Keeping Training Simple: A Rant
I want to thank Twitter for helping me come up with this post. Recently I tweeted something to the effect that squats, pulls, presses, rows, and the Olympic lifts are pretty much...
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Modifying Exercise Technique: It’s OK To Be Inefficient
The Olympic lifts and their variations are a popular tool with strength and conditioning coaches. The lifts train the entire body, involve exerting force against the ground, involve the bar moving at...
Classic Article: Efficiency is Important in Weightlifting
Wolfgang Baumann et al analyzed the snatch lifts in the 1985 world weightlifting championships. From this, they published an article that is essentially two studies in one article: Examine the kinematics (time...
Classic Article: What Makes A Weightlifter Elite?
The things that make one an elite weightlifter are fascinating to study. In 1984 Kauhanen et al published a study looking at 13 Finnish weightlifters. Seven of the lifters were elite lifters,...
Classic Article: Individualized Training of Olympic Lifters?
The training of Olympic lifters is always fascinating to many people that are interested in strength and conditioning because it is very different from how bodybuilders approach training. It’s not unusual for...