I double overhand after an elbow replacement because my external rotation is just shy on the injured arm and I hate training over/under on one side. I’ve heard & read I won’t create a muscle imbalance but I don’t believe it. Hook grip for me. You can’t have squatty fingers.
I’d say you’re both right. Adjusting to injury has made me realize the importance of grip and little nuances, however I think most can train to their strengths enough to overcome face value disadvantages, excepting legitimate elite athletes where literally every ounce counts.
IMO finding natural patterns and maximizing them will take the vast majority in to the intermediate and even advanced category, across all lifts.
I don’t see how deadlifting could be much assistance in Olympic Lifting. Which brings me to the miss naming of Powerlifting, which should be called Strength Lifting. Power = lb-ft per second. Olympic Lifting truly is “power” lifting. Olympic lifters need speed work that heavy deadlifting just doesn’t provide.
That particular Olympic lifter has thrown me hundreds of times in sparring and I had about 3 inches, 80 lbs and a significant raw strength advantage, if strength was measured by power lifts. I’m not a judo or wrestling master by any means, but I’m competent and not an easy takedown. He didn’t put me down by raw power alone, but having as much power behind the technique as he did would definitely help in achieving that outcome at as good of a percentage as he did.
He was probably the best overall athlete in the late 30’s age bracket I’ve ever actually “competed” against in any kind of endeavor. One of those good at everything he tries kind of guys and lifetime natty as far as I know.
@RT_Nomad one of my issues is I don’t squat heavy and I agree with you that getting the squat up is key.
I don’t have a rack so here’s what I’m doing to compensate and I think it’s great-
Heavy weighted wall sits holding a bar
Heavy Steinborn squat
Heavy gobblet squat
I’m doing these heavy as possible for 1-rep is the goal.
The wall sit will have to be a heavy hold at parallel for just a couple seconds.
I just did stienborn squats today for the first time in a decade (my best back then with a block was 290)
I got 261 today and was a grunt of a 1-rep plus I did another full squat before tilting it off. I will post that vid in my journal today.
Tilting the bar on the shoulders sinks you into the hole. You can also start squatting up while the bar is tilting, but I don’t like that as much.
Not bad for 1st time back. It usually takes a couple go rounds (weeks) to add 50# to the lift.
I haven’t actually squatted over 225 rack or not in a couple years.
I really can’t fairly comment to anything that you do in the weight room. I have no experience with focusing on doing 1-rep max on esoteric lifts. I would never do that.
Please allow me to say that is your body and that I have no problem with anything you want to do. Regrettably, I don’t care what method you use. The only thing I have to offer this forum is the experiences that I have had striving for the best physique I could achieve. My experiences are very far removed from your training strategies.
Man I rocked a pair of VS athletics throughout my 20’s as I was practicing Oly lifts a lot, but they never did much to improve my squatting ability. Front squats and BB Hacks feel good if I stand my heels on about 2” though. Might get back to Zerchers as well.