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I am explosive because of what Coach Dos has shown me personally and through his book.
I was considering ordering Rippetoe's Starting Strength and Practical Programming. That seems to be highly recommended on this board. Good choices?
Yes - buy it now.
Done and done. Should be better than reading all the bar review stuff I have to do.
I was considering ordering Rippetoe's Starting Strength and Practical Programming. That seems to be highly recommended on this board. Good choices?
I think Remedios is far too focused on the olympic lifts.
Olympic lifts are great for sports requiring vertical acceleration like volleyball, basketball, and high jump but they are limited use on other sports and realistically it requires an experienced weightlifting coach to teach the proper technique. Yes they do a great job of CNS development, but so do a variety of other lifts that are more applicable and easier to teach and use. There is a tremendous amount of research on the transfer of training and this principle in russian and eastern block literature.
Olympic lifts are great for sports requiring vertical acceleration like volleyball, basketball, and high jump but they are limited use on other sports and realistically it requires an experienced weightlifting coach to teach the proper technique.
Yes they do a great job of CNS development, but so do a variety of other lifts that are more applicable and easier to teach and use. There is a tremendous amount of research on the transfer of training and this principle in russian and eastern block literature.
I would also advise to do very little volume of overhead pressing work if you value your shoulders at all. It is well known in the orthopedic world that in contact sports like football and MMA that overhead pressing is very hard on the shoulder joint capsule and can very easily lead to shoulder impingement problems down the road.
I read through both books and they ok for beginners to intermediate lifters, but they are very basic and leave out a huge amount of important information, especially when it comes to the principles that need to be used for MMA strength & conditioning. There is nothing really new or original in either of them and personally I think Remedios is far too focused on the olympic lifts.
you guys are so cool.
218 this morning and feeling light