How strong are powerlifters really?

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HUGE_GUY		...	03-01-2015 @ 22:26
Avatar not found I might destroy the planet Member 2745, 803 posts	Cuddles said: What if said sprinter is doing other weight work for his hammies, glutes and hips, overloading them in similar motor patterns to how they use those muscles sprinting? I actually agree with your point, but I see much high brow bulls**t from lifters that athletes 'are doing it wrong' or 'would be better if...' - It has about as much credibility as a non-strength athlete telling a lifter how best to lift. It's very easy to be quad dominant, that's the problem. The hammies lag behind with most athletes and this makes ground contact time slow. Weights exercises i see athletes doing regularly are - quarter squats, cleans, snatch, bridges, tying a band to the feet and mimicking the sprint action (for hip strength), deadlifting mostly with a trap bar, bench press. There's so much! I guess if you have the time and energy then you can do everything. I dont have the energy so i choose 3-4 gym exercises only that get the best bang for your buck, and i do them as good as i can, all year. I had average talent for athletics, but as soon as i started weights like this i improved dramatically. I think talented athletes can do whatever in the gym, they already have the gift. It shows when guys like Carl Lewis didnt do weights at all, and ran alot of 400m in training. If i did that i would lose alot of power and speed. A few athletes ask why i power clean so much. I say, 'the same reason you can run and jump much better than me, talent'. All i do is clean twice a week at whatever weight i feel like doing. It's unfair, but talent rules I also read Bolts book and it will piss alot of people off how good he was.

josh_ains		...	03-01-2015 @ 23:27
Member 786, 2077 posts SQ 262, BP 155, DL 300 717.0 kgs @ 122kgs UnEq	AndyCoupe said: Leverhulme ste? I agree. They re built that place when they should have spent the money on quality equipment. It actually winds me up how nobody realises this. I was surprised at the ste facilities when I did some coaching experience work their , utter garbage innefective set up , none of the sprinters were good-(BIG SIGN OF LACK OF POWER TRAINING HERE) coaches were all voluntary , not a medal in sight on any of the walls -(NOTHING TO ASPIRE TO), track was quality though , tons of potential though in the youngsters I coached sad to know none had any chance especially in the explosive distance track and field if they trained solely their

Gordy		...	03-01-2015 @ 23:35
Member 5418, 383 posts	Post Edited: 10.08.2018 @ 14:17 PM by Gordy

unit94		...	03-01-2015 @ 23:39
what is everyone's fran time? Member 3986, 10443 posts SQ 340, BP 200, DL 400 940.0 kgs @ 129kgs Eq	Lucky c**t, I really dont like it when people dont put their talent to full potential although I know that sounds daft as he is the best sprinter of all time.

Ramsay777		...	03-01-2015 @ 23:53
Member 3942, 1107 posts SQ 200, BP 160, DL 315 675.0 kgs @ 102kgs UnEq	The guy who was the original topic of this thread has just put up another video.

Gordy		...	03-01-2015 @ 23:55
Member 5418, 383 posts	Post Edited: 10.08.2018 @ 14:18 PM by Gordy .

unit94		...	03-01-2015 @ 23:59
what is everyone's fran time? Member 3986, 10443 posts SQ 340, BP 200, DL 400 940.0 kgs @ 129kgs Eq	Thats a f**king strong squat


ChrisMcCarthy		...	04-01-2015 @ 11:16
Lost his pen, then found his pen. #phew Member 4899, 2956 posts	I can't post the link from my phone but Robert Foestermann (sp? ), the guy with the big legs in the pic posted a few pages back, has some pretty sweet squat vids on his Instagram. They were linked to on ATG a while back.

ChrisMcCarthy		...	04-01-2015 @ 13:34
Lost his pen, then found his pen. #phew Member 4899, 2956 posts	Post Edited: 04.01.2015 @ 13:38 PM by ChrisMcCarthy http://www.allthingsgym.com/robert-forstemann-290kg-x2-squat/ It might be 260kg mind...

IainT		...	04-01-2015 @ 13:58
normal people, like me. Member 2325, 550 posts	Ramsay777 said: The guy who was the original topic of this thread has just put up another video. Yeah, there's not much to argue about there. Very impressive.

KevC86		...	04-01-2015 @ 14:37
Member 5141, 4199 posts SQ 300, BP 180, DL 350 830.0 kgs @ 130kgs UnEq	Ramsay777 said: The guy who was the original topic of this thread has just put up another video. Phenomenal squat. He definitely lifts.

brownbear		...	04-01-2015 @ 14:42
Morrisons - rump - 7£ Member 2206, 11578 posts SQ 228, BP 150, DL 260 638.0 kgs @ 98kgs UnEq	unit94 said:I get the impression Usain Bolt is lazy as f**k, which would give credit to the talent thing I have trained in the same weights room as usain bolt and you'd find it interesting how he trains..

Benfrancis1993		...	04-01-2015 @ 14:45
Cut toe in half = bad day. Member 4359, 3581 posts SQ 270, BP 140, DL 310 720.0 kgs @ 137kgs UnEq	brownbear said: I have trained in the same weights room as usain bolt and you'd find it interesting how he trains.. 1 power clean then goes home?

unit94		...	04-01-2015 @ 14:46
what is everyone's fran time? Member 3986, 10443 posts SQ 340, BP 200, DL 400 940.0 kgs @ 129kgs Eq	does 3 sets of 10 on bicep machine then f**ks off?

ChrisMcCarthy		...	04-01-2015 @ 14:55
Lost his pen, then found his pen. #phew Member 4899, 2956 posts	Out of interest unless you are in the gym with him for months on end who's really going to know what his weight program is actually like?

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