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naw bro, if you see ppl get results..then go ahead and try it     JK..

it's probably that they don't give an F about school so they ball all day or something

A few questions, trying not to make a ton of Q&A threads by asking more than one

1)

I have often been told that I am too controled when I lift. This is coming from people who bounce the weight hard off their chest when they bench.

But I was just curious, If I'm not moving the weight really fast can it still be explosive? I Push as hard as possible, but I maintain strict form and a controlled decent.


2) I am still having a few questions on my squat form. Should I focus on a hip drive? I used to focus just on going up, and when i switched to focusing on hip drive it made the weight alot easier to lift

the feet pushing out thing. I squat shoulder-width stance(since I figured it's more like jumping and sprinting) and my legs are long. I don't have my knee cave in alot, it's just a slight twitch in when i get slightly out of t 'the hole' of the squat on the way up.  But since i squat barefoot, long legs, and narrow-stance. It's really hard for to spread the ground, I could much rather focus on the cue 'show my croch'(lol) or push out from my groin(hard to explain this ish)

thanks for the help

High calves are gonna help with top speed and endurance running moreso than they will vert and early acceleration IMO. The tendons help save energy and spare muscular effort at a given work rate moreso than they contribute to positive concentric force. A good example of this is the difference between Kenyan runners and everyone else. They don't go faster, they just go forever without trying.

this would explain it perfectly...the high jump and olympic lifts are just one quick movement...so it does not really matter which one the person would have

yet the sprinters need to do mulitple efforts, so the high cut calves would help...not saying that they are the only ones that can be sprinters

Oh yeah, I know, I don't worry about that or anything, it's just nice to know and decipher the intricasies of human structure and all that.

Some coaches use high cut calves as signs of possible track stars so... it has a possible practical application/effect.

I think those coaches are dumb. I have a coach like that, let's just say he is not a brain surgeon and leave it at that.

Anyone can become faster, more explosive, and stronger if they train right. Most people are not genetically good enough to be

olympic lifters or olympic sprinters..but many people can come alot closer than those type of coaches think.

I'm not a coach, I just have my own ideas about training and stuff

What if you have a longer but more compliant tendon vs a shorter but stiffer tendon?

Don't matter, you still need strong thighs to have a high vert/sprint. Which is a bigger muscle? Glutes,hamstrings,quads..or just calves?


Why worry about what type you have. You can strengthen your leggs and achieve a high vertical still. As one can see from the pics, both types have had some success at vert and sprinting(or whatever explosive thing you do)












I don't see many high  cut calves do olympic lifting tho...but  low cut calves usually give a build for strength lifiting i think

here is one sub 10 second 100m runner that has low cut claves



In the attachmets, the pic shows 3 guys with low cut calves, both decently muscular..with one guy who is very skinny, with high cut calves

I live in Indy, but I don't think they open it to general public 

was really wanting to go see the benching, vert, and 40