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STRENGTH TRAINING “A Historical Perspective”

STRENGTH TRAINING “A Historical Perspective”. John Balano City College of San Francisco Head Strength and Conditioning Coach. LIFTING WEIGHTS. Oldest known form of sport to man All civilizations have legends associated with feats of strength Milo of Crotona (Italy) is most famous.

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STRENGTH TRAINING “A Historical Perspective”

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  1. STRENGTH TRAINING“A Historical Perspective” John Balano City College of San Francisco Head Strength and Conditioning Coach

  2. LIFTING WEIGHTS • Oldest known form of sport to man • All civilizations have legends associated with feats of strength • Milo of Crotona (Italy) is most famous

  3. MILO • Carried 4-year old bull on his shoulders the length of the stadium at Olympia • A length of 200m • Bull estimated to weigh 400kg (≈ 900+ #) • Carried the bull until it was 4-years old • Progressive Resistance Training

  4. MODERN OLYMPICS • One of the original sports (circa 1986) • Adopted in its modern form in 1928 • Press – Snatch – Jerk • Press omitted in 1972 • Snatch – Clean and Jerk

  5. OLYMPIC PRESS

  6. OLYMPIC SNATCH Receiving Position

  7. OLYMPIC JERK Slight Knee Bend to Start

  8. OLYMPIC JERK End Position

  9. OLYMPIC SNATCH USA’s Shane Hamman 418 lb. Snatch (2003 Titan Games – San Jose, CA)

  10. Start Phase

  11. Pull Phase

  12. Rising out of the Receiving Position

  13. Canada’s Cara Heads at 75 kg/165 lbsReceiving Position of theOlympic Snatch (2003 Titan Games – San Jose, CA)

  14. USA’s Tara Cunningham at 53 kg/116 lbs Drop Phase of theOlympic Snatch (2003 Titan Games – San Jose, CA)

  15. Tara CunninghamFinish Position of theOlympic Snatch

  16. OLYMPIC CLEAN Start Position

  17. OLYMPIC CLEAN Pull Phase

  18. OLYMPIC CLEAN Receiving Position

  19. OLYMPIC CLEAN USA’s Oscar Chaplin at 85 kg/187 lbs Rising Out of the Receiving Position (2003 Titan Games – San Jose, CA)

  20. SPLIT JERK POSITIONCanada’s Maryse Turcotte

  21. POWERLIFTING • Not an Olympic sport • Competitive status in the 1960’s • Bench Press – Squat – Dead Lift • More popular than Olympic Weightlifting • Associated with Bodybuilding

  22. BENCH PRESS

  23. SQUAT

  24. DEAD LIFTStart Position

  25. DEAD LIFTFinish Position

  26. WEIGHT TRAINING AND SPORT • 1870’S Track and Field • W.B. Curtis (Hammer) • H.E. Buermeyer (Shot) • Titles in United States same time as competitive weightlifters

  27. 1936 German Olympic Team • Gold Medalist Hans Woelke (16.20m shot)

  28. WEIGHT TRAINING AND SPORT (continued…) • Les Steers, USA • 3 x WR in High Jump • Best of 2.11m • 1st athlete to publicly go on record about barbell training

  29. LES STEERS(Picture circa 1941) • “You need strong leg muscles in the high jump, particularly when you weight as much as I do. Only weight-lifting could have given me that extra power I need so much.”

  30. WEIGHT TRAINING AND SPORT (continued…) • Mal Whitfield, USA – 800m • Bob Richards, USA – Pole Vault • Parry O’Brien, USA – Shot • 1948 – 1956 • 6 Olympic Gold Medals collectively

  31. PARRY O’BRIEN(Picture from 1956 Olympics – Melbourne, AUS) • O’Brien received much media attention for his technical innovation and dependence upon heavy progressive weight training

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