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scoobychau

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Found this little article about powerlifting Myth..
« on: February 07, 2012, 02:09:40 am »
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Recently, power lifting coaches have been adding explosive lifts to their programs and the results are tremendous. I have personally seen a five-foot-nine high school powerlifter in the 275 pound weight class, with a competition squat of over seven hundred pounds, dunk a basketball, WITH NO RUNNING START.




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Re: Found this little article about powerlifting Myth..
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2012, 06:35:38 pm »
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Interesting article Scooby except the study on Olympic weight lifters versus sprinters and other track athletes is a bit of a myth. I would also wonder if the 400 pound westside guy has a 42 inch standing vertical or is it actually just a 42 inch box jump.

I am not knocking powerlifitng here, just asking a few questions about that article.

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Re: Found this little article about powerlifting Myth..
« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2012, 03:56:04 pm »
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I would also wonder if the 400 pound westside guy has a 42 inch standing vertical or is it actually just a 42 inch box jump.

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Re: Found this little article about powerlifting Myth..
« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2012, 05:31:56 pm »
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It is Westside. We know those guys love their box jumps.