We know that sprinters and jumpers can use the bench press to help stimulate their nervous system in a positive manner prior to a competition, I was wondering what movements or therapy methods that may help produce the same effect but for throwers that utilize heavily on both upper and lower body musculature to optimally throw.
I had in mind using the squat 7-8 days out, then possibly medicine ball throws 3 days out. I’m having a hard time getting a rough day the coach plans on throwing them last before the competition. Please feel free to give your opinion, or methods you may have used, or know about.
As a general rule, throwers keep lifting closer in to the competition because the resultant muscle pump helps with the leverage. I’d hesitate to give an exact formula but it would be a bit closer to the event than for the sprints.
I saw Udo Beyer do a couple of sets of very shallow squats (quarter at most) with 900lbs the day before he set the WR in 1983
I thought I’d posted before but it must have dissappeared. According to Mike Stone some shot putters are doing 2 sets of 2 reps clean (80%) directly before they go out to throw in competition these days. The idea is potentiation.
I don’t know if this is correct but this is what I have been told.
He has claimed the same for Donovan Bailey; he backs up his data mainly from the weight room -although I am not aware of the whole of his work.
When I asked him if these results are transferrable to others sports (apart from weightlifting), he said the sample and the results were good enough to believe so.
When I asked him about possible problems that might follow on the track after such work -especially at the highest level- he claimed that if it has worked for D. Bailey, it must be good.
From what I know many Finnish javelin throwers use a stimulation weights session the day before a competition (or even in the morning of an afternoon comp). Using something similar to what Charlie referred to.
E.g. the program of Kimmo Kinnunen leading to Tokio in -91 was:
Day 5: speed + javelin (25 throws)
Day 4: weights
Day 3: speed + weights
Day 2: javelin (15)
Day 1: weights
Day 0: Gold medal (90.82m)