Well said, that's something I've always had to explain to clients when we began training, it's also why we do "flow" movements that require lots of coordination and much less power near the end of the sessions, some climbing exercises like bouldering, balancing or little challenges. Good sessions are bout 1 - 1.5hr. Back in the day when we didn't know anything, and the sport was small, from 2008 - 2016 we would train 3 - 5 hours, some ridiculous shit, mind you we were all 12 - 18 at the time with no guidance, knowledge or money. These 3 -5 hour sessions would mostly be fucking around with around 1 hour of good training and the rest walking from spot to spot, when we got kicked off or chased by security/police, also going to Tim's or Starbucks for WIFI so we could find each other. Lots of those guys ended up being really good at sports because of unintentional gpp, and periodization we had created because of the winter months. Unfortunately, I am still extremely uncoordinated, as you might have noticed from my clean (I promise it'll get better), but the gpp and the insane amount of failures made most of us resilient to defeat.
Is this UKSCA 2x bodyweight squat before doing plyometrics recommendation just for weightlifters? I find it hard to understand why a basketball players for example who has been jumping and running since he was a kid should need a 2x BW squat before doing plyometrics. Most tall basketball players will have a very hard time to be able to squat 2x BW.
If they’ve been “jumping and running” then they shouldn’t supplement with more of the same. I hope that makes sense. I think there is a difference between “Plyo metrics” training for power and technique training for sport.
That recommendation is probably for beginners in general. An athlete who has been doing their sport -- eg basketball -- for years will most likely have built enough stability and strength to handle basic plyos, which can then be progressed over time without necessarily requiring 2x bw squat. It could definitely be argued basketball players should squat more however, as they are some of the weakest athletes in popular sport.
Question: you guys frequently mention 2× bodyweight for plyometrics. Does that mean that an athlete like Brian Shaw (strongman) or any of the other giant athletes would be in danger from doing plyometrics?
Thank you guys for another great video, but could you please make one for depth jumps as you always stress how complicated they are and that most people can’t even do them from a 20kg plate. It’s really confusing what the fuss is about! They really don’t seem that complicated.
What is a depth jump? dropping down and trying to minimise ground contact time before jumping or dropping down and trying to jump as high as possible with a little longer ground contact time? Seems like everywhere I read about it I find conflicting info. also for jumping athletes like basketball players and volleyball players which plyometric exercices do you recommend?
Anime just means animated films or shows made in Japan, it is to cartoons what champagne is to sparkling wine. It doesn't have to adhere to a specific genre or motif to be anime, Crayon Shin-chan is anime just as much as Cowboy Bebop is
I have no idea where Gurph managed to find that definition of anime but it couldn't be more wrong Anime is made in Japan and that's just about the only thing that makes it anime. The subject matter is irrelevant
Question: The next time you get Broderick on the line or if you have strong opinions/knowledge: how does PED usage relate to major barriers being broken in sports? I'm thinking of things like the 4 minute mile, the 18 m long jump, etc etc Edit: 8-9 m long jump. Was way off on that one
Merry Christmas lads, thanks for consistently putting out great content! I started lifting with starting strength and I've got great hip drahve as a result. How do I improve my leg drahve in snatches and cleans? I'm not using my big squat surplus in my lifts (snatch 98, CJ 129, front squat 145x2, BS 170+ (no need to grind a max)).
How would you prescribe core work for weightlifters with young training age? Would it make sense to use more dynamic stuff, GHD back extensions and GHD crunches for example, along with isometrics to encourage more hypertrophy along with that strength to hold the core still?
Hollow body holds are probably a good place to start, it trains the core to be in a good tense position through which to generate and transfer force. With hollow body progressions you can work towards V ups, from there you can do hanging leg exercises. Ab rollouts are great to, but they apply the same principle are hollow body holds, just dynamically instead of isometrically
