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Nutrition & Supplementation / Re: A post by Mountain Man - on body composition
« on: November 01, 2010, 07:05:58 pm »
BROSCIENCE TO THE RESCUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Latest Kelly Baggett's article including VJB 2.0 announcement!!!
« on: November 01, 2010, 05:27:58 pm »Hypertrophy? What are you talking about? That's BAD! You only need strength. Or so they say...
Didn't Kelly write an article called "The Myth of Relative Strength" or something like that? Bigger = stronger.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: November 01, 2010, 03:36:11 pm »
Also, I got a bunch more x-rays 
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: November 01, 2010, 03:35:54 pm »
Update on toes after orthopedic surgeon visit this morning:
Both big toes are arthritic, although the left is more pronounced. The joints are malformed and cartilege has worn away, although it's not completely gone. But my stride is pretty normal-looking, even barefoot. Eventually, I'll need surgery, with the preference being for joint replacement (
) over fusing the bones together. But the doctor said that because the state of replacements for toes is not as advanced as those for knees or hips (which each have about a 95% success rate), it'd be best to wait a while to see if procedures improve over the next 10-15 years. In the meantime, he told me to take Aleve for 10 days or so (3-4 times the max amount on the bottle, confirming my suspicion that dose recommendations on OTC painkillers are a complete joke) and see if that improves the inflammation or pain any. He also told me to get some more arch support, to prevent overpronation (okay, will think about it, although I'm worried about my feet getting even weaker than they already are), and to get a shoe with a rocker bottom (over my dead body).
Glass half-empty: I will need surgery and in the meantime am stuck with overly stiff, occasionally painful big toes.
Glass half-full: I can hold off on the surgery for a while and can continue to go about my business until then without worrying that this will get any worse.
Both big toes are arthritic, although the left is more pronounced. The joints are malformed and cartilege has worn away, although it's not completely gone. But my stride is pretty normal-looking, even barefoot. Eventually, I'll need surgery, with the preference being for joint replacement (
) over fusing the bones together. But the doctor said that because the state of replacements for toes is not as advanced as those for knees or hips (which each have about a 95% success rate), it'd be best to wait a while to see if procedures improve over the next 10-15 years. In the meantime, he told me to take Aleve for 10 days or so (3-4 times the max amount on the bottle, confirming my suspicion that dose recommendations on OTC painkillers are a complete joke) and see if that improves the inflammation or pain any. He also told me to get some more arch support, to prevent overpronation (okay, will think about it, although I'm worried about my feet getting even weaker than they already are), and to get a shoe with a rocker bottom (over my dead body).Glass half-empty: I will need surgery and in the meantime am stuck with overly stiff, occasionally painful big toes.
Glass half-full: I can hold off on the surgery for a while and can continue to go about my business until then without worrying that this will get any worse.
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Bios / Re: herschel walker is a freak of nature - 47 years old
« on: November 01, 2010, 01:14:26 pm »from his wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herschel_Walker
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Walker is also intriguing for being one of the few pro football players to become successful without the use of free weight training. Rather than a heavy weight room regimen, Walker used bodyweight exercise, calisthenics, and conditioning, as well as martial arts training. He remains to this day an oddity in the pro football world. He has been said to do thousands of pushups and situps daily, rather than lift weights[citation needed] For the past twenty years, he claims to sleep four hours a night and only eat one meal a day during the evening, which normally consists of a salad, soup and bread.[citation needed]
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weird! he must be able to suck chi/energy from mother eartlh heheh. how the heck does he grow/keep all the muscle?!?!
Two words: Ste. Roids.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: November 01, 2010, 01:10:07 pm »jumps
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sN6q1OMMUI
So thats how an explosive donkey looks like.
No, that's how a slow and unexplosive donkey looks. But I will become fast. I will become explosive. And then, I will dunk on lazy racehorses until the cows come home (and the baboons
).
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: October 31, 2010, 10:40:23 pm »
jumps
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sN6q1OMMUI" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sN6q1OMMUI</a>
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: October 31, 2010, 09:06:59 pm »
warm up
foam roll
core stretches
work
jog x35:50 @ easy pace, 4.2 miles, 8:32/mile
cool down
stretch
Seven things:
1. Knees are buggin' a little, not sharp just kind of dull. Don't bother me at all during the run. Not a new feeling by any means, but thought I'd note it tonight anyway.
2. Perfect night, mid-50s and no wind.
3. Happy Halloween.
4. Fuck DC taxi drivers.
5. I finally got a stopwatch again so I'm going to start tracking my runs a little bit better.
6. Got some video of the decent jumps from the other day, including the ~31.5" one that was halfway down my second knuckle. Will post later.
7. Michigan AND Skins lost this weekend to inferior teams. FML.
foam roll
core stretches
work
jog x35:50 @ easy pace, 4.2 miles, 8:32/mile
cool down
stretch
Seven things:
1. Knees are buggin' a little, not sharp just kind of dull. Don't bother me at all during the run. Not a new feeling by any means, but thought I'd note it tonight anyway.
