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Can you put together an estimate for shipping to 91601? Or if you're going to ATC, I can pick it up there.

Box jumps are a staple plyometric exercise, broad jumps, tuck jumps, squat jumps are all very good plyometric movements also, but those are still mono-plane exercises. Basically any jumping or explosive exercise is a great way to train plyometrics. You get some core stability but not a lot out of it. If you have access to a medicine ball, doing med-ball tosses is a great way to train the core. I don't know what they are called, but going from the top of the push-up to the bottom of the squat (the middle part of the burpee) rapidly is pretty darn exhausting and amazingly a core exercise, similar to a knees to elbows movement hanging from a pull-up bar. What is your interval workout? I have one program that I used that is very intense and it would work my ribs and hamstrings/glutes to the point of being pretty sore the day after.

I'm not formally trained in exercise science and I'm making some assumptions on your program. Please take the following with a tablespoon of salt. It sounds like you were focusing on just those two lifts and now you can start incorporation more dynamic movements into your program. Squats and deadlifts are GREAT weightlifting exercises, however they are generally slow and a mono-plane movement. Incorporating a sprint workout once a week along with some plyometrics may develop those other muscles. They may be sore, but don't need to be over trained because they are support muscles, and are now the weakest link, and to some degree they should be. Stability/balance work could net some gains, rotational exercises would be good too since you have a solid foundation to build upon.

2009/10 Track 700, white with red tongues BTS kit, yellow springs, tight up front, sloppy in the rear ;). When I get on a carving board I tighten up the back boot a little but it's still softer than the front . I also weigh in at 160# all geared up so the flex is quite a bit different for me with yellow springs vs someone else weighing in 50# more.

With the differing stiffness of liners, tongues, and additional spring kits, fit is far more important than stiffness. Second would be flex pattern, symmetrical vs asymmetrical. I haven't really felt a difference and my skill level dictates that I probably never will, but it's worth noting. As far as 700's go, it depends on the year, I think the white ones with the red tongues made in 2009/2010 were the softest and the red with white tongue or all red were the stiffest. The newer white with black tongues are somewhere in the middle. I recommend you buy a BTS kit and some extra springs and experiment with your current setup. You may find that you like a really stiff boot or really soft boots or stiff heel side and soft toes or med/stiff front soft rear boot. There are a lot of combinations out there. I personally prefer a slightly softer boot, especially in the rear, for wider boards because of the mobility. I'm probably choosing the wider board for the terrain and having the ability to flex the ankle a little helps me keep the board on the ground and to land some jumps. If I'm riding a GS style board with an isolation plate on hero groom, I prefer a stiffer boot. Enjoy the process.

I saw that it was available via Prime, but it's only the 3 degree, Which is really steep.

You can get a new one for that range... https://www.amazon.com/XCMAN-Alpine-Snowboard-Aluminum-Precision/dp/B01KJWWXXK/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1481316570&sr=8-5&keywords=snowboard%2Bfile&th=1&psc=1

That may not be an official centered measurement. The UPZ boots have a heel that is tucked in quite a bit compared to the Deeluxe offerings. There should be a mark on the boots that indicates an approximate center. Line this mark up with another approximate center of the mounting disk on each side of the boot. Or you can draw your own line if it's not there, I can't remember if the Deeluxe or UPZ Boots have the center tick mark. Alan, I ride with outward cant now, I used to be lift only. Jim set me up with outward cant at ATC last year, he confirmed my suspicions of outward cant and mobility. One thing I can say is riding with a lot of outward cant on flats causes some side cuff pressure points, but once in the turns, you don't notice it at all. I ride a little more outward cant when riding bindings without an isolation plate, and a little less outward cant with a plate system. My suspicions arose from looking at Olympic weightlifters, as Jim mentioned, (Olympic weightlifting is a hobby of mine) and their body positioning in a squat. There is heel/toe splay, lots of dorsiflexion and an outward cant of the shin and thigh to allow for a deep squat. Now as a snowboarder, up and down movement is important, but not to the extremes of an Olympic weightlifter. I looked at some photos of carvers deep in the turn and the board is obviously bending, causing the knees to come together. I tried approximating those angles and tried to squat lower and I was bound up, I couldn't move. If I relax those inward cant angles, I have some downward mobility which in my opinion allows me to absorb chop by allowing the board to come up, and allows me to get lower for better CoG management. I recommended doing some experimentation with this. For reference on TD3's, I use about 10-15 degrees of total difference in angle/cant raw and 10 degrees when on a plate. Beckmann has something very similar on his site about "stacking bones". http://beckmannag.com/softboot-snowboard/setup-guidelines/binding-cant Donek Snowboards has some interesting videos about the "pillars of your legs" fighting the board flex while in a turn and a plate system can help you with fatigue at the end of the day because the plate keeps your pillars upright, not trying to fight the board flex.

