Old Working Athletes

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@RB34

Sorry, I’m not buying that article. I don’t care what his bench press strength is because I know many “black” athletes - young and old who can press alot - it’s something they do in the hood. How much can he squat or clean? I would die attempting a 450m run. What’s James lifting approach?

Remember Charlie’s comment about the people with the highest output needing the longest recovery, and also about what the top guys can lift in the gym compared to what they actually do. It follows that the people who CAN lift the most are exactly the ones who should hold back the most.

@James_Smith

Assuming a general organism strength approach will widen your view considerably regarding the many variations of weight training that may effectively carry one through SPP and the competition calendar.

Establish high enough general strength levels pre-season in a concurrent fashion, on the lifts of your choice, then arrange those lifts serially throughout the competition calendar; thereby only requiring one primary weight training exercise to serve as the primary general organism strength stimulus with the rest being performed in an auxiliary/supportive fashion until it’s their turn to assume the primary role in a subsequent block.

I’ve learned to do similar with the primary weight stimulus preseason and early in GPP when the track stimulus is minimal, then when the SP/SE goes up, the weights go down.