Creation of an Explosive Mofo - My Training Journal :)

[Phaded]

are you working out for vertical leap and speed?

if so sweet i'm looking for a workout to increase my vertical leap and quickness..

 

[Tagio]

are you working out for vertical leap and speed?

if so sweet i'm looking for a workout to increase my vertical leap and quickness..

yeah man... browse thru this thread and you'll see many links and other good info about developing explosive power and vertical jump - it was thanks to this thread that i started training properly for my goals, eventually hooked up with an olympic weightlifting coach and got onto my own path training-wise, but this thread is a great resource!

 

[coolcolj]

Just curious...how good do you think the Tanita scale is at measuring bodyfat accurately? Do you fully "trust it"???

as far as absolute numbers go, not very, it says I'm 25-27% BF
Probbaly due to my greater muscle mass vs normal people. I just deduct 10% off that and it's pretty close to where I am I feel

but for relative numbers it's not too bad, just have to measure at the same time. The numbers it gives fluctuates quite a lot depending on body fluid levels etc

but between that, the mirror/photo, waist size and this http://home.fuse.net/clymer/bmi/

you get a good idea where things are

 

[KOArtist]

Gotcha, that's kind of what I figured. I have seen some scales that say they have "athlete mode" though...do you think this means they take extra muscle into account?

 

[coolcolj]

are you working out for vertical leap and speed?

if so sweet i'm looking for a workout to increase my vertical leap and quickness..

yeah, mostly VJ now

can't go wrong with Kelly Baggett's site - read all the articles and Q&A. There is a VJ faq as well

http://www.higher-faster-sports.com/

plus old newsletters here
http://www.higher-faster-sports.com:80/No_BullCrap_Sports_Training-backissues.html

 

[coolcolj]

Gotcha, that's kind of what I figured. I have seen some scales that say they have "athlete mode" though...do you think this means they take extra muscle into account?

yea but not the extent you'd like. Since it just measures how long the signal takes to to go through your body. Don't bother for absolute values, you need to go in a dunk tank for that. But for relative progress it's not too bad.

 

[coolcolj]

legs feeling a lot better today, but I'm not training again till Tuesday

measured my standing reach an it's 85.5 inches barefeet or 86 inches in Nike Frees..... 7'2"
damn I have some short arms for a 5'8" - 5'9" person!!
My wingspan is less than my height as well

I've seen some 5'5" guys with the same reach as me....
I'm gonna need all 44 inches of vertical jump to dunk it 2 handed

I know I need my head to be 12 inches from the rim just to do a basic 1 handed dunk.....

 

[coolcolj]

Why does a world class thrower need to cheat on his bench? Guess even these types of elite athletes have an ego too....
Gym weenie at the world class level I too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2qlDTLykUk&feature=related

so this guy has to squat snatch 120kg, yet he is supposedly powercleaning/ hang powercleaning 150kg in this vid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EM2F3PfQvg

the numbers don't add up - full snatch = powerclean, but thanks to his form he can cheat under the bar....

 

[Tagio]

lol his pull is beautiful, perfect powerful second pull then WTF catches it with his arms like a complete novice. good luck to his shoulders

 

[coolcolj]

you mean his back too