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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Calfs
« on: April 09, 2011, 06:34:22 pm »
Seated iso calf raise? That pretty much trains the soleus...

You'd be better off using Lance's iso hold while also staying on your toes.

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Injury, Prehab, & Rehab talk for the brittlebros / Re: How to get rid of the bar while squatting with the low bar position
« on: April 09, 2011, 08:15:31 am »
Yeah, the gym owners wouldn't mind me go over there with saw horses.

The thing is, I have a squat rack but the safeties are too high for me to full squat... it messes everything up since I always have to think "don't hit the supports" and my squat suffers immensly.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: The PR's/PB's, videos, pictures, and daily achievements thread
« on: April 08, 2011, 09:02:55 pm »
Yeah, I'm going with low rep sets and a high rep set at the end.

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Injury, Prehab, & Rehab talk for the brittlebros / How to get rid of the bar while squatting with the low bar position
« on: April 08, 2011, 08:34:59 pm »
When you squat in the low bar position the bar just presses (at least for me) hard into the hands. If you fail a rep, and are outside the squat cage, how do you unload the bar? How do you get outta there? I'm talking no spotter.

Because with the low bar, there's no space but down for the bar to slide and if that happens, it could catch your arms/elbows and pull you down.

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Plyos before strength training?
« on: April 08, 2011, 08:21:38 pm »
That's more of a hip flexor iso

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: The PR's/PB's, videos, pictures, and daily achievements thread
« on: April 08, 2011, 07:51:49 pm »
Full squatted 220lbs 10 times today, also deadlifted 352 lbs (ties :personal-record:).

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Plyos before strength training?
« on: April 08, 2011, 07:49:29 pm »
Well yeah, you better believe I will! Any more ideas on how to develop the VMO without putting too much strain on the knee itself? Because probably 1/4 squats are great for that, but, you know, they kind of put pressure on the knee. Except maybe if I go high rep with a low weight. Say 1/4 high bar squats with 50 kg.

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Bodybuilding / Re: Old School Physiques
« on: April 08, 2011, 07:41:15 pm »
That's what you get from wearing a corset all day long.

I remember that picture by the way, there was in some book, not sure which one (either in a Pavel Tsatsouline book or in Starting Strength).

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Plyos before strength training?
« on: April 08, 2011, 07:35:05 pm »
Haha, I just did one set of ~1:30 minutes... it really feels... I don't know... it feels like I can squat 200 kg. I mean, sudden strength. I should do this stuff, especially as I never get my VMOs to fire no matter what I do.

Maybe I should try this stuff in the gym using the leg extensions machine and the lowest possible weight (5 kg or whatever).

PS. As I get tired, I can feel the VMO is half of my left quad, but for the right quad, I feel like the VMO is 1/10 of the quad mass.

Man that right VMO sucks like you can't believe... so small and weird, no wonder my right knee has problems.

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Plyos before strength training?
« on: April 08, 2011, 06:24:44 pm »
Quote from: adarqui on April 08, 2011, 05:59:33 pm
Quote from: Raptor on April 08, 2011, 02:42:10 pm
What about a side plank? I always do that when I warm up for dunks... kind of stay in a "star" pose laterally (with the non-working arm and leg elevated) for about 20 seconds and I can feel my glutes come alive after that.

single leg side plank? those are damn tough for glute-med/tfl.. i used to be able to do them so easy, havn't done them in a long time, last time i tried, really sucked at them, but that was a while ago.

prone rev hyper (bodyweight) makes me feel real good when jumping too.. and i'm liking these leg-extension TKE's too.. it's helped to get my VMO firing properly, very fast.. i had a major firing issue over the last few weeks, but after 2-3 tke-iso sessions, contracting maximally, seems to be firing almost normal.

pC


Yeah the single leg side planks. I'm pretty good at them, I think I MIGHT be able to hold one for one minute. I usually hold it for 30 s and it's pretty hard.

How do you do iso tkes?

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Plyos before strength training?
« on: April 08, 2011, 02:42:10 pm »
What about a side plank? I always do that when I warm up for dunks... kind of stay in a "star" pose laterally (with the non-working arm and leg elevated) for about 20 seconds and I can feel my glutes come alive after that.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: The PR's/PB's, videos, pictures, and daily achievements thread
« on: April 07, 2011, 06:22:56 pm »
That's cool and all, but why go for 50 reps?

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: April 07, 2011, 06:21:32 pm »
My head just exploded

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Plyos before strength training?
« on: April 06, 2011, 12:48:35 pm »
I think overdoing on the isos can mess up your proprioceptive awareness if you do them before dynamic things (like playing your sports).

That's also static stretching shouldn't really be done. I for one, whenever I do static stretching, I'm not actually relaxing but staying very stiff and contracted to be able to maintain that position. If I were to relax my body would move/limbs move/lose the stretch. So that's basically an iso that messes up with your proprioceptive awareness.

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: funny / horrible training videos
« on: April 06, 2011, 07:19:14 am »
With a bunch of pink lipstick on, maybe, just maybe...

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