2. Perfect night, mid-50s and no wind.
3. Happy Halloween.
4. Fuck DC taxi drivers.
5. I finally got a stopwatch again so I'm going to start tracking my runs a little bit better.
6. Got some video of the decent jumps from the other day, including the ~31.5" one that was halfway down my second knuckle. Will post later.
7. Michigan AND Skins lost this weekend to inferior teams. FML.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Latest Kelly Baggett's article including VJB 2.0 announcement!!!
« on: October 31, 2010, 06:28:48 pm »QuoteWell , the ratio you designed for yourself is definately better.
Kelly gave out a long-term schedule transitioning in 5 phases , from GPP to peak. It is a god damn good program , but it is for everyone. Yours is 100% customised to your needs, starting from neutral and not GPP or hypertrophy etc.
Having said that , i was also very much tempted reading that template.
But my mind is already made up , ill complete my ratio , hopefully achieve significant gains in strength and work capacity and then i will do the high-freq template he gave in his previous article...
Man I'd say stick with what you're doing. I really like what you do. If you were to consult me likely the only thing I might suggest thinking about from a VJ perspective is how much you really benefit from a distinct hypertrophy phase. I'm not sure if it's the best thing in the world for you given your current size and qualities.
Was this addressed to my training or vag's?
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: October 31, 2010, 06:18:55 pm »
Word, will start doing this. When the court is open, would it be alright to basically do the same thing but just throw the 1-step (and eventually 2-step, 3-step, etc.) jumps beforehand?
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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: funny / horrible training videos
« on: October 31, 2010, 01:27:00 am »<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWYOq3d40W8" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWYOq3d40W8</a>
wow............................
Yeah, groovin' that perfect crossfit technique at a young age. Over/under on this kid's lifetime cumulative physical therapy bills: $55,000.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: October 30, 2010, 10:41:03 pm »
neutral focus
SH:SP:SR:SH:SP:SR:SH:SP:SR:SH:SP:SR:
power focus
SH:SP:SP:SR:SR:SH:SP:SP:SR:SR:
speed/reactivity focus
SP:SR:SR:SR:STIM:TEST
Didn't get a chance to post yesterday. Bit of a bust cause the gym, unannounced, had shut down the basketball court. I didn't have a backup plan so ended up doing some random shit. Closed today and tomorrow, too.
warm up
foam roll
stretch
work
jump rope x a bunch, about 35 total double unders
tuck jump x10
pogos x10
Then realized that I could use the court as long as I didn't bring any equipment on it, e.g. a basketball.
sprint x3
1-step x5 -- sucked, nothing over 29
repeat, but wasn't jumping well at all, so I cut myself off
More tuck jumps and pogos, some random broad jumps...mostly a waste of time cause I didn't have a backup plan. Oops.
cool down
stretch
adarq, any ideas for the SR sessions, especially now that it's getting cold and sprints are gonna get harder to do? I know we talked about this before but I'm evidently incapable of putting something reasonable together on my own.
SH:SP:SR:SH:SP:SR:SH:SP:SR:SH:SP:SR:
power focus
SH:SP:SP:SR:SR:SH:SP:SP:SR:SR:
speed/reactivity focus
SP:SR:SR:SR:STIM:TEST
Didn't get a chance to post yesterday. Bit of a bust cause the gym, unannounced, had shut down the basketball court. I didn't have a backup plan so ended up doing some random shit. Closed today and tomorrow, too.
warm up
foam roll
stretch
work
jump rope x a bunch, about 35 total double unders
tuck jump x10
pogos x10
Then realized that I could use the court as long as I didn't bring any equipment on it, e.g. a basketball.
sprint x3
1-step x5 -- sucked, nothing over 29
repeat, but wasn't jumping well at all, so I cut myself off
More tuck jumps and pogos, some random broad jumps...mostly a waste of time cause I didn't have a backup plan. Oops.
cool down
stretch
adarq, any ideas for the SR sessions, especially now that it's getting cold and sprints are gonna get harder to do? I know we talked about this before but I'm evidently incapable of putting something reasonable together on my own.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: October 29, 2010, 05:13:22 pm »
Surely soccer balls are easy to find and inexpensive in Denmark.
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Introduce Yourself / Re: Hi , new guy who wants to dunk
« on: October 29, 2010, 09:39:49 am »you think air alert will help me ?
No. It might help you rub the grim, though, lol!
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Scrawny to Brawny Journal
« on: October 29, 2010, 09:38:16 am »Oh, one more thing to note about my sprinting. I feel like the strength in each of my strides is better, and I'm getting my knees high like I should. But I need to work on turnover. I feel only slightly faster than last year and it seems purely from strength. If I can work more on actually moving my legs faster along with getting more distance in each step I think that will help me get much faster.
Not the same to say about long jump. The extra pop in my step is definitely going to make for some impressive jumps this coming year. I'm excited to see how well that goes.
Decided to split the upperbody into tomorrow. Squats yesterday were overkill after being sick so I'm going to go a bit lighter until next week.
Forgive me if I've asked this before, but have you gone over to Charlie Francis's forum yet? There are some track coaches on there with a ton of experience who are willing to help with technique, drills, etc., if you ask.