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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.
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Nutrition & Supplementation / Re: Pre-Workout supplements
« on: August 10, 2012, 04:49:05 pm »Everyone is different
"Everybody is the same and should squat the same"
- Mark Rippetoe
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: deadlift start position vs squat
« on: August 09, 2012, 09:59:43 pm »Speaking of weirdness - I saw a guy doing supinated bench presses a few days ago at my gym. Has anybody ever seen such a thing?
Lots of times. Google anthony clark
So what's the big idea? Bringing on the culz or something?
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Nutrition & Supplementation / Re: Pre-Workout supplements
« on: August 09, 2012, 08:07:56 pm »
I take this:
http://www.pronutrition.ro/produs.aspx?pID=173&cID=0&dID=0&bID=38
I haven't exactly made a buy of it but it was a promotion of proteins + this so I got it. To be honest, it does help. Not sure if it's placebo or not, probably not though, but when you squat you do have some extra energy and "nerve" (extra will so to speak) to complete your reps and not quit. So...
It's a Romanian product though, so unless you can translate that ... here's what it contains (in Romanian):
You can also go with this:
http://www.pronutrition.ro/produs.aspx?pID=173&cID=0&dID=0&bID=38
I haven't exactly made a buy of it but it was a promotion of proteins + this so I got it. To be honest, it does help. Not sure if it's placebo or not, probably not though, but when you squat you do have some extra energy and "nerve" (extra will so to speak) to complete your reps and not quit. So...
It's a Romanian product though, so unless you can translate that ... here's what it contains (in Romanian):
You can also go with this:
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: deadlift start position vs squat
« on: August 09, 2012, 08:00:20 pm »
Speaking of weirdness - I saw a guy doing supinated bench presses a few days ago at my gym. Has anybody ever seen such a thing?
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