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I do not state anything as fact at least I do not try to. I'm open to the idea that everything I think is wrong like a true philospher. But still, nobody has commented on descending on the toes, after I posted several videos of this type of squatting and steven insists that it does not exist and therefore my argument is flawed because I didn't take into consideration that this has been discussed before. Post some fucking links jesus christ.

My max squat is only 225 because I just started to train it in order to be normal. I did not want to train it the past 3 years. of my training.

I can post a video of myself squatting soon, but Kingfishes is spot on so check that one out on page 1. Again, a clear difference is in the way the knees track. Just watch how little his knees actually move horizontally compared to frank yang's squat. 

Also again steven, I said you had good form. I have nothing against your form actually, I can't see your feet perfectly though.
Kingfish - I recommend squatting heels bottom, toe at the top, not toe bottom heel top as you might have said I recommended and it's not unsafe at all with a moderate weight. This is just to teach people not to descend on the toes as they would prefer.


"3. The main problem with Avishek's actual argument is that it takes no recognition of thoughts previously spelled out by experienced coaches and experts. One can certainly name several of those figures, many of which will voice different opinions. Avishek however does not take notice of anyone who has thought through a lot of things and has provided conclusive lines of thought regarding optimal back squat technique for performance training. Instead he constructs, due to his limited experience and knowledge, some dichotomy that is really not there (toe-to-heal and heal-to-toe) and tries to underpin it with an incomplete "analysis" of "something". "


-THis is very true, but false at the same time. Taking into recognition all this past research is not a prerequisite for having a good argument, sound methods and logic are. My argument certainly does not take into recognition anything, I have no references, as I mentioned, I am using my common/kinesthetic sense and experience to analyze this and in reality i'm looking for feedback and an intelligent discussion which has not been made yet because nobody has the good will to just lay out some research and post some links. Instead people would rather be closed minded and brainless, except Lance who asked me to post my form. Steve, if you think you have all this wealth of fucking knowledge the correct thing to do is to just post it and it takes care of itself. The fact that you are commenting on my squat numbers and level of expertise shows you are lost as fuck and don't know how to rebut my argument off the top of your head. So basically, this is not biochemistry, or quantum physics, you don't need much of a brain to figure out this shit and I don't need to post references or have read every book on the subject to say something that makes sense.

LANCE: You think someone is going to increase their chances of injury from squatting heel-to-toe rather than toe-to-heel as they would probably do naturally? As the individuals in the videos I posted squat? What's worse for your knees? Answer is pretty obvious. THis argument is so fucking simple I do not understand why people don't get it.


And see? No one has even commented on my argument. Instead you pussy faggots post my old videos which do not represent my current training and ignore the main argument because you have no control over your amygdalas since you are all teenagers.


The one armed deadlifts are for grip strength undoubtable. It's more of a hold than a lift.

TLDR

8057
thanks my pine-tree worshiping friend.

last night. court was occupied by a make-up game. also i didn't sleep much on sunday night; i actually ended up taking an ambien around 1:15, which i never do. anyway:


ADD THIS NOTE TO EVERY POST SO YOU KEEP REMEMBERING: JUMP EVERY WORKOUT. IF THERE'S NO SPACE, FIND SPACE.

FOAM ROLL/LACROSSE BALL/SMR AFTER WORKOUTS AND ON REST DAYS.

STANDING QUAD/HAM/CALF/ITB/PEC STRETCHING THROUGHOUT THE DAY, EVERY HOUR OR SO.

KEEP SWEETS TO A MINIMUM. MOAR PROTEIN. MOAR VEGGIES.


BW = ???
SORENESS = none
ACHES/INJURIES = left toe like a motherfucker, left hip tweaked during warm up but no trouble during work sets
FATIGUE = moderate

- warm up

- depth jump x 5,5,5
seemed like every third rep was great and 2/3 sucked. inconsistent coordination.

- MR half tuck x 25,25,25

- squat 5 x 295,295,295
easy, no elbow pain. after the second set one of the oly lifters looked at me, shook his head and said, "that is a perfect squat."  :highfive:

- lat pull down 10 x 70,80,80

- OHP 5 x 95,95,95
lazy, doing it just to do it

- stretch

left hip is creaky today. i feel like an old person.  :(

gonna go to the gym tonight, get warm and do some serious SMR and stretching and maybe a little upper body and core work.

8058
What were you doing in Afghanistan?

You are around a 2xBW squat then?

I work for an NGO and one of my projects is in northern Afghanistan, so I'm over there for 2-3 weeks a year. Might end up being more next year but we'll see.

Most recent actual 1RM was 345, or just over 2xbw.

8059
why are you all wasting your time with this?


  Normally I let that shit go but I dont want new members that come to this forum to see a thread like this,  where things are stated as fact, rather than a beginners opinion, and follow blindly, end up getting hurt. If he had said, "In my opinion, you should squat on your ....." then that would be fine.

fair enough.

8060
Most people on this forum have a relgious belief that muscle mass hampers vertical jump.

really?

harvey: i don't think you should do smolov or smolov junior or anything but 3x5 or 5x5 or 3x8 or some other simple linear progression scheme. but if you really, really want to do it because it's the new texas method or WSBB or whatever (and i identify with that, for real), then yes, you can do upper body. you just can't do upper body as balls-out as you might otherwise be able to.

do something SIMPLE and STRAIGHTFORWARD like [press 3 x 5, chinups 3 x F], or [DB bench 3 x 10, DB row 3 x 10] after you squat. pick something and be consistent with it and push but don't kill yourself on it.

