Let the snatch jokes begin
January 13th, 2010
Some random things I’ve read recently on Olympic lifting:
Defending Olympic Lifting Movements for Athletes, Strongmen, and Powerlifters
The safety of Olympic lifting has been documented in several studies. One study has shown that Olympic lifting has the lowest number of injuries per 100hrs trained compared to both bodybuilding and powerlifting. Olympic lifting is often trained very intensely and with a much greater frequency than a bodybuilding routine.
-Brian P. Hamill, “Relative Safety of Weightlifting and Weight Training,” Journal of Strength Conditioning Research, Vol. 8, No. 1(1994): 53-57.
In a study done by Stone, Wilson, Blessing and Rozenek, athletes performed an Olympic lift for eight straight weeks, and it was found that the athletes’ resting heart rate decreased by 8%, systolic blood pressure decreased by 4%, lean body weight increased by 4% and body fat dropped by 6%.
-Stone, M.H., et al. Cardiovascular Responses to Short-Term Olympic Style Weight-Training in Young Men. Can. J. Appl. Sport Sci. 8(3): 134-9.
Big Mark W. from CrossFit Delray Beach joined us this week and held his own in some tough WODs.
STRENGTH/SKILL WOD
Snatch
WOD
Run 1 Lap
20 Jumping Lunges (JL)
15 Situps
20 Pushups
AMRP in 20min
| Teri | 4+JL | Mike P. | 5 | Carla | 5+situps | ||
| Carolyn | 4+row | Peyton | 5 | Jesse | 6 | ||
| Amanda | 4+run | Tim L. | 5 | Mark | 6 | ||
| Belinda | 4+run | Sara | 5+row | Mindy | 6 | ||
| Beth | 4+run | Tony K. | 5+row | Paul | 6 | ||
| Katie K. | 4+run | Alissa | 5+run | Veronica | 6 | ||
| Les | 4+run | Amy | 5+run | Brett | 6+run | ||
| Lori | 4+run | Becky | 5+run | David U. | 6+run | ||
| Mike La. | 4+run | Chris | 5+run | Elisha | 6+run | ||
| Rauli | 4+run | Cynthia | 5+run | Francis | 6+run | ||
| Robert D. | 4+run | Elisabeth | 5+run | Karen | 6+run | ||
| Adrian | 4+situps | Fran | 5+run | Mac | 6+run | ||
| Cindy | 4+situps | Freddy | 5+run | Melvin | 6+run | ||
| Mike Le. | 4+situps | Julie | 5+run | Nic | 6+run | ||
| Stephen | 4+situps | Laura | 5+run | Robert Su. | 6+run | ||
| Silvia | 4+situps (mod) | Marci | 5+run | Brian | 7 | ||
| Allison F. | 5 (row) | Mitch | 5+run | Charles | 7 | ||
| David L. | 5 | Shari | 5+run | Tim F. | 7 | ||
| Jacque | 5 | Shawn | 5+run | Bowie | 7+JL | ||
| Kelly | 5 | Steph T. | 5+run | Marc | 7+run | ||
| Lee | 5 | Trupti | 5+run | Yogi | 7+run | ||
| Mark W. | 5 | Whitney | 5+run | David T. | 8+run | ||
| Brandon | 5+situps | ||||||
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