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11-22-2021, 12:34 AM #401
I agree with you and think it is more just diminished returns from weightlifting beyond a certain point where it just doesn’t matter. And people with really good fast twitch muscle characteristics typically don’t have freakish strength. I’ve told this story before but I got a chance to be a work out partner for a NFL practice squad player. I was stronger than him at basically every lift and I only weighed 15lbs more than him. But he was so much quicker, faster, could jump higher, etc. we were like different species.
Personally, my experience is that there is no athletic advantage to being able to do 3-4 reps with 500lbs vs 3-4 reps with 400 lbs. The time and CNS exhaustion spent on getting to 500 would likely be better spent on conditioning, movement quality, etc.
I also agree with your “strong enough” statement. I think that is also why you don’t see many pro athletes continue to work on progressive overload of lifts like squat and deadlift (and basically no one in pro sports is benching much and literally no one except freaks are doing heavy military presses). Deadlifting 3x body weight gives few if any advantages over 2.5x. However training for 3x comes with a statistically significant risk of catastrophic injury.
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11-22-2021, 08:53 PM #402
Yeah but squatting 500lb is more fun
NFL players are pretty much all bench pressing FWIW.
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11-27-2021, 07:23 PM #403Registered User
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Ended up doing 6 sessions of full leg blasters in the previous 2 weeks. Can confirm it's worth the pain!!!
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12-17-2021, 11:01 AM #404
First turns of the year last Sat/Sun. Conditions were a mix of dense grabby upside-down pow, crud, wind buff, firm groomers, man-made ice, natural ice, bumps and a few modest airs, all in overcast super flat light. Legs felt great with no DOMS and felt super "on it" overall. That was despite taking the previous 3 weeks off from training due to a major illness.
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01-09-2022, 08:48 PM #405
I must be doing something right.
http://youtube.com/shorts/29qECh-7PbA
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01-09-2022, 09:02 PM #406King potato
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Beauty!
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01-09-2022, 09:49 PM #407
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01-10-2022, 01:50 AM #408
clearly worth it!
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01-10-2022, 06:00 AM #409
You know, "Taking ten foot cliffs like moguls." used to be a tag-line amongst comp skiers in reference to skiers who got their shit together.
So, I would say-- you're taking ten foot cliffs like moguls.
That's dope shit right there. And-- you've got your shit together.
Now-- don't hit a tree with this explosion of fluidity below your feet.
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01-10-2022, 08:32 AM #410Registered User
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Nice line DTM!
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01-10-2022, 09:51 AM #411Registered User
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I think YMMV but after an ACL reconstruction I've had trouble getting the knee muscles to fire and various leg machines weren't doing it, there always seemed to be a hitch at the bottom of the stroke and the knee was weak but the operation felt good
Gyms/ resturants/ bars are covid-closed up here so couldn't go to the gym but what seems to be working is fill a mop bucket up with weight ( vise/ hammers/ wrenches) at home and do single knee bends so the knee stays completely loaded thru 15 reps, IME it gots to be single leg or the good knee just compensates for the recovering kneeLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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01-10-2022, 11:17 AM #412Registered User
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Crushing it, DTM!
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01-10-2022, 02:21 PM #413
Thanks guys! I'm 4 months from 40 and I feel incredibly lucky to still be skiing like this.
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01-10-2022, 05:54 PM #414
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01-10-2022, 07:34 PM #415Registered User
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You’re just a pup man. I turned 51 last November. Life threw me a massive curve ball so my fitness it not where I want it or normally have it. With that said, stay on course, seems like you won’t have a problem there and you’ll be killing into well into your older age. Hell I still have no issues keeping up with really really good skiers in their 30’s or younger. It’s pretty fun just crushing a line and blowing by a guy much younger and see the look on their face in the lift line when they realize my age.
ACH, who just lurks now, has me by 9yrs and that dude absolutely rips!
I just don’t drop big stuff anymore as the margin for error is so small and big crashes really take a toll.
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01-10-2022, 07:50 PM #416
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01-10-2022, 08:07 PM #417Registered User
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01-10-2022, 08:17 PM #418
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01-10-2022, 08:19 PM #419Registered User
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Lol!
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01-10-2022, 08:40 PM #420
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01-10-2022, 08:47 PM #421
Dtm's line is basically the skin track to the top, but I guess you "old" guys avoid the fall line Definitely a nice rip
Haven't read the thread yet but glad to see leg extensions are working for people. My patellar tendonitis says no
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01-10-2022, 08:48 PM #422
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01-10-2022, 09:01 PM #423Registered User
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01-10-2022, 10:01 PM #424Registered User
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IME the 30 something guys were all working real jobs, pianting white picket fences and taking care of yard apes
so when they are on day 2 and yer on day 60 its a big difference, but the blown ACL has been a game changerLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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01-11-2022, 07:39 AM #425
Great to see ya gettin after it post injury, DTM!
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