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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: vag's journal : Age vs Vertical
« on: December 15, 2010, 01:06:29 pm »You haven't done any MSEM yet have you?
Jesus you're lazy.
Yeah, I am.
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Yeah, I am.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: December 15, 2010, 12:13:26 pm »
Are you guys able to do this stretch well?
I can't do that. My back hurts and feels so "short" so I have to stop it. And my abs are tight as you can't believe, no wonder I don't get proper hip extension.
I can't do that. My back hurts and feels so "short" so I have to stop it. And my abs are tight as you can't believe, no wonder I don't get proper hip extension.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: December 15, 2010, 08:18:02 am »
stretching:
- stretched full body for an hour but, best thing i did, was this stretch where you lie down flat then bring your legs over your face, point of foot touching ground above your head. i held that for 2 sets, for about 5-8 minutes.. really helped my erectors which have been pretty tight lately, feel very good from it.
I don't get it, how can you "point of foot toucing ground above your head". It's either touching the ground or it's above your head.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: vag's journal : Age vs Vertical
« on: December 15, 2010, 08:15:06 am »
You haven't done any MSEM yet have you?
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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: GREAT SQUATTTING THREAD
« on: December 15, 2010, 03:15:14 am »ROFL, nah man, i go like 2inches deeper than him...
Looked more like 5.08 cm lower to me.
lol, whats a "centimeter"? Is that similar to a "kilogram"?
lbs and inches, ftw.
How do you know "cm" stands for "centimeters"? Oh, you know what these are... and YOU PRETEND NOT TO! Caught you in the ACT!
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: December 15, 2010, 03:08:36 am »
WTF IS WRONG WITH YOUR EYES!!! IT looks like your sick/tired/high!! Jesus man, go see a doctor lol...did you get into a bar fight???
I guess it's the... um... "full moon effect"
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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: GREAT SQUATTTING THREAD
« on: December 14, 2010, 05:02:57 pm »ROFL, nah man, i go like 2inches deeper than him...
Looked more like 5.08 cm lower to me.
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ADARQ & LanceSTS - Q&A / Re: Every day squatting
« on: December 14, 2010, 02:45:01 pm »
Great, I'll keep that in mind, thanks! 
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: December 14, 2010, 02:39:45 pm »
Haha, pure dedication and respect to Adarqui for this video...
2x squat singles for the win!
2x squat singles for the win!
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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: Cskin gettin up nicely!@!
« on: December 14, 2010, 02:25:15 pm »
Yeah I should've said "hip" bend... his knees don't go forward as much as yours 
He has more of a "reach out" plant while you have more of a "reach under" plant.
He has more of a "reach out" plant while you have more of a "reach under" plant.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: NEW type of depth jump experimentation time
« on: December 14, 2010, 02:08:53 pm »
It's interesting you mention this because my best jumps off two feet came when I jumped relaxed. The usual mindset is, since we want to put the most force possible, to come like a bull and maximally power yourself up, but whenever I did that my quads were like exclusively loaded and the posterior chain completely out of the equation.
Whenever I was going relaxed the plant was so much more under control with less overload and a quicker and higher jump. No more "whole body blocking" occuring (when your whole body stiffens up and becomes "rigid"). I think one explanation could be that since I'm not that reactive, the overload killed more my jump than done good and while being relaxed I had more of a opportunity to apply posterior chain voluntary force.
Well I think it's obvious the calves want to stop the heel from collapsing and dropping backwards overloads that particular plane of movement more than dropping backwards, so the calves are more stimulated into stopping the heel from striking the ground.
Whenever I was going relaxed the plant was so much more under control with less overload and a quicker and higher jump. No more "whole body blocking" occuring (when your whole body stiffens up and becomes "rigid"). I think one explanation could be that since I'm not that reactive, the overload killed more my jump than done good and while being relaxed I had more of a opportunity to apply posterior chain voluntary force.
Backwards depth drops are another decent option although just based on feel they seem to really overload the ankles more than the forward version for some reason.
Well I think it's obvious the calves want to stop the heel from collapsing and dropping backwards overloads that particular plane of movement more than dropping backwards, so the calves are more stimulated into stopping the heel from striking the ground.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: NEW type of depth jump experimentation time
« on: December 14, 2010, 01:04:18 pm »Raptor you are right. The knee and hip (or quad vs glute) contribution to the vertical jump is variable depending on the individual. Based on biomechanical testing it can be as much as 57% glute to 23% quad on one extreme to 49% quad and 28% glute at the other end, depending on the individual.
Do you think you can change that in an individual or it's strictly related to structure. Obviously it's related to strength as well but do you think someone can suddenly change his jumping style and get higher instantly? I think so and I've done it, and you talked about that (immediate increase) in the VJB if I remember right.
I had one guy that was playing with me who was pretty strong etc but would just go and plant both feet at the same time (ala Justin Darlington) and jumping using his quads a lot (his legs were straight under him and knees were going forward a ton). So I said "how about you throw your legs foward more, in front of you" and he wouldn't understand... so I showed him...
And then what do you know? The next jump doing this, despite him ALWAYS jumping the way I described, quad bound, he got like 4-5 inches higher. I mean, I was expecting "some" improvement but not like that!
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: NEW type of depth jump experimentation time
« on: December 14, 2010, 12:58:05 pm »Kellyb: What is a black person. Serious question.
Vince (Carter) was really black back in the day. He's now more of a tweener (seriously). Guess that explains his lack of hops nowadays.
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ADARQ & LanceSTS - Q&A / Re: Every day squatting
« on: December 14, 2010, 12:54:29 pm »
Yeah I know, but you guys were saying "EXTREMELY WELL" warm-up so I figured that automatically means I need to feel pumped and "hot" (I'm pretty hot naked but I need to be dressed in the gym, gym policy).
OK, thanks for the answer
OK, thanks for the answer
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ADARQ & LanceSTS - Q&A / Re: Every day squatting
« on: December 14, 2010, 10:30:50 am »http://www.higher-faster-sports.com/warmups.html
Yeah I know that article and that's what I'm usually doing.