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There were actually two points that were trying to be made with this article:

1) Don't take back squatting as the only strength indicator especially if you want to improve on your one leg jump
AND
2) Don't ignore your calves for the exposed reasons.

It's like saying "winning money on the lottery ain't going to make you happy" or something. It doesn't matter that you also start spending a lot more than before you won the lottery and end up broke in 1 month, it was about making a point. You know, being metaphoric and shit.

And I've tried to lay it out with that example so that people that will say that increasing bodyweight while also increasing the squat (even getting a better ratio so a better squat relative strength) will understand that there's more to it than that when it comes to jumping off one leg. And there are reasons why the bodyweight must be kept down. It's nothing more than this what that article is all about. I think people that wanted to understand DID understood what I was trying to say there.

Nah I've had my periods of ~38 inch jumps or around that value off one leg.

But the situations (pun intended) are relevant because they teach you how to think openly about stuff and become aware that there's more than squatting on this world. I think some people that train to jump off one leg don't have enough resources (at least compared to guys training to jump off two feet) to become aware of this and they just take squatting as the end all be all of improving jumping in general (so - including off one leg) and then tend to ignore everything else.

I also, in my endeavors around for years, haven't found anybody really explain what's going on with the calves, why are they important (or not), what they really do in a jump, how can they affect the "chain" etc. And some people need to understand that in order to take action and work on improving calf strength/believe they are or they are not important.

That's all I tried to do here. I wrote that article in a manner I would've liked someone to write it to me.

You know what people? You can fuck off. It's great that you have so many positive contributions to the athletic world though, not like me.

And chrisbro, how do you know how much I jump and with what background I started? If I naturally jump 50 inches staying with the hand in my butt, I can say anything I want and you'll believe me? "Wow, this guy jumps 50 inches, he must know what he's talking about!".

My IQ just got lower reading through this thread. So go fuck off. I'd say going from 20 to 36 inches off two feet is a pretty good improvement in my VJ in about 2 years and a half. But whatever, go fuck yourselves.

Yeah, why? You don't think I'm capable or what?

Quote from: Raptor on April 02, 2012, 09:32:18 am

Does it have any individualization?

No

Then it's just a guideline.

Who will jump higher (same person so same body structure):

Same guy at 250 lbs and 500 lbs squat
Same guy at 150 lbs and 300 lbs squat

Off one leg ^^^

What about this:

Same guy at 200 lbs and 400 lbs squat with 15% bodyfat (less lean body mass but more powerful neural signals)
Same guy at 200 lbs and 400 lbs squat with 10% bodyfat (more lean body mass but less powerful neural signals)

Well I guess I'm not responding well to being heavy... knee soreness (I think so anyway) from being heavy I guess... I probably should start on trying to cut down... It seems the heavier I get I also get problems...

Quote from: Raptor on April 03, 2012, 12:59:24 pm

You need 33 inches just to touch the rim if your reach is 7'5 (2.26m) and the rim is 121 inches (3.08m) (at the highest part of the rim) so... not too shabby. You're about 4 inches over the rim so that's a ~37 inch jump.

Thanks for reposting my analysis but this time wrong.

121'' - 7'5'' = 33'' ???? I mean really???

     

3.08 - 2.26 = 82 cm = 33 inches.