Powerlifting<>Olympic Lifting

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W.G. 'Bill' " _ubermenschsports@... _ wrote:

This article should provide the necessary insight as to why long term

Powerlifters will always have an extremely difficult time

transitioning to Weightlifting and are unlikely to ever be able to

compete at the elite level. Please note the direct references to Henry

and Hammand and their totals compared to numerous other heavy weights.

Bill:

I greatly respect Bud's observations and certainly he's open to debate

One thing that strikes me about these squat observations. Is the inability

to recover from the squat under portion of the C & J not due to the leg strength

but range of motion? When someone is going for a PR in a C & J, it's a good

assumption that they are going rock bottom in the squat under that is also a

very weak mechanical position. While O-L's go pretty darn deep in their squat

training (and I don't know how deep the lifter u gave for example would do in

training -- but I'm sure someone probably has tapes of them training), I

doubt they are going as deep as they do in the training session squats under of

the clean.

Another thing for consideration is that the lifters going into their last CJ

have given five all out efforts (plus warm-ups) and of course the question

arises how much fatigue plays in the situation.

So I might suggest that the two squats are not necessarily directly

comparable and I still think the two sports are different due to the training of

different biomotor skills that take advantage of different genetics (fiber

subtypes).

Myles B. Astor, PhD

Equinox Fitness Clubs

NY,NY USA