Join date: Oct 2008
Location: Connecticut, USA
Posts: 2812
This guy is just a monster... couldnt imagine how strong he would be if hed actually focus solely on training. Can't wait to see him take the gold in 2012.
athletes tend to throw caution to the wind in lifting oftentimes. generalization, i know, but after seeing the national champion iowa wrestling team bench i realize what horsing the weight up really means.
It seems to be something shotputters do (and maybe other throwers as well?). Case in point, Ulf Timmerman doing his thing:
Here, you can clearly see that the boucing is actually very much intentional. I've seen it before and assumed that it was for explosiveness, sort of like jump squats. I'm not really sure though, would be interesting to know more.
Join date: Dec 2009
Location: Ontario, CAN
Posts: 1037
it basically strengthens the tendons, elastic tension is built up with a fast "plyometric" (for lack of knowledge of a better word) and stored in the tendons then released with the concentric portion. If it sits too long the energy dissipates and you lose that advantage, and since athletes focus on performance more than muscle it is a way to train your tendons to become more accustomed to bigger loads
Join date: Mar 2006
Location: Illinois, USA
Posts: 9099
rehanb_bl wrote:
it basically strengthens the tendons, elastic tension is built up with a fast "plyometric" (for lack of knowledge of a better word) and stored in the tendons then released with the concentric portion. If it sits too long the energy dissipates and you lose that advantage, and since athletes focus on performance more than muscle it is a way to train your tendons to become more accustomed to bigger loads
