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I don't GET it.

Quote from: Jumper D on July 22, 2011, 03:32:09 pm

LBSS, there is no "so what?"

Adarq opened up this thread and asked for +/- feedback. i gave my feedback. i can only guess that what u ment, since u didnt clarify, is that u want to hear more about my experience?! i dunno what else to tell u man. i guess i can give sum safety advice.

----Safety----
if air alert or any other excercises cause pain or soreness in the knee area use
1. ice on the knees
2. Bengay type muscle rub

always stretch prior, between sets, and post workout.

a good idea for during workouts is to use knee sleeves/braces  and/or  jumper knee straps/bands which are designed to improve patellar tracking and elevation by applying mild pressure on the tendon below the kneecap. The tubular insert provides uniform pressure

GOOD LUCK TO ALL!!

Or just don't do it when the volume gets ridiculous so you don't have to use things that won't help at all. If you have jumper's knee none of that shit is gonna help.

You can upgrade to a Alex Maroko program as soon as you hit that point.

Well I think outside the box and am not afraid to display what I think. Call that retarded, I call it outside the box. Whatever. It doesn't really matter to me what random person A or B over the internet thinks. If I'm wrong, I think a high level of bodyfat is actually an indicator that that person doesn't train/run/jump too much and it's not necessarily the bodyfat itself that's detrimental, instead - it's an indicator about that person's activity level. I think you can't really disagree on that one. It also takes more effort to move more useless weight (fat) so that person probably gets tired after doing a few jumps whereas a lower bodyfat person can train more and get better results as such.

Well, in my bro opinion, having "dead excess weight" messes the proprioceptive signal around. The CNS is like "I ain't gonna allow this limb to move this fast while being this heavy" as it receives signals from the receptors that sit in that particular limb. At least, this is my view on things, but you can take it as the holy word if you want to. You know I'm just never wrong.

Quote from: Zetz on July 21, 2011, 08:40:22 pm

Is it possible to gain weight with a caloric deficit?

NO

Get pregnant.

Quote from: Raptor on July 22, 2011, 07:53:40 am

Quote from: steven-miller on July 22, 2011, 07:45:04 am

And if you think your bodyweight is a variable to minimize for a higher VJ, you are fooling yourself big time.

So if I'm 6'0 and 300 lbs with a 50% bodyfat I shouldn't think my bodyweight is a variable to minimize for a higher VJ?

No, you should not minimize it, but you should definitely decrease it. Notice the difference.

Can't comment on the single leg stuff, but I don't think that body fat - in reasonable amounts, like up to 15% - plays a measurable negative role in coordination. At least I cannot see why that would be the case.

Well it could mess up with your proprioceptive ability.

Well Nightfly is. He naturally jumps off one leg although he got great off two feet in time with his maturization, strength training and lowering bodyfat levels. At ~15 years old he had a what, 24 inch two footed vert and now at 22 he has a 42 inch vert off two feet and probably a ~43 off one leg at his maximum, best day.

For me, I have no idea what my 1-leg jump PR is. It kind of varies. It should be around ~36-38 though. I had a moment in the past where I was sick and stayed in bed 3 days, one after another, then as my sickness gone away I went in the park and could barely walk, I was getting tired very very quickly and felt so weak, and then I tried to jump at the rim (just to goof around) and was jumping I think close to 40 inches, I mean WTF? , and hitting my head in the middle of the net at the 2.96 rim. Right now I can just scrape that net with my head but I don't really have the best jumping technique WITHOUT the ball in my hand at this point in time.

So as you can see, weird stuff usually happens with my one leg jump. It depends a lot on fatigue levels (and as silly that was, I think staying 3 days in bed fully rested my leg muscles although you'd expect to suck hard after such an event) more in the 1-leg jump since there's more overload occuring (there's more speed in the plant than in a two-footed jump) and the overload happens for the muscles of 1 leg so that's another point of excessive overload as well.

And frankly, I think the whole key, besides voluntary strength as expressed in the weight room - is to make your body accept VERY HIGH levels of overload without allowing the leg to collapse under such a high stress. Great eccentric strength levels are needed for a great one leg jump and also, the body position in the plant is very important.

My bodyfat levels have decreased lately, but I think I'm around 13%.

And if you think your bodyweight is a variable to minimize for a higher VJ, you are fooling yourself big time.

So if I'm 6'0 and 300 lbs with a 50% bodyfat I shouldn't think my bodyweight is a variable to minimize for a higher VJ?