Posted by s.devereaux on February 27, 2000 at 17:45:43:
In Reply to: ack! posted by evan320 on February 26, 2000 at 19:17:41:
Don't focus on weight, there is no one weight that is good for everybody. Focus on your strength relative to your body weight. If you can only clean your body weight, it doesn't matter if you weigh 100 or 300, you can still only clean your body weight.
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Here's something I'm stealing from Jan Johnson via Doug Sparks.
5-Star Power Lifting
The vaulter must first determine his
body weight. He then performs the
following exercises until he reaches a
one rep maximum.
The exercises and order of performance are:
INCLINE PRESS
CLEAN
SQUAT
CURL
Add the total of weight lifted and
divide by your body weight.
If this number is five or over,
congratulations, you are a member of
THE FIVE STAR CLUB.
I have rarely seen a FIVE STAR MEMBER that
did not vault at least 17'. Think about
that when your lifting.
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Doing traditional weightlifting is really good, but you're just building beach muscles...i.e. you'll look good without a shirt.
I recommend doing Olympic weightlifting, since those exercises develop strength & fast muscle reflexes. That's far more valuable than being able to slowly inch up a bench press of 300 lbs.
And if i had to pick one lift, it'd be powercleans.