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Bondarchuk
11 articles
Training
Making Sense of Bondarchuk: Periodization Models
Check out the previous installments of this series: Exercise Classification, Transfer of Training, Athlete Adaptation…
Training
Making Sense of Bondarchuk: Athlete Adaptation Profiles
INTRODUCTION This article is the third installment in a four part series on applying the Bondarchuk system of sports…
Training
Making Sense of Bondarchuk-Transfer of Training
In my previous article, which can be found here, I gave a brief overview of exercise classification. The next principle…
Throwing
Real Range Throwing
A popular question I keep getting is how to apply range throwing to other sports. Range throwing was popularized by an…
Training
Selecting Specific Strength Exercises
It is one thing to know which specific strength exercises to use, but the power is really in understanding how and when…
Training
Special Strength Exercises
Special strength has a role in every athlete’s training and the first step in incorporating special strength into a…
Sports Training
Special Strength: Theory and Practice
I come from the world of hammer throwing. While my sport may be obscure, it has the same core elements as other power…
Sports Training
Training for Throwers-Part 2
In Part 1 of this series, I detailed the flaws in my own training as a shot putter and discussed an overview of the…
Throwing
Training for Throwers-Part 1
Many athletes will look back at their training and wonder, “what could have been?” or “what could I have done better?”…
bench
Benching for Big Throws
Bench is one of the most common exercises used in every gym in the world. Top end athletes, to the lowly Johnny Bravo…
Training
Thoughts on Bondarchuk
By Chad Wesley Smith The other day I read a great article by G. Martin Bingisser, a national champion hammer thrower…