Recent content by IronLion

I am done here at elite. I appreciate all of you and will be around, just not here. Thanks and good luck to all of you.

is this a joke or are you serious?

show up at spatt's on the 6th of December and I will teach you

you know you looked that up;)

Train specific has been said a few times and it is sound advice. If you want to increase your uppercut power then do it by training uppercuts. There are exercises that will help develop explosive power, but they are no substitute for skill, timing, increased neuro muscular coordination in a...

Thanks...when I powerclean I don't drop more than a 1/4 squat, I want to get everything I can out of my second pull. When I do full cleans I drop well. I am much better with full cleans than power versions and hang versions, because I have always done them full. The biggest things I think I...

I need some feedback....I spent 2 hours working on form last night trying to get my pc back. Here is video of my work at about 60% 1rm. I am having trouble with the first pull and a little with the catch. Let me know what you see... powerclean form work

There are two ways to look at it. First for hypertrophy, an exercise where you can isolate and handle more weight would be a better choice, like say hack squats for example. But on the other hand, including zerchers, front squats and other more compound exercises will help develop your core...

For football pinch strength is most important. More importantly thumb strength, but the coc grippers do help and are a good tool, just make sure you are doing plate pinches, even build a little pinch block if you want. One of the best ways to train grip for football for me has been towel...

Yes it is possible, but I know from experience that after a good session of use, your fingers will be so sore that you won't be able to close it for a couple days, this starts to become a non factor as you use it more and your fingers begin to adjust. So I would suggest getting a 1 and a 2 and...

There are a lot of variations but here are some I use: Box Pushups - Push up to increasingly higher boxes Box Drop Push Ups - Drop from the box to the floor in pushup position and do a push up to get bck onto the box as fast as possible, think the ground is on fire. Medicine Ball recoils- MEd...

Really I would think long and hard about each and every event. Strongman has two types of "events" and there has been a dichotemy of opinion over which events are more appropriate for determining who is the strongest man. One side says heavy powerlifting type events, the other says strength...

exactly, my take on speed bench has been that it is a good tool but it has serious limitations. First of all it doesn't allow you to accelerate through the rom, the last 30-40 percent you must deccelerate the bar. This leads to either a crappy power movement or a nasty hyperextension. So...

10-24-03 Cleans Finally found a place to train that has bumpers, so I worked on my powerclean a little and did some bench warm up Incline sit ups w/ 25 pound plate behind my head 2 x 10 oh squat x 10 @ 89 Drop squat x 10 @ 89 Hands free front squat x 10 @ 89 Powercleans 8 @ 70 6 @ 90 6 @ 100...

Nope, no sprint no speed, thats why I said that it will carry over only if you are sprinting, meaning doing forward speed work consistantley. The vertical work is all pretty much single response and designed to make the power output increase through improved timing, neuromuscular efficiency...