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Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« Reply #1845 on: May 29, 2013, 06:40:16 pm »
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  You could technically call that an "olympic squat with the bar on shoulders".   Some great weightlifters squat with the bar very low on traps/upper shoulders, some put the bar higher. 





 
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Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« Reply #1846 on: May 29, 2013, 07:08:38 pm »
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only way i'm getting that many plates on the bar is if their made of foam. anyway dead lift to 40y dash calculator sounds awesome. this is how i'm going to make my millions.
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Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« Reply #1847 on: May 29, 2013, 07:19:41 pm »
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW2-x-0lAQo" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW2-x-0lAQo</a>
Current PR status:

All time squat: 165 kg/Old age squat: 130 kg
All time deadlift: 184 kg/Old age deadlift: 140 kg
All time bench: 85 kg/Old age bench: 70kgx5reps
All time hip thrust (same as old age hip thrust): 160kgx5reps

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Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« Reply #1848 on: May 29, 2013, 10:23:50 pm »
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WEIGHT: ???
SORENESS: hamstrings quite a bit, traps a little
ACHES/INJURIES: none
MENTAL STATE: dragging a little, hamstring soreness meant i knew i wasn't going to be at my best and that makes it hard to get up

- warm up

- avishek SL bounds x 4

- broad jump x 4
not bad at all, which surprised me. not PR-level but not far off.

- DL bound x 4,2,4
meh, these were worse. second set got interrupted by a soccer ball coming straight at me. fucking soccer. in my dream world i have a full olympic oval and football field all to myself, with an enclosed, wood-floor basketball court with an adjustable rim right next to it and a full weight lifting set on the side (barbell, bumper plates, squat rack, bench). time to get travolta money and see what i can do.

- various SVJ, DSVJ, SLRVJ, SLRVJ, and avishek hop VJ
as ever on shitty jumping days, these all made my knees ache. 4-6 reps of each per leg.

- 40y dash
skipped, knees unhappy and didn't want to push hamstrings with ME sprinting.

- tempo run 80+ x 8
the straight on the track is not a full 100m. my guess is it's about 80m.

- stretch

- heel walks x 50

- stretch

pretty pleased with this workout considering how crappy my legs felt going in. forcing myself to do tempo rather than ME 40s was smart. there's a reason you're supposed to do speed stuff before gym stuff but jesus would not allow it, in His infinite wisdom he caused a thunderstorm to rain down yesterday. so it goes.
Muscles are nonsensical they have nothing to do with this bullshit.

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https://www.savannahstate.edu/cost/nrotc/documents/Inform2010-thearmstrongworkout_Enclosure15_5-2-10.pdf

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Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« Reply #1849 on: May 31, 2013, 12:18:44 pm »
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good photos.

again, doesn't matter how good it looks, what matters is what muscles you are using. Depending on one's structure, a side angle view of squats won't tell you if someone is feeling it in their glutes a lot, or quads more. If front squats work for you, you should see a decent increase in your SVJ within a few workouts or up to a month's worth due to better quad activation, not necessarily greater strength, if that is what you needed to improve your squat to vert ratio, which is exactly what I think you need for your standing vert, and that should translate into better running vert.

On another note, don't always believe in what you're doing, or you become attached and cannot see other possibilities. But while you're doing it yes do it with passion but be able to change. That's my life advice at my young age, but especially with training/health/diet.
"Performance during stretch-shortening cycle exercise is influenced by the visco-elastic properties of the muscle-tendon units. During stretching of an activated muscle, mechanical energy is absorbed in the tendon structures (tendon and aponeurosis) and this energy can subsequently be re-utilized if shortening of the muscle immediately follows the stretching. According to Biscotti (2000), 72% of the elastic energy restitution action comes from tendons, 28% - from contractile elements of muscles.

http://www.verkhoshansky.com/Portals/0/Presentations/Shock%20Method%20Plyometrics.pdf

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Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« Reply #1850 on: June 01, 2013, 07:34:20 am »
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WEIGHT: 178
SORENESS: quads, hamstrings a little
ACHES/INJURIES: quads, anterior lower leg
MENTAL STATE: okay, not great or bad

- warm up

- SVJ x 10

- one-step SLRVJ x 6

- paused squat 285 x 1; 255 x 5,5
legs felt terrible on the single so i dropped weight. will go back to 285 next workout.

- circuit x 4
-- pull up x 8,8,7,6
-- assisted GHR x 8
-- dip x 8,8,7,6

- circuit x 2
-- calf raise 415 x 10
-- heel walk x 30
-- stretch calves

- stretch

not enough sleep and too much stress this week at work. a bunch of friends are leaving town and had "last nights" this week so i was up too late several nights. and it's just been 100 mph at work so getting up early, getting up before my alarm, that kind of shit. couldn't even sleep in today because i have to go to the eastern shore for a funeral. better luck next week.
Muscles are nonsensical they have nothing to do with this bullshit.

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https://www.savannahstate.edu/cost/nrotc/documents/Inform2010-thearmstrongworkout_Enclosure15_5-2-10.pdf

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Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« Reply #1851 on: June 01, 2013, 08:50:12 pm »
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sorry to hear about the funeral.
Goals by Sept 1, 2014:

2x BW Squat for 5
33" SVJ
36" RVJ

Jump on so many mailboxes i make cascio look like a bitch


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Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« Reply #1852 on: June 03, 2013, 09:35:11 pm »
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^^^ thanks man. it ended up being really nice, actually. beautiful service -- my great-uncle was an awesome and well-loved dude -- and it was great to have such a huge gathering of all my cousins and second cousins on that side of the family. sad occasion, of course, but still.

