Bar Strike Training

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Mel Siff wrote,

>I think that Dan has misunderstood what you meant when you referred to striking

the bar

>while the lift is in action. While attending my Strength Camp, you and others

learned the

>science and art of using such methods to facilitate production of greater

involuntary strength

>production , but Dan is having to judge what you are doing on the basis of a

very brief

>description on the Internet. Maybe you would care to elaborate for Dan and

others who might not

>have been exposed to this method of training.

Good point. I hope everyone understands that Dan and I are not having a

battle here. I have a great deal of respect for his opinion and knowledge

in the field of weightlifting and he has personally given me some excellent

training advice in the past and I anticipate more in the future. Dan and I

seem to have an antagonistic style of communication, but I think we both do

listen.

Often problems of not being visually in touch make communication difficult

over these types of forums. Assumptions are made on both sides which affect

communication.

Striking the bar and the bands on the side of the bar is not a violent, one

sided strike aimed at throwing the person off-balance. Rather, we use two

sticks and use light, high tempo strikes to create vibration in the bar or

very small amplitude, minor oscillation in the bands. The strikes can be

off-centred,

centred or in various places on the bar. As Mel notes, the idea was

developed in a Supertraining Camp which I attended with the specific goal of

gaining ideas for helping my wrestlers.

We use similiar methods on the abdominal muscles during the performance of

a sit-up, similar to boxers and martial artists. We may use the sticks or a

medicine ball for this purpose to get a very strong, involuntary

contraction of the muscle.

Dan, I hope this is what you were envisioning and want to thank you for

your input in this matter. I'm reading your posts with great interest and

have made some adjustments in my own training as a result of them. However,

I am very certain in regards to my training the wrestlers that, as far as I

can influence it, our training is as safe as it is possible to be given the

nature of their sport. There are no exercises done which I feel will

compromise the safety of the athletes.

Hobman

Saskatoon, Canada