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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: February 03, 2015, 09:29:17 am »
left shoulder is sore this morning. not painful in the way it was most of last year, though.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: February 03, 2015, 09:19:36 am »
i would just start drilling it with a ball in your hand. both sides, lots and lots of submax reps that start with a dribble or two. movement efficiency/learning the skill is the first step. see, e.g., the t0ddday method that i've been advocating. don't add max effort until you can do the movement you're looking to do confidently and well.
measurement is easier with no ball because you can use amount of hand over rim as your ruler, but practicing with a ball is more, um practical.
or, just watch the dream teach lebron: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH4AjDgl1Ng
or dwight howard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKaoobM5D24
measurement is easier with no ball because you can use amount of hand over rim as your ruler, but practicing with a ball is more, um practical.
or, just watch the dream teach lebron: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH4AjDgl1Ng
or dwight howard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKaoobM5D24
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Eric's Journal
« on: February 02, 2015, 11:45:44 pm »
fuck yes.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: February 02, 2015, 11:36:38 pm »Yeah fuck him, the majority of people out there are trainers and the worst ones tend to be the "actual trainers"
yep. this is also why i've stopped offering advice to people. more often than not, even if you have good advice and good intentions, if you offer it unsolicited they think you're an asshole. because giving unsolicited advice, free of any context, is for assholes.
anger jumping ftw.
your squats are fine. smug smiles are for epic douchebags.
lol i wish i hadn't been so sore. might have PR'd.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: February 02, 2015, 11:33:53 pm »the tim in vermont one rep max calculator gives me an estimated max of 395 thanks to my 230x16 performance yesterday. this shows how useless those calculators are, at least at higher reps.squat MSEM 285 x 6
not sure what you're getting at there. 395 may be silly high for me but this set was a bunch of intentionally submax singles that i squatted as quickly and explosively as possible. i'm pretty sure i could squat 285 for at least 8 right now, maybe 10. which, incidentally, would give a still-too-high one rep max estimate of 380. i don't think i'd be good for much more than 330 at the moment.
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kroc row 80 x F (23/side)
beast!
thanks. i wish my gym had heavier DBs.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: February 02, 2015, 09:51:28 pm »
WEIGHT: ???
SORENESS: hams, glutes, quads, lats, lower traps
ACHES/INJURIES: none
MENTAL STATE: tired
STOPWATCH: ???
- warm up
- DLRVJ x ~12
trainer dude who pointed out that i was tilted on my squats asked if i wanted some advice after my first four-step jump, which was a horror show. soreness+tiredness+lack of focus=31". i said, no, and he kept smiling and kind of said, "really?" and i said, "really, but thanks for the offer." and then i jumped 33.5-34.5 the rest of the time with maybe one at 35. prick. i was mad at his smugness so i hung on the rim each jump. dumb. my shoulder is still not fully healed it's not that bad anymore.
- stretch
- DB swing 45 x 12; 50 x 10,10
- more stretching quads, hams and glutes
- squat 195 x 21
not good, lower back pump serious, endurance bad. harder than 230 yesterday in a way. i might drop the weight next week and do 185 or something.
- stretch
fuck that asshole. my squats aren't even that bad.
SORENESS: hams, glutes, quads, lats, lower traps
ACHES/INJURIES: none
MENTAL STATE: tired
STOPWATCH: ???
- warm up
- DLRVJ x ~12
trainer dude who pointed out that i was tilted on my squats asked if i wanted some advice after my first four-step jump, which was a horror show. soreness+tiredness+lack of focus=31". i said, no, and he kept smiling and kind of said, "really?" and i said, "really, but thanks for the offer." and then i jumped 33.5-34.5 the rest of the time with maybe one at 35. prick. i was mad at his smugness so i hung on the rim each jump. dumb. my shoulder is still not fully healed it's not that bad anymore.
- stretch
- DB swing 45 x 12; 50 x 10,10
- more stretching quads, hams and glutes
- squat 195 x 21
not good, lower back pump serious, endurance bad. harder than 230 yesterday in a way. i might drop the weight next week and do 185 or something.
