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Originally Posted by kuri
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? |
I am pretty out of the Powerlifting loop also, but from what I remember, non-US countries tend to much more heavily slanted to the IPF as a PLing Fed rather than WPO which is a bit more American. IPF doesn't allow the same amount of gear for suits and bench shirts, so most lifters use a more upright, high bar position squat. This probably has something to do with the preference. I am sure there are other reasons also, but I am way out of the loop.
Danny