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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: beast
« on: August 14, 2014, 09:13:01 am »
no, the tall guys clearly had a harder time. the eventual runner-up in the competition is 6'9 and he only got a few reps.
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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: beast
« on: August 13, 2014, 11:19:00 pm »zydrunas zavickas gets 15 reps at 725. fetch my fainting couch.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: August 13, 2014, 11:16:43 pm »
entropy, you are a lunchbox for the ages and we love you.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: August 13, 2014, 08:41:51 pm »
WEIGHT: ???
SORENESS: quads
ACHES/INJURIES: low back, left shoulder, right knee. stomach felt a little funny, too.
MENTAL STATE: everything sucks
- warm up
- DLRVJ x a bunch
horrible, nearly as bad as yesterday. quads sore, no surprise.
about an hour later...
- warm up
- sprints
- strides
tweaked lower back during the first set of BOR last night. i know the exact moment. stiff this morning, had loosened up by the evening but still not 100%. everything felt dead, my DLRVJ feels slow and uncoordinated and i topped out at around 33. some two-step were barely 31, which is bad.
i feel like shit.
SORENESS: quads
ACHES/INJURIES: low back, left shoulder, right knee. stomach felt a little funny, too.
MENTAL STATE: everything sucks
- warm up
- DLRVJ x a bunch
horrible, nearly as bad as yesterday. quads sore, no surprise.
about an hour later...
- warm up
- strides
tweaked lower back during the first set of BOR last night. i know the exact moment. stiff this morning, had loosened up by the evening but still not 100%. everything felt dead, my DLRVJ feels slow and uncoordinated and i topped out at around 33. some two-step were barely 31, which is bad.
i feel like shit.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: A Journey to Running Fast and Jumping High
« on: August 13, 2014, 03:10:15 pm »
i'm not skipping, fwiw. that's a run.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: August 13, 2014, 12:04:41 pm »
somewhere i was reading recently that it's better not to bulk from an extremely or difficult-to-maintain lean state. better to get to a comfortablish baseline and bulk from there. if/when i ever decide to do a genuine bulk, i'll do it from right where i am and have been for years, 173-177 pounds and 10-12% bf. no point in getting leaner than that first.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: August 13, 2014, 08:42:48 am »5483
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: August 12, 2014, 10:46:29 pm »
WEIGHT: 173.5
SORENESS: hamstrings a wee bit
ACHES/INJURIES: left shoulder
MENTAL STATE: good
- warm up
- DLRVJ x a whole bunch
today was supposed to be just upper lifting but the gym was open and i haven't jumped in too long. mostly sucked, topped out at 33, so i just did a lot of jumps, including many more than usual from short approaches and on short rest. if i can get a good night's sleep tonight i'll try to jump in the morning and then maybe again tomorrow evening.
- bench 165 x 10,10,10
AELS
- bent over row 95 x 10,10,10
super strict form. AELS.
- superset x 2
-- shrug 295 x 10
-- DB curl 25s,20s x 10
-- single-arm tricep pressdown 40,50 x 10
- stretch
good workout. anti-ego lifting skwad.
SORENESS: hamstrings a wee bit
ACHES/INJURIES: left shoulder
MENTAL STATE: good
- warm up
- DLRVJ x a whole bunch
today was supposed to be just upper lifting but the gym was open and i haven't jumped in too long. mostly sucked, topped out at 33, so i just did a lot of jumps, including many more than usual from short approaches and on short rest. if i can get a good night's sleep tonight i'll try to jump in the morning and then maybe again tomorrow evening.
- bench 165 x 10,10,10
AELS
- bent over row 95 x 10,10,10
super strict form. AELS.
- superset x 2
-- shrug 295 x 10
-- DB curl 25s,20s x 10
-- single-arm tricep pressdown 40,50 x 10
- stretch
good workout. anti-ego lifting skwad.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: August 12, 2014, 10:41:36 pm »IIRC, kellyb said that to get potentiated you need to wear it all day, to really trick your CNS that you are heavier. Also he said that it can't be used all the time, CNS catches up with the trick. But it does work. Too bored to find the abstract now but i can if you are interested.
yeah that's what i'm thinking of. some literature to the contrary, including that piece i referred to. YMMV, as always.
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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: August 12, 2014, 05:27:07 pm »
come on raptor, that's literally two posts above.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Scooby 2011 Journal
« on: August 12, 2014, 09:43:03 am »
A+ vid, best anyone's posted on here since adarq "retired" and made all his old vids private. inspirational, i want to go jump RIGHT NOW. but i am at work and a bunch of snotty children are running around on the court right now anyway.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: August 12, 2014, 09:32:39 am »
fwiw, what literature there is around weighted vests mostly shows that they're a good training and potentiation tool.
i have an interesting paper with a good bibliography on this if anyone's interested: "Effects of a Plyometric Training Program with and without Added Load on Jumping Ability in Basketball Players."
i have an interesting paper with a good bibliography on this if anyone's interested: "Effects of a Plyometric Training Program with and without Added Load on Jumping Ability in Basketball Players."
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: August 11, 2014, 09:32:11 pm »
raining and windy tonight. sucked it up.
WEIGHT: ???
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: none, right knee felt present during workout but not painful
MENTAL STATE: good
- warm up
- sprint 60m x 4;300m x 1
started the the 300 but track was soaked, felt like i was going to eat shit on the curve so i pulled up. instead went back and did:
- sprint 110m x 3
submax, focus on neutral hips and stepping over. glutes very awake.
- stretch
WEIGHT: ???
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: none, right knee felt present during workout but not painful
MENTAL STATE: good
- warm up
- sprint 60m x 4;
started the the 300 but track was soaked, felt like i was going to eat shit on the curve so i pulled up. instead went back and did:
- sprint 110m x 3
submax, focus on neutral hips and stepping over. glutes very awake.
- stretch
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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: August 11, 2014, 03:52:21 pm »
throwback, watched this live. the call is so funny:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BQ6iCgaoH8" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BQ6iCgaoH8</a>
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