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whats the 1008 lb squatter's vert?  ccj says it 60+ standing

What really matters is, what's his SLRVJ?

The danger I was talking about is from athletes trying to wait too long to put the feet down, reaching out further than they are capable, and landing on "locked" knees.  There are many cases of this and Ive seen several at combines myself during broad jump tests.

     The reason your squat hurts your knees is because your using so much forward knee travel.  In a properly performed, below paralell squat, the glutes feel like they almost completely take over until about midway up.  You are essentially performing a hip thrust up to that point if you think about it.  Your squatting technique wont permit you to drop the hips low enough below your kneecaps to experience this. When you go lower it requires even more forward knee travel, hence your increased pain.  Ive already tried to explain to you that this "pretty" squat you have in your head that a 4 foot 5  Chinese olympic lifter wearing weightlifting shoes performs is not going to be the optimal squatting position for taller, longer limbed guys like us.  Long legs, short torso, you are going to have to create some forward lean to squat correctly. Its really that simple, long torso/short legs- can stay very upright, short torso/long legs- need some forward lean.  Neither is better and neither is worse.  Whats bad is when a long leg/short torso lifter like you tries to emulate a perfectly upright torso position, causing crazy forward knee travel, or a long torso/short leg lifter tries to lean forward too much causing too much low back activity.  Their torso is a longer lever than ours, they have to keep it upright. 

Good post.

You're right, I should have. I even thought about it at the time but I was kind of thrown off by it and confused, so I ended up moving on. Oh well.

Glutes and low back were sore all day yesterday from the lunges and DL. No pain, though, which is good. Just soreness.

Haha joe you're funny. My girlfriend jiggles just the right amount, though    And thanks cowed! Some bench frustration today but I think I'll have the 1.5xbw soon.

warm up
shoot hoops -- mixed bag
mobility
ankle rehab

work
trap bar DL 3x8x255 -- all reps felt fine but low back is feeling it a bit now. Got a vid, will post later.
bench 5x175, 3x185, 3x195 -- had more in me but the fucking spotter just grabbed the bar after three and re-racked it! WTF!
DB row 3x8x75 -- low back was feeling it so no BOR
circuit x4
--lunge x50 -- felt okay in stiff sneakers but I'll never be able to do these loaded cause I'm not stable enough when my left foot is back
--ab wheel rollout x10
--leg lower x10
side plank x45s/ea

cool down
stretch

EDIT Just looked at trap bar DL vid and I did 9 reps in the first set because I apparently have the counting skills of a 2-year-old.

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.

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.

Seizure hops FTW!

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

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  ) 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.