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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: May 20, 2011, 04:02:27 pm »
Oh, nice vag, going with sprints eh? I've never seen you do 2-leg bounds though, if your aim is two footed jumps. But sprints will definitely do a lot of good things to your body.

he's been doing tempo runs for months if not years, wtf are you talking about.

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lol. you a randian, lamp? i hope you get over it.

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Dancing
« on: May 20, 2011, 04:00:30 pm »
That's all fine but that's what I'm getting at with you overthinking everything.  On a VJ and speed forum when someone says "black" they're generally not referring to Kenyan americans. I think you knew that. When the OP mentioned dancing he's not referring to professional dancers or anyone whose ever received professional dance training.  Take a group of untrained people and have them dance (or do any other physical maneuver) and you get a look at what type of people are inherently good at it and which ones aren't. Same goes with artwork or any other skill.  There are exceptions to everything but look at general tendencies.


i'm overthinking it because you're so dramatically underthinking it that you're actually completely wrong. why i'm still arguing with you is a mystery as you're basically ignoring what i write.

your argument -- and it's by no means unique to you, obviously; it's a pervasive stereotype -- boils down to: "i have seen these people who jump high and are fast and also they are black, as defined by me. therefore, black people are, in general, naturally able to jump high and fast, as compared to whites or other races/ethnic groups."

close analogue: "black people are incarcerated at higher rates than other ethnic groups in the US. therefore, black people are inherently likelier to commit crimes than other ethnic groups." same thing.

or another close analogue: "children of recent chinese and korean immigrants often excel in school. therefore, in general, they are naturally smarter than other ethnic groups."

also, i know what the OP meant by dancing and my point was that people who are good dancers are people who started practicing dance as little kids. not all of those people started out with ballet or got professional training, duh. some of them just always danced: they saw adults dancing at family parties, so they danced, too. then, when they got older, they didn't look like complete fuckups dancing at parties. that seems much more likely than your argument: "stereotypical nerds, as defined by me, are usually not good at dancing and tend to overthink things. therefore, less intelligent people, also as defined by me, who i declare don't overthink things as much, are better at dancing." that makes no goddamn sense.

i mean, it's entirely possible that all people with skin tone and facial features that fall into the U.S.-invented category "black" are more likely to be good leapers and runners than people whose skin tone and features fall into other parts of the spectrum. and it's entirely possible that dumb people are better dancers than smart people, as defined however you want. but i doubt it.

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Article & Video Discussion / Re: Interesting Jump snatch variation.
« on: May 20, 2011, 11:46:54 am »
^^^ not sure if serious.

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Quote from: John Rogers

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Article & Video Discussion / Re: Interesting Jump snatch variation.
« on: May 20, 2011, 10:13:33 am »
it sort of looks like what you would do when you want to do a jump on a bike. Maybe he's trying to simulate that with weights so he can do higher jumps, just a guess.

if true, that's some deeply flawed reasoning right there.

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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: May 20, 2011, 10:11:34 am »
^^^ kevin durant put his nuts on the chin of a leaping seven-foot-tall man. the end.

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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: May 20, 2011, 10:09:15 am »
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FviDoR3nsQ" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FviDoR3nsQ</a>

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: May 19, 2011, 06:02:59 pm »
god damn it, vag.

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yesterday:

BW = ???
SORENESS = hip flexors (?)
ACHES/INJURIES = none
FATIGUE = moderate

session 2 : power

- warmup
lot of stretching before normal warm up

- sprint warmup

- sprints : 10-20 yards - to fire up
x 6 == pretty fast

- jumps : 2 step & vert
shitty. even got a little advice from a dude who was throwing down HARD (nightfly status, dude was like 6-4 or so) but it didn't help. was good advice but too many people using the court.

- MR DL BOUND (vertical emphasis): 4 x 10-20 MAX EFFORT, ridiculously powerful armswing
in the parking lot, not bad

- Pogos: 4 x 5 MAX EFFORT medium effort, arm swing
10,10,10,10

- REA squat : 4 x 3 (40%)
135,135,135,135

- MSEM squat: 2 x 4 (~90%)
295,295 == strong but lower back is feeling it

- BSS : 3 x 3


- core


- stretch

ran out of time, stretched at home.

ran out of time, still a good workout.

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damn cowed, good job. 38" is nice!

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Olympic Weightlifting / Re: 175 Powerclean by John North
« on: May 18, 2011, 09:37:17 am »
obviously needs to squat more.  :ibsquatting:

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Dancing
« on: May 17, 2011, 10:28:45 am »



You're really overthinking things here. People that demonstrate increased frontal lobe functioning think about the consequences of their actions and are apt to plan shit out. They're generally going to be observed to be more intelligent than their hindbrain dominant coutnerparts because they're more than likely have taken their education serious done their homeword, studied for tests, etc. That's different than IQ but apparently everyone here except for you  knew what I meant. If you can't see that the prototypical nerd is not inherently great at stuff like dancing you really need to get out more. Considering you're the same guy who asked what a black person is I shouldn't be surprised.  


Of course the prototypical nerd is bad at dancing. That's part of being a prototypical nerd -- social awkwardness. But not all people who are good in school or good at taking tests are prototypical nerds. In fact, most probably aren't. Some of the best dancers that I've known in my life have also been brilliant students, good at standardized tests, etc. These are people who can plan, delay gratification, dedicate themselves to something and focus on getting better at it over time. Some have dedicated themselves to dancing so they're really good dancers. Surprise!

Most of those good dancers are girls because girls are less likely to get called fags for dancing when they're younger, so they get a head start on PRACTICING dance. Dudes from cultures where male dancing is appreciated may be school-smart as shit and also good dancers because -- surprise! -- they started dancing earlier, got positive encouragement to dance and PRACTICED a lot. Even if totally informally, they got encouraged to move to music as little kids so they learned how to do it without looking like spazzes. See: lots of Brazilians.

"Black" a social construct that means something like, "of African descent," and so is useless as a basis for comparing "inherent" traits. If you looked at a black guy from Detroit and a Kenyan walking down the street, you'd call them both black (so would I, we're both American so that's what we see). But there is probably less cultural and genetic similarity between the two of them than between you and me or me and Vladimir Putin. That's the point I was trying to make but which was apparently lost. And that's why the psoas study you cited is so silly -- "black" has no genetic meaning. It's interesting that the black group had bigger PMA's than the white group, but not because they're black.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: May 17, 2011, 09:08:45 am »
I'm comin for you, vag. 1.5" to go.  :strong:

Taken out of context this quote is hilarious! :P

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

 :highfive:

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