 pm »
What you really mean is "take a look at my calfzillas" 
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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: Kingfush Unlisted Training Vids
« on: December 09, 2012, 05:43:53 pm »
Yeah, exactly. I'm having problems with just a few plates loaded on it... it has the tendency to roll back (as in unracking) every time so ... thanks but... not for me.
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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: Kingfush Unlisted Training Vids
« on: December 09, 2012, 04:04:33 pm »
Private video^^^
By the way - how do you use the smith machine? You need to rotate the bar to put it back? Is there any other way to re-rack it? Because at my gym I have to rotate the bar using the hands and it's sliding in my hands and I have to bend my back to help rotate it back on the racks and I've had TERRIBLE back pain two times from this - so I'm not using it anymore. Way too dangerous for my back because of this.
Is there any other way I'm not aware of to re-rack the weight?
By the way - how do you use the smith machine? You need to rotate the bar to put it back? Is there any other way to re-rack it? Because at my gym I have to rotate the bar using the hands and it's sliding in my hands and I have to bend my back to help rotate it back on the racks and I've had TERRIBLE back pain two times from this - so I'm not using it anymore. Way too dangerous for my back because of this.
Is there any other way I'm not aware of to re-rack the weight?
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: My quads suck
« on: December 08, 2012, 11:55:20 am »the romanian would say so too.
Are you crazy?! I can go to my police neighborg and install him pirated games... pretty cool eh?
ha i know in some ways its awesome.
my cousin was driving his unregistered car from USA overseas... cop stops him. he woulda had to pay a $5,000 fine and have his car impounded. my friend cousin him $25 bucks and the cop just said "this never happened" and left.
"Cousing" him? Sheesh, I don't want any more details!
Not but I bet your friend was like "hey if the cop says it didn't happen then IT DIDN'T HAPPEN!"
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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: beast
« on: December 07, 2012, 08:16:59 pm »
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: My quads suck
« on: December 07, 2012, 03:30:19 pm »the romanian would say so too.
Are you crazy?! I can go to my police neighborg and install him pirated games... pretty cool eh?
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: My quads suck
« on: December 06, 2012, 02:27:38 pm »I don't have a problem with VAT tax. The problem is that stuff that comes from the USA come up with HUGE transport taxes, customs taxes and warehouse taxes, and you need to go to some kind of warehouse to get it from.
Thanks but I'm not available for that kind of an effort.
what are you talking about? i was gloating about things being cheaper and more freely available in the US, nothing more.
We also pay for our own medicine here. If you end up in a hospital, even if you pay medical insurance, you will need to pay the doctors, nurses, your meds, everything, otherwise they won't look at you and pretty much let you die. This while paying your ensurance. It's pretty cool.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: My quads suck
« on: December 06, 2012, 12:59:50 pm »
I don't have a problem with VAT tax. The problem is that stuff that comes from the USA come up with HUGE transport taxes, customs taxes and warehouse taxes, and you need to go to some kind of warehouse to get it from.
Thanks but I'm not available for that kind of an effort.
Thanks but I'm not available for that kind of an effort.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: My quads suck
« on: December 06, 2012, 12:18:15 pm »
None. Just that. And some mild pain that is just enough to shut down my quad when trying to be explosive. I can still put out force with it though. I also have Osgood Schlatter on that knee, a pretty big lump, ever since I was 13 or so. Never got better since then. No wonder my right quad is so dead, I guess I'm involuntarily protecting that knee when moving around so my quad has gone down in terms of size, for such a long time.
Probably some kind of compensatory thing is going on too, with the right glute firing pretty well, and also with the left leg getting stronger. When I do depth jumps I never jump straight up - I always end up jumping a bit to the side.
Probably some kind of compensatory thing is going on too, with the right glute firing pretty well, and also with the left leg getting stronger. When I do depth jumps I never jump straight up - I always end up jumping a bit to the side.
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