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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: Squat 355 x 3 with thighs exposed, plus ~38" running vert pic
« on: February 14, 2011, 12:41:36 pm »
That looks really high... if you would've pulled your heels to the butt, that would've looked incredible. :ninja:

How much have you practiced your two footed jump since you were pretty much an exclusive one-leg jumper?

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ADARQ & LanceSTS - Q&A / Re: LR vs RL plant for Dunking
« on: February 14, 2011, 12:37:07 pm »
You ended a LR planter because you probably jump a lot to block shots with your right arm. If you do that, you're going to jump LR so that the right arm is forward to reach towards the jump shooter. Also, shooting off the dribble is usually a LR plant so that the right arm is a bit forward. That skateboard thing, and pretty much anything else - is very indicative of your natural stable position. A stable position is a good position to jump off from.

Whenever I look at Vince (Carter) jumping for a block, he plants RL and goes up with his left hand, because he naturally plants RL. And you can see that in his block shot jumps as well.

PS. My therapist commented on how much more developed my right forearm is. No idea why.

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ADARQ & LanceSTS - Q&A / Re: LR vs RL plant for Dunking
« on: February 14, 2011, 12:06:44 pm »
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Pushing a Heavy object - Right foot forward
2-foot jump plant - LR
Kick - Left leg
Starting sprint stance - Right leg forward
1 foot jumping leg - Right leg

All the bolded stuff suggests you should jump RL. Let me ask you something else: what way do you stand on a skateboard? Although I don't have a skate or use one, when I fooled around with one I was beyond any doubt standing on it in a LR stance, with the left leg on it and the right leg pushing into the ground. That's solid with my natural LR plant.

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: Markus PR deadlifts
« on: February 14, 2011, 09:30:06 am »
Quote from: joejoe22 on February 14, 2011, 09:27:03 am
Man that was nothing for him!  Has he ever tried American Football?  He'd be a beast as an offensive lineman.  Nice work Big Papa!

American Football in Germany sounds really popular.

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: Markus PR deadlifts
« on: February 14, 2011, 09:12:11 am »
So what, you're now focusing on maximal lifts or are you just benchmarking him?

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Introduce Yourself / Re: Norwegian Girl
« on: February 14, 2011, 08:36:54 am »
Hm... not sure what to say. I was about to say that's a good indicator of explosive strength but at your strength levels and explosiveness displayed with snatches and cleans, I'm not really sure what your broad jump should be like...

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ADARQ & LanceSTS - Q&A / Re: LR vs RL plant for Dunking
« on: February 14, 2011, 08:33:48 am »
Quote from: Jon on February 14, 2011, 08:24:05 am
Yea I know it's weird. I grew up playing soccer - almost all right leg, didn't play basketball at all till I was 18 (22 now), and never attempted jumping till I was 19 so those things could be contributing factors.

Raptor - another guy is jrue holiday. He definitely favors his right leg by a mile but yea not too many.

If you kick with your right leg in soccer, then you rotate on the left leg to kick exactly as in a LR plant. So your natural plant should be LR. However, trying to touch something over head might change the mechanics a bit...

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: February 14, 2011, 08:23:16 am »
So have you gone to the doc yet?

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Article & Video Discussion / Re: short versus tall athletes
« on: February 14, 2011, 08:11:44 am »
Yeah I just remember how much different of a feeling is after I play 5 on 5 basketball, which I do very rarely. It just feels like the entire leg is fatigued. No muscle groups separation in terms of fatigue or anything. Just the entire leg. It just feels... weird. Probably because of lactic acid or something, and more blood flow. I just feel more elastic when I'm in the middle of a 5 on 5, albeit fatigued enough not to jump well.

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: 160 kg deadlift with horrible form
« on: February 14, 2011, 08:08:23 am »
What's your max deadlift Andrew? I mean, what was it the last time you tested it?

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: Markus PR deadlifts
« on: February 14, 2011, 08:05:51 am »
Quote from: DamienZ on February 14, 2011, 07:17:23 am
Quote from: adarqui on February 14, 2011, 04:38:31 am
very nice progress markus, form looked good.

how much weight loss he down to now?

pC

last time he weighed himself he was "only" -11kg. but the tape measure says that he lost more fat than that, so he seems to be building some muscle :strong:

It's weird that he trusts staying in the same room with you. Now that's bravery!

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ADARQ & LanceSTS - Q&A / Re: LR vs RL plant for Dunking
« on: February 14, 2011, 08:05:18 am »
The only right handed guy I know that's jumping from his right leg when dunking is JR Smith...

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: 160 kg deadlift with horrible form
« on: February 14, 2011, 05:43:20 am »
Oh boy he was really lucky on these! :o ;D

Yeah I'll try it, see what happens. Should be better for my structure for sure. It's for a deadlift what a wide stance squat is for a ... squat :uhhhfacepalm:

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Article & Video Discussion / Re: short versus tall athletes
« on: February 14, 2011, 05:40:37 am »
Quote from: adarqui on February 14, 2011, 05:14:01 am
i imagine you've gotten:
1. less fit
2. fatter
3. overly strength trained
4. more emo

And you imagine right. The CoolColJ path baby!

Nah, I really need to work on sprints and suicide-like drills/change direction stuff and get lighter. That should be the priority right now and I'm slowly transitioning into that type of work.

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Article & Video Discussion / Re: Two foot jump technique
« on: February 14, 2011, 05:36:56 am »
Yeah it was visual. He could get about 2 inches over the rim, and then on the 2nd jump, he got almost the whole palm over the rim (definitely over the half of the palm).

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