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@revbob4him Hey, I like toe pulls better for beginners, because the counter-action (once you go too far) is dead simple. Just push like hell through your finger-tips. Even if you completely over-do the initial pull of off the wall, at the very least you'll feel your fall slow down as you try...

@revbob4him Hey, This usually means that your kick-up is roughly right (getting you to the balance point), but you don't know how to balance, so you then proceed to slowly fall over. Would need a formcheck (from the side), to say for sure. Remedy is to learn to balance of off the wall...

@deborah123 Hey, [Emphasis mine] I was aware of acute max-strength/power reduction of stretching. However, I thought that this is specifically not the case long term. Doing a quick and dirty general search just now seems to support this, "increased ROM, no effect on DJ (depth jump) scores"...

@deborah123 Thanks, looks like I misremembered kg vs lbs. Also, backing off in terms of weight once target ROM is achieved is definitely a good idea (which hadn't occurred to me yet :-)). Cheers, Michael

@ering Hey, really nice writeup and good selection of links/videos. I'd add two things to the "What to do" list: Train fresh and stop once you are fatigued (cause HS is mostly skill work). If you combine HS training with a strength workout do HS first thing after the warmup. Try to train...

@philip1979 Hey, thanks for posting, do you know if the podcast Sommer mentioned as a possibility ever happened? Also, from what I understand of Emmet's approach he doesn't prescribe ever increasing weight for J-curls as a goal in and of itself. In general he is a "minimum weight to increase...