Thursday, 26 December 2013

Do your exercises really make you a better player?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OIxATkCWQ4

Near the end a gymnast is not just jumping but back flipping for reps over distance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q33pqu-zRas

Lindford Christie jumping and hopping typical of modern athletics. Internet rumored to have squatted 700lbs!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHc2z5cfxn0

A 170lb man lifts over double bodyweight over his head.

If jumping and power style lifting really makes faster runners, why don't gymnasts do better at athletics? If fast twitch power muscle is the holy grail wouldn't an Olympic lifter win everything? Ben Johnson did no jumping. And Carl Lewis showed little sign of weightlifting. But both took drugs. My point is, do exercises really do what we believe? Or do we copy the exercises of people who would succeed regardless.

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