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kuri · 03-23-2009, 12:06 PM

The latest Journal of Strength & Conditioning has an interesting article on the training methods Elite British powerlifters (abstract).

I'm not really plugged into the PL world, but found it interesting that in discussion of training methods the authors found 69% of the PLers (32 lifters competing at the 4 Nations competition) surveyed used Oly movements in training. In particular the power clean and high pull were the most used.

57% used chains, 39% used bands, but only 46% used box squats - something that surprised me as that lift seems ubiquitous in PL info in the U.S.

For those more familiar with PLing are there significant differences in approach between lifters there and here? Are more PLers in the US doing Oly movements these days?

03-23-2009, 12:06 PM	#1 (permalink)
kuri dirty socialist Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Absurdistan Posts: 10,063	Study: Elite PLers using Oly lifts The latest Journal of Strength & Conditioning has an interesting article on the training methods Elite British powerlifters (abstract). I'm not really plugged into the PL world, but found it interesting that in discussion of training methods the authors found 69% of the PLers (32 lifters competing at the 4 Nations competition) surveyed used Oly movements in training. In particular the power clean and high pull were the most used. 57% used chains, 39% used bands, but only 46% used box squats - something that surprised me as that lift seems ubiquitous in PL info in the U.S. For those more familiar with PLing are there significant differences in approach between lifters there and here? Are more PLers in the US doing Oly movements these days? __________________ Working "hard," or the perception of working hard, doesn't really mean anything. Sweating, vomiting, and breathing hard could be a good workout or a tropical disease kicking in.-Dan John