Anybody 6' & under dunk a basketball?

[Fast Twitch Fiber]

There's a powelifter turned olympic lifter named Shane Hammond who is 5'9" and could touch the rim at 380 lbs. He also could squat a bit over 1000 lbs. Some people just have explosive strength. I have strength in my legs but it's not "fast" strength like olympic lifters.

 

[tiger88]

There's a powelifter turned olympic lifter named Shane Hammond who is 5'9" and could touch the rim at 380 lbs. He also could squat a bit over 1000 lbs. Some people just have explosive strength. I have strength in my legs but it's not "fast" strength like olympic lifters.

First off, was he running then jumping up to hoop or was he standing still? Lets say he is standing still so, look here:


ok i lets say shane is a propitonal male and then his arm span is about 19 inches, i assume for a man of

that hieght. so he jumps STANDING STILL and touches the rim he has about a 29-31 inch verticle jump. i left a gap open because not 100% sure. for some one that big that is AWSOME. mad props to him, but a 39 inch verticle is FUCKING WORLD
CLASS AND strengthfiend who is a big 320 LBS dont think so


so just think about it and dunking a basketball and a vertical is 2 differnt ball games my amigo

 

[babbabuee]

I can touch the foam pad on the bottom of the board, I'm 5'8", can't jump worth a damn. But as quick as I am, who needs to jump.

 

[kentucky]

Bah. Maybe not in Spartanburg...everyone down there's too busy eating doughnuts at the BMW plant

I'm just ribbin' ya Kentucky. My grandfather comes from Spartanburg. You're actually not very far from me...

i think the entire country eats too many krispy kremes.

where you live at?



and hammer, than link you posted looks like that guy is on a slamball court :lol:

 

[coolcolj]

Shane can actually dunk a volleyball standing under the ring, and his vert is around 36inches from memory.

if you have seen how fast he squats 1018lbs, you know he has the power!
I haven't seen anyone squat >90% faster - period!

 

[strengthfiend]

So how do i prove it...

How do you want me to prove it? I know a guy with a digital camera that does video, but I don't know how to post video. If someone helps me I will post video footage of me dunking or doing whatever you want.

Strengthfiend

 

[coolcolj]

send it to me , and I'll host it

get the guy to compress it first to either mpeg or WMV

StrengthFiend, what are you lift numbers?
Squat, powersnatch and hang power snatch?

 

[strengthfiend]

Perfect

Thanks for the offer CCJ. I have a powerlifting meet the weekend of Sept 13th and 14th, so I can't do it until then. The reason being that I get jumper's knee so bad I can't walk for days. So say if I go out to play basketball with some friends I have to resist playing really hard or jumping around too much because literally I only get about 5 really good jumps and then I'm screwed. My squat is really coming along so I don't want to hurt myself before the meet.

Anyway when I was tested for vertical(the guy who did it played pro football for years and had a master's in Kines). This guy owned a sports training facility and I was doing strongman at the time, so I was trying to convince him that 1) I was a good athlete and 2) strongman was a real sport. So I had just come from my workout that I had just finished front squats. I walked in from off the street and started talking to him about strongman and how I would like to store my equipment there, and train indoors during the winter. At first he was really snarky with me, and I asked him what he was testing(I knew what he was doing) and I knew a head of time that I could jump(I played BB in high school). So I asked him if I could try it out and he said sure. I reached up on the device and measured my reach and then he gave me two jumps. The first one I didnt hit so high, 35 inches, then I took a second jump and hit the 39 inches. He was so impressed with the jump that he let us train there and had a key cut for me within the week. Eventually he even had his athlete's flipping the 600 tire for strength endurance drills.

Anyway when I hit that mark in the vert test I was training for strongman. I was squatting extremely narrow and very low and really pausing at the bottom and exploding upwards. At that time I could get 300 kgs for 2 or 3 reps. I eventually had to stop squatting like that because of the knee coming too far over the foot. My hang clean was 335, hang snatch 225 and push press was 385. The difference I found was the front squat. Not only did I find it to be a restorative lift, but very important in jumping. I worked up to a triple with 215 kgs. When that started to climb I almost felt more springy and my knees also felt good as well. Anyway that is my vertical story. I'm sorry some of you don't believe it, but I will post some type of evidence after the 13th and 14th of September. To tell you the truth I might believe me either lol.

Strengthfiend

 

[dood]

Gary Taylor at 308 or so could probably jump 50 inches(no joke). He could POWER clean 500. Plus his best squat was 970. Also he ha like the strongest shoulders ever which do play a part in jumping. Most people say he was the most explosive guy ever. If he went back to olympic lifting in his prime he would prob hold the world record for both snatch and c&j.

 

[tiger88]

see i am just a realist who doesnt really believe all i hear, until i see Strengthfiend do the 39 INCH VERT some how i wont velieve him. that is just the way i am. YOU just dont say badass #'s without proof. this is very sad