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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: January 04, 2013, 06:20:59 am »
Here's the membership for a year is 440$, and with some discounts etc that they practice I guess it ends up to about 400.

The problem is that the average monthly salary is ~300 $. My monthly salary + meal tickets ends up at 456 $ currently.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: January 04, 2013, 06:17:58 am »
We're pretty much have the same body apparently... I'm at 6'0, weigh ~85 kg (probably 86) and my waist is 89-90 cm.

You might have more upperbody muscle/strength (at least in the pushing muscles) and I might have more lowerbody muscle, and probably move overall muscle since I weigh a little more, but I might also have a bigger bodyfat... so... who knows?

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: January 04, 2013, 04:27:11 am »
Here the average fee for a monthly "complete" (come when you want, leave when you want, for an unlimited amount of times) gym membership is about 17 euros, so about 20$. I pay about 35$ for my gym, but it's close to home (5 minutes) so I'd rather pay more and have it close to home than otherwise.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: January 04, 2013, 04:24:01 am »
What's the tempo on the deep squat?

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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: January 03, 2013, 06:28:49 pm »
Similar:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhk7gUpr3zY" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhk7gUpr3zY</a>

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: January 03, 2013, 06:05:31 pm »
Definitely looking good. Sometimes my form sucks with low weights, I get bored and just go through the motions... which is why sometimes the most dangerous weight is a low weight. You don't respect the weight = bad form = injury.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: January 03, 2013, 08:20:22 am »
I think the risk now relies on high speed movement rather than controlled, strength training movements.

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Maybe you should try some low weight snatch grip deadlifts, see how they feel. If you do them right they should do pretty well in glute development, especially if you prestretched the hip flexors before and you exaggerate that posterior pelvic tilt.

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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: January 02, 2013, 05:58:24 pm »
I know, I was posting it at the same time or something, too lazy to get it removed.

Will remove now.

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Bios / Re: Animals
« on: January 02, 2013, 05:52:34 pm »
Just took back my negged votes on the pitbull posts.

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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: January 02, 2013, 05:38:13 pm »


<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MerJpZw7Puk" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MerJpZw7Puk</a>

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1) what tends to be the problem when one's RVJ is virtually the same as SVJ, and maybe even lower?

2) what factors cause one's actual vertical to be so much lower than theoretical vj calculator?  Shorter than average height?  legs to torso ratio?


1) Calf strength and jumping movement efficiency (lack of practice of actual jumps to the rim, not plyos)
2) Lack of jumping movement efficiency. When you build strength you build POTENTIAL of better jumps. To use that potential you need to practice jumping.

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: The old farts dunking thread
« on: January 01, 2013, 09:01:16 pm »

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: January 01, 2013, 08:44:57 am »
Why the heck it bothers you? :D

It's good you got rid of that. Sure it's kind of annoying not to know why but keep up the good work.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: January 01, 2013, 06:44:46 am »
Losing fat should have a pretty important effect on those aspects, especially if it altered your posture.

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