- stretch
fuck that asshole. my squats aren't even that bad.
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MUSiC anD SHeeT! / Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now?
« on: February 02, 2015, 07:51:50 pm »
thinking about iggy pop today.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLhN__oEHaw" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLhN__oEHaw</a>
also this song is great.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTh9IuSTOY0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTh9IuSTOY0</a>
also this song is great.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: February 02, 2015, 06:21:58 pm »
the tim in vermont one rep max calculator gives me an estimated max of 395 thanks to my 230x16 performance yesterday. this shows how useless those calculators are, at least at higher reps.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Two Hands Two Feet
« on: February 02, 2015, 10:27:32 am »
re: the front squat, you're a bit wobbly on the way up and dip your elbows and torso forward before you recover, but it's a PR lift so it's kind of hard to say whether that's a general thing or just because this was especially hard. do you have vid of submax sets?
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: February 02, 2015, 10:23:45 am »
squat looking solid. dunno how i feel about your neck, seems a bit hyperextended, but that maybe not such a big deal.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: February 01, 2015, 04:15:48 pm »
WEIGHT: ???
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: ITB a bit tight on both sides
MENTAL STATE: good
STOPWATCH: 09
- warm up
- depth jump @16" x 4,4
- DLRVJ build ups x 3 (one, two, three, four-step)
- squat MSEM 285 x 6
- squat MEBM 230 x 16+4
had to rack the bar after 16 reps, rested about 30s and then did four more to get to 20. safety first.
- push ups x F (40)
- kroc row 80 x F (23/side)
- pull up x 7,5,5
to make up the different between kroc reps and push ups
- stretch
good workout, pushed myself a bit harder than usual which is something i should be doing more of. 40 pushups is almost definitely a PR.
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: ITB a bit tight on both sides
MENTAL STATE: good
STOPWATCH: 09
- warm up
- depth jump @16" x 4,4
- DLRVJ build ups x 3 (one, two, three, four-step)
- squat MSEM 285 x 6
- squat MEBM 230 x 16+4
had to rack the bar after 16 reps, rested about 30s and then did four more to get to 20. safety first.
- push ups x F (40)
- kroc row 80 x F (23/side)
- pull up x 7,5,5
to make up the different between kroc reps and push ups
- stretch
good workout, pushed myself a bit harder than usual which is something i should be doing more of. 40 pushups is almost definitely a PR.
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Football / Re: Odell Beckham incredible reception
« on: February 01, 2015, 04:12:23 pm »
the one-handed catches vid is insane. he's not even trying, if they had a machine pitching him the balls at a higher rate he'd have caught more.
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Nutrition & Supplementation / Re: whoa - lyle mcdonald open apology to the internet
« on: February 01, 2015, 04:05:27 pm »what did he do last fall?
basically he announced in a crazy internet-training-guru-style advertising page that, while most people had known him as an expert on nutrition and training, he'd been living a double life as a gonzo pornographer and was going to release a tell-all book (and maybe videos? or something?) about his experiences. he's obviously since taken it down, but it was pretty obvious even at the time and even from the remove that i have from him -- i've been a member of his "secret" forum for years but never a major poster and i've only had a little personal contact with him -- that something wasn't right. the grandiosity, the verboseness made it seem like a manic or at least hypomanic episode. and i'd suspected for years that he was at least depressive. bipolar makes perfect sense.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: January 31, 2015, 08:13:32 pm »
had more than usual but not a ton of alcohol last night, 6-7 drinks total, all beer. was absolutely crippled today. vomiting, weakness, headache well into the afternoon. took a nap this afternoon, which i basically never do. no booze tonight, lots of sleep, hope for hard workout tomorrow.
watched a track meet on TV after my nap. made me want to go run.
watched a track meet on TV after my nap. made me want to go run.
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Boxing / Re: Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs Manny Pacquiao - May 2, 2015
« on: January 31, 2015, 08:03:50 pm »