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Originally Posted by GqArtguy
Or it could be that their suits are doing enough work so that they dont need unilateral work. 
Should note that the Bulgarian Oly team has some huge squat numbers. So huge that some dont even squat much anymore. Guess what they went to next to develop leg strength: barbell stepups (with some able to do 400+ lbs on them).
Youll find lifters who can make cases for both. I know some lifters do have gotten absolutely nothing out of rack pulls and I know lifters who were able to use split squats to stay healthy enough to squat big numbers. |
I dont know much about oly lifting.. but when i look at what the 800-900lbs+ raw squatters do, nobody is using anything like a split squat.
Even if you do use 400lbs for stepups, how much weight is your body getting used to? 400lbs.. your abs, upperback, lowback, etc are only working with very submaximal weight in comparison to your squat/dl numbers.
I actually think uniateral work is a great tool for hypertrophy and injury prevention, but when it comes to powerlifting numbers, not so much. Then again, there is always exceptions. I'm not saying its not going to help.. far from it, just for most powerlifters, there are better tools.