Articles About Weightlifting
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generally excerpts from The Weightlifting Encyclopedia
(sometimes with minor modifications).
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Contents
Finding
a Focal Point (Excerpted from Chapter 1 - The Technique of the Snatch and Clean &
Jerk)
A Soviet Model For
Teaching Technique (Excerpted from Chapter 2 - Teaching and Learning Weightlifting
Technique)
Are Multiple Sets Better Than One For Weightlifting
Training? (Excerpted from Chapter 3 - Developing Strength, Power and Flexibility)
A New Method of Stretching: "Active Isolated"
(Excerpted from Chapter 3 - Developing Strength, Power and Flexibility)
Starting A Club (Excerpted from Chapter 4 - Selecting Weightlifting Equipment
and Using it Safely and Effectively)
Power
Snatch (Excerpted from Chapter 5 - Assistance Exercises for the Snatch and Clean &
Jerk)
Integrating Long And Short Term Planning (Excerpted
from Chapter 6 - Putting it All Together: Developing the Training Plan)
The Special Needs of
Powerlifters and Other Strength Athletes Who Convert to Weightlifting (Excerpted from
Chapter 6 - Putting it All Together: Developing the Training Plan)
The Vision of
Success: Building Desire (Excerpted from Chapter 7 - Building the Mind of a Weightlifting
Champion)
Timing
Warm-ups (Excerpted from Chapter 8 - Competing Like a Champion)
Exercise Prescriptions
for Children (Excerpted from Chapter 9 - Special Training Considerations for Women,
Masters and Young Athletes)
The Special Protein Needs
of Athletes (Excerpted from Chapter 10 - Nutrition and Weight Control)
Returning to Training After an Injury
(Excerpted from Chapter 11 - Preventing and Dealing With Injuries and the Use of
Restorative Measures)
The Competitive Lifts (Excerpted from Appendix 1 - The Rules of Weightlifting)
Training Effects on Muscle Tissue (Excerpted from
Appendix 2 - A Short Course on Anatomy, Physiology, Mechanics and Biomechanics)
The Unique Value Of Olympic Lifts For Athletes
(Excerpted from Appendix 3 - Training on the Snatch and Clean & Jerk: A Key to
Athletic Excellence)
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