![]() ![]() ![]() Heart, I like to go the opposite direction of the crowd at times, but, trust me, adding the O lifts, one hand lifts, overhead work or strongman moves is as contrarian asįinally, Andy’s question dealt with an interesting idea *what lifts give the most bang for the buck?”Ĭlean and Press: if all you did was Clean and Press, you could be awesome Not blindly, of course, but when enough people argue for this or that as the key to success, listen. Read what the greats do, and follow their advice. Certainly, take a little bit of this advice, no matter how busy, and toss power cleans into your program. Throwers have labeled the power clean as “key” to athletic success. John Terpak, George Woods, many Soviets, lots of American lifters and Have found through the years that one exercise keeps showing up as a “favorite lift:” the power clean. Every time I hear a point that just “rings true,” I add it to this book. I have been collecting “gems” of lifting and recording them in a little red notebook since 1975. Well, there is a great insight here: what is the favorite lift of the “heroes and heroines” of your sport? Westside guys should look at Box Squats, O lifters who likeīulgarian training, should think about Front Squats, fans of Russian training should look to squats, power cleans and heavy spinal erector work. ![]() Reverse Continental and jerk from behind neck, favorite exercise of Saxon.” Bent Presses, favorite exercise of Saxonĥ. Carry bar in dead lift position, favorite exercise of Arthur GirouxĤ. Walk with weight, favorite exercise of Milo of Crotonaģ. Two hands deadlift, favorite exercise of GoernerĢ. “I started out on a strength routine, really piling on the poundage in the following exercises:ġ. On page 113, Brooks notes an old IronMan “Roundtable” where John Wooten describes his training: ![]() Second, take a touch of insight from the book, Dinosaur Training. Solution to the quandary of being a full-time person and a full-time athlete. What ever answer arises…is the beginning point of the So, the working guy has to take the long-term goal and run it into the “Prison Riddle,” the 45 minute question first. WhatĪbout this or that or this: yes, they are important…but I only have a few minutes! So, what are your goals? If you are an O lifter, what would you do in those 45 minutes? I might alternate snatches and clean and jerks through those 15 minute workouts. I could easily hold “80 percent” on that schedule. Half-turn drills with a powerball into a wall. Would you warmup? Do yoga? Well, then, what? As a discus thrower, I answered this question with a couple sets of overhead or front squats, then Reason, you could only train 45 minutes a week (three sessions of fifteen minutes), what would you do? The answer to this question, if honestly addressed, is the key to aīusy working guy’s training. It can be summarized in a simple question: if, for some I have recommended for years that athletes attend to this 20 percent as early as they can in the athletic career. Lifetime best lift, throw, or physical condition. That other 80, of course, gets you ever closer to that elusive moment when you produce a “100 percent effort.” That could mean one’s In a football program, you will find that 20 percent of your athletes produce 80 percent of the yards, the tackles and the points. A couple of principles that I follow might help the “thinking process” of someone who works a normal job, has a social life, and still wants to train.įirst, embrace the concept of “Pareto’s Law.” This Italian economist discovered the “80-20 Rule” :that is, 80 percent of your results comes from 20 percent of what you do. ![]()
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