I’m having an insanely productive yet sweaty day here in the desert Southwest…how bout ya’all?
By the way, who’s coming to my Annual Training Summit on October 15th?
[quote]CharlesStaley wrote:
I’m having an insanely productive yet sweaty day here in the desert Southwest…how bout ya’all?[/quote]
Charles,
What do you think about this point of view/statement:
You aren’t going to become graceful by benching more, deadlifting heavier, or squatting more explosively. The inter-muscular coordination gained through these lifts only increase your ability to do those gross, isolated movements. It may or may not have a positive effect on your other activities. The honest trainers will admit that the academic jury still sits behind closed doors deciding the fate of whether that type of training transfers into other activities even at all.
[quote]CharlesStaley wrote:
I’m having an insanely productive yet sweaty day here in the desert Southwest…how bout ya’all?[/quote]
I feel you. It’s been nothing but hot and humid here. And with typical Florida summer weather (thunderstorms in the afternoon), it just makes you ooze sweat just being outside.
Oh well. It’s made for some fun workouts lately!
Jeez, you’re not baiting me are you? (In other words, is this something I wrote about 10 years ago?!?!)
I agree with the statement more than I disagree with it, but nevertheless, insifficent strength is often an athlete’s Achilles heel in terms of technique acquisition in sport. For example, in the shot put (glide technique), there must be a fast and smooth transition from the glide to the put. If you aren’t strong enough, it won’t be there.
If we agree upon the above, the next question is "what’s the best way to get stronger on that?’
And in many cases, simply DOING THE TECHNIQUE ITSELF is the most expiditious path to success. BUT, sometimes it’s not. For example, the grappling sports. Now if I’m a judoka, I’d try to have about 10 sparring partners who weigh 180, 200, 220, 240, etc., but that isn’t likely to happen. So here, I can make great use of cleans, benches, deads, squats, etc.
Does that help?
[quote]BPC wrote:
Charles,
What do you think about this point of view/statement:
You aren’t going to become graceful by benching more, deadlifting heavier, or squatting more explosively. The inter-muscular coordination gained through these lifts only increase your ability to do those gross, isolated movements. It may or may not have a positive effect on your other activities. The honest trainers will admit that the academic jury still sits behind closed doors deciding the fate of whether that type of training transfers into other activities even at all.[/quote]
When starting an olympic lifting routine or incorporating it into your program, what changes should one expect to see? I’m asking about visual since the performance part is probably harder to gauge.
Visual changes? Assuming your technique is decent, low back and trap musculature, and in a big way.
[quote]alfaronak wrote:
When starting an olympic lifting routine or incorporating it into your program, what changes should one expect to see? I’m asking about visual since the performance part is probably harder to gauge.[/quote]
ok- who’s paying attention?? My great boss Charles Staley has been walking around my office today mumbling about the fact that no one has ever written a poem about him. Post one on this thread and tomorrow one of you is going to win a prize pack from me. Keep it clean kids- no dirty "there once was a girl from Nantucket " business. Just get him to quit mumbling PLEASE-Julianne
Also, has anyone seen my new column in Best Life magazine?
Just doing my best to keep everyone ahead of the curve…
[quote]CharlesStaley wrote:
I’m having an insanely productive yet sweaty day here in the desert Southwest…how bout ya’all?[/quote]
[quote]CharlesStaley wrote:
Jeez, you’re not baiting me are you? (In other words, is this something I wrote about 10 years ago?!?!)
I agree with the statement more than I disagree with it, but nevertheless, insifficent strength is often an athlete’s Achilles heel in terms of technique acquisition in sport. For example, in the shot put (glide technique), there must be a fast and smooth transition from the glide to the put. If you aren’t strong enough, it won’t be there.
If we agree upon the above, the next question is "what’s the best way to get stronger on that?’
And in many cases, simply DOING THE TECHNIQUE ITSELF is the most expiditious path to success. BUT, sometimes it’s not. For example, the grappling sports. Now if I’m a judoka, I’d try to have about 10 sparring partners who weigh 180, 200, 220, 240, etc., but that isn’t likely to happen. So here, I can make great use of cleans, benches, deads, squats, etc.
Does that help?
BPC wrote:
Charles,
What do you think about this point of view/statement:
You aren’t going to become graceful by benching more, deadlifting heavier, or squatting more explosively. The inter-muscular coordination gained through these lifts only increase your ability to do those gross, isolated movements. It may or may not have a positive effect on your other activities. The honest trainers will admit that the academic jury still sits behind closed doors deciding the fate of whether that type of training transfers into other activities even at all.
