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Nice work on that BSS. You trying to PR again soon on DLRVJ?

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Quote from: adarqui on July 29, 2010, 07:09:35 pm

http://www.yewhealth.com/estimated-1rm-for-the-big-3/

I should be benching 220 and oly squatting 300. Im a bit below that. 

I assume you mean kilos. Cause there's no way in hell my estimated max bench is 381 and yours is 220.

ur runup looks like it would benefit from a little more speed dude...

and wat fucking gym is that? theres a big ass tyre for flippin there? on the courts? wont it mess up the place quick?
awesome!

That's my gym, dude. Balance Gym, in good old Kalorama, Washington, DC. People flip the tires all the time, lot of "functional" training around. We have basically no lifting machines except a cable tower, but three squat racks, an olympic lifting platform, benches, jump ropes, med balls of various types and sizes, DBs up to 125 or something like that, etc. It gets cramped at times cause of the classes (especially Crossfit), but otherwise it's a great gym. I gotta admit, flipping tires is super fun. Don't think it really messes up the floors, although the court is getting a bit old and there are some dead spots. Not from the tires, though.

You're totally right about my run-up. It's kind of "mushy" at the moment, as adarq said the other day.

that shake looks like it would taste weird, i mean, so many different fruits...

i dun like the blender, gives shakes a frothy and bubbly texture... :/

Tastes so good, you have no idea. If you don't like the blender, how do you make shakes?

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

Time was a factor tonight, got to work early and left late for the second day in a row. Tomorrow, back to work at 8.  

warm up
walk fast as shit to the gym
core stretches, fast
couple of jumps, arm circles, YTW

work
MR tuck jumps 2x10
MR pogos 2x10

REA squat 2x3x85
jump squat 3x3x85

cool down
stretch

Low back felt a little iffy on the REA squats, will stay at this weight next time through.

Raw eggs? EEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWW  ???

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just a thought, maybe he had a fluke moment..I had some insane jumps when i am super relaxed, like 5-10inches more than normal jump due to being unnaturally calm for no cause

5-10 inches??? 

I've had that with ~2-3 inches but a 10 inch increase out of the blue from being relaxed.



I'm not attcking you BMully, everyone is different and i just felt like posting the pic 

i don't lie, i got super relaxed in a game and almost dunked with 2 hands, head was heigh as hell, this was 8th grade

Yes yes. And I won Mr Olympia. It was just a fluke. Im back to fat now again.

that is a physical change, not possible to do just like that..in times of extreme pressure or extreme relaxation, people can get super human abilities..that is how i grabbed rim as 13year old who could only normally get half way up, this one jump i got rim, then it took a while before i got it legit everytime...the cns is responsible for strength and power, we develope it to allow more, but it is always capable of that power

ya bmully is definitely right about a substantial performance increase, verkhoshansky referred to it as the 'innate (protected) reserves'.. in which access to that strength/force output is restricted, but through years of proper/aggressive training, athletes can keep improving how much they can tap into it at their own will.. i mean, i remember i was jumping shitty say 5 months ago, then that cop pulls me over, and i jumped like 3" higher after alot of fatigue, that wasn't even life or death, but that small adrenaline response/heightened cns arousal lead to some gains..

level-7 = PR city.

True. But claiming a 10" sudden increase is idiotic. Thats like when Rip claimed that crazy crazy sprint time because he saw a spider or something like that. Actually I dont remember if it was Rip, but someone did claim to run a crazy time, faster than world record speed.

btw yes, that was rip that ran a WR after having a spider on him

Hehe. I thought I remembered it.

Yes, athletic improvement can increase during certain circumstances we all know (Lev 7 MANG). Yes 10 inch vert increase suddenly is about as likely a sudden 100lbs improvement in the bench. And yes this is a long quote, quote, quote, quote, quote. And we all know that rip pr'd becuase that spider was a super duper mega jumping spider, and when in landed on rip, some of the exlposive and elastic qualities of its legs were temporarily fused with rip's Bi-legged frame.

show me the video of ripp doing a wr in 100m after a spider jumped on him

No vid. Only story.

correction, "No vid. Only true story."

Can I quote again? Looks like fun.

Was it fun?

It definitely was, it's like the LEVEL-7 quote training.

This thread is epic. I only pr when running after the bus

I PR when on massive amounts of caffeine & when my legs feel light.

I tend to jump best when a smoking hot bitch will give me something as a result of great dunking ability.

I know, but doesn't that apply to anybody that's heterosexual?

i jump REALLY good when hot chix are around.. i say to myself, "land this dunk and they will leave their pathetic boyfriends for me".

Why would you want a girl that has pathetic boyfriends? Or is this the kind of girl that looks the best?

http://hotchickswithdouchebags.com/

QED

Thanks for suggestions guys. Which would be preferable between a PT evaluation and a chiro evaluation? Also, LBSS have you worked with Steve Horwitz in Silver Spring? I'd gone to get graston/ART from him for a while, but it got too expensive and eventually I reached the point of diminishing returns...LBSS, do you have any PT recommendations in DC/Moco?

I'd prefer to have a licensed PT look at it. If that person was also a chiro, okay, whatever. Haven't worked with Horwitz, although I've heard of him and read some of his stuff. I'm a bit skeptical of chiropratics in general. Bit too much pseudo-science there for my taste. That's not to say all chiros are nutjobs, mind you. And Horwitz is obviously well-respected in the lifting community. So there's that.

Couple of recs (one negative and three positive):

1. Do NOT go to Metro Orthopedics and Sports Therapy (M.O.S.T.) in Silver Spring. Went there a couple years ago for the ankle, was seen only by unsupervised students who barely paid attention to what I was doing and didn't even do manual therapy. Barely even spoke to a full PT while I was there and stopped going after two or three visits.

2. Center for Neuromuscular Massage and Rehabilitation, at 17th and I streets NW, is where I've gotten trigger point and deep tissue massage. The therapists are very good and I always left there feeling looser than when I went in. Didn't do any traditional PT-type stuff there, though, and ultimately they weren't able to solve my underlying issue (see x-ray on one of the previous pages). Not their fault, though, and what they do feels gooooood. Also, a friend at the gym started going to them on my recommendation. His shoulders were an absolute disaster, like almost laughable they were so tight and fucked up. After a few weeks his ROM had improved so much it was unbelievable. From not being able to lift his arms forward past his nose to near-overhead status. Pretty impressive. http://www.pthands-on.com

3. Place I ended up going after the most recent ankle sprain (early this summer) to was Pro Sports Care, in Metro Center/Chinatown. They've done PT for some players from the Capitals, Wizards and Nationals, for what it's worth. Patrick Lally supervised my treatment there, although most of the manual therapy and assisted stretching was done by a student doing her internship. She was good, though. Patrick knows his stuff and the care I got there was very hands-on and coherent and they're happy to answer questions from a geek like me. Very friendly people, too. My ankle got better and I'd now say it's 95% healthy, which is better than it's been in going on three years. A former teammate of mine has also been to them for ankle issues and had a similarly positive experience. Actually, it was he who recommended them to me. http://www.prosportscare.com

4. Some people I know (in the ultimate community) go to Sports and Spinal Physical Therapy, which is on like 22nd and K streets NW. Farragut West or Foggy Bottom would be closest Metros. Anyway, I've heard good things. Like Pro Sports Care, they're a big and fancy operation. http://www.ssptdc.com