Wow! I just saw your recent progress pic. It’s really working!
Adarqui, when you started this thread you were 147, but then you said you were 152 within the past day or two. What did you do to gain? I know there are a lot of dudes around here with similar physiques to yours who have trouble putting on weight, but it seems effortless for you. Way to go!
Also, you were getting letters from D-1 schools after only playing JV your sophomore year of high school? Very impressive. Were they anticipatory rejection letters?
And I’m not trying to be a bitch to you, flipcollar, but Adarqui won’t fit in at a PL meet because his squats are too high. Even for the SPF.
Excellent thread, and I wish you the best of luck with your future endeavors.
Let’s be friends.
[quote]pushmepullme wrote:
Let’s be friends.
http://www.facebook.com/adarqui[/quote]
That’s awesome.
If OP’s friends had a “whose name sounds most like a dirty sex act”, they’d all tie for first.
Music: Hiphop primarily and Everything Though…such great taste! Can you make me a mix tape that will put 3 feet on my vertical just by listening to it?
[quote]adarqui wrote:
[quote]dnlcdstn wrote:
From what I saw of your vids I would not be talking shit. There’s no torque on your strikes and you looked winded. I would laugh at you if you threw one of those weak ass punches at me. For being so scrawny and pathetically weak, you should at least be quick.
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are you kidding me? I posted that video on rossboxing, an actual boxing forum, and it got nothing but praise. I am very fast, my strikes are very powerful, I’ve had plenty of knockouts in hard sparring sessions, believe you me, that is not bullshit. I usually spar people 170+, as finding sparring partners under 150 is quite the task. So, my power holds true, being 147, fighting 170+ people.
Really? I’ve trained for years at American Top Team and AKA, also seminole warriors boxing gym and Punch Fitness. I’ve sparred with plenty of people you’ve seen on WEC and even some people from Pride (Denis Kang).
I’ve seen your pics in your T-Nation profile, you are pretty pale and soft looking. I am not one to judge your fighting ability from a picture, that would be ignorant, so I will not stoop to your mental midget level and act tough on an internet thread.
[quote]Unless you have to compete at the lightest division why are you trying to drop so much weight? There comes a point of diminishing returns where your athletic ability (or lack there of) will be negatively affected.
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Well, I want 4xBW half squat strength for speed, and a 50" running vertical jump, 4.2x 40 yard dash, and sub 10 100m dash. The lighter I get, the more powerful and healthy I feel, i’ve been 142 before and I felt great. 130 is my goal now, as long as i maintain strength, I will become competitive on the elite level, when i hit 130.
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Nice e-fighting with you. [/quote]
No, nothing nice about it. In fact, it’s pretty annoying and insulting to my dedication to the various arts I participate in.[/quote]
Link to people raving you hitting the heavy bag please.
Not impressive, but this is an unreal troll job.
No response Adarqui? Come on man, I know you got something.
The only people who looks dumber in this thread than adarqui is everybody that responded to him. This thread is filled with pitiful comebacks and insults. At least adarqui was trying to make his pitiful.
The only people who look dumber in this thread than adarqui are all the people that responded to him. This thread is filled with pitiful comebacks and insults. At least adarqui was trying to make his pitiful.
Edit: the people who double post look dumb, too 
[quote]Eielson wrote:
The only people who look dumber in this thread than adarqui are all the people that responded to him. This thread is filled with pitiful comebacks and insults. At least adarqui was trying to make his pitiful.
Edit: the people who double post look dumb, too :([/quote]
If the only people dumber than the OP are the ones who responded to him, how dumb does that make you for trying to impart your warped brand of wisdom to those stupid enough to respond?
Delusional troll is delusional…
I know I shouldn’t feed the troll but this is too funny not to. What athletic event are you planning on being at an elite level? Are you high jumping? If so, there are PLENTY of open T&F meets in Florida, so enter one, let’s see your actual jumping ability. Let me know when it’s on the USA T&F postings. Are you training to dunk? Ok umm, I think the “elite” level for those who are dunking is the NBA. To be considered “elite” you need to have people to compete against. Otherwise you’re just King Shit of Turd Island.
BTW PMPM, I would like to see the letters he got for a half season of JV BBall as well. By all accounts I got letters from several DI schools as well, but a recruiting letter, and general information letters are two very different things.
Man you are just over the top, but I have to give you at least a thousand interwebz points for your dedication to your trolling. Sorry I don’t suffer fools easily, if you would have appeared to have any ability for intelligent discourse, I wouldn’t have commented, but you sir do not.
If I were you, then you’d be me, and I’d use your body to get to the top! You can’t stop me no matter who you are!
Worst dunks eva
I don’t often post, but this thread is going to go down as one of the most epic threads in T-Nation history and I would really like to be a part of it.
In regards to the OP, can I suggest adding some parallel box squats into your vert training? I think it will probably provide you with better power than half squats. And umm I guess good luck with your goals! Especially while you lose upper body lean mass and give yourelf a muscular physique with apparent traps when you look in the mirror.
Oh and one final thought, crack and meth would probably help in your goal of looking like skeletor.
[quote]scj119 wrote:
[quote]pushmepullme wrote:
Let’s be friends.
http://www.facebook.com/adarqui[/quote]
That’s awesome.
