StreetBallTalk.com - How much should you be lifting? (regarding squats, deadlifts, benchpress)

Snufflez · #21 (**permalink**) 11-11-2007, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Illuzionist

This is weird, cuz we all know lifting heavy will make you more explosive...

They say 50% Is also good for speed but it's endurance and not speed..That's weird.

Yea also adding to that, some people say the faster you are the higher you can jump (vertical lol) And that's kinda BS..I run about a 5 flat 40 and my vertical is crap (my first post in like 4 months lol so I can't remember if you can swear :P)

a.j.ing · #22 (**permalink**) 11-11-2007, 11:18 PM

lol, i guess u can swear a bit, but it would be ur running vert that improves, its plyometric so yeh. try and get it in 4.40

then u wuld see u could jump higher

clownprince11 · #23 (**permalink**) 11-23-2007, 01:52 PM

actually acordin to tom shaw its the higher you jump the faster u run!!

thabay4lyfe · #24 (**permalink**) 12-27-2007, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Illuzionist

This is weird, cuz we all know lifting heavy will make you more explosive...

They say 50% Is also good for speed but it's endurance and not speed..That's weird.

It's only endurance depending on how many reps you do. It also depends on how fast you lift that weight. Generally, when a vertical program tells you to do 50% of your 1RM for an exercise, it will also tell you to lift it explosively. I think the only time your gonna be doing 50% on an exercise is for the jump squat.

Jasper_xx · #25 (**permalink**) 01-03-2008, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by rangerid

K i got antoher question now.

I am squatting 85% of my max and it takes me about 2 seconds to go down and less than 1 second to come up meaning i lift really explosively.

That's okay right? cuz i tried lifting 70% of my max and it was way too easy.

If you're lifting 85% of your max super explosively, it's probably not your max. Just saying.

Or your a freak. But most likely, it's not your max. I'd test again soon.

c-money · #26 (**permalink**) 02-18-2008, 08:33 PM

anyone know where i can get the VJB?

spideyman409 · #27 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 02:36 PM

Good info.

Iball4real · #28 (**permalink**) 06-01-2008, 12:54 PM

How are you guys able to lift 80 per cent of your max more than once? Max means what you can lift only once... does that 20 per cent off make such a difference that you can lift it like 5 times?

bluegreyhound · #29 (**permalink**) 06-02-2008, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Iball4real

How are you guys able to lift 80 per cent of your max more than once? Max means what you can lift only once... does that 20 per cent off make such a difference that you can lift it like 5 times?

Absolutely. That 20% is a lot. Above 90% is where it only makes a few reps difference.

Dresta · #30 (**permalink**) 06-12-2008, 08:59 AM

Does your max basically mean the most weight that you can do 1 rep with?