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Nutrition & Supplementation / Re: chocolate covered almonds deserve their own thread
« on: February 16, 2011, 01:48:48 pm »
they look nice. best thing for increasing vertical jump I'll bet.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Measurements
« on: February 13, 2011, 11:15:11 am »63
ADARQ & LanceSTS - Q&A / Re: Squatting weight and vertical jumping
« on: February 06, 2011, 06:40:12 pm »
you guys are awesome 
all of your posts have been incredibly helpful. I'm gonna get back in the gym 2moro and really go for it.
all of your posts have been incredibly helpful. I'm gonna get back in the gym 2moro and really go for it.
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ADARQ & LanceSTS - Q&A / Re: Squatting weight and vertical jumping
« on: February 06, 2011, 01:13:52 pm »
what I was doing in those 4 weeks was just adding 5kg more to my squats every week (there's one workout a week with squats excluding other days with box squats and jump squats). I'm wary of adding more than that because I had a few knee problems a while back which was aggrevated by squatting although this seems to have got better now and I don't get the pain anymore.
sometimes what I'll do is add another 5kg on the last set to see how I do if I felt the other sets were too easy.
what are your views on wearing weightlifting belts when squatting? I've never done it because I feel hindered and the weights I'm doing at the moment probably aren't heavy enough to call for it. do they make the lift easier by supporting the back or is it just for injury prevention, reminds me of a bench press video where people had commented that the guy was wearing a special bench press shirt which makes the lift easier.
I'm looking forward to finding out whether I'm weak or not
sometimes what I'll do is add another 5kg on the last set to see how I do if I felt the other sets were too easy.
what are your views on wearing weightlifting belts when squatting? I've never done it because I feel hindered and the weights I'm doing at the moment probably aren't heavy enough to call for it. do they make the lift easier by supporting the back or is it just for injury prevention, reminds me of a bench press video where people had commented that the guy was wearing a special bench press shirt which makes the lift easier.
I'm looking forward to finding out whether I'm weak or not
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Introduce Yourself / Re: Henry from Brighton
« on: February 04, 2011, 06:30:13 pm »
lol, I'm clearly not very good at this measuring thing. a quarter of an inch is not very much is it. I usually use centimetres.
I think the most important thing to take away from this is that my 1 arm reach is 87-88 inches and my two arm reach is about an inch or a bit more lower than that. sorry for being so vague.
I think the most important thing to take away from this is that my 1 arm reach is 87-88 inches and my two arm reach is about an inch or a bit more lower than that. sorry for being so vague.
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ADARQ & LanceSTS - Q&A / Re: Squatting weight and vertical jumping
« on: February 04, 2011, 07:56:38 am »
apparently vertfreak is supposed to never allow you to plateau although for me it didn't allow enough time for my maximum quick gains so I'll keep it going for now and see what happens.
nice one chaps, I will check back with significant improvements
nice one chaps, I will check back with significant improvements
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Introduce Yourself / Re: Henry from Brighton
« on: February 04, 2011, 07:49:23 am »
my double arm reach is slightly below that by about a quarter of an inch. I just did it again and when i really stretched with one hand I got about an inch higher but no more. I also have quite small hands, it all adds up doesn't it. from the base of my hand to the end of my middle finger is 7 inches. There's a guy in strongman called Mark felix who's hands measure 10 and a half inches, that's totally unfair 
I'm gonna get on those squats and improve, 2.5BW squat would be awesome.
Also, would like to be able to do a pistol squat with 80kg (176 lbs). The most I've done with that before is 40 kg (88 lbs) so that's a pretty tall order, although I guess I'm lucky to be able to do them at all as it seems that many people stuggle to do them even without weight..
I'm gonna get on those squats and improve, 2.5BW squat would be awesome.
Also, would like to be able to do a pistol squat with 80kg (176 lbs). The most I've done with that before is 40 kg (88 lbs) so that's a pretty tall order, although I guess I'm lucky to be able to do them at all as it seems that many people stuggle to do them even without weight..
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Introduce Yourself / Re: Henry from Brighton
« on: February 03, 2011, 06:29:22 pm »
I had never thought of myself as having short arms but perhaps I do. Oh well, not a great deal I can do about that
yeah, years ago we used pounds and ounces but not any more, I don't remember using them at all so it must have been a really long time ago.
