Power or Olympic lifts, squats, dead lifts, power cleans, hanging cleans, clean and jerks are lifts of strength, not power. If that is the intent, I have no problem with training for strength, but power lifting is not training for power. I had a college strength coach try to explain to me that a power clean “develops explosiveness”. What? He hasn’t done his home work. Scroll up to see Power page. Developing Strength is the advantage of power or Olympic lifts. However, those lifts do not focus on or recruit the physiological elements that increase speed and power!
Furthermore the “risk/reward” of doing power and hang cleans and cleans and jerks, dead lifts and squats improperly or properly can create premature degeneration and potential injury to the lower five lumbar vertebra and discs of the athlete.
Dr. Mark Brown, professor and chairman emeritus of the Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation of Miami’s Miller School of medicine states, “back pain is the most common reason for doctor visits today, and it is the most expensive disorder”.
I am not an experienced power lifter and have not been trained to incrementally develop proper technique and form for power or Olympic type lifts. I believe I am in the majority of trainers and coaches. Plus once those lifts get introduced, most coaches and athletes want to “amp up” too quickly and increase their weight loads.
That doesn’t work for me. Too many athletes come to me with sore backs and frequently sore wrists. For squats, there also is a better way. Go to info@dynamicforceweighttraining.com, click on Products, view Shoulder Armour and the video demonstrating how to do speed and power squats.
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