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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
« on: August 13, 2012, 06:31:05 am »
high bar?
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: 100m final london olympics 2012
« on: August 12, 2012, 12:12:41 pm »Gatlin is my hero. Glad he got a medal.
You mean Will Smith?
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: 100m final london olympics 2012
« on: August 12, 2012, 07:35:46 am »
I think Bolt also has to do less work considering that his strides are so much longer, so he does less strides per 100m than the others.
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Article & Video Discussion / Re: Kettlebell Swing Science
« on: August 12, 2012, 07:34:57 am »
If you use plates for swings I'd suggest plates no bigger than 10 kg since the diamater increases too much and it becomes a pain to do it (you have to be careful not to hit the ground with the plate etc).
I'd just patch together 2x10g and use them like that instead of using a 20kg plate.
I'd just patch together 2x10g and use them like that instead of using a 20kg plate.
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Article & Video Discussion / Re: Joint by joint vert
« on: August 12, 2012, 07:32:53 am »
Maybe the low bar squat is "superior" (in lack of a better term) because men usually have overactive quads and strong quads to begin with, so doing low bar squats makes the posterior chain slowly catch up with the quads and balance stuff.
But then again - it depends on so many factors. LB does allow more weight though, but it's important how that weight is driven up.
But then again - it depends on so many factors. LB does allow more weight though, but it's important how that weight is driven up.
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ADARQ & LanceSTS - Q&A / Re: Additional strength exercises
« on: August 12, 2012, 07:24:20 am »
Wait... so if I masturbate often I'm not a true athlete?
Sheesh... no wonder I suck at jumping
Sheesh... no wonder I suck at jumping
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Article & Video Discussion / Re: Joint by joint vert
« on: August 11, 2012, 08:19:30 pm »
I personally squat low bar due to knee issues but I do put a ton of quad involvement in the squat. So I'm somewhere in the middleground.
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Article & Video Discussion / Re: Joint by joint vert
« on: August 11, 2012, 06:34:21 pm »
Maybe you look too simplistic on things Steven. You can say stuff like "the quads can't do this or can't do that" but the question is - are they supposed to do the majority of work?
What I mean is that if you can't "reach" your glutes and make them work in the squat the quads will overload a ton and try to compensate the lack of glute drive by working more, and they will fail and you might end up thinking "oh, I have weak quads, look at them fail", when in reality they weren't supposed to get overloaded like that in the first place if the glutes were to actually do their job.
So you gotta take that into account as well - sometimes the failure of a group of muscles is a direct effect of the weakness of another group of muscles.
What I mean is that if you can't "reach" your glutes and make them work in the squat the quads will overload a ton and try to compensate the lack of glute drive by working more, and they will fail and you might end up thinking "oh, I have weak quads, look at them fail", when in reality they weren't supposed to get overloaded like that in the first place if the glutes were to actually do their job.
So you gotta take that into account as well - sometimes the failure of a group of muscles is a direct effect of the weakness of another group of muscles.
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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: funny / horrible training videos
« on: August 11, 2012, 06:27:20 pm »
Yeah definitely... I mean, could you be faker than that if you're Maurice Green?
Those guys could've said anything he would've agreed no matter how stupid.
Those guys could've said anything he would've agreed no matter how stupid.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: August 11, 2012, 12:56:34 pm »
Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrright
Oooook... time for your medication now...
Oooook... time for your medication now...
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Article & Video Discussion / Re: Joint by joint vert
« on: August 11, 2012, 12:35:26 pm »
Yeah and also I would add that doing two exercises, say a front squat and a RDL for quad and glute/ham development is hard to correlate.
Can you safely say a 100 kg front squat has the same effect on the quads as a 100 kg RDL does for the glutes and hams or not? Can you say, if you have a front squat/high bar squat of 100 kg and a RDL/hip thrust of 100 kg that you're completely balanced? How do you balance these two things when there are different levers, ROMs, supporting muscles etc at work?
Can you safely say a 100 kg front squat has the same effect on the quads as a 100 kg RDL does for the glutes and hams or not? Can you say, if you have a front squat/high bar squat of 100 kg and a RDL/hip thrust of 100 kg that you're completely balanced? How do you balance these two things when there are different levers, ROMs, supporting muscles etc at work?
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: August 11, 2012, 12:29:56 pm »not usually a big fan of icing becos i dont wanna intefere with normal healing
That's like saying "I'm not a big fan of training becos I dont wanna intefere with normal body development"
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Nutrition & Supplementation / Re: Pre-Workout supplements
« on: August 11, 2012, 06:20:59 am »
How good/bad is NOEXPLODE?
I heard stories from friends that it made them feel really weird...
I heard stories from friends that it made them feel really weird...
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Nutrition & Supplementation / Re: epsom salt for inflammation and soreness
« on: August 11, 2012, 06:20:17 am »
Try to inhale epsom baths - they'll turn you into a zombie.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: August 11, 2012, 06:19:10 am »
Nah, if you didn't actually feel the injury etc, and there was nothing wrong with and during your squats, I don't see why it would take that long to recover.