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Anyone read this before?
Just thought I'd share this, just to see if it creates a bit of controversy. Or if we all think this is generally how people view the sport!
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...0/ai_n12755315
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Is that an excerpt? If so, I'd like to read the whole thing.
Yeah, I'd say that's pretty much how most non-PLers view PL. I love the sport, but I can certainly understand how people would think it's boring.A child does not learn to squat from the top down. In other words, he does not suddenly make a conscious decision one day to squat. Actually, he is squatting one day and make the conscious decision to stand. Squatting precedes standing in the developmental sequence. This is the way a child's brain learns to use the body as the child develops movement patterns. Therefore, a child is probably crawling, rocks back into a squatting position with the back completely relaxed and the hips completely flexed, and stands when he has enough hip strength. This approach makes a lot of sense and can be applied to relearning the deep squat movement if it is lost. -Gray Cook
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I could care less how people view the sport. I did not get in it so other people would watch me. That being said when I was on TV competing in the Bench America I got phone calls from people I had never known before who got my number from information to tell me how cool it was. People like to bash the sport-most of them are just pussies.
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I honestly believe not because i do it but powerlifting is the most underrated sport in the world.
We bust our ass just as hard or harder then any other athlete on the planet with exception to weightlifting/track field ALL YEAR LONG, injuries, pain, blood, sweat, tears, all of it is in powerlifting.
Anyone who has been to a meet can say that the support from other lifters and fans is just AMAZING, no one is bad mouthed and even if you lose your a winner.
I really want to see powerlifting because big in the US, on ESPN and stuff.2000 or bust
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The whole sport would have to be changed for it to be on ESPN. The way i explain PL'ing to people is "its like certain types of art, you just have to be an artist to appreciate it"
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I dunno, I've always thought it actually already appeals quite well to the masses, so to speak. What's artistic about watching a tiny guy heave up 3x his bodyweight in a deadlift or watching a man lift the equivalent of a small Japanese automobile from the ground? It's something that people can watch and "ooh" and "aah" over merely because of its spectacle. Originally Posted by Kyolked
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I forgot about this thread I started a while back, quoting Jason Burnell... http://www.wannabebigforums.com/showthread.php?t=74084
A child does not learn to squat from the top down. In other words, he does not suddenly make a conscious decision one day to squat. Actually, he is squatting one day and make the conscious decision to stand. Squatting precedes standing in the developmental sequence. This is the way a child's brain learns to use the body as the child develops movement patterns. Therefore, a child is probably crawling, rocks back into a squatting position with the back completely relaxed and the hips completely flexed, and stands when he has enough hip strength. This approach makes a lot of sense and can be applied to relearning the deep squat movement if it is lost. -Gray Cook
Lifting Clips: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=johnnymnemonic2
Blog: http://squatrx.blogspot.com/
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PLing would have to unify under one body, and the gear would have to be one ply.
I actually don't know much about PLing but that's what I think would have to happen as an outsider looking in.snatch: 185
Bench: 245
Clean: 245
Jerk: 275x2
C+J: 245
TANDEM C+J: 442
Weight:148.5
Need to weigh: 62kg
Body fat: 6.3%
Goal for State: 255 Bench, 260 C+J. and 205 snatch for OLY
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Iwas thinking it could be in two factions like the rugby. Have assisted and non-assisted. Problem is who to organise each, and whether different governing bodies would stop bitching about the politics of it all.
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