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well my work has to do with a lot of lifting and walking so am thinking that counts.
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Agree with the fast twitch statement. However, IME, Oly lifters can compete successfully in powerlifting, but the opposite is rarely true. My daughter lifts in college and there are several power lifters and football players that have tried to transition to the Oly team. However, they have an extremely difficult time learning to execute the Oly lifts efficiently, and this is especially true in the snatch. We’ve seen this time and time again in our local gym as well.How exactly do these 2 lifts achieve that?
I would argue that the best Olympic weightlifters are individuals with the genetic advantage of fast twitch muscle fibers who have developed strength through squatting, deadlifting and pressing, had excellent coaching on technique and then display their power (rate of force + speed) through the snatch and clean.
45? Old?Now that I’m old (45)
The other evening I fell asleep in my chair and when I woke up my neck was strained. I’m getting to the point where I get hurt from sleeping.45? Old?Haha! Hold my beer.
Agree with the fast twitch statement. However, IME, Oly lifters can compete successfully in powerlifting, but the opposite is rarely true. My daughter lifts in college and there are several power lifters and football players that have tried to transition to the Oly team. However, they have an extremely difficult time learning to execute the Oly lifts efficiently, and this is especially true in the snatch. We’ve seen this time and time again in our local gym as well.
Even with great coaching and cues, the mind/body very often tries to apply strength to overcome physics, which simply does not work. Moreover, IME, with preteen and teen boys and girls, a lack of flexibility is a key limiting factor that causes many to abandon Oly lifting before they ever learn the lifts.
When girls can clean and jerk and snatch more than older “stud” athlete boys, the boys’ egos rarely suffer the disappointment long enough for them to return.
You’re also 100% right on why our men’s Oly team isn’t competitive on the world stage. The best athletes are sucked up by other sports that pay more. Plus other countries have abused PEDs for decades. The one exception we have this year is Hampton Morris. He is a phenom and holds all the American records for his class. He can snatch/CJ more than double his body weight. However, I’m not sure he’ll even make the top 10 in Paris.
Olivia, Jordan, and Mary are all contenders for medals on the women’s’ side, and Olivia could sweep gold.
Are you going up and down stadium style stairs? A stair machine or a hill? All three are very different and time consuming in different ways. Also weight will change how much you do.the unit I am heading to is said to be pretty steep. I run and lift already but wanting to potentially put stairs into my workout to better prepare... Would doing 1000ft on the stairs per day going to help? Is that to much, to little, should I incorporate my pack as well?
the unit I am heading to is said to be pretty steep. I run and lift already but wanting to potentially put stairs into my workout to better prepare... Would doing 1000ft on the stairs per day going to help? Is that to much, to little, should I incorporate my pack as well?
I'm leaning toward hitting a 10 floor parking garage as my gym doesn't have a stair stepper. I like the idea of adding weight as thats what I'll be doing anyway while hunting. So maybe do the stairs for an hour every other day. And as I get closer to the end of September swapping out my every other day runs for stairs like @Poser mentioned.Are you going up and down stadium style stairs? A stair machine or a hill? All three are very different and time consuming in different ways. Also weight will change how much you do.
I personally go up and down stairs for 30 min working up to 1 hour with 40 Lbls then drop back to 30 min at 60 lbs, working back up to an hour, and attempt it as many times a week as I feel recovered for.
Others do different things that work for them.
Favorite would imply that I have done more than one. I'm 39, never lifted/gym. My bluecollar fitness and strength faded when supervisory roles shifted my collar color from blue to white.
I lurk on Rokslide from time to time to read stories and look at pictures. I don't hunt in the west, and pretty much stopped hunting here where I live in the east. No mountain fitness here.
That said, when I turned 39, I wanted all my numbers from biometric screenings and physicals to trend better after trending worse the last 6 years. I turned the tables on that, dropped 30ish lbs so far, and started to look for a gym routine to take it to the next level.
After a TON of research and over thinking, and seeing @Poser endorse Wendler's 5/3/1, with supporting reasons why, and not just rag tag opinions, I started 5/3/1.
It's probably pretty easy for someone that knows what everything means and how to do the stuff, and even someone with a decent base fitness level. I'm only on week 3, but I love how simple it is to follow, how safe it is, and how it's a "get in, do it, get out" kind of thing. Maybe they all are? The hardest part has been familiarizing myself with the lifts, making sure I try to follow good sources of info on HOW to do the lifts (right vs wrong), and putting the accessory work together. Wendler recommends a lot of stuff accessory wise, that my fitness level isn't up to yet. I've made it work, although week one, I overdid the accessory stuff, and put an absolute hurting, in the most literal sense, on my arms. Not the hurt's so good, feels like we did something, kind of hurt, but making sure I reloaded Tylenol/Ibuprofen, to the max, as soon as it was safe. I've realized a good workout is like a good days work. Maybe sore a little the next day, and a little more the next, but not overly painful, and quickly disipates. Got that reeled in and dialed back.
I've gotten to where I enjoy it, and crave it on the weekends when I'm not doing it.
I've since adjusted. Nothing from the main lifts has hurt or made me truly sore. However the accessory work was pretty much to failure, as I couldn't get the amount of reps for the last accessory work I set out to do that day.Delayed onset muscle soreness 2 days after the workout indicates you probably did too much volume and or intensity. I believe doing submax effort where you stop 1-2 reps from failure is the best for long term benefits including reduced injuries. Also doing some type of Zone 2 work the following day helps with recovery.
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