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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Few Questions
« on: July 22, 2011, 03:45:39 am »
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Who would jump higher and why?
« on: July 22, 2011, 03:44:23 am »Guys on a serious note, everybody needs to watch this vid. I have only put it here because this thread is getting traffic.
Rick Simpson - Cure for Cancer.
DON'T EVER FORGET THIS VID. WATCH IT!!!.<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uomQey0HVGw" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uomQey0HVGw</a>
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Official website: http://phoenixtears.ca/
WTF?
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: cowed77's time to get up!
« on: July 22, 2011, 03:32:18 am »Oh yea, I subscribed to Adam link's vertfreak product.
Went thru 4 emails, alot of selling heehee, but I'm inclined to see it thru.
Heck, I might even buy it if it's reasonably priced!
You western people have a lot of money on your hands don't you?
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Glute activation during squats
« on: July 21, 2011, 06:22:25 pm »
Hip Flexor. I wanted to emphasize that thing with the hip flexors because really, most people don't even know it's possible to train them well with the ab wheel.
In what variant do you think the hip flexors get better stimulation: the standing ab wheel rollout or the kneeling one?
In what variant do you think the hip flexors get better stimulation: the standing ab wheel rollout or the kneeling one?
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Glute activation during squats
« on: July 21, 2011, 05:43:42 pm »How do you strengthen the low abs? Are they being stimulated with ab wheel rollouts?
YES< IF you pull in with the knees if youre doing them kneeling, or pull with the feet if youre doing them standing. most people dont do this and they miss out on some awesome low ab /hf work.
That's exactly what I'm doing. Not only they help with the abs but also the hip flexors strength which I need for a powerful knee drive in my one leg jumps.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Glute activation during squats
« on: July 21, 2011, 05:10:49 pm »
How do you strengthen the low abs? Are they being stimulated with ab wheel rollouts?
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Who would jump higher and why?
« on: July 21, 2011, 03:57:47 pm »How it's a contradiction? I think mass is detrimental but additional leg muscle at a sub ~2.5 squat helps more than it kills. Meaning - you get a higher force output as a + but you need more effort from the CNS/core/other untrained small muscles to move as a - . I see the CNS power in absolute terms (like everyone of us having a battery in their bodies) that is drained more by the additional mass it has to move around, regardless of it's nature.
Adding muscle cannot be detrimental and useful at the same time because there is only one net effect in the end. This net effect might be the result of independent mechanisms, but what matters is the outcome of a higher, equal or lower VJ.
If you put a bigger and heavier engine in a car, it will have a bigger power production (positive effect) but it will burn more fuel and maybe, due to the higher forces, wear some other components out (negative effect).
the problem with statement is the human body is not a car, not even close. our "parts" adapt just like anything else to increased strength/stress and get bigger, stronger, faster.
also, dont say mass hurts ATHLETICISM, thats insane, tell that to some of the football guys who went from 150 - 190 and got much faster, more explosive, and became 10x the players the were. If you said it hurts, "vertical jump", you would still be wrong in several different ways, but youd have some ground to stand on at least.
Yeah that's true, sprinters or football players would punch me if they heard that but high jumpers would kiss you if they heard what you said. Haha.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Who would jump higher and why?
« on: July 21, 2011, 03:56:37 pm »If you put a bigger and heavier engine in a car, it will have a bigger power production (positive effect) but it will burn more fuel and maybe, due to the higher forces, wear some other components out (negative effect).
So? A car with a really weak motor will still not drive fast, even if other components are at a lower risk for "wearing out".
Of course. That's why I said the positive outweigh the negatives up until a certain point (which people are usually far from).
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Injury, Prehab, & Rehab talk for the brittlebros / Re: Upper back pain when dead lifting
« on: July 21, 2011, 02:44:37 pm »
Well, in theory, your center of gravity will be a bit lower and your back will be a bit straighter.
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Injury, Prehab, & Rehab talk for the brittlebros / Re: Lower back injuries and olympic lifts
« on: July 21, 2011, 02:42:59 pm »
By the way, discovered something else:
If I point my feet A LOT to the sides then I can bend forward without much pain if at all in the buttock. If I have my feet oriented forward, then the pain is pretty severe at the top of my left buttock. I think this is consistent with the piriformis syndrome.
Now this is something to keep in mind while squatting - it appears that if I have a narrow stance and the feet are not oriented to the sides at least a for a bit (or more) then bad things will happen. I'm writing this because other people might experience the same thing and they didn't discovered it.
PS. And seriously, that's a back extension.
If I point my feet A LOT to the sides then I can bend forward without much pain if at all in the buttock. If I have my feet oriented forward, then the pain is pretty severe at the top of my left buttock. I think this is consistent with the piriformis syndrome.
Now this is something to keep in mind while squatting - it appears that if I have a narrow stance and the feet are not oriented to the sides at least a for a bit (or more) then bad things will happen. I'm writing this because other people might experience the same thing and they didn't discovered it.
PS. And seriously, that's a back extension.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Who would jump higher and why?
« on: July 21, 2011, 02:28:53 pm »How it's a contradiction? I think mass is detrimental but additional leg muscle at a sub ~2.5 squat helps more than it kills. Meaning - you get a higher force output as a + but you need more effort from the CNS/core/other untrained small muscles to move as a - . I see the CNS power in absolute terms (like everyone of us having a battery in their bodies) that is drained more by the additional mass it has to move around, regardless of it's nature.
Adding muscle cannot be detrimental and useful at the same time because there is only one net effect in the end. This net effect might be the result of independent mechanisms, but what matters is the outcome of a higher, equal or lower VJ.
If you put a bigger and heavier engine in a car, it will have a bigger power production (positive effect) but it will burn more fuel and maybe, due to the higher forces, wear some other components out (negative effect).
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Who would jump higher and why?
« on: July 21, 2011, 02:27:01 pm »He increases his LBM by 10% , 187lbs. Lets say that with those 17lbs of LBM he also added 5lbs of fat, total 35.
You lost me here. Choose it: either 17 lbs or 35?
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Injury, Prehab, & Rehab talk for the brittlebros / Re: Upper back pain when dead lifting
« on: July 21, 2011, 02:16:44 pm »So, when I do conventional style dead lifts, I try hard to keep my back straight, use my lower body/hips, and keep my shoulders pulled back/chest out. How come recently, when I dead lift, like the middle of my back, like where my spine is, in between my shoulder blades, it gets uncomfortable and kinda hurts. The pain is not that much, it just feels weird. This is weird, because before I used to never feel anything on my upper back, only my lower back when I would perform with improper technique. Anyone else experience this?
Try sumo deadlifts, you might get better results. Otherwise just reduce the weight.
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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: funny / horrible training videos
« on: July 21, 2011, 01:22:03 pm »don't get why you put that one here, raptor.
Because it's funny. Never seen that type of machine before.