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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!

« on: November 16, 2016, 12:58:43 am »

morning

ACHES/INJURIES: low back a bit tight, prob from doing the leg lowers on a really soft surface (bed). stupid.
SORENESS: none
MENTAL STATE: good

- joint circles x 2

- lunges with twist

- GMB wrist routine x 2/3

- some other mobility stuff

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Recovery from quadricep tendonitis

« on: November 16, 2016, 12:55:22 am »

Quote from: jumperer on November 07, 2016, 03:52:08 pm

you think pistol squats hit the VMO hard enough though?

varies from person to person. for real isolation your best options are TKEs and SL machine leg extensions while concentrating on firing your VMO. externally rotating your leg a bit and palpating the muscle can both help get it to fire.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal

« on: November 15, 2016, 10:45:13 pm »

fuck a gif, this calls for kool and the gang

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GwjfUFyY6M" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GwjfUFyY6M</a>

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Two Hands Two Feet

« on: November 15, 2016, 12:36:31 am »

Quote from: Mutumbo000 on November 14, 2016, 09:22:59 pm

Solid!

+1

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!

« on: November 14, 2016, 10:35:22 pm »

ACHES/INJURIES: none
SORENESS: none
MENTAL STATE: good

- deck of cards
clubs=squats x 2, spades=toe-touch crunches, hearts=chair push ups, diamonds=band pull-aparts

- SVJ x 8,8

just trying to adjust my internal clock so i can be getting up earlier. once my running shoes get here i think i'll start running some mornings.

evening

- pistol x 5,5/leg

- shrimp squat x 10,10/leg

- SL SVJ x 5,5/leg

- drop-step jump x 4,4/leg
way submax, floor is marble and very slipper

- circuit x 2
-- SL reverse hyper x 20/leg
-- SL bent leg reverse hyper x 20/leg
-- leg lower x 20

- stretch

hidden benefit of not being able to really train: the constant, low-grade pain that i've been living with in my left hip and right knee -- for so long that i don't even journal them -- seem to have reduced dramatically. didn't even notice until i went to do pistols today.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism

« on: November 14, 2016, 04:17:48 am »

weird. exact opposite for me. wearing it around and warming up with and then taking it off felt like putting on rocket boots. got like a 2" boost on DLRVJ, which is like 6%. pretty big effect, for me the difference between getting high enough to dunk and not. just wearing it to warm up had no effect.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism

« on: November 14, 2016, 02:33:00 am »

interesting that your experience with the weight vest is that chronic use is less effective. the one published study i've seen on weight vests and potentiation found the opposite, i.e. that acute potentiation (wearing it to warm up and then taking it off) was minimal to nonexistent, but chronic potentiation (wearing it around for days at a time and then taking it off after warming up) did have a significant positive effect. my own experience was of the latter.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!

« on: November 13, 2016, 11:21:47 pm »

wow this is the longest non-vacation journaling gap i can remember. did get some exercise the rest of last week but nothing to write home about. i think the deck-of-cards workout plus some jumps and stretching is going to be my go-to, especially until my jump ropes arrive. it works as a warm up (the combo i did on saturday -- diamonds=bed dips, hearts=band pull aparts, clubs=lunges x2, spades=toe touch crunches -- took about 15 minutes and i broke a light sweat) or as a more challenging workout (could come up with a harder set of exercises, e.g. with burpees, or go through the cards multiple times).

fight on.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!

« on: November 09, 2016, 08:26:24 am »

y'all it is going to be hard to work out here. might need to shift to AM workouts because i'm going to have some late nights as a matter of course. tonight i'm just going to drink.

set my alarm for 6:30 AM, let's see if i can get myself out of bed and do something meaningful.

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Shoes / Re: Need shoe recommendation

« on: November 07, 2016, 10:57:03 pm »

http://www.vivobarefoot.com/eu/mens/everyday

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Sports Discussion / Re: Go! Cubs Go!

« on: November 07, 2016, 10:02:49 am »

http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/215601786-story

Quote

Officials estimate that 5 million people showed up to the Chicago Cubs parade and rally Friday, making it the 7th largest gathering in human history.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!

« on: November 07, 2016, 09:52:20 am »

didn't have wifi all weekend, hence no posting.

friday
- nada, or, i forget

saturday
- moved house, nada

sunday
- ultimate frisbee x 1.5 hours
super fun. wore tennis shoes but it didn't matter, this is a really low-key game. i was the best player on the field by a fair margin and i haven't played in 4+ years. throws were off, field sense was off (although that had a lot to do with the game being completely chaotic -- only a few of the players knew what a force is), but wind was surprisingly good. and i'm not all that sore.

- GMB wrist routine

today
- hiking/rock scramling in the mountains x a while
flew up to the far north, about 15km from the afghan border. did a lot of walking around plus a trek up and down an incredibly steep pitch to see some check dams. my shins and calves are going to be sore tomorrow.

- GMB wrist routine

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