[quote]FarmerBrett wrote:
When I started watching the video I didn’t notice the bands (they’re the same colour as the floor) and I was thinking “her technique’s a bit jerky and wobbly!”
What’s a dragon flag negative?
Keep up the great work.[/quote]
I’m quite pleased with the band set up. When we did it squatting, we just looped it through the ring. I like working with bands but the set up weighting them with dumb bells and plates is a pain in the butt so we didnt’ do them a ton. The rings in the floor take that out of the equation so the set up is them same every time and isn’t as time consuming.
However, I can only do the negative portion and only part way down. They are hard as hell and I actually smoked my triceps doing them more than my abs.
Many thoughts:
(1) It’s amazingly cool you’re going to teach PL to kids. I can’t think of a better thing for kids to see than a lady lifting heavy stuff. Go blow apart some stereotypes.
(2) That is a massive deadlift.
(3) Dragon flags look brutal.
(4) I hope you kick anterior posterior at your meet.
[quote]FarmerBrett wrote:
When I started watching the video I didn’t notice the bands (they’re the same colour as the floor) and I was thinking “her technique’s a bit jerky and wobbly!”
What’s a dragon flag negative?
Keep up the great work.[/quote]
I’m quite pleased with the band set up. When we did it squatting, we just looped it through the ring. I like working with bands but the set up weighting them with dumb bells and plates is a pain in the butt so we didnt’ do them a ton. The rings in the floor take that out of the equation so the set up is them same every time and isn’t as time consuming.
However, I can only do the negative portion and only part way down. They are hard as hell and I actually smoked my triceps doing them more than my abs.[/quote]
Thank god for that! I thought this was a dragon flag, LOL. Everytime I visit your log I already leave feeling less of a man, but the thought of you doing 3 sets of 10 of those may have irreparably damaged my ego.
Squat-light
135-5x5
For some reason, these winded me. I’m feeling tired and achey. I hope we aren’t coming down with whatever my kids had. My strength is fine but I got tired pretty quickly.
Great you’re helping with the lifting at school. Wish we had someone like you here. I’ve had several girls I’ve helped with disc/shot throwing who had great potential but were afraid to really train heavy to improve their throws. I’m no pro teacher but I’ve found it almost impossible to train girls and boys at the same time.
[quote]hel320 wrote:
Great you’re helping with the lifting at school. Wish we had someone like you here. I’ve had several girls I’ve helped with disc/shot throwing who had great potential but were afraid to really train heavy to improve their throws. I’m no pro teacher but I’ve found it almost impossible to train girls and boys at the same time. [/quote]
My ex husband is a fairly high level soccer coach and said that boys and girls are completely different animals to coach. Girls typically are eager to please and to learn but are emotional and tend to cry easily so you can’t yell as much. Boys let the yelling roll off their backs but are less likely to try to please and learn because they’re convinced they already know everything. Now that’s an over simplification but that’s his experience in a nut shell. He had to tailor coaching styles for the gender and it applies more to kids/teens.
Regarding the lifting, the boys train on Wednesday and the girls Thursday morning. They go other days but those are the coached days. There wouldn’t be enough room in the weight room for everyone.
I’m finding it interesting. I can lift and my technique is fairly solid but I don’t know much about working with kids other than my own so it’s a real learning experience. I tend to be fairly ‘hands on’ with guidance and demonstrate a lot. I actually move the kids physically so they are in a better position. I don’t see the man that runs the program do that. However, it may be a school thing about touching students. I learn by doing and have a tough time grasping what I should do by verbal explanation. It wasn’t until I was benching with BB and he picked up my feet and pulled them back that I know what he meant when he said to do it.
[quote]ouroboro_s wrote:
My ex husband is a fairly high level soccer coach and said that boys and girls are completely different animals to coach. Girls typically are eager to please and to learn but are emotional and tend to cry easily so you can’t yell as much. Boys let the yelling roll off their backs but are less likely to try to please and learn because they’re convinced they already know everything. Now that’s an over simplification but that’s his experience in a nut shell. [/quote]
My coach has said roughly the same thing. I must say, I’ve never cried in front of my coach. I tend to get angry and silent instead.
So cool that you’re working with the high schoolers. I’d really like to do that. I’m not that great of a lifter, but I know my stuff when it comes to form and rules and training and such.
[quote]ouroboro_s wrote:
Girls typically are eager to please and to learn but are emotional and tend to cry easily so you can’t yell as much. Boys let the yelling roll off their backs but are less likely to try to please and learn because they’re convinced they already know everything.[/quote]
Substitue “men” and “women” and you’ve described my workplace
[quote]ouroboro_s wrote:
My ex husband is a fairly high level soccer coach and said that boys and girls are completely different animals to coach. Girls typically are eager to please and to learn but are emotional and tend to cry easily so you can’t yell as much. Boys let the yelling roll off their backs but are less likely to try to please and learn because they’re convinced they already know everything. Now that’s an over simplification but that’s his experience in a nut shell. He had to tailor coaching styles for the gender and it applies more to kids/teens.
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YES. I coach young athletes and YES. Which is why I love football players and it doesn’t feel like work but females definitely feel like work because I have to be careful what I say and how I say it at all times.
Like a boy will run a shitty 100 and I can say “Man, that sucked” and he’ll just laugh and be like “dangit, by how much?” but god forbid I say that to a girl. I have to pause and think about it and start with something positive and it’s just a lot of work.lol
My adult clients tend to be more reasonable (both genders) so I think it’s something they grow out of as they mature. Also, serious female athletes don’t tend to be as sensitive and are pretty good at taking criticism because they’re more concerned with getting better and winning than their feelings.
I’m still here. I’m just being quiet. Our meet is in two days so we’ll see how it goes.
I did a bit of light squatting and benching on Tuesday. Sunday I put my shirt on and went to my opener. I’d washed the shirt and was worried about it being tight(er). I’m glad I put it on. It was definately tighter which may have spazzed me at the meet but I’m good with it now.
[quote]ouroboro_s wrote:
I don’t take it personally that my daughter won’t have lunch with me at school. It was more a joke than anything. She’s not into powerlifting so the coaching is separate from her it just happens I’m doing it at her school because their coach (gym teacher) has put together one of the largest high school teams in the country and is a top level lifter himself.
We’ll see how it goes. Last Thursday was their first training day for this year and we were just working on getting a number for them to work with for their training template leading up to regionals. A few of the girls were completely new to lifting and it was interesting to see how some of them seem to have a natural feel for it after a brief demonstration. One girl in particular squatted like a pro sitting right back into it with a lot of confidence.
Most of the others were typical for people squatting for the first time; narrow stance, toes forward,folding over, etc. I just spent a bit of time showing and explaining the importance of a tight back/set up, a bit of a wider stance than shoulder width and toes out about 45 degrees. It was some of the mechanics of it. Most of them do other sports so understood the mechanics of what we were saying.[/quote]
Kids that age would rather eat broken glass and mashed potatoes than have lunch with a parent for the most part. My youngest is just hitting that age herself.
I’ve gotten to the habit of not washing my equipment before a meet. I might stink, but at least I know how it will fit, and all stretching has already occurred.
