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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: 100m final london olympics 2012
« on: August 06, 2012, 09:05:59 am »
USA lost with all its steroid abuse. Nothing to see here people!
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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: beast
« on: August 06, 2012, 06:04:42 am »
But she's a woman!
6'8 dunking woman = 5'6 dunking man
I think...
I guess that makes Brittney Grinder a 5'2 man or something.
6'8 dunking woman = 5'6 dunking man
I think...
I guess that makes Brittney Grinder a 5'2 man or something.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: 100m final london olympics 2012
« on: August 06, 2012, 06:03:27 am »
I wonder if Asafa will be available for the 4x100m relay.
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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: beast
« on: August 05, 2012, 08:00:13 pm »
Hater!
So if I post a 300 lbs guy jumping 50 inches and breaking the backboard dunking, he's not a beast and should not be here?
So if I post a 300 lbs guy jumping 50 inches and breaking the backboard dunking, he's not a beast and should not be here?
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: 100m final london olympics 2012
« on: August 05, 2012, 07:57:40 pm »
So Asafa would beat me bad even though he ran half the race with a groin injury?
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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: August 05, 2012, 07:51:15 pm »
37 year old guy (no reverse hypertrophy for him either):
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jdN1gUp8rs" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jdN1gUp8rs</a>
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ADARQ & LanceSTS - Q&A / Re: Hip thrusts instead of deadlifts during Starting Strength?
« on: August 05, 2012, 07:42:34 pm »
Yeah but whenever I hear "keep the back flat" I automatically go into lordosis (if we understand the same thing by lordosis which is this):
Otherwise I don't know how to do it. If I am to keep the chest high, shoulders back, I will automatically go into lordosis. Probably being in a pretty pronounced anterior tilt doesn't help the matters either. To be honest with you, I have no idea how to keep a "flat back". It probably requires a ton of lower abdominal squeeze but that's very difficult/impossible for me (I don't really know how to do it and again, the anterior pelvic tilt probably has to do something with this as well).
I have had some success though keeping a flat back and forcing some "posterior pelvic tilt" so to speak during KB swings by tucking my chin down and pushing the hips forward and doing my swings like that. It's very similar to the "American Deadlift" that Bret Contreras was advocating.
Meaning this:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAVMj6GJwfY" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAVMj6GJwfY</a>
So I guess I have to find a way to apply this ^^^ knowledge to everything I do.
Otherwise I don't know how to do it. If I am to keep the chest high, shoulders back, I will automatically go into lordosis. Probably being in a pretty pronounced anterior tilt doesn't help the matters either. To be honest with you, I have no idea how to keep a "flat back". It probably requires a ton of lower abdominal squeeze but that's very difficult/impossible for me (I don't really know how to do it and again, the anterior pelvic tilt probably has to do something with this as well).
I have had some success though keeping a flat back and forcing some "posterior pelvic tilt" so to speak during KB swings by tucking my chin down and pushing the hips forward and doing my swings like that. It's very similar to the "American Deadlift" that Bret Contreras was advocating.
Meaning this:
So I guess I have to find a way to apply this ^^^ knowledge to everything I do.
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ADARQ & LanceSTS - Q&A / Re: Hip thrusts instead of deadlifts during Starting Strength?
« on: August 05, 2012, 04:31:39 pm »
You bet I'm doing the same thing. I feel like I'm not using my leg strength/power at all in my jumps. I just raise the chest and "jump" which is as retarded as it gets. I know it doesn't look like that in my videos but living in my own body (weirdly enough) I can tell you that's true.
The thing is - how do you correct it? That's why I liked a lot what Rippetoe said about the low bar hip-driven squat. When I heard him say "don't drive the chest up, use your hips" for the first time, I was like "bingo, that's what I have been doing all along".
Now don't live under the impression that I was "manipulated" into thinking that - I know I have always "raised my chest" but it never occured to me how to put it into words.
The problem is - I have no idea how to cure it.
When I deadlift I raise the chest.
When I clean I raise the chest.
When I squat I don't though, weirdly enough. I put a lot of quad load instead (I don't really push my hips back because I'd just fall backwards)
When I KB swing I can use my hips pretty well.
When I RDL I raise the chest. I feel the same tendency to fall on the back when I RDL as in the squat (or even more really) - it's really, REALLY annoying.
Any ideas on how to fix this? Box squatting could be an answer but I don't have any boxes in the gym and using a bench that's very narrow I could easily miss it and just have a big accident happen. In fact, because of my fear of missing the bench, when I was doing "bench squats" I was even more quad dominant than in a free squat.
So as you can see, I'm a really weird kind of guy. But hey, you already knew that didn't you?
The thing is - how do you correct it? That's why I liked a lot what Rippetoe said about the low bar hip-driven squat. When I heard him say "don't drive the chest up, use your hips" for the first time, I was like "bingo, that's what I have been doing all along".
Now don't live under the impression that I was "manipulated" into thinking that - I know I have always "raised my chest" but it never occured to me how to put it into words.
The problem is - I have no idea how to cure it.
When I deadlift I raise the chest.
When I clean I raise the chest.
When I squat I don't though, weirdly enough. I put a lot of quad load instead (I don't really push my hips back because I'd just fall backwards)
When I KB swing I can use my hips pretty well.