If OP’s friends had a “whose name sounds most like a dirty sex act”, they’d all tie for first.[/quote]
I’m always rushing to add new friends carrying knives in their profile pics. Gives new meaning to the phrase FB poke!
Poke Adarqui before he Pokes you!
[quote]Theface wrote:
Delusional troll is delusional…
I know I shouldn’t feed the troll but this is too funny not to.[/quote]
Old meme is old.
Professional dunker, plan to compete worldwide in various dunk contests.
I’m a double leg jumper, not two. I plan on entering some open meets when I get down to 130, but for 60m or 100m sprinting. My sprinting will eventually be near elite level, it correlates perfectly with my jumping. So when I hit 50" running vert, my 100m should be low 10’s.
[quote]Let me know when it’s on the USA T&F postings. Are you training to dunk? Ok umm, I think the “elite” level for those who are dunking is the NBA. To be considered “elite” you need to have people to compete against. Otherwise you’re just King Shit of Turd Island.
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Dunking has nothing to do with NBA. NBA is basketball, dunking has become it’s own sport. I plan to compete in the elite level dunking circuit, worldwide, including romania, bulgaria, france, england, canada, all throughout the usa, etc.
I no longer have the letters, I burned them when I went through my bout of depression which caused me to drop out of high school.
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Man you are just over the top, but I have to give you at least a thousand interwebz points for your dedication to your trolling. Sorry I don’t suffer fools easily, if you would have appeared to have any ability for intelligent discourse, I wouldn’t have commented, but you sir do not.[/quote]
I am not trolling, see you at 130.
[quote]clutz15 wrote:
I don’t often post, but this thread is going to go down as one of the most epic threads in T-Nation history and I would really like to be a part of it.
In regards to the OP, can I suggest adding some parallel box squats into your vert training? I think it will probably provide you with better power than half squats. And umm I guess good luck with your goals! Especially while you lose upper body lean mass and give yourelf a muscular physique with apparent traps when you look in the mirror.
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Why would box squats be better for vert than half squats? Box squats have less specificity. By sitting back on to the box, you break up the EIC (eccentric-isometric-concentric) component.
Regardless, it doesn’t matter, getting very strong in box squat, deep squat, or half squat will transfer to vert, the amount of transfer, IMO, will be highest for the half squat due to specificity. Though, short leg/long torso individuals who are built for deep squatting should probably continue to squat deep. Longer legged, short torso individuals, which mostly fit the “basketball/high jump physique”, ie, lanky, can make ALL of their progress half squatting.
But in the end, it’s all about pushing your limits in those movements as a supplementary stimulus to jumping & sprinting.
edit: I actually prefer PIN SQUATS over box squats. Pin squats are highly underrated. I myself stick only to one squatting movement (half). I don’t believe in “switching it up”. Contextual interference works, but more so in the set & rep ranges, not for the movement. If you want squat to transfer better to vert, stick to the same movement. Front squats would actually be most ideal imo, due to the extra quad involvement. The P-chain & Anti-calfs nazis have successfully reduced the importance of the quads in vertical jumping, which baffles me. I rep quad-nation for life.
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Oh and one final thought, crack and meth would probably help in your goal of looking like skeletor.[/quote]
True, but too risky considering my various felonies. Right now I’m sticking to caffeine pills, atkins diet, purple rain, and alli fatloss pills.
Peace.
[quote]XanderBuilt wrote:
[quote]scj119 wrote:
[quote]pushmepullme wrote:
Let’s be friends.
http://www.facebook.com/adarqui[/quote]
That’s awesome.
If OP’s friends had a “whose name sounds most like a dirty sex act”, they’d all tie for first.[/quote]
I’m always rushing to add new friends carrying knives in their profile pics. Gives new meaning to the phrase FB poke!
Poke Adarqui before he Pokes you![/quote]
The ironic thing about facebook is that I actually havn’t had a “friend” since high school. All of my friends went to jail for slanging crack and boosting whips.
I just bought a new knife today:
http://www.tacticalassaultgearstore.com/images/products/detail/816090_SWMP5L_new.jpg
Thank you for appreciating my machete posing pic, when I reach 145 I will pose with my new knife for you.
All the best.
Quick question, does anyone know if I can compete in a show? I’ll be 130 completely shredded, ripped out of my mind, and i’d love to do a show. I’m pretty hairy and pale, but I embrace it, so I wouldn’t shave down or tan.
Is there just a fee?
At 130 my physique will look more along the lines of Frank Zane, in this picture:
If I let my beard grow out, I would look strikingly similar.
Anyway, cardio & bosu squats tonight.
Peace
Hey adarqui I’m still not sure if your legit or not but I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt. Here is some info that may help you with your 50inch vert quest
It has been concluded that the arms work their positive effect by exerting downward force on the body as they were swung upward early in the jump. Slowing down the contraction of the quads and glutes, thereby keeping them in the region of the force-velocity curve and the joint angle where they could exert more force.
So I would say that doing horizontal shoulder adduction exercises would actually benefit your jumping as you can create better power in the prime movers for this movement and therefore help create downward force on the body
Peace