Saturday, January 14, 2012

questions

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questions
questions

#1
The Power Clean is what I would call a technique intensive movment, if done properly. The slow pull from the floor with straight arms, the explosive second pull, with elbows up and up, rising on the toes with a full shoulder shrug. This is a good movement for a well-conditioned athlete...but there exists quite a potential for damage from the uncoached movement, i.e. like Cajin turning his wrists over either too slowly or with lack of sufficient height...either one will strain the wrist tendons.

quarter squats

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Write Bill Starr on page 81 of Strongest:

quarter squats


"One of the best ways to overload the muscles of the legs and hips is by doing heavy half or quarter squats. What most people call a half squat is in actuality a quarter squat, so I will use the latter term.

proportionate strength

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proportionate strength

By Bill Starr
proportionate strength


Achieving a higher level of strength fitness is a constant, everchanging challenge. The program that enabled you to reach one level may no longer be as effective when you try to move up another notch. To some this is quite frustrating, for change is bothersome and requires you to adapt by learning new exercises, altering the order of exercises or even switching the set and rep sequence. To me, however, this is what makes strength training so intriguing. It's also one of the main reasons that there aren't many genuinely strong people in this country.

program design

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program design

By Bill Starr
program design


The very first step in setting up a strength program is deciding exactly what you are trying to accomplish with your training. Are you most interested in establishing a solid strength base for a sport like football or basketball, becoming a better bodybuilder, powerlifter or weightlifter, or getting stronger to enhance your general fitness? It's a key consideration because there are many, many approaches to a strength routine.

power surge

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Only the Strong Shall Survive: Power Surge

By: Bill Starr
Strong Shall Survive


One of the biggest problems that strength athletes have is determining how many sets and reps they should do on the exercises in their programs. Naturally, what they do will depend to a large degree on their strength level. Those just getting started on a strength routine would not use the same set-and-rep formula as someone who's been strength training for several years, although many basic principles apply to both.

overtraining

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Overtraining

by Bill Starr
Overtraining


Sooner or later every serious strength athlete learns about overtraining. It’s a natural phase of getting stronger – sort of like falling on the ice while you’re learning to skate – and it’s bound to happen. Contrary to what most people think, however, I don’t believe that overtraining is always a bad thing. Some degree of overtraining is necessary in order for you to move to a higher level of strength. Even so, these bouts of overtraining should be limited, as problems occur when you remain in a state of overtraining for a long period of time. At best, chronic overtraining causes progress on all lifts to come to a grinding halt. More likely, the poundages slip backward. Eventually, unless you make changes, injuries rear their ugly heads.

overload by bill starr

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When In Doubt, Overload

by Bill Starr
When In Doubt, Overload


The strength-training principle of overload has been around for a very long time. Historians credit Milo with bringing it to the civilized world, although I have a suspicion that a number of cavemen practiced the concept with various-size rocks. Milo began lifting a small calf every day, and as the calf grew into a stout young bull, Milo got progressively stronger. He’s overload his muscles and attachments very systematically.