For TD3 sizing on smaller UPZ boots, you may have to flip the heel and toe blocks around. Also you can fine tune the bail tension by initially completely screwing in the bails to the eye-bolts, when it's too tight, and the next detent is too much, you can just unscrew the eye-bolt a few turns.

that was quick on the tanker

I think the best option is to stop dragging your hand on the ground. Asking for a soft pliable glove that lasts a long time while being abraded by ice crystals is not a reasonable request with current technologies and market conditions. Some snowmobile and motorcycle gloves might be built a little more burly as the intended market goes much faster and the designers build with warmth AND protection in mind. I've been using the SAME pair of Black Diamond Guide gloves for 3 years and I'll probably get several more years out of them. Occasionally I'll skim the snow, most of the time I'm not trying to drag my clothes on the snow.

Lots and lots of mountain biking on a 1989 Bridgstone. Full rigid, cantilever brakes and narrow bars.

I took a few PureBoarding seminars on my Klassen Steepwater 164 Steep. It worked very well but I needed a lot more speed to bend the board like they do to theirs. I think the nose profile is not so great for laid over turns as it tends to want to grab and then it releases, so the nose chatters a lot and eventually you wash out, however it is a VERY capable board for carving at less than armpit dragging angles. I had a 171 Steep that I rode with hard boots and it's pretty amazing what it did to groomers, crud, and wind buff. I was a bit too light for it at 150 lbs, and I needed to charge HARD to get it to carve a tight turn. I tried the 171 with soft boots and it just wasn't wide enough to prevent boot out at sensible angles and sliding that board through turns was not where I thought it was happiest. For powder and trees, I think a softer board with a tighter side cut radius would be better than a Steepwater. These things were made for 40' drops down 50 degree slopes, Verbier Extreme terrain. Keep us posted on your impressions of the Arbor version.

Something like that, I have not gone up to Mammoth in the last few months so I have no idea what the availability of Steepwaters are. I'll probably head up there in a 5-6 weeks and can report back if there are any available. You can always call Wave Rave and ask for Neve (rhymes with Steve). She has sold me NEW Steepwaters for a very impressive price. If I remember correctly, they ship boards.

Yes, I apologize for not marking this as read. I can get more 171 Steeps, Wave Rave in mammoth has a whole bunch of them still.

Sold

I'm selling a set of Gecko plates. I was going to run these on my Coiler Nirvana, but I want to buy my girlfriend a full suspension mountain bike so these need to be in another home. Here is the post where I bought them originally: Obviously, they have not been ridden by me at all, I did install them to make sure everything assembled properly. I paid $350 to my door, that's probably a bit ambitious to ask so we'll start at $330 to your door anywhere in the Continental US.

Renzo, Don't sell it. Try riding it with hard boots this season.

I want, please send me payment details.

Nope, I have them now.

Eating more is definitely going to help your progression. 10 lb jumps each cycle is no joke for the lower body especially if you are over 5 cycles. I've had a similar experience as you have with 531, my upper body was able to sustain the progression a few cycles longer then my lower body, however I am guilty of not doing just Wendler for lower body work. I was also incorporating plyo-metrics and a lot of cycling, so legs and back were getting a decent workout. I found, through experimentation, that any cycling I do must be at least 3 days before a lifting day and for optimal performance I should delay the ride until after my squat day. Cheers to starting a marathon of lifting and being introspective on your gains & methods!

Thoughts on price? http://snowbrains.com/grouse-mountain-b-c-is-officially-up-for-sale-only-15-minutes-from-vancouver-b-c/

I want to be clear, these videos are not mine, and I am not the individual skating. They are just really good examples of not looking like a fish out of water and also that one can pump up a significant hill

Dibs! includes BTS too?

Here's another one... who says pumping looks like a fish out of water?