Topic: Old Powerlifters learning to Olympic Lift

[Judas]

HA!     Can you imagine if that ball would have popped when you were doing your crunches?  That would not have been good.

Uh... NO. And thats pretty much the reason why i never bother anymore. Ab-workouts hit my arms harder than abs because ov all the weight i have to hold. 

I'm very blessed in that when I was OL focused, I trained with 2006 WSM Phil Pfister the last 10 weeks before each of his major contests the past few years.  He would do two "gym workouts" a week, and I'd join him.  Then he'd do his event work, while I did mine.  The gym workouts were epic - heavy, unstable surface, and just down right silly.  Nick Osbourne programmed it and some of the movements were insane.  One of my favorites was a circuit we'd do - Conventional pull 585 for 5, sumo pull 225 on dyna dics x5, then stand on the ball side of a bosu ball and do RDL with 40lb dumbells.  Absolutely insane.  We'd do about four of those circuits.  When were  done we were done!!!!!

And I loved it!

All the best,
 Arden

You lucky bastard... training with someone stronger is ALWAYS good, even if its a bodybuilder. But a WSM champ... Nice.

[Arden Cogar Jr.]

In addition to training with Phil, I often "trained around" Brian Siders.  Now there's a freak of epic proportions.  He warms up with 315 on the bench.  seriously.  I once watched him bench the following in a five day span - Monday - 545x5x3 - raw, normal grip, with ease; Wednesday - 515x3x3 - raw, close grip, again with ease; Friday - 405x10x3.  When I remarked about him doing the 405 for ten sets of triples, his response was "It's only 50%."  Which is technically correct. 

My hope is to get to Moorestown NJ, or to Pittsburgh Barbell in the next few months for a few days of training.  I'd love to have a few of the coaches there to give me some lessons.  I need some hands on to get through some hurdles I'm having right now.  But at least I'm starting to reckognize the technical problems I'm having on my own - I'm actually pretty excited about that.  That will help me immensely with my 12 year old daughters lifting as well as the club we're starting her in WV in about a month.

All the best,
 Arden