I wouldn't mind using lbs but pretty near all of the weights at the gym have kilos written on them and not pounds so it's just easier for me to do everything in kilograms.
perhaps in future I will write both when posting to make it easier for everyone.
yeah, years ago we used pounds and ounces but not any more, I don't remember using them at all so it must have been a really long time ago.
I wouldn't mind using lbs but pretty near all of the weights at the gym have kilos written on them and not pounds so it's just easier for me to do everything in kilograms.
perhaps in future I will write both when posting to make it easier for everyone.
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Introduce Yourself / Re: Henry from Brighton
« on: February 03, 2011, 04:52:17 pm »
I'm 6 feet tall (6 1 with shoes on). My weight has been moving around 80 - 83 kilos for a while and my standing reach is 87 inches so my running vertical is about 33 or a little more.
at the moment my one rep max squat is 140 kg or maybe a little less because I might not quite get full depth.
my 1 rep max deadlift is roughly 160 kg.
I haven't done it in a while but my 1 rep max push press was 100kg, probably now about 95. you've probably guessed by now that I don't do too many maximum lifts as I don't normally have a spotter although I have been known to let the squat rack catch the weights on occasion when i get stuck
Thanks for the warm welcome, guys
at the moment my one rep max squat is 140 kg or maybe a little less because I might not quite get full depth.
my 1 rep max deadlift is roughly 160 kg.
I haven't done it in a while but my 1 rep max push press was 100kg, probably now about 95. you've probably guessed by now that I don't do too many maximum lifts as I don't normally have a spotter although I have been known to let the squat rack catch the weights on occasion when i get stuck
Thanks for the warm welcome, guys
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ADARQ & LanceSTS - Q&A / Re: Squatting weight and vertical jumping
« on: February 03, 2011, 04:42:03 pm »
awesome, thanks Lance. Tbh that's what I thought but it's always nice to hear it from someone who definitely knows what they're talking about, kinda gives me more motivation to keep working hard :-)
Cheers for the fast reply, I appreciate it
Cheers for the fast reply, I appreciate it
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ADARQ & LanceSTS - Q&A / Squatting weight and vertical jumping
« on: February 03, 2011, 09:48:38 am »
Hiya,
hey guys,
I've been doing the vf2 beginner explosive training program for 4 weeks now and have progressively been adding more weight to the squats I've been doing. In week 1 I was doing sets (5x5) with 100kg and now in week 4 I can do 120kg without any problems. I weigh 80kg.
The same goes for deadlifts, I don't know exact numbers off hand but I have increased the weight in them as well.
From what I've read it seems like one of the most important things I can do to increase my vertical jump is increase the amount of weight I can squat. As I seem to be improving weekly I would have thought that I should keep going but I've read on further into the program and from week 6 onwards the amount of weight it says I should use in the squat seems to be going down a lot.
Would it be ridiculous to repeat phase 1 to add more weight to my lifts before going on to do phases 2 and 3? I think I could go on to lift a lot more than I have been doing...
Or should I just finish the 12 weeks and then move on to the intermediate weight lifting program?
I remember seeing that Lance posted on the vertfreak101 forum and for some reason I can't access it anymore, it says: "Not Found
The requested URL /training/forum.php was not found on this server.
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request."
any idea what happened with that? has it been closed down or perhaps I'm banned even tho i've barely posted there.
Hope you guys can set me straight cos I never got a reply when I emailed the guys at vertfreak which is a little poor :-(
-Henry
hey guys,
I've been doing the vf2 beginner explosive training program for 4 weeks now and have progressively been adding more weight to the squats I've been doing. In week 1 I was doing sets (5x5) with 100kg and now in week 4 I can do 120kg without any problems. I weigh 80kg.
The same goes for deadlifts, I don't know exact numbers off hand but I have increased the weight in them as well.
From what I've read it seems like one of the most important things I can do to increase my vertical jump is increase the amount of weight I can squat. As I seem to be improving weekly I would have thought that I should keep going but I've read on further into the program and from week 6 onwards the amount of weight it says I should use in the squat seems to be going down a lot.
Would it be ridiculous to repeat phase 1 to add more weight to my lifts before going on to do phases 2 and 3? I think I could go on to lift a lot more than I have been doing...
Or should I just finish the 12 weeks and then move on to the intermediate weight lifting program?
I remember seeing that Lance posted on the vertfreak101 forum and for some reason I can't access it anymore, it says: "Not Found
The requested URL /training/forum.php was not found on this server.
