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Article & Video Discussion / Re: Unilaterals Make You Weaker
« on: November 22, 2010, 05:55:55 pm »
? What doesn't have to work as harder? The lateralis?
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Basketball / Re: Blake Griffin needs his own thread - This guy is a freak
« on: November 22, 2010, 05:54:27 pm »0:40
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: BOX JUMPS ARE STUPID - STOP BRAGGING AND DO A REAL VERT, BITCHES
« on: November 22, 2010, 05:45:18 pm »
Would it make sense to you if I were to squat 2 times per week and one time go with full squats and the other go with heavier partials for more specificity, like half squats or 1/4 squats?
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ADARQ & LanceSTS - Q&A / Re: Great forum section
« on: November 22, 2010, 05:36:35 pm »
Yeah well despite how good/bad intentioned or with great/poor knowledge someone is, it's still your choice as an athlete to listen or not to listen to that particular guy or group of people. So when you think about it, the merit is still a very high % to the athlete for putting in the work and making the right decisions.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: BOX JUMPS ARE STUPID - STOP BRAGGING AND DO A REAL VERT, BITCHES
« on: November 22, 2010, 02:05:55 pm »
Well I think there are two important reasons why one should squat for a higher VJ:
1) To build muscle that will generate tension for greater power. To do this, the best way is probably a deep squat and coupling phase time, specificity and things like these aren't that important.
2) To overload a muscle with "some weight" in a specific manner to the jump itself with a smaller ROM, more attention being paid at the coupling time and joint angles.
Now, I don't know if 2) is needed. It's probably needed just because the plyos damage the body so much if they are done endlessly, so then the 2) part is probably a good compromise. Otherwise, plyos are the way to go in my opinion.
1) To build muscle that will generate tension for greater power. To do this, the best way is probably a deep squat and coupling phase time, specificity and things like these aren't that important.
2) To overload a muscle with "some weight" in a specific manner to the jump itself with a smaller ROM, more attention being paid at the coupling time and joint angles.
Now, I don't know if 2) is needed. It's probably needed just because the plyos damage the body so much if they are done endlessly, so then the 2) part is probably a good compromise. Otherwise, plyos are the way to go in my opinion.
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Article & Video Discussion / Re: Unilaterals Make You Weaker
« on: November 22, 2010, 01:56:11 pm »
Well they might, but why only in the 1st ever session and NEVER EVER after? Maybe just because I laid off some time away from any strength train, so soreness will be regardless the "first time" in quite a while you squat again. But whatever, the VMO was so much stimulated... while the vastus lateralis barely had any soreness.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: November 22, 2010, 01:54:12 pm »
So this is some kind of minus-7 level training - how not to get stimulated "oh shit, if I jump high I'll hit my head. OK, I'll jump lower!".
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News, Announcements, & Suggestions / Re: Random adarq.org website news
« on: November 22, 2010, 01:51:15 pm »
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News, Announcements, & Suggestions / Re: Adsense
« on: November 22, 2010, 01:50:33 pm »
Apparently, Andrew is not a cop. Shocking, I know.
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ADARQ & LanceSTS - Q&A / Re: Great forum section
« on: November 22, 2010, 01:48:51 pm »
Hey, can't I come at him? I've always imagined that! 
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Pics, Videos, & Links / Blake Griffin
« on: November 22, 2010, 01:11:20 pm »
'Nuff said
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwx9HiM4Aw0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwx9HiM4Aw0</a>
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Pics, Videos, & Links / Level 6 (not 7 yet) Nightfly training
« on: November 22, 2010, 12:32:35 pm »6943
Article & Video Discussion / Re: Unilaterals Make You Weaker
« on: November 22, 2010, 10:58:42 am »
When I first started doing low bar squats, the first thing I have witnessed was GREAT vastus medialis recruitment. That only happened in that first session and never happened again. I have no idea what this means.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: BOX JUMPS ARE STUPID - STOP BRAGGING AND DO A REAL VERT, BITCHES
« on: November 22, 2010, 10:52:51 am »
Would you say he'd choose the box squat because he doesn't know HOW to increase one's VJ, or because he's a strength addict, or both? (and please, no politically correct things like "well he knows how (because I talk with him and he's my buddy) but he doesn't want to etc). HONESTY! (I shouldn't worry about that though, you've always been honest so... 
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: November 22, 2010, 10:50:03 am »
If there's anything I ain't, then I ain't an adarqui hater... I couldn't ever be. But again, 1 inch from that camera distance and angle is much more there. If there would've been a one inch distance, then from this angle it would seem his head hit the backboard. It's interesting since Andrew is pretty tough on his jumping in terms of inch-inflation, so it's somewhat surprising, which means he really genuinely believes it's 1 inch. One inch it's two squares on a math paper.