TRAIN SMART!...A great "E-Book" on Weight Lifting.

[BIG Sean Madigan]

Hey All,



Check out: http://www.1shoppingcart.com/app/aftrack.asp?afid=40202

It's an e-book by Pete Sisco who was the co-author (with John Little) of Power Factor Training and Static Contraction Training.

Anyway, it's worth a look.

BIG Sean

BIG Sean Madigan

Combative Solutions

[Fighter]

Cool I'm checking it out now.... It looks peretty good, PLUS you get a free newsletter.

[terry]

A lot of the American lifters draw more on bodybuilding than powerlifting methods. The Germans (in the 30s), Russians and Bulgarians have methods that are being translated now into English, much to the benefit of the English speaking world.

Personally, I don't measure progress in weight lifting by size or weight. That's body building. Rather, I measure it by my single rep max in a number of different lifts, such as deadlift, squat, bench press, good mornings.

My mentors in powerlifting look to the guys at a little gym in Ohio that isn't much more than a garage. They're really big in the powerlifting world as it turnw out and produce a lot of world record holders. Here's their URL:

http://www.elitefitnesssystems.com/

Terry

[Fighter]

Your post was great....I was just wondering can someone tell me what a GOOD MORNING is? Thanks.

[Corion]

Its when you put the barbell across your neck like your gonna do squats and you lean forward, there is a large possibility of back injury in this exercise, and many recommend not to do weighted Good Mornings

[terry]

Originally posted by Corion
Its when you put the barbell across your neck like your gonna do squats and you lean forward, there is a large possibility of back injury in this exercise, and many recommend not to do weighted Good Mornings

This post is correct. I second the motion for caution on power lifting exercises, particularly an advanced one. Get a trainer who knows what they're doing and learn from them. Don't try this yourself if you're a beginner. There are other back strengthening exercises that are more appropriate for beginning lifters: hypers, sumo-style deadlifts, deadlifts, squats. (I didn't do any good mornings until my deadlift was approaching 500 lbs.)

To a powerlifter a good morning is an exercise that will help you will your deadlift, specifically the lower portion of the lift. What the good morning does is place you in an extremely inefficient position from which to lift. So, it you have a mid-500s deadlift you will be straining at the mid-300s with a good morning. (Note that there is a 20 minute ramp up with lower weights before any max attempt.)

In general, power lifting methods seek to produce muscle failure through straining while body building methods seek to produce muscle failure through fatigue.

Terry

[Fighter]

Thanks you guys