Hallmarks of a Great Beginner Program
From the desk of Coach Glenn Pendlay
The most important thing you can accomplish as a beginner is to build great motor patterns. This is priority number one.
Strength
Why Weak-Point Training Doesn’t Work
Note: This article discusses weak point training in terms of strength training as applicable to Powerlifting & Olympic Weightlifting, not Bodybuilding. Weak point training regarding bodybuilding will be discussed in an upcoming article.
Most coaches spew Weak-Point training as the master solution to end all of your training related miseries.
Weak off the chest in Bench Press – Spoto Press.
Hard time locking out the deadlift – Rack-Pulls.
Lack of power in the Squats – Box Squats.
But is it working perfectly for you? If Yes, you can quit reading here and enjoy your gains. But if your answer is No, then read on.
Specificity vs Adaptation
From the desk of Coach Glenn Pendlay
Everyone knows how to make the body adapt. Simply do an exercise that you have not done before. Or do several sets in a rep range that is outside the norm. You will get sore, but over the next few days the soreness will go away, and when you repeat the exercise again and again, you will have less soreness each time. Eventually, you will have none. The body has adapted.
The Hepburn Method: How to increase your strength by 120 LBS (55 KG)
Review of The Doug Hepburn Method of Strength
Doug Hepburn (16/9/1926 to 22/11/2000), full name Douglas Ivan Hepburn, was a Canadian weightlifter and strongman who won the gold medal at the 1952 World Weightlifting Championships and was inducted into Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame (1953).
Hepburn was dominant in the strength training world during the 50’s and was touted as “world’s strongest man” for his feats of strength.
Master The Mid Hang Position
Best Method to Learn the Mid Hang Position in Snatch
The Mid Hang position is the first step in establishing the solid positioning for Snatch. In this position, the bar starts approximately at the level of mid to upper thighs. This puts the lifter in the start position of the second pull. The second pull is the phase of explosive pulling and full extension.
