*** The 2012 Gym Rats Thread ***

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Something seems a miss there FF :) Michael Jordans best jump is under 50" :eek:

Could be the testing or you could just be jumping reeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaly high :)
 
55" is nuts, you sure that's not a typo?
Search YouTube for joedefranco 55" for an example of a 55" box jump :D
 
Oops, no I meant 45". Though I have more in me. Apologies. :o :o

I'll get a video of it next time - we just have some plastic poles, that clip to some plastic verticals that pop off if you hit them (a bit like a high jump bar). It has inch markers along the side. I've always had a good vertical jump and have always had explosive power. The reason for adding them to the work out is to help get me some more speed on deads at the bottom, I think it will help with "getting out of the hole" for squats too to a certain extent. :)

Right, off to try 102" jumps now....
 
icecold said:
Looks like a nice cycle!

How did you measure your vert? I've always wanted to get it done properly. 55" is huge, why didn't you get a video :mad:
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The vertical pole has inch markers along the side - it's not hugely scientific or accurate, but I'd rather jump over a bar like a high jump bar than try to jump onto a box and land on my face! :p When I get my confidence back I'll start box jumping again.

Djdom56 said:
How were you doing it? Did you tuck your knees or were your legs straight?


That program looks really nice, very well rounded. How will you structure your mobility work with that, will it be a typical scenario where you do some bad areas each session and then spend a bit of time on the non-major things here and there? Or are you just going to hammer it all at once :p?
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Legs tucked! I'm not a flea! :D :p

I do the mobility before each session - i.e. lower mobility for a lower session, upper mobility for an upper session, and do both on my conditioning sessions.

Foam rolling I do a lot of before the session no matter what. I really need to sort out my hip tightness, so will tend to always do some hip/hamstring mobility before each session.

Yeah I'm quite happy with that programme. Snatch deadlifts are hard though as are towel chins.

Ultra_Extreme said:
Mobility work never moistened a ladys undercarriage, remember that.
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Not so sure about that, by becoming more mobile, you are then able to lift more weight, which makes you stronger, and therefore more bear like. Now you know I'm the last person to be bothered about aesthetics, and I can make women moist just by looking at them - some of us just have that gift ;)

However, as beastly strong as I was, my form wasn't great, and I wasn't progressing and I was tight, inflexible, and just living day to day life was miserable. Now, I'm more mobile, less sore, and I don't look like a piece of 2x4 everytime I move around. My core strength has hugely improved, as has my flexibility, and whilst my strength isn't back to what it was, yet, I am 10kg lighter and still shifting over 5x my bodyweight in the 3 lifts, I'm in a lot less joint pain, and if I get the opportunity to lift weights better and reduce injury or tap into my potential, it makes sense to do it.

Either way, there is so much research that myofascial releases and mobility work are absolutely essential and good for people like us who do lift a lot of wieghts and spend hours in front of a computer.

It's also not natural not do it - it also feels great, and furthermore, it serves as a great warm up. :)

I started doing it a couple of years ago when I realised that I was a tight ball of knots. Since then I'm tucking in less on squats, my shoulder rotation and mobility is greatly improved despite my injury, and I actually feel less cumbersome as a result in my movements, I'm more agile and fluid.
 
U_E, I really do enjoy your presence on these forums and your non-beating around the bush attitude, but am wondering why you personally continue to post here when you seem to think the vast majority of us aren't doing things right :p

You seem to think we're all malnutritioned but overtly flexible bean sprouts :D
 
MoNkeE said:
U_E, I really do enjoy your presence on these forums and your non-beating around the bush attitude, but am wondering why you personally continue to post here when you seem to think the vast majority of us aren't doing things right :p

You seem to think we're all malnutritioned but overtly flexible bean sprouts :D
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Most of us are though?

:D
 
Today's session wasn't too bad, I felt a lot more flexible with squats the more I got in to it.

Squats:
70x5
80x5
90x5x5
95x5
100x1 - Did this a couple of times as it felt a lot better

Bench Press
70x5
90x5x3
92.5x5
95x4x2

BOR:
65x5x4
67.5x5x2
70x5x2
 
MoNkeE said:
U_E, I really do enjoy your presence on these forums and your non-beating around the bush attitude, but am wondering why you personally continue to post here when you seem to think the vast majority of us aren't doing things right :p

You seem to think we're all malnutritioned but overtly flexible bean sprouts :D
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Superiority complex?

Woe betide anyone who doesn't know all there is to know or can't do things right first time (or second, or third time) :p
 
Come on guys no need to have a pop with someone who has different values. :) We're all friends here.

I don't understand or agree with some people here, but that doesn't mean to say I have any less respect for them, and likewise I'm sure they don't poo poo some of my opinions and ideas. We all have to remain open minded. :)
 
Oh no I'm certainly not having a pop at U_E, as I said I do enjoy his contributions, just he's mentioned things like this on quite a few of his recent posts :)

Delvis, weird, you certainly don't look like a chicken. Just a breast :p
 
Freefaller said:
Are you ever with it?! :p
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Freefaller said:
Come on guys no need to have a pop with someone who has different values. :) We're all friends here.

I don't understand or agree with some people here, but that doesn't mean to say I have any less respect for them, and likewise I'm sure they don't poo poo some of my opinions and ideas. We all have to remain open minded. :)
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Yep, my view exactly. There are a lot of "right" ways to do these things.
 
icecold said:
I'm sure you'll smash those mate.

How heavy are your stones?
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Yeah I would hope so :D

108kg and 140kg. I've had the 108 up a couple of time, not regular enough though. The 140 has stayed in it's tyre since it moved into the garage though!
I completely over estimated buying that one, should have went for a 90 and the 108 really
 
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