Training Athletes? (Was: Free weights versus machine weights)

[Guest guest]

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I am curious, have you ever trained athletes? How would you train a football

lineman?

Bill

Havertown Pa

Exarchives@... wrote:

It is not necessarily the tool, but it is said the use of a tool.

According

to many here a barbell/dumbbell is a far superior tool than a machine. The

fixed plain argument is always a favorite here, but try bench pressing at an

angle 10 degrees either way from the norm and see what happens. Seems many in

this group carry a certain bias against machines. If I took a few of your

personal machines away from you, you would find life a little difficult - say

for

example your computer and your cell phone and replace them with an antique

crank phone and a typewriter. Many machine designs are questionable, but the

far most important factor is their USE as well as with " free weights. "

The suggested use of Olympic Lifting (Sport) for the supplementary

training of athletes is just plain silly. Teaching the skill of hurling a

barbell upward for football players is akin to teaching your swimmers blocking

and tackling. If the swim coach was ever seen " coaching " his or her swimmers to

do so, you could be sure the coach would be carted away by the men in white

coats.

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