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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: March 18, 2014, 02:54:13 pm »And yet....I have a buddy whos saying he isnt impressed by that. SMH.
uh. awkward question: is he blind?
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uh. awkward question: is he blind?
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: March 18, 2014, 12:17:42 pm »
it's not an exact science, and that was for his basic bulking routine. in my brain it makes a sort of foggy sense to switch to 2x8 rather than 3x5 but i'm not sure it matters that much at the end of the day. 2x8 allows you to maintain the same intensity, or something like that. if you want to switch to 3x5, just do it.
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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: beast
« on: March 18, 2014, 12:14:54 pm »
Oliver Sacks, a neurologist who wrote one of my favorite nonfiction books (Awakenings) and is one of the best-known doctors in the world - definitely the best-known neurologist - dead lifted 600 pounds in a powerlifting meet as a young man.
beast.
beast.
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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: March 18, 2014, 10:45:42 am »merciful god.
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Article & Video Discussion / Re: The low bar squat is not an exercise
« on: March 18, 2014, 10:17:12 am »Now now... read the whole article...
I think there are more nuances that aren't being discussed in the comparison of the two, and one of the most important and understated of these is the foot dorsiflexion demands/dorsiflexion adaptations that the high bar requires/provides. And with that comes a ton of other "side-effects".
i did read the whole article. it's dumb, just rippetoe in reverse.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: March 18, 2014, 10:09:06 am »
also, i know that lyle at least generally recommends cutting sets, not reps, on a cut.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Chris' training journal
« on: March 18, 2014, 10:03:46 am »
good luck, man, and be careful. when you feel 90% is the most dangerous time, IME. you think you're good but you're still vulnerable.
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Article & Video Discussion / Re: The low bar squat is not an exercise
« on: March 18, 2014, 10:02:34 am »Quote
I will start my argument by stating that after well over 50 years as a competitive lifter, coach, and gym owner, I have never seen a top-ranked bodybuilder, Olympic lifter, or serious track or football athlete doing low bar squats.
is this guy for real? what crap.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: March 17, 2014, 08:35:32 pm »
3/7-3/16
- walking x many hours
- 7DVJC x two days
- enjoyment x a lot
today:
WEIGHT: 174 (lol, lost 2-3 pounds on vacation, suck it t0ddday)
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: right calf, low back during squats but not before, general stiffness
MENTAL STATE: good
- warm up
- jumps x some
a few strong dunks with the big dodgeball, a couple that back rimmed. thought about asking the other dude in the gym to throw me a couple of lobs but i'm not there yet. surprised by how well i jumped today, though, given that i just got back from more than a week of almost no exercise outside of walking. tweaked my right lower ab on a jump but the pain didn't persist or come back after i walked it off for a couple of minutes.
- squat 225 x 5,5,5
nice and easy, low back feeling tight
- bench 185 x 5,5,5
nice and easy. did some clapping pull ups between sets.
- DB RDL 60s x 10,10
- low cable row 110 x 10,10
- stretch
great workout all things considered.
- walking x many hours
- 7DVJC x two days
- enjoyment x a lot
today:
WEIGHT: 174 (lol, lost 2-3 pounds on vacation, suck it t0ddday)
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: right calf, low back during squats but not before, general stiffness
MENTAL STATE: good
- warm up
- jumps x some
a few strong dunks with the big dodgeball, a couple that back rimmed. thought about asking the other dude in the gym to throw me a couple of lobs but i'm not there yet. surprised by how well i jumped today, though, given that i just got back from more than a week of almost no exercise outside of walking. tweaked my right lower ab on a jump but the pain didn't persist or come back after i walked it off for a couple of minutes.
- squat 225 x 5,5,5
nice and easy, low back feeling tight
- bench 185 x 5,5,5
nice and easy. did some clapping pull ups between sets.
- DB RDL 60s x 10,10
- low cable row 110 x 10,10
- stretch
great workout all things considered.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: March 17, 2014, 08:21:46 pm »
what acole said, x10,000
also, i find it amazing that you went to the gym, had trouble jumping well, got really warmed up, jumped better, and then attributed the jumping better to losing weight. that's just, i don't even know why you would bypass the obvious explanation. you jumped better because your muscles and CNS were warm.
also, i find it amazing that you went to the gym, had trouble jumping well, got really warmed up, jumped better, and then attributed the jumping better to losing weight. that's just, i don't even know why you would bypass the obvious explanation. you jumped better because your muscles and CNS were warm.
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Article & Video Discussion / Re: Delayed potentiation by walking (Kelly)
« on: March 17, 2014, 10:58:56 am »i noticed some explosiveness from walking regularly in the past.
walking 1-3 hours seems really..... excessive though.
really? i spent the last week walking 3 or more hours every day (tourism!) and it felt fine. 1-3 hours of glute-clench walking does sound like a bit much, at the very least it'd take a lot of focus.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: March 17, 2014, 10:57:48 am »
man you slayed the diet. nice job. btw intertube wisdom sez visible 4-pack means closer to 10% than 15%.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: March 17, 2014, 10:54:55 am »
man i'm jelly. would have been so fun to go skiing, it's been so long for me. but with just a week over there and being based in vienna, it didn't make sense.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Loopie's Log
« on: March 17, 2014, 10:38:57 am »
glad your back is feeling better. just be super, duper, insanely conservative with it, i guess.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: March 17, 2014, 10:31:36 am »Ah, we were at the same country for 1 week,
Still at plane distance though, i was at the far west end, at the borders with Switzerland.
plane distance for a european, maybe. it's like 5-6 hours. europe is so tiny, it's cute. i always forget that.
just got back late last night, woke up to a snow day. hundreds of work emails to get through, hurray, but i'm going to go to the gym this afternoon for sure.