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Article & Video Discussion / Re: Joel Smith's one-leg jump peak program
« on: June 24, 2011, 06:45:58 pm »
By the way - I need an alternative for this since I can't bound on my right leg due to knee issues. So that's not possible. I can bound LLLL but any landing on the right now flares the thing up and pain comes. I might be able to do LLRR though, but LRLR is undoable due to lack of technique.

I was wondering if max jumps and long jumps could be substituted with some of the one leg bounds.

Also, the plan is the use the weight vest for actual dunks.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: June 24, 2011, 02:59:06 pm »
This might be your best athletic day... I mean, depth jumps, jump squats and (very) strong half squats. It's gotta be.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: The PR's/PB's, videos, pictures, and daily achievements thread
« on: June 24, 2011, 02:53:49 pm »
Excuse me? :ninja: :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :ibsquatting: :ibjumping: :wowthatwasnutswtf:

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: acole14's journal - DUNK OR DIE
« on: June 24, 2011, 06:37:03 am »
I think you still might have a masked explosiveness if you have been training for long enough with strength only... you can never know.

Also, you might jump higher after 15-20 minutes of aggressive 3 on 3 basketball.

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Continue to work on increasing the squat or get to maintenance for now?
« on: June 24, 2011, 02:07:17 am »
I think I can work up to a 5RM but eliminate the additional volume sets without too much fatigue.

And yes, I meant squat every day but in very low volumes (one top set of half squats).

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Checking My Premises
« on: June 23, 2011, 04:59:17 pm »
Exactly ^^^

That's why I want to cut down on squatting as of right now. I have plenty of time to squat in the winter when I don't do anything else at all since it's snow outside and I don't have a gym to play into.

It makes sense to cut down on squats right now therefore, maybe just squat every day VERY low volumes and do some KB swings and that's it.

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MUSiC anD SHeeT! / Re: My best singing so far :D
« on: June 23, 2011, 04:42:46 pm »
Add two more to my best singing collection :D

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM-imLPrRFo" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM-imLPrRFo</a>

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgpyebIJn3Q" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgpyebIJn3Q</a>

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: Dan Pfaff seminar
« on: June 23, 2011, 03:26:05 pm »
Quote from: mattyg35 on June 23, 2011, 02:14:26 pm
http://www.athleticscoaching.ca/default.aspx?p=search&s=pfaff

But these are with MONEY! :o ;D

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Continue to work on increasing the squat or get to maintenance for now?
« on: June 23, 2011, 03:20:22 pm »
What I meant is - right now I want to ENJOY what I worked half a year or so for. That is - true jumping and not fatigue masked low performance jumping. It's like "inseason" for me at this point. So it doesn't make sense to go all out with squatting only to go to the park and suck hard at dunking and playing ball.

I don't see any other option. I can still squat in very low volumes everyday so that hopefully helps me. Heck, it might even increase my squat if I'm overtrained or if I'm really a hardgainer.

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Jumping And Smolov
« on: June 23, 2011, 03:16:18 pm »
Interesting, although I had protein powder coming through my esophagus while squatting, so...

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: beast
« on: June 23, 2011, 03:14:10 pm »
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lcgf2pllvNU" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lcgf2pllvNU</a>

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Article & Video Discussion / Re: Joel Smith's one-leg jump peak program
« on: June 23, 2011, 12:23:31 pm »
Well in the past the shock and collapse would've happen in the VMO area. Right now the shock and feeling of weakness when the collapse occurs happens in the lower part of the hamstring of the left leg (I can feel the part just above the knee stiffen up and giving up and the knee goes forward). So interestingly enough, the quad doesn't feel overload but instead that ^^^ happens.

So, like I said, maybe the hamstring contracts eccentrically to prevent hip collapse and as the hamstring contracts the quad needs to relax - and this leads to the knee going forwards.

Because the hip can collapse too (get too low) and maybe that's happening. No idea if I'm right or not.

Lance was hinting towards the hamstring not being able to maintain the same length during the plant if I'm right but still, what does that have to do with the knee? Maybe if the hamstring contracts more on the knee end then knee flexion occurs and that's it - the knee goes forward and collapses into the jump.

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Continue to work on increasing the squat or get to maintenance for now?
« on: June 23, 2011, 10:36:23 am »
Well the be honest, when I started squatting at the end of the autumn the previous year, in 2010, the plan was to squat ~6 months, then do some plyos to maximize my strength into explosiveness and then enjoy basketball. And I'm kinda at the "enjoy basketball" moment right now.

Although vag is right when he says it's pretty hot right now... I tend to jump very high when it's very hot though.

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Continue to work on increasing the squat or get to maintenance for now?
« on: June 23, 2011, 09:27:42 am »
Well because it's summer and I can't play ball or dunk because I squat. I can squat all winter long when I don't have a place to play, but right now it would be cool if I didn't have all that squat fatigue in my body and I could enjoy playing after squatting non-stop all winter long.

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Continue to work on increasing the squat or get to maintenance for now?
« on: June 23, 2011, 08:38:09 am »
I'm back at my PR of 120x5. The problem is - after I do my squats I'm just dead for days. I can't play ball well, I can't dunk well, I can't jump, tired etc. I'd like to be fresh and able to finally display my strength explosively.

For that to happen I'm thinking of ditching the squat workouts and stay with doing very low volumes every day. Like work up to 95% of my 1RM every day and that's it in terms of strength.

Basically like this every day:

30%x5
60%x3
80%x3
95%x1

And that's it^^^. Every day in the morning. This hopefully won't be tiring so I will be able to play/do plyos while providing enough volume over the week to maintain strength. Now obviously maybe this isn't the "right time" as far as strength is concerned since I just tied my PR in the squat but... I just want to play and enjoy playing.

I also found out that I'm much more reactive/elastic when I stop (high volume) squatting so...

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