The Fugitive

May 18th, 2017 at 5:35 PM ^

I'm quite certain Olympic lifts were around before this Crossfit fad. Also, you will never, ever see a strength coach instruct athletes to see how many deadlifts they can do in 2 minutes. Makes no sense. But hey, each their own. If it gets people moving then more power to them.

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Lee Everett

May 18th, 2017 at 5:56 PM ^

Monthly I check in to see what my 10-rep, 5-rep, and 1-rep maxes are for various exercises.  Rather than keeping my reps stagnant and increasing the weight over time, you could also keep the weight steady and increase the reps over time.  If I used to be able to bench my bodyweight once, but now I can do it three times, I have improved.

It's like seeing how many times you can bench press 225 pounds and taking steps to increase the lengths of that set.  I would hope that our program prepares upperclassmen for that part of the NFL combine.  

If those deadlifts are a random thing thrown out there, that can be injurious.  Training shouldn't be arbitrary and it shouldn't be aimless.  If they're programmed, it's a stamina thing, a progressive overload thing, and that's great.

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The Fugitive

May 18th, 2017 at 6:49 PM ^

Form is key. When you're doing complex lifts like a power clean, where the movements are essentially a chain reaction, it's unsafe to do those for time because the goal then becomes "get the weight off the floor by any means necessary" and often leads to muscling the load. I would argue that it is nearly impossible to keep correct form performing a complex Olympic lift. Fatigue will cause form to fail in addition to what I mentioned above. The goal for those lifts, is to increase power not endurance. That's why you don't see college strength programs doing those lifts more than 5 or 6 times per set.

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FauxMo

May 18th, 2017 at 3:49 PM ^

Does anyone else imagine that somewhere, right now, WD is standing facing a mirror, practicing saying, "now bend over, and give me two good coughs!" Hands lubed up, way too happy about it... 

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BakkerUSMC

May 18th, 2017 at 3:53 PM ^

I've been a fan of MMA for about 10 years and would be curious to know if any aspects of MMA could be realistically incorporated into football. The fighters' modern use of balance, angles, speed/power, and positioning would be a perfect application in almost every players' game. I'm not suggesting we condone acts of violence on the field, obviously we would hope to utilize only such extra methods for dirty sparties, buckeyes, and the like...but there's a lot to be learned from each other's games

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