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Article & Video Discussion / Re: Kettlebell Swing Science
« on: July 27, 2012, 04:10:29 pm »
Excellent article, as usual.

The swing does so many things... it's probably one of the top exercises ever in terms of how many things it does at the same time.

My question would be - how to choose the "best" weight for your kettlebell. Is it a matter of "choose the heaviest KB that allows you to perform the movement correctly" or is it something more than that?

What if I can do them correctly for 5 reps with a 40 kg kettlebell and 20 reps with a 24 kg kettlebell? What if I can use more speed with the 24? And so on.

These are important questions but I think they aren't "essential" to be answered. The fact of the matter is that whether you choose a very heavy or a lighter kettlebell you'll still get a heck of a workout for your hips.

It also helps for hip flexor flexibility in my opinion, since you're basically doing a ton of hip hyperextensions at a pretty high speed so you're basically doing hip flexor dynamic stretching. Helpful if you're in anterior pelvic tilt.

As a side note, I personally found out that keeping the chin tucked down a bit helps you hip hyperextend better in the swings.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: July 27, 2012, 03:14:10 pm »
How strong are your hip flexors?

I have found out that the stronger your hip flexors AND lower abs are, the better you are going to be able to maintain a good pelvis position to maintain a better overall position in the squat.

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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: July 27, 2012, 02:43:24 pm »
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODFR3yUwSKI" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODFR3yUwSKI</a>

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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: July 27, 2012, 07:22:00 am »
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNWUfP23ngU" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNWUfP23ngU</a>

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: funny / horrible training videos
« on: July 26, 2012, 12:12:35 pm »

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I had bouts of this at SEVERE levels... thankfully, I don't have it either. But there was a time where I couldn't get my arms lower than my knees in a standing hamstring stretch, or a lightning bolt would hit my back every 10-20s or so moving VERY slowly around.

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: Myree head over rim
« on: July 24, 2012, 04:40:54 pm »
myroidsculous

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ADARQ & LanceSTS - Q&A / Re: Additional strength exercises
« on: July 24, 2012, 04:18:43 pm »
Exactly.

You can work on overloading the jumping leg as well using bounds and depth jumps, but I'm not sure that's sensible for where you're at right now in terms of your strength etc.

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ADARQ & LanceSTS - Q&A / Re: Additional strength exercises
« on: July 23, 2012, 10:21:38 am »
and should press?

Ya shall not press

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more strength
downhill sprints
reactive stuff
good movement efficiency

these^^^

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I don't understand anything...

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: July 18, 2012, 08:27:34 am »
You should start listing the weights in kg instead of lbs... it drives me nuts to see those 5,5 lbs and stuff like that, especially when I KNOW you convert them from kg to lbs.

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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: July 11, 2012, 02:41:01 pm »
Yes but you can't measure 2:11 because that guy passes through the film and you can't see Myree's legs when he lands.

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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vElpckNyoZ4" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vElpckNyoZ4</a>

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12AnmGh6fPI" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12AnmGh6fPI</a>

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: July 11, 2012, 05:24:00 am »
On the other hand , looking at the botom squat position of the starting strength site wallpaper (http://startingstrength.wikia.com/wiki/Starting_Strength_Wiki), he has some serious lean too. WTF?

Um... low bar vs high bar?

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