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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: May 26, 2011, 05:27:48 am »
Just when I said your vert seemed to have stopped, you come in and do this. :ninja: :headbang: :highfive: :ibjumping:

Getting that head closer and closer to the rim aren't "we"?

Any ideas why has your vert "suddenly" increased? Any particular reason or just good ol' plain consistency?

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: May 26, 2011, 05:23:13 am »
The same is for me with pistols.

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: Squat 360x5 (also 365x5)
« on: May 25, 2011, 05:47:59 pm »
Quote from: Dreyth on May 25, 2011, 03:34:35 pm
also, notice the guy doing hammer curls on a bosu ball way in the background  :uhhhfacepalm:

OMG, I see him now! :ninja:

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: Squat 360x5 (also 365x5)
« on: May 25, 2011, 02:47:55 pm »
Quote from: Raptor on May 25, 2011, 03:58:30 am
One can only wonder how much you could squat low bar.

Why the -1 rating?

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: beast
« on: May 25, 2011, 06:38:41 am »
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOaYmcBVRXo" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOaYmcBVRXo</a>

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: Squat 360x5 (also 365x5)
« on: May 25, 2011, 03:58:30 am »
One can only wonder how much you could squat low bar.

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LanceSTS's Performance Blog / Re: SOME JUMP/ PLYO/ EXPLOSIVE STRENGTH WORKOUTS
« on: May 25, 2011, 03:52:56 am »
Well when I did my squat sets last friday I wasn't bounding or doing any plyos (it was raining so I couldn't) and yet 6 reps was a lot to deal with. It doesn't make sense for the bar to feel as heavy on the back either.

UNLESS MY INJURY IS NOT 100% recovered from. I don't know. Could the KB swings take so much out of me? Just 3 sets of 10 every day? I mean wtf?

Truth be told, it kinda feels that way, but still.

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Rankings
« on: May 24, 2011, 06:18:38 pm »
Quote from: Dreyth on May 24, 2011, 05:56:46 pm
Quote from: Nightfly on May 23, 2011, 03:27:36 am
360 x 5 = 405

dammit! 1RM calculators are surely underestimating my 1RM... I SUCK at repping out, that's probably why.
At 330 for 10x3 I maxed out 415...

How bout 365x5? I'm about to attempt it in a few hours. I think I'll get it on camera.

I think that's actually a good thing... sucking at repping out should mean you're mostly a fast-twitch guy so...

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: The PR's/PB's, videos, pictures, and daily achievements thread
« on: May 24, 2011, 06:01:43 pm »
Quote from: cowed77 on May 24, 2011, 04:48:16 pm
raptor for ur height ur stride seems to be pretty short...

Oh yeah I know, it's just my "natural" way of sprinting. I can't just think about it, I just unfold whatever I feel like, instinctively, to generate maximum speed.

And as long as I can remember, that's been very high frequency, low stride length. If I would think to increase the stride length I'd probably get desynchronized and mess the sprint up.

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Overtraining?
« on: May 24, 2011, 05:56:40 pm »
Yeah I think that's a good point...

Even if I keep on doing all the stuff I'm currently doing, I should adapt eventually. We'll see how it goes...

My crow waking me up at 5:56 AM due to ... "singing" doesn't help either. I got out of bed at 11:00 but still... it's more of a muscular thing than CNS I think at this point.

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Overtraining?
« on: May 24, 2011, 04:19:20 pm »
Nah I don't think so. I mean, I already "lost" one full month with no training whatsoever so... hopefully the body will adapt and it's just the stress/soreness that the body is not used to YET.

But that squat... how can it be such a big difference doesn't make any sense. Maybe different bars (these are kinda rusty so the rotating ends rotate less... maybe that's a factor). But the thing is - as soon as I get the bar on my back it feels like 2 times (literally) vs. the ones in the commercial gym.

There I could do 100x10 with no BIG problems, and here I struggle to get 5 reps. WTF?

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: The PR's/PB's, videos, pictures, and daily achievements thread
« on: May 24, 2011, 04:14:31 pm »
Sprint from yesterday:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2OwqAvy77Y" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2OwqAvy77Y</a>

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: beast
« on: May 24, 2011, 02:55:50 pm »
Quote from: LanceSTS on May 23, 2011, 01:32:16 pm
Quote from: Raptor on May 23, 2011, 06:18:38 am
This is beast:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWhxCB0ndJE" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWhxCB0ndJE</a>

LOL!@! good stuff lmao!

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxuG3mckTpc" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxuG3mckTpc</a>

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Overtraining?
« on: May 24, 2011, 02:39:46 pm »
OK so right now I'm doing this:

EVERYDAY in the morning (Monday to Friday):

24 kg kettlebell swings: 3x10
24 kg kettlebell one-leg straight leg deadlifts: 2x5
Pistols: 5 (each leg)

THEN

Later in the day: 2 days of plyos and 2 days of strength

Monday: 3x30m sprints + metrics (bounds)
Tuesday: squat 4x4-6, straight leg deadlifts 2x8
Wednesday: REST (core at home)
Thursday: some kind of uphill sprint + uphill metrics
Friday: explosive squat 3x10s + stepups

Now the problem is - I suck at both squatting and plyos at this point. I'm just so "tired" and "weak". I mean, I'm struggling to squat with 100 kg when my 1RM one month ago was ~150 kg (in another gym, not in here where I seem to suck for some reason).

Maybe doing that stuff in the morning kills me? I doesn't make any sense for 3 sets of 10 swings to kill me as hard as they're supposedly doing right now. I mean really. I also seem to get tired after doing anything whatsoever.

The hamstrings fail and the knee collapses even WHILE WALKING after say 2 30m sprints and so on. I MEAN WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON?

Should I continue with this and hopefully the body adapts (since because I was injured I haven't done anything and then maybe this is just a shock for a while for the body as it's adapting back to effort) and maybe the conditioning (and by conditioning I mean - not getting tired and out of breath after 1 30m sprint or a set of squats) will get better?

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LanceSTS's Performance Blog / Re: SOME JUMP/ PLYO/ EXPLOSIVE STRENGTH WORKOUTS
« on: May 24, 2011, 02:20:33 pm »
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TRIED METRICS but, are you kidding me? The amortization time in the 2-leg bounds for length was about 1s long. Are you fucking kidding me? There's absolutely no chance of doing consecutive bounds, the overload on the legs from each landing is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too high. The same applies to vertical 2-leg bounds - incredibily long amortization time and incredibly un-coordinated.

I did not film them because anyone looking at that would puke on spot.

Then I did left leg single leg bounds and they were DECENT but not really good. The hamstrings started to fail at that point and the knee to collapse, even while decelerating from the bounds (after finishing them).

So I did 3 sets of single leg bounds on the left leg and that was it.

The hamstrings were failing like you couldn't believe.

COPY FROM MY LOG ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I'm doing swings every day by the way, 3x10 in the morning, and 2x5 one-leg straight leg deadlifts with the 24 kg kettlebell. Apparently, even with this low volume, my legs are failing.

How can I suck so much at squatting right now? I mean really? One month ago I was squatting 140 kg easy enough, and now I struggle to squat 100 kg (that feels like 130) for 4-5 reps? WHAT THE FUCK?!

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