Yesterday I was watching some old UFC highlights and came across the clip below. Pay attention to the video at 1:38 forward. Look at Emerson's body position. Notice how he delivers the devastating left hand. I am amazed at the amount of power Rob Emerson displayed at such and awkward and unstable position. Not to mention he KOs his competitor with the same hand that was supporting the majority of his body weight. Looks as though Mr. Emerson has been programming some upper body pressing DEs into his training.
As many of you know I have a huge interest in Selective Recruitment as it pertains to DEs and rate of force development. THIS is a nice article on motor unit recruitment for dynamic tasks. Definitely worth reading.
Jim Smith and Joe DeFranco have recently released their new product called POWER. POWER is a manual and DVD comprised of content (over 90 exercises) specifically designed to improve RFD. The manual and DVD show how to properly design a program and incorporate the exercises. Something I noticed was the high number of athlete friendly exercises for developing power. By athlete friendly, I mean exercises that will help improve the athlete at their given sport while keeping the risk of injury to a minimum. I have seen several athletes come to my gym that have wrist injuries. They range from discus throwers to baseball pitchers. It makes no sense to have an athlete risk injuring their wrists trying to catch a heavy power clean when there are safer and more effective alternatives. Yet, their college coaches continue to Rx these high risk exercises. My advise, if you can't train at TA, get THIS to develop extreme power safely. Trust me, you will love it.
In other news, TA just got in some new equipment. All from the greatest equipment manufacturer in the world WILLIAMS STRENGTH. Got hella sets of chain, THIS and THIS. Very exciting.
I know I have been slack in updating the blog. Cameron and I are going to try to produce a new post at least bimonthly. Stay tuned.
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