Pavel Tsatsouline Kettlebell Strength Training Weight Lifting Workouts Exercise and Flexibility Questions & Answers.

5 days ago when called out to prove a Col wrong, demoed Jerks for one minute. Doing somewhat under par in Moscow is an understatement and is neither here nor there. 28 Jerks in 10 minutes when doing doing 35 in 7 was best. Until post Russia, technique needed improvement. (whos didn't) and it always will to some degree. measure a 10 minute Jerk test catered to a one minute through 5 minute Jerk test but I won't start that until feb/mar time frame. Anyways, with no equipment and at the end of a work day did 10 Jerks in one minute rather easily for a demo with no belt. Then proceeded to do it again at another request for 14 in one minute also no equipment(half of 28 in Moscow). Technique has undergone a significant improvement. Anyways its off to deadlifts but there is a plan to do well. Thought about offering a GS seminar(hosting Federenko) but have the audacity to assist or at least host. Thoughts. Public criticism I don't give but don't affront to those who give it esepcially when I ask for it. So give it . BTW, 50 dollars Time: 9:30 through 1:30 Dec 10th Place: 2683 Timberbrooke Place Duluth, GA 30097 Material will include mostly training cycle for powerlifting, GS and TSC(technique). FYI. Marty  

I was just curious if the TSC challenge you wrote about a few pages back goes out to senior instructors as well. I have noticed that there are only a few(cotter,lawrence,jones) that actually partake in the fun of friendly competition. These guys have consistently competed whether it be in the TSC or GS. I commend them for that. It would be great to see more participation from the guys who are looked at in high regard and are considered the cream of the crop. If the challenge does not include them I would like to personally invite them to participate on january 7th. It is a great event for all. I had so much fun last TSC. It was pure energy throughout the room with guys like Even-Esh screaming words of encouragement at the same person he was competing against. I am getting chills as I think about that day in September and am getting more excited for the one coming up. Competition IS what keeps me moving foward. Competition has molded my life from an early age and I am grateful to have learned the art of competition at an early age. 

I was just curious if the TSC challenge you wrote about a few pages back goes out to senior instructors as well. I have noticed that there are only a few(cotter,lawrence,jones) that actually partake in the fun of friendly competition. These guys have consistently competed whether it be in the TSC or GS. I commend them for that. It would be great to see more participation from the guys who are looked at in high regard and are considered the cream of the crop. If the challenge does not include them I would like to personally invite them to participate on january 7th. It is a great event for all. I had so much fun last TSC. It was pure energy throughout the room with guys like Even-Esh screaming words of encouragement at the same person he was competing against. I am getting chills as I think about that day in September and am getting more excited for the one coming up. Competition IS what keeps me moving foward. Competition has molded my life from an early age and I am grateful to have learned the art of competition at an early age. 

was a 2X BW DL. Actually, If I hadn't gained weight, I would've made it. Hard not to gain some weight with DL'ing. 1RM was 305 as of May 2005 and over the last 8 months slowly worked into consistent DL'ing. Probably DL'ed 6 of the 8 months. Pulled 355 at 185 couple days ago. When I originally started training DL I was 173. I have been as high as 193. Change in diet, overeating, BJJ and DL all contributed to 20 lb weight gain although I think the high protein / higher fat & DL gave me the bulk of the weight. I plan on being under 185 and pull 370 (without a peaking cycle) in less than 3 weeks. Wonder how far away 4 wheels is? The ultimate strength goal of 2006 is 2.5BW DL @180 (450). That is 80 lbs. in 11 months. Doable? My weakness is 1-2" off the ground. Past that is gravy....for now. Wondering how fancy I am going to have to get after 400? I'm sure I have a future of extended DL's. If weakness turns to locking out, maybe rack pulls. Thoughts, suggestions?  

Does anybody know any real world applications for the bench press? Or world overhead presses and dips be better for function strength that you use in everyday life or a tactical sit?  

"The sport requires the brute strength of a powerlifter, the explosive, or speed strength, of a weightlifter or thrower, the speed and conditioning of a football player, and the muscular endurance of a freestyle wrestler." -Whit Baskin How does one go about getting all these attributes into one athlete? I think Mr. Baskin breaks the attributes down well but his solution sounds like it could be simplified-not to make it easier, but to make all the effort count to something. Here's the article: http://www.deepsquatter.com/strength/archives/interview13.htm Thanks for any help.  

I'm doing the PTP program. I'm a climber and I'm weak. :) That means that even though the strong guys cannot lift nearly as much with the thick barbell as the standard, I can lift almost as much because as I said I'm not that strong but my hands are quite strong. So, to the question, how about using the thick barbell every now and then, especially in the easier parts of the cycle to get more grip work? My concern is if it's too different from the standard deadlift so that I will loose some training effect from it? Should it be seen as a completly diffent lift or just a variation of the same?  

A lot of people are still SOS(stuck on stupid) when it comes to Bodyweight exercises helping along the way to getting bigger. I was reading in one of Pavel's books, maybe (Beyond Bodybuilding), how Powerlifters don't develop the vascularity for the bigger muscles but how Bodyweight exercises do. Brooks Kibik has got a Bodyweight series coming out and he explains a little bit of it on his site as pretty much the major selling point for his new stuff. Still it's just a very basic explanation. Anybody here able to go into some depth? I'm sold already.

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