Pioneer
September 20, 2010, 1:29pm
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is that the culture of most collegiate S&C programs is based on weight room performance. The lifts are only markers to see if things are progressing. As for the legitimacy of that many 300 lb cleaners, I doubt it. I have some strong athletes and probably 3 clean over 300 lbs. They routinely go in as some of the strongest freshmen in their respective classes and only 3 clean 300+. I think there is a certain pressure to inflate numbers, proving the coach is doing his job. It’s like a certain former WVU coach saying Owen Schmidtt cleaned 535. I want to see that feat on youtube. If it really happened, somebody taped it. The kid from Hillsdale in the NFL cleaned 400 lbs on youtube and it was sloppy as hell.
From a WVU faculty member on another thread I posted that Schmitt’s numbers were from a predicted max from 325/335 from multiple reps with much intra-set recovery.