A training session with Werner Gunthor

Expert Discussion Strength Training
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJECepNeCJ0

22.75m and 3 world championships…

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Yes this is key. Dropping weights off your back onto the floor increases bioavailable test.

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I guess great minds think alot (you/davan:) ).

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hurdle jumps followed by stair jumps - made it look easy…

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Don’t forget purple spandex and purple shirt!

All joking aside, that is extremely impressive for his size.

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Thank you for posting the video Davan.

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I have the whole hour long video. The man is amazing! Plyos and more plyos as well as lots of heavy weights and special strength exercises.

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I’m guessing he is a fan of the complex method. Interesting because I think it was Poliquin who mentioned that this method was very popular over in Europe for strength and power athletes.

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Is it the complex method though as traditionally described though? The side lunges are pretty light and the iso calf raise/stretch (very beginning part) is obviously not high intensity.

TC–have you incorporated any of the information you took from the video into the training of your sprinters/jumpers/hurdlers?

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It appeared to be a very specific version of the complex method, replicating the weighted movement in a dynamic fashion.

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Complex method is awesome. I’ve always lowballed it though (4-6 wks) due to the fear put in me by Verkhoshansky’s charts.

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Where can i get the full video - thanks!

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Ditto! Does it have the eerie background music on the actual video?

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yepp, can you upload it somewhere please?

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Bump on this. What video is this from?

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There is a guy here who is known to some here who swears by it and is freaky explosive.

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I might do a seach on these charts - are they common enough on google?

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The Gunthor videos

http://www.dailymotion.com/related/5840202/video/x3h3vh_athle-entrainement-werner-gunthor-p
http://www.dailymotion.com/related/5837021/video/x3h412_athle-entrainement-werner-gunthor-p
http://www.dailymotion.com/related/5837222/video/x3h67j_athle-entrainement-werner-gunthor-p
http://www.dailymotion.com/related/5840047/video/x3h6bu_athle-entrainement-werner-gunthor-p_sport

Some interesting training ideas to say the least. Fun to watch if any member could translate at least the general ideas that would be awesome.

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The one that came to mind is the “Russian study” in this article
http://www.drsquat.com/articles/periodicity.html

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yes! (too short) YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS