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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism

« on: June 10, 2014, 01:28:08 pm »

for much more on AREG, check out mike tuscherer. also, this kid izzy, who's using tuscherer's AREG method for power lifting at powerliftingtowin.com.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism

« on: June 10, 2014, 11:31:29 am »

three things:

- the point about attribution is a fair one but i think you're using it as an excuse to avoid trying something new because it makes you nervous. you're a whole-hog kind of guy. so maybe go whole-hog on sprinting and jumping for a while. (more on this below.)
- the treadmill is not going to make you "more athletic," certainly not in 10 minute bursts. the only way that'd be the case is if you were grotesquely obese and out of shape, in which case any physical activity would make you more athletic. set the bar low enough...
- no idea what aussie winters are like -- as an american i always just imagine them being beautiful and sunny and everyone says "mate" a lot and drinks fosters on the beach with hot women in white bikinis everywhere, but that can't possibly be accurate -- but where i live it is a crappy time to be doing stuff like sprints that require you to be outside or in some kind of proper facility. so not wanting to do bounds and sprints and whatnot now is fair enough. winter is a good time for GPP. but when it gets nice out again, consider a real-live speed block. raptor is right, you're slow as fuck. getting faster can only benefit you.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!

« on: June 09, 2014, 03:47:15 pm »

tried to work out but head prevented anything resembling effort. shot around for 20 minutes and came home. water and rest.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: A Journey to Running Fast and Jumping High

« on: June 09, 2014, 11:48:30 am »

behold, the power of waking up your CNS with some good old-fashioned competition before you work out. nice job, man.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism

« on: June 09, 2014, 11:46:26 am »

entropy, you weren't around for the heyday of adarq's training, but he used to do HUGE volumes to train reactivity and tendon strength. like half tucks for sets of 100 and stuff like that. everyone has a ceiling for all their attributes, but few people are near their ceiling for any one attribute. so, you and i are slow dudes. but why would that mean we can't get faster? why would that mean our tendons can't get stronger under pressure? why would that mean we can improve our movement efficiency? we've both gotten stronger through lifting (and we've both regressed, too). but we've also both put too much emphasis on squatting at one point or other. for me, the point is to dunk. for you, it's to be better at basketball.

you love squatting, and so do i. even when it's depressing it's comforting. but it's time to switch up the grind, man.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!

« on: June 09, 2014, 11:38:45 am »

last night headache stayed bad but i did some shoulder stability stuff (planks, paused pushups with exaggerated scap retraction, band pull aparts/pushes) and some stretching.

today my headache...stayed bad. so i took the day off work. just now getting out of bed and it's 11:30. headache is somewhat better than 7:30, when i took some aspirin and drank some more water, but still unpleasant. hopefully it'll be better in a couple of hours and i can get in a mid-afternoon workout.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Chris' training journal

« on: June 08, 2014, 08:23:22 pm »

interesting. i never think about ankle extension on anything but maybe donkey ankle bounces. way too in the weeds for me cue-wise. i still have to cue myself to stay low and build speed on each step during running jumps.

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: beast

« on: June 08, 2014, 07:32:34 pm »

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJ2xhEneGt0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJ2xhEneGt0</a>

god he just FUCKS with it.

ETA: i love the lady commenter, who just laughs. that's the appropriate response.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Chris' training journal

« on: June 08, 2014, 07:28:27 pm »

are you more aware of ankle extension on SL jumps than DL, in general?

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!

« on: June 08, 2014, 07:05:26 pm »

i upvoted a bunch of adarq's posts to restore the natural balance of things. otherwise this weekend was a loss training wise but a huge gain fun/relaxation wise. one of my really good friends got married so there were tons of great friends in from out of town and we just had a blast. now i have a headache and a bit of nausea and am very tired. worth it.

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