Last week, Coach Ivan Rojas of Risto Sports had the opportunity of a life time. Coach Ivan had the opportunity to observe the training of the Chinese national Team. Ivan was able to take video and spent much time with the national coaches. Ivan is the first American, Ever, to do so.
We have posted video on www.ristosports.com, on Risto Sports twitter, on Risto Sports facebook page, and on Risto Sports youtube.
....and what Ivan learned:
The Chinese elite lifters spend much more time doing bar work, more than any of the other training systems Ivan has studied. There is a strong emphasis on technique. For example, if they miss a lift at a high weight, they go down in weight and work back up to that weight. Unlike in our American system, an athlete would never take a max weight 3 or 8 times, successively in an attempt to make the lift.
All of the lifters do a lot of conditioning exercises- basic conditioning of the arms such as curls and modified rows with dumbells.
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