8061
Program Review / Re: Smolov Tips?
« on: December 19, 2011, 11:48:38 am »
don't do it. do starting strength instead.

8062
Remind me how tall you are and what you usually weigh.

height almost exactly 180cm (5-10.875, fucking doctor wouldn't give me the extra eighth of an inch to be a round 5-11), weight around 77 kg/170 lbs, give or take a kilo.

in the early summer i was down to 73-74 kg, after i got back from afghanistan.

It's definitely progress if you're hanging on the rim. There is actually quite a large difference between grabbing the ring and hanging on it. You can't hang on it if you only have the upper half of your fingers around the rim. You need the whole finger - well done on achieving this.

thanks man! hanging on the rim pretty much means 3.5" of clearance, which with my 80" reach means about a 33.5" vertical. to dunk weakly i probably need to touch 10-7 (someone correct me if i'm wrong here), so that means another 3.5" to go.

8063
why are you all wasting your time with this?

8064

ADD THIS NOTE TO EVERY POST SO YOU KEEP REMEMBERING: JUMP EVERY WORKOUT. IF THERE'S NO SPACE, FIND SPACE.

FOAM ROLL/LACROSSE BALL/SMR AFTER WORKOUTS AND ON REST DAYS.

STANDING QUAD/HAM/CALF/ITB/PEC STRETCHING THROUGHOUT THE DAY, EVERY HOUR OR SO.

KEEP SWEETS TO A MINIMUM. MOAR PROTEIN. MOAR VEGGIES.


BW = ???
SORENESS = none
ACHES/INJURIES = none
FATIGUE = low

- touch football/messing around x 1.5 hours

- rest x 1.5 hours
ate a cheeseburger and shake and some fries in this window

- warm up

- depth jump 2 x 3 x 30"
higher than i'm used to, a couple of the jumps were good and the rest not so much

- MR half tuck x 20,10(ME),20

- squat MSEM 2 x 3 x 320
easy-peasy except my elbow started hurting again. fffffffuuuu....

- lacrosse ball SMR

- stretch

gym was closing so didn't get to any upper body stuff. happy about the squats, might go up to 325 next time.

8065
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Lean Machine
« on: December 16, 2011, 02:55:02 pm »
crossfit sucks. it sucks, it sucks, it sucks, it sucks. completely and truly, forever. fuck crossfit in the ear, nose and throat.

i hate it.

8066

ADD THIS NOTE TO EVERY POST SO YOU KEEP REMEMBERING: JUMP EVERY WORKOUT. IF THERE'S NO SPACE, FIND SPACE.

FOAM ROLL/LACROSSE BALL/SMR AFTER WORKOUTS AND ON REST DAYS.

STANDING QUAD/HAM/CALF/ITB/PEC STRETCHING THROUGHOUT THE DAY, EVERY HOUR OR SO.

KEEP SWEETS TO A MINIMUM. MOAR PROTEIN. MOAR VEGGIES.


BW = ???
SORENESS = none
ACHES/INJURIES = left ankle (?), left toe badly after workout
FATIGUE = low to moderate

- warm up

- sprint x 10y
felt pretty fast

- DSVJ x 5
low, 30-30.5

- DLRVJ x ~20
not good, best around 32 but it was just the once, most around 31. just had no bounce somehow, or was getting approach wrong, or something.

- MR half tuck 3 x 20
no bounce until third set, which was a bit better. i think i was just uncoordinated today

- squat MSEM 2 x 3 x 320
first set very strong, 4th and 5th reps only okay but last rep very strong. saved the workout from being a complete mess.

- lat pull down 3 x 10 x 70
pause at bottom, short rests

- dips 3 x 10
just to do 'em

- stretch

8067
Boxing / Re: Amir Khan vs Peterson
« on: December 14, 2011, 11:34:24 am »

8068
 :highfive: :highfive: :highfive: :ibjumping: :ibjumping: :ibjumping:

8069
last night:


ADD THIS NOTE TO EVERY POST SO YOU KEEP REMEMBERING: JUMP EVERY WORKOUT. IF THERE'S NO SPACE, FIND SPACE.

FOAM ROLL/LACROSSE BALL/SMR AFTER WORKOUTS AND ON REST DAYS.

STANDING QUAD/HAM/CALF/ITB/PEC STRETCHING THROUGHOUT THE DAY, EVERY HOUR OR SO.

KEEP SWEETS TO A MINIMUM. MOAR PROTEIN. MOAR VEGGIES.


BW = ???
SORENESS = none
ACHES/INJURIES = none
FATIGUE = moderate

- warm up

- sprint 2 x 10y

- DSVJ x 3

- DLRVJ x ~15
terrible, legs felt completely dead. dribbling around to rest at one point, i went to make a lay up and my left leg just kind of buckled. i wasn't even trying to jump high. still better than my bad days a few months ago but sheesh. pretty bad.

- MR half tuck 3 x 15
dead legs said, "nuh-uh," so i did ankle hops 3 x 10

- squat 3 x 5 x 295
harder than it should have been, which was not surprising given how ugly the first part of the workout was

- SMR

- stretch

we had people coming over last night so i had to cut it off before upper body stuff. gonna get my rest tonight and hopefully have a bit more luck tomorrow.

the long weekend over christmas will be a natural break, so i think i will push until then and then retest and reevaluate on the 29th. test will be, in order of importance:

1. DLRVJ
2. squat 1RM
3-10. vacant
11. OHP 1RM
12. chin up 3RM
13. dead lift
14. broad jump

reevaluation will include a look back at the year, which i haven't done yet in any kind of concentrated way.

8070
fwiw, i started doing pause squats during my warm ups recently also, almost by accident, and have found they help not just my knees but my hips and core. i get way better activation all over on work sets if i do pause squats through 185 or 225. up to 135 i'll even do a 2- or 3-count before coming out of the hole.

just my n=1.

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