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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: 3x8 or 3x5?
« on: November 02, 2010, 05:46:21 am »
Well yeah... I will... 
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: 3x8 or 3x5?
« on: November 02, 2010, 05:18:40 am »
Yeah I might do that on Workout C. Was planning on doing depth jumps once per week.
The problem is - my bodyweight will increase and it's not really smart to do depth jumps and stuff like that I guess.
The problem is - my bodyweight will increase and it's not really smart to do depth jumps and stuff like that I guess.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: 3x8 or 3x5?
« on: November 02, 2010, 02:31:47 am »
Yes but I won't be able to jump this winter since it will be cold outside, and I don't WANT to jump while gaining weight (muscle and fat). I want to only strength train.
And no, I can't "eat like an athlete". I already have irritable bowel syndrome and feel like puking all day long (literally all day long) so that's a no-no for me. I try to but I can't. The word "eat" make me feel like I want to puke.
And no, I can't "eat like an athlete". I already have irritable bowel syndrome and feel like puking all day long (literally all day long) so that's a no-no for me. I try to but I can't. The word "eat" make me feel like I want to puke.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Latest Kelly Baggett's article including VJB 2.0 announcement!!!
« on: November 01, 2010, 05:42:27 pm »
Yes he did.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Latest Kelly Baggett's article including VJB 2.0 announcement!!!
« on: November 01, 2010, 05:01:15 pm »
Hypertrophy? What are you talking about? That's BAD! You only need strength. Or so they say... 
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: 3x8 or 3x5?
« on: November 01, 2010, 04:57:28 pm »
Oh you bet. I don't care if I pack fat right now... I'll shed that down later. I'm at ~15% bodyfat right now. My diet isn't really anything... I'm trying to eat meat and eggs, I won't drink milk (intolerance) and take about 100g of protein (if you're to believe the label) each day by protein shakes...
I can't really eat much on my own, I have to struggle hard to do it but hey, I try. If I take my weight at ~85-86 kg (from a stable 81 kg) and then carefully shed fat later in the spring to get to ~75 kg (I have a lot of fat to shed off) then I should be great.
Hip thrusts make my knee pain reappear ... I think for some reason there's pressure on it when I get "up" on them. And I kind of like the squat + unilateral thing that I'm currently doing.
THE PROBLEM right now is that my left shoulder, elbow and wrist are hurting like hell because of the low bar position in the squat. That's a huge one. It gets worse and worse as I'm advancing. I feel "kind of" comfortable with my right arm in this position but my left arm just agonizes - it can't really get over the bar (the palm) in the position unless my palm/wrist is bend at 90 degrees or maybe even more. I think this is the same reason why I can't keep a clean racked on my shoulders... the elbows just don't come up. If they would, then the bar would sit in the middle of my neck.
The second GREAT problem is the bar keeps on slowly sliding down my back as I do my squat reps... that loads the elbows and creates great pain.
I can't really eat much on my own, I have to struggle hard to do it but hey, I try. If I take my weight at ~85-86 kg (from a stable 81 kg) and then carefully shed fat later in the spring to get to ~75 kg (I have a lot of fat to shed off) then I should be great.
Hip thrusts make my knee pain reappear ... I think for some reason there's pressure on it when I get "up" on them. And I kind of like the squat + unilateral thing that I'm currently doing.
THE PROBLEM right now is that my left shoulder, elbow and wrist are hurting like hell because of the low bar position in the squat. That's a huge one. It gets worse and worse as I'm advancing. I feel "kind of" comfortable with my right arm in this position but my left arm just agonizes - it can't really get over the bar (the palm) in the position unless my palm/wrist is bend at 90 degrees or maybe even more. I think this is the same reason why I can't keep a clean racked on my shoulders... the elbows just don't come up. If they would, then the bar would sit in the middle of my neck.
The second GREAT problem is the bar keeps on slowly sliding down my back as I do my squat reps... that loads the elbows and creates great pain.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: vag's journal : Age vs Vertical
« on: November 01, 2010, 03:25:40 pm »
That's great in a very fatigued state.
