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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: no bounce, need bounce
« on: July 24, 2010, 12:18:20 pm »
Thursday: Rehab + lazy
Yesterday: Lazy
Today: full body workout + punishing myself for being lazy

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Introduce Yourself / Re: Greetings !
« on: July 23, 2010, 06:10:52 pm »
Quote from: Silencer23 on July 23, 2010, 03:43:27 pm
I MIGHT be in the USA sniffin around NAIA, but maybe not... Getting above 50% scholarship is quite hard for me at the moment even in NAIA or D2. Track sucks when it comes to scholarships.. 50 guys in a team so you have to run like 9.9 to get a full ride.
I am hoping with 80% in a very weak cheap school with a new track program, I could get the remaining 20 off SAT scores (October) But that's a long shot.. So i'm not counting on it.

If you have any advice for me about this issue let me know !! Could International students take student loans ? Do you know any track dudes on scholarships ? Where are they and what are they running ?

I'm no expert but there are definitely plenty of D1 schools in this country that don't have a 9.9x 100m guy on them. Like, most of them. I just looked into it a bit cause you piqued my curiosity and here's a couple of stats from 2010:
--top 100m at U of Washington: 10.37
--top 100m at Penn State: 10.64
--top 100m at U of Southern California: 10.10 but second-best guy is 10.78
--apparently the standards for partial aid at Auburn in 2008 were 10.40 for a full ride, 10.60 for partial aid and 10.70 for a walk-on spot. Auburn is one of the best track schools, though. I bet other places wouldn't be as stringent.

Have you asked that specific question over on CF's forum? I bet some people there would be able to give you a really solid answer.

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Basketball / Re: Cavs Rebuilding
« on: July 23, 2010, 05:21:31 pm »
Yeah, Cleveland's rebuilding alright. Problem is, they've got a long way to go, especially now that the rock of their economy has taken his talents to South Beach:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysmLA5TqbIY" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysmLA5TqbIY</a>


<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZzgAjjuqZM" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZzgAjjuqZM</a>

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: July 23, 2010, 01:16:59 pm »
Quote from: adarqui on July 23, 2010, 12:37:09 pm

could be postural though, my posture has definitely improved standing due to my glute/ab strength.

Makes sense. The guy I took yoga classes from in Chile (laugh it up, fools, laugh it up) gained two inches on his height because of how much his posture improved after starting yoga.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Scrawny to Brawny Journal
« on: July 23, 2010, 11:20:29 am »
But if you can do 20 reps with it, it's not your 10RM, by definition.  ??? ??? ???

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ARowe's Journal
« on: July 23, 2010, 10:41:12 am »
Seizure hops FTW!

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqtwQuZrj8Q" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqtwQuZrj8Q</a>

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Nutrition & Supplementation / Re: Pre/Post workout Supplements
« on: July 23, 2010, 10:17:04 am »
Quote from: Zetz on July 22, 2010, 09:33:17 pm
Every muscle is important to the total physique. I like what Pavel said in the Naked Warrior, "Everything in your body is interrelated and isolation is a myth."

Though I think isolation workouts are great for building muscles like the calves, I still think great strength comes from compound lifts and exercises.

^^^True.

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Nutrition & Supplementation / Re: Pre/Post workout Supplements
« on: July 23, 2010, 10:15:53 am »
I'm not gonna defend Lyle in the whole Rippetoe shit, he acted like a giant prick, got caught doing it and was incapable of apologizing or ceding even a little bit of ground. That was lame. But I don't remember anyone getting banned for that specifically, though? I'm pretty sure the only people he's banned were people who violated his forum's very, very few rules (don't make fun of Tillerman, the guy on there who died of cancer; don't make fun of Lyle and speedskating; don't complain about not being able to do those two things). Most of the trolls (Brother, Ultra Round, nisora23, The Metronome, butkus, etc. -- I just checked, didn't know them off the top of my head  :D) who flamed him after the shit with Rip went down are still active accounts. The one in the Rip's Forum thread who's gone now, superman, wouldn't stop violating the skating rule, so he got banned. But that seems reasonable to me and the warning is clear.

Also, far from censoring people who call him out, Lyle admits it and apologizes when he's wrong about something factual, including in that very thread, at least twice.

And none of that changes the fact that his info is better/more honest/clearer than anyone else's that I've seen.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Scrawny to Brawny Journal
« on: July 23, 2010, 09:07:46 am »
Quote from: Zetz on July 22, 2010, 09:41:33 pm
heavy 20 rep ... squats

Cannot...compute...

