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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Power pull vs power clean
« on: December 03, 2010, 09:57:36 am »
Huh. Where did you find the study?
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: atg squats vs ROCK BOTTOM squats?
« on: December 02, 2010, 11:32:28 pm »
For one thing, oly lifters wear oly shoes, which tend to help with depth. Your depth is great in that video, why would you want to go lower?
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: December 02, 2010, 09:53:12 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
The old farts had taken over the court tonight. Plus I got blood drawn for some tests earlier in the day. Not a lot, but still kept it on the short side at the gym.
warm up
jump rope
light foam roll
boo LeBron
mobility/stretches
work
depth jump 2x5x18" -- figured out why I suck so much at these...
depth drop 2x3x30" -- harder barefoot (as I did them tonight) than with shoes
squat STIM 2x285, 2x295 -- easy
cool down
stretch
boo LeBron
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
The old farts had taken over the court tonight. Plus I got blood drawn for some tests earlier in the day. Not a lot, but still kept it on the short side at the gym.
warm up
jump rope
light foam roll
boo LeBron
mobility/stretches
work
depth jump 2x5x18" -- figured out why I suck so much at these...
depth drop 2x3x30" -- harder barefoot (as I did them tonight) than with shoes
squat STIM 2x285, 2x295 -- easy
cool down
stretch
boo LeBron
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Article & Video Discussion / Re: Detraining strength
« on: December 02, 2010, 09:49:32 pm »
I am not in shape. 
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Going Back Like Cadillacs On 4 Flats
« on: December 02, 2010, 02:40:08 pm »
Why were you trying to run a fast mile?
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Basketball / Re: Russell Westbrook dunks on the entire Houston Rockets team
« on: December 01, 2010, 02:59:38 pm »
The thing that keeps playing through my head is Dave Chappelle as Rick James saying, "A celebration!" Over and over. Don't know why.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: December 01, 2010, 02:10:46 pm »
Just sacked up and bought some lifting shoes. Now I can finally get the most out of chin-ups! 
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: December 01, 2010, 12:07:47 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
Forgot to post this last night. Was crunched for time. Legs felt pretty dead.
warm up
shoot hoops -- what's cooler than being cool?
stretches/mobility stuff
work
depth jump 3x5@18" -- pretty bad, I think, but I've never been good at these
depth drop 4x3@30" -- not as bad, although I did lose my balance on a couple
cool down
stretch
shoot hoops more -- not as bad, I remembered to bend my #$@I!# knees on each shot and, lo and behold, they started falling
SH:SP:SR:SH:SP:SR:SH:SP:SR:SH:SP:SR:
power focus
SH:SP:SP:SR:SR:SH:SP:SP:SR:SR:
speed/reactivity focus
SP:SR:SR:SR:STIM:TEST
Forgot to post this last night. Was crunched for time. Legs felt pretty dead.
warm up
shoot hoops -- what's cooler than being cool?
stretches/mobility stuff
work
depth jump 3x5@18" -- pretty bad, I think, but I've never been good at these
depth drop 4x3@30" -- not as bad, although I did lose my balance on a couple
cool down
stretch
shoot hoops more -- not as bad, I remembered to bend my #$@I!# knees on each shot and, lo and behold, they started falling
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Crazy Weird Analysis & Stuff :) / Re: Resting Heart Rate
« on: December 01, 2010, 11:16:00 am »
57 sitting at my desk, just got back from dropping a deuce though so might be high.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: High squat, low VJ?
« on: December 01, 2010, 10:37:05 am »why fuck tony gentilcore?
Really, not fuck Tony Gentilcore. I was kind of joking. He seems like a nice guy, even if he does propagate broscience and write for Biotest sometimes. I said that because he gave me really crappy advice when I emailed him back in the day as a starry-eyed, TNation-loving noob, launching me on many months of strength-only training that got my lifts up (noobie gains!) but saw me stagnate in every other area of athletic performance. Still bitter about wasting all that time.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Why you might consider learning the hang snatch
« on: December 01, 2010, 09:32:42 am »Well to tell you the truth... because I'm afraid of cardio. Like genuinely. Two of my family "men" have died after effort... one came with his bike home and had a vein pop out in his head at 25 years old or so after effort. Another one died after he got home on his bike, was kind of tired, and the elevator was broken so he used the stairs to get home (at the 8th floor of the building) and his heart stopped and started vomiting and coughing up blood and pink foam (sign of pulmonary edema) - and he died basically of a heart attack after effort.
So I keep that in mind and whenever my heart rate goes up at pretty much anything, these things keep coming up in my head and I get scared and my heart rate goes even higher and my fatigue increases a lot in just a few seconds. Then I'm done.
That sucks, man! But cardio doesn't necessarily have to feel like "effort" to be worthwhile. In fact, sometimes it should be really easy. You could just take a brisk walk around your neighborhood, or go hiking somewhere, or something like that. Don't think about it as focused exercise, don't try to get your heart rate up, just get out and move around a little bit.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: High squat, low VJ?
« on: December 01, 2010, 09:21:17 am »
Why what?
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: November 30, 2010, 07:09:49 pm »
Sweet, thanks.
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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: High squat, low VJ?
« on: November 30, 2010, 02:54:54 pm »Would doing plyos help his vert?
I saw the difference between his running and standing VJ as sign of some decent reactive ability, so I didn't know how he would be able to improve his reactive ability. I guess I was way off, so he would see best gains with explosive lifts and maybe plyos?
if you don't perform athletic movements (reactive, explosive, plyo etc), then your ability to perform those movements will diminish even if your "lifts" are going up.. Everything is a skill, so, not improving your body's ability to absorb/produce force rapidly is lost with detraining of explosive/reactive movements. There is no reason to periodize explosive/reactive movements, they should ALWAYS be included in an athlete's training program, it's just the volume/intensity that changes based on the type of workout or block you are in.. so ya, if someone is performing ONLY heavy lifting yet is somehow (wtf) doing all of that for athletic performance improvement, they will lose the ability to absorb/produce force fast, it's just how the body adapts..
whatever the stimulus, or lack thereof, the body will adapt accordingly..
pc
God I love that post, this is one of the biggest issues holding people back right now and that hit the nail right on the head!
+1. Wish I'd learned that two years ago. Fuck you, Tony Gentilcore.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Scrawny to Brawny Journal
« on: November 30, 2010, 10:44:01 am »
Backflip...sweet...
Perhaps after I dunk I will try to learn to do that. Pretty badass.
Perhaps after I dunk I will try to learn to do that. Pretty badass.