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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: June 22, 2012, 04:29:02 pm »
how long will the holiday be?
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: June 20, 2012, 09:36:13 pm »
BW = 168
SORENESS = hamstrings
ACHES/INJURIES = none
FATIGUE = moderate to high
- warm up
- DSVJ x 10
pretty bad
- DLRVJ x 5
awful
- MR half tuck x 30,23,35
- jump squat 2 x 3 x 95
- squat 3 x 5 x 225
no wonkiness. yay.
- OHP 10+3+3+3+3 x 85
- chin up 10+3+3+3+3 x bw
- ab pull down 3 x 15
- stretch
SORENESS = hamstrings
ACHES/INJURIES = none
FATIGUE = moderate to high
- warm up
- DSVJ x 10
pretty bad
- DLRVJ x 5
awful
- MR half tuck x 30,23,35
- jump squat 2 x 3 x 95
- squat 3 x 5 x 225
no wonkiness. yay.
- OHP 10+3+3+3+3 x 85
- chin up 10+3+3+3+3 x bw
- ab pull down 3 x 15
- stretch
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Kingfush
« on: June 20, 2012, 02:49:06 pm »* will skip the jump drills during the deloads but will add more calf work. those kill the jumps anyway so might as well do more. want to make 17-18" cows. theres no such thing as too big of those too.
Odd question time....how large are your upper legs and is it a struggle for you to find pants that fit? I ask because my legs are too big for most 36" waist pants and I'm sure your waist is considerably smaller & your legs more or less the same size as mine.
jumping in even though you didn't ask me because i have this problem. my solution is to buy a waist size up (32 instead of 30 -- i have a small waist) and have the waist taken in at a tailor. doesn't work as well for jeans because getting the waist taken in makes the pockets look funny, but for dress pants or khakis it's fine.
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Article & Video Discussion / Re: Triple BW
« on: June 20, 2012, 11:38:12 am »Weak.
Muscles are nonsensical they have nothing to do with this bullshit.
don't kill it by overusing it, raptor.
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Article & Video Discussion / Re: Triple BW
« on: June 20, 2012, 09:07:28 am »
Bounce or not, it's still a RAW ATG squat. I wonder if his tricking actually contributed much to his vert.
that.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: how much squat for athletes?
« on: June 19, 2012, 05:32:57 pm »So if someone wanted to increase his squat from 1xBW to 2.5xBW and his next plan is to do hypertrophy to gain some mass, which would be more muscle fibres to utilize. Would it be more wise to:
try increase your squat in the hypertrophy until you reach 2.5xBW
or
should the aim be increase muscle mass, which includes the squat but finish off when you have acquired enough mass and then move on to a strength training routine to carry on increasing your squat where you left of but instead of moving slowly like it was done during hypertrophy but with speed in mind.
or
is there another way because the aim is to increase squat and the hypertrophy workout is next.
lol.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: June 19, 2012, 11:31:12 am »
post video.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Kingfush
« on: June 19, 2012, 11:22:23 am »
stiffness = persistent effects of dehydration?
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: The Myth of HIIT (Why foregoing aerobic work is foregoing gains)
« on: June 19, 2012, 11:20:49 am »I think it's time that someone took a stand to the overblowing of HIIT, which I agree has been overblown.
haha. way to be a pioneer in the crusade against HIIT. no one has ever taken up this cause before. thanks for stepping up.
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Article & Video Discussion / Re: Triple BW
« on: June 19, 2012, 11:19:37 am »
damn his legs got huge.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: June 19, 2012, 10:39:19 am »
mother of god, that was the trip home from hell. 60 hours of murphy's law. flight from dubai to dulles cancelled, couldn't get my bags for 24 hours, then the flight i got put on the next day was diverted to london. had to go through immigration in london and then get on a later flight to dulles. so, standardized to eastern time, i left kabul at 5:15 AM on friday and got to my parents' house at 5 PM on sunday. but it was in time to celebrate father's day with my dad -- steak! -- and fuck the buhjesus out of my girlfriend. spent most of yesterday with her, too, which was nice (didn't go to work).
also, yesterday, i went to the gym.
