LoneRider
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I recently found this article by former US nationally ranked weightlifter and powerlifter Jim Moser on Ivan Abadjiev and the training of Bulgarian weightlifters and thought I would share it with the forum.
Bulgarian Weightlifting Article by Jim Moser
I immediately was reminded of elements of Power to the People by the extremely minimalist nature of the program (built only around the competition lifts and a single assistance exercise) if not the exercise themselves.
It also brought to mind a couple things I have read or heard, one being that Bulgarians, compared to their Russian counterparts, tended to lift at the 90% intensity zone a lot more frequently and supposedly had shorter careers due to the heavy loads and daily lifting. The other was an expression I read in a magazine that said, "When it rains in Moscow Bulgarians take out their umbrellas."
How much did Russian training methods influence their Bulgarian counterparts I wonder.
Bulgarian Weightlifting Article by Jim Moser
I immediately was reminded of elements of Power to the People by the extremely minimalist nature of the program (built only around the competition lifts and a single assistance exercise) if not the exercise themselves.
It also brought to mind a couple things I have read or heard, one being that Bulgarians, compared to their Russian counterparts, tended to lift at the 90% intensity zone a lot more frequently and supposedly had shorter careers due to the heavy loads and daily lifting. The other was an expression I read in a magazine that said, "When it rains in Moscow Bulgarians take out their umbrellas."
How much did Russian training methods influence their Bulgarian counterparts I wonder.