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damn raptor, you are really going all in with the born again rippetoeism gospel sermoning! Im happy for you that you've found some guidance in internet coaching but give the tired propaganda a rest. low bar isn't the game changer you're making it out to be, and really fuck all of that noise, not like anyone cares much for it here.

strong, to me, is a beltless backsquat, reasonably upright for 160-180kg at a bw around 82.5-87.5kg. For someone else it might be 150kg or 200kg, it depends on the individual obv. I would like a decent front squat as well, say 150-160kg. Same bw as before. Tell me princess when did you last let your heart decide. height makes a difference as well. for a guy 5'7" say, you can be strong and jacked AF at 75kg, for me, im basically a skeleton at that weight :/ low bar isn't going to change that lol

I am absolutely confused by how some of the guys on the forum insist on training alone.   Maybe LA is just different but down here you can't walk around a track without seeing a training group and joining one is a piece of cake... If you just be friendly at the gym and track you should be able to get your way on a team...

believe me, i've looked. the only track groups i've been able to find around here are for distance running, or else are too far away to be practical without a car. i could join a triathlon or power lifting or olympic lifting club tomorrow. but sprinting just isn't a thing in this area unless you're in high school. the club that organizes track meets in the area has weekly track workouts but they seem to be for middle distance runners.* if i could go back to high school now i'd join the track team and just beg to do sprints and jumps even though i'm better suited to (i.e., not quite as horrible at) the mile. but i'm 27 and got my diploma 10 years ago. don't think they'd let me on the team.

the point is: LA is different.

*that said, i never got a response when i emailed some months ago asking about sprinting practice. would be worth reaching out again to see if they just misrepresent themselves on their website.

Also LBSS i had a dream last night i went back to highschool but with all the life experience and saavy i have as an adult. Was a cool dream. No relevance just thought to mention.

edit oh and I wouldnt go by emails. No one in this country bothers returning them if you cold mail them. Phone call or go see them in person.

we'll see about the email. looking through the club's website again i'm actually more hopeful than i was before. will be funny if i have to eat my words. 

cool about the high school dream. i often think to myself how much ass i could have gotten if i had the confidence that i do now. not that i did terribly in that department in high school, mind you. but there was plenty of room for improvement. same goes for college, really. youth really is wasted on the young.

Quote from: T0ddday on June 16, 2014, 12:48:44 am

I am absolutely confused by how some of the guys on the forum insist on training alone.   Maybe LA is just different but down here you can't walk around a track without seeing a training group and joining one is a piece of cake... If you just be friendly at the gym and track you should be able to get your way on a team...

believe me, i've looked. the only track groups i've been able to find around here are for distance running, or else are too far away to be practical without a car. i could join a triathlon or power lifting or olympic lifting club tomorrow. but sprinting just isn't a thing in this area unless you're in high school. the club that organizes track meets in the area has weekly track workouts but they seem to be for middle distance runners.* if i could go back to high school now i'd join the track team and just beg to do sprints and jumps even though i'm better suited to (i.e., not quite as horrible at) the mile. but i'm 27 and got my diploma 10 years ago. don't think they'd let me on the team.

the point is: LA is different.

*that said, i never got a response when i emailed some months ago asking about sprinting practice. would be worth reaching out again to see if they just misrepresent themselves on their website.

I guess just because I am shocked doesn't mean what you are saying isn't possible.  I haven't met training partners in the DC area (well besides LBSS) but I can tell you it is insanely easy in both LA and New York.  Last time I was in New York for business I linked up with Central Park Track club and they have multiple 20 point guys and great coaches...  Also, met some other athletes just at the gym and organized more training.   

Perhaps searching on the internet isn't the best way?  I mean I have seen PVTC and Maryland Masters track club but perhaps neither exists anymore.  In LA at least it's really all about location.  Most tracks/fields you will go to and their will be nothing but a bunch of kids playing soccer.  But venture into the right neighborhood and find the right track and it will be nothing but elite sprinting groups and NFL combine training and an absolutely incredibly level of talent.   The same is true for gyms... mostly just terrible atmospheres but we have a few gyms actually dedicated to speed and even a gym entirely dedicated to increasing your vertical jump...

I have no idea if this will work in Australia but you might have more success if you keep exploring some different tracks for training.  At least in LA the best tracks are in wealthier black neighborhoods and the environment at these tracks is pretty serious and if you are interested in getting more athletic an environment like this would help astronomically.   I honestly believe we could fix your bounds in about 3-5 sessions if you had our group with you to compare against vs the months it might take you to iron it out yourself.

I have no idea if this will work in Australia but you might have more success if you keep exploring some different tracks for training.  At least in LA the best tracks are in wealthier black neighborhoods and the environment at these tracks is pretty serious and if you are interested in getting more athletic an environment like this would help astronomically.   I honestly believe we could fix your bounds in about 3-5 sessions if you had our group with you to compare against vs the months it might take you to iron it out yourself.

The difference, and the problem, within Australia is the lack of high school/college sporting programs in general. We don't have anywhere near the same sporting infrastructure as the US or Europe. For most kids touching weights or doing track work in high school is a rarity even if you're playing high level sport.

In Romania, the best court in the country for basketball is probably worse than a high school court in the USA. This for the entire country of ~23 million people.

If im a double leg jumper, shud i still b doing lots of 1 leg jumps? Y?

Well, guess it's time for him to walk on two feet from now on. Hop on the streets like a bird. No need for any unilateral stuff.