When I RDL I raise the chest. I feel the same tendency to fall on the back when I RDL as in the squat (or even more really) - it's really, REALLY annoying.
Any ideas on how to fix this? Box squatting could be an answer but I don't have any boxes in the gym and using a bench that's very narrow I could easily miss it and just have a big accident happen. In fact, because of my fear of missing the bench, when I was doing "bench squats" I was even more quad dominant than in a free squat.
So as you can see, I'm a really weird kind of guy. But hey, you already knew that didn't you?
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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: August 05, 2012, 03:44:52 pm »<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBhY-21wjFg" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBhY-21wjFg</a>
now thats HOPS lol. damn
No reverse-hypertrophy for him I suppose!
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ADARQ & LanceSTS - Q&A / Re: Hip thrusts instead of deadlifts during Starting Strength?
« on: August 05, 2012, 03:43:44 pm »
I'd do them but I have this terrible tendency of using the lowerback when doing cleans. I actually "raise the chest" when I pull in the clean instead of using the hips... I'm terribly flawed movement wise. At least this is what I feel. I do the same thing with deadlifts - raise the hips, bend the back, raise the chest up.
The only movement where I'm using my hips somewhat well is a one-leg jump.
The only movement where I'm using my hips somewhat well is a one-leg jump.
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ADARQ & LanceSTS - Q&A / Re: Hip thrusts instead of deadlifts during Starting Strength?
« on: August 05, 2012, 02:44:30 pm »
Well remember I can't do high bar squats due to knee pain (with my troublesome right knee) - and apparently, doing low bar squats with the heels on the plates "kinda" brings on some knee pain there as well...
It appears the more quad I use (the more the knee goes forward) the more knee pain occurs.
It's pretty weird because having the heels elevated should actually allow me to stay more erect and have my knees travel LESS forward than without the heels elevated.
I plan to get some weightlifting shoes in the near future and see what good they do.
And yeah, for the swings - it's hard to measure progress but the thing is - is that so important? It's not like I train for a swings competition or anything - what's important is the training effect of them. I'll just try to do them as fast as possible every time and that's that.
It appears the more quad I use (the more the knee goes forward) the more knee pain occurs.
It's pretty weird because having the heels elevated should actually allow me to stay more erect and have my knees travel LESS forward than without the heels elevated.
I plan to get some weightlifting shoes in the near future and see what good they do.
And yeah, for the swings - it's hard to measure progress but the thing is - is that so important? It's not like I train for a swings competition or anything - what's important is the training effect of them. I'll just try to do them as fast as possible every time and that's that.
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ADARQ & LanceSTS - Q&A / Re: Hip thrusts instead of deadlifts during Starting Strength?
« on: August 05, 2012, 02:33:46 pm »
I also wonder what would happen with a similar thread on Rippetoe's forum.
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ADARQ & LanceSTS - Q&A / Re: Hip thrusts instead of deadlifts during Starting Strength?
« on: August 05, 2012, 11:20:09 am »
By the way - you should talk to adarqui and revive that thread on t-nation for some fun, what do you say? Dr. Emil can come to the rescue.
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ADARQ & LanceSTS - Q&A / Re: Hip thrusts instead of deadlifts during Starting Strength?
« on: August 05, 2012, 11:14:16 am »
Yeah well I know about the low TUT for the hip thrusts, that's why I will do them with a 3-5 second hold at the top (at the glute bridge so to speak). Then I can pretty much say a 3x8 should be good.
In the rest days I plan to work with chinups/pullups (3x5 with weight if needed, and it will be), core (planks and some ab wheel/machine crunches + hip flexor stuff) and calves. Shouldn't take too much out of me, right?
By the way - I did 85x5x3 today in the squat and it was pretty difficult. Did the first two sets with 2.5kg plates under the heels and the last set without them... I don't know what to say...
I mean, I could stay more erect with my torso with the plates under the heels and could use a narrower stance, but...
As for the cleans, would you go with KB swings instead if I can't catch in the powerclean properly (I catch with the elbows down, on the chest/holding the bar with the hands, definitely not on the shoulders (I'm so far away from doing that))?
As you can see, USSR Dr. Emil has a few issues going... this USA Rippetoe style of training is pretty weird.
In the rest days I plan to work with chinups/pullups (3x5 with weight if needed, and it will be), core (planks and some ab wheel/machine crunches + hip flexor stuff) and calves. Shouldn't take too much out of me, right?
By the way - I did 85x5x3 today in the squat and it was pretty difficult. Did the first two sets with 2.5kg plates under the heels and the last set without them... I don't know what to say...
I mean, I could stay more erect with my torso with the plates under the heels and could use a narrower stance, but...
As for the cleans, would you go with KB swings instead if I can't catch in the powerclean properly (I catch with the elbows down, on the chest/holding the bar with the hands, definitely not on the shoulders (I'm so far away from doing that))?
As you can see, USSR Dr. Emil has a few issues going... this USA Rippetoe style of training is pretty weird.
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ADARQ & LanceSTS - Q&A / Re: Hip thrusts instead of deadlifts during Starting Strength?
« on: August 05, 2012, 11:04:11 am »
However, what we are trying to do is take a more active role in the matter, and also keep it on a more positive note. This term "reverse hypertrophy" was first coined by elite strength coach Robert Emil, formerly of the USSR.