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Injury, Prehab, & Rehab talk for the brittlebros / Re: Ankle taping in the NBA
« on: April 04, 2011, 11:56:23 am »
Yeah, I know. I was just making a point about how we're usually so lazy that we never jump maximally in a game ONCE.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Imbalances
« on: April 04, 2011, 11:54:00 am »In my opinion, your best bet is to decrease the weight and go with more reps. More reps mean more volume for both your legs, and less weight means your weak leg won't have as much overload and will "try" to keep up. You need to stop your set when the weak leg starts to give up.In my opinion, your best bet is to decrease the weight and go with more reps. More reps mean more volume for both your legs, and less weight means your weak leg won't have as much overload and will "try" to keep up. You need to stop your set when the weak leg starts to give up.
^^ That part in bold is EXTREMELY important, you just reinforce the imbalance and bad form by continuing to let it happen, and the risk of injury is getting higher and higher along with it.
Coming both from Raptor and Sir Lance, i will do it. But I just did sets of 10 in the afternoon and my left leg didn't gave up (it can do more I think, because it ain'y fatigued or something) but i was leaning to the right, I think. Maybe I should lean to the left more and make my reps slow(?? maybe a bad idea) to focus on my left leg? Because if I do the rep fast I can't control the weight distribution on my legs. Any idea raptor, sir lance and other bros(?) ??
Go slow until you are able to perform your reps evenly, then you can add the speed and power, as well as load. Strength and coordination in the 2 leg squat is very movement specific to the 2 leg squat, so youre going to have to practice it either way, bringing up the strength of the other limb individually is a good idea too, but its not going to fix the problem by itself.
I'm subscribing to this completely.
One small additional point: when training unilaterally, always start with your weak leg. For example, if you do BSS, start with your weak leg and do the same amount of reps with the strong leg, even though you could've done more with the stronger leg.
http://benbruno.blogspot.com/2010/09/quick-tip-for-unilateral-training.html
Yeah that's interesting too, although that would be good for people with good form discipline.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Imbalances
« on: April 04, 2011, 10:47:12 am »In my opinion, your best bet is to decrease the weight and go with more reps. More reps mean more volume for both your legs, and less weight means your weak leg won't have as much overload and will "try" to keep up. You need to stop your set when the weak leg starts to give up.In my opinion, your best bet is to decrease the weight and go with more reps. More reps mean more volume for both your legs, and less weight means your weak leg won't have as much overload and will "try" to keep up. You need to stop your set when the weak leg starts to give up.
^^ That part in bold is EXTREMELY important, you just reinforce the imbalance and bad form by continuing to let it happen, and the risk of injury is getting higher and higher along with it.
Coming both from Raptor and Sir Lance, i will do it. But I just did sets of 10 in the afternoon and my left leg didn't gave up (it can do more I think, because it ain'y fatigued or something) but i was leaning to the right, I think. Maybe I should lean to the left more and make my reps slow(?? maybe a bad idea) to focus on my left leg? Because if I do the rep fast I can't control the weight distribution on my legs. Any idea raptor, sir lance and other bros(?) ??
Go slow until you are able to perform your reps evenly, then you can add the speed and power, as well as load. Strength and coordination in the 2 leg squat is very movement specific to the 2 leg squat, so youre going to have to practice it either way, bringing up the strength of the other limb individually is a good idea too, but its not going to fix the problem by itself.
I'm subscribing to this completely.
One small additional point: when training unilaterally, always start with your weak leg. For example, if you do BSS, start with your weak leg and do the same amount of reps with the strong leg, even though you could've done more with the stronger leg.
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Introduce Yourself / Re: Norwegian Girl
« on: April 04, 2011, 10:45:57 am »
Whoever voted negative on my post about her Olympic level potential is a retard. Either because he thought I was kidding or making a sexual joke or whatever, or because he doesn't believe it, he's still a retard.
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Introduce Yourself / Re: Norwegian Girl
« on: April 04, 2011, 08:09:32 am »
The potential she has for Olympic level, in my opinion, is very high.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Imbalances
« on: April 04, 2011, 04:28:36 am »
In my opinion, your best bet is to decrease the weight and go with more reps. More reps mean more volume for both your legs, and less weight means your weak leg won't have as much overload and will "try" to keep up. You need to stop your set when the weak leg starts to give up.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: The Burn Machine.
« on: April 04, 2011, 04:26:55 am »
And we all know how effective that is. Here, go out and buy a few!
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Introduce Yourself / Re: Norwegian Girl
« on: April 04, 2011, 04:22:14 am »
You just know she's lying 
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Injury, Prehab, & Rehab talk for the brittlebros / Re: Achilles rupture...
« on: April 03, 2011, 06:51:27 pm »
How did the injury occur?
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Introduce Yourself / Re: for 45" running vert
« on: April 03, 2011, 06:50:03 pm »
So your squat is pretty much 3x, but your VJ is ~34. It would be interesting to see what's your vert when you're fully recovered... any idea when that's possible? You seem to be loaded a lot with training lately.
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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: Lithuanian dunk contest
« on: April 03, 2011, 05:47:14 pm »
Oh, right, I meant Letonian.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: The reactive effect
« on: April 03, 2011, 05:46:26 pm »
Well my point was it's still muscle-dependent and not tendon dependent. Tendon stiffness comes into play only if you have the strength to make that happen. And I still feel it's not a tendon matter but a muscular one, as the MUSCLES will be able to generate more power sensing you're "heavier" because of the acceleration to the ground.
So it comes down to the muscle and not the tendon.
So it comes down to the muscle and not the tendon.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: The reactive effect
« on: April 03, 2011, 05:27:45 pm »Now the only counter-example to this is the Olympic lifter that jumps a lot from a standstill and sucks coming off a run. I think in that situation it's a matter of technique (where technique = failing to understand/apply the proper body position to produce the maximum amount of force, and to be the most easy to amortizate, from). Also, the adaptations over time for the O-Lifters require them to generate "standstill" acceleration from a horizontally neutral position, hence their preferred "stopped" position for developing power.
If you train to be damn explosive from a standstill then your SVJ will be better and make your RVJ looks "worse" compared to someone who isn't as good at SVJs. Doesn't necessarily mean RVJ technique is any worse.
Yeah, it bridges the gap between the maximum voluntary power and maximum involuntary power... but I think these people will automatically favor a standing VJ vs a running or dropstep VJ.
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Introduce Yourself / Re: for 45" running vert
« on: April 03, 2011, 05:25:50 pm »
What's your VJ at this point? 
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: The reactive effect
« on: April 03, 2011, 04:55:50 pm »
Well jumping with the legs a bit foward than just straight underneath you gives you some better leverage indeed.