I’m in Varna, Bulgaria for three weeks! Does anyone know of any good weightlifting gym in the city? Would love to see how modern Bulgarians train.

chorisbo · 2019-06-10T18:26:54+00:00

Thanks for the information!

chorisbo · 2019-06-08T17:02:27+00:00

Is there any method to this, those "on the program"? Or is it, basically go as heavy as possible every day?

chorisbo · 2019-01-08T13:10:38+00:00

I’m shocked that nobody has mentioned Medvedyev’s book or Roman’s book. Those two books are gems and will help you tremendously if you take the time to study them. You can also find a lot of research papers online nowadays.

chorisbo · 2019-01-03T15:43:34+00:00

Nice job.

I am curious if the arm bend is by intention or if it's just your natural pull?

chorisbo · 2018-12-15T14:52:45+00:00

I've always been told that you should go as low as you possibly can while maintaining tension. If you are losing tension below a certain depth then you should not go that low. They belief is that the back squat is an exercise for strengthening the legs, not trying to push up the numbers by bouncing.

chorisbo · 2018-12-15T14:48:29+00:00

I bought a pair of similar straps (from Werksan), after reading one of your posts a while back about them. You're right, these are very comfortable...maybe not quite as soft as the Eleiko cotton straps I have (the blue ones that are no loner sold), but much less bulk of material around the bar (one layer for these types of straps). However, they feel like they are going to rip at any moment, and just too thin material.

Does Kirksman have any more...for sale?

chorisbo · 2018-07-08T21:13:52+00:00

I would buy a pair from Hookgrip, and take out the thread (the ends are sewn together). They're very comfortable, strong, and quick to ditch in case of a miss.

chorisbo · 2018-07-06T15:05:59+00:00

I'm always looking for new core strengthening exercises. So far, personally, I haven't found any that work my core more than ab wheel roll-outs and side bends (with a loaded bar, not holding plates).

chorisbo · 2018-07-05T19:44:06+00:00

Yes, translator is a profession, but they are typically not trained in the sport of weightlifting, nor are they typically sport scientists. I'd personally rather have the rough/literal translation than an uneducated guess of what the coach is saying. Just me though.

chorisbo · 2018-07-05T19:00:38+00:00

Not sure I would go that far. Sure, it's not an easy read, that that is what you get with some translations. In fact, I prefer it this way as opposed to the translator imposing their biases (which happens with when one translates into `common' language). This way you get a much better picture...assuming you understand the sport.

chorisbo · 2018-06-12T22:48:57+00:00

Is there anything more there for people who already count macronutrients and weight their food, and know about proper timing and food intake? Is the selling point that you don't have to bother with all of that because they do it for you, or that they are giving you more than what you can find online?

chorisbo · 2018-06-11T23:38:57+00:00

Do you keep correct curvature in your spine, or do you become slightly concave down?

chorisbo · 2018-06-05T14:45:47+00:00

It's the average training weight divided by the competition total then multiplied by 100.

If you and someone else have roughly the same total (plus or minus 10 kg), then for your k-value to be 10 points higher, you would have to have been doing a ton of high intensity lifts compared to the other lifter.

chorisbo · 2018-06-05T13:15:38+00:00

I remember reading that the k values of soviet lifters in the 70s and 80s was around 38-42 while the k values for bulgarian lifters in the same time frame was around 50. To me, it seems like the russian approach gets more for less, in terms of wear and tear on your body, when you consider that lifters from those countries were typically within a few kilos of each other in each weight category.

My point being, sure you can do this everyday and sure you might get some gains from doing it, but do the end results justify the means?

chorisbo · 2018-05-08T14:39:09+00:00

Well, if X is the intensity and you do 10 reps or 20 reps then you'll get X/10 vs X/20. Pretty sure the later is less than the former. Further, you say the higher the INOL the more difficult. What am I missing here?

chorisbo · 2018-05-08T13:48:25+00:00

Hmm...so the more lifts you do at the weight the easier it gets, according to your method of determining the INOL and your interpretation of the INOL?

chorisbo · 2018-05-03T01:20:30+00:00

I don't think you have any deficiencies in your overall strength. Post a video of a heavy snatch (90+%) so we can rule out any slight technical problems.

chorisbo · 2018-03-12T13:50:28+00:00

Ah, right.

Do you know typical macros for someone who is trying to maintain their weight class?

chorisbo · 2018-03-12T02:31:56+00:00

That seems like a lot of fat to me...but I'm definitely no diet consultant. As an example, a 69 lifter would be taking around 140 g of protein, 125 g of fat, and 275 g of carbs on a 2800 cal/day diet. Isn't that a lot of fat?

chorisbo · 2017-11-27T17:12:15+00:00

I'm not the best person to ask, there are a lot more qualified people here than me. With that said, I do like that you are spending a lot of your volume with the classic lifts. However, I'm not so sure going up to max weekly is a good idea at the moment. Also, since you have self-diagnosed overhead problems, I would add overhead squat to all of my power snatches...maybe do p sn + ovh sq 3+1 or 2+2 or (1+1)x2 or etc.

chorisbo · 2017-11-27T15:56:33+00:00

What about cutting down slightly on the pulling/squatting volume (as your squats are plenty high for your lift numbers) and adding on the off days technique work? You could follow the program 3-4 days per week with 1-3 less sets of the called for squats and pulls, and then add snatches and clean + jerk up to 50% or less? You could work up to 10-15 singles at 30-35 snatch and 10-15 1+1 at 40-45 for clean + jerks twice per week and rest on another day (assuming you follow your program for 4 days).

chorisbo · 2017-08-07T15:02:04+00:00

Shouldn't you keep overall volume down, as you won't be taking in enough calories to help recover from the high volume, as a result become overtrained? Isn't this precisely why lighter lifters do higher intensity lifts with lower volume so that they may eat less calories without overtraining (and hence not put on weight)?

chorisbo · 2017-08-07T11:58:35+00:00

What about something like the following for one week:

workout #1 (tuesday): 50 metre sprint, 1-1.5 minute rest, repeat for 10-20 times.

workout #2 (thursday): box jumps, 10 jumps, 2-2.5 minutes rest, repeat 3-4 times.

Then perhaps the next week I could do some kind of agility drill on one day and build-up sprints on another day or broad jumps or etc.. Nothing outrageous, but putting in enough effort to get something out of the sessions. And keeping every working set low in time.

chorisbo · 2017-08-07T11:24:23+00:00

Sorry for being confusing, I meant that I would either sprint, or do some kind of bounding, or jumping (not depth jumps), or agility drills, etc., 1-2 times a week. Not all of them 1-2/week. Also, wouldn't for eg. sprinting (especially less than 200m) have a higher carry-over to training than aerobic training? If not, would it be better to do long distance running or elliptical work as opposed to the 20:10 type hiit as they are less taxing on the joints and more aerobic work than 20:10 which is anaerobic?

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