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Memberlist Forums Blogs ... Most Read Search by Topic Flexibility Hurdles Jumps ... Throws Search by Level Medium Simple Search by Type Research Literature FAQs ... Wiki Other News Links ... Register Full Blog entry Olympic Lifting - Sheep Walking Again Vern Gambetta Wednesday, 18 July 2007 Share tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; The following is an excerpt from my book. In light of the sheep walking phenomenon (Blindly following the flock)I observed at the NSCA Convention I thought this would be appropriate. Hope it makes you think. In the athlete development process the role of Olympic style weight training has occupied a large role. This has good and bad implications. Olympic style weight lifting is a training method that is excellent for developing power. Olympic lifting consists of two movements, the clean and jerk and the snatch. The derivatives of those movements are what make up the majority of the training exercises. There is no question of the inherent value of these exercises as a tool to raise explosive power, but once again the method must be kept in context and reconciled with the overall goal of the strength training program.
In order to achieve optimum return there are several key points that must be considered: the first point is that Olympic lifting is a sport. That sport consists of lifting as much weight as possible in the clean and jerk and the snatch. Those lifts have a high technical demand, but the skill is a closed skill that occurs in a narrow range of movement. The Olympic lifting movements do produce tremendous power production because of the distance the weight must travel, the weight and the speed requirements. This power production is highly dependent on the technical proficiency of the individual lifter. Essentially, the training of the weight lifter consists of the actual Olympic lifts and some derivative and assistance exercises. There is no running, jumping or other demands on their system. The sole focus is on lifting as much weight as possible. | |
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