want to increase power ratio to mass??

[coolcolj]

try heavy, train explosively and the rest will take care of itself. Whatever your body ends up doing is whatever your body wants to happen to make itself effecient to your goals. Just accept it.

ie Shaq will never look like Jordan

 

[thriller]

try heavy, train explosively and the rest will take care of itself. Whatever your body ends up doing is whatever your body wants to happen to make itself effecient to your goals. Just accept it.

ie Shaq will never look like Jordan

i agree i will never be a long lanky kinda guy. (my arms are as long as my 5'1" philipeno girl friend for goodness sake! now that sad ) so do you think i should go threw a bulking stage??
right now im just power training and dynamic exercises and stability ball work. i think all the basketball i play would cover the plyos i should be doing.
but i dont knwo if in the off season i should be bulking??

 

[Rexbo]

Ive read up on this actualy. I believe the general idea is to train in a power zone (3-6) rep range and limit the sets. Also keep non-compound movements to a minimum, like once a week max. And really go all out with plyos. But again the plyos have to be sport specific and preformed correctly. Alot is dependent on your genetics as well.

 

[thriller]

well i never ever do isolation movements only calves right now.
i dont think plyos are all that needed for me. as long as i run and play alot everyday ill be fine with that.

 

[coolcolj]

athletes should never bulk, and you don't really need to work your calves if your doing olympic lifts especially clean pulls and stuff as long as you get up on your toes.

I've stopped working my calves directly the last month or so, and they have gone bigger!

Just keep the reps under 6, push the weights hard and fast, get 2-3 mins rest between sets and you'll be fine.

Basicly train movements not muscles. Train fast to be fast. Do agility drills, weights will make you faster, but without agility you won't be able to apply the power properly.

 

[coolcolj]

read this article -

http://www.drsquat.com/index.cfm?action=viewarticle&articleID=6

 

[thriller]

athletes should never bulk, and you don't really need to work your calves if your doing olympic lifts especially clean pulls and stuff as long as you get up on your toes.

I've stopped working my calves directly the last month or so, and they have gone bigger!

Just keep the reps under 6, push the weights hard and fast, get 2-3 mins rest between sets and you'll be fine.

Basicly train movements not muscles. Train fast to be fast. Do agility drills, weights will make you faster, but without agility you won't be able to apply the power properly.

FIRST THANKS FOR THE ARTICLE!
for calves i dont do machine calve raises i do them on stairs with out holding anything so i have to balance and this is helping me with my first step.
the only agility drills i do is running drills with a ball but low low to the ground and moving like im going by someone.
i also do lots of hop step taking it to the basket when im just practising. this helps me with agility in games.
jsut liek you said i have to practise movements so i think these are the drills i should be doing.

 

[megad]

Thriller - no ive never heard of the Gym rats tournament, but I did play a tournament in Liberty, NY this past month called the Sullivan Eagles Hoop Shootout. All I can remember about it was there was a good team from Albany and a good team from Jersey City

 

[ThePolishHammer]

yeah

I think im just gonna repeat whats been said a few times
super low reps, long rest periods
Someone said 3-5...
Id say 1-5.
During my powerphase i was training with alot of sets, and low reps, with long rest periods
id do
5,3,3,1,1,3,3,5
with about 4 mins rest inbetween sets,
I didnt put on a lb that whole phase, and my strength shot through the roof.
its a diffrent kind of training though, you dont get the same appetite increases and all the other good signs that your building muscle as you would on a BB routine.
anyway, good luck if you want to fire a program you drafted up over my way i could give you a hand with it if you like.
either or let us know how it goes

 

[coolcolj]

the problem with doing stuff in the 1-3 range is that its mainly through neural and rate coding, sure you get stronger but mainly in that movement. For sports you need to be stronger in a way that helps you in all movement angles, that means your fibres have to get bigger.