Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Getting inside the mind of Coach Ivan Rojas- General Meng-Yi

Hi,

Some of you asked to hear more from Risto Sports' Head Coach, Ivan Rojas-- or as we call him at the gym, "General Meng-Yi".

Well, thanks to Nick Horton, of theironsamurai.com, here is a link to an hour long, in depth interview with Ivan: http://www.theweightliftingacademy.com/

Some interview highlights (ie what they were able to jam pack into an hour session):
- Fast twitch, slow twitch and mutant muscle fibers
- When lifting, your body is a lever.  Don’t blow your spine by keeping the bar too far away from you.
- Weightlifting is a very safe sport at the Olympic level. It has 100 times less injuries than Soccer/football
- The second half of the interview talks about how Ivan trains begginners
- Parasympathetic system
- Inverted system
- How Ivan ot to be such a knowledgeable and credible coach

Later,

Gwen

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