[/quote]
Actually that’s a quote from Scott Sonnon.
That makes a lot of sense! Thanks Charles.
Julianne, did you HAVE to go and do that? People are going to think I’m a raging egomaniac!!!
Now let’s get back to talking about me and my wonderfully novel and elegant training theories…
[quote]teamstaley wrote:
ok- who’s paying attention?? My great boss Charles Staley has been walking around my office today mumbling about the fact that no one has ever written a poem about him. Post one on this thread and tomorrow one of you is going to win a prize pack from me. Keep it clean kids- no dirty "there once was a girl from Nantucket " business. Just get him to quit mumbling PLEASE-Julianne[/quote]
[quote]CharlesStaley wrote:
By the way, who’s coming to my Annual Training Summit on October 15th?
CharlesStaley wrote:
I’m having an insanely productive yet sweaty day here in the desert Southwest…how bout ya’all?
[/quote]
I am a retred. I can’t find the details on your site. Help?
BFG
Charles,
I know you’re not a medical doctor and you don’t play one on Prime Time T-Nation, but I wanted to bounce this off of you. Plus, I’m not sure my overweight, severely undertrained primary care physician could relate.
For the past month or so, I’ve been experiencing a dull/numbing pain running down the length of my left forearm. It also tends to radiate up to my shoulder. It makes doing movements like incline hammers, Zottmans, pullups (pronated) and any curling movements pretty damned painful…check that…VERY painful. I was going nuts doing chins and pullups for several months and was up to 20 dead hang BW pullups. Now I’m struggling to get 7 or 8. It tends to feel a little better after I get warmed up but it sucks and I’m getting tired of laying off chins and pull-ups. Any thoughts? Thanks.
There are no details on the site, seats are going fast and we may not even advertise it this year. Best bet…call Jules at 800-519-2492
[quote]BFG wrote:
CharlesStaley wrote:
By the way, who’s coming to my Annual Training Summit on October 15th?
CharlesStaley wrote:
I’m having an insanely productive yet sweaty day here in the desert Southwest…how bout ya’all?
I am a retred. I can’t find the details on your site. Help?
BFG[/quote]
Is the pain more prominent toward the pinkie side? Sounds like you’ve got some sort of impingement going on either way
[quote]gottatrain wrote:
Charles,
I know you’re not a medical doctor and you don’t play one on Prime Time T-Nation, but I wanted to bounce this off of you. Plus, I’m not sure my overweight, severely undertrained primary care physician could relate.
For the past month or so, I’ve been experiencing a dull/numbing pain running down the length of my left forearm. It also tends to radiate up to my shoulder. It makes doing movements like incline hammers, Zottmans, pullups (pronated) and any curling movements pretty damned painful…check that…VERY painful. I was going nuts doing chins and pullups for several months and was up to 20 dead hang BW pullups. Now I’m struggling to get 7 or 8. It tends to feel a little better after I get warmed up but it sucks and I’m getting tired of laying off chins and pull-ups. Any thoughts? Thanks.[/quote]
Charles the football players are using up alot of the power racks in the weight room so I pretty much stick to minor machine work and free weights, any ideas besides dumbbell press that I can use to hit my pecs and triceps? I like doing lockouts with the barbell but since the poweracks are used, are there any simple supplements for dumbbells?
Charles,
When you pair proximal antagonists in a PR Zone, is there any advantage to this method instead of using an antagonist pairing?
Well, don’t minimize the value of flat and inclune DB bench presses, because they’re VERY effective. Also dips. So get after those in a big way and I think you’ll be suprised
[quote]KingsRevenge wrote:
Charles the football players are using up alot of the power racks in the weight room so I pretty much stick to minor machine work and free weights, any ideas besides dumbbell press that I can use to hit my pecs and triceps? I like doing lockouts with the barbell but since the poweracks are used, are there any simple supplements for dumbbells?[/quote]
Sure, for example, squats and pullups in same PR Zone ? squats compress the spine, pullups decompress the spine. And also, as far as squats/deads are concern, the TRUE antagonists would be hip/trunk flexion drills, however, you don’t want to squat or dead on a tired core
[quote]basementD wrote:
Charles,
When you pair proximal antagonists in a PR Zone, is there any advantage to this method instead of using an antagonist pairing? [/quote]
[quote]CharlesStaley wrote:
Is the pain more prominent toward the pinkie side? Sounds like you’ve got some sort of impingement going on either way
[/quote]
Thanks, coach. The pain runs along the “outer” portion of my left forearm.