All Training Tools Have Limitations
Strength training is a wonderful tool to help increase sports performance and to prevent injuries. There are some things that it does extremely well, but it has limitations when it comes to...
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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...
For Beginners Variety is Important
The power clean and its variations is a fundamental exercise in the strength and conditioning of athletes. The exercise develops most of the muscles of the body, is easy to learn, is...
Disease, Aerobic Exercise, and the Power Snatch
On November 16 I conducted a workshop at Texas Woman’s University dealing with lifestyle diseases, programming aerobic exercise, and a hand’s on about the power snatch exercise. With regards to lifestyle diseases,...
Power Output and the Power Clean
The Olympic lifts and their variations are used extensively in the conditioning of athletes. This is because they are a ground-based, total-body exercise that develops power against resistance. While competitive weightlifters and...