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request."
any idea what happened with that? has it been closed down or perhaps I'm banned even tho i've barely posted there.
Hope you guys can set me straight cos I never got a reply when I emailed the guys at vertfreak which is a little poor :-(
-Henry
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Introduce Yourself / Re: Henry from Brighton
« on: February 03, 2011, 09:28:47 am »
hey hey, that's cool.
I train in an independent gym called cheetahs gym http://www.cheetahsgym.co.uk/ It's predominantly a bodybuilding gym and there are many guys that go there who do bodybuilding shows. Also one of the guys who used to work there did strongman competitions.. he was pretty big.
Apart from there not being any plyometric boxes or anything like that it's a great gym with more weights than I've seen in any other gym I've been to - although I've only ever been to commercial "leisure gyms"
I do play basketball when I can although I'm not very good at it so wouldn't really call myself a baller, I just like to go down to the park and play with a few of my mates and whoever's there at the time (what with it being the winter there aren't as many people there now as there is in the summer so I can't wait for it to start to get warm again). When it is warm I like to go and play 2 times a week or more if I can.
I'm 6 feet tall and can grab the rim with one hand although I have been at that level for a number of months now, that's why I decided to go for an actual jump program because I'm sure with proper training I can do better
I train in an independent gym called cheetahs gym http://www.cheetahsgym.co.uk/ It's predominantly a bodybuilding gym and there are many guys that go there who do bodybuilding shows. Also one of the guys who used to work there did strongman competitions.. he was pretty big.
Apart from there not being any plyometric boxes or anything like that it's a great gym with more weights than I've seen in any other gym I've been to - although I've only ever been to commercial "leisure gyms"
I do play basketball when I can although I'm not very good at it so wouldn't really call myself a baller, I just like to go down to the park and play with a few of my mates and whoever's there at the time (what with it being the winter there aren't as many people there now as there is in the summer so I can't wait for it to start to get warm again). When it is warm I like to go and play 2 times a week or more if I can.
I'm 6 feet tall and can grab the rim with one hand although I have been at that level for a number of months now, that's why I decided to go for an actual jump program because I'm sure with proper training I can do better
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Introduce Yourself / Henry from Brighton
« on: February 03, 2011, 08:34:10 am »
hey guys,
I'm Henry and I live in Brighton, England.
I'm 23 and have lifted weights for about 7 years. The first 5 and a half of those years were spent doing bodybuilding which I kind of regret now although I liked it at the time.
I regret it because I now think of all the time I could have used to get more athletic is wasted tbh although some aspects of it were useful (I was stronger because of it).
The other year and a half I have used trying to be more athletic and powerful (trying to increase my vertical jump because I like to play basketball) I recently started doing vf2. Infact, the reason I found this forum is because I can't get on to the forum on vertfreak101 and I was searching for another way in on google and I got a link to the topic on here that was basically killing Adam Linkenauger saying that he's a scammer and stuff by advertising squatflex btw, I totally agree there. The squatflex looks totally crap and a waste of money.
I'm currently doing qualifications to become a personal trainer, only low level atm but I intend to progress. I'm interested in becoming a specialist in strength and conditioning so I may well have many questions to help with my own training which I hope will help when I come to train clients who may wish to increase vertical jump, decrease sprint times etc...
I look forward to future conversations
I'm Henry and I live in Brighton, England.
I'm 23 and have lifted weights for about 7 years. The first 5 and a half of those years were spent doing bodybuilding which I kind of regret now although I liked it at the time.
I regret it because I now think of all the time I could have used to get more athletic is wasted tbh although some aspects of it were useful (I was stronger because of it).
The other year and a half I have used trying to be more athletic and powerful (trying to increase my vertical jump because I like to play basketball) I recently started doing vf2. Infact, the reason I found this forum is because I can't get on to the forum on vertfreak101 and I was searching for another way in on google and I got a link to the topic on here that was basically killing Adam Linkenauger saying that he's a scammer and stuff by advertising squatflex
btw, I totally agree there. The squatflex looks totally crap and a waste of money.I'm currently doing qualifications to become a personal trainer, only low level atm but I intend to progress. I'm interested in becoming a specialist in strength and conditioning so I may well have many questions to help with my own training which I hope will help when I come to train clients who may wish to increase vertical jump, decrease sprint times etc...
I look forward to future conversations