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Injury, Prehab, & Rehab talk for the brittlebros / Re: Becoming a supple leopard
« on: August 12, 2013, 09:11:08 pm »
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Eric's Journal
« on: August 12, 2013, 03:24:49 pm »
much as i disparage crossfit i love following this journal. somehow it is very entertaining. how much do you weigh now? competition plans anytime soon?
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Sharing of Q&A Session with Jack W & Joel S
« on: August 12, 2013, 02:37:07 pm »
QOTD: DOES SCOOB HAVE VISIBLE ABS OR DOES HE NOT?
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: August 12, 2013, 11:37:06 am »
great weekend at the beach although not enough sleep and diet was kind of crappy. i wasn't trying to be high-maintenance with my gf's parents paying for everything. yesterday ran about two miles in the morning and then did some calisthenics and stretching. felt good to get the juices flowing a bit. did mobility work, as well.
also i'm dropping the hip socket work i've been doing. i feel like it's exacerbating the tightness/impingement in my left hip -- it's still not really a problem but when it's there i feel like it's there harder, if that makes sense. either i'm doing the exercise wrong or i misdiagnosed my problem. either way, it's gone. gonna switch to hip ER/IR stretching+SMR combo and calf work. OH work with the peanut will continue apace.
also i'm dropping the hip socket work i've been doing. i feel like it's exacerbating the tightness/impingement in my left hip -- it's still not really a problem but when it's there i feel like it's there harder, if that makes sense. either i'm doing the exercise wrong or i misdiagnosed my problem. either way, it's gone. gonna switch to hip ER/IR stretching+SMR combo and calf work. OH work with the peanut will continue apace.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Strength and athleticism
« on: August 12, 2013, 11:32:53 am »Being strong will inevitably make you heavier.
i saw this and thought, briefly, that i should make it my new sig. and then i was like, nah, the line i have in there now is way better.
but still, this is one of the weirdest sentences ever posted on this forum.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Sharing of Q&A Session with Jack W & Joel S
« on: August 12, 2013, 11:31:29 am »We're you 14% body fat in that video? Because it didn't look like it.. Nice jump!!
i would agree with this. the vid is low-res but you look closer to 11-12% to me. what lyle mcdonald would call an "athletic" bf %.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: August 12, 2013, 11:29:57 am »
the thing of it is, entropy does keep a cool head and keeps to his plans. he comes on here and freaks the fuck out over tiny shit and gets all hyperbolic about wasting months of training and whatnot. and then he just keeps on keeping on and getting PR's. so maybe he just needs adarq.org to vent and we should all stop reacting to it because he generally doesn't seem to be carrying that venting over into changing his workouts every two weeks.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: August 12, 2013, 11:20:28 am »just a question about the squat
I just did 55kg first set was good up to 5 reps, but form was a bit shaky.
so i should do a weight which i can do with good form and complete the required sets and reps i.e. 3x5, 4x5, 4x8 and also a weight which when squatting there is no grinding and slow movement when going up but should be done without grinding fluid one movement and with good depth and good form, until then i can move up a weight.
so i should go back down a weight to around 45-50kg and do it that way and if i fail, it should become easier the next time i attempt it as hypertrophy was induced even though if i failed in completing the rep as required.
what is wrong with you.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: August 09, 2013, 08:46:45 pm »
WEIGHT: 174
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: right knee a little
MENTAL STATE: sluggish, pissed because i was twitchy as hell in late afternoon and would have killed any and all workouts
about 5 PM:
- warm up
- avishek SL bounds x 3,3,3
higher effort than usual, liked it
- broad jump x 4
maybe 2" shy of 12yds
- DL bound x 4,4,4
atrocious
- sprint 30m x 3
no times but these were sloooww and plodding
***break***
about 7 PM
- depth jump @ very low box x 4,4,4
excellent (???), might have PR'd for my current set up in the second set.
- squat 325 x 1,1,1; 225 x 5,5
legs and back and brain unwilling
- bench 145 x 10+3+3+3
- BOR 145 x 10+3+3+3
- GHR x 1,1,1,1,1
- windshield wiper x 10,10,10
- stretch
weird workout. i wish i'd been able to leave work around 10 AM because i was flying at 11 and had peaked and dipped by 5, but oh well. now for two days at the beach7 with the gf and her family. not sure what workouts will be available but i'll see what i can do. i haven't been to rehoboth since i was about 7 or 8 years old.
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: right knee a little
MENTAL STATE: sluggish, pissed because i was twitchy as hell in late afternoon and would have killed any and all workouts
about 5 PM:
- warm up
- avishek SL bounds x 3,3,3
higher effort than usual, liked it
- broad jump x 4
maybe 2" shy of 12yds
- DL bound x 4,4,4
atrocious
- sprint 30m x 3
no times but these were sloooww and plodding
***break***
about 7 PM
- depth jump @ very low box x 4,4,4
excellent (???), might have PR'd for my current set up in the second set.
- squat 325 x 1,1,1; 225 x 5,5
legs and back and brain unwilling
- bench 145 x 10+3+3+3
- BOR 145 x 10+3+3+3
- GHR x 1,1,1,1,1
- windshield wiper x 10,10,10
- stretch
weird workout. i wish i'd been able to leave work around 10 AM because i was flying at 11 and had peaked and dipped by 5, but oh well. now for two days at the beach7 with the gf and her family. not sure what workouts will be available but i'll see what i can do. i haven't been to rehoboth since i was about 7 or 8 years old.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Scooby 2011 Journal
« on: August 09, 2013, 09:57:16 am »
great post scooby. and congrats on the 373!
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: August 08, 2013, 10:47:00 pm »
my brother is being discharged from the hospital tomorrow after three weeks and he's moving to vermont to be in a long-term place up there, so i went to hang out with him tonight instead of working out. gonna do mobility stuff now. appetite is low. will do a two-fer tomorrow: sprint/jump and then weights later.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: FP's Jump Journal
« on: August 08, 2013, 09:57:51 pm »
there's a whole thread on that, i think entropy started it. in short: yes, you can improve your movement efficiency in all kinds of ways. if you work on agility drills (line hops, agility ladder, running around cones, that kind of thing) consistently, you'll get better at moving your feet. it's no different than any other skill: some people are more gifted than others but everyone can improve to a degree with practice.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: August 08, 2013, 09:52:54 pm »Woah. Cool. What do you even do, again?
http:// www. akd . org/
add an "n" after the "d" and remove spaces. not tryna let this place ever show up when someone searches that url. my organization is the US face of the whole rest of what's on that website and a lot of other stuff, because the site is not very good. i do mostly environment stuff -- disaster risk reduction, disaster response, renewable energy, (human) habitat improvement -- and integrated (i.e., multi-sectoral) programs.