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Quote from: DamienZ on July 20, 2011, 03:43:08 pm

Quote from: steven-miller on July 20, 2011, 02:25:56 pm

Quote from: RJ Nelsen on July 19, 2011, 05:35:31 pm

I'm chasing a 300 lb clean and strict press (I think I'm good for 255-260 now) and one of the better assistance lifts I've found are paused handstand pushups on parallettes. I'm still not great at them, but having said that, I do weigh 225 lbs. Thought I'd post up a video of today's top set.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CLWBhbe514

For those of you who know me from the past, I'm not all legs anymore.

Why would you do them instead of a barbell movement?

https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150242346315188

Damien, you have a bad habit of answering with really childish responses to serious meant questions. I was not trolling RJ here, because I am not a troll. I recognized that he is very damn strong in the press and asked why he would do handstand push-ups as assistance instead of light, higher volume presses because of the reason I stated above (better control over resistance). I was not going to imply that you cannot get strong with bodyweight movements. I just think that less ability to control resistance is a disadvantage in many cases, but probably not in this one for the reasons RJ posted. It is also an assistance movement, realize that he does real presses as well.

aaaaand you take shit too seriously sometimes. funny video was funny.

from yesterday. slept like absolute shit last night and i don't know why.

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

FOAM ROLL BEFORE EVERY WORKOUT, LACROSSE/TENNIS BALL SMR AFTER EVERY WORKOUT.

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

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

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BW = 166.0
SORENESS = none
ACHES/INJURIES = spot of tightness in right quad during sprints but it went away; also hip flexors
FATIGUE = low

- warm up

- sprints
2 @ 60%
2 @ 95%

- DSVJ submax x 5-7

- DLRVJ x ~15
started off bad but got better, ended up jumping pretty well. didn't get that high, mostly 31 range, but felt smooth and reactive in a way i hadn't in a while. CNS was definitely higher than it'd been.

- squat 4 x 9 x 225
easy-peasy, 4-minute rests.

- SS1: chin up x 10,8,7
- SS1: dip x 10,8,7 + 23
- SS1 info: active shoulder but full extension, chest-to-bar on all chin up reps (as i always do them). not even close to 10,10,10. matched dip reps to chin up reps, even though i could have done more. would rather keep them in sync because i think that's nice. fuck you. better luck next time.

- stretch

You're wasting away

I read and heard a lot of stuff about barefoot training.  Is it really that beneficial?  Sometimes here in my apartment room, I like doing stationary plyo stuff like single leg tuck jumps and stuff.

Would doing these exercises barefoot be beneficial?

probably, but take it slow.

How about practicing jump approach and technique barefoot?

Thanks.

and, if i could just add, beginners will have a hard time with that because beginners' (and many intermediates', i'm certainly included in this) form is unstable at best and shitty at worst.

working up to a max can be dangerous, i see nasty-looking shit all the time with people at my gym, even trying for heavy sets of five or whatever.

not disagreeing with lance, just saying, don't be stupid and know your limits before you try to push them.

Heavy Lifting, No Rest, Candy, Steroids: the Bulgarian Method.



Original Link: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304070104576397543601842556.html

fixed.

sample size small as shit so just food for thought. the university responsible can go fuck itself. i'd actually be curious to see this one. if anyone has journal access, please pm me:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21266733

Increasing squat depth corresponded to a decrease in PF and an increase in JH, relative VI for both SJS and CMJJS during all loads. Across all squat depths and loading conditions relative VI was statistically significantly correlated to JH in the SJS (r = .8956, P < .0001, power = 1.000) and CMJJS (r = .6007, P < .0001, power = 1.000). Across all squat depths and loading conditions PF was statistically nonsignificantly correlated to JH in the SJS (r = -0.1010, P = .2095, power = 0.2401) and CMJJS (r = -0.0594, P = .4527, power = 0.1131). Across all squat depths and loading conditions peak power (PP) was significantly correlated with JH during both the SJS (r = .6605, P < .0001, power = 1.000) and the CMJJS (r = .6631, P < .0001, power = 1.000). PP was statistically significantly higher at BM in comparison with 20% of 1RM and 40% of 1RM in the SJS and CMJJS across all squat depths.
CONCLUSIONS:

Results indicate that relative VI and PP can be used to predict JS performance, regardless of squat depth and loading condition. However, relative VI may be the best predictor of JS performance with PF being the worst predictor of JS performance.

also, this.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17127594

J Sports Sci. 2007 Jan 15;25(2):193-200.
The influence of squat depth on maximal vertical jump performance.
Domire ZJ, Challis JH.
Source

University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USA. zdomire@uwyo.edu
Abstract

An increase in the period over which a muscle generates force can lead to the generation of greater force and, therefore, for example in jumping, to greater jump height. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of squat depth on maximum vertical jump performance. We hypothesized that jump height would increase with increasing depth of squat due to the greater time available for the generation of muscular force. Ten participants performed jumps from preferred and deep squat positions. A computer model simulated jumps from the different starting postures. The participants showed no difference in jump height in jumps from deep and preferred positions. Simulated jumps produced similar kinematics to the participants' jumps. The optimal squat depth for the simulated jumps was the lowest position the model was able to jump from. Because jumping from a deep squat is rarely practised, it is unlikely that these jumps were optimally coordinated by the participants. Differences in experimental vertical ground reaction force patterns also suggest that jumps from a deep squat are not optimally coordinated. These results suggest there is the potential for athletes to increase jump performance by exploiting a greater range of motion.