WEIGHT: ???
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: posterior knees
MENTAL STATE: angry, grateful for the beautiful evening on which to work out

- warm up

- avishek SL bounds 10y x 3

- broad jump x 4
near-PR, at least 37'

- DL bound x 4,4,4
not quite as far as the broad jumps, maybe 10-12" off.

- sprint 40y x 4
self-hand timing, but for the record: 5.2, 5.4, 5.3, 5.1

- 1-2 jump 40y x 3

- tempo run straight-curve x 3
tough, liked these. could have shortened the rest periods but otherwise these were great. not sure of the track's dimensions so don't know distance, but the sprints were 26-28s. challenging.

- stretch

had a rather shitty day at work. now i feel better.
Muscles are nonsensical they have nothing to do with this bullshit.

- Avishek

https://www.savannahstate.edu/cost/nrotc/documents/Inform2010-thearmstrongworkout_Enclosure15_5-2-10.pdf

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Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« Reply #1853 on: June 03, 2013, 09:41:01 pm »
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Keep doing these double leg bounds, they will help eventually.

I also plan to do myself some 2-leg bounds but for speed. Like 2-leg sprints basically. We'll see how these go.
Current PR status:

All time squat: 165 kg/Old age squat: 130 kg
All time deadlift: 184 kg/Old age deadlift: 140 kg
All time bench: 85 kg/Old age bench: 70kgx5reps
All time hip thrust (same as old age hip thrust): 160kgx5reps

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Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« Reply #1854 on: June 04, 2013, 12:34:28 am »
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please take vid, i bet they will be hilarious-looking.
Muscles are nonsensical they have nothing to do with this bullshit.

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https://www.savannahstate.edu/cost/nrotc/documents/Inform2010-thearmstrongworkout_Enclosure15_5-2-10.pdf

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Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« Reply #1855 on: June 04, 2013, 08:33:18 pm »
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WEIGHT: ???
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: tops of feet from new work shoes
MENTAL STATE: good, much better day today, very ready to work out

- warm up

- mobility/core stuff x 30 mins

my roommate moves out tomorrow after four years of living together. so no full workout. back on the horse tomorrow.
Muscles are nonsensical they have nothing to do with this bullshit.

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https://www.savannahstate.edu/cost/nrotc/documents/Inform2010-thearmstrongworkout_Enclosure15_5-2-10.pdf

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Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« Reply #1856 on: June 05, 2013, 09:37:49 pm »
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WEIGHT: 175
SORENESS: triceps
ACHES/INJURIES: lot of quad tightness
MENTAL STATE: calm, focused

- warm up

- superset x 2
-- jump squat 20 x 3
-- SVJ x 4
SVJs were pretty bad, 24.5-25, except one solidly at 26 when i got the arm swing right

- paused squat 285 x 5,4
could have gotten five on second set but would have been grindy. lame. felt the quad tightness on these.

- GHR x 5,5,5
focusing on form per alex v video. will post vid in a bit

- circuit x 3
-- pull up x 8
-- paused calf raise 415 x 10
-- DB OHP 100 x 6

- windshield wipers x 4,4,3
i tried these the other day and they were fun. not sure why but i was swinging forward and back today and that made it harder.

- stretch
Muscles are nonsensical they have nothing to do with this bullshit.

- Avishek

https://www.savannahstate.edu/cost/nrotc/documents/Inform2010-thearmstrongworkout_Enclosure15_5-2-10.pdf

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Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« Reply #1857 on: June 06, 2013, 04:59:13 am »
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Do you have a GHR machine?
Current PR status:

All time squat: 165 kg/Old age squat: 130 kg
All time deadlift: 184 kg/Old age deadlift: 140 kg
All time bench: 85 kg/Old age bench: 70kgx5reps
All time hip thrust (same as old age hip thrust): 160kgx5reps

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Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« Reply #1858 on: June 06, 2013, 09:27:34 am »
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Ha that's awesome. Must be strange/cool to meet someone from the forum IRL.

well, it is weird to be talking out loud about people named "raptor" and "t0ddday."

btw, t0ddday, is it "tahday" or "today"?

Lol.  Yeah awesome that you guys got to work out.  Avishek at 4.7 and you close to 5.0 is not bad at all.  Great to see your bounding improving, the "measurability" of the workout is one of things that makes it so great...

My name is Tade.  Pronounced like this "Tah-Day".  When I first started running I was pretty quiet and didn't speak up much so for like two months some of the guys thought my full name was Todd Day.  It became a running joke that people just thought I always rolled with first and last name so I adopted it as my nickname.  Since youtube switched over to real names this forum is probably the only place it still exists.

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Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« Reply #1859 on: June 06, 2013, 09:38:08 am »
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HA! suck it, avishek.
Muscles are nonsensical they have nothing to do with this bullshit.

- Avishek

https://www.savannahstate.edu/cost/nrotc/documents/Inform2010-thearmstrongworkout_Enclosure15_5-2-10.pdf

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