Ouch. I looked him up on wiki and it appears he did not make the 2016 Olympics. Hope he's doing ok with life now.

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It doesn't really matter what Phil is saying, the music of his voice is the appropriate soundtrack for a bicycle race. HTupolev

Last I heard he's coaching in Carolina, doing pretty well I think. Like I said, he made the B cut for Rio, but the B cut doesn't guarantee that you'll get a spot.

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Swimming Workout of the Day:

Favourite Swim Sets:

2020 National Masters Champion - M50-54 - 50m Butterfly

The key with any thing is to do it gradually. My wife started at a crossfit type of gym this summer and they threw her into the deep end right away. Naturally she was sore like crazy for a the first week or two. Just doesn't seem like sensible training but then again when you're in the business of selling memberships maybe making them sore makes your clients think what you're doing is effective.

Hello MacCTD and All,

There is a lot of information on the Internet about improving your fast twitch jumping muscles.

However this is Slowtwitch so your are behind the 8 ball ..... as endurance training is not helping you.

for instance .... https://www.livestrong.com/...ose-jumping-ability/



..... that might be you on the right ..... and it is a good thing since it can indicate that you have well trained slowtwitch fibers

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Cheers, Neal

+1 mph Faster

Well what happened? Or did you back out earlier in this thread and I just forgot. I'm not going to read the thread again just because Rip Van Nealhe has stumbled across it.

Actually, I'm less interested in how high you can jump as I am in how and why Nealhe stumbles across old threads and resurrects them.

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It doesn't really matter what Phil is saying, the music of his voice is the appropriate soundtrack for a bicycle race. HTupolev

You are three months late to the party. How did you stumble across this?

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It doesn't really matter what Phil is saying, the music of his voice is the appropriate soundtrack for a bicycle race. HTupolev

Blind Luck

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Cheers, Neal

+1 mph Faster

That would mean you would have to increase your vertical jump from 18 inches to 30 inches. It is not one foot it is 70 percent more than your present vertical which is why it cannot be done.

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They constantly try to escape from the darkness outside and within
Dreaming of systems so perfect that no one will need to be good T.S. Eliot

Guy at work challenged me to be able to touch the rim for a significant wager, I would have two months to do it. I am 5'10" 165lbs, in decent shape, early 50s. I can touch 9' today.
What do you think can it be done?


Jimmy thinks you can do it. Jimmy has a lot of confidence in you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoskJPDbXR0

Agreed. No fucking way.

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I missed the original thread, I was going to tell him to dump weight. Then, oh wait, none to dump.

Only hope would be dumping 25 - 50 lbs or if you are a klutz and can get 9' running, stopping, and jumping off two legs then learn how to actually jump for the bet.

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I'm beginning to think that we are much more fucked than I thought.