Whatever you do. Dont follow the HIT system or fools like Mike Barwis. Research good people like James Smith from the univ of Pitt, his partner Buddy Morris, John Lott from Arizona Cardinals seems pretty good. Do your research
Sorry I must again disagree with you. I dont like either 1 of those systems. In college I was taught the HIT system and I hated it. BFS was in high school and I hated it also.
Now that Im smarter and I know what Im doin now I wont teach it because the 1st thing I teach my athletes (high school, college and pro) is Joint stability, structure, integretity (etc) None of those systems teach, start or end not to mention to kids that hey your joints have to be strong also.
do you do all your lifting on a swiss ball? sounds like something i’d read out of men’s health magazine or a kinesiology textbook. how about you give credit where credit is due.
besides, coaching professional athletes is a just a little bit different that coaching 16 year old kids don’t u think??
all systems work, but for how long and at what risk? Sure, people can get great results using HIT, but it has also been shown to drastically increase injuries. Unstable surface training can be an interesting adjunct to the overall training process, just not good as the sole methodology. Problem is often that people want to seem cutting edge and try to reinvent training to be more sport specific and functional. It’s like Ian King said in his book Barbells and Bullshit, "There is a time and a place for everything. The exercise or training method can be used with an intent to create functional strength, hoever an exercise or training method is not in itself “functional”, nor is it by that definition “non-functional”. Too many people try to compartmentalize everything into schools and systems. I think that is where so much misinformation lies. I am always wary of people who speak in absolutes.
Swiss ball? Where did that come from?
Ok so what credit am I supposed to give and to who? If any credit I do give it to univ of pitt staff, univ of Iowa staff, univ of wake forest staff. Is that what your talking about? I honestly cant give credit to HIT system schools cause the injury rate is very high.
Just like my man speedcoach said all systems work but at what risk?
I agree, some of the strongest men I have studied had simple routines, ate a lot of food, and designed their own training and training devices such as Vasiley Alexeyev.
About the food, Vasiley Alexeyev for example would eat a 36 egg omelet for breakfast!
Texas has a better gene pool to pull from compared to other states. Texas also has favorable weather conditions that is conducive to year around training.
I would highly recommend some of the old translated soviet weightlifting texts. They are written by coaches who have produced multiple world and olympic champions.
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