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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Squat vs Deadlift.
« on: February 20, 2011, 03:43:05 pm »
I think you can do deadlifts with bar drops at the top while in-season, since they're going to be 100% concentric and will not create too much soreness. And since you're in-season you're going to have a lot of plyo so it's going to be plyo+deads.

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Introduce Yourself / Re: Norwegian Girl
« on: February 20, 2011, 03:39:38 pm »
Ridiculous. Wonder if she'll try double arm swings for the bounds.

Also, she could probably have that heel run a bit more towards the butt and don't let it hang back when she sprints. You know, "imagine it's a glass wall at your back" kind of thing. At least, this is what I see in terms of possible improvements.

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Squat vs Deadlift.
« on: February 20, 2011, 02:12:02 pm »
Kelly, what do you think about my DJs + deadlifts idea? DJs should take care of the quads+calves and deadlifts of the posterior chain. And yes, I'm aware of TUT and CNS differences between this and using squats, but still...

Obviously it depends on what you're aiming for (strength, mass etc), although these things depend on other factors as well (food, rest times etc) but as a general idea, do you think depth jumps + deadlifts can be a valid replacement for squats?

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: 415lb squat
« on: February 20, 2011, 01:38:22 pm »
I set it at 335lbs and it was tested the Friday before week 1, which started on Monday.

So 335 was your true 1RM or was it lower? If so, what was the gain on Smolov?

By the way - is this what you did? http://joeskopec.com/smolov.html

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: February 20, 2011, 01:26:22 pm »
4:31 - biceps curls bar on the floor. CAUGHT YOU!

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What I've eaten:
Bananas
Honey bunches of oats

Um... the whole day?

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Squat vs Deadlift.
« on: February 20, 2011, 12:22:10 pm »
My doc said don't do deadlifts cuz my couzin blowed his back out doing them....now he's in a wheelchair.......he was taking cleatine too with deadlifts and the doc said his kidneys are almost blowed out too from it.....plus it made his temper really bad and he wanted to kick everybody's ass and creatin made him put some other guy in the hospital cuz he went off playin a pickup game..

now he has blowed out kidneys and blowed out back and he's only 16

dont' do deadlifts and cleatine braa11!!

Nice job hacking Kelly's account. ;D

ANYWAY - I know a guy who had a displaced kidney due to some 80 inch depth drops. Really, no kidding.

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: 415lb squat
« on: February 20, 2011, 07:56:22 am »
It's perfect form alright. More in the tank as well, it looked way too easy.

And your voice will always sound different recorded than in your head.

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Rankings
« on: February 20, 2011, 07:53:29 am »
YAAAAAAAAAOOWWWA

Perfect squat.

Beast thread worthy

x1000

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: February 19, 2011, 08:21:54 pm »
You have some long ass femurs right there

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Squat vs Deadlift.
« on: February 19, 2011, 06:55:53 pm »
Btw, if youre squatting deep enough, it is highly likely that your deadlift will go up along with your squat, if you only deadlift it is not as likely that your squat will go up in the same fashion.

Definitely, since a "good" deadlift is like a 1/4 squat, so it doesn't have as much (if any) carryover to a full squat as a full squat does to a deadlift.

The point is - could a deadlift and deadlift alone be used to gain muscle/strength (forget about jump specificity and all that, just pure muscle)?

Because, if it can, then you can just deadlift to gain muscle and do plyos to tweak and tune that muscle to act explosively.

For example, if you were to do depth jumps followed by deadlifts, then you'd get quad and calf stimuli by depth jumping, and also much more specificity than a squat for jumps, and deadlifts for the posterior chain as muscle growth stimuli.

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: beast
« on: February 19, 2011, 04:31:18 pm »
It's simple: imagine your torso was 5 meters tall. Would a barbell BSS be easy?

The further away from your center of gravity or the point of control is a weight, the harder it is to control.

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How do you define "toning"?

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: beast
« on: February 19, 2011, 09:43:41 am »
Good point. Wonder why he/she wasn't holding that pole over her head or on the shoulders.

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: beast
« on: February 19, 2011, 08:31:54 am »
I was about to say that's not really that impressive, I thought he had only one weight vest on, but 3? WTF? You can't know how much they weigh though...

its 305lb all.
just read the youtube description...

I did bss with a 230 lbs barbell, i think it's harder than using vests and dbs...

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUmtj15rk9I" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUmtj15rk9I</a> < this is 220 lbs but i also did them with 230

imho barbell makes it easier because of the better weight distribution and therefore more balance ;)

Are you crazy boy? What's easier to stabilize, a weight close to the ground or a weight far away from the ground?

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