BW = 167, was pissed about this then remembered that i've been sick for three weeks. only a five-pound loss, could have been worse.
SORENESS = none
ACHES/INJURIES = none
FATIGUE = confused, jet lag
- warm up
- depth jump 4 x 4
very low box, first couple of reps of each set felt decent
- MR half tuck 2 x 20
- squat 3 x 5 x 185
something tight/wonky in my hip, going to take my time to readjust
- OHP x 10+7+4+4 x 65
- BOR x 10+7+4+4 x 95
- hanging leg raise 5 x 5
- calf raise 3 x 10 x 90
- stretch
kept it extremely easy. i'm jet lagged, tired, still recovering from being sick, and five pounds lighter (not all good pounds).
also, yesterday, i went to the gym.
BW = 167, was pissed about this then remembered that i've been sick for three weeks. only a five-pound loss, could have been worse.
SORENESS = none
ACHES/INJURIES = none
FATIGUE = confused, jet lag
- warm up
- depth jump 4 x 4
very low box, first couple of reps of each set felt decent
- MR half tuck 2 x 20
- squat 3 x 5 x 185
something tight/wonky in my hip, going to take my time to readjust
- OHP x 10+7+4+4 x 65
- BOR x 10+7+4+4 x 95
- hanging leg raise 5 x 5
- calf raise 3 x 10 x 90
- stretch
kept it extremely easy. i'm jet lagged, tired, still recovering from being sick, and five pounds lighter (not all good pounds).
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: June 19, 2012, 10:18:12 am »Terry Gross is boss although my cousin (an actress) pointed out that she sucks at interviewing actors: infantilizes them or asks insulting questions. But in general she's awesome.
she's my fav.. beyond her being a great interviewer, her voice is so soothing hah.
this one interview i heard yesterday, was perfect.. an interview with "baratunde thurston", a writer for "the onion". had me lmfao'n at work. i'd listen to that again, great stuff.
you have any recommendations for podcasts/streams, politics/science related?
radiolab is fun for science stuff, although the older episodes tend to be better. they had a dip in quality there for a while but seem to be coming back. the recent episode about colors was really cool.
QuoteDiane Rehm is also really good, not sure if she's podcasted but I'd guess she is. Her voice is wacky. My uncle (father of that cousin -- talented family) has been on her show at least once.
cool.. what did he go on there to talk about?
i love rehm's wacky voice :F
peace
yeah her voice is awesome. he went there to talk about this: http://www.amazon.com/Backing-Into-Forward-A-Memoir/dp/0385531583.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: how much squat for athletes?
« on: June 19, 2012, 09:54:53 am »
god damn it, steven-miller, you've gotten better at writing, which means i'm actually reading your posts now, which means i'm buying what you're selling.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: stole acole14's program and adapted it for myself - thoughts?
« on: June 19, 2012, 09:52:13 am »
STEVEN-MILLER IS VERY CONVINCING. SOMEONE CONTRADICT HIM OR I'M GOING TO FOLLOW HIS ADVICE.
also, i lost five pounds on my trip so now is probably as good a time as any to eat a lot and see what happens.
also, i lost five pounds on my trip so now is probably as good a time as any to eat a lot and see what happens.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: stole acole14's program and adapted it for myself - thoughts?
« on: June 16, 2012, 01:00:20 pm »I guess I asked for the "go fuck yourself"
you did.
Btw., a 4.5 increase in DLRVJ for 50 lbs in squat weight is massive. What is holding you back is reluctance to taking a more aggressive approach to training and improvement.
this is true, too. so what would you suggest? "squats plus jumps plus one explosive exercise" does not help because that's what i've been doing, in some for another. so what do you suggest? what is characteristic of a "more aggressive approach" than what i've been doing? keep in mind that i have little flexibility in my work hours and no choice about taking these periodic trips to places like pakistan and afghanistan, during which i inevitably regress.