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2011 Visa Championships Videos

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Here are some resources that have clips of the 2011 Visa Championship routines. Universal Sports has a complete replay of the men’s final (requires silverlight)GNGymnastsMegan VandebemtUSAGymnasticsorg (here you will find every routine later this week)ItsNastiaFan101 So far I enjoyed Brandon Wynn’s Floor routine. As is appropriate for a rings guy, he does a low planche /maltese on floor […]

Chinese Youth Weightlifting Training

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I am enjoying the Chinese Weightlifting System series by Kirk from lifthard.com. In Part 2 he went into “The Technique of the Chinese Weightlifters” and touches the debate of triple extension vs. catapult technique. Part 3 is about the Various Phases of Athlete Preparation. He explains how the Chinese train their young athletes. By estimation, lifters will peak to world level […]

Heavy Negatives, Forced Reps, Drop Sets

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Charles Poliquin wrote a post about techniques bodybuilders have been using for decades Three mechanisms of muscle growth. Mechanical tension experienced based on intensity of load and time under tension causes muscle fiber damage, which results in maximal motor unit recruitment and more muscle growth. The local muscle damage caused by training results in inflammation, leading […]

Chinese Weightlifting Training Methods

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Kirk from lifthard.com who trained under Chinese Weightlifting Coach Wu answers questions about the Chinese Olympic weightlifting training methods. Update: See below. The basic outline Yes, we do max as much as possible, and training is generally, “train so hard you can’t walk” and yes, there’s no such thing as short cuts. Yes, the premise of overtraining […]