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HipHopAnonymous
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Call Jimmy and see if he still has these shoes.
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It's all about the shoes. Really expensive new shoes make all the difference.
I remember when I was 11 I got a new pair of tenny-runners. Man were those shoes fast! I could run all over the place in those shoes!
I remember when I was 11 I got a new pair of tenny-runners. Man were those shoes fast! I could run all over the place in those shoes!
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Don't do leg extensions. They shear your ligaments especially the ACL. No one does those except for physical therapy very very light (which sounds kinda weird).
When I was 16, I was probably around 6' tall. I haven't really grown much vertically since then, probably only an inch or two (6'3 and some with shoes on) but I really grew into my frame from 16-20. I probably only weighed 150 or so during my junior year, but I was up to 170 by the end of my senior year and 180 after my freshman year of college.
Calves aren't super important, but it does help. I only do two calve exercises per week, on the same days that I do my shoulder workouts. I can tell that it helps my one legged jumps.
One thing to add in, often gets overlooked, but really work on your flexibility. Make a routine of going through a set of lower body stretches every morning. That will help, especially if you have poor flexibility.
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When I was 13 I topped 6 ft. I figured I would be 6'5" at least. At 16 I hit 6'2", and was at about 200 lbs. I grew another astonishing 1/2 inch since then, but of course, am still just as svelte.
Svelte is the word for fat right? Big and fat?
I thought so!
Calves help in reactivity more than they do in strength. Working out your calves by themselves is pretty useless. Increasing their range of motion helps with injury prevention (knee wont track correctly if you cant dorsi-flex well) and allowing you to squat/deadlift properly. Other than that calves get a lot of work during plyometrics. Plyometrics rely on what is called the stretch shortening cycle. Calves endure a large strain during this and the connective tissue in the area. The stretch shortening cycle is very important to jumping quickly high and getting back up for second and additional jumps. Anytime their is a counter movement this comes into play.
Just make sure you are not doing static stretching before lifting or playing your sport as this will lead to increase chance of injury and strain muscles you are about to use.
Before lifting or playing you should doing something to get your heart rate up and do some dynamic stretching.
After you lift when the muscles are still warm is a great time to do static stretching and it will definitely help. Range of motion is a lot more important than people think to sports performance.
So how do you go about increasing the ROM in your calves?
Rolling them out with a foam roller regularly really helps. Gets what called a fascia release.
You can also static stretch after working out. Most people to this with the classical wall stretch on the calf.
If you want to get the best stretch after working out get someone to help you do a proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation stretch. More or less it is a thirty second passive stretch then you actively resist by dorsiflexing for ten seconds, you do that back and forth a couple times. For this the person will grab your foot by the heal underneath and push your toes towards your shins.
Probably everything has been said but work on your abdominal muscles it helps a lot when jumping and is often overlooked. You can film your jumping watch it to see if there is something wrong with your form. You should also go on a diet to gain some lbs and turn them into muscle to help your base-strength.