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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: A few videos from yesterday
« on: July 14, 2010, 04:37:53 am »
Yeah everything you said is true. Not only that, but when you think about it - landing in a stretched position can put on a lot of other benefits (including better activation and possibly hypertrophy). I think RJ is very fond and favorable in training in a stretched position. The thing is if you can do that safely.

I really need to focus on landing properly and landing in a manner (especially with my arms) that allows me to jump immediately forward as I land. The same thing I was saying in the DC Jayhawk's depth jumps (that he didn't have his arms in the proper position to take off quickly again).

So I need to go all out and do stuff... I'm always afraid of going all out... it's my mentality so it's hard to change that... I'm always very careful when jumping so I limit myself a lot to be safe...

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: Richard Sorin - 521 lb deadlift x 3 on 60th birthday - Deserves it's own thread
« on: July 14, 2010, 04:33:01 am »
Quote from: LanceSTS on July 14, 2010, 04:14:37 am
Quote from: Raptor on July 14, 2010, 03:58:49 am
Well first off, that was really cool. Secondly, "Sorin" is a Romanian name :D

And thirdly, I do pretty much the same thing before a heavy squat or deadlift. I usually psyche out, I feel the body temperature increase, anxiety, electric current through the body, a rush of power and tension occuring, and then I just go and do my thing. It's great but it's very consuming on the CNS.

Do you have a video of you doing a heavy squat or deadlift? Its hard to imagine you doing a heavy squat or deadlift for some reason(well that reason being you look "frail" for a heavy squat or deadlift :)

ps. see my journal on tvs to understand this

Haha I don't need to see the journal... I know exactly what you mean. It doesn't help with me jumping 50 inches every single time... it's so hard to imagine me squatting that much when I'm the kind of high jumper that beats Sotomayor.

Two skeletons are grabbing themselves by the fat... or something...? Huh? Nevermind :D

PS. Damn, I'm starting to develop the Jay Schroeder disease.

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Article & Video Discussion / Re: LD ISOS
« on: July 14, 2010, 04:30:11 am »
Maybe he should photoshop a few things and that's it... :D

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: amazing natural glute ham raise
« on: July 14, 2010, 04:01:56 am »
I hate that my knee is injured... because I can do pretty much the same thing even though I have much more bodyfat than that guy so it's more difficult for me (and I was doing them on the floor by the way... with just a gym mat folded a few times under my knees)...

This video really makes me want to go out and film one natural GHR rep...

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: Richard Sorin - 521 lb deadlift x 3 on 60th birthday - Deserves it's own thread
« on: July 14, 2010, 03:58:49 am »
Well first off, that was really cool. Secondly, "Sorin" is a Romanian name :D

And thirdly, I do pretty much the same thing before a heavy squat or deadlift. I usually psyche out, I feel the body temperature increase, anxiety, electric current through the body, a rush of power and tension occuring, and then I just go and do my thing. It's great but it's very consuming on the CNS.

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: A few videos from yesterday
« on: July 14, 2010, 03:51:40 am »
I have analyzed my jumps/bounds/2-leg bounds frame by frame yesterday and discovered a few things:

1) I don't get "deep enough" on my two-leg bounds so I think I put mostly quad in them (since I bend at a 1/4 squat position); I need to focus on getting deeper.

2) I don't completely hip hyperextend... I use just a short burst of hip extension and then stop it. If Bret Contreras was right, pulling the heels at my butt (flexing the knee) improves your ability to hip hyperextend by 5%, so that's interesting. I need to work on both more, hip hyperextension and heel-under butt pull and then leg extension forward to land further;

3) I don't use my arms like I could/should. I need to extend them and use the momentum they create.


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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: A few videos from yesterday
« on: July 13, 2010, 05:24:10 pm »
Oh yeah it's definitely the angle, but that pic you posted had a low jump... we filmed the side jumps the last and I was empty and wanted to just leave... no mood for jumping at all at that point. So that's like a 28 inch jump there. I think the jump is 31 inches in the pic I posted according to my timer. Still, the left leg is pretty extended (although lifted forward) in the pic I posted... and it's at that bar in the fence level. I need to measure that but I remember it's at 95 cm (I might be wrong). I need to measure that just for the fun's sake.

Anyway, my 2-leg bounds from today:

2-leg bounds: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDVO7rSw3j8

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Lower back soreness from 2-leg bounds
« on: July 13, 2010, 04:06:29 pm »
Yeah steven-miller suggested contracting the abs more on TVS... so I probably have sucky abs... they are whack actually.

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: A few videos from yesterday
« on: July 13, 2010, 03:58:02 pm »
A picture from yesterday:


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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Lower back soreness from 2-leg bounds
« on: July 13, 2010, 03:04:51 pm »
I did today a handful of sets of two-leg bounds (consecutive broad jumps) and I noticed my lower back was "full of blood" or had "the pump" while doing them... which makes me think I might be using the lower back as the primary hip extensor for some reason.

Any ideas? Is that normal (the feeling)?

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Article & Video Discussion / Re: LD ISOS
« on: July 13, 2010, 09:55:21 am »
Held them for 5 minutes... right...? :-\

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Article & Video Discussion / Re: LD ISOS
« on: July 13, 2010, 07:49:26 am »
Well I did those in the past...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMEH2u0N-lY

But for 20 seconds... more of yielding isometrics. I have no idea if they did anything. Maybe they improve the "isometric" control so to speak... make you more aware of how much can you tense isometrically. That could have a carryover in a one-leg jump where you contract isometrically your jumping leg to plant.

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Article & Video Discussion / Re: LD ISOS
« on: July 13, 2010, 03:58:27 am »
So you read 51 pages of that thread? :o

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: A few videos from yesterday
« on: July 13, 2010, 03:26:36 am »
Yeah, I have only myself to blame. The funny thing is that I don't really enjoy eating... I find it a snobism, a thing that rich people do (talk about eating) to make them look "cool" and to show they are rich etc. In fact, I hate pretty much everything about food in general... one things that you must never do if you meet me (and I mean that) is try to make me eat something you want me to eat... that's basically a red flag from me and I feel like killing you (I think my blood pressure rises to extreme levels). So, you know... :-*

So judging by this ^^^ it should be "easier" to lose fat. I'm probably just not disciplined enough to do interval runs etc, but I'll see what I can do from today on. I plan on alternating 2-leg bounds with sprints (in the same set), so I see what happens.


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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: A few videos from yesterday
« on: July 12, 2010, 04:07:35 pm »
Yup... for my RL plant I kind of try to make it look good... I'm getting up fine though, about 75 cm I think. But there's a big difference in between a small ball and a "big" ball in terms of technique (expected, but nonetheless annoying).

My one-leg jump hasn't increased in the last two years or so though... despite the gains in strength. I think one way into that is cutting the bodyfat a bit...

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