Triathlon AND Powerlifting?

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2013-01-12 9:32 PM

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Subject: Triathlon AND Powerlifting?
This guy has apparently found a way to do both. Here is his bio:

Alex Viada, NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and USA Triathlon Coach, is the founder and co-owner of Complete Human Performance. He has over ten years of personal training and coaching experience of athletes of all ages and levels, including eight years of working with athletes with a disability.

"A graduate of Duke University, currently enrolled in a Masters of Physiology program at NC State University, Alex spends his free time training for and competing in marathons, triathlons and powerlifting, and aims to achieve both a sub-eleven hour Ironman and an Elite powerlifting total in the 220 pound class... within several months of each other. He is also an avid homebrewer, and if you give him much of an opening, he will happily bore you with details on hop schedules and yeast strain flocculation. You've been warned."

At any rate, really good article about the benefits (if any) of strength training for endurance. Kind of the same conclusion I came to in reading up on this area. Any benefits you get are going to be somewhat indirect. And if you do decide to incorporate weight training into your training, KEEP IT SIMPLE! Please note his opinion as to how most core training programs are pretty useless.

http://www.completehumanperformance.com/basics-of-strength-training...

2013-01-14 8:25 AM
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Very interesting
2013-01-14 10:08 AM
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Thanks for sharing!
2013-01-16 6:20 AM
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Interesting! 
2013-01-16 9:16 AM
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It appears as though he needs to take some bike fitting classes.

2013-01-19 8:29 AM
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Good article overall, however I do think there is some validity to doing some core exercises.  A stronger core will help in all three areas.  

2013-01-20 12:14 AM
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lakelandsledder - 2013-01-19 8:29 AM

Good article overall, however I do think there is some validity to doing some core exercises.  A stronger core will help in all three areas.  


I agree, and I don't think he meant don't do any core work. He's just saying that most of the "core fitness" programs that are popular these days are useless and he is right. Doing lifts on a BOSU or other unstable surface will not build appreciable core strength and can actually decrease force production. There are studies to back this up. Stick to basic lifts and do one or two quality core movements and you will be better off than trying the latest core fitness fad.
2013-01-21 8:30 AM
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Thanks for sharing the article.  Good read, and I mostly agree with what he's saying.  Can you link to (or give general reference info for) the studies about unstable surfaces leading to decreased functional strength?  I'd like to pull them for one of the classes I teach.

Thanks!

2013-01-21 9:19 PM
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apglave - 2013-01-21 8:30 AM

Thanks for sharing the article.  Good read, and I mostly agree with what he's saying.  Can you link to (or give general reference info for) the studies about unstable surfaces leading to decreased functional strength?  I'd like to pull them for one of the classes I teach.

Thanks!



I know that Eric Cressey did research on this and published this article:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17530966

Here is another study by a different researcher.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22130388

Some more:

http://journals.lww.com/nsca-scj/Abstract/2010/06000/Is_Unstable_Su...



You'll have to pay to get the above but I figured you wanted something a bit more scholarly. Otherwise, just do a search on "unstable surface training" and there are plenty of free articles. Here's one that actually references Cressey:

http://news.menshealth.com/stability-training-myths/2012/02/14/

I recall reading something that distinguished between training on an unstable surface and training with an unstable implement but I can't recall where. The latter form of training actually does have some benefits. The Men's Health article mentioned above kind of touches on that. A bottoms up kettlebell press is a lot like training with an unstable implement. I've done them - you need to maintain a rock solid core, tight shoulder, and death grip or you'll lose the KB. It's actually a fun challenge.



2013-01-21 9:32 PM
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Subject: RE: Triathlon AND Powerlifting?
This one is interesting as well.

http://www.alexandrelevangelista.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/...

Note the recommendation of doing presses with one arm. I've talked about that before on this forum.
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