Interestingly enough, I was jumping my highest after intense warm-ups (like 50 minutes long) - I was feeling very very tired yet was jumping very high.
Interestingly enough, I was jumping my highest after intense warm-ups (like 50 minutes long) - I was feeling very very tired yet was jumping very high.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: 3x8 or 3x5?
« on: November 01, 2010, 02:54:20 pm »
Well yes they go hand in hand. Anyway, I'm going to do this and see what happens. Call it an experiment.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: 3x8 or 3x5?
« on: November 01, 2010, 07:27:59 am »
Well yeah I'm kind of abandoning speed and explosive work. My plan was to use workout C for that, on Tuesday. Jump squats/power cleans/depth jumps at that time.
So:
WO A1
WO B1
WO C
rest
WO A2
WO B2
rest
So:
WO A1
WO B1
WO C
rest
WO A2
WO B2
rest
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: November 01, 2010, 07:26:11 am »
It's 5AM out there?
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Basketball / Re: Did we all just get clamantfever'd?
« on: November 01, 2010, 07:10:34 am »
After Effects does wonders for your vert!
No but really, props to him for that jump... great technique and great compression into the floor, loaded the legs very very well.
The problem with him is that he sucks (when you're to compare that jump with his others) at jumping with the ball in hands. He probably needs stronger shoulders/upperbody to jump better with the ball in hand (and/or maybe improvements in with the ball jumping technique).
Other than that, the jumped looked great.
No but really, props to him for that jump... great technique and great compression into the floor, loaded the legs very very well.
The problem with him is that he sucks (when you're to compare that jump with his others) at jumping with the ball in hands. He probably needs stronger shoulders/upperbody to jump better with the ball in hand (and/or maybe improvements in with the ball jumping technique).
Other than that, the jumped looked great.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: 3x8 or 3x5?
« on: November 01, 2010, 07:03:20 am »
So a 8RM rep scheme is a bodybuilding rep scheme? 8RM is decent for strength gains and more towards hypertrophy than a 5RM rep scheme is... I don't think there's a huge difference. 12-15 reps would be.
I mean, do you find anything wrong going with 8 rep sets in a workout and 5 rep sets in another?
I mean, do you find anything wrong going with 8 rep sets in a workout and 5 rep sets in another?
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: November 01, 2010, 06:14:09 am »
I don't like barbell shrugs either. I prefer db shrugs or plate shrugs (for the plates with handles).
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: 3x8 or 3x5?
« on: November 01, 2010, 06:04:33 am »
What I meant by "yet" is that people tend to say that in order to jump well off one leg you need to be rail-skinny... and that going for hypertrophy (I see Shannon as being "too big" to consider him a great one leg jumper the first time I ever see him/not knowing if he's able to jump or not) is going to kill your one-leg jump (even if the hypertrophy occurs in the "right" places).
Same goes for D Wade, LeBron and other people. They might have thin ankles etc but they have "big" muscles in the upperlegs/butt.
Same goes for D Wade, LeBron and other people. They might have thin ankles etc but they have "big" muscles in the upperlegs/butt.
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Bios / Re: herschel walker is a freak of nature - 47 years old
« on: November 01, 2010, 04:29:48 am »
As silly as it may sound, "chi" and all that energy stuff does exist and is available to everybody... it's just a matter of knowing how to gather that. And I know it's sounds like Kung-Fu movies, but I have actually had a friend who just went to some Qigong courses and he could literally make you feel "energy" in your palm from his fingers, with his fingers being 8 inches away from your palm. That was amazing.
It felt like some sort of magnet is reacting to your skin... and he said he just learned that at qigong... nothing special about him or anything. I learned a lot of very, very interesting stuff that day. In fact, I feel like I should go to one of those meetings.
It felt like some sort of magnet is reacting to your skin... and he said he just learned that at qigong... nothing special about him or anything. I learned a lot of very, very interesting stuff that day. In fact, I feel like I should go to one of those meetings.