The high volume of work of the Chinese lifters.
Awesomesauce It’s all about hard work people. Really.
How Athletes Are Selected in China
A lot of people are not aware of the complexity and thoroughness of the Chinese when selecting their athletes. It seems many online, tend to think the Chinese, merely pick a random child off the street because they’ve a 1.5 billion population (2011 estimates). That’s quite, untrue. The system to select athletes, in China involves [...]
How to look at movements.
One of the more commonly asked questions, is “Can you write me a program?” No I cannot. I can give you a rep range and set range that are commonly used. I can give you, the purpose of an exercise. I can give you, times when an exercise is suitable. But I cannot give you [...]
Usage of pulls in weightlifting.
Here, I’d like to discuss the point of using pulls and the reason we go to percentages so high relative to the snatch and CNJ. This is in stark contrast of the Soviet methods in training. As both teams have developed world champions in all weight classes, I think nobody’s in the position to actually [...]
A sample training
This is a relatively simple template I feel most people can follow. It’s designed to point out your technical issues and hopefully, you’re smart enough to correct them. Here’s a few guidelines before starting. For the squats, just do a 1RM once a week. It takes too much to keep going to 1RM’s and it [...]
Part 6: Recovery
In the Chinese methods, recovery is greatly emphasized. The Chinese spread recovery into two segments. The mental and physical aspect. It’s believed that when the human mind, focuses on something too intensely, it tends to miss obvious glaring errors. So something as simple as the second pull height that’s slightly off, that it pisses the [...]
My Honest Thoughts of the Chinese Methods.
I’ve been studying their methods for a few years, with occasional trips to China to explore more. Their success intrigues a lot. Having learnt how they do things, I can attribute their success to a few factors; The ability to work really hard and sacrifice things for a greater goal. The good balance of work and [...]
Part 5: Specific Exercises and Usage in a Chinese Model
Specific Exercises and Usage in a Chinese Model Snatch & supplementary work Clean and Jerk & supplementary work Pulls and its usage Squats and its usage It may be the bodybuilding culture, but in many Western countries, the first question they ask when an athlete’s weak in a particular segment of the lift is “What [...]
Part 4: The Periodization Model
The Periodization Model of The Chinese Athletes
Part 3: Various Phases of Athlete Preparation
How to prepare the athlete, in the various phases of training.
