Upright row, reverse curls. Lovely.
Anybody notice the extreme Lordosis during and just after them lifts?
First thing I noticed.
No kidding on the lordosis. Thats pretty extreme. Michael Johnson was pretty lordotic as well. Maybe it helps speed ?? The clean form is awful. I have high school females who clean 135 with better technique. Guess it goes to show that superior talent always prevails. haha
you’re just a playa hater, that’s how he got the gunz dude. 
Can just hear the claims now…but that’s what Usain does …
I’m not sure what is more disturbing… the technique, or… the gloves.
When I first heard Usain talking about “core” work - I naturally assumed he was talking about lifting weights AND holding his Posture strong during the lifts.
It now appears, perhaps all he was talking about was doing a ton of Sit ups?
As can be seen, a ton of sit ups still wont make you hold Good form during Lifts, no matter how many abs you got showing.
Lets hope this does not transfer to his running.
Didn’t he get a sore Back and That’s the reason T.G. beat him last year? hmmmm
I seriously don’t see how awful his cleans’ form is… It looks good to me.
Yea he probably uses a pussy pad when he squats.
World record-holder Usain Bolt has won his first race in nine months, clocking 9.91 seconds to narrowly beat former record-holder Asafa Powell at the Golden Gala.
Powell clocked 9.93 and European champion Christophe Lemaitre crossed third in 10.00.
Bolt had not competed since he was beat by Tyson Gay in Stockholm last August, snapping the Jamaican’s two-year unbeaten streak. The triple Olympic and world champion then ended his season because of back and Achilles’ tendon problems.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/5063510/Usain-Bolt-pips-Asafa-Powell-in-tight-race
Contrary to popular belief, cleans are not an arm exercise.
i wouldnt care if the guy was lifting bags of bricks…hes still performing at outstnading levels and has a PB of 9.5 with this training. why change anything!
Risk of injury. Sounds like the best reason to me. Those lifts aren’t adding any value. So the risk to reward ratio is highly in favor of risk.
the benefit is general physical prep
Same time as Tyson’s first 100m of his 150m this year.
Man I wish Asafa could beat him but he’s not a killer. Can’t put the dagger in.
My response would once again be the risk is too high for the benefit he is deriving. There are much easier and safer ways to go about an appropriate general prep phase without employing exercises executed with bad technique.
The same logic could be applied to Asafa Powell’s bench press antics – which led to a pec tear that has undoubtedly impacted his career negatively.
USAIN Bolt, the world’s fastest man, was far from back to his best but showed he’s still the man to beat as he powered to victory in the 100m in the Rome Golden League meeting.
Racing for the first time in almost nine months, Bolt, 24, finished in 9.91sec - well outside his world record of 9.58sec - to edge out Jamaican compatriot Asafa Powell by 0.02sec.
French national record holder Christophe Lemaitre was third in 10sec flat as the sprinters benefited from a slight 0.6m per second tailwind.
But it was the world and Olympic double sprint champion and world record holder over both 100m and 200m that the 47,000-strong crowd had come to watch and the ebullient Bolt did not disappoint.
He did admit, though, that nerves had got to him, particularly after a poor start.
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“It was not perfect but I’m very happy. It could have been better, but I’m now looking forward to my second race [of the season],” Bolt said.
"The important thing was that I got the win. It’s good for confidence and the season.
"I think over time it should be OK. I got through my first race, I was so nervous.
“I got a bad start and then kind of started to panic. I’m not proud of the race but I am getting there.”
Showing off his new muscular physique, Bolt was slow out of the blocks with even the slow-starting Lemaitre next to him getting out quicker.
Powell’s mid-race pick-up saw him put daylight between himself and the field but Bolt hunted him down in the final 20m to just nick it.
Powell was left frustrated at a missed opportunity.
“The difference is that Usain ran his race and I also ran his race. I didn’t stay relaxed or focused,” Powell said.
"I was too focused on Usain. I was very relaxed at the start but during the race I lost my focus and so he could beat me.
"For this, I’m a little upset with myself. I knew I had to take this victory, I’ve lost a very important occasion but at the same time I can say that my shape is good enough for this time of the season.
“After this meeting maybe I will feel more confident, the time is quite good.”
Bolt had to grit his teeth and he looked more ragged than normal, although his failure to dip when Powell did so almost cost him his hard-earned victory.
Having given it the usual clowning around pre-race, Bolt’s face during the sprint showed he meant business.
And he delighted fans at the end of his lap of honour by doing his trademark two-armed point to the skies.
Lemaitre was delighted to have stayed so close to the two Jamaicans, the current and former world record holders.
“I was still in touch with Bolt and Powell, to perform like that was fantastic,” he said, although there was a touch of regret at having failed to again break the 10sec barrier.
“10.00sec? Don’t tell me that!”