A Long Way to Press: Work Capacity, Levers, and Tall People
For those of us in the business of getting people strong, we may need to reevaluate how we do that for each athlete. Let’s look at the science of pressing for tall people.
For those of us in the business of getting people strong, we may need to reevaluate how we do that for each athlete. Let’s look at the science of pressing for tall people.
Many of you are worried about being able to press your snatch bell with confidence. There are many things you can do to fix your weakness, and some might even be fun.
How can you train for rapid pressing gains without overloading your nervous system? The answer: American-style Chinese food. Also known as “rung-a-day.”
An experienced eye can easily see the logic behind an American training plan. A Russian plan, when you look at it up close, is just noise. You have to step a lot farther back to see the pattern in what appears to be chaos.
I was told I would never press heavy because of “poor shoulder mechanics.” Despite this, I gave myself six months to work up to pressing the beast.
Little did I know that being sidelined by a knee injury would end up being the impetus I needed to achieve a bigger bench press. Here’s the program I used.
This program is a practical approach to strength training for someone interested in supplementing their BJJ game based on a formula I have applied to prepare myself and others for the toughest of martial arts competitions.
This is a program I have used for building strength in the double kettlebell press. It was inspired by Steve Justa’s singles routines.
Here is how I trained to achieve 50 consecutive pistol squats. But the truth is, you’ve already learned everything you need to know from Pavel.
Preparing for deployment is what I do professionally, so I’m providing an overview of my philosophy. Here’s how I train for military deployment.