Synaptic Facilitation

[brianmincher]

I am not an olympic lifter, but the way it seems to me that they eliminate the eccentric part of the move is by dropping the bar from the top part of their lift. Try that at the local Curl and Chrome and see how long it takes them to boot you out the door.

B.

 

[CytoMel]

What about using this technique to bring up a weak point.

This may sound weird but it could work

For example lats:
I do plenty of rows like this

A band attatched to a low bedpost
A pvc tube to make a lat bar
Put a pillow around the bedpost as a shock absorber

Do the conentric and let the bar go when it hits the chest! The bar and pvc will shoot into the pillow absorbng all damage!!

Or just do normal rows with the concentric and eccentic like normal

 

[ZZuluZ]

I workout at home, Brian.

-Zulu

 

[brianmincher]

me too. I don't care too much for the local Curl and Chrome. But dropping weights at the house doesn't make me very popular there either.

B

 

[Arioch]

I drop weights all the time, but then RHIP.

And yes, that is how the eccentric is eliminated in the OL's. Try to carefully lower a one rep max snatch. And let me know where to send flowers.

I would just perform singles, or maybe something along the lines of a lower intensity dynamic effort day. To eliminate the negative, basically free fall with the weight, which is why it has to be light. Slowly increase the speed at which you plummet, because if you are not used to this, you can get hurt. Badly.

If you are squatting in a ballistic manner, this is a pretty good time to stretch (afterwards, of course).

 

[ZZuluZ]

RHIP?

Ok, I'll work with very low volume and intensity and attempt to drop the weights rapidly and still securely.

I understand the O-lifts don't require much of an eccentric, I mean more along the lines of Benching, Squatting, Doing pull-ups.

Thx, I'll give it a shot shortly

-Zulu

 

[Arioch]

Rank Hath Its Privledges

Let me know how it turns out.

I sometimes have throwers do a fair amount of this, but the lifts and/or exercises are very skill specific. They also serve as active recovery.