Westside and the Log Press

[b fold the truth]

This article was written by Bob Jodin. He is a strongman competitor and I recognize his name but not for sure if I have ever met or competed against him. Interesting article even though I disagree with some of his points...

http://www.elitefitnesssystems.com/documents/Westsideandthelogpress.htm

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[Tarheel]

What parts do you disagree with?

 

[b fold the truth]

Well, I actually do not agree with the ideas of doing speed OHP at all. The principle of doing 3 reps on an OHP does NOT correlate to why WSB lifters do 3's on the flat bench.

Every time I do speed presses with the log...I start getting shoulder twinges...a few of my friends have tried it too and they have reported the same thing. I just really don't think that the shoulders were meant to be taxed like this 2x per week...too much shoulder rotation under heavy stress...

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[zackdarnell]

I actually thought the same thing. Shoulders can injur or overtrain very easily (in my experience), so it looks like this would just be asking for problems.