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Introduce Yourself / Re: Become a better athlete
« on: May 10, 2011, 08:27:10 am »
I think, at your age, you should just enjoy the game. But if you really want to improve right now, either use bodyweight exercises or do barbell stuff CORRECTLY. Which is very hard because you need to get really lucky to find someone who can teach you to do squats etc CORRECTLY.

Also, at your age the discipline factor isn't very developed so you can get bad habits that will be hard to convert back into "good habits" later in life. So you need to be really careful.

24 inches at 14 years old is not bad at all.

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Program Review / Re: Project Vertical
« on: May 10, 2011, 05:00:26 am »
Quote from: cskin on May 09, 2011, 11:15:59 pm
Quote from: Raptor on May 07, 2011, 03:31:55 pm
Quote from: cskin on May 07, 2011, 01:10:37 pm
The emphasis on core stability and activation is very different from my past workouts.

Translation:

Buy the program I endorse.
isnt this thread for people that have used a program to post in, stating whether or not they saw gains? because I recomend a product that worked for me, i have some hidden agenda? I dont want to be to specific about what is in the program because I dont think that is fair to Tyler, since he is trying to make a living off of it. But I guess that in its self is the real issue. We all know that there isn't some magical exercise in this program or anyother for that matter, that is going to give you instant inches. In fact if you learn enough and do your research you can make an effective training program for free. But most people either dont have the time or they are just not interested in doing so, for them and for many others purchasing a program is the way to go. Having been someone that has purchased and used many programs along the way, i feel i can help guide these people towards solid programs that will get them real results (with proper work ethic).

Instead of doing so, myself and many others that have been down this path and actually achieved results dont go and spread our ideas on these types of forums because the internet know it alls are on patrol to discredit anyone with an opinion other than their own. Btw, this isnt meant as a shot against most, as I have respect for many of the posters on here. The coaches and trainees that share their info for free are here to help us all, some of the other people should quit worring so much about their post count and just learn from the people that know what they are talking about.

What I meant was - instead of answering in a shady manner (basically not answering at all) you could've answer with say an exercise that you thought it helped you.

Say you were doing weighed planks and you felt that helped you. You could've said "Well, using weighed planks I think made a big difference". You didn't have to tell the time per set, how many reps, what weight, you know, the specifics, but it would've been a much better answer than saying "I'm better because I'm better, buy the program if you want to find out how".

You should take a look at how Kelly responds. He never really says stuff that's in his programs per se, but he does answer with a helpful example on how things can be done. That's what I like the most about Kelly.

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Article & Video Discussion / Re: Rippetoe...
« on: May 10, 2011, 04:40:36 am »
I'm going to watch them all, they seem really interesting. Will comment later on that part.

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Hip Belt Squats
« on: May 09, 2011, 04:00:20 am »
Quote from: $ick3nin.v3nd3tta on May 08, 2011, 10:18:43 pm
Quote from: Mick82 on May 08, 2011, 06:54:09 pm
Kinda looks like he's grabbing the chain off his privates half way through  :P

Chi weight lifting. Weight lifting with the testicles.




That explains a lot.

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: funny / horrible training videos
« on: May 08, 2011, 01:07:37 pm »
Wasn't that bad^^^

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Article & Video Discussion / Re: The way you sleep might affect your athleticism
« on: May 08, 2011, 06:08:09 am »
I think it gets even worse since my bed has been "broken into" over time so I get even more flexion than in a new bed.

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Program Review / Re: Project Vertical
« on: May 07, 2011, 03:31:55 pm »
Quote from: cskin on May 07, 2011, 01:10:37 pm
The emphasis on core stability and activation is very different from my past workouts.

Translation:

Buy the program I endorse.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: May 07, 2011, 06:24:41 am »
Quote from: adarqui on May 07, 2011, 06:05:57 am
going to practice SLRVJ hard.. landed a nice SLRVJ dunk today AFTER my double leg jumps were toast/fatigued, single leg felt good.. need to train it fresh so i can really make some good gains on it.. going to warmup with my layups like i do, then transition into double leg dribble dunks, then go into double leg lobs, max height double leg lobs, then go into SLRVJ fresh..

bet i can start landing some very hard dunks real quick off single leg.. lots of potential.


Thank you. You finally start to get it :P

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Hip Belt Squats
« on: May 06, 2011, 07:02:31 pm »
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiEDIzb2ZIA" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiEDIzb2ZIA</a>

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: 40 yard dash start
« on: May 06, 2011, 03:24:50 pm »
Even bounding (both 1-leg and two legs on the hill could be helpful (for both jumping and sprinting)).

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Injury, Prehab, & Rehab talk for the brittlebros / Re: Back/left buttock pain
« on: May 06, 2011, 01:34:42 pm »
Yeah I do the layign pigeon, it's not that hard.

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Article & Video Discussion / Re: The way you sleep might affect your athleticism
« on: May 05, 2011, 05:14:16 pm »
On your back with pillow under knees would resemble sitting... I think that would stretch the glutes and really shorten the hip flexors.

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Article & Video Discussion / The way you sleep might affect your athleticism
« on: May 05, 2011, 01:21:59 pm »
I've been thinking a lot about this and I came to the conclusion it's true. Not only that, but it never gets talked about, nobody mentions it. Probably everybody thinks it's not important.

But really - you spend in bed say ~8 hours EVERY day (night), and you think that doesn't affect you?

Where I'm coming with this is something I realized soon enough: I always sleep on my back. Always always. Rarely, if ever, I get on my belly. Now the question was "why?". And you'll probably say "who cares?".

Well, staying on my belly I always feel like I suffocate, like I'm "trapped", my face is being pressed on the bed sheet and I need to twist my head around to breathe properly, my back feels weird, and all kinds of distressing stuff happens. So I stay on my belly 5 minutes at the most and then need to turn on my back to actually sleep.

So why is all this important and how is this related in actually helping you?

Well let's think about it - why would that happen? And I've came to the conclusion that all this stuff is actually a lack of flexibility in certain areas. In my case, I'm in anterior tilt and the hip flexors are very tight. They pull to "shorten" the angle between the legs and the upperbody, thus pressing my face onto the bed sheet.

Also, the shoulders are not flexible and they make me feel all kinds of pressure on my upperback/neck/head while on my belly.

If you'll actually pay attention to the way you sleep you could find potential valuable info about your flexibility (or lackthereof) for YOU.

A guy who likes to sleep on his belly a lot will probably have very flexible hip flexors yet tight hamstrings, while a guy who prefers to sleep on his back will be the opposite: tight hip flexors and flexible hams (not a rule, but you get the idea).

Now obviously there are tons of positions you can sleep into, but just think about this stuff if you care to.

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Injury, Prehab, & Rehab talk for the brittlebros / Re: Back/left buttock pain
« on: May 05, 2011, 01:10:16 pm »
OK, so I did some piriformis stretch, then some lowerback stretch, then some hamstring stretch, did 20 + 20 bodyweight squats, then 24 kg KB deadlifts/squats 10+10, then gone with one-leg straight leg deadlift with the KB (kettlebell), then did 4 sets of 10 swings with it, back to 1-leg deads, then did the stretches again...

Now mobility is basically 100% and pain is almost none (a very faint pain sensation when I get past the knees in a hamstring stretch) but that's pretty much it. Will see what happens next.

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Injury, Prehab, & Rehab talk for the brittlebros / Re: Hip flexor stretch...
« on: May 05, 2011, 01:07:59 pm »
Quote from: Dreyth on May 04, 2011, 12:34:03 pm
At the same time, dont really stretch the hip flexors, just get into a similar position and contract ur glute. If you can get ur glute to contract, keep it flexed and slowly increase the stretch and see if u can keep it contracted.

+1231493742389472

If the hip extensor, the glute, is flexed (contracted) then the hip flexors have nothing to do but relax and stretch. Same applies for a hamstring stretch: if you really contract your quad then you're going to get much better ROM in that stretch. Protagonist flex = antagonist stretch.

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