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: squat form
« on: July 22, 2010, 04:17:17 pm »
Word to the "hips back" thing being the wrong cue. A better way is just to think about keeping the bar in one vertical plane, not letting it shift forward or back throughout the movement. You end up moving your butt back by default, but the goal is to get the weight down and up, everything else is secondary to that.

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: squat form
« on: July 22, 2010, 02:42:16 pm »
Looks pretty good! Couple things:

  • You're not parallel on any of them, which doesn't matter that much in the end unless you're trying to do ATG or whatever. On the 275's, it's more like a half squat. Just pointing it out.
  • You do a weird little sit-back thingy before you go down, small, kinda just looks like a hitch. Like zgin's Charles Barkley squats but 1000 times less noticeable. Try to focus on sitting down and back smoothly rather than doing a little prep move, then squatting.
  • Otherwise, back looks okay, shoulders look okay. Knees look okay, no wobbling although they're coming out a little far.

If any of that didn't make sense let me know and I'll try again.

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Nutrition & Supplementation / Re: Pre/Post workout Supplements
« on: July 22, 2010, 09:25:34 am »
Please retake reading comprehension. I didn't say the people who write for TMag are morons, I said they LIE ALL THE FUCKING TIME. You're right, some of the authors actually do know a lot.

Berardi: Sucks

Hyte: Never read anything by him, so fair enough

Cressey: Knows plenty and has some good info but still pisses me off because of the whole obnoxious internet  circle-jerk with Robertson, Gentilcore, Alwyn "Plagiarist" Cosgrove, etc.

Tate: Yup, been around for a million years, knows his shit. Still wouldn't trust a lot of what he writes on TMag and would prefer to read things he wrote before they found him.

Wendler: See entry for Tate.

I'd add that Dan John is absolutely bad ass and knows as much as anyone on earth about getting strong. Some of the articles on there are good, no doubt about it. But the purpose of that site is to sell insanely overhyped and overpriced supplements that are useless or at least comparable to or inferior to much cheaper versions. Therefore even the "good" authors on there, including a couple of the ones you pointed out, often have to lie through their teeth in those articles.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Scrawny to Brawny Journal
« on: July 22, 2010, 08:33:58 am »
Quote from: Zetz on July 21, 2010, 11:56:55 pm
My weight this morning actually dropped to 134 lbs. I'm going to guess it's because I haven't done any real exercise in the past few months and the weight dropped was water and fat. I'm not too worried about it though since weight does fluctuate.

Yup, probably water. Keep on keepin' on, with a surplus that high and the beautiful natural anabolic state that is the teenage years, you'll gain weight like gangbusters. Wish I'd taken better advantage of my teenage years, I could be huge like Tam.

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(It might also have to do with throwing up after my HIIT session yesterday)

At least you know you're doing the HIIT right!  ;D  Most people shuffle back and forth, barely taxing themselves, and then complain how hard they worked when all they did was dick around and waste time. I'm still not a huge fan in most cases but if you're gonna do it at all, it should hurt like crazy. We used to do interval sprints for ultimate in college and at least half the team would puke or at least dry heave at the end.

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Nutrition & Supplementation / Re: Pre/Post workout Supplements
« on: July 22, 2010, 07:47:14 am »
Also, I think adarq meant to refer to my exceptionally strong jaw musculature.

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Nutrition & Supplementation / Re: Pre/Post workout Supplements
« on: July 22, 2010, 07:44:57 am »
Quote from: Zetz on July 22, 2010, 12:12:04 am
I agree, the post is worth it despite the load time. I'm wondering though, why LBSS seems so vehemently against just about anything outside of bodyrecomposition.com

I'm not vehemently against anything outside br.com. That would also be retarded. However, the quality of information on there is so much higher than anywhere else I've found that until I find someplace better -- and trust me, I look -- I rely on Lyle for the most part.

Largely because, unlike most other nutrition sites I've seen, HE DOESN'T FUCKING LIE ALL THE TIME* and HE ISN'T A FUCKING MORON.** Also, Lyle's support forum is moderated only for civility, unlike TMag's or practically anyone else's message board. You can troll him to your heart's content, ask the dumbest questions possible, and he will not censor or ban you. Because he's not selling bullshit and he actually knows what he's talking about.

*See: Practically everyone who writes for TMag
**See: Practically everyone who advocates for the Paleo diet/lifestyle, including the two